Senate Bill sb0450

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 450

    By Senator Margolis





    35-358A-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to nutrition education in

  3         public schools; creating the Nutrition

  4         Education Trust Fund within the Department of

  5         Education; requiring that the moneys in the

  6         trust fund be used to advance public school

  7         students' knowledge of nutrition; providing for

  8         sources of funds; requiring the Department of

  9         Education to adopt rules for distributing

10         moneys in the trust fund; providing for review

11         and termination or re-creation of the trust

12         fund; providing a contingent effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  The Nutrition Education Trust Fund.--

17         (1)  The Nutrition Education Trust Fund is created

18  within the Department of Education for the purpose of funding

19  nutrition education in the public schools of this state. Funds

20  credited to the trust fund shall consist of:

21         (a)  Fines collected from vendors that stock items in

22  vending machines in violation of the requirements of Senate

23  Bill ___, the Childhood Obesity Prevention Act.

24         (b)  Fines collected by the Department of Agriculture

25  and Consumer Services for violations of section 501.0583,

26  Florida Statutes, relating to the offense of furnishing

27  weight-loss pills to minors.

28         (c)  Fines levied against any manufacturer, processor,

29  packer, or distributor that misrepresents nutritional

30  information on food labels in violation of section

31  500.121(2)(b), Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 450
    35-358A-04




 1         (d)  Monetary donations from other sources, including,

 2  but not limited to, appropriations from the state and

 3  donations from corporations under section 220.1885, Florida

 4  Statutes.

 5         (2)  The Department of Education shall establish by

 6  rule criteria for distributing moneys from the trust fund to

 7  school districts.

 8         (3)  In accordance with Section 19(f)(2) of Article III

 9  of the State Constitution, the Nutrition Education Trust Fund

10  shall be terminated on July 1, 2008, unless terminated sooner.

11  Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be

12  reviewed as provided in section 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida

13  Statutes.

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

15  SB ___, the Childhood Obesity Prevention Act, and SB ___,

16  relating to a tax credit for contributions to the Nutrition

17  Education Trust Fund, are adopted in the same legislative

18  session or an extension thereof and become law.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Creates the Nutrition Education Trust Fund within the
      Department of Education. Requires that moneys in the
23    trust fund be used to advance public school students'
      knowledge of proper dietary nutrition.
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