Senate Bill sb0918

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                       SB 918

    By Senator Sullivan





    309-965-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Excellent Teaching Program Trust Fund within

  4         the Department of Education without

  5         modification; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; repealing s. 236.08107(2), F.S., which

  8         terminates the trust fund on July 1, 2002;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

12  the Excellent Teaching Program Trust Fund within the

13  Department of Education, which is otherwise scheduled to be

14  terminated 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 Excellent Teaching Program Trust

25  Fund within the Department of Education, FLAIR number

26  48-2-206, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

27  Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2002, is

28  re-created.

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

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

31  are continued.

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                       SB 918
    309-965-02




  1         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 236.08107,

  2  Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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

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      Re-creates the Excellent Teaching Program Trust Fund
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