| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 403.7451, |
| 3 | F.S.; creating the Household Pharmaceuticals |
| 4 | Collection and Disposal Trust Fund within the |
| 5 | Department of Environmental Protection; providing for |
| 6 | sources of funds and purposes; providing for annual |
| 7 | carryforward of funds; providing for the future review |
| 8 | and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; |
| 9 | providing a contingent 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. Section 403.7451, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 14 | to read: |
| 15 | 403.7451 Household Pharmaceuticals Collection and Disposal |
| 16 | Trust Fund.- |
| 17 | (1) The Household Pharmaceuticals Collection and Disposal |
| 18 | Trust Fund is created within the Department of Environmental |
| 19 | Protection and shall be administered by the Secretary of |
| 20 | Environmental Protection or his or her designee. Funds credited |
| 21 | to the trust fund shall consist of funds received from fees |
| 22 | imposed pursuant to s. 938.16. |
| 23 | (2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository |
| 24 | for funds to be used for the purposes of the household |
| 25 | pharmaceuticals collection and disposal grant program |
| 26 | established in s. 403.745. |
| 27 | (3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, |
| 28 | any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year |
| 29 | shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall |
| 30 | be available for carrying out the purpose of the trust fund. |
| 31 | (4) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State |
| 32 | Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be |
| 33 | terminated on July 1, 2016. Before its scheduled termination, |
| 34 | the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) |
| 35 | and (2). |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012, if |
| 37 | House Bill 333 or similar legislation is adopted in the same |
| 38 | legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law. |