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11 The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
12 (Sebesta) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 7. Paragraph (c) of Subsection (5) of section
19 339.155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 339.155 Transportation planning.--
21 (5) ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS.--
22 (c) Regional transportation plans may be developed in
23 regional transportation areas in accordance with an interlocal
24 agreement entered into pursuant to s. 163.01 by:
25 1. Two or more contiguous metropolitan planning
26 organizations; one or more metropolitan planning organizations
27 and one or more contiguous counties, none of which is a member
28 of a metropolitan planning organization; a multicounty
29 regional transportation authority created by or pursuant to
30 law; two or more contiguous counties that are not members of a
31 metropolitan planning organization; or metropolitan planning
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1 organizations comprised of three or more counties; and.
2 2. A regional transportation planning organization,
3 referred to as a RTPO. A RTPO may be formed in any
4 census-designated urbanized area of 1 million or more persons
5 to develop a regional transportation plan and to advise the
6 department regarding the programming of regional
7 transportation projects within the area.
8 a. Voting membership of the RTPO must include, but is
9 not limited to:
10 (I) A representative of the metropolitan planning
11 organizations serving the urbanized area. The member must be
12 an elected official and a member of a metropolitan planning
13 organization when elected and for the full extent of his or
14 her term on the board.
15 (II) A representative of the public economic
16 development agencies in the region who is not an elected
17 official but who is a resident and a qualified elector in the
18 region served by the RTPO.
19 (III) A representative of any private economic
20 development agency in the region who is not an elected
21 official but who is a resident and a qualified elector in the
22 region served by the RTPO.
23 (IV) A representative appointed by the Secretary of
24 Transportation, who shall be the district secretary, or his or
25 her designee, for each district, or part of a district, within
26 the region served by the RTPO.
27 (V) The executive director of the Turnpike Enterprise
28 or his or her designee.
29 (VI) A representative of the public transit providers,
30 as defined in chapter 341, operating within the region served
31 by the RTPO.
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1 (VII) A representative of the airports designated as
2 strategic intermodal system facilities located within the
3 region served by the RTPO.
4 (VIII) A representative of the affected seaports.
5 designated as strategic intermodal system facilities, located
6 in the region served by the RTPO.
7 (IX) A representative of the rail lines, designated as
8 strategic intermodal system facilities, operating in the
9 region served by the RTPO.
10 (X) A representative of the expressway or bridge
11 authority, created under chapter 348, operating in the region
12 served by the RTPO.
13 (XI) The chair of the local legislative delegation.
14 b. The geographic area of the RTPO may be expanded by
15 agreement of the voting membership of the organization and the
16 metropolitan planning organization serving the area to be
17 included, or board of county commissioners if no metropolitan
18 planning organization exists. Representatives of additional
19 transportation-related activities may be included by agreement
20 of the voting membership of the RTPO.
21 c. The RTPO shall develop by-laws that provide for the
22 election of a chair and terms of members. However, for the
23 members representing the collective bodies listed in
24 sub-sub-subparagraphs a.(I), (II), (III), (VI), (VII), (VIII),
25 (IX), and (X), the initial terms must be 2 years.
26 d. The voting members of the RTPO are not entitled to
27 compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses
28 actually incurred in their duties as provided by law.
29 3. A regional transportation planning organization is
30 created to be known as the Bay Area Regional Transportation
31 Planning Organization. The purpose of the organization is to
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1 develop a regional transportation plan and to advise the
2 department regarding the programming of regional
3 transportation projects within Hernando, Hillsborough,
4 Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota Counties.
5 a. The voting membership of the organization consists
6 of the following members:
7 (I) A representative of the chair's coordinating
8 committee created under s. 339.175(5). The member must be an
9 elected official and a member of a metropolitan planning
10 organization when elected and for the full extent of his or
11 her term on the board.
12 (II) A representative of the Tampa Bay Partnership who
13 is not an elected official but who is a resident and a
14 qualified elector in the region served by the organization.
15 (III) A representative appointed by the Secretary of
16 Transportation, who shall be the district secretary, or his or
17 her designee, for each district or part of a district in the
18 counties served by the organization.
