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  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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