House Bill 4639

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4639

        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         Elections Commission 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 Elections Commission Trust Fund within the Department of

11  Legal Affairs, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

12  pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Elections

14  Commission 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 Elections Commission Trust Fund within

19  the Department of Legal Affairs sets adequate parameters for

20  its 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 Elections Commission Trust Fund within

25  the Department of Legal Affairs, SAMAS number 412251, which is

26  to 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 Elections

29  Commission Trust Fund within the Department of Legal Affairs

30  are carried forward, and all current sources and uses of the

31  trust fund are continued.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4639

    608-136-98






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

  2  2000.

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