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11 Senator Baker moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
14 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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16 and insert:
17 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of
18 section 20.23, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19 20.23 Department of Transportation.--There is created
20 a Department of Transportation which shall be a decentralized
21 agency.
22 (2)
23 (b) The commission shall have the primary functions
24 to:
25 1. Recommend major transportation policies for the
26 Governor's approval, and assure that approved policies and any
27 revisions thereto are properly executed.
28 2. Periodically review the status of the state
29 transportation system including highway, transit, rail,
30 seaport, intermodal development, and aviation components of
31 the system and recommend improvements therein to the Governor
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1 and the Legislature.
2 3. Perform an in-depth evaluation of the annual
3 department budget request, the Florida Transportation Plan,
4 and the tentative work program for compliance with all
5 applicable laws and established departmental policies. Except
6 as specifically provided in s. 339.135(4)(c)2., (d), and (f),
7 the commission may not consider individual construction
8 projects, but shall consider methods of accomplishing the
9 goals of the department in the most effective, efficient, and
10 businesslike manner.
11 4. Monitor the financial status of the department on a
12 regular basis to assure that the department is managing
13 revenue and bond proceeds responsibly and in accordance with
14 law and established policy.
15 5. Monitor on at least a quarterly basis, the
16 efficiency, productivity, and management of the department,
17 using performance and production standards developed by the
18 commission pursuant to s. 334.045.
19 6. Perform an in-depth evaluation of the factors
20 causing disruption of project schedules in the adopted work
21 program and recommend to the Legislature and the Governor
22 methods to eliminate or reduce the disruptive effects of these
23 factors.
24 7. Recommend to the Governor and the Legislature
25 improvements to the department's organization in order to
26 streamline and optimize the efficiency of the department. In
27 reviewing the department's organization, the commission shall
28 determine if the current district organizational structure is
29 responsive to Florida's changing economic and demographic
30 development patterns. The initial report by the commission
31 must be delivered to the Governor and Legislature by December
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1 15, 2000, and each year thereafter, as appropriate. The
2 commission may retain such experts as are reasonably necessary
3 to effectuate this subparagraph, and the department shall pay
4 the expenses of such experts.
5 8. Monitor the efficiency, productivity, and
6 management of the authorities created under chapters 343 and
7 348, including any authority formed using the provisions of
8 part I of chapter 348. The commission shall also conduct
9 periodic reviews of each authority's operations and budget,
10 acquisition of property, management of revenue and bond
11 proceeds, and compliance with applicable laws and generally
12 accepted accounting principles.
13 (c) The commission or a member thereof may not enter
14 into the day-to-day operation of the department or a monitored
15 authority and is specifically prohibited from taking part in:
16 1. The awarding of contracts.
17 2. The selection of a consultant or contractor or the
18 prequalification of any individual consultant or contractor.
19 However, the commission may recommend to the secretary
20 standards and policies governing the procedure for selection
21 and prequalification of consultants and contractors.
22 3. The selection of a route for a specific project.
23 4. The specific location of a transportation facility.
24 5. The acquisition of rights-of-way.
25 6. The employment, promotion, demotion, suspension,
26 transfer, or discharge of any department personnel.
27 7. The granting, denial, suspension, or revocation of
28 any license or permit issued by the department.
29 Section 2. Subsection (14) of section 112.061, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public
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1 officers, employees, and authorized persons.--
2 (14) APPLICABILITY TO COUNTIES, COUNTY OFFICERS,
3 DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS, AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AND
4 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.--
5 (a) The following entities may establish rates that
6 vary from the per diem rate provided in paragraph (6)(a), the
7 subsistence rates provided in paragraph (6)(b), or the mileage
8 rate provided in paragraph (7)(d) if those rates are not less
9 than the statutorily established rates that are in effect for
10 the 2005-2006 fiscal year:
11 1. The governing body of a county by the enactment of
12 an ordinance or resolution;
13 2. A county constitutional officer, pursuant to s.
14 1(d), Art. VIII of the State Constitution, by the
15 establishment of written policy;
16 3. The governing body of a district school board by
17 the adoption of rules; or
18 4. The governing body of a special district, as
19 defined in s. 189.403(1), except those special districts that
20 are subject to s. 166.021(10), by the enactment of a
21 resolution; or
22 5. Any metropolitan planning organization created
23 pursuant to s. 339.175 or any other separate legal or
24 administrative entity created pursuant to s. 339.175 of which
25 a metropolitan planning organization is a member, by the
26 enactment of a resolution.
27 (b) Rates established pursuant to paragraph (a) must
28 apply uniformly to all travel by the county, county
29 constitutional officer and entity governed by that officer,
30 district school board, or special district, or metropolitan
31 planning organization.
