House Bill 1307

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1307

        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         Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Business and Professional

  5         Regulation without modification; carrying

  6         forward current balances and continuing current

  7         sources and uses thereof; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund within the Department

12  of Business and Professional Regulation, which is otherwise

13  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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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 Cigarette Tax Collection Trust

25  Fund within the Department of Business and Professional

26  Regulation, FLAIR number 79-2-086, which was created by

27  section 210.20, 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 1307

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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.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  5  2000.

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      Re-creates the Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund within
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