Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1834
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-02038-25                                           20251834__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Dog Breeders Trust Fund;
    3         creating s. 585.718, F.S.; creating the trust fund
    4         within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
    5         Services; providing the purpose of the trust fund;
    6         providing for the trust fund’s source of funds;
    7         requiring that the balance of the trust fund remain in
    8         the fund at the end of the year and be available for
    9         the purposes of the trust fund; providing for future
   10         review and termination or re-creation of the trust
   11         fund; providing a contingent effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 585.718, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         585.718 Dog Breeders Trust Fund.—
   18         (1) The Dog Breeders Trust Fund is created within the
   19  department. The department shall use moneys deposited in the
   20  fund as a funding source for implementing and enforcing this
   21  part.
   22         (2) Funds credited to the Dog Breeders Trust Fund shall
   23  consist of fees, penalties, or payments received by the state
   24  pursuant to this part.
   25         (3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301, and pursuant to s. 216.351,
   26  any balance remaining in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal
   27  year must remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and be
   28  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 Dog Breeders Trust Fund shall, unless
   31  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2029. Before its
   32  scheduled termination, the fund shall be reviewed as provided in
   33  s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   35  SB 1830 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   36  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   37  thereof and becomes a law.