House Bill hb1277

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1277

        By the Committee on General Government Appropriations and
    Representatives Dockery, Greenstein, Kendrick, Mayfield,
    Holloway, Lee, Bennett, Harrell and Brown




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the trust fund;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund, which is otherwise

11  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

14  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

15  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

18  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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22         Section 1.  (1)  The Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust

23  Fund within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,

24  FLAIR Number 77-2-458, which is to be terminated pursuant to

25  Section 19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on

26  November 4, 2004, is re-created.

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

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

29  are continued.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect November 4,

31  2004.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1277

    610-295-01






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  3    Re-creates without modification the Lifetime Fish and
      Wildlife Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
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