Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 624
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       37-00685-12                                            2012624__
    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.
   10  
   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  Senate Bill ____ or similar legislation is adopted in the same
   38  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.