House Bill 1273

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1273

        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         Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  5         without modification and placing it on the

  6         standard review cycle; carrying forward current

  7         balances and continuing current sources and

  8         uses thereof; repealing s. 570.205(3), F.S.;

  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 Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department

15  of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is otherwise

16  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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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 Federal Law Enforcement Trust

28  Fund, FLAIR number 42-2-719, which was created within the

29  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and which is

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

31  State Constitution on July 1, 2002, unless terminated sooner

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1273

    610-157-99






  1  by law, is hereby terminated on November 4, 2000, and

  2  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.  Subsection (3) of section 570.205, Florida

  7  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is repealed.

  8         Section 3.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  9  2000.

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      Re-creates the Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within
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      places it on the standard review cycle.
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