House Bill 1217

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1217

        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         Education and General Student and Other Fees

  4         Trust Fund within the Department of Education

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; repealing s. 3, ch. 95-112, Laws

  8         of Florida; abrogating provisions relating to

  9         the termination of the trust fund, to conform;

10         providing an effective date.

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12         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

13  the Education and General Student and Other Fees Trust Fund

14  within the Department of Education, which is otherwise

15  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

18  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

19  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

20         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

21  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

22  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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26         Section 1.  (1)  The Education and General Student and

27  Other Fees Trust Fund within the Department of Education,

28  FLAIR number 49-2-164, which was created by section 240.209,

29  Florida Statutes, and which is to be terminated pursuant to

30  Section 19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on July

31  1, 1999, is re-created.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1217

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

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

  3  are continued.

  4         Section 2.  Section 3 of chapter 95-112, Laws of

  5  Florida, is repealed.

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

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      Re-creates the Education and General Student and Other
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