House Bill hb1895

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1895

        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         Employee Benefit Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Corrections without modification;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         repealing s. 945.21501(3), F.S., relating to

  8         termination and review of the trust fund, to

  9         conform; providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

12  the Employee Benefit Trust Fund within the Department of

13  Corrections, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

14  pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

16  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

17  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

20  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  (1)  The Employee Benefit Trust Fund within

25  the Department of Corrections, no FLAIR number, which is to be

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

27  Constitution on July 1, 2002, 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 1895

    608-216-02






  1         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 945.21501,

  2  Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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

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      Re-creates the Employee Benefit Trust Fund within the
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