House Bill hb1731

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1731

        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         Fuel Tax Collection 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 Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund within the Department of

11  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 Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund

24  within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,

25  FLAIR number 76-2-319, which is to be terminated pursuant to

26  Section 19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on

27  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 1731

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

  2  2004.

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      Re-creates the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund within the
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