Senate Bill 1684c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 1684

    By the Committee on Commerce and Economic Opportunities; and
    Senator Kirkpatrick




    310-2116-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Digital Media Education Infrastructure Fund;

  4         providing for the administration of the trust

  5         fund; specifying the purposes and uses of the

  6         trust fund; providing for review and

  7         termination or recreation of the trust fund;

  8         providing a contingent effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Digital Media Education Infrastructure

13  Fund.--

14         (1)  There is created within the State Treasury the

15  Digital Media Education Infrastructure Fund. Moneys deposited

16  in the trust fund shall be administered by the Office of

17  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and may be used only

18  to support upgrading the quality of media labs associated with

19  university programs, community college programs, and other

20  educational resources in order to assist in meeting current

21  and future workforce-training needs for the digital media

22  industry.

23         Section 2.  In accordance with Section 19(f)(2),

24  Article III of the State Constitution, the Digital Media

25  Education Infrastructure Fund shall, unless terminated sooner,

26  be terminated on July 1, 2004. Before its scheduled

27  termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in

28  section 215.3206 (1) and (2), Florida Statutes.

29         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000,

30  but it shall not take effect unless it is enacted by a

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    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 1684
    310-2116-00




  1  three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the

  2  Legislature.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                         Senate Bill 1684

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  7  This committee substitute creates the Digital Media Education
    Infrastructure Fund to be administered by the Office of
  8  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.  The fund may be
    used only to support upgrading the quality of media labs
  9  associated with university programs, community college
    programs, and other educational resources in order to assist
10  in meeting current and future workforce training needs for the
    digital media industry.
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    In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
12  Constitution, the fund shall, unless terminated sooner,
    terminate on July 1, 2004. Before its scheduled termination,
13  the fund must be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206 (1) and
    (2), F.S.
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