Senate Bill 0544

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 544

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-238A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Teacher Certification Examination Trust Fund

  4         without modification; re-creating the Teacher

  5         Certification Examination Trust Fund; carrying

  6         forward current balances and continuing current

  7         sources and uses thereof; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Teacher Certification Examination Trust Fund, which is

12  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Teacher

15  Certification Examination 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 Teacher Certification Examination 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 Teacher Certification Examination

25  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 48-2-727, which was created within

26  the Department of Education and which is to be terminated

27  pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

28  Constitution on November 4, 2000, is 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 544
    301-238A-99




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

  2  2000.

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  6    Re-creates the Teacher Certification Examination Trust
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