Senate Bill 0632

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 632

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-267A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act re-creating the Hurricane Andrew

  3         Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Environmental Protection without

  5         modification; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund within

11  the Department of Environmental Protection, which is otherwise

12  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

15  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

16  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

19  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 Hurricane Andrew Recovery and

24  Rebuilding Trust Fund, FLAIR number 37-2-205, which was

25  created within the Department of Environmental Protection and

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

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

28  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 632
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  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  2  2000.

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  6    Re-creates the Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding
      Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental
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