Senate Bill sb0762

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                       SB 762

    By Senator Clary





    309-391-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund within the Department

11  of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which was declared to be

12  exempt from the automatic-termination provisions of the State

13  Constitution by section 2(1) of chapter 99-205, Laws of

14  Florida, but which after legislative review has been found not

15  to be exempt from such provisions, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that the trust fund

17  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

20  its use and that the trust fund should be re-created, NOW,

21  THEREFORE,

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

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25         Section 1.  (1)  The Florida Preservation 2000 Trust

26  Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

27  Services, FLAIR number 42-2-332, which was declared to be

28  exempt from the automatic-termination provisions of the State

29  Constitution by section 2(1) of chapter 99-205, Laws of

30  Florida, is not exempt from such automatic termination and is

31  re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                       SB 762
    309-391-04




 1         (2)  All current balances of the trust fund are carried

 2  forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust fund

 3  are continued.

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

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      within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
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