Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 332
                        Barcode 453288
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11  The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Dockery)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Section 403.891, Florida Statutes, is
19  created to read:
20         403.891  Water Protection and Sustainability Program
21  Trust Fund of the Department of Environmental Protection.--
22         (1)  The Water Protection and Sustainability Program
23  Trust Fund is created within the Department of Environmental
24  Protection. The purpose of the trust fund is to receive funds
25  pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(e) in order to pay debt service on
26  bonds issued under s. 215.6197.
27         (2)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s.
28  216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any
29  fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the
30  year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of
31  the trust fund.
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 332 Barcode 453288 1 (3) Pursuant to s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State 2 Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, 3 be terminated on July 1, 2009. Prior to its scheduled 4 termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in 5 s. 215.3206(1) and (2). 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, if 7 Senate Bill 444 or similar legislation is adopted in the same 8 legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law. 9 10 11 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 12 And the title is amended as follows: 13 Delete everything before the enacting clause 14 15 and insert: 16 A bill to be entitled 17 An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 18 403.891, F.S.; creating the Water Protection 19 and Sustainability Trust Fund within the 20 Department of Environmental Protection; 21 providing for sources of funds and purposes; 22 providing for an annual carryforward of funds; 23 providing for future legislative review and 24 termination or re-creation of the trust fund; 25 providing a contingent effective date. 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 1:15 PM 04/08/05 s0332.ep15.001