Senate Bill 0600e1

    CS for SB 600                                  First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund

  4         within the legislative branch; carrying forward

  5         current balances and continuing current sources

  6         and uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  8         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

  9  the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund within the

10  legislative branch, which is otherwise scheduled to be

11  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

12         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

13  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

14  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

16  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

17  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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21         Section 1.  (1)  The Legislative Lobbyist Registration

22  Trust Fund within the legislative branch, FLAIR number

23  11-2-442, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

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

25  re-created.

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

27  forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust fund

28  are continued.

29         Section 2.  This act shall shall take effect November

30  4, 2000.

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