2002 Florida Code
TITLE XVII MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS
Chapter 250 MILITARY AFFAIRS  
PART III EMERGENCY RELIEF (ss. 250.540-250.601)
250.601   Emergency Response Trust Fund.

250.601  Emergency Response Trust Fund.--

(1)  The Emergency Response Trust Fund is created within the Department of Military Affairs.

(2)  Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the costs of activating the Florida National Guard and transfers of state funds approved by budget amendments processed as provided in chapter 216. Such funds shall be used to pay all operational costs incurred by the Florida National Guard when called to active duty.

(3)(a)  The trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

(b)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301, and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

(4)  In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Emergency Response Trust Fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2006. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

History.--s. 1, ch. 2002-167.