Bill Text: FL H7065 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund/JAC

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-06 - Substituted SB 1014 [H7065 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H7065-Introduced.html

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HB 7065

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the Public
3	Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within the Justice
4	Administrative Commission without modification; repealing
5	s. 27.61(2), F.S.; abrogating provisions relating to the
6	termination of the trust fund, to conform; providing an
7	effective date.
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9	WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of the
10	Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within the Justice
11	Administrative Commission, which is otherwise scheduled to be
12	terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and
13	WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the trust fund before
14	its scheduled termination date and has found that it continues
15	to meet an important public purpose, and
16	WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public
17	policy concerning the trust fund sets adequate parameters for
18	its use, NOW, THEREFORE,
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20	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22	Section 1.  The Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within
23	the Justice Administrative Commission, FLAIR number 21-2-059,
24	which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III
25	of the State Constitution on July 1, 2012, is re-created.
26	Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 27.61, Florida
27	Statutes, is repealed.
28	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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