Senate Bill sb0598

    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                       SB 598

    By Senator Clary





    309-166-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Florida Forever Program Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the trust fund;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         repealing s. 20.3315(3), F.S., which provides

  8         for the future termination of the trust fund;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

12  the Florida Forever Program Trust Fund, which is otherwise

13  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

16  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

17  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

20  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  (1)  The Florida Forever Program Trust Fund

25  within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, FLAIR

26  Number 77-2-349, which was created by chapter 2000-280, Laws

27  of Florida, and which is to be terminated pursuant to Section

28  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2004,

29  is re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                       SB 598
    309-166-01




  1         (2)  All current balances of the trust fund are carried

  2  forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust fund

  3  are continued.

  4         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 20.3315, Florida

  5  Statutes, as created by section 1 of chapter 2000-280, Laws of

  6  Florida, is repealed.

  7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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11    Re-creates without modification the Florida Forever
      Program Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
12    Conservation Commission.

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