Bill Text: FL S1220 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust Fund/Department of Children and Families

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs [S1220 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S1220-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1220
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       19-01776-13                                           20131220__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 20.1955,
    3         F.S.; creating the Behavioral Health Intervention and
    4         Treatment Trust Fund within the Department of Children
    5         and Families; providing purposes of the trust fund;
    6         providing for future review and termination or re
    7         creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent
    8         effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 20.1955, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         20.1955 Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust
   15  Fund; Department of Children and Families.—
   16         (1) The Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust
   17  Fund is created within the Department of Children and Families.
   18         (2) The trust fund is established for the purpose of
   19  receiving funds collected from the fees imposed on the sale of
   20  firearms and ammunition by licensed dealers pursuant to s.
   21  790.065(14).
   22         (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   23  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   24  terminated on July 1, 2017. Before its scheduled termination,
   25  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
   26  and (2).
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   28  SB ____ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   29  is enacted in the same legislative session or an extension
   30  thereof and becomes law, and only if this act is enacted by a
   31  three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the
   32  Legislature.