House Bill hb1709

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1709

        By the Committee on Transportation & Economic Development
    Appropriations and Representative Johnson





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund within

  4         the Department of Transportation without

  5         modification; 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 Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund within the

11  Department of Transportation, which is otherwise scheduled to

12  be terminated pursuant to 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 Transportation Disadvantaged Trust

23  Fund within the Department of Transportation, FLAIR number

24  55-2-731, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

25  Article III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2004, is

26  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 - 2002                HB 1709

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      Re-creates the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund
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