Senate Bill 0478

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 478

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-226-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Enforcement Trust Fund without modification;

  4         re-creating the Drug Enforcement 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 Drug Enforcement Trust Fund, which is otherwise scheduled

11  to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

12         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Drug

13  Enforcement 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 Drug Enforcement 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 Drug Enforcement Trust Fund within

23  the Department of Revenue, FLAIR number 73-2-171, which was

24  created by section 212.0505, Florida Statutes, and which is to

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

26  State 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 478
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  3    Re-creates the Drug Enforcement Trust Fund within the
      Department of Revenue.
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