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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to trust funds; creating the Florida

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Alternative Energy Center Trust Fund; providing for

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sources of funds and purposes; requiring funds to remain

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in the trust fund at the end of each fiscal year;

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providing for future review and termination or re-creation

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of the fund; providing a contingent effective date.

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

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     Section 1. (1) The Florida Alternative Energy Center Trust

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Fund is created within, and shall be administered by, the Office

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of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. Moneys deposited

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into the fund shall be those collected from sources designated by

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law, federal moneys made available for alternative energy uses,

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donations, or moneys appropriated from the General Revenue Fund.

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The purpose of the trust fund is to provide funding for the

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Florida Alternative Energy Center in fulfilling its statutory

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duties.

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     (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida Statutes, and under

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s. 216.351, Florida Statutes, any balance in the trust fund at

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the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

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end of the fiscal year and shall be available for carrying out

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the purposes of the trust fund.

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     (3) In accordance with Section 19(f)(2), Article III of the

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State Constitution, the trust fund must, unless terminated

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sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2012. Before its scheduled

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termination, the trust fund must be reviewed as provided in s.

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215.3206(1) and (2), Florida Statutes.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect on the same date as

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SB ___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation

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is enacted in the same legislative session, or an extension

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thereof, and becomes law, but this act shall not take effect

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unless it is enacted by a three-fifths vote of the membership of

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each house of the Legislature.