Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 2224
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-01940-09                                           20092224__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 25.3825,
    3         F.S.; creating the Fiscal Stability Trust Fund within
    4         the state courts system to be administered by the
    5         Supreme Court; providing for administration of the
    6         trust fund and use of moneys therein; requiring
    7         balances to remain in the trust fund at the end of the
    8         fiscal year; providing for future review and
    9         termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
   10         providing a contingent effective date.
   11  
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 25.3825, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         25.3825 Fiscal Stability Trust Fund.—
   17         (1) The Fiscal Stability Trust Fund is created within the
   18  state courts system. Funds credited to the trust fund shall
   19  consist of revenues appropriated from the General Revenue Fund
   20  consisting of 1 percent of the state budget for the current
   21  fiscal year. The trust fund shall be administered by the Supreme
   22  Court. The funds shall be used to support the activities carried
   23  out under this chapter and to allocate funds to a judicial
   24  branch surplus or reserve fund monitored by the Legislature. The
   25  judicial branch of state government shall be held harmless in
   26  years of fiscal deficits in the state as a matter of public
   27  safety.
   28         (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
   29  any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year
   30  shall remain in the trust fund and be available for carrying out
   31  the purposes of the trust fund.
   32         (3) Pursuant to s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   33  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   34  terminated on July 1, 2013. Before its scheduled termination,
   35  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
   36  and (2).
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, if
   38  Senate Bill ___ or similar legislation is adopted in the same
   39  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.