Senate Bill 1648c1

    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1648

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy and Senator Laurent





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act creating the Juvenile Welfare Trust

  3         Fund; providing its purposes; providing for

  4         future repeal and review; providing an

  5         effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  (1)  There is created in the Department of

10  Juvenile Justice the Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund. The fund

11  shall be credited with proceeds from the operation of

12  canteens, vending machines, hobby shops, activity centers,

13  farming projects, donations to a program, contracted telephone

14  commissions, and other such facilities or programs designated

15  as accruing to the Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund. The purpose of

16  the trust fund shall be for the benefit and welfare of

17  juveniles committed to or detained in facilities operated by

18  the department or by private vendors contracting with the

19  department.

20         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 216.301,

21  Florida Statutes, and pursuant to section 216.351, Florida

22  Statutes, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any

23  fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the

24  year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of

25  the trust fund.

26         (3)  Pursuant to the provisions of section 19(f)(2),

27  Article III of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall,

28  unless sooner terminated, be terminated on July 1, 2002.

29  However, before its scheduled termination, the trust fund must

30  be reviewed as provided in section 215.3206(1) and (2),

31  Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1648
    309-1909-99




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                             SB 1648

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  7  Creates the Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund in the Department of
    Juvenile Justice.
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