House Bill 1269

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1269

        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         Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund

  4         within the Department of Agriculture and

  5         Consumer Services without modification;

  6         carrying forward current balances and

  7         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund within the

12  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is

13  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

14  constitutional mandate, and

15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

16  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

17  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

20  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  (1)  The Market Improvements Working

25  Capital Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and

26  Consumer Services, FLAIR number 42-2-473, which was created by

27  section 570.531, Florida Statutes, and which is to be

28  terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

29  Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1269

    610-155-99






  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.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  5  2000.

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  8                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Re-creates the Market Improvements Working Capital Trust
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