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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 79
By Representative Valdes
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to economic development
3 infrastructure; creating s. 288.064, F.S.;
4 creating the Florida Economic Infrastructure
5 Program; providing an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 Section 1. Section 288.064, Florida Statutes, is
10 created to read:
11 288.064 Florida Economic Infrastructure Program.--
12 (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.--The
13 Legislature recognizes that Florida's economic backbone is a
14 strong interconnected transportation system which provides for
15 the efficient movement of commerce within and through the
16 state. In order for Florida to respond to increased
17 competition in trade, the Legislature hereby establishes the
18 Florida Economic Infrastructure Program, which shall establish
19 a statewide multiagency planning and prioritization process
20 with a dedicated funding stream for
21 economic-development-related infrastructure.
22 (2) MANAGEMENT.--The Florida Economic Infrastructure
23 Program shall be managed by the Florida Trade Council and its
24 resulting Transportation Improvement Plan shall be developed
25 consistent with chapter 339, and implemented by the Department
26 of Transportation consistent with chapter 339.
27 (3) AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL.--The
28 authority and responsibility of the council is to manage a
29 continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive transportation
30 planning process that results in the development of plans and
31 programs which are consistent, to the maximum extent feasible,
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1 with approved local government comprehensive plans. The
2 council shall be the forum for cooperative decisionmaking by
3 officials of affected governmental entities in the development
4 of the plans and programs required by subsections (4), (5),
5 (6), and (7).
6 (4) POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES.--The powers,
7 privileges, and authority of the council relating to
8 transportation planning are those specified in this section or
9 incorporated in an interlocal agreement authorized under s.
10 163.01. The council shall perform all acts required by
11 federal or state laws or rules, now and subsequently
12 applicable, which are necessary to qualify for federal aid.
13 Within urbanized areas of the state, the transportation plans,
14 improvement programs, and project priorities of the council
15 shall be reviewed by the metropolitan planning organization to
16 ensure that they complement and support the metropolitan
17 planning organization's approved long-range transportation
18 plan, improvement program, and list or project priorities, as
19 provided in s. 339.175. Metropolitan planning organizations
20 shall assist the council in complying with all federal and
21 state laws regarding transportation planning and air quality
22 conformity requirements for each area designated as a
23 metropolitan planning area under 23 U.S.C s. 134. It is the
24 intent of this section that the council shall be involved in
25 the planning and programming of transportation facilities,
26 including, but not limited to, airports, intercity and
27 high-speed rail lines, seaports, and intermodal facilities, to
28 the extent permitted by state or federal law.
29 (a) The council shall, in cooperation with the
30 department, develop:
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1 1. A long-range transportation plan pursuant to the
2 requirements of subsection (5); and
3 2. An annually updated transportation improvement
4 program pursuant to the requirements of subsection (6).
5 (b) In developing the long-range transportation plan
6 and the transportation improvement program required under
7 paragraph (a), the council must, at a minimum, consider:
8 1. The enhancement of existing transportation
9 facilities and, where practical, ways to meet transportation
10 needs by using existing facilities more efficiently;
11 2. The consistency of transportation planning with
12 applicable federal, state, and local energy conservation
13 programs, goals, and objectives;
14 3. The programming of transportation enhancement
15 activities as required by federal law;
16 4. The provision of access to seaports, airports,
17 intermodal transportation facilities, major freight
18 distribution routes, national and state parks, recreation
19 areas, monuments and historic sites, and military
20 installations;
21 5. Any available methods to enhance the efficient
22 movement of freight; and
23 6. The overall social, economic, energy, and
24 environmental effects of transportation decisions.
25 (c) The council may employ personnel or may enter into
26 contracts with local or state agencies, private planning
27 firms, or private engineering firms to accomplish
28 transportation planning and programming duties required by
29 state or federal law.
30 (5) LONG-RANGE PLAN.--The council must develop a
31 long-range transportation plan that addresses at least a
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1 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include both
2 long-range and short-range strategies and must comply with all
3 other state and federal requirements. The long-range plan
4 must, at a minimum:
5 (a) Identify transportation facilities, including, but
6 not limited to, major roadways, airports, seaports, commuter
7 light rail systems, transit systems, and intermodal or
8 multimodal terminals that will function as an integrated
9 metropolitan transportation system. The long-range plan must
10 emphasize those transportation facilities that serve national,
11 statewide, or regional functions, and must consider the goals
12 and objectives identified in the Florida Transportation Plan
13 as provided in s. 339.155.
14 (b) Include a financial plan that demonstrates how the
15 plan can be implemented, indicating resources from public and
16 private sources which are reasonably expected to be available
17 to carry out the plan, and recommends innovative financing
18 techniques that may be used to fund needed projects and
19 programs. Such techniques may include the assessment of
20 tolls, the use of value capture financing, or the use of
21 congestion pricing.
