Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 204
       
       
       
       By Senator Gardiner
       
       
       
       
       13-00338A-13                                           2013204__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the termination of trust funds
    3         within the Department of Transportation; terminating
    4         the Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund;
    5         terminating the Jacksonville Transportation Authority
    6         Project Construction Trust Fund; providing for the
    7         transfer of any balances or revenues in the trust
    8         funds; requiring that the department pay outstanding
    9         debts or obligations of the trust funds; requiring
   10         that the Chief Financial Officer close out and remove
   11         the terminated funds from the state accounting
   12         systems; terminating the Federal Law Enforcement Trust
   13         Fund within the Department of Transportation;
   14         providing for the transfer of any balances or revenues
   15         in the trust fund; requiring that the department pay
   16         outstanding debts or obligations of the trust fund;
   17         requiring that the Chief Financial Officer close out
   18         and remove the terminated fund from the various state
   19         accounting systems; repealing s. 339.082, F.S.,
   20         relating to the Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund;
   21         repealing s. 932.7055(6)(j), F.S., relating to an
   22         exception to proceeds deposited into the General
   23         Revenue Fund by the Department of Transportation;
   24         repealing s. 2(2)(b) and (f) of ch. 2004-235, L.O.F.,
   25         relating to an exemption from termination for the
   26         Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund and the
   27         Jacksonville Transportation Authority Project
   28         Construction Trust Fund within the Department of
   29         Transportation; providing an effective date.
   30  
   31  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   32  
   33         Section 1. (1) The following trust funds within the
   34  Department of Transportation are terminated:
   35         (a) The Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR
   36  number 55-2-199; and
   37         (b) The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Project
   38  Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR number 55-2-413.
   39         (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
   40  the trust funds terminated by subsection (1) shall be
   41  transferred to the State Transportation Trust Fund.
   42         (3) For each trust fund terminated in this section, the
   43  Department of Transportation shall pay any outstanding debts and
   44  obligations of the terminated trust fund as soon as practicable,
   45  and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out and remove the
   46  terminated trust fund from the various state accounting systems
   47  using generally accepted accounting principles concerning
   48  warrants outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
   49         Section 2. (1) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund
   50  within the Department of Transportation, FLAIR number 55-2-719,
   51  is terminated.
   52         (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
   53  the trust fund shall be transferred to the Federal Law
   54  Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of Highway Safety
   55  and Motor Vehicles.
   56         (3) The Department of Transportation shall pay any
   57  outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated trust fund
   58  identified in this section as soon as practicable, and the Chief
   59  Financial Officer shall close out and remove the terminated
   60  trust fund from the various state accounting systems using
   61  generally accepted accounting principles concerning warrants
   62  outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
   63         Section 3. Section 339.082, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   64         Section 4. Paragraph (j) of subsection (6) of section
   65  932.7055, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   66         Section 5. Paragraphs (b) and (f) of subsection (2) of
   67  section 2 of chapter 2004-235, Laws of Florida, are repealed.
   68         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.