Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1224
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-01193-13                                           20131224__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 1010.88,
    3         F.S.; creating the Safe Schools Trust Fund within the
    4         Department of Education; providing for sources of
    5         funds and purposes; providing for annual carryforward
    6         of trust fund balances; providing for future review
    7         and termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
    8         providing a contingent effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 1010.88, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         1010.88 Safe Schools Trust Fund.—
   15         (1) There is created the Safe Schools Trust Fund within the
   16  department. Funds credited to the trust fund shall consist of
   17  the funds deposited under s. 212.20(6)(d) and any other funds as
   18  provided by law.
   19         (2) The trust fund balance shall be allocated by the
   20  department to school districts governed by this chapter to fund
   21  expenses under s. 790.0535, s. 1006.025(4), and, to the extent
   22  funds remain, additional projects and programs to improve the
   23  safety of students while they are within school safety zones as
   24  defined in s. 810.0975.
   25         (3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
   26  any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year
   27  shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall
   28  be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.
   29         (4) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   30  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   31  terminated on July 1, 2017. Before its scheduled termination,
   32  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1).
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013, if SB
   34  _____ or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative
   35  session or an extension thereof and becomes law, but this act
   36  shall not take effect unless it is enacted by a three-fifths
   37  vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.