| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the Shared |
| 3 | County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund within the |
| 4 | Department of Juvenile Justice without modification; |
| 5 | carrying forward current balances and continuing current |
| 6 | sources and uses thereof; amending s. 985.6015, F.S.; |
| 7 | removing the scheduled termination of the trust fund; |
| 8 | amending s. 985.686, F.S.; providing for the deposit of |
| 9 | counties' shares of their total costs for juvenile |
| 10 | detention into the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention |
| 11 | Trust Fund rather than the Juvenile Justice Grants and |
| 12 | Donations Trust Fund; providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. (1) The Shared County/State Juvenile Detention |
| 17 | Trust Fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice, FLAIR |
| 18 | number 80-2-685, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section |
| 19 | 19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2009, is |
| 20 | re-created. |
| 21 | (2) All current balances of the trust fund are carried |
| 22 | forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust fund are |
| 23 | continued. |
| 24 | Section 2. Section 985.6015, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 25 | to read: |
| 26 | 985.6015 Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust |
| 27 | Fund.-- |
| 28 | (1) The Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund |
| 29 | is created within the department. |
| 30 | (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for |
| 31 | funds to be used for the costs of predisposition juvenile |
| 32 | detention. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall consist of |
| 33 | funds from the counties' share of the costs for predisposition |
| 34 | juvenile detention. |
| 35 | (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State |
| 36 | Constitution, the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust |
| 37 | Fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, |
| 38 | 2009. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be |
| 39 | reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2). |
| 40 | Section 3. Subsection (6) of section 985.686, Florida |
| 41 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 42 | 985.686 Shared county and state responsibility for |
| 43 | juvenile detention.-- |
| 44 | (6) Each county shall pay to the department for deposit |
| 45 | into the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund |
| 46 | Juvenile Justice Grants and Donations Trust Fund its share of |
| 47 | the county's total costs for juvenile detention, based upon |
| 48 | calculations published by the department with input from the |
| 49 | counties. |
| 50 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |