Senate Bill 0402

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 402

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-193A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Citrus Inspection Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Citrus Inspection

  5         Trust Fund; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund, which is otherwise scheduled

11  to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

12         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Citrus

13  Inspection Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date

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

15  purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund sets

18  adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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22         Section 1.  (1)  The Citrus Inspection Trust Fund,

23  FLAIR number 42-2-093, which was created within the Department

24  of Agriculture and Consumer Services and which is to be

25  terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

26  Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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

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

29  are continued.

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

31  2000.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 402
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  3    Re-creates the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund within the
      Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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