Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 768
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Transportation (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 41
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 310.002, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         310.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, except where
    8  the context clearly indicates otherwise:
    9         (4) “Port” means any place in the state into which vessels
   10  enter or depart and includes, without limitation, Fernandina,
   11  Nassau Inlet, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Canaveral, Port
   12  Citrus, Ft. Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Key
   13  West, Boca Grande, Charlotte Harbor, Punta Gorda, Tampa, Port
   14  Tampa, Port Manatee, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Apalachicola,
   15  Carrabelle, Panama City, Port St. Joe, and Pensacola.
   16         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 311.09, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         311.09 Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   19  Development Council.—
   20         (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   21  Development Council is created within the Department of
   22  Transportation. The council consists of the following 18 17
   23  members: the port director, or the port director’s designee, of
   24  each of the ports of Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus,
   25  Fort Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Manatee,
   26  St. Petersburg, Tampa, Port St. Joe, Panama City, Pensacola, Key
   27  West, and Fernandina; the secretary of the Department of
   28  Transportation or his or her designee; the director of the
   29  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development or his or her
   30  designee; and the secretary of the Department of Community
   31  Affairs or his or her designee.
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   34         And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 2
   36  and insert:
   37         An act relating to seaports; amending s. 310.002,
   38         F.S.; redefining the term “port” to include Port
   39         Citrus; amending s. 311.09, F.S.; including a
   40         representative of Port Citrus as a member of the
   41         Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   42         Development Council; creating s. 311.23, F.S.;