House Bill 1197

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1197

        By the Committee on Education Appropriations and
    Representative Wise





  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Education without modification;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of

11  Education, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

12  pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

14  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

15  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

18  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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22         Section 1.  (1)  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund,

23  FLAIR number 48-2-339, which was created within the Department

24  of Education and which is to be terminated pursuant to Section

25  19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2000,

26  is re-created.

27         (2)  All current balances of the trust fund are carried

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

29  are continued.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect November 4,

31  2000.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1197

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      Recreates the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the
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