Senate Bill sb2794

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2794

    By Senator Pruitt





    28-2178-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Wildflower Trust Fund; providing for sources of

  4         funds and purposes; providing for annual

  5         carryforward of funds; providing for future

  6         review and termination or re-creation of the

  7         trust fund; providing a contingent effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Wildflower Trust Fund.--

13         (1)  The Wildflower Trust Fund is created within the

14  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Funds shall

15  be credited to the trust fund as provided in Senate Bill 666,

16  to be used for the purposes set forth in that bill.

17         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 216.301,

18  Florida Statutes, and pursuant to section 216.351, Florida

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

20  fiscal year must remain in the trust fund at the end of the

21  year and must be made available for carrying out the purposes

22  of the trust fund.

23         (3)  In accordance with section 19(f)(2), Article III

24  of the State Constitution, the trust fund must, unless

25  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2007.  Before its

26  scheduled termination, the trust fund must be reviewed as

27  provided in section 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida Statutes.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect on the effective

29  date of Senate Bill 666, but it shall not take effect unless

30  it is enacted by a three-fifths vote of the membership of each

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2794
    28-2178-03




 1  house of the Legislature and unless SB 666, 2003 Regular

 2  Session, becomes a law.

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 6    Creates the Wildflower Trust Fund within the Department
      of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  Provides for
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      carryforward of funds.  Provides for future review and
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