Florida Senate - 2011         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7044
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget Subcommittee on
       Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
       
       
       
       606-00481-11                                          20117044__
    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         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles without
    5         modification; repealing s. 20.241(3), F.S.; abrogating
    6         provisions relating to the termination of the trust
    7         fund, to 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 Highway
   11  Safety and Motor Vehicles, 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 Federal Grants Trust Fund within the
   23  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, FLAIR number
   24  76-2-261, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),
   25  Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2012, is re
   26  created.
   27         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 20.241, Florida
   28  Statutes, is repealed.
   29         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.