SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 686
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (b) It is the express intention of this part that the
19 authority be authorized to plan, develop, own, purchase,
20 lease, or otherwise acquire, demolish, construct, improve,
21 relocate, equip, repair, maintain, operate, and manage a
22 transit commuter rail system and transit commuter rail
23 facilities; to establish and determine the such policies as
24 may be necessary for the best interest of the operation and
25 promotion of a transit commuter rail system; and to adopt such
26 rules as may be necessary to govern the operation of a transit
27 commuter rail system and transit commuter rail facilities. It
28 is the intent of the Legislature that the South Florida
29 Regional Transportation Authority shall have overall authority
30 to coordinate, develop, and operate a regional transportation
31 system within the area served.
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1 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the South Florida
2 Regional Transportation Authority may not exercise the powers
3 in paragraph (b) with respect to an existing system for
4 transporting people and goods by any means which is owned by
5 another entity without the consent of that entity.
6 Furthermore, if the authority acquires, purchases, operates,
7 condemns, or inherits an existing entity, the authority shall
8 also inherit and assume all rights, assets, labor agreements,
9 appropriations, privileges, and obligations of the existing
10 entity. This paragraph does not preclude the South Florida
11 Regional Transportation Authority from having the primary
12 responsibility to develop and coordinate the transportation
13 systems within the service area of the South Florida Regional
14 Transportation Authority.
15 (2) The authority created in this part herein shall be
16 the successor and assignee of the Tri-County Commuter Rail
17 Authority Organization (TCRO) and shall inherit all rights,
18 assets, labor agreements, appropriations, privileges, and
19 obligations of the Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority TCRO.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 owned by another entity; providing conditions
28 for acquisition of an existing entity by the
29 authority; authorizing the authority to expand
30 its service area into counties contiguous to
31 the service area of the authority under certain
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