Terms Used In Florida Statutes 216.273

  • Budget authority: Authority provided by law to enter into obligations that will result in outlays of Federal funds. Budget authority may be classified by the period of availability (one-year, multiyear, no-year), by the timing of congressional action (current or permanent), or by the manner of determining the amount available (definite or indefinite).

(1) The Administered Funds Trust Fund is created within the Executive Office of the Governor.
(2) The trust fund shall be used for the purpose of allocating to various agencies those appropriations that are made under the administered funds budget entity. The trust fund is a clearing account to be used solely for the distribution of budget authority and is not intended to receive or distribute cash.
(3) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, the trust fund, as a clearing account, is exempt from the automatic termination provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution.