| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Citizen Soldier Matching Grant |
| 3 | Trust Fund; creating the Citizen Soldier Matching Grant |
| 4 | Trust Fund within the Agency for Workforce Innovation; |
| 5 | requiring that moneys in the trust fund be used to award |
| 6 | matching grants to private sector employers who provide |
| 7 | wages to employees serving in the United States Armed |
| 8 | Forces Reserves or the Florida National Guard while such |
| 9 | employees are on federal active duty; providing for future |
| 10 | review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; |
| 11 | providing a contingent effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. The Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Trust |
| 16 | Fund.-- |
| 17 | (1) The Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Trust Fund is |
| 18 | created within the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Funds |
| 19 | credited to the trust fund shall consist of moneys appropriated |
| 20 | by the Legislature for the purpose of awarding matching grants |
| 21 | to private sector employers that provide wages to employees |
| 22 | serving in the United States Armed Forces Reserves or the |
| 23 | Florida National Guard while those employees are on federal |
| 24 | active duty. |
| 25 | (2) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of |
| 26 | the State Constitution, the trust fund is terminated July 1, |
| 27 | 2009, unless terminated earlier. Prior to its scheduled |
| 28 | termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. |
| 29 | 215.3206, Florida Statutes. |
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, if HB |
| 31 | 691, or similar legislation creating the Citizen Soldier |
| 32 | Matching Grant Program, is adopted in the same legislative |
| 33 | session or an extension thereof and becomes law. |