Senate Bill sb1576

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1576

    By Senator Fasano





    11-1194A-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the funding of dredging

  3         projects; creating s. 311.22, F.S.;

  4         establishing a program to provide matching

  5         funds for dredging projects in eligible

  6         counties; requiring that funds appropriated

  7         under the program be used for certain projects;

  8         requiring that the Florida Seaport

  9         Transportation and Economic Development Council

10         adopt rules for evaluating the dredging

11         projects; providing criteria for the rules;

12         providing for a project-review process by the

13         Department of Community Affairs, the Department

14         of Transportation, and the Office of Tourism,

15         Trade, and Economic Development; providing an

16         effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Section 311.22, Florida Statutes, is

21  created to read:

22         311.22  Additional authorization for funding certain

23  dredging projects.--

24         (1)  The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic

25  Development Council shall establish a program to fund dredging

26  projects in counties having a population of fewer than 300,000

27  according to the last official census. Funds made available

28  under this program may be used to fund approved projects for

29  the dredging or deepening of channels, turning basins, or

30  harbors on a 50-50 matching basis with any port authority, as

31  such term is defined in s. 315.02(2), which complies with the

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1576
    11-1194A-05




 1  water quality provisions of s. 403.061 and the local financial

 2  management and reporting provisions of part III of chapter

 3  218.

 4         (2)  The council shall adopt rules for evaluating the

 5  projects that may be funded pursuant to this section. The

 6  rules must provide criteria for evaluating the economic

 7  benefit of the project. The rules must include the creation of

 8  an administrative review process by the council which is

 9  similar to the process contained in ss. 311.09(5)-(12), and

10  provide for a review by the Department of Community Affairs,

11  the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Tourism,

12  Trade, and Economic Development of all projects submitted for

13  funding under this section.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Establishes a program to fund dredging projects on a
      50-50 matching basis in counties having a population of
19    fewer than 300,000. Requires the Florida Seaport
      Transportation and Economic Development Council to adopt
20    rules for evaluating projects funded under the act. Sets
      forth certain criteria for the rules. Requires that the
21    Department of Community Affairs, the Department of
      Transportation, and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
22    Economic Development review all projects under the act.

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