Florida Statute 17.43 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title IV
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Chapter 17
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17.43 Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.—

(1) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created within the Department of Financial Services. The department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and revenues received as a result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues received from federal asset-sharing programs. The trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

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

History.—s. 1, ch. 98-278; s. 2, ch. 99-84; s. 1, ch. 2001-65; s. 46, ch. 2003-261; s. 5, ch. 2004-234; s. 2, ch. 2007-14.

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MacK v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 673 So. 2d 100 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).

Cited 34 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 225715

...An act or practice that is a violation of law other than this subchapter may be made the basis of an action under this subchapter if the act or practice is proscribed by a provision of this subchapter or is declared by such other law to be actionable under this subchapter. Tex.Bus. & Com.Code § 17.43 (emphasis added). Justice Gonzales, in his concurring opinion in Segura, states that, in Texas under section 17.43, either the Texas DTPA must expressly make conduct illegal or another statute must, and refer to the Texas DTPA as the source for a cause of action to remedy it....

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United States v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 922 F.2d 704 (11th Cir. 1991).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1991 WL 1379

pursue an administrative appeal. See Fla.Admin.Code § 17-43.035(2) (requiring public hearing in the preparation

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