Senate Bill 0488

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 488

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-223-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Certification Program Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Certification

  5         Program Trust Fund; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Certification Program 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 Certification

14  Program Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date and

15  has found that it continues to meet an important public

16  purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, The Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Certification Program Trust Fund sets

19  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 Certification Program Trust Fund

24  within the Department of Revenue, FLAIR number 73-2-092, which

25  was created by section 195.002, Florida Statutes, 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 488
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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 Certification Program Trust Fund within
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