Senate Bill sb1806

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1806

    By Senator Silver





    38-1285-02                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         464.0198, F.S.; creating the Florida Center for

  4         Nursing Trust Fund; providing for sources of

  5         funds and purposes; providing for annual

  6         carryforward of funds; providing for future

  7         review and termination or re-creation of the

  8         trust fund; providing a contingent effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 464.0198, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         464.0198  Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund.--

16         (1)  There is created the Florida Center for Nursing

17  Trust Fund to be administered by the Department of Health.

18  Funds provided pursuant to s. 464.0195(3) for the Florida

19  Center for Nursing shall be deposited into this trust fund.

20  Other funds from grants and donations, federal funds, or other

21  funds from other sources specified by law may be deposited

22  into this trust fund and used for purposes of the Florida

23  Center for Nursing. Moneys deposited into this trust fund

24  shall be used as provided in s. 464.0195.

25         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

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

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

28  end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the

29  purposes of the trust fund.

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

31  State Constitution, the Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1806
    38-1285-02                                              See HB




  1  shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1,

  2  2006. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall

  3  be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

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

  5  SB______ or similar legislation is adopted in the same

  6  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.

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  9                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund to be
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      for its sources and purposes. Provides for annual
12    carryforward of balances remaining at the end of any
      fiscal year. Provides for future review and termination
13    or re-creation of the trust fund.

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