| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the State Homeland Security Trust Fund; |
| 3 | creating s. 288.833, F.S.; creating the State Homeland |
| 4 | Security Trust Fund, to be administered by the Department |
| 5 | of Law Enforcement; providing for sources of funds and |
| 6 | purposes; providing for annual carry-forward of unused |
| 7 | funds; providing for review and termination or re-creation |
| 8 | of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Section 288.833, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 13 | to read: |
| 14 | 288.833 State Homeland Security Trust Fund.-- |
| 15 | (1) There is created the State Homeland Security Trust |
| 16 | Fund, to be administered by the Department of Law Enforcement. |
| 17 | Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as provided in s. |
| 18 | 288.857(4)(c), to be used for the purposes of the "Florida |
| 19 | Commerce With Terrorist States Act" as set forth in s. 288.857. |
| 20 | (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and |
| 21 | pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end |
| 22 | of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of |
| 23 | the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of |
| 24 | the trust fund. |
| 25 | (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State |
| 26 | Constitution, the State Homeland Security Trust Fund shall be |
| 27 | terminated on July 1, 2008, unless terminated sooner. Before |
| 28 | its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as |
| 29 | provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2). |
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004, if |
| 31 | House Bill 1193 or similar legislation creating the Florida |
| 32 | Commerce With Terrorist States Act is adopted in the same |
| 33 | legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law. |