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11 Senator Sebesta moved the following amendment:
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18 Section 41. Section 339.61, Florida Statutes, is
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20 339.61 Florida Strategic Intermodal System; Legislative
21 findings, declaration, and intent.--
22 (1) There is hereby created the Florida Strategic
23 Intermodal System.
24 (2) The Legislature finds that increasing demands are
25 continuing to be placed on the state's transportation system
26 by a fast-growing economy, continued population growth, and
27 projected increases in freight movement, international trade,
28 and tourism. The Legislature also finds that the state's
29 growing regional and intercity economic centers will increase
30 the demand for interregional and intercity travel and that the
31 evolving service-based and information-based industries will
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1 change the type of transportation system that business and
2 industry demand, increasing the importance of speed and
3 reliability. The Legislature further finds that our
4 transportation system must be designed and operated in such a
5 way that it preserves the abundance of natural and manmade
6 amenities that have been so successful in attracting new
7 residents, businesses, and tourists to this state. Therefore,
8 the Legislature declares that the designation of a strategic
9 intermodal system, composed of facilities and services of
10 statewide and interregional significance, will efficiently
11 serve the mobility needs of Florida's citizens, businesses,
12 and visitors and will help Florida become a worldwide economic
13 leader, enhance economic prosperity and competitiveness,
14 enrich quality of life, and reflect responsible environmental
15 stewardship. To that end, it is the intent of the Legislature
16 that the Strategic Intermodal System consist of transportation
17 facilities that meet a strategic and essential state interest
18 and that limited resources available for the implementation of
19 statewide and interregional transportation priorities be
20 focused on that system.
21 Section 42. Section 339.62, Florida Statutes, is
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23 339.62 System components.--The Strategic Intermodal
24 System shall consist of appropriate components of:
25 (1) The Florida Intrastate Highway System established
26 under to s. 338.001.
27 (2) The National Highway System.
28 (3) Airport, seaport, and spaceport facilities.
29 (4) Rail lines and rail facilities.
30 (5) Selected intermodal facilities; passenger and
31 freight terminals; and appropriate components of the State
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1 Highway System, county road system, city street system, inland
2 waterways, and local public transit systems that serve as
3 existing or planned connectors between the components listed
4 in subsections (1)-(4).
5 (6) Existing or planned corridors that serve a
6 statewide or interregional purpose.
7 Section 43. Section 339.63, Florida Statutes, is
8 created to read:
9 339.63 System facilities designated; additions and
10 deletions.--
11 (1) The initial Strategic Intermodal System shall
12 include all facilities that meet the criteria recommended by
13 the Strategic Intermodal Steering Committee in a report titled
14 "Steering Committee Final Report: Recommendations for
15 Designating Florida's Strategic Intermodal System" dated
16 December 2002.
17 (2) Subsequent to the initial designation of the
18 Strategic Intermodal System pursuant to subsection (1), the
19 Secretary of Transportation shall periodically add facilities
20 to or delete facilities from the Strategic Intermodal System
21 based upon adopted criteria.
22 Section 44. Section 339.64, Florida Statutes, is
23 created to read:
24 339.64 Strategic Intermodal System Plan.--
25 (1) The department shall develop, in cooperation with
26 metropolitan planning organizations, regional planning
27 councils, local governments, the Statewide Intermodal
28 Transportation Advisory Council and other transportation
29 providers, a Strategic Intermodal System Plan. The plan shall
30 be consistent with the Florida Transportation Plan developed
31 pursuant to s. 339.155 and shall be updated at least once
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1 every 5 years, subsequent to updates of the Florida
2 Transportation Plan.
3 (2) In association with the development of the initial
4 Strategic Intermodal System Plan and other transportation
5 plans, the Florida Transportation Commission, shall conduct an
6 assessment of the need for an improved philosophical approach
7 to regional and intermodal input in the planning for and
8 governing of the Strategic Intermodal System and other
9 transportation systems. The Florida Transportation Commission
10 shall coordinate with the department, the Statewide Intermodal
11 Transportation Advisory Council, and other appropriate
12 entities when developing this assessment. The Florida
13 Transportation Commission shall deliver a report to the
14 Governor and Legislature by December 15, 2003, with
15 recommendations as necessary to fully implement the Strategic
16 Intermodal System.
17 (3) During the development of the Strategic Intermodal
18 System Plan and the development of all subsequent updates, the
19 department shall provide metropolitan planning organizations,
20 regional planning councils, local governments, transportation
21 providers, affected public agencies, and citizens with an
22 opportunity to participate in and comment on the development
23 of the proposed plan or update.
24 (4) The Strategic Intermodal System Plan shall include
25 the following:
26 (a) A needs assessment.
27 (b) A project prioritization process.
28 (c) A map of facilities designated as Strategic
29 Intermodal System facilities and facilities that are emerging
30 in importance that are likely to become part of the system in
31 the future.
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1 (d) A finance plan based on reasonable projections of
2 anticipated revenues, including both 10-year and 20-year
3 cost-feasible components.
