Senate Bill 0644

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 644

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    301-188A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act re-creating the Grants and Donations

  3         Trust Fund of the Department of Environmental

  4         Protection without modifications; carrying

  5         forward current balances and continuing current

  6         sources and uses thereof; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Grants and Donations 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 trust fund

14  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

15  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the existing public

17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

18  its 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 Grants and Donations Trust Fund

23  within the Department of Environmental Protection, FLAIR

24  37-2-339, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

25  Article III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is

26  re-created.

27         (2)  All current balances of the trust fund are carried

28  forward and all current sources and uses of the trust fund are

29  continued.

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

31  2000.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 644
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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Recreates the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the
      Department of Environmental Protection.
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