Senate Bill sb0934

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SB 934

    By Senator Webster





    9-540A-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; terminating a

  3         specified trust fund within the Department of

  4         Transportation; providing for disposition of

  5         balances in and revenues of that trust fund;

  6         declaring the findings of the Legislature that

  7         specified trust funds within the Executive

  8         Office of the Governor, the Department of

  9         Transportation, and the Department of Highway

10         Safety and Motor Vehicles are exempt from the

11         termination requirements of s. 19(f), Art. III

12         of the State Constitution; providing an

13         effective date.

14  

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

16  

17         Section 1.  (1)  Within the Department of

18  Transportation, the Turnpike Controlled Access Trust Fund,

19  FLAIR number 55-2-334, is terminated.

20         (2)  Unless otherwise provided, all current balances

21  remaining in, and all revenues of, each trust fund terminated

22  by this act shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.

23         (3)  For each trust fund terminated by this act, the

24  agency that administers the trust fund shall pay any

25  outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated fund as

26  soon as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall

27  close out and remove the terminated fund from the various

28  state accounting systems using generally accepted accounting

29  principles concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and

30  liabilities.

31  

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SB 934
    9-540A-03




 1         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the following

 2  trust funds are exempt from termination pursuant to Section

 3  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution:

 4         (1)  Within the Executive Office of the Governor:

 5         (a)  The Black Contractors Bond Trust Fund, FLAIR

 6  number 31-2-056.

 7         (b)  The Florida Investment Incentive Trust Fund, FLAIR

 8  number 31-2-293.

 9         (c)  The Administered Funds Trust Fund, FLAIR number

10  31-2-732. This trust fund, created by section 216.273, Florida

11  Statutes, was previously known as the Trust Funds Trust Fund.

12         (2)  Within the Department of Transportation:

13         (a)  The Central Florida Beltway Trust Fund, FLAIR

14  number 55-2-074.

15         (b)  The Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund,

16  FLAIR number 55-2-199.

17         (c)  The Turnpike Renewals and Replacement Trust Fund,

18  FLAIR number 55-2-324.

19         (d)  The Turnpike General Reserve Trust Fund, FLAIR

20  number 55-2-326.

21         (e)  The Turnpike Bond Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR

22  number 55-2-340.

23         (f)  The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Project

24  Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR number 55-2-413.

25         (g)  The Jefferson County 1992 Project Construction

26  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 55-2-418.

27         (h)  State Transportation Trust Fund, FLAIR number

28  55-2-540.

29         (i)  The Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge

30  Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR number 55-2-586.

31  

                                  2

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SB 934
    9-540A-03




 1         (3)  Within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

 2  Vehicles:

 3         (a)  The Civil Fines Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 4  76-2-094.

 5         (b)  The International Registration Clearing Trust

 6  Fund, FLAIR number 76-2-410.

 7         (c)  The License Tax Collection Trust Fund, FLAIR

 8  number 76-2-452.

 9         (d)  The Motor Vehicle License Clearing Trust Fund,

10  FLAIR number 76-2-488.

11         (e)  The Security Deposits Trust Fund, FLAIR number

12  76-2-625.

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

14  

15            *****************************************

16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Terminates a trust fund within the Department of
      Transportation. Provides for disposition of the balance
18    in that trust fund. Specifies the trust funds within the
      Executive Office of the Governor, the Department of
19    Transportation, and the Department of Highway Safety and
      Motor Vehicles which are exempt from termination under s.
20    19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution. (See bill for
      details.)
21  

22  

23  

24  

25  

26  

27  

28  

29  

30  

31  

                                  3

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.