CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 0867
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 867
By the Committee on Health Care Services and
Representative Albright
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds; creating s.
3 20.435(1)(c) and (2), F.S., relating to trust
4 funds of the Department of Health; creating the
5 Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the
6 department; providing for sources of moneys and
7 purposes; providing for annual carryforward of
8 funds; providing for future review and
9 termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
10 providing a directive to the Division of
11 Statutory Revision; providing an effective
12 date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and
17 subsection (2) of section 20.435, Florida Statutes, are
18 created to read:
19 20.435 Department of Health; trust funds.--
20 (1) The following trust funds are hereby created, to
21 be administered by the Department of Health:
22 (c) Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
23 1. Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall
24 consist of restricted contractual revenue from public or
25 private sources such as receipts from Medicaid, funds from
26 federal environmental laws such as the Safe Drinking Water Act
27 and the Super Act, funds from other health and environmental
28 programs, and funds from private sources such as foundations.
29 Funds shall be used for the purpose of supporting the
30 activities of the department and shall be expended only
31 pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment
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1 to the department's operating budget pursuant to the
2 provisions of chapter 216.
3 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
4 pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the
5 end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the
6 end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the
7 purposes of the trust fund.
8 (2) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art.
9 III of the State Constitution, each trust fund listed in
10 subsection (1) shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated
11 on July 1, 2001. However, prior to its scheduled termination,
12 each trust fund listed in subsection (1) shall be reviewed as
13 provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
14 Section 2. In editing manuscript for the next edition
15 of the official Florida Statutes, the Division of Statutory
16 Revision of the Joint Legislative Management Committee shall
17 incorporate within section 20.435, Florida Statutes, as
18 created by this act, all trust funds created within the
19 Department of Health by separate legislation, as required by
20 Section 19(f)(1) of Article III of the State Constitution,
21 during the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature or any
22 extension thereof.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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26 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Creates the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the
28 Department of Health. Provides for sources of moneys and
purposes. Provides for annual carryforward of funds.
29 Provides for future review and termination or re-creation
of the trust fund.
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