House Bill 1231

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1231

        By the Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations
    and Representative Sanderson





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and

  4         Procurement Trust Fund within the Agency for

  5         Health Care Administration without

  6         modification; carrying forward current balances

  7         and continuing current sources and uses

  8         thereof; providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and Procurement

12  Trust Fund within the Agency for Health Care Administration,

13  which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

14  constitutional mandate, and

15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

16  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

17  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

20  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 Florida Organ and Tissue Donor

25  Education and Procurement Trust Fund within the Agency for

26  Health Care Administration, FLAIR number 68-2-509, which is to

27  be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the

28  State Constitution on November 4, 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 House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1231

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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 Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education
      and Procurement Trust Fund within the Agency for Health
  7    Care Administration.

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