Senate Bill 0404

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 404

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-192A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Agricultural Law

  5         Enforcement Trust Fund; carrying forward

  6         current balances and continuing current sources

  7         and uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund, which is

11  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

12  constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Agricultural

14  Law Enforcement Trust Fund before its scheduled termination

15  date and has found that it continues to meet an important

16  public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund

19  sets adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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23         Section 1.  (1)  The Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust

24  Fund, FLAIR number 42-2-025, which was created within the

25  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and which is

26  to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the

27  State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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

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

30  are continued.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 404
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  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  2  2000.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Re-creates the Agricultural Law Enforcement Trust Fund
      within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  7    Services.

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