| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Cancer Research and Treatment Trust |
| 3 | Fund; creating s. 381.926, F.S.; creating the Cancer |
| 4 | Research and Treatment Trust Fund within the Department of |
| 5 | Health; providing a revenue source for the fund; requiring |
| 6 | that moneys in the trust fund be used for the disbursement |
| 7 | of grants by the Florida Cancer Council for certain |
| 8 | purposes; providing for future review and termination or |
| 9 | re-creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent |
| 10 | 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 381.926, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 15 | to read: |
| 16 | 381.926 Cancer Research and Treatment Trust Fund.-- |
| 17 | (1) The Cancer Research and Treatment Trust Fund is |
| 18 | created within the Department of Health. Funds credited to the |
| 19 | trust fund shall consist of moneys provided by law or otherwise |
| 20 | appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes prescribed in |
| 21 | s. 381.921. |
| 22 | (2) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State |
| 23 | Constitution, the trust fund shall terminate on July 1, 2009, |
| 24 | unless terminated sooner. Before its scheduled termination, the |
| 25 | trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206. |
| 26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, if |
| 27 | House Bill 1233 or similar legislation is enacted in the same |
| 28 | legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law or |
| 29 | if the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005-2006 |
| 30 | includes funding for the purposes prescribed in s. 381.921, |
| 31 | Florida Statutes. |