House Bill hb1919

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1919

        By the Committee on General Government Appropriations and
    Representatives Dockery, Greenstein, Bennett, Harrell,
    Mayfield, Gottlieb and Holloway




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         282.23, F.S.; creating the Technology

  4         Enterprise Trust Fund within the Department of

  5         Management Services; providing for sources of

  6         funds and purposes; providing for creation of a

  7         reserve account; providing for annual

  8         carryforward of funds; providing for future

  9         review and termination or re-creation of the

10         trust fund; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 282.23, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         282.23  Technology Enterprise Trust Fund.--

17         (1)  The Technology Enterprise Trust Fund is created

18  within the Department of Management Services.

19         (2)  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall

20  consist of service charges for the state's telecommunications

21  system and data processing services and shall include interest

22  earnings. Funds shall be used for the purpose of operating the

23  state's telecommunications system and the data processing

24  center in the State Technology Office of the Department of

25  Management Services.

26         (3)  In order to operate the data processing center,

27  the State Technology Office may create a reserve account

28  within the trust fund to pay for future information technology

29  resource acquisitions as appropriated by the Legislature. The

30  funds in such account shall be provided from moneys budgeted

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1919

    610-308A-01






  1  for data processing services and equipment by those agencies

  2  to be served by the data processing center.

  3         (4)  Each agency served by the State Technology Office

  4  shall contribute an amount equal to its proportionate share of

  5  the cost of operations. Each agency utilizing the services of

  6  the State Technology Office shall pay for such services on a

  7  quarterly basis or such other basis as may be determined by

  8  the Executive Office of the Governor.

  9         (5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

10  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

11  end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

12  end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the

13  purposes of the trust fund.

14         (6)  Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art.

15  III of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless

16  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2005. Prior to its

17  scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as

18  provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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22                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Technology Enterprise Trust Fund within the
24    Department of Management Services. Provides for sources
      of funds and purposes. Provides for creation of a reserve
25    account. Provides for annual carryforward of funds.
      Provides for future review and termination or re-creation
26    of the trust fund.

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