Senate Bill 0454

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 454

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-219A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Florida Citrus

  5         Advertising 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 Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund, which is otherwise

11  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Florida

14  Citrus Advertising 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 Florida Citrus Advertising 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 Florida Citrus Advertising Trust

24  Fund within the Department of Citrus, FLAIR number 57-2-090,

25  which was created by section 601.15, Florida Statutes, and

26  which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article

27  III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is

28  re-created.

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

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

31  are continued.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 454
    301-219A-99




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

  2  2000.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Re-creates the Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund
      within the Department of Citrus.
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