HB 0685 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 550.2631,
3    F.S.; creating the Video Lottery Purse Trust Fund within
4    the Department of Business and Professional Regulation;
5    providing for source of moneys and purposes; providing for
6    annual carryforward of funds; providing for future review
7    and termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
8    providing a contingent effective date.
9         
10          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12          Section 1. Section 550.2631, Florida Statutes, is created
13    to read:
14          550.2631 Video Lottery Purse Trust Fund.--
15          (1) The Video Lottery Purse Trust Fund is created, to be
16    administered by the Department of Business and Professional
17    Regulation. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as
18    provided in s. 24.132, to be used for the purposes specified in
19    that section.
20          (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
21    any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year
22    shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall
23    be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.
24          (3) Pursuant to s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
25    Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
26    terminated on July 1, 2007. However, prior to its scheduled
27    termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s.
28    215.3206(1) and (2).
29          Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003, if
30    House Bill 663 or similar legislation is adopted in the same
31    legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.