Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1632
Barcode 683886
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/16/2013 12:08 PM .
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Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 141 and 142
4 insert:
5 Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 335.0415,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 335.0415 Public road jurisdiction and transfer process.—
8 (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1)–(5)
9 or any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the intent
10 of the Legislature that, as a pilot program, the City of Miami
11 be provided and assume certain responsibilities for the
12 maintenance of State Road 5/Brickell Avenue/Biscayne Boulevard
13 within defined limits in the City of Miami.
14 (a) The department shall enter into an interlocal agreement
15 with the City of Miami which must provide that the City of Miami
16 be responsible for street cleaning, landscaping, and maintenance
17 of the right-of-way of State Road 5/Brickell Avenue/Biscayne
18 Boulevard, from its intersection with Interstate 95 to its
19 intersection with Northeast 15th Street, excluding the Brickell
20 Bridge and its approaches, for a 5-year period. The interlocal
21 agreement must:
22 1. Contain performance measures to ensure that the facility
23 and landscaping are maintained in accordance with applicable
24 department standards.
25 2. Require the city to meet or exceed the performance
26 measures as a condition of payment by the department for the
27 work performed by the city.
28 3. Indemnify and hold the department harmless from any
29 liability arising out of the city’s exercise of, or failure to
30 exercise, the transferred responsibilities.
31 (b) During the final year of the 5-year pilot program, the
32 Florida Transportation Commission shall conduct a study to
33 evaluate the effectiveness and benefits of the pilot program.
34 The commission may retain such experts as are reasonably
35 necessary to complete the study, and the department shall pay
36 the expenses of such experts. The commission shall complete the
37 study within 60 days after the end of the 5-year pilot program
38 and shall provide a written report of its findings and
39 conclusions to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
40 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairs of each
41 of the appropriations committees of the Legislature.
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44 And the title is amended as follows:
45 Between lines 4 and 5
46 insert:
47 s. 335.0415, F.S.; creating a pilot program in the
48 City of Miami to transfer department responsibilities
49 for public road maintenance to the city; requiring the
50 department to enter into an interlocal agreement with
51 the City of Miami; specifying requirements of the
52 interlocal agreement; requiring the Florida
53 Transportation Commission to conduct a study at the
54 conclusion of the pilot program and provide the study
55 to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the
56 department to pay the expenses of the study’s experts;
57 amending