| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to trust funds; amending s. 455.116, F.S.; |
| 3 | providing a statutory reference for the trust fund created |
| 4 | by the act; creating s. 499.0031, F.S.; creating the |
| 5 | Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund within the |
| 6 | Department of Business and Professional Regulation; |
| 7 | providing for the purpose of the trust fund and sources of |
| 8 | funds; providing for future review and termination or re- |
| 9 | creation of the trust fund; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 455.116, |
| 14 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 15 | 455.116 Regulation trust funds.-The following trust funds |
| 16 | shall be placed in the department: |
| 17 | (8) Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund. |
| 18 | Section 2. Section 499.0031, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 499.0031 Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund.- |
| 21 | (1) The Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund is |
| 22 | created within the Department of Business and Professional |
| 23 | Regulation. |
| 24 | (2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund |
| 25 | shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of |
| 26 | chapter 499. Funds shall be expended only pursuant to |
| 27 | legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the |
| 28 | department's operating budget pursuant to the provisions of |
| 29 | chapter 216. |
| 30 | (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Article III of the |
| 31 | State Constitution, the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust |
| 32 | Fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, |
| 33 | 2015. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be |
| 34 | reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2). |
| 35 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011, except |
| 36 | that this act shall not take effect unless it is enacted by a |
| 37 | three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the |
| 38 | Legislature. |