House Bill 1213

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1213

        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         University of Florida Health Center Operations

  4         and Maintenance Trust Fund within the

  5         Department of Education without modification;

  6         carrying forward current balances and

  7         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  8         repealing s. 3, ch. 95-113, Laws of Florida;

  9         abrogating provisions relating to the

10         termination of the trust fund, to conform;

11         providing an effective date.

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13         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

14  the University of Florida Health Center Operations and

15  Maintenance Trust Fund within the Department of Education,

16  which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

17  constitutional mandate, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

19  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

20  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

21         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

22  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

23  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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27         Section 1.  (1)  The University of Florida Health

28  Center Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund within the

29  Department of Education, FLAIR number 49-2-424, which was

30  created by section 240.513, Florida Statutes, and which is to

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1213

    609-139-99






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

  2  State Constitution on July 1, 1999, is re-created.

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

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

  5  are continued.

  6         Section 2.  Section 3 of chapter 95-113, Laws of

  7  Florida, is repealed.

  8         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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      Re-creates the University of Florida Health Center
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      Department of Education.
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