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FL S0510

Bill

Status

Failed

4/30/2021

Primary Sponsor

Ed Hooper

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Origin

Senate

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts the State Housing Trust Fund and the Local Government Housing Trust Fund from the Legislature's authority to transfer unappropriated cash balances to the Budget Stabilization Fund and the General Revenue Fund via the General Appropriations Act
  • Amends section 215.32, Florida Statutes, which governs the segregation and use of state funds, including trust fund administration and accountability requirements
  • Adds the two housing trust funds to an existing list of protected trust funds that are shielded from legislative "sweeps," alongside funds such as the State Transportation Trust Fund, the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, and federally mandated trust funds
  • Includes minor technical and grammatical revisions to trust fund operational language, such as punctuation updates and modernized phrasing, without changing substantive requirements for agency trust fund usage
  • Effective date of July 1, 2021

Legislative Description

State Funds

Last Action

Died in Appropriations

4/30/2021

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/18/2021
Finance and Tax2/2/2021
Community Affairs1/15/2021

Full Bill Text

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