Senate Bill sb2148

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2148

    By Senator Miller





    21-1352-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to transportation grants;

  3         amending s. 339.2817, F.S.; authorizing

  4         counties to retain or delegate oversight with

  5         respect to certain projects under the County

  6         Incentive Grant Program; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 339.2817, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         339.2817  County Incentive Grant Program.--

14         (6)  A municipality may apply to the county in which

15  the municipality is located for consideration by the county

16  for funding under this section of any project or project phase

17  of a transportation facility which is located on the State

18  Highway System or which is demonstrated to relieve congestion

19  on the State Highway System. The county must evaluate all

20  municipal applications as provided in subsection (3). If the

21  proposed project is determined by the county to meet the

22  criteria in subsection (3), the county shall send the

23  application to the department on behalf of the municipality.

24  If the proposed project is then approved by the department,

25  the county may retain project oversight authority and

26  responsibility or delegate the oversight authority and

27  responsibility to the municipality. If a municipality's

28  proposed project is rejected by the county for funding under

29  this section, or if the county's proposed project adversely

30  affects a municipality within the county, the municipality may

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2148
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  1  request mediation to resolve any concerns of the municipality

  2  and the county.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2002.

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  6                          SENATE SUMMARY

  7    Revises oversight provisions for projects under the
      County Incentive Grant Program in the Department of
  8    Transportation.

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