Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1642
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
       Appropriations; and Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       606-02446-10                                          20101642c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the
    3         Emergency Response Trust Fund within the Department of
    4         Military Affairs without modification; repealing s.
    5         250.175(2)(b), 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  Emergency Response Trust Fund within the Department of Military
   11  Affairs, 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 Emergency Response Trust Fund within the
   23  Department of Military Affairs, FLAIR number 62-2-087, which is
   24  to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the
   25  State Constitution on July 1, 2011, is re-created.
   26         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   27  250.175, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010, but
   29  this act shall not take effect unless it is enacted by a three
   30  fifths vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.