Florida Senate - 2012 SB 2028 By the Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations 606-01881-12 20122028__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to trust funds; terminating specified 3 trust funds within the Department of Transportation; 4 specifying that the trust funds contain no balances 5 and will not generate future revenues; requiring that 6 the department pay outstanding debts or obligations of 7 the trust funds; requiring that the Chief Financial 8 Officer close out and remove the terminated funds from 9 the state accounting systems; terminating the Federal 10 Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of 11 Transportation; providing for the transfer of the 12 remaining funds to the Federal Law Enforcement Trust 13 Fund in the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 14 Vehicles; providing for the payment of outstanding 15 debts and obligations of the terminated fund; 16 requiring that the Chief Financial Officer close out 17 and remove the terminated fund from the various state 18 accounting systems; repealing s. 339.082, F.S., 19 relating to the Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund; 20 repealing s. 932.7055(6)(k), F.S., relating to a 21 reference to trust funds within the Department of 22 Transportation as depositories for certain proceeds; 23 repealing s. 2(2)(b) and (f), chapter 2004-235, Laws 24 of Florida, relating to the exemption from termination 25 provided for the Everglades Parkway Construction Trust 26 Fund and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority 27 Project Construction Trust Fund within the Department 28 of Transportation; providing an effective date. 29 30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31 32 Section 1. (1) The following trust funds within the 33 Department of Transportation are terminated: 34 (a) The Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR 35 number 55-2-199; and 36 (b) The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Project 37 Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR number 55-2-413. 38 (2) All balances of these trust funds were spent in 39 accordance with bond covenants and no balances remain. No future 40 revenues will be generated. 41 (3) For each trust fund terminated in this section, the 42 Department of Transportation shall pay any outstanding debts and 43 obligations of the terminated trust fund as soon as practicable, 44 and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out and remove the 45 terminated trust fund from the various state accounting systems 46 using generally accepted accounting principles concerning 47 warrants outstanding, assets, and liabilities. 48 Section 2. (1) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund 49 within the Department of Transportation, FLAIR number 55-2-719, 50 is terminated. 51 (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of, 52 the trust fund shall be transferred to the Federal Law 53 Enforcement Trust Fund in the Department of Highway Safety and 54 Motor Vehicles. 55 (3) The Department of Transportation shall pay any 56 outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated trust fund 57 identified in this section as soon as practicable, and the Chief 58 Financial Officer shall close out and remove the terminated 59 trust fund from the various state accounting systems using 60 generally accepted accounting principles concerning warrants 61 outstanding, assets, and liabilities. 62 Section 3. Section 339.082, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 63 Section 4. Paragraph (k) of subsection (6) of section 64 932.7055, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 65 Section 5. Paragraphs (b) and (f) of subsection (2) of 66 section 2 of chapter 2004-235, Laws of Florida, are repealed. 67 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.