The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 215
FINANCIAL MATTERS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 215.3207

215.3207 Trust funds; establishment; criteria.—A trust fund may be created by law only by the Legislature and only if passed by a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house in a separate bill for that purpose only. Except for trust funds being re-created by the Legislature, each trust fund must be created by statutory language that specifies at least the following:

(1) The name of the trust fund.

(2) The agency or branch of state government responsible for administering the trust fund.

(3) The requirements or purposes that the trust fund is established to meet.

(4) The sources of moneys to be credited to the trust fund or specific sources of receipts to be deposited in the trust fund.

History.—s. 17, ch. 92-142; s. 3, ch. 93-159; s. 1, ch. 94-67.

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Amendments to 215.3207

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 215.3207

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 215.3207.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY, v. CHILES,, 675 So. 2d 922 (Fla. 1996)

. . . In 1993, the legislature amended section 215.3207, the statute setting forth the criteria for creating . . . As set forth in section 215.3207, the legislature interpreted article III, section 19(f)(1) to mean that . . . Section 215.3207, Florida Statutes (1993), provides that: All trust funds shall be established by the . . . The prefatory language to chapter 93-159 provides, in pertinent part, that it is an act "amending s. 215.3207 . . .

SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. CHILES,, 660 So. 2d 734 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . legislature has spoken on this matter in section 3 of chapter 93-159, Laws of Florida (amending section 215.3207 . . . creation of such a fund — matters such as those identified by the legislature in what is now section 215.3207 . . . In enacting section 215.3207, the Legislature reasonably interpreted the constitutional provision to . . .