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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senators Casas and Diaz-Balart moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 31. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
18 348.0004, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 348.0004 Purposes and powers.--
20 (2) Each authority may exercise all powers necessary,
21 appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of
22 its purposes, including, but not limited to, the following
23 rights and powers:
24 (f) To fix, alter, charge, establish, and collect
25 tolls, rates, fees, rentals, and other charges for the
26 services and facilities system, which tolls, rates, fees,
27 rentals, and other charges must always be sufficient to comply
28 with any covenants made with the holders of any bonds issued
29 pursuant to the Florida Expressway Authority Act. However,
30 such right and power may be assigned or delegated by the
31 authority to the department. Notwithstanding s. 338.165 or any
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1 other provision of law to the contrary, in any county as
2 defined in s. 125.011(1), to the extent surplus revenues
3 exist, they may be used for purposes enumerated in subsection
4 (7), provided the expenditures are consistent with the
5 metropolitan planning organization's adopted long-range plan.
6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
7 but subject to any contractual requirements contained in
8 documents securing any outstanding indebtedness payable from
9 tolls, in any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the board of
10 county commissioners may, by ordinance, alter or abolish
11 existing tolls and currently approved increases thereto if the
12 board provides a local source of funding to the county
13 expressway system for transportation in an amount sufficient
14 to replace revenues necessary to meet bond obligations secured
15 by such tolls and increases.
16 Section 32. In addition to the voting membership
17 established by section 339.175(2), Florida Statutes, and
18 notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
19 contrary, the voting membership of any Metropolitan Planning
20 Organization whose geographical boundaries include any county
21 as defined in section 125.011(1), Florida Statutes, must
22 include an additional voting member appointed by that city's
23 governing body for each city with a population of 50,000 or
24 more residents.
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 amending s. 348.0004, F.S.; authorizing certain
3 boards of county commissioners to alter
4 expressway tolls; providing additional
5 membership for Metropolitan Planning
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