Senate Bill sb2246

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2246

    By Senator Posey





    24-92-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to private donations for public

  3         programs and activities; providing legislative

  4         intent; providing that a person may make

  5         donations to support any activity or program

  6         that is funded by the state; requiring that any

  7         such donation made to the state be made to the

  8         Department of Financial Services; requiring the

  9         department to hold the donations until they are

10         distributed; providing for the distribution of

11         the donations; requiring that the donations be

12         held in a trust fund; providing an effective

13         date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Private donations for public programs and

18  activities.--

19         (1)(a)  The Legislature finds that each year some

20  individuals voice concerns that certain activities and

21  programs that receive funding from the state are funded at

22  levels below the levels these individuals believe the program

23  or activity needs in order to produce quality results.  The

24  Legislature further finds that members of the Legislature

25  often assert that many constituents have expressed the desire

26  and willingness to personally pay higher taxes for certain

27  favored activities or programs.

28         (b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that any

29  activity perceived by any person to be inadequately funded may

30  be supported by persons with their own resources in any amount

31  the persons choose to donate.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2246
    24-92-05




 1         (2)  A person may make a designated donation or

 2  donations to any activity or program that is funded by the

 3  state, in whole or in part, and may donate any amount the

 4  person desires and is willing to contribute to the activity or

 5  program selected by the donor.

 6         (3)(a)  A donation to the state shall be made to the

 7  Department of Financial Services who shall hold the designated

 8  donations until the designated donations are to be

 9  distributed. The donations shall be distributed twice each

10  year, at the beginning of the fiscal year immediately

11  following the regular session and December 31st of the same

12  year.

13         (b)  The donations must be held in a trust fund created

14  for the purpose of holding designated donations and from which

15  all designated donations will be distributed.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Provides that a person may make designated donations to
      support any activity or program that is funded by the
21    state. Requires that any such donation made to the state
      be made to the Department of Financial Services. Requires
22    the department to hold the donations until they are
      distributed. Requires that donations be distributed twice
23    each year on specified dates. Requires that the donations
      be held in a trust fund.
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