Senate Bill 0606

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 606

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-248A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the Water

  3         Management Lands Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Water Management

  5         Lands Trust 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 Water Management Lands 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 Water

14  Management Lands Trust Fund before its scheduled termination

15  date and has found that it continues to meet an important

16  public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Water Management Lands Trust Fund sets

19  adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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23         Section 1.  (1)  The Water Management Lands Trust Fund

24  within the Department of Environmental Protection, FLAIR

25  number 37-2-776, which was created by section 373.59, Florida

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

27  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on November 4,

28  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 606
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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 Water Management Lands Trust Fund within
      the Department of Environmental Protection.
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