Senate Bill sb0930

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SB 930

    By Senator Webster





    309-296-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; terminating and

  3         re-creating the Emergency Response Trust Fund

  4         within the Department of Military Affairs

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; repealing s. 250.601(4), F.S.,

  8         which terminates the trust fund on July 1,

  9         2006; providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

12  the Emergency Response Trust Fund within the Department of

13  Military Affairs, 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 Emergency Response Trust Fund

25  within the Department of Military Affairs, FLAIR number

26  __-_-___, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

27  Article III of the State Constitution and section 250.601(4),

28  Florida Statutes, on July 1, 2006, unless terminated sooner by

29  law, is terminated on November 4, 2004, and re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SB 930
    309-296-03




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

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

 3  are continued.

 4         Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 250.601, Florida

 5  Statutes, as created by subsection (4) of section 1 of chapter

 6  2002-167, Laws of Florida, is repealed.

 7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect November 4,

 8  2004.

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11                          SENATE SUMMARY

12    Terminates and re-creates the Emergency Response Trust
      Fund within the Department of Military Affairs in order
13    to synchronize its review cycle with other trust funds of
      the department.
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