4 (5) STATEWIDE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY
5 COUNCIL.--
6 (a) The Statewide Intermodal Transportation Advisory
7 Council is created to advise and make recommendations to the
8 Legislature and the department on policies, planning, and
9 funding of intermodal transportation projects. The council's
10 responsibilities shall include:
11 1. Advising the department on the policies, planning,
12 and implementation of strategies related to intermodal
13 transportation.
14 2. Providing advice and recommendations to the
15 Legislature on funding for projects to move goods and people
16 in the most efficient and effective manner for the State of
17 Florida.
18 (b) MEMBERSHIP.--Members of the Statewide Intermodal
19 Transportation Advisory Council shall consist of the
20 following:
21 1. Five intermodal industry representatives selected
22 by the Governor as follows:
23 a. One representative from an airport involved in the
24 movement of freight and people from their airport facility to
25 another transportation mode.
26 b. One individual representing a fixed-route,
27 local-government transit system.
28 c. One representative from an intercity bus company
29 providing regularly scheduled bus travel as determined by
30 federal regulations.
31 d. One representative from a spaceport.
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1 e. One representative from intermodal trucking
2 companies.
3 2. Three intermodal industry representatives selected
4 by the President of the Senate as follows:
5 a. One representative from major-line railroads.
6 b. One representative from seaports listed in s.
7 311.09(1) from the Atlantic Coast.
8 c. One representative from an airport involved in the
9 movement of freight and people from their airport facility to
10 another transportation mode.
11 3. Three intermodal industry representatives selected
12 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives as follows:
13 a. One representative from short-line railroads.
14 b. One representative from seaports listed in s.
15 311.09(1) from the Gulf Coast.
16 c. One representative from intermodal trucking
17 companies. In no event may this representative be employed by
18 the same company that employs the intermodal trucking company
19 representative selected by the President of the Senate.
20 (c) Initial appointments to the council must be made
21 no later than 30 days after the effective date of this
22 section.
23 1. The initial appointments made by the President of
24 the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
25 shall serve terms concurrent with those of the respective
26 appointing officer. Beginning January 15, 2005, and for all
27 subsequent appointments, council members appointed by the
28 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
29 Representatives shall serve 2-year terms, concurrent with the
30 term of the respective appointing officer.
31 2. The initial appointees, and all subsequent
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1 appointees, made by the Governor shall serve 2-year terms.
2 3. Vacancies on the council shall be filled in the
3 same manner as the initial appointments.
4 (d) Each member of the council shall be allowed one
5 vote. The council shall select a Chair from among its
6 membership. Meetings shall be held at the call of the Chair,
7 but not less frequently than quarterly. The members of the
8 council shall be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses
9 as provided in s. 112.061.
10 (e) The department shall provide administrative staff
11 support and shall ensure that council meetings are
12 electronically recorded. Such recordings and all documents
13 received, prepared for, or used by the council in conducting
14 its business shall be preserved pursuant to chapters 119 and
15 257.
16 Section 45. Section 341.0532, Florida Statutes, is
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18 341.0532 Statewide Transportation Corridors.--
19 (1) A "Statewide transportation corridor" is defined
20 as a system of transportation infrastructure that collectively
21 provides for the efficient movement of significant volumes of
22 intrastate, interstate, and international commerce by
23 seamlessly linking multiple modes of transport.
24 (2) Florida's statewide transportation corridors are:
25 (a) The Atlantic Coast Corridor, from Jacksonville to
26 Miami, including Interstate 95.
27 (b) The Gulf Coast Corridor, from Pensacola to St.
28 Petersburg and to Tampa including U.S. Route 98 and U.S. Route
29 19/State Road 27.
30 (c) The Central Florida/North-South Corridor, from the
31 Florida-Georgia border to Naples and Fort Lauderdale/Miami,
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1 including Interstate 75.
2 (d) The Central Florida/East-West Corridor from St.
3 Petersburg to Tampa and to Titusville, including Interstate 4
4 and the Beeline Expressway.
5 (e) The North Florida Corridor, from Pensacola to
6 Jacksonville, including Interstate 10, and U.S. Route 231,
7 State Road 77 and State Road 79 from the Florida-Alabama
8 border to Panama City.
9 (f) The Jacksonville to Tampa Corridor, including U.S.
10 Route 301.
11 (g) The Jacksonville to Orlando Corridor, including
12 U.S. 17.
13 (h) The Southeastern Everglades Corridor, linking
14 Wildwood, Winter Garden, Orlando, and West Palm Beach via the
15 Florida Turnpike. For the purposes of this subsection, the
16 term "corridor" includes railways adjacent to such corridor
17 and the roadways linking to transportation terminals, and
18 intermodal service centers to the major highways listed in
19 this subsection.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 339.61, F.S.; creating the Florida Strategic
28 Intermodal System; providing legislative
29 findings; creating s. 339.62, F.S.; providing
30 the components of the Strategic Intermodal
31 System; creating s. 339.63, F.S.; designating
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1 system facilities; creating s. 339.64, F.S.;
2 providing for a needs assessment; providing for
3 the Strategic Intermodal System plan; defining
4 statewide transportation corridors; amending s.
5 95.361, F.S.; providing
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