Bill Text: FL H7041 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Trust Funds/Federal Grants Trust Fund/DEP

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-06 - Substituted SB 1032 [H7041 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H7041-Introduced.html

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HB 7041

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the Federal
3	Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental
4	Protection without modification; repealing s. 20.25501(3),
5	F.S.; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of
6	the trust fund, to conform; providing an effective date.
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8	WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the
9	Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental
10	Protection, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated
11	pursuant to constitutional mandate, and
12	WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund before
13	its scheduled termination date and has found that it continues
14	to meet an important public purpose, and
15	WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public
16	policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for
17	its use, NOW, THEREFORE,
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1.  The Federal Grants Trust Fund within the
22	Department of Environmental Protection, FLAIR number 37-2-261,
23	which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III
24	of the State Constitution on July 1, 2012, is re-created.
25	Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 20.25501, Florida
26	Statutes, is repealed.
27	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.