HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 17-B
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Fiscal Responsibility Council offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert in lieu thereof:  
17         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 206.46, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         206.46  State Transportation Trust Fund.--
20         (2)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, from
21  the revenues deposited into the State Transportation Trust
22  Fund a maximum of 7 percent in each fiscal year shall be
23  transferred into the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge
24  Construction Trust Fund created in s. 215.605, as needed to
25  meet the requirements of the documents authorizing the bonds
26  issued or proposed to be issued under ss. 215.605 and 337.276
27  or at a minimum amount sufficient to pay for the debt service
28  coverage requirements of outstanding bonds.  Notwithstanding
29  the 7 percent annual transfer authorized in this subsection,
30  the annual amount transferred under this subsection shall not
31  exceed an amount necessary to provide the required debt
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    File original & 9 copies    10/24/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 17-B Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 service coverage levels for a maximum debt service not to 2 exceed $200 $135 million. Such transfer shall be payable 3 primarily from the motor and diesel fuel taxes transferred to 4 the State Transportation Trust Fund from the Fuel Tax 5 Collection Trust Fund. 6 Section 2. Subsection (8) is added to section 332.007, 7 Florida Statutes, to read: 8 332.007 Administration and financing of aviation and 9 airport programs and projects; state plan.-- 10 (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 11 contrary, the department is authorized to provide operational 12 and maintenance assistance to publicly owned public-use 13 airports for the purposes of complying with enhanced federal 14 security requirements or addressing related economic impacts 15 that are a consequence of the events of September 11, 2001. 16 For projects in the current adopted work program of the 17 department or projects added using available budget of the 18 department, airports may request that the department change 19 the project purpose in accordance with the provisions of this 20 subsection, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 339.135(7). 21 For purposes of this subsection, the department may fund up to 22 100 percent of eligible project costs that are not funded by 23 the Federal Government. Prior to releasing any funds to an 24 airport pursuant to this subsection, the department shall 25 review and approve the expenditure plan for those funds 26 submitted by the airport. This subsection shall expire on 27 June 30, 2003. 28 Section 3. Section 337.107, Florida Statutes, is 29 amended to read: 30 337.107 Contracts for right-of-way services.--The 31 department may enter into contracts pursuant to s. 287.055 for 2 File original & 9 copies 10/24/01 hap0008 02:10 pm B0017-frc -305539
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 17-B Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 right-of-way services on transportation corridors and 2 transportation facilities, or the department may include 3 right-of-way services as part of design-build contracts 4 awarded pursuant to s. 337.11. Right-of-way services include 5 negotiation and acquisition services, appraisal services, 6 demolition and removal of improvements, and asbestos-abatement 7 services. 8 Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 9 337.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 10 337.11 Contracting authority of department; bids; 11 emergency repairs, supplemental agreements, and change orders; 12 combined design and construction contracts; progress payments; 13 records; requirements of vehicle registration.-- 14 (7)(a) If the head of the department determines that 15 it is in the best interests of the public, the department may 16 combine the right-of-way services and design and construction 17 phases of any a building, a major bridge, or a rail corridor 18 project into a single contract, except for a resurfacing or 19 minor bridge project the right-of-way services and design and 20 construction phases of which may only be combined under s. 21 337.025. Such contract is referred to as a design-build 22 contract. Design-build contracts may be advertised and awarded 23 notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (3)(c). However, 24 construction activities may not begin on any portion of such 25 projects for which the department has not yet obtained title 26 until title to the necessary rights-of-way and easements for 27 the construction of that portion of the project has vested in 28 the state or a local governmental entity and all railroad 29 crossing and utility agreements have been executed. Title to 30 rights-of-way shall be deemed to have vested in the state when 31 the title has been dedicated to the public or acquired by 3 File original & 9 copies 10/24/01 hap0008 02:10 pm B0017-frc -305539
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 17-B Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 prescription. 2 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 3 law. 4 5 6 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 7 And the title is amended as follows: 8 remove from the title of the bill: everything before the 9 enacting clause 10 11 and insert in lieu thereof: 12 A bill to be entitled 13 An act relating to transportation economic 14 stimulus; amending s. 206.46, F.S.; increasing 15 the debt service cap with respect to the State 16 Transportation Trust Fund; amending s. 332.007, 17 F.S.; authorizing the Department of 18 Transportation to provide operational and 19 maintenance assistance to publicly owned 20 public-use airports for certain purposes; 21 authorizing airports to request the department 22 to change the purpose of projects in or added 23 to its current adopted work program; providing 24 percentage of eligible project costs that may 25 be funded by the department; requiring 26 department review and approval of airport 27 expenditure plans prior to release of funds; 28 providing for expiration of provisions; 29 amending s. 337.107, F.S.; allowing the 30 Department of Transportation to include 31 right-of-way services as part of design-build 4 File original & 9 copies 10/24/01 hap0008 02:10 pm B0017-frc -305539
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 17-B Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 contracts; amending s. 337.11, F.S.; broadening 2 the list of transportation projects that may be 3 awarded as design-build contracts; specifying 4 that construction of any portion of a project 5 under a design-build contract may not begin 6 until title to the necessary rights-of-way and 7 easements for that portion has vested in the 8 state or a local governmental entity and all 9 railroad crossing and utility agreements have 10 been executed; providing an effective date. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5 File original & 9 copies 10/24/01 hap0008 02:10 pm B0017-frc -305539