Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1156
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/06/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Jones) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
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    6         Section 1. (1) The Florida Renewable Energy Trust Fund is
    7  created within, and shall be administered by, the Florida Energy
    8  and Climate Commission. Moneys deposited into the trust fund
    9  shall be from federal grants made available for renewable
   10  energy, moneys appropriated from general revenue, donations, and
   11  other sources designated by law. The purpose of the trust fund
   12  is to provide funding to facilitate the development and
   13  implementation of renewable energy and energy-efficiency
   14  programs and projects.
   15         (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida Statutes, and
   16  pursuant to s. 216.351, Florida Statutes, any balance in the
   17  trust fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the
   18  trust fund at the end of the fiscal year and be available for
   19  carrying out the purpose of the trust fund.
   20         (3) In accordance with Section 19(f)(2), Article III of the
   21  State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated
   22  sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2013. Before its scheduled
   23  termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s.
   24  215.3206(1) and (2), Florida Statutes.
   25  Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, but it shall
   26  not take effect unless it is enacted by a three-fifths vote of
   27  the membership of each house of the Legislature.
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30         And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   32  and insert:
   33                        A bill to be entitled                      
   34         An act relating to trust funds; creating the Florida
   35         Renewable Energy Trust Fund within the Florida Energy
   36         and Climate Commission; requiring that the commission
   37         administer the fund; providing that moneys deposited
   38         into the fund be from federal grants for renewable
   39         energy, general revenue appropriations, and other
   40         sources designated by law; providing a purpose for the
   41         fund; requiring that any balance remain in the trust
   42         fund at the end of each fiscal year; providing for
   43         future review and termination or re-creation of the
   44         trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.