House Bill hb1281

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1281

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




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund

  4         without modification; re-creating the trust

  5         fund; 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 Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, which is

11  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

12  constitutional mandate, and

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 Marine Resources Conservation

23  Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

24  Commission, FLAIR Number 77-2-467, which is to be terminated

25  pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

26  Constitution on 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,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1281

    610-296-01






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  3    Re-creates without modification the Marine Resources
      Conservation Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
  4    Conservation Commission.

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