SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 972

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Diaz-Balart moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 80, between lines 10 and 11,

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17         Section 37.  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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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 972

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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, in

 7  any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the board of county

 8  commissioners may, by ordinance, alter or abolish existing

 9  tolls and currently approved increases thereto if the board

10  provides a local source of funding to the county expressway

11  system for transportation in an amount sufficient to replace

12  revenues necessary to meet bond obligations secured by such

13  tolls and increases.

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15  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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19  And the title is amended as follows:

20         On page 5, line 21, following the semicolon,

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23         amending s. 348.0004, F.S.; prescribing powers

24         of certain boards of county commissioners with

25         respect to expressway tolls;

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