Senate Bill 0548

    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 548

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-150A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund

  4         without modification; re-creating the Projects,

  5         Contracts, and Grants 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 Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund, which is

12  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Projects,

15  Contracts, and Grants 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 Projects, Contracts, and Grants 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 Projects, Contracts, and Grants

25  Trust Fund within the Department of Education, FLAIR number

26  48-2-552, which was created by section 229.085, 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 548
    301-150A-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 Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund
      within the Department of Education.
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