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1 (c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
2 counties, county constitutional officers and entities governed
3 by those officers, district school boards, and special
4 districts, and metropolitan planning organizations, other than
5 those subject to s. 166.021(10), remain subject to the
6 requirements of this section.
7 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 120.52, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 120.52 Definitions.--As used in this act:
10 (1) "Agency" means:
11 (a) The Governor in the exercise of all executive
12 powers other than those derived from the constitution.
13 (b) Each:
14 1. State officer and state department, and each
15 departmental unit described in s. 20.04.
16 2. Authority, including a regional water supply
17 authority.
18 3. Board.
19 4. Commission, including the Commission on Ethics and
20 the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when acting
21 pursuant to statutory authority derived from the Legislature.
22 5. Regional planning agency.
23 6. Multicounty special district with a majority of its
24 governing board comprised of nonelected persons.
25 7. Educational units.
26 8. Entity described in chapters 163, 373, 380, and 582
27 and s. 186.504.
28 (c) Each other unit of government in the state,
29 including counties and municipalities, to the extent they are
30 expressly made subject to this act by general or special law
31 or existing judicial decisions.
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2 This definition does not include any legal entity or agency
3 created in whole or in part pursuant to chapter 361, part II,
4 any metropolitan planning organization created pursuant to s.
5 339.175, any separate legal or administrative entity created
6 pursuant to s. 339.175 of which a metropolitan planning
7 organization is a member, an expressway authority pursuant to
8 chapter 348 or transportation authority under chapter 349, any
9 legal or administrative entity created by an interlocal
10 agreement pursuant to s. 163.01(7), unless any party to such
11 agreement is otherwise an agency as defined in this
12 subsection, or any multicounty special district with a
13 majority of its governing board comprised of elected persons;
14 however, this definition shall include a regional water supply
15 authority.
16 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 349.03, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended to read:
18 349.03 Jacksonville Transportation Authority.--
19 (3) The terms of appointed members shall be for 4
20 years deemed to have commenced on June 1 of the year in which
21 they are appointed. Each member shall hold office until a
22 successor has been appointed and has qualified. A vacancy
23 during a term shall be filled by the respective appointing
24 authority only for the balance of the unexpired term. Any
25 member appointed to the authority for two consecutive full
26 terms shall not be eligible for appointment to the next
27 succeeding term. One of the members so appointed shall be
28 designated annually by the members as chair of the authority,
29 one member shall be designated annually as the vice chair of
30 the authority, one member shall be designated annually as the
31 secretary of the authority, and one member shall be designated
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1 annually as the treasurer of the authority. The members of the
2 authority shall not be entitled to compensation, but shall be
3 reimbursed for travel expenses or other expenses actually
4 incurred in their duties as provided by law. Four voting
5 members of the authority shall constitute a quorum, and no
6 resolution adopted by the authority shall become effective
7 unless with the affirmative vote of at least four members. The
8 authority shall may employ an executive director, and the
9 executive director may hire such staff, permanent or
10 temporary, as he or she may determine and may organize the
11 staff of the authority into such departments and units as he
12 or she may determine divisions as it deems necessary. The
13 executive director It may appoint department directors, deputy
14 directors, division chiefs, and staff assistants to the
15 executive director, as he or she may determine. In so
16 appointing the executive director, the authority may fix the
17 compensation of such appointee those appointees, who shall
18 serve at the pleasure of the authority. All employees of the
19 authority shall be exempt from the provisions of part II of
20 chapter 110. The authority may employ such financial advisers
21 and consultants, technical experts, engineers, and agents and
22 employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require and may
23 fix the compensation and qualifications of such persons,
24 firms, or corporations. The authority may delegate to one or
25 more of its agents or employees such of its powers as it shall
26 deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
27 subject always to the supervision and control of the governing
28 body of the authority.
29 Section 5. Paragraph (n) is added to subsection (2) of
30 section 349.04, Florida Statutes, to read:
31 349.04 Purposes and powers.--
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1 (2) The authority is hereby granted, and shall have
2 and may exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant,
3 convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of the aforesaid
4 purposes, including, but without being limited to, the right
5 and power:
6 (n) To adopt rules to carry out the powers and
7 obligations herein granted, which set forth a purpose,
8 necessary definitions, forms, general conditions and
9 procedures, and fines and penalties, including, without
10 limitation, suspension or debarment, and charges for
11 nonperformance, with respect to any aspect of the work or
12 function of the authority for the permitting, planning,
13 funding, design, acquisition, construction, equipping,
14 operation, and maintenance of transportation facilities,
15 transit and highway, within the state, provided or operated by
16 the authority or others in cooperation with or at the
17 direction of the authority, and for carrying out all other
18 purposes of the authority set forth or authorized in this
19 chapter.
