Senate Bill 0558

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 558

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-151A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Student Loan Guaranty Reserve Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Student Loan

  5         Guaranty Reserve 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 Student Loan Guaranty Reserve Fund, which is otherwise

11  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the fund before

14  its scheduled termination date and has found that it continues

15  to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the fund sets adequate parameters for its

18  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 Student Loan Guaranty Reserve Fund

23  within the Department of Education, FLAIR number 48-2-718,

24  which was created by section 240.431, Florida Statutes, and

25  which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article

26  III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is

27  re-created.

28         (2)  All current balances of the 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 558
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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 Student Loan Guaranty Reserve Fund within
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