Senate Bill sb0614

    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                       SB 614

    By Senator Clary





    309-163A-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the trust fund;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         repealing s. 372.107(3), F.S., which provides

  8         for the future termination of the trust fund;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

12  the Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund, which is otherwise

13  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

16  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

17  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

20  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund

25  within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, FLAIR

26  Number 77-2-719, which was created by chapter 98-391, Laws of

27  Florida, and which is to be terminated pursuant to Section

28  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2002,

29  is re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                       SB 614
    309-163A-01




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

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

  3  are continued.

  4         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 372.107, Florida

  5  Statutes, is repealed.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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      Enforcement Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
11    Conservation Commission.

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