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23 In the development of its long-range plan, the council must
24 provide affected public agencies, representatives of
25 transportation agency employees, private providers of
26 transportation, other interested parties, and members of the
27 general public with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the
28 long-range plan. The long-range plan must be approved by the
29 council.
30 (6) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.--The council
31 shall, in cooperation with the state and affected public
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1 transportation operators, develop an economic transportation
2 improvement program for the state. In the process of
3 developing the transportation improvement program, the council
4 must provide affected public transit agencies, representatives
5 of transportation agency employees, private providers of
6 transportation, other interested parties, and members of the
7 general public with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the
8 transportation improvement program.
9 (a) The council is responsible for developing,
10 annually, a list of project priorities and a transportation
11 improvement program. The transportation improvement program
12 shall be used to initiate federally aided transportation
13 facilities and improvements as well as other economic
14 infrastructure improvements including transit, rail, aviation,
15 and port facilities to be funded from the State Transportation
16 Trust Fund in accordance with existing and subsequent federal
17 and state laws and rules and regulations related thereto. The
18 transportation improvement program shall be consistent, to the
19 maximum extent feasible, with approved local government
20 comprehensive plans.
21 (b) The council annually shall prepare a list of
22 project priorities and shall submit the list to the Department
23 of Transportation by October 1 of each year; however, the
24 department and the council may, in writing, agree to vary this
25 submittal date. The list of project priorities must be
26 formally reviewed and approved by the council's board of
27 directors before it is transmitted to the department. The
28 approved list of project priorities must be used by the
29 department in developing the transportation work program and
30 must be used by the council in developing its transportation
31 improvement program. The annual list of project priorities
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1 must be based upon project selection criteria that, at a
2 minimum, consider the following:
3 1. The approved council long-range plan; and
4 2. The council's public-involvement procedures.
5 (c) The transportation improvement program must, at a
6 minimum:
7 1. Include projects and project phases to be funded
8 with state or federal funds within the time period of the
9 transportation improvement program and which are recommended
10 for advancement during the next fiscal year and the four
11 subsequent fiscal years. Such projects and project phases
12 must be consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with
13 approved local government comprehensive plans. For
14 informational purposes, the transportation improvement program
15 shall also include a list of projects to be funded from local
16 or private revenues.
17 2. Provide a financial plan that demonstrates how the
18 transportation improvement program can be implemented;
19 indicates the resources, both public and private, that are
20 reasonably expected to be available to accomplish the program;
21 and recommends any innovative financing techniques that may be
22 used to fund needed projects and programs. Such techniques
23 may include the assessment of tolls, the use of value capture
24 financing, or the use of congestion pricing. The
25 transportation improvement program may include a project or
26 project phase only if full funding can reasonably be
27 anticipated to be available for the project or project phase.
28 3. Group projects and project phases of similar
29 urgency and anticipated staging into appropriate staging
30 periods.
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1 4. Indicate how the transportation improvement program
2 relates to the long-range plan developed under subsection (5),
3 including providing examples of specific projects or project
4 phases that further the goals and policies of the long-range
5 plan.
6 5. Indicate how the improvements are consistent, to
7 the maximum extent feasible, with affected seaport and airport
8 master plans.
9 (d) Projects included in the transportation
10 improvement program and that have advanced to the design stage
11 of preliminary engineering may be removed from or rescheduled
12 in a subsequent transportation improvement program only by the
13 joint action of the council and the department. Except when
14 recommended in writing by the secretary for good cause, any
15 project removed from or rescheduled in a subsequent
16 transportation improvement program shall not be rescheduled by
17 the council in that subsequent program earlier than the fifth
18 year of such program.
19 (e) The Department of Community Affairs shall review
20 the annual transportation improvement program of the council
21 for consistency with the approved local government
22 comprehensive plans and shall identify those projects that are
23 inconsistent with such comprehensive plans. The Department of
24 Community Affairs shall notify the council of any
25 transportation projects contained in its transportation
26 improvement program which are inconsistent with approved local
27 government comprehensive plans.
28 (7) AGREEMENTS.--
29 (a) The council shall execute the following written
30 agreements, which shall be reviewed, and updated as necessary,
31 every 5 years.
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1 1. An agreement with the department and the
2 metropolitan planning organization, where applicable, clearly
3 establishing the cooperative relationship essential to
4 accomplish the transportation planning requirements of state
5 and federal law.
6 2. An agreement with operators of public
7 transportation systems, including transit systems, commuter
8 rail systems, airports, and seaports, describing the means by
9 which activities will be coordinated.
10 (b) The council may execute other agreements required
11 by state or federal law or as necessary to properly accomplish
12 its functions.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
14 law.
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17 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Creates the Florida Economic Infrastructure Program.
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