House Bill hb1287

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1287

        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         Florida Panther Research and Management Trust

  4         Fund without modification; re-creating the

  5         trust fund; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund, which

11  is 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 Florida Panther Research and

23  Management Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife

24  Conservation Commission, FLAIR Number 77-2-299, which is to be

25  terminated 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,

31  2004.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1287

    610-292-01






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  3    Re-creates without modification the Florida Panther
      Research and Management Trust Fund within the Fish and
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