House Bill 2139

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 2139

        By Representatives Wiles, Ball, Maygarden, Fuller, K.
    Smith, L. Miller, Pruitt, Arnall, Crady, Boyd, Stansel,
    Reddick, Starks, Bainter, Trovillion, Healey, Turnbull, Hill,
    Wise, Ritchie, Henriquez, Gottlieb, Melvin, Morroni, Ogles,
    (Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Florida State Veterans Cemetery System Trust

  4         Fund within the Department of Veterans'

  5         Affairs; providing for sources of moneys and

  6         purposes; providing for future review and

  7         termination or re-creation of the trust fund;

  8         providing a contingent effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  The Florida State Veterans Cemetery System

13  Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the

14  Department of Veterans' Affairs.  Funds shall be credited to

15  the trust fund as provided in HB     or similar legislation,

16  to be used for the purposes set forth therein.

17         Section 2.  (1)  Pursuant to the provisions of Section

18  19(f)(2), Article III of the State Constitution, the Florida

19  State Veterans Cemetery System Trust Fund shall, unless

20  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2003.

21         (2)  Prior to the regular legislative session

22  immediately preceding the date on which the trust fund is

23  scheduled to be terminated, the Department of Veterans'

24  Affairs and the Governor shall recommend to the President of

25  the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

26  whether the trust fund should be allowed to terminate or

27  should be re-created.  These recommendations shall be based on

28  a review of the purpose and use of the trust fund and a

29  determination of whether the trust fund will continue to be

30  necessary.  A recommendation to re-create the trust fund may

31  include suggested modifications to the purposes, sources of

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  1  receipts, and allowable expenditures for the trust fund.  The

  2  department's recommendation shall be made as a part of its

  3  legislative budget request to the Legislature pursuant to

  4  section 216.023, Florida Statutes.  The Governor's

  5  recommendation shall be made as a part of the recommended

  6  budget presented to the Legislature pursuant to section

  7  216.162, Florida Statutes.

  8         (3)  If the trust fund is terminated, the Department of

  9  Veterans' Affairs shall pay any outstanding debts or

10  obligations of the trust fund as soon as practicable and the

11  Comptroller shall close out and remove the trust fund from the

12  various state accounting systems, using generally accepted

13  accounting practices concerning warrants outstanding, assets,

14  and liabilities.

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, if

16  HB     or similar legislation is adopted in the same

17  legislative session or an extension thereof.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Florida State Veterans Cemetery System Trust
22    Fund within the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and
      provides for its sources of moneys and purposes.
23    Provides for future review and termination or re-creation
      of the trust fund.
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                         ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
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    Heyman, Hafner, Patterson, Hart, Murman, Argenziano, Peaden
29  and Futch

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