Senate Bill 0414

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 414

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-205A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Viticulture Trust Fund without modification;

  4         re-creating the Viticulture Trust Fund;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Viticulture Trust Fund, which is otherwise scheduled to be

11  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

12         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Viticulture

13  Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date and has found

14  that it continues to meet an important public purpose, and

15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

16  policy concerning the Viticulture Trust Fund sets adequate

17  parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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21         Section 1.  (1)  The Viticulture Trust Fund within the

22  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, FLAIR number

23  42-2-773, which was created by section 599.012, Florida

24  Statutes, and which is to be terminated pursuant to Section

25  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on November 4,

26  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 414
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  3    Re-creates the Viticulture Trust Fund within the
      Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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