Bill Text: FL H0427 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motor Vehicle/Cargo Theft Prevention Authority TF

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP) [H0427 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0427-Introduced.html

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HB 427

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Motor Vehicle and Cargo Theft
3	Prevention Authority Trust Fund; creating s. 860.1571,
4	F.S.; creating the Motor Vehicle and Cargo Theft
5	Prevention Authority Trust Fund within the Executive
6	Office of the Governor; providing for source of moneys and
7	purposes; providing that moneys from the trust fund shall
8	be used to supplement, not supplant, other moneys
9	available; providing for future review and termination or
10	re-creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent
11	effective date.
12
13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1. Section 860.1571, Florida Statutes, is created
16	to read:
17	860.1571 Motor Vehicle and Cargo Theft Prevention
18	Authority Trust Fund.-
19	(1) The Motor Vehicle and Cargo Theft Prevention Authority
20	Trust Fund is created within the Executive Office of the
21	Governor and shall consist of any public or private moneys
22	received by the authority. The authority shall administer the
23	trust fund. Subject to legislative appropriation, moneys in the
24	trust fund shall only be used to pay the expenses of the
25	authority and to carry out the purposes of s. 860.157.
26	(2) The authority shall allocate moneys in the trust fund
27	to qualified public and private entities for the purpose of
28	establishing, maintaining, and supporting programs that are
29	designed to prevent motor vehicle and cargo theft, including
30	programs that increase the effectiveness of law enforcement
31	investigation efforts and successful prosecution and programs
32	that educate and assist the public in the prevention of motor
33	vehicle and cargo theft.
34	(3) Moneys from the trust fund shall be used to
35	supplement, not supplant, other moneys available for motor
36	vehicle and cargo theft prevention.
37	(4) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
38	Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
39	terminated on July 1, 2014. Before its scheduled termination,
40	the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
41	and (2).
42	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010, if
43	House Bill 425 or substantially similar legislation is adopted
44	in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and
45	becomes law.

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