House Bill hb1717

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1717

        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         Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund within the Department

11  of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which is otherwise

12  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

15  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

16  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

19  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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23         Section 1.  (1)  The Highway Safety Operating Trust

24  Fund within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

25  Vehicles, FLAIR number 76-2-009, which is to be terminated

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

27  Constitution on November 4, 2004, is re-created.

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

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

30  are continued.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1717

    612-210-02






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  2  2004.

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