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HB 69-E, First Engrossed
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to transportation; amending s.
3 338.165, F.S.; allowing toll revenues of
4 certain facilities to be used as security for
5 bonds issued to finance transportation projects
6 in the county or counties in which the
7 revenue-producing facility is located; amending
8 s. 339.12, F.S.; revising the maximum amount of
9 money local governments may advance to the
10 Department of Transportation for road projects;
11 amending s. 343.64, F.S.; prohibiting the
12 Central Florida Regional Transportation
13 Authority from serving as a community
14 transportation coordinator; requiring the
15 Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
16 to evaluate performance of the authority as a
17 community transportation coordinator; requiring
18 a report to the Legislature; providing for the
19 authority to continue as a community
20 transportation coordinator upon certain
21 findings by the Legislature; repealing section
22 1, SB 100, 2002 Regular Session, relating to
23 the authority acting as a community
24 transportation coordinator; providing an
25 effective date.
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27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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29 Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 343.64,
30 Florida Statutes, to read:
31 343.64 Powers and duties.--
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HB 69-E, First Engrossed
1 (7) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
2 contrary, the authority may not serve as a community
3 transportation coordinator pursuant to the provisions of
4 chapter 427, after June 30, 2003, unless the Legislature finds
5 that the authority is in compliance with the standards set
6 forth in rule 41-2.006(4), Florida Administrative Code.
7 Section 2. The Commission for the Transportation
8 Disadvantaged shall evaluate the performance of the Central
9 Florida Regional Transportation Authority as a community
10 transportation coordinator in accordance with rule
11 41-2.006(4), Florida Administrative Code, and provide a report
12 of the evaluation to the President of the Senate and the
13 Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than February
14 1, 2003.
15 Section 3. Section 1 of Senate Bill 100, 2002 Regular
16 Session, is repealed.
17 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 338.165, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 338.165 Continuation of tolls.--
20 (3) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
21 pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, and
22 subject to the requirements of subsection (2), the Department
23 of Transportation may request the Division of Bond Finance to
24 issue bonds secured by toll revenues collected on the
25 Alligator Alley , Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Beeline East
26 Expressway, and Pinellas Bayway to fund transportation
27 projects located within the county or counties in which the
28 facility is located and contained in the 1993-1994 Adopted
29 Work Program or in any subsequent adopted work program of the
30 department.
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HB 69-E, First Engrossed
1 Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
2 339.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3 339.12 Aid and contributions by governmental entities
4 for department projects; federal aid.--
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6 (c) The department may enter into agreements under
7 this subsection for a project or project phase not included in
8 the adopted work program. As used in this paragraph, the term
9 "project phase" means acquisition of rights-of-way,
10 construction, construction inspection, and related support
11 phases. The project or project phase must be a high priority
12 of the governmental entity. Reimbursement for a project or
13 project phase must be made from funds appropriated by the
14 Legislature pursuant to s. 339.135(5). All other provisions of
15 this subsection apply to agreements entered into under this
16 paragraph. The total amount of project agreements for projects
17 or project phases not included in the adopted work program may
18 not at any time exceed $150 $100 million.
19 Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
20 law.
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