Senate Bill sb2448

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2448

    By Senator Posey





    15-239-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Citizen Donation Trust Fund within the

  4         Executive Office of the Governor; requiring

  5         that the trust fund be used to receive

  6         donations from individuals who wish to support

  7         specific programs, activities, or functions of

  8         a state agency, school district, state college

  9         or university, or other political subdivision

10         of the state; providing that the name of the

11         donor and the designated purpose of the

12         donation are public records; requiring that the

13         Executive Office of the Governor publicize the

14         existence of the trust fund; providing that

15         donations to the trust fund may not replace any

16         appropriation or other allocation of funds to a

17         program or to a state or local governmental

18         agency; requiring the Executive Office of the

19         Governor to adopt rules for distributing moneys

20         from the trust fund to the designated

21         governmental agency; providing a contingent

22         effective date.

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24         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that individuals and

25  groups often believe that the legislative appropriations

26  process results in a distribution of the state's resources in

27  a manner that is inconsistent with the priorities of the

28  individual or group, and

29         WHEREAS, such individuals and groups often express an

30  interest in allocating additional resources to specific

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  1  activities, programs, school districts, or state and local

  2  governmental entities that receive state funds, and

  3         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide

  4  a means by which such individuals and groups may donate moneys

  5  in support of those activities, programs, school districts, or

  6  state and local governmental entities, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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10         Section 1.  The Citizen Donation Trust Fund.--

11         (1)  There is created within the Executive Office of

12  the Governor the Citizen Donation Trust Fund. The purpose of

13  the trust fund is to receive donations from individuals who

14  wish to donate moneys in support of a specific program,

15  activity, or function of a state or local governmental agency,

16  including a school district, state college or university, or

17  any other political subdivision of the state. Each donation to

18  the trust fund is a public record and information concerning

19  the name of the donor and the designated purpose, activity,

20  program, or agency shall be available upon request.

21         (2)(a)  The Executive Office of the Governor shall

22  conduct a public-information campaign to publicize the

23  existence and purpose of the trust fund and to provide

24  information to individuals who wish to make a financial

25  donation in support of a state program or agency.

26         (b)  Any individual who remits moneys to the trust fund

27  shall specify the purpose, activity, program, or agency to

28  which the donation is designated, and the Executive Office of

29  the Governor shall forward the donation to the appropriate

30  state or local governmental agency.

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  1         (3)  Donations received by the trust fund and allocated

  2  to a state or local entity may not be used to supplant or

  3  replace any legislative appropriation, allocation, or other

  4  disbursement of funds to a program or to a governmental

  5  agency, school district, state college or university, or other

  6  political subdivision. Each agency receiving moneys from the

  7  trust fund shall deposit the moneys into the appropriate

  8  account within the agency to be used for the purpose intended

  9  by the donor.

10         (4)  The Executive Office of the Governor shall

11  establish by rule a process for accounting for donations to

12  the trust fund and for distributing moneys from the trust fund

13  to the designated state or local governmental agency.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law, but it shall not take effect unless it is enacted by at

16  least a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of

17  the Legislature.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Creates the Citizen Donation Trust Fund within the
      Executive Office of the Governor. Provides for donations
22    from individuals in support of a state or local
      governmental agency, school district, state college or
23    university, or other governmental entity to be deposited
      into the fund. Provides that donations to the trust fund
24    are a public record. Prohibits the use of donations to
      the trust fund to replace any appropriation to a
25    governmental program or entity. Requires the Executive
      Office of the Governor to adopt rules for accounting for
26    donations and distributing moneys from the trust fund.

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