Senate Bill 0418

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 418

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-201A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the Pest

  3         Control Trust Fund without modification;

  4         re-creating the Pest Control 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 Pest Control Trust Fund, which is otherwise scheduled to

11  be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

12         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Pest Control

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 Pest Control 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 Pest Control Trust Fund, FLAIR

22  number 42-2-528, which was created within the Department of

23  Agriculture and Consumer Services and which is to be

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

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

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

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

28  are continued.

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

30  2000.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 418
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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Re-creates the Pest Control Trust Fund within the
      Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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