| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| 3 | Commission; transferring the Invasive Plant Control Trust |
| 4 | Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection to |
| 5 | the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; providing |
| 6 | for the type two transfer of the Bureau of Invasive Plant |
| 7 | Management within the Department of Environmental |
| 8 | Protection to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| 9 | Commission; ratifying actions taken pursuant to ch. 2008- |
| 10 | 150, Laws of Florida, and an interagency agreement |
| 11 | executed pursuant thereto; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. The Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund, FLAIR |
| 16 | number 37-2-030, in the Department of Environment Protection is |
| 17 | transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, |
| 18 | FLAIR number 77-2-030. |
| 19 | Section 2. The statutory powers, duties, and functions |
| 20 | related to ss. 369.20, 369.22, and 369.252, Florida Statutes, |
| 21 | which were transferred by chapter 2008-150, Laws of Florida, and |
| 22 | all records, personnel, and property; unexpended balances of |
| 23 | appropriations, allocations, and other funds; administrative |
| 24 | authority; administrative rules; pending issues; and existing |
| 25 | contracts of the Bureau of Invasive Plant Management in the |
| 26 | Department of Environmental Protection are transferred by a type |
| 27 | two transfer, pursuant to s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the |
| 28 | Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. All actions taken |
| 29 | pursuant to chapter 2008-150, Laws of Florida, and the |
| 30 | interagency agreement executed pursuant thereto are ratified. |
| 31 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |