Bill Text: FL S0212 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Trust Funds
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-12 - Chapter No. 2013-22 [S0212 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0212-Enrolled.html
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2013 Legislature SB 212, 1st Engrossed
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2 An act relating to trust funds; amending s. 379.207,
3 F.S.; deleting a restriction on an expenditure from
4 the Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund; amending s.
5 379.212, F.S.; renaming the Fish and Wildlife Habitat
6 Program as the Land Acquisition Trust Fund; creating
7 s. 379.213, F.S.; providing for the administration and
8 funding of the Save the Manatee Trust Fund; creating
9 s. 379.214, F.S.; providing for the administration and
10 funding of the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund;
11 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. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
16 379.207, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraphs (e) and
17 (f) of that subsection are redesignated as paragraphs (d) and
18 (e), respectively, to read:
19 379.207 Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.—
20 (3) The fund is declared to constitute a special trust
21 derived from a contractual relationship between the state and
22 the members of the public whose investments contribute to the
23 fund. In recognition of such special trust, the following
24 limitations and restrictions are placed on expenditures from the
25 funds:
26 (d) No expenditures or disbursements from the interest
27 income derived from the sale of lifetime licenses shall be made
28 for any purpose until the respective holders of such licenses
29 attain the age of 16 years. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation
30 Commission as administrator of the fund shall determine
31 actuarially on an annual basis the amounts of interest income
32 within the fund which may be disbursed pursuant to this
33 paragraph. The director shall cause deposits of proceeds from
34 the sale of lifetime licenses to be identifiable by the ages of
35 the license recipients.
36 Section 2. Section 379.212, Florida Statutes, is amended to
37 read:
38 379.212 Land Acquisition Trust Fund Fish and Wildlife
39 Habitat Program.—
40 (1)(a) There is established within the Fish and Wildlife
41 Conservation Commission the Land Acquisition Trust Fund Fish and
42 Wildlife Habitat Program for the purpose of acquiring, assisting
43 other agencies or local governments in acquiring, or managing
44 lands important to the conservation of fish and wildlife.
45 (b) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or its
46 designee shall manage such lands for the primary purpose of
47 maintaining and enhancing their habitat value for fish and
48 wildlife. Other uses may be allowed that are not contrary to
49 this purpose.
50 (c) Where acquisition pursuant to this section will result
51 in state ownership of land, title shall be vested in the Board
52 of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund as required
53 in chapter 253. Land acquisition pursuant to this section shall
54 be voluntary, negotiated acquisition and, where title is to be
55 vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
56 Trust Fund, is subject to the acquisition procedures of s.
57 253.025.
58 (d) Acquisition costs shall include purchase prices and
59 costs and fees associated with title work, surveys, and
60 appraisals required to complete an acquisition.
61 (2) Moneys which may be deposited into the Land Acquisition
62 Trust Fund for the purposes of this section may include, but not
63 be limited to, donations, grants, development-of-regional-impact
64 wildlife mitigation contributions, or legislative
65 appropriations. Preservation 2000 acquisition moneys and
66 Conservation and Recreation Lands management moneys shall not be
67 deposited into this fund.
68 Section 3. Section 379.213, Florida Statutes, is created to
69 read:
70 379.213 Save the Manatee Trust Fund.—
71 (1) The Save the Manatee Trust Fund shall be administered
72 by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
73 (2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund
74 shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of ss.
75 320.08058, 328.66, 328.72, 328.74, 328.76, and 379.2431. The
76 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission may receive donations
77 for deposit into the Save the Manatee Trust Fund.
78 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
79 pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end
80 of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of
81 the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of
82 the trust fund.
83 Section 4. Section 379.214, Florida Statutes, is created to
84 read:
85 379.214 Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund.—
86 (1) The Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund shall be
87 administered by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
88 (2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund
89 shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of ss.
90 201.15, 206.606, 328.76, 369.20, 369.22, 369.252, and 379.502.
91 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
92 pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end
93 of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of
94 the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of
95 the trust fund.
96 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
