Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1630
       
       
       
       By the Committee on General Government Appropriations; and
       Senator Baker
       
       
       
       601-02429-10                                          20101630c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the Audit
    3         and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund within the Department
    4         of Revenue without modification; repealing s.
    5         215.199(3), F.S.; abrogating provisions relating to
    6         the termination of the trust fund, to conform;
    7         providing a contingent effective date.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the
   10  Audit and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund within the Department of
   11  Revenue, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant
   12  to constitutional mandate, and
   13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund before
   14  its scheduled termination date and has found it continues to
   15  meet an important public purpose, and
   16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public
   17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for
   18  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,
   19  
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. The Audit and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund within
   23  the Department of Revenue, FLAIR number 73-2-975, which is to be
   24  terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State
   25  Constitution on July 1, 2011, is re-created.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 215.199, Florida
   27  Statutes, is repealed.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010, but it
   29  shall not take effect unless it is enacted by a three-fifths
   30  vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.