HB 1775

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund;
3creating s. 372.103, F.S.; creating the Grants and
4Donations Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
5Conservation Commission; providing for sources of funds
6and purposes; providing for future review and termination
7or re-creation of the trust fund; providing an effective
8date.
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10Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12     Section 1.  Section 372.103, Florida Statutes, is created
13to read:
14     372.103  Grants and Donations Trust Fund.--
15     (1)  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund is created within
16the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
17     (2)  The fund is established for use as a depository for
18funds to be used for allowable grant and donor agreement
19activities funded by restricted contractual revenue. Moneys to
20be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and
21donations from private and public nonfederal sources, interest
22earnings, and cash advances from other trust funds.
23     (3)  In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
24Constitution, the Grants and Donations Trust Fund shall, unless
25terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2009. Before its
26scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as
27provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
28     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.


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