AMERICAN BANKERS INS. CO. v. CHILES

No. 86682.

675 So.2d 922 (1996)

AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. Lawton CHILES, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Brown and Donna E. Blanton of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Marks, Bryant & Yon, P.A., Tallahassee, for Petitioners.

John K. Aurell, John Beranek, Kenneth R. Hart and Stephen C. Emmanuel of Macfarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen, Tallahassee; Alan J. Leifer, Division of Legal Services, Department of Insurance, Tallahassee; and James A. Peters, Department of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, for Respondents.


HARDING, Justice.

We have for review Service Insurance Co. v. Chiles, 660 So.2d 734, 742 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), in which the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:

GIVEN THE REQUIREMENT OF ARTICLE III, SECTION 19(f)(1), THAT NO TRUST FUND BE CREATED EXCEPT "IN A SEPARATE BILL FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY," MAY THE LEGISLATURE INCLUDE WITHIN A BILL CREATING A TRUST...

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