House Bill hb1851

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1851

        By the Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations and
    Representative Ball





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund within the

  4         Justice Administrative Commission without

  5         modification; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund within the Justice

11  Administrative Commission, which is otherwise scheduled to be

12  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

14  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

15  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

18  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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22         Section 1.  (1)  The Indigent Criminal Defense Trust

23  Fund within the Justice Administrative Commission, FLAIR

24  number 21-2-974, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section

25  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on November 4,

26  2004, is re-created.

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

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

29  are continued.

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

31  2004.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1851

    608-172-02






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      Re-creates the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund
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