House Bill 4625

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4625

        By the Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations and
    Representative Villalobos





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Consumer Frauds Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Legal Affairs without

  5         modification; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Consumer Frauds Trust Fund within the Department of Legal

11  Affairs, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

12  pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Consumer

14  Frauds Trust Fund within the Department of Legal Affairs

15  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

16  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Consumer Frauds Trust Fund within the

19  Department of Legal Affairs sets adequate parameters for its

20  use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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24         Section 1.  The Consumer Frauds Trust Fund within the

25  Department of Legal Affairs, SAMAS number 412125, which is to

26  be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the

27  State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

28         Section 2.  All current balances of the Consumer Frauds

29  Trust Fund within the Department of Legal Affairs are carried

30  forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust fund

31  are continued.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4625

    608-129-98






  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  2  2000.

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      Re-creates the Consumer Frauds Trust Fund within the
  7    Department of Legal Affairs, without modification, and
      carries forward its current balances and continues its
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