Senate Bill sb0840

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                       SB 840

    By Senator Cowin





    309-949-02                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; terminating and

  3         re-creating the Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund

  4         within the Department of Juvenile Justice

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund within the Department of

11  Juvenile Justice, which is otherwise scheduled to be

12  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund

14  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

15  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

16         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

17  policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for

18  its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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22         Section 1.  (1)  The Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund within

23  the Department of Juvenile Justice, which has no FLAIR number

24  and which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

25  Article III of the State Constitution on July 1, 2006, unless

26  terminated sooner by law, is terminated on November 4, 2004,

27  and re-created.

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

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

30  are continued.

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                       SB 840
    309-949-02                                              See HB




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  2  2004.

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  5                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Terminates and re-creates the Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund
  7    within the Department of Juvenile Justice in order to
      synchronize its review cycle with other trust funds of
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