Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1200
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Young) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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4 Delete everything after the enacting clause
5 and insert:
6 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
7 201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (b) of that
8 subsection is republished, to read:
9 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.—All taxes collected
10 under this chapter are hereby pledged and shall be first made
11 available to make payments when due on bonds issued pursuant to
12 s. 215.618 or s. 215.619, or any other bonds authorized to be
13 issued on a parity basis with such bonds. Such pledge and
14 availability for the payment of these bonds shall have priority
15 over any requirement for the payment of service charges or costs
16 of collection and enforcement under this section. All taxes
17 collected under this chapter, except taxes distributed to the
18 Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2),
19 are subject to the service charge imposed in s. 215.20(1).
20 Before distribution pursuant to this section, the Department of
21 Revenue shall deduct amounts necessary to pay the costs of the
22 collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter.
23 The costs and service charge may not be levied against any
24 portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent
25 that the costs and service charge are required to pay any
26 amounts relating to the bonds. All of the costs of the
27 collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter and
28 the service charge shall be available and transferred to the
29 extent necessary to pay debt service and any other amounts
30 payable with respect to bonds authorized before January 1, 2017,
31 secured by revenues distributed pursuant to this section. All
32 taxes remaining after deduction of costs shall be distributed as
33 follows:
34 (4) After the required distributions to the Land
35 Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) and
36 deduction of the service charge imposed pursuant to s.
37 215.20(1), the remainder shall be distributed as follows:
38 (a) The lesser of 24.18442 percent of the remainder or
39 $541.75 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
40 Treasury to the credit of the State Transportation Trust Fund.
41 Of such funds, $75 million for each fiscal year shall be
42 transferred to the General Revenue Fund. Notwithstanding any
43 other law, the remaining amount credited to the State
44 Transportation Trust Fund shall be used for:
45 1. Capital funding for the New Starts Transit Program,
46 authorized by Title 49, U.S.C. s. 5309 and specified in s.
47 341.051, in the amount of 10 percent of the funds;
48 2. The Small County Outreach Program specified in s.
49 339.2818, in the amount of 10 percent of the funds;
50 3. The Strategic Intermodal System specified in ss. 339.61,
51 339.62, 339.63, and 339.64, in the amount of 75 percent of the
52 funds after deduction of the payments required pursuant to
53 subparagraphs 1. and 2.; and
54 4. The Transportation Regional Incentive Program specified
55 in s. 339.2819, in the amount of 25 percent of the funds after
56 deduction of the payments required pursuant to subparagraphs 1.
57 and 2. In fiscal years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 the
58 first $60 million of the funds allocated pursuant to this
59 subparagraph must shall be allocated annually to the Florida
60 Rail Enterprise for the purposes established in s. 341.303(5).
61 Beginning in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the first $60 million of
62 the funds allocated pursuant to this subparagraph must be
63 allocated annually as follows:
64 a. Twenty-five million dollars on a matching basis to the
65 Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority for the design and
66 construction of an innovative mobility system, as defined in s.
67 339.84. One dollar in local or private matching funds must be
68 provided for each dollar distributed under this sub
69 subparagraph. Federal funds may not be substituted for the local
70 or private matching funds. In any fiscal year in which the Tampa
71 Bay Area Regional Transit Authority notifies the Department of
72 Transportation that the authority will not request all of the
73 funds allocated under this subparagraph for an innovative
74 mobility system, the Department of Transportation shall allocate
75 such funds to projects in the 5-year work program under s.
76 339.135 in the area described in s. 343.91(1)(a) and such funds
77 shall be in addition to currently scheduled work program
78 commitments in that area.
79 b. Thirty-five million dollars to the statewide mobility
80 innovation program for the purposes established in s. 339.84.
81 (b) The lesser of 0.1456 percent of the remainder or $3.25
82 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
83 Treasury to the credit of the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in
84 the Department of Economic Opportunity to fund technical
85 assistance to local governments.
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87 Moneys distributed pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) may not be
88 pledged for debt service unless such pledge is approved by
89 referendum of the voters.
90 Section 2. Section 339.84, Florida Statutes, is created to
91 read:
92 339.84 Statewide Mobility Innovation Program.—
93 (1) As used in this section the term “innovative mobility
94 system” means a system of infrastructure, appurtenances, and
95 technology designed to move the greatest number of people in the
96 least amount of time. The term includes, but is not limited to,
97 autonomous vehicles as defined in s. 316.003, automated people
98 movers, bus rapid transit networks, and transportation network
99 companies as defined in s. 627.748. The term does not include
100 other traditional uses of a roadway system for conveyance.
