Senate Bill sb0146

    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 146

    By Senator Cowin





    20-221-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Health; providing for the use of

  5         funds and the source of funds; requiring the

  6         Department of Health to adopt rules for

  7         distributing moneys in the trust fund;

  8         providing for review and termination or

  9         re-creation of the trust fund; providing a

10         contingent effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.--

15         (1)  The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created

16  within the Department of Health for the purpose of providing

17  funds for rape crisis centers in this state. Trust fund moneys

18  shall be used exclusively for the purpose of providing

19  services for victims of sexual assault. Funds credited to the

20  trust fund consist of those funds collected as an additional

21  court assessment in each case in which a defendant pleads

22  guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of,

23  regardless of adjudication, an act of sexual battery as

24  defined in section 794.011, Florida Statutes.

25         (2)  The Department of Health shall establish by rule

26  criteria for distributing moneys from the trust fund to rape

27  crisis centers.

28         (3)  In accordance with Section 19(f)(2) of Article III

29  of the State Constitution, the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund

30  shall be terminated on July 1, 2007, unless terminated sooner.

31  Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 146
    20-221-03




 1  reviewed as provided in section 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida

 2  Statutes.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003, if

 4  SB ____ or similar legislation creating the Sexual Assault

 5  Victims' Access to Services Act is adopted in the same

 6  legislative session, or an extension thereof, and becomes law.

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10    Creates the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund, to be
      administered by the Department of Health. Provides for
11    sources of funds and purposes. Provides for review and
      termination or re-creation of the trust fund.
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