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

Summary: Creating the Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust Fund within the Department of Children and Families; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 20.1955, F.S.; creating the Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust Fund within the Department of Children and Families; providing purposes of the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 20.1955, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 20.1955  Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust Fund; Department of Children and Families.  (1) The Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust Fund is created within the Department of Children and Families. (2) The trust fund is established for the purpose of receiving funds collected from the fees imposed on the sale of firearms and ammunition by licensed dealers pursuant to s. 790.065 (14). (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2017. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206 (1) and (2). Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that SB ____ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is enacted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law, and only if this act is enacted by a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.