House Bill 4643

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4643

        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         Family Courts Trust Fund within the state

  4         courts system without modification; carrying

  5         forward current balances and continuing current

  6         sources and uses thereof; providing for future

  7         termination; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Family Courts Trust Fund within the state courts system,

11  which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

12  constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Family Courts

14  Trust Fund within the state courts system before its scheduled

15  termination date and has found that it continues to meet an

16  important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Family Courts Trust Fund within the

19  state courts system sets adequate parameters for its use, NOW,

20  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 Family Courts Trust Fund within the

25  state courts system, SAMAS number 222973, which is to be

26  terminated pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 94-223, Laws of

27  Florida, and Section 19(f), Article III of the State

28  Constitution on July 1, 1998, is re-created.

29         Section 2.  All current balances of the Family Courts

30  Trust Fund within the state courts system are carried forward,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4643

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  1  and all current sources and uses of the trust fund are

  2  continued.

  3         Section 3.  The Family Courts Trust Fund within the

  4  state courts system is terminated on November 4, 2000.

  5         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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      Re-creates the Family Courts Trust Fund within the state
10    courts system, without modification, and carries forward
      its current balances and continues its current sources
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