20 Section 6. Subsection (11), paragraph (a) of
21 subsection (42), and paragraph (b) of subsection (52) of
22 section 121.021, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
23 (62) is added to that section, to read:
24 121.021 Definitions.--The following words and phrases
25 as used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth
26 unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
27 (11) "Officer or employee" means any person receiving
28 salary payments for work performed in a regularly established
29 position and, if employed by a city, a metropolitan planning
30 organization, or a special district, employed in a covered
31 group.
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1 (42)(a) "Local agency employer" means the board of
2 county commissioners or other legislative governing body of a
3 county, however styled, including that of a consolidated or
4 metropolitan government; a clerk of the circuit court,
5 sheriff, property appraiser, tax collector, or supervisor of
6 elections, provided such officer is elected or has been
7 appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office; a community
8 college board of trustees or district school board; or the
9 governing body of any city, metropolitan planning organization
10 created pursuant to s. 339.175 or any other separate legal or
11 administrative entity created pursuant to s. 339.175, or
12 special district of the state which participates in the system
13 for the benefit of certain of its employees.
14 (52) "Regularly established position" is defined as
15 follows:
16 (b) In a local agency (district school board, county
17 agency, community college, city, metropolitan planning
18 organization, or special district), the term means a regularly
19 established position which will be in existence for a period
20 beyond 6 consecutive months, except as provided by rule.
21 (62) "Metropolitan planning organization" means an
22 entity created by an interlocal agreement pursuant to s.
23 339.175 or any other entity created pursuant to s. 339.175.
24 Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
25 121.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
26 121.051 Participation in the system.--
27 (2) OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION.--
28 (b)1. The governing body of any municipality,
29 metropolitan planning organization, or special district in the
30 state may elect to participate in the system upon proper
31 application to the administrator and may cover all or any of
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1 its units as approved by the Secretary of Health and Human
2 Services and the administrator. The department shall adopt
3 rules establishing provisions for the submission of documents
4 necessary for such application. Prior to being approved for
5 participation in the Florida Retirement System, the governing
6 body of any such municipality, metropolitan planning
7 organization, or special district that has a local retirement
8 system shall submit to the administrator a certified financial
9 statement showing the condition of the local retirement system
10 as of a date within 3 months prior to the proposed effective
11 date of membership in the Florida Retirement System. The
12 statement must be certified by a recognized accounting firm
13 that is independent of the local retirement system. All
14 required documents necessary for extending Florida Retirement
15 System coverage must be received by the department for
16 consideration at least 15 days prior to the proposed effective
17 date of coverage. If the municipality, metropolitan planning
18 organization, or special district does not comply with this
19 requirement, the department may require that the effective
20 date of coverage be changed.
21 2. Any city, metropolitan planning organization, or
22 special district that has an existing retirement system
23 covering the employees in the units that are to be brought
24 under the Florida Retirement System may participate only after
25 holding a referendum in which all employees in the affected
26 units have the right to participate. Only those employees
27 electing coverage under the Florida Retirement System by
28 affirmative vote in said referendum shall be eligible for
29 coverage under this chapter, and those not participating or
30 electing not to be covered by the Florida Retirement System
31 shall remain in their present systems and shall not be
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1 eligible for coverage under this chapter. After the referendum
2 is held, all future employees shall be compulsory members of
3 the Florida Retirement System.
4 3. The governing body of any city, metropolitan
5 planning organization, or special district complying with
6 subparagraph 1. may elect to provide, or not provide, benefits
7 based on past service of officers and employees as described
8 in s. 121.081(1). However, if such employer elects to provide
9 past service benefits, such benefits must be provided for all
10 officers and employees of its covered group.
11 4. Once this election is made and approved it may not
12 be revoked, except pursuant to subparagraphs 5. and 6., and
13 all present officers and employees electing coverage under
14 this chapter and all future officers and employees shall be
15 compulsory members of the Florida Retirement System.
16 5. Subject to the conditions set forth in subparagraph
17 6., the governing body of any hospital licensed under chapter
18 395 which is governed by the board of a special district as
19 defined in s. 189.403(1) or by the board of trustees of a
20 public health trust created under s. 154.07, hereinafter
21 referred to as "hospital district," and which participates in
22 the system, may elect to cease participation in the system
23 with regard to future employees in accordance with the
24 following procedure:
25 a. No more than 30 days and at least 7 days before
26 adopting a resolution to partially withdraw from the Florida
27 Retirement System and establish an alternative retirement plan
28 for future employees, a public hearing must be held on the
29 proposed withdrawal and proposed alternative plan.
