Senate Bill 2180

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2180

    By Senator Silver





    38-1672-99                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         550.2631, F.S.; creating the Video Lottery

  4         Purse Trust Fund within the Department of

  5         Business and Professional Regulation; providing

  6         for source of moneys and purposes; providing

  7         for annual carryforward of funds; providing for

  8         future review and termination or re-creation of

  9         the trust fund; providing a contingent

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 550.2631, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         550.2631  Video Lottery Purse Trust Fund.--

17         (1)  The Video Lottery Purse Trust Fund is hereby

18  created, to be administered by the Department of Business and

19  Professional Regulation. Funds shall be credited to the trust

20  fund as provided in s. 24.1121 and shall be distributed as

21  provided in s. 550.26315, to be used for the purposes

22  specified in that section.

23         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

24  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

25  end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

26  end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the

27  purposes of the trust fund.

28         (3)  Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art.

29  III of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless

30  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2003. However,

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2180
    38-1672-99                                              See HB




  1  prior to its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be

  2  reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, if

  4  Senate Bill     or similar legislation is adopted in the same

  5  legislative session or an extension thereof.

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  8                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Video Lottery Purse Trust Fund within the
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      provides for its source of moneys and purposes. Provides
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      review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund.
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