101 (2) The Statewide Mobility Innovation Program is created
102 within the department. The goals of the program include, but are
103 not limited to:
104 (a) Evaluating, financing, and overseeing proposals for
105 innovative mobility systems in this state.
106 (b) Expending funds to publicize and promote innovative
107 mobility systems and to contract with entities to accomplish
108 these purposes.
109 (c) Soliciting proposals in accordance with chapter 287 for
110 the design and construction of innovative mobility systems and
111 contracting with entities to expend funds to accomplish this
112 purpose.
113 (3) Beginning in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the department
114 shall use funds allocated pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(a)4.b. in a
115 county to fund the design and construction of an innovative
116 mobility system based on a proposal that a county submits to the
117 department that the department approves as being consistent with
118 the requirements of this section.
119 (4) Of the $35 million allocated under s. 201.15(4)(a)4.b.,
120 the department must use:
121 (a) $25 million for an innovative mobility system in a
122 county as defined in s. 125.011(1). In any fiscal year in which
123 a county as defined in s. 125.011(1) notifies the department
124 that the county will not request all of the funds allocated
125 under this paragraph for an innovative mobility system, the
126 department shall allocate such funds to projects in the 5-year
127 work program under s. 339.135 in the county as defined in s.
128 125.011(1) and such funds shall be in addition to currently
129 scheduled work program commitments in that area.
130 (b) The remainder for such a system in any other county or
131 counties in the state.
132 (5) A county proposing the use of funds for an innovative
133 mobility system must submit a request to the department which
134 must include a detailed project and financial plan. The funding
135 request must specify the duration of the project and the total
136 amount sought by state fiscal year. Two or more counties may
137 submit a joint proposal to the department.
138 (6) One dollar in local or private matching funds must be
139 provided for each dollar distributed under this section. Federal
140 funds may not be substituted for the local or private matching
141 funds.
142 (7) Funds distributed under this section may not be used to
143 subsidize projects with existing funding commitments as of July
144 1, 2018.
145 (8) Each recipient of funds under this program must submit
146 a quarterly report to the department regarding the development,
147 implementation, and operation of the project. The department
148 must submit an annual report by September 1 to the President of
149 the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
150 regarding the overall status of the program.
151 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2021, subsection (5) of
152 section 341.303, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
153 Section 4. Effective July 1, 2021, paragraph (b) of
154 subsection (4) of section 343.58, Florida Statutes, is amended
155 to read:
156 343.58 County funding for the South Florida Regional
157 Transportation Authority.—
158 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
159 contrary and effective July 1, 2010, until as provided in
160 paragraph (d), the department shall transfer annually from the
161 State Transportation Trust Fund to the South Florida Regional
162 Transportation Authority the amounts specified in subparagraph
163 (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2.
164 (b) Funding required by this subsection may not be provided
165 from the funds dedicated to the Florida Rail Enterprise or the
166 statewide mobility innovation program pursuant to s.
167 201.15(4)(a)4.
168 Section 5. Except as otherwise provided, this act shall
169 take effect July 1, 2018.
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172 And the title is amended as follows:
173 Delete everything before the enacting clause
174 and insert:
175 A bill to be entitled
176 An act relating to the statewide mobility innovation
177 program; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; beginning in a
178 specified timeframe, revising the annual allocations
179 in the State Transportation Trust Fund for the
180 Transportation Regional Incentive Program; specifying
181 annual allocations to the Tampa Bay Area Regional
182 Transit Authority and the statewide mobility
183 innovation program for certain purposes; specifying
184 requirements for matching funds for the Tampa Bay Area
185 Regional Transit Authority; creating s. 339.84, F.S.;
186 defining the term “innovative mobility system”;
187 creating within the department the statewide mobility
188 innovation program; requiring the department to use
189 specified funds in a county to fund the design and
190 construction of an innovative mobility system for
191 passengers based on a certain proposal by the county;
192 specifying requirements for the use of the funds;
193 requiring a county proposing the use of funds for an
194 innovative mobility system to submit a request to the
195 department, subject to certain requirements; requiring
196 local matching funds for certain distributions,
197 subject to certain requirements; prohibiting certain
198 funds distributed from being used to subsidize certain
199 existing projects; repealing s. 341.303(5), F.S.,
200 relating to fund participation and the Florida Rail
201 Enterprise, effective July 1, 2021; deleting a
202 provision authorizing the department, through the
203 Florida Rail Enterprise, to use specified funds for
204 certain purposes; amending s. 343.58, F.S.; conforming
205 provisions to changes made by the act; providing
206 effective dates.