19 (IV) The executive director of the Turnpike Enterprise
20 or his or her designee.
21 (V) A representative of the Tampa Bay Commuter Transit
22 Authority.
23 (VI) A representative of the Tampa-Hillsborough County
24 Expressway Authority.
25 (VII) A representative of the Tampa Bay Regional
26 Planning Council.
27 (VIII) A representative of the airports, collectively
28 representing the interests of Tampa International Airport, St.
29 Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport, and
30 Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.
31 (IX) A representative collectively representing the
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1 rail interests in the region.
2 (X) A representative collectively representing the
3 governing boards of the Port of Tampa, Port Manatee, and the
4 Port of St. Petersburg.
5 (XI) A representative collectively representing the
6 public economic development agencies representing Hernando,
7 Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota
8 Counties.
9 (XII) The chair of the Bay Area legislative
10 delegation.
11 b. The geographic area may be expanded by agreement of
12 the voting membership of the organization and the metropolitan
13 planning organization serving the area to be included, or the
14 board of county commissioners if no metropolitan planning
15 organization exists. Representatives of additional
16 transportation-related activities may be included by agreement
17 of the voting membership of the organization.
18 c. The organization shall develop by-laws that provide
19 for the election of a chair and terms of members. However, for
20 the members representing the collective bodies listed in
21 sub-sub-subparagraphs a.(I), (V), (VIII), (X), and (XI), the
22 initial terms must be 2 years.
23 d. The voting members of the organization are not
24 entitled to compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel
25 expenses actually incurred in their duties as provided by law.
26 Section 8. The sum of $100,000 in nonrecurring general
27 revenue is appropriated to the State Transportation Trust Fund
28 in the Department of Transportation for the purpose of funding
29 the Bay Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization for
30 the purpose of transportation planning for the 2006-2007
31 fiscal year.
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1 Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 339.2819, Florida
2 Statutes, is amended to read:
3 339.2819 Transportation Regional Incentive Program.--
4 (2)(a) For a public transportation facility project
5 identified in a regional transportation plan developed under
6 s. 339.155(5)(c)1., the percentage of matching funds provided
7 from the Transportation Regional Incentive Program shall be 50
8 percent of project costs, or up to 50 percent of the
9 nonfederal share of the eligible project cost for a public
10 transportation facility project.
11 (b) For a public transportation facility project
12 identified in a regional transportation plan developed under
13 s. 339.155(5)(c)2. or 3., by a regional transportation
14 planning organization, the percentage of matching funds
15 provided from the transportation regional incentive program
16 shall be 75 percent of project costs, or up to 75 percent of
17 the nonfederal share of the eligible project cost for the
18 public transportation facility project.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
25 On page 2, line 4, after the first semicolon,
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28 amending s. 339.155, F.S.; authorizing the
29 development of additional regional
30 transportation plans by regional transportation
31 planning organizations in certain areas;
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1 providing membership requirements for regional
2 transportation planning organizations
3 comprising representatives of transportation
4 planning and economic development interests
5 within a region; authorizing a regional
6 transportation planning organization to be
7 expanded upon agreement of the regional
8 transportation authority and representatives of
9 the area to be expanded into, or mode to be
10 included; providing for the development of
11 by-laws and establishing minimum terms for
12 certain members of the regional transportation
13 authority; creating the Bay Area Transportation
14 Regional Planning Organization in Hernando,
15 Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk,
16 and Sarasota Counties, comprised of
17 representatives of transportation planning and
18 economic development interests within the
19 region; authorizing the Bay Area Regional
20 Transportation Planning Organization to be
21 expanded upon agreement of the regional
22 transportation authority and of the area to be
23 expanded into, or mode to be included;
24 providing for the development of by-laws and
25 establishing minimum terms for certain members
26 of the regional transportation representatives
27 authority; precluding regional transportation
28 organization members from compensation;
29 providing an appropriation; amending s.
30 339.2819, F.S.; providing that the
31 Transportation Regional Incentive Program may
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1 fund up to 75 percent of costs for projects
2 identified in a regional transportation plan
3 developed by a regional transportation planning
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