House Bill 1253

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1253

        By the Committee on General Government Appropriations and
    Representative Sembler





  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund within

  4         the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

  5         Services without modification; carrying forward

  6         current balances and continuing current sources

  7         and uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the

11  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is

12  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

15  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

16  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

19  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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23         Section 1.  (1)  The Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust

24  Fund, FLAIR number 42-2-025, which was created within the

25  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and which is

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

27  State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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

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

30  are continued.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1253

    610-147-99






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

  2  2000.

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  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Re-creates the Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund
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