Florida Senate - 2011 (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7034 FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 601-00474-11 20117034__ 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 Environmental Protection without modification; 5 repealing s. 20.25501(3), 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 Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental 11 Protection, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated 12 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, 19 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21 22 Section 1. The Federal Grants Trust Fund within the 23 Department of Environmental Protection, FLAIR number 37-2-261, 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 Subsection (3) of section 20.25501, Florida 27 Statutes, is repealed. 28 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.