SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1426

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Brown-Waite and Cowin moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 3 and 4,

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17         Section 19.  Paragraphs (a) of subsection (4) of

18  section 20.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19  20.23  Department of Transportation.--There is created a

20  Department of Transportation which shall be a decentralized

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22         (4)(a)  The operations of the department shall be

23  organized into eight districts, including a turnpike district,

24  each headed by a district secretary. The district secretaries

25  shall report to the Assistant Secretary for District

26  Operations. The headquarters of the districts shall be located

27  in Polk, Columbia, Washington, Broward, Volusia, Dade,

28  Hillsborough, and Leon Counties. The turnpike district must be

29  relocated to Sumter Orange County in the year 2002 2000. In

30  order to provide for efficient operations and to expedite the

31  decisionmaking process, the department shall provide for

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1426

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 1  maximum decentralization to the districts. However, before

 2  making a decision to centralize or decentralize department

 3  operations or relocate the turnpike district, the department

 4  must first determine if the decision would be cost-effective

 5  and in the public's best interest. The department shall

 6  periodically evaluate such decisions to ensure that they are

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 9  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 3, line 5, after the semicolon

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17         amending s. 20.23, F.S.; revising provisions

18         relating to the turnpike district;

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