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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.--
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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
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