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11  Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 13, between lines 19 and 20,

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17         Section 7.  Subsection (6) of section 311.07, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         311.07  Florida seaport transportation and economic

20  development funding.--(6)  The Department of Transportation

21  shall ensure subject any project that receives funds pursuant

22  to this section and s. 320.20 is audited to a final audit.

23  The department may adopt rules and perform such other acts as

24  are necessary or convenient to ensure that the final audits

25  are conducted and that any deficiency or questioned costs

26  noted by the audit are resolved.

27         Section 8.  Subsections (1), (11) and (12) of section

28  311.09, Florida Statutes, are amended and a new subsection

29  (11) is added to that section to read:

30         311.09  Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic

31  Development Council.--

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 1         (11)  The council shall create a committee composed of

 2  a representative from the Department of Community Affairs, the

 3  Department of Transportation, a representative from the Office

 4  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, and a

 5  representative from the council selected by the voting

 6  membership to review a project modification. The committee

 7  shall establish criteria to be used in the review of a project

 8  modification. The committee, acting for the council, shall

 9  determine the impact of such modification and whether it

10  requires the project to be resubmitted to the council for

11  approval or disapproval pursuant to subsection (5).

12         (12)(11)  The council shall meet at the call of its

13  chairperson, at the request of a majority of its membership,

14  or at such times as may be prescribed in its bylaws.  However,

15  the council must meet at least semiannually.  A majority of

16  voting members of the council constitutes a quorum for the

17  purpose of transacting the business of the council.  All

18  members of the council are voting members except for members

19  representing the Department of Transportation; the Department

20  of Community Affairs; and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

21  Economic Development.  A vote of the majority of the voting

22  members present is sufficient for any action of the council,

23  except that a member representing the Department of

24  Transportation, the Department of Community Affairs, or the

25  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may vote to

26  overrule any action of the council approving a project

27  pursuant to subsection (5). The unless the bylaws of the

28  council may require a greater vote for a particular action.

29         (13)(12)  Members of the council shall serve without

30  compensation but are entitled to receive reimbursement for per

31  diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.  The

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 1  council may elect to provide an administrative staff to

 2  provide services to the council on matters relating to the

 3  Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development

 4  Program and the council.  The cost for such administrative

 5  services shall be paid by all ports that receive funding from

 6  the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development

 7  Program, based upon a pro rata formula measured by each

 8  recipient's share of the funds as compared to the total funds

 9  disbursed to all recipients during the year.  The share of

10  costs for administrative services shall be paid in its total

11  amount by the recipient port upon execution by the port and

12  the Department of Transportation of a joint participation

13  agreement for each council-approved project or as otherwise

14  directed by the council, and such payment is in addition to

15  the matching funds required to be paid by the recipient port.

16         Section 9.  Section 311.101, Florida Statutes, is

17  created to read:

18         311.101  Department of Transportation; Seaport and

19  Intermodal Development.--

20         (1)  There is created within the Office of the State

21  Public Transportation Administrator of the Department of

22  Transportation, the Office of Seaport and Intermodal

23  Development to enhance Florida's global competitiveness,

24  productivity, and efficiency in international trade and the

25  movement of people and goods to and from Florida's intermodal

26  facilities. The Office of Seaport Development and Intermodal

27  Development shall have the following duties and

28  responsibilities:

29         (a)  Advise and assist the State Public Transportation

30  Administrator and the Secretary of the Department of

31  Transportation in all seaport and intermodal matters.

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 1         (b)  Coordinate the activities of the department and

 2  its district offices with respect to all seaport and

 3  intermodal matters.

 4         (c)  Review candidate projects approved by the Florida

 5  Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council to

 6  determine consistency with the Florida Transportation Plan and

 7  the department's adopted work program pursuant to s. 311.09(7)

 8         (d)  Review for consistency pursuant to s. 311.09(7)

 9  seaport intermodal access projects, as described in s.

10  341.053(5) and funded pursuant to ss. 320.20(4) and (5).

11         (e)  Review any proposed project scope modification

12  made to eligible projects approved by the Florida Seaport

13  Transportation and Economic Development Council pursuant to s.

14  311.09(11).

15         (f)  Direct required audit reviews pursuant to s.

16  311.07(6) of any project that receives funds pursuant to this

17  chapter.

18         (g)  Administer seaport and intermodal development

19  activities of the department pursuant to ss. 311.14, 320.20,

20  and 341.053.

21         (h)  Carry out any other seaport and intermodal

22  activities assigned to it by the Secretary of the Department

23  of Transportation to work cooperatively with the Florida

24  Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council and

25  others in administering provisions pursuant to chapter 311,

26  and ss. 320.20 and 341.053.

27         (i)  By February 1 of each year, the Department of

28  Transportation shall submit to the Governor, the President of

29  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a

30  complete and detailed report on state seaport development

31  efforts conducted during the year.

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 6  And the title is amended as follows:

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10         amending s. 311.07, F.S.; ensuring port

11         projects are audited; amending s. 311.09, F.S.;

12         authorizing voting membership on the Florida

13         Seaport Trade and Economic Development Council;

14         creating a project modification committee;

15         creating 311.101, F.S.; creating the Office of

16         Seaport and Intermodal Development within the

17         Office of the State Public Transportation

18         Administrator; providing duties and

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