House Bill hb1897

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1897

        By the Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations and
    Representative Ball





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; terminating and

  3         re-creating the Employee Benefit Trust Fund

  4         within the Department of Corrections 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 Employee Benefit Trust Fund within the Department of

11  Corrections, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

12  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 Employee Benefit Trust Fund within

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

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

25  Constitution on July 1, 2006, unless terminated sooner by law,

26  is terminated on November 4, 2004, and 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 1897

    608-217-02






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      Terminates and re-creates the Employee Benefit Trust Fund
  4    within the Department of Corrections in order to
      synchronize its review cycle with other trust funds of
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