| 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 Division of |
| 5 | Emergency Management within the Department of Community |
| 6 | Affairs; providing for sources of funds and purposes; |
| 7 | providing for review of requests for funding; providing |
| 8 | for annual carry-forward of unused funds; providing for |
| 9 | review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; |
| 10 | providing a 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. Section 288.833, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 15 | to read: |
| 16 | 288.833 State Homeland Security Trust Fund.-- |
| 17 | (1) There is created the State Homeland Security Trust |
| 18 | Fund, to be administered by the Division of Emergency Management |
| 19 | within the Department of Community Affairs. Funds shall be |
| 20 | credited to the trust fund as provided in s. 288.857(4)(c), to |
| 21 | be used to fund state homeland security with priorities for |
| 22 | funding to focus on costs not funded by the Federal Government, |
| 23 | such as operational costs of security at seaports and other |
| 24 | venues. Requests for funding shall be reviewed by the Domestic |
| 25 | Security Oversight Board which shall provide recommended funding |
| 26 | priorities. |
| 27 | (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and |
| 28 | pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end |
| 29 | of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of |
| 30 | the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of |
| 31 | the trust fund. |
| 32 | (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State |
| 33 | Constitution, the State Homeland Security Trust Fund shall be |
| 34 | terminated on July 1, 2008, unless terminated sooner. Before its |
| 35 | scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as |
| 36 | provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2). |
| 37 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004, if |
| 38 | House Bill 1193 or similar legislation creating the Florida |
| 39 | Commerce With Terrorist States Act is adopted in the same |
| 40 | legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law. |