Florida Senate - 2011         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7016
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget Subcommittee on
       Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
       
       
       
       604-00471-11                                          20117016__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the Public
    3         Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within the Justice
    4         Administrative Commission without modification;
    5         repealing s. 27.61(2), F.S.; abrogating provisions
    6         relating to the termination of the trust fund, to
    7         conform; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the
   10  Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within the Justice
   11  Administrative Commission, which is otherwise scheduled to be
   12  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and
   13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund before
   14  its scheduled termination date and has found that it continues
   15  to 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,
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   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. The Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within
   23  the Justice Administrative Commission, FLAIR number 21-2-059,
   24  which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III
   25  of the State Constitution on July 1, 2012, is re-created.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 27.61, Florida
   27  Statutes, is repealed.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.