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11 Senator Constantine moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 58. Paragraph (n) of subsection (2) and
19 subsection (4) of section 348.754, Florida Statutes, are
20 amended, and subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
21 348.754 Purposes and powers.--
22 (2) The authority is hereby granted, and shall have
23 and may exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant, convenient
24 or incidental to the carrying out of the aforesaid purposes,
25 including, but without being limited to, the following rights
26 and powers:
27 (n) With the consent of the county within whose
28 jurisdiction the following activities occur, the authority
29 shall have the right to construct, operate, and maintain
30 roads, bridges, avenues of access, thoroughfares, and
31 boulevards outside the jurisdictional boundaries of Orange
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1 County, together with the right to construct, repair, replace,
2 operate, install, and maintain electronic toll payment systems
3 thereon, with all necessary and incidental powers to
4 accomplish the foregoing. County consent shall constitute
5 approval by the governing body of the affected county at the
6 conclusion of a public hearing to consider this action.
7 (4) Anything in this part to the contrary
8 notwithstanding, acquisition of right-of-way for a project of
9 the authority which is within the boundaries of any
10 municipality in Orange County shall not be begun unless and
11 until the route of said project within said municipality has
12 been given prior approval by the governing body of said
13 municipality at the conclusion of a public hearing to consider
14 this action.
15 (6) After July 1, 2002, the authority may not approve
16 any acquisition of right-of-way or construction of any new
17 additions, extensions, or appurtenant facilities without prior
18 legislative authorization if the new additions, extensions, or
19 appurtenant facilities are proposed to be located within the
20 Wekiva River Protection Area designated in s. 369.303(9) or
21 within the Green Swamp Area of Critical Concern designated in
22 s. 380.0551.
23 Section 59. Section 348.7543, Florida Statutes, is
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25 348.7543 Improvements, bond financing authority
26 for.--Pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State
27 Constitution, the Legislature hereby approves for bond
28 financing by the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
29 improvements to toll collection facilities, interchanges to
30 the legislatively approved expressway system, and any other
31 facility appurtenant, necessary, or incidental to the approved
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1 system. Subject to terms and conditions of applicable revenue
2 bond resolutions and covenants, such costs financing may be
3 financed in whole or in part by revenue bonds issued pursuant
4 to s. 348.755(1)(a) or (b) whether currently issued or, issued
5 in the future, or by a combination of such bonds.
6 Section 60. Section 348.7544, Florida Statutes, is
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8 348.7544 Northwest Beltway Part A, construction
9 authorized; financing.--Notwithstanding s. 338.2275, the
10 Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority is hereby
11 authorized to construct, finance, operate, own, and maintain
12 that portion of the Western Beltway known as the Northwest
13 Beltway Part A, extending from Florida's Turnpike near Ocoee
14 north to U.S. 441 near Apopka, as part of the authority's
15 20-year capital projects plan. This project may be financed
16 with any funds available to the authority for such purpose or
17 revenue bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance of the
18 State Board of Administration on behalf of the authority
19 pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution and the
20 State Bond Act, ss. 215.57-215.83. This project may be
21 refinanced with bonds issued by the authority pursuant to s.
22 348.755(1)(d). The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
23 may not act in any capacity to design, finance, acquire, or
24 construct any new extension, addition, or appurtenant
25 facilities to the Northwest Beltway, Part A, extending
26 northeasterly of its current terminus at U.S. 441 near Apopka
27 without prior legislative approval.
28 Section 61. Section 348.7545, Florida Statutes, is
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30 348.7545 Western Beltway Part C, construction
31 authorized; financing.--Notwithstanding s. 338.2275, the
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1 Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority is authorized to
2 exercise its condemnation powers, construct, finance, operate,
3 own, and maintain that portion of the Western Beltway known as
4 the Western Beltway Part C, extending from Florida's Turnpike
5 near Ocoee in Orange County southerly through Orange and
6 Osceola Counties to an interchange with I-4 near the
7 Osceola-Polk County line, as part of the authority's 20-year
8 capital projects plan. This project may be financed with any
9 funds available to the authority for such purpose or revenue
10 bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance of the State
11 Board of Administration on behalf of the authority pursuant to
12 s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution and the State Bond
13 Act, ss. 215.57-215.83. This project may be refinanced with
14 bonds issued by the authority pursuant to s. 348.755(1)(d).
15 Section 62. Subsection (1) of section 348.755, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 348.755 Bonds of the authority.--
18 (1)(a) Bonds may be issued on behalf of the authority
19 pursuant to the State Bond Act.
