Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 520
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00850-24                                             2024520__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the State
    3         Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund within
    4         the Department of Corrections; amending s. 944.73,
    5         F.S.; abrogating provisions relating to the
    6         termination of the trust fund; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the
   10  State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund within the
   11  Department of Corrections, which is otherwise scheduled to be
   12  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and
   13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund before
   14  its scheduled termination date and has found that it continues
   15  to meet an important public purpose, and
   16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public
   17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for
   18  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,
   19  
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. The State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare
   23  Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections, FLAIR number
   24  20-2-523, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),
   25  Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2024, is re
   26  created.
   27         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 944.73, Florida
   28  Statutes, is amended to read:
   29         944.73 State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust
   30  Fund.—
   31         (4) In accordance with s. 19(f), Art. III of the State
   32  Constitution, the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare
   33  Trust Fund, unless terminated sooner, shall be terminated on
   34  July 1, 2024. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund
   35  shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
   36         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.