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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 972

    By Senator Brown-Waite





    10-846-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Florida seaport

  3         transportation and economic development

  4         funding; amending s. 311.07, F.S.; adding

  5         seaport security infrastructure measures to the

  6         list of projects eligible for funding by grant

  7         under the Florida Seaport Transportation and

  8         Economic Development Program; exempting such

  9         measures from matching fund requirements;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

15  311.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

16         311.07  Florida seaport transportation and economic

17  development funding.--

18         (3)

19         (b)  Projects eligible for funding by grants under the

20  program are limited to the following port facilities or port

21  transportation projects:

22         1.  Transportation facilities within the jurisdiction

23  of the port.

24         2.  The dredging or deepening of channels, turning

25  basins, or harbors.

26         3.  The construction or rehabilitation of wharves,

27  docks, structures, jetties, piers, storage facilities, cruise

28  terminals, automated people mover systems, or any facilities

29  necessary or useful in connection with any of the foregoing.

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  1         4.  The acquisition of container cranes or other

  2  mechanized equipment used in the movement of cargo or

  3  passengers in international commerce.

  4         5.  The acquisition of land to be used for port

  5  purposes.

  6         6.  The acquisition, improvement, enlargement, or

  7  extension of existing port facilities.

  8         7.  Environmental protection projects which are

  9  necessary because of requirements imposed by a state agency as

10  a condition of a permit or other form of state approval; which

11  are necessary for environmental mitigation required as a

12  condition of a state, federal, or local environmental permit;

13  which are necessary for the acquisition of spoil disposal

14  sites and improvements to existing and future spoil sites; or

15  which result from the funding of eligible projects listed in

16  this paragraph herein.

17         8.  Transportation facilities as defined in s.

18  334.03(31) which are not otherwise part of the Department of

19  Transportation's adopted work program.

20         9.  Seaport intermodal access projects identified in

21  the 5-year Florida Seaport Mission Plan as provided in s.

22  311.09(3).

23         10.  Construction or rehabilitation of port facilities

24  as defined in s. 315.02, excluding any park or recreational

25  facilities, in ports listed in s. 311.09(1) with operating

26  revenues of $5 million or less, provided that such projects

27  create economic development opportunities, capital

28  improvements, and positive financial returns to such ports.

29         11.  Seaport security infrastructure measures. Such

30  measures include security gates, physical barriers, and

31  security-related lighting systems, equipment, or facilities to

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  1  be used for seaport security monitoring and recording, remote

  2  surveillance systems, concealed recording systems, or other

  3  security infrastructure or equipment that contributes to the

  4  overall security of the seaport and its facilities. Seaport

  5  security infrastructure measures are not subject to the

  6  matching fund requirements of paragraph (a).

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  8  Any federal funds that are provided for port security

  9  infrastructure improvements of which funds seaports in this

10  state are the beneficiaries must first be used to reimburse

11  the state seaport transportation and economic development

12  funding provided by this state under subparagraph 11. These

13  reimbursed funds must be used for projects and measures

14  authorized under subparagraphs 1.-10.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Adds seaport security infrastructure measures to the list
      of projects eligible for funding by grant under the
20    Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development
      Program and exempts such measures from matching fund
21    requirements.

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