Senate Bill 0490

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 490

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-257A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Grants and Donations Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the 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 Grants and Donations 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 trust fund

14  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

15  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

18  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 Grants and Donations Trust Fund,

23  FLAIR number 73-2-339, which was created within the Department

24  of Revenue 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 490
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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Recreates the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the
      Department of Revenue.
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