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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to the Citizen Soldier Matching Grant | ||
| 3 | Trust Fund; creating the Citizen Soldier Matching Grant | ||
| 4 | Trust Fund within the Agency for Workforce Innovation; | ||
| 5 | requiring that moneys in the trust fund be used to award | ||
| 6 | matching grants to private sector employers who provide | ||
| 7 | wages to employees serving in the United States Armed | ||
| 8 | Forces Reserves or the Florida National Guard while such | ||
| 9 | employees are on federal active duty; providing for future | ||
| 10 | review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; | ||
| 11 | providing a contingent effective date. | ||
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 15 | Section 1. The Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Trust | ||
| 16 | Fund.-- | ||
| 17 | (1) The Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Trust Fund is | ||
| 18 | created within the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Funds | ||
| 19 | credited to the trust fund shall consist of moneys appropriated | ||
| 20 | by the Legislature for the purpose of awarding matching grants | ||
| 21 | to private sector employers that provide wages to employees | ||
| 22 | serving in the United States Armed Forces Reserves or the | ||
| 23 | Florida National Guard while those employees are on federal | ||
| 24 | active duty. | ||
| 25 | (2) In accordance with Section 19(f)(2) of Article III of | ||
| 26 | the State Constitution, the trust fund shall be terminated on | ||
| 27 | July 1, 2008, unless terminated sooner. Before its scheduled | ||
| 28 | termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. | ||
| 29 | 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida Statutes. | ||
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004, if HB | ||
| 31 | 729, or similar legislation creating the Citizen Soldier | ||
| 32 | Matching Grant Program, is adopted in the same legislative | ||
| 33 | session or an extension thereof and becomes law. | ||