Senate Bill sb0798

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                       SB 798

    By Senator Cowin





    309-927-02                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Privately Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare

  4         Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; repealing s. 944.72(3), F.S.,

  8         relating to termination and review of the trust

  9         fund, to conform; providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

12  the Privately Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund

13  within the Department of Corrections, which is otherwise

14  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

17  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

18  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

19         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

20  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

21  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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25         Section 1.  (1)  The Privately Operated Institutions

26  Inmate Welfare Trust Fund within the Department of

27  Corrections, FLAIR number 70-2-623, which is to be terminated

28  pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

29  Constitution on July 1, 2002, is re-created.

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                       SB 798
    309-927-02                                              See HB




  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 944.72, Florida

  5  Statutes, is repealed.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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      Re-creates the Privately Operated Institutions Inmate
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