Senate Bill 0538

    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 538

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-234A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Educational Media and Technology Trust Fund

  4         without modification; re-creating the

  5         Educational Media and Technology Trust Fund;

  6         carrying forward current balances and

  7         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Educational Media and Technology Trust Fund, which is

12  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Educational

15  Media and Technology Trust Fund before its scheduled

16  termination date and has found that it continues to meet an

17  important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the Educational Media and Technology Trust

20  Fund sets adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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24         Section 1.  (1)  The Educational Media and Technology

25  Trust Fund within the Department of Education, FLAIR number

26  48-2-183, which was created by section 233.255, Florida

27  Statutes, and which is to be terminated pursuant to Section

28  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on November 4,

29  2000, is re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 538
    301-234A-99




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

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

  3  are continued.

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

  5  2000.

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  8                          SENATE SUMMARY

  9    Re-creates the Educational Media and Technology Trust
      Fund within the Department of Education.
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