Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB's 1872 & 2378
Barcode 134620
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11 The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
12 (Saunders) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
19 20.435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 20.435 Department of Health; trust funds.--
21 (1) The following trust funds are hereby created, to
22 be administered by the Department of Health:
23 (h) Biomedical Research Trust Fund.
24 1. Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall
25 consist of funds deposited pursuant to ss. s. 215.5601 and
26 561.121. Funds shall be used for the purposes of the Florida
27 Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease as
28 specified in s. 381.855 and the James and Esther King
29 Biomedical Research Program as specified in ss. 215.5602 and
30 288.955. The trust fund is exempt from the service charges
31 imposed by s. 215.20.
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB's 1872 & 2378
Barcode 134620
1 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
2 pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the
3 end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the
4 end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the
5 purposes of the trust fund. The department may invest these
6 funds independently through the Chief Financial Officer or may
7 negotiate a trust agreement with the State Board of
8 Administration for the investment management of any balance in
9 the trust fund.
10 3. Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s.
11 216.351, any balance of any appropriation from the Biomedical
12 Research Trust Fund which is not disbursed but which is
13 obligated pursuant to contract or committed to be expended may
14 be certified by the Governor for up to 3 years following the
15 effective date of the original appropriation.
16 4. The trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
17 terminated on July 1, 2008.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 amending s. 20.435, F.S.; authorizing use of
28 funds in the Biomedical Research Trust Fund
29 administered by the Department of Health for
30 the purposes of the Florida Center for
31 Universal Research to Eradicate Disease;
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