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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the Shared

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County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund within the

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Department of Juvenile Justice without modification;

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repealing s. 985.6015(3), F.S.; abrogating provisions

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relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform;

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amending s. 985.686, F.S.; requiring counties to deposit

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funds for the costs for juvenile detention into the Shared

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County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund rather than the

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Juvenile Justice Grants and Donations Trust Fund;

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providing an effective date.

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     WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the

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Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund within the

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Department of Juvenile Justice, which is otherwise scheduled to

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be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

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     WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund before

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its scheduled termination date and has found it continues to meet

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an important public purpose, and

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     WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

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policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for its

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use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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     Section 1. The Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust

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Fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice, FLAIR number 80-

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2-685, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

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Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2009, is re-

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created.

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     Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 985.6015, Florida

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Statutes, is repealed.

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     Section 3.  Subsection (6) of section 985.686, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     985.686  Shared county and state responsibility for juvenile

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detention.--

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     (6)  Each county shall pay to the department for deposit

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into the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Juvenile Justice

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Grants and Donations Trust Fund its share of the county's total

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costs for juvenile detention, based upon calculations published

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by the department with input from the counties.

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     Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.