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2007 Florida Statutes

Section 341.8203, Florida Statutes 2007

341.8203  Definitions.--As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term:

(1)  "Associated development" means property, equipment, buildings, or other ancillary facilities which are built, installed, or established to provide financing, funding, or revenues for the planning, building, managing, and operation of a high-speed rail system and which are associated with or part of the rail stations. The term includes property, including air rights, necessary for joint development, such as parking facilities, retail establishments, restaurants, hotels, offices, or other commercial, civic, residential, or support facilities, and may also include property necessary to protect or preserve the rail station area by reducing urban blight or traffic congestion or property necessary to accomplish any of the purposes set forth in this subsection which are reasonably anticipated or necessary.

(2)  "Authority" means the Florida High-Speed Rail Authority and its agents. However, for purposes of s. 341.840, the term does not include any agent of the authority except as provided in that section.

(3)  "Central Florida" means the counties of Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Citrus, Sumter, Volusia, Brevard, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Polk.

(4)  "DBOM contract" means the document and all concomitant rights approved by the authority providing the selected person or entity the exclusive right to design, build, operate, and maintain a high-speed rail system.

(5)  "DBOM & F contract" means the document and all concomitant rights approved by the authority providing the selected person or entity the exclusive right to design, build, operate, maintain, and finance a high-speed rail system.

(6)  "High-speed rail system" means any high-speed fixed guideway system for transporting people or goods, which system is capable of operating at speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour, including, but not limited to, a monorail system, dual track rail system, suspended rail system, magnetic levitation system, pneumatic repulsion system, or other system approved by the authority. The term includes a corridor and structures essential to the operation of the line, including the land, structures, improvements, rights-of-way, easements, rail lines, rail beds, guideway structures, switches, yards, parking facilities, power relays, switching houses, and rail stations and also includes facilities or equipment used exclusively for the purposes of design, construction, operation, maintenance, or the financing of the high-speed rail system.

(7)  "Joint development" means the planning, managing, financing, or constructing of projects adjacent to, functionally related to, or otherwise related to a high-speed rail system pursuant to agreements between any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, agency, or other entity, public or private.

(8)  "Northeast Florida" means the counties of Nassau, Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Putnam, Alachua, Marion, and Flagler.

(9)  "Northwest Florida" means the counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Gadsden, Bay, Calhoun, Liberty, Gulf, Franklin, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Wakulla, Taylor, Hamilton, Suwannee, Columbia, Baker, Union, Lafayette, Gilchrist, Dixie, Bradford, and Levy.

(10)  "Rail station," "station," or "high-speed rail station" means any structure or transportation facility that is part of a high-speed rail system designed to accommodate the movement of passengers from one mode of transportation to another at which passengers board or disembark from transportation conveyances and transfer from one mode of transportation to another.

(11)  "Selected person or entity" means the person or entity to whom the authority awards a contract under s. 341.834 to establish a high-speed rail system pursuant to this act.

(12)  "Southeast Florida" means the counties of Broward, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee, and Palm Beach.

(13)  "Southwest Florida" means the counties of Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, Sarasota, Highlands, Charlotte, Glades, Lee, Hendry, and Collier.

(14)  "Urban areas" means Central Florida, Northeast Florida, Northwest Florida, Southeast Florida, and Southwest Florida.

History.--s. 30, ch. 2002-20; s. 15, ch. 2004-366.