House Bill hb1751

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1751

        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         Federal Law Enforcement 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; amending s. 932.705, F.S.;

  8         abrogating the scheduled termination of the

  9         trust fund; 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 within the Department

13  of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which is otherwise

14  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

15  and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

17  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

18  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

19         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

20  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

21  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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

26  within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,

27  FLAIR number 76-2-719, which is to be terminated pursuant to

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

29  1, 2002, is re-created.

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  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.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

  5  932.705, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  6         932.705  Law enforcement trust funds; Department of

  7  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles deposits.--

  8         (1)

  9         (b)1.  There is created the Federal Law Enforcement

10  Trust Fund into which the Department of Highway Safety and

11  Motor Vehicles may deposit receipts and revenues received as a

12  result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil

13  forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues received from

14  federal asset-sharing programs. The trust fund is exempt from

15  the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

16         2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

17  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

18  end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

19  end of that year and shall be available for carrying out the

20  purposes of the trust fund.

21         3.  Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III

22  of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless

23  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2002.

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

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

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      Re-creates the Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within
29    the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

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