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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                       Bill No. CS/HB 35, 1st Eng.

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11  Representative(s) Cantens offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

18  348.0003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         348.0003  Expressway authority; formation;

20  membership.--

21         (2)  The governing body of an authority shall consist

22  of not fewer than five nor more than nine voting members. The

23  district secretary of the affected department district shall

24  serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body of each

25  authority located within the district. Each member of the

26  governing body must at all times during his or her term of

27  office be a permanent resident of the county which he or she

28  is appointed to represent.

29         (d)  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in

30  this subsection, in any county as defined in s. 125.011(1),

31  the governing body of an authority shall consist of up to 13

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  1  members, and the following provisions of this paragraph shall

  2  apply specifically to such authority. Except for the district

  3  secretary of the department, the members must be residents of

  4  the county. Seven voting members shall be appointed by the

  5  governing body of the county. At the discretion of the

  6  governing body of the county, up to two of the members

  7  appointed by the governing body of the county may be elected

  8  officials residing in the county. Five voting members of the

  9  authority shall be appointed by the Governor. One member shall

10  be the district secretary of the department serving in the

11  district that contains such county. This member shall be an ex

12  officio voting member of the authority. If the governing board

13  of an authority includes any member originally appointed by

14  the governing body of the county as a nonvoting member, when

15  the term of such member expires, that member shall be replaced

16  by a member appointed by the Governor until the governing body

17  of the authority is composed of seven members appointed by the

18  governing body of the county and five members appointed by the

19  Governor. The qualifications, terms of office, and obligations

20  and rights of members of the authority shall be determined by

21  resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the county in

22  a manner that is consistent with subsections (3) and (4).

23         Section 2.  Section 348.0008, Florida Statutes, is

24  amended to read:

25         348.0008  Acquisition of lands and property.--

26         (1)  For the purposes of the Florida Expressway

27  Authority Act, an expressway authority may acquire such

28  rights, title, or interest in private or public property and

29  such property rights, including easements, rights of access,

30  air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or

31  condemnation by eminent domain proceedings, as the authority

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  1  may deem necessary for any of the purposes of the Florida

  2  Expressway Authority Act, including, but not limited to, any

  3  lands reasonably necessary for securing applicable permits,

  4  areas necessary for management of access, borrow pits,

  5  drainage ditches, water retention areas, rest areas,

  6  replacement access for landowners whose access is impaired due

  7  to the construction of an expressway system, and replacement

  8  rights-of-way for relocated rail and utility facilities; for

  9  existing, proposed, or anticipated transportation facilities

10  on the expressway system or in a transportation corridor

11  designated by the authority; or for the purposes of screening,

12  relocation, removal, or disposal of junkyards and scrap metal

13  processing facilities.  The authority may also condemn any

14  material and property necessary for such purposes.

15         (2)  An authority and its authorized agents,

16  contractors, and employees are authorized to enter upon any

17  lands, waters, and premises, upon giving reasonable notice to

18  the landowner, for the purpose of making surveys, soundings,

19  drillings, appraisals, environmental assessments including

20  phase I and phase II environmental surveys, archaeological

21  assessments, and such other examinations as are necessary for

22  the acquisition of private or public property and property

23  rights, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by

24  gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation by eminent domain

25  proceedings or as are necessary for the authority to perform

26  its duties and functions; and any such entry shall not be

27  deemed a trespass or an entry that would constitute a taking

28  in an eminent domain proceeding. An expressway authority shall

29  make reimbursement for any actual damage to such lands, water,

30  and premises as a result of such activities.

31         (3)(2)  The right of eminent domain conferred by the

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  1  Florida Expressway Authority Act must be exercised by each

  2  authority in the manner provided by law.

  3         (4)(3)  When an authority acquires property for an

  4  expressway system or in a transportation corridor as defined

  5  in s. 334.03, it is not subject to any liability imposed by

  6  chapter 376 or chapter 403 for preexisting soil or groundwater

  7  contamination due solely to its ownership. This subsection

  8  does not affect the rights or liabilities of any past or

  9  future owners of the acquired property nor does it affect the

10  liability of any governmental entity for the results of its

11  actions which create or exacerbate a pollution source. An

12  authority and the Department of Environmental Protection may

13  enter into interagency agreements for the performance,

14  funding, and reimbursement of the investigative and remedial

15  acts necessary for property acquired by the authority.

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19  And the title is amended as follows:

20         On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon

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23         amending s. 348.0003, F.S.; authorizing a

24         county governing body to set qualifications,

25         terms of office, and obligations and rights for

26         the members of expressway authorities within

27         their jurisdictions; amending s. 348.0008,

28         F.S.; allowing expressway authorities to

29         acquire certain interests in land; providing

30         for expressway authorities and their agents or

31         employees to access public or private property

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