House Bill hb1715

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1715

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





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         250.176, F.S.; creating the Emergency Response

  4         Trust Fund within the Department of Military

  5         Affairs; providing sources of funds; providing

  6         for the use of funds; providing an exemption

  7         from certain service charges; providing for an

  8         annual carryforward of funds; providing for

  9         future legislative review and termination or

10         re-creation of the trust fund; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 250.176, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         250.176  Emergency Response Trust Fund.--

18         (1)  The Emergency Response Trust Fund is created

19  within the Department of Military Affairs.

20         (2)  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall

21  consist of reimbursements from the Federal Emergency

22  Management Agency for the costs of activating the Florida

23  National Guard and transfers of state funds approved by budget

24  amendments processed as provided in chapter 216.  Such funds

25  shall be used to pay all operational costs incurred by the

26  Florida National Guard when called to active duty.

27         (3)(a)  The trust fund is exempt from the service

28  charges imposed by s. 215.20.

29         (b)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s.

30  216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1715

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  1  fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be

  2  available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

  3         (4)  In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the

  4  State Constitution, the Emergency Response Trust Fund shall,

  5  unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2006.

  6  Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be

  7  reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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      Creates the Emergency Response Trust Fund within the
13    Department of Military Affairs. Provides for sources of
      funds. Provides for moneys in the trust fund to be used
14    to pay operational costs incurred by the Florida National
      Guard when called to active duty. Provides for an annual
15    carryforward of funds. Provides for future review and
      termination or re-creation of the trust fund.
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