HB 1167 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to trust funds; creating the Entertainment
3    Industry Financial Incentive Trust Fund; providing for
4    sources of funds and purposes; providing for future review
5    and termination or re-creation of the fund; providing a
6    contingent effective date.
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8          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10          Section 1. (1) The Entertainment Industry Financial
11    Incentive Trust Fund is created within, and shall be
12    administered by, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
13    Development. Moneys credited to the fund shall be those
14    appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or from other sources
15    to make incentive payments under House Bill 1149 or similar
16    legislation creating an entertainment industry financial
17    incentive program. The purpose of the trust fund is to
18    facilitate the payment of incentives under such program.
19          (2) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
20    Constitution, the trust fund must, unless terminated sooner, be
21    terminated on July 1, 2007. Before its scheduled termination,
22    the trust fund must be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
23    and (2), Florida Statutes.
24          Section 2. This act shall take effect on the effective
25    date of House Bill 1149, or similar legislation, but it shall
26    not take effect unless it is enacted by a three-fifths vote of
27    the membership of each house of the Legislature and unless House
28    Bill 1149, or similar legislation, becomes a law.