Senate Bill 2272

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2272

    By Senator Casas





    39-1503-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         20.3254, F.S.; creating the Grants and

  4         Donations Trust Fund within the Fish and

  5         Wildlife Conservation Commission; providing for

  6         source of moneys and purposes; providing for

  7         future review and termination or re-creation of

  8         the fund; providing an 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.  Section 20.3254, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         20.3254  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;

15  Grants and Donations Trust Fund.--

16         (1)  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund is created

17  within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The fund

18  shall serve as the depository for any moneys received by the

19  commission which are not otherwise deposited directly into a

20  separate trust fund, including, but not limited to, federal

21  grants and other grants, receipts, gifts, or donations made to

22  the commission. The trust fund is intended to be a broad-based

23  fund from which moneys may be used for various program

24  purposes of the commission, including purposes for which

25  federal funds were intended.

26         (2)  Funds from the trust fund may be expended for

27  purposes related to marine research, marine habitat

28  restoration, aquatic weed control, aquatic life, wild animal

29  life, and marine life.

30         (3)  The commission is designated as the administrative

31  agency of the state to apply for and accept any funds or other

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  1  aid and to cooperate and enter into contracts and agreements

  2  with the Federal Government relating to the planning, design,

  3  construction, operation, maintenance, and enforcement

  4  activities of the commission or to any related federally

  5  authorized environmental purpose. The commission may make

  6  applications in the name of the state, sign documents, give

  7  assurances, and other things necessary to obtain aid from or

  8  cooperate with the Federal Government or its agencies.

  9         (4)  The commission may enter into contracts and

10  agreements and cooperate with any other state agency, local

11  government agency, person, or other state in carrying out its

12  responsibilities with respect to the moneys deposited into and

13  expended from the trust fund created under this section.

14         (5)  In accordance with the provisions of s. 19(f)(2),

15  Art. III of the State Constitution, the Grants and Donations

16  Trust Fund shall be terminated on July 1, 2003, unless

17  terminated sooner. Prior to its scheduled termination, the

18  trust fund must be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and

19  (2).

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

21  but it shall not take effect unless it is enacted by a

22  three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the

23  Legislature.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Creates the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Fish
      and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Provides for review
28    and termination or re-creation of the trust fund.

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