20 (b) Alternatively, the authority may issue its own
21 bonds pursuant to this part at such times and in such
22 principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, is
23 necessary to provide sufficient moneys for achieving its
24 purposes; however, such bonds may not pledge the full faith
25 and credit of the state. Bonds issued by the authority
26 pursuant to this paragraph or paragraph (a) The bonds of the
27 authority issued pursuant to the provisions of this part,
28 whether on original issuance or on refunding, shall be
29 authorized by resolution of the members thereof and may be
30 either term or serial bonds, shall bear such date or dates,
31 mature at such time or times, not exceeding 40 years from
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1 their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates,
2 payable semiannually, be in such denominations, be in such
3 form, either coupon or fully registered, shall carry such
4 registration, exchangeability and interchangeability
5 privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such
6 place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption and be
7 entitled to such priorities on the revenues, rates, fees,
8 rentals or other charges or receipts of the authority
9 including the Orange County gasoline tax funds received by the
10 authority pursuant to the terms of any lease-purchase
11 agreement between the authority and the department, as such
12 resolution or any resolution subsequent thereto may provide.
13 The bonds shall be executed either by manual or facsimile
14 signature by such officers as the authority shall determine,
15 provided that such bonds shall bear at least one signature
16 which is manually executed thereon, and the coupons attached
17 to such bonds shall bear the facsimile signature or signatures
18 of such officer or officers as shall be designated by the
19 authority and shall have the seal of the authority affixed,
20 imprinted, reproduced or lithographed thereon, all as may be
21 prescribed in such resolution or resolutions.
22 (c)(b) Said Bonds issued pursuant to paragraph (a) or
23 paragraph (b) shall be sold at public sale in the same manner
24 provided by the State Bond Act. However, if the authority
25 shall, by official action at a public meeting, determine that
26 a negotiated sale of such the bonds is in the best interest of
27 the authority, the authority may negotiate the for sale of
28 such the bonds with the underwriter or underwriters designated
29 by the authority and the Division of Bond Finance of the State
30 Board of Administration with respect to bonds issued pursuant
31 to paragraph (a) or solely the authority with respect to bonds
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1 issued pursuant to paragraph (b). The authority's
2 determination to negotiate the sale of such bonds may be
3 based, in part, upon the written advice of the authority's
4 financial advisor. Pending the preparation of definitive
5 bonds, interim certificates may be issued to the purchaser or
6 purchasers of such bonds and may contain such terms and
7 conditions as the authority may determine.
8 (d) The authority may issue bonds pursuant to
9 paragraph (b) to refund any bonds previously issued regardless
10 of whether the bonds being refunded were issued by the
11 authority pursuant to this chapter or on behalf of the
12 authority pursuant to the State Bond Act.
13 Section 63. Section 348.765, Florida Statutes, is
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15 348.765 This part complete and additional authority.--
16 (1) The powers conferred by this part shall be in
17 addition and supplemental to the existing powers of said board
18 and the department, and this part shall not be construed as
19 repealing any of the provisions, of any other law, general,
20 special or local, but to supersede such other laws in the
21 exercise of the powers provided in this part, and to provide a
22 complete method for the exercise of the powers granted in this
23 part. The extension and improvement of said Orlando-Orange
24 County Expressway System, and the issuance of bonds hereunder
25 to finance all or part of the cost thereof, may be
26 accomplished upon compliance with the provisions of this part
27 without regard to or necessity for compliance with the
28 provisions, limitations, or restrictions contained in any
29 other general, special or local law, including, but not
30 limited to, s. 215.821, and no approval of any bonds issued
31 under this part by the qualified electors or qualified
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1 electors who are freeholders in the state or in said County of
2 Orange, or in said City of Orlando, or in any other political
3 subdivision of the state, shall be required for the issuance
4 of such bonds pursuant to this part.
5 (2) This part shall not be deemed to repeal, rescind,
6 or modify any other law or laws relating to said State Board
7 of Administration, said Department of Transportation, or the
8 Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration,
9 but shall be deemed to and shall supersede such other law or
10 laws as are inconsistent with the provisions of this part,
11 including, but not limited to, s. 215.821.
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17 And the title is amended as follows:
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21 amending s. 348.754, F.S.; providing that
22 certain activities of an expressway authority
23 may be approved by the governing body of the
24 affected county at the conclusion of a public
25 hearing on the matter; restricting certain
26 activities affecting the Wekiva River or Green
27 Swamp Area by the Orlando-Orange County
28 Expressway Authority; amending s. 348.7543,
29 F.S.; specifying the revenue bonds that may be
30 used to finance certain improvements to the
31 Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority;
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1 amending s. 348.7544, F.S.; authorizing the
2 authority to refinance the Northwest Beltway
3 Part A; prohibiting the authority from
4 financing or constructing new facilities to the
5 Northwest Beltway Part A without prior
6 legislative approval unless on behalf of the
7 Department of Transportation; amending s.
8 348.7545, F.S.; authorizing the authority to
9 refinance the Western Beltway Part C; amending
10 s. 348.755, F.S.; prescribing additional
11 authority to issue bonds by or on behalf of the
12 authority; prescribing a condition on issuance
13 of bonds by the authority; amending s. 348.765,
14 F.S.; restating the authority's exemption from
15 certain provisions relating to issuance of
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