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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 CS/HB 1021
By the Committee on Transportation and Representatives
Spratt, K. Smith, Boyd, Patterson, Lawson, Bronson, Crady,
Wiles, J. Miller, Peaden, Stansel, Melvin, Minton, Harrington,
Kilmer and Chestnut
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to small county road
3 assistance; creating s. 339.2816, F.S.;
4 creating the Small County Road Assistance
5 Program within the Department of
6 Transportation; providing a definition;
7 providing for county eligibility; providing for
8 project prioritization criteria; authorizing
9 the Department of Transportation to administer
10 program contracts on behalf of counties;
11 requiring that program projects be included in
12 the Department of Transportation's work
13 program; amending s. 339.08, F.S.; authorizing
14 the expenditure of State Transportation Trust
15 Fund moneys for the Small County Road
16 Assistance Program; providing an effective
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19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21 Section 1. Section 339.2816, Florida Statutes, is
22 created to read:
23 339.2816 Small County Road Assistance Program;
24 definitions; program funding; funding eligibility; project
25 contract administration.--
26 (1) There is created within the Department of
27 Transportation the Small County Road Assistance Program. The
28 purpose of this program is to assist small county governments
29 in resurfacing or reconstructing county roads.
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1 (3) For the purposes of this section the term "small
2 county" means any county which has a population of 75,000 or
3 less according to 1990 federal census data.
4 (4) Beginning with fiscal year 1999-2000 until fiscal
5 year 2009-2010 up to $25 million annually from the State
6 Transportation Trust Fund may be used for the purposes of
7 funding the Small County Road Assistance Program as described
8 in this section.
9 (5)(a) Small counties shall be eligible to compete for
10 funds which have been designated for the Small County Road
11 Assistance Program for resurfacing or reconstruction projects
12 on county roads that were part of the county road system on
13 June 10, 1995. Capacity improvements on county roads shall not
14 be eligible for funding under the program.
15 (b) In determining a county's eligibility for
16 assistance under this program, the department may consider
17 whether the county has attempted to keep county roads in
18 satisfactory condition, including the amount of local option
19 fuel tax and ad valorem millage rate imposed by the county.
20 The department may also consider the extent to which the
21 county has offered to provide a match of local funds with
22 state funds provided under the program. At a minimum, small
23 counties shall be eligible only if:
24 1. The county has enacted the maximum rate of the
25 local option fuel tax authorized by s. 336.025(1)(a), and has
26 imposed an ad valorem millage rate of at least 8 mills, or
27 2. The county has imposed an ad valorem millage rate
28 of 10 mills.
29 (c) The following criteria shall be used to prioritize
30 road projects for funding under the program:
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1 1. The primary criteria is the physical condition of
2 the road as measured by the department.
3 2. As secondary criteria the department may consider:
4 a. Whether a road is used as evacuation route.
5 b. Whether a road has high levels of agricultural
6 travel.
7 c. Whether a road is considered a major arterial
8 route.
9 d. Whether a road is considered a feeder road.
10 e. Other criteria related to the impact of a project
11 to the public road system or to the state or local economy as
12 determined by the department.
13 (6) The department is authorized to administer
14 contracts on behalf of a county selected to receive funding
15 for a project under this section. All projects funded under
16 this section shall be included in the department's work
17 program developed pursuant to s. 339.135.
18 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of section
19 339.08, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (j) and
20 a new paragraph (i) is added to said subsection to read:
21 339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust
22 Fund.--
23 (i) To pay the cost of county road projects selected
24 in accordance with the Small County Road Assistance Program
25 created by s. 339.2816.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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