HB 1773

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Social Services Block Grant Trust
3	Fund; creating s. 20.1971, F.S.; creating the Social
4	Services Block Grant Trust Fund within the Agency for
5	Persons with Disabilities; providing sources of funds and
6	purposes; providing for annual carryforward of funds;
7	providing for future review and termination or re-creation
8	of the trust fund; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Section 20.1971, Florida Statutes, is created
13	to read:
14	20.1971  Agency for Persons with Disabilities; trust
15	funds.--The following trust funds are created and shall be
16	administered by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities:
17	(3)  The Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund.
18	(a)  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall consist
19	of federal social services block grant funds. These funds shall
20	be used for the purpose of providing health care and support
21	services to agency clients and for other such purposes as may be
22	appropriate and shall be expended only pursuant to legislative
23	appropriation or an approved amendment to the agency's operating
24	budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.
25	(b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
26	pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end
27	of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of
28	the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of
29	the trust fund.
30	(c)  In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
31	Constitution, the Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund shall,
32	unless terminated earlier, be terminated on July 1, 2009. Before
33	its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as
34	provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
35	Section 2.  This act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.

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