SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 4765, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Brown-Waite and Cowin moved the following substitute

12  for amendment (872190):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 56, between lines 17 and 18,

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18         Section 55.  Paragraph (a) of section 20.23, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         20.23  Department of Transportation.--There is created

21  a Department of Transportation which shall be a decentralized

22  agency.

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

24  organized into eight districts, including a turnpike district,

25  each headed by a district secretary. The district secretaries

26  shall report to the Assistant Secretary for District

27  Operations. The headquarters of the districts shall be located

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

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

30  relocated to Orange County in the year 2000. By June 30, 1999,

31  the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 4765, 2nd Eng.

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 1  Accountability shall present a recommendation to the Secretary

 2  of Transportation for the designation of a site for the

 3  relocation of the Turnpike District headquarters. Sumter

 4  County shall be considered as a possible site. Any such

 5  relocated headquarters facility shall be the most

 6  cost-effective and operationally efficient site and be in the

 7  best interest of the public and the state. By December 31,

 8  1999, the department shall submit a plan to relocate the

 9  Turnpike District headquarters to the Governor, Senate and

10  House Transportation Committees.  In order to provide for

11  efficient operations and to expedite the decisionmaking

12  process, the department shall provide for maximum

13  decentralization to the districts. However, before making a

14  decision to centralize or decentralize department operations

15  or relocate the turnpike district, the department must first

16  determine if the decision would be cost-effective and in the

17  public's best interest. The department shall periodically

18  evaluate such decisions to ensure that they are appropriate.

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20  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 64, line 9, after the semicolon

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

29         relating to the turnpike district;

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