SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 4765, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Brown-Waite and Cowin moved the following amendment

12  to amendment (443136):

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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.  Paragraphs (a) of subsection (4) of

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

20  20.23  Department of Transportation.--There is created a

21  Department of Transportation which shall be a decentralized

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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 Sumter Orange County in the year 2002 2000. In

31  order to provide for efficient operations and to expedite the

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    Bill No. HB 4765, 2nd Eng.

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 1  decisionmaking process, the department shall provide for

 2  maximum decentralization to the districts. However, before

 3  making a decision to centralize or decentralize department

 4  operations or relocate the turnpike district, the department

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

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

 7  periodically evaluate such decisions to ensure that they are

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10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 64, line 9, after the semicolon

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

19         relating to the turnpike district;

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