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¹570.207  Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.--

(1)  There is created a Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The purpose of the trust fund is to provide for the management of conservation and recreation lands by the department. Funds may be appropriated to the trust fund from the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection, as created by s. 259.032(2), or from such other sources as the Legislature may determine.

(2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

History.--s. 1, ch. 2000-287; s. 2, ch. 2004-132; ss. 47, 75, ch. 2004-269.

¹Note.--

A.  Section 47, ch. 2004-269, added subsection (4) "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriation 1322A of the 2004-2005 General Appropriations Act." Specific Appropriation 1322A was vetoed. See ch. 2004-268, the General Appropriations Act.

B.  Section 75, ch. 2004-269, provides that "[a] section of this act that implements a specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language in the 2004-2005 General Appropriations Act is void if the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language is vetoed. A section of this act that implements more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of specifically identified proviso language in the 2004-2005 General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso language are vetoed."

C.  As created by s. 47, ch. 2004-269, subsection (4) would have read:

(4)  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only, funds in the Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund may be appropriated for conservation easements and agreements pursuant to s. 570.71 This subsection expires July 1, 2005.