Florida Senate - 2011         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7022
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget Subcommittee on
       Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the
    3         Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of
    4         Legal Affairs without modification; repealing s.
    5         20.112(3), F.S.; abrogating provisions relating to the
    6         termination of the trust fund, to conform; providing
    7         an effective date.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the
   10  Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Legal
   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 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 Federal Grants Trust Fund within the
   23  Department of Legal Affairs, FLAIR number 41-2-261, which is to
   24  be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the
   25  State Constitution on July 1, 2012, is re-created.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 20.112, Florida
   27  Statutes, is repealed.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.