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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds; terminating,
3 exempting from termination, or modifying
4 specified trust funds administered by state
5 transportation and economic development
6 agencies; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. (1) The following trust funds administered
11 by the following agencies are terminated:
12 (a) Within the Department of Community Affairs:
13 1. The Hurricane Andrew Disaster Relief Trust Fund,
14 FLAIR number 52-2-200.
15 2. The Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust
16 Fund, FLAIR number 52-2-205.
17 (b) Within the Department of State:
18 1. The Hurricane Andrew Disaster Relief Trust Fund,
19 FLAIR number 45-2-200.
20 2. The Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust
21 Fund, FLAIR number 45-2-205.
22 (2) Unless otherwise provided, all current balances
23 remaining in, and all revenues of, the trust funds terminated
24 by this act shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
25 (3) For each trust fund and fund account terminated by
26 this act, the agency that administers the trust fund or fund
27 account shall pay any outstanding debts or obligations of the
28 terminated fund or account as soon as practicable, and the
29 Comptroller shall close out and remove the terminated fund or
30 account from the various state accounting systems using
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1 generally accepted accounting principles concerning warrants
2 outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
3 Section 2. The Legislature finds that the following
4 trust funds within the Department of Community Affairs are
5 exempt from termination pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III
6 of the State Constitution:
7 (1) The Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund, FLAIR
8 number 52-2-332.
9 Section 3. Section 189.427, Florida Statutes, is
10 amended to read:
11 189.427 Fee schedule; Operating Trust Fund.--The
12 Department of Community Affairs, by rule, shall establish a
13 schedule of fees to pay one-half of the costs incurred by the
14 department in administering this act, except that the fee may
15 not exceed $175 per district per year. The fees collected
16 under this section shall be deposited in the Operating Trust
17 Fund established under s. 290.034, which shall be administered
18 by the Department of Community Affairs. Any fee rule must
19 consider factors such as the dependent and independent status
20 of the district and district revenues for the most recent
21 fiscal year as reported to the Department of Banking and
22 Finance. The department may assess fines of not more than $25,
23 with an aggregate total not to exceed $50, as penalties
24 against special districts that fail to remit required fees to
25 the department. It is the intent of the Legislature that
26 general revenue funds will be made available to the department
27 to pay one-half of the cost of administering this act.
28 Section 4. Subsection (7) of section 252.82, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 252.82 Definitions.--As used in this part:
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1 (7) "Trust fund" means the Operating Trust Fund of the
2 Department of Community Affairs established in s. 290.034.
3 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 943.25, Florida
4 Statutes, is amended to read:
5 943.25 Criminal justice trust funds; source of funds;
6 use of funds.--
7 (1) The Department of Community Affairs may approve,
8 for disbursement from its the Operating Trust Fund established
9 pursuant to s. 290.034, those appropriated sums necessary and
10 required by the state for grant matching, implementing,
11 administering, evaluating, and qualifying for such federal
12 funds. Disbursements from the trust fund for the purpose of
13 supplanting state general revenue funds may not be made
14 without specific legislative appropriation.
15 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
16 15.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 15.09 Fees.--
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19 (b) For the 1999-2000 fiscal year only, Funds from the
20 Public Access Data Systems Trust Fund may be appropriated for
21 the operations of the department. This paragraph expires July
22 1, 2000.
23 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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