Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 250
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì6133664Î613366                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/23/2017           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Transportation (Artiles) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 27 - 54
    4  and insert:
    5         (2) the department may continue to collect a the toll on
    6  the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes only for after
    7  the discharge of any bond indebtedness related to a such project
    8  that exists before July 1, 2017. After the discharge of any bond
    9  indebtedness related to such project, the toll on the high
   10  occupancy toll lanes or express lanes must be eliminated All
   11  tolls so collected shall first be used to pay the annual cost of
   12  the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the high
   13  occupancy toll lanes or express lanes project or associated
   14  transportation system.
   15         (2)(3)High-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes may not
   16  be created on or after July 1, 2017. Upon elimination of the
   17  tolls on existing high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes
   18  pursuant to subsection (1), such lanes may continue to exist but
   19  not as high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes Any remaining
   20  toll revenue from the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes
   21  shall be used by the department for the construction,
   22  maintenance, or improvement of any road on the State Highway
   23  System within the county or counties in which the toll revenues
   24  were collected or to support express bus service on the facility
   25  where the toll revenues were collected.
   26         (3)(4) The department may implement variable rate tolls on
   27  high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes.
   28         (4)(5) Except for high-occupancy toll lanes or express
   29  lanes, tolls may not be charged for use of an interstate highway
   30  where tolls were not charged as of July 1, 1997.
   31         (5)(6) This section does not apply to the turnpike system
   32  as defined under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law.
   33         Section 1. Section 338.2225, Florida Statutes, is created
   34  to read:
   35         338.2225 Express lanes on any part of the turnpike system;
   36  prohibition.—
   37         (1) The purpose of this section is to eliminate all express
   38  lanes that exist, or are under construction, on any part of the
   39  Florida Turnpike System and to prohibit the creation of such
   40  express lanes.
   41         (2) The department may collect a toll on express lanes
   42  that, before July 1, 2017, exist, or are under construction, on
   43  any part of the turnpike system, but such collection may be only
   44  for the discharge of any bond indebtedness that relates to the
   45  expense of constructing the express lanes. After the discharge
   46  of such bond indebtedness, the toll on the express lanes must be
   47  eliminated.
   48         (3)Except for express lanes that, before July 1, 2017,
   49  exist, or are under construction, on any part of the turnpike
   50  system, no express lanes shall be on any part of the turnpike
   51  system. Upon elimination of the tolls on express lanes pursuant
   52  to subsection (2), such lanes may continue to exist but not as
   53  express lanes.
   54  
   55  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   56  And the title is amended as follows:
   57         Delete lines 4 - 13
   58  and insert:
   59         that the Department of Transportation may collect
   60         tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes
   61         only for the discharge of certain bond indebtedness on
   62         a project existing before a specified date; requiring
   63         that the tolls be eliminated after discharge of the
   64         project’s bond indebtedness; prohibiting the creation
   65         of high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes on or
   66         after a specified date; requiring existing lanes to no
   67         longer be high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes
   68         upon elimination of their tolls; creating s. 338.2225,
   69         F.S.; providing a legislative purpose; authorizing the
   70         department to collect a toll on express lanes that,
   71         before a specified date, exist, or are under
   72         construction, on any part of the turnpike system for
   73         the discharge of certain bond indebtedness; requiring
   74         the elimination of the toll after discharge of the
   75         bond indebtedness; prohibiting express lanes from
   76         being on any part of the turnpike system; authorizing
   77         express lanes that, before a specified date, exist, or
   78         are under construction, on any part of the turnpike
   79         system to continue to exist but not as express lanes;
   80         providing an