House Bill 1367

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1367

        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         Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund

  4         within the Department of Environmental

  5         Protection 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 Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund within the

12  Department of Environmental Protection, 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 Conservation and Recreation Lands

25  Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection,

26  FLAIR number 37-2-131, which is to be terminated pursuant to

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

28  November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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

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

31  are continued.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1367

    610-204-99






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

  2  2000.

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      Re-creates the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust
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