Senate Bill 0396

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 396

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-196A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         General Inspection Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  5         without modification; re-creating the General

  6         Inspection Trust Fund; carrying forward current

  7         balances and continuing current sources and

  8         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the General Inspection Trust Fund, which is otherwise

12  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the General

15  Inspection Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date

16  and has found that it continues to meet an important public

17  purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the General Inspection Trust Fund sets

20  adequate parameters for 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 General Inspection Trust Fund

25  within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,

26  FLAIR number 42-2-321, which was created by section 570.20,

27  Florida Statutes, and which is to be terminated pursuant to

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

29  November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 396
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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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  8                          SENATE SUMMARY

  9    Re-creates the General Inspection Trust Fund within the
      Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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