Senate Bill sb2620

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2620

    By Senator Diaz de la Portilla





    36-1740-04                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the State Homeland Security

  3         Trust Fund; creating s. 288.833, F.S.; creating

  4         the State Homeland Security Trust Fund, to be

  5         administered by the Department of Law

  6         Enforcement; providing for sources of funds and

  7         purposes; providing for annual carry-forward of

  8         unused funds; providing for review and

  9         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

15  created 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 Department of Law

19  Enforcement.  Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as

20  provided in s. 288.857(4)(c), to be used for the purposes of

21  the "Florida Commerce With Terrorist States Act" as set forth

22  in s. 288.857.

23         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

24  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

25  end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

26  end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the

27  purposes of the trust fund.

28         (3)  In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the

29  State Constitution, the State Homeland Security Trust Fund

30  shall be terminated on July 1, 2008, unless terminated

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2620
    36-1740-04                                              See HB




 1  sooner.  Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund

 2  shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004, if

 4  Senate Bill _____ or similar legislation creating the Florida

 5  Commerce With Terrorist States Act is adopted in the same

 6  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.

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