30 b. From 7 to 15 days before such hearing, notice of
31 intent to withdraw, specifying the time and place of the
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1 hearing, must be provided in writing to employees of the
2 hospital district proposing partial withdrawal and must be
3 published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area
4 affected, as provided by ss. 50.011-50.031. Proof of
5 publication of such notice shall be submitted to the
6 Department of Management Services.
7 c. The governing body of any hospital district seeking
8 to partially withdraw from the system must, before such
9 hearing, have an actuarial report prepared and certified by an
10 enrolled actuary, as defined in s. 112.625(3), illustrating
11 the cost to the hospital district of providing, through the
12 retirement plan that the hospital district is to adopt,
13 benefits for new employees comparable to those provided under
14 the Florida Retirement System.
15 d. Upon meeting all applicable requirements of this
16 subparagraph, and subject to the conditions set forth in
17 subparagraph 6., partial withdrawal from the system and
18 adoption of the alternative retirement plan may be
19 accomplished by resolution duly adopted by the hospital
20 district board. The hospital district board must provide
21 written notice of such withdrawal to the division by mailing a
22 copy of the resolution to the division, postmarked no later
23 than December 15, 1995. The withdrawal shall take effect
24 January 1, 1996.
25 6. Following the adoption of a resolution under
26 sub-subparagraph 5.d., all employees of the withdrawing
27 hospital district who were participants in the Florida
28 Retirement System prior to January 1, 1996, shall remain as
29 participants in the system for as long as they are employees
30 of the hospital district, and all rights, duties, and
31 obligations between the hospital district, the system, and the
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1 employees shall remain in full force and effect. Any employee
2 who is hired or appointed on or after January 1, 1996, may not
3 participate in the Florida Retirement System, and the
4 withdrawing hospital district shall have no obligation to the
5 system with respect to such employees.
6 Section 8. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (1) of
7 section 121.055, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 121.055 Senior Management Service Class.--There is
9 hereby established a separate class of membership within the
10 Florida Retirement System to be known as the "Senior
11 Management Service Class," which shall become effective
12 February 1, 1987.
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14 (l) For each metropolitan planning organization that
15 has opted to become part of the Florida Retirement System,
16 participation in the Senior Management Service Class shall be
17 compulsory for the executive director or staff director of
18 that metropolitan planning organization.
19 Section 9. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (2) of
20 section 121.061, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 121.061 Funding.--
22 (2)(a) Should any employer other than a state employer
23 fail to make the retirement and social security contributions,
24 both member and employer contributions, required by this
25 chapter, then, upon request by the administrator, the
26 Department of Revenue or the Department of Financial Services,
27 as the case may be, shall deduct the amount owed by the
28 employer from any funds to be distributed by it to the county,
29 city, metropolitan planning organization, special district, or
30 consolidated form of government. The amounts so deducted shall
31 be transferred to the administrator for further distribution
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1 to the trust funds in accordance with this chapter.
2 (c) The governing body of each county, city,
3 metropolitan planning organization, special district, or
4 consolidated form of government participating under this
5 chapter or the administrator, acting individually or jointly,
6 is hereby authorized to file and maintain an action in the
7 courts of the state to require any employer to remit any
8 retirement or social security member contributions or employer
9 matching payments due the retirement or social security trust
10 funds under the provisions of this chapter.
11 Section 10. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (e) of subsection
12 (1) of section 121.081, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
13 121.081 Past service; prior service;
14 contributions.--Conditions under which past service or prior
15 service may be claimed and credited are:
16 (1)(a) Past service, as defined in s. 121.021(18), may
17 be claimed as creditable service by officers or employees of a
18 city, metropolitan planning organization, or special district
19 that become a covered group under this system. The governing
20 body of a covered group in compliance with s. 121.051(2)(b)
21 may elect to provide benefits with respect to past service
22 earned prior to January 1, 1975, in accordance with this
23 chapter, and the cost for such past service shall be
24 established by applying the following formula: The member
25 contribution for both regular and special risk members shall
26 be 4 percent of the gross annual salary for each year of past
27 service claimed, plus 4-percent employer matching
28 contribution, plus 4 percent interest thereon compounded
29 annually, figured on each year of past service, with interest
30 compounded from date of annual salary earned until July 1,
31 1975, and 6.5 percent interest compounded annually thereafter
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1 until date of payment. Once the total cost for a member has
2 been figured to date, then after July 1, 1975, 6.5 percent
3 compounded interest shall be added each June 30 thereafter on
4 any unpaid balance until the cost of such past service
5 liability is paid in full. The following formula shall be used
6 in calculating past service earned prior to January 1, 1975:
7 (Annual gross salary multiplied by 8 percent) multiplied by
8 the 4 percent or 6.5 percent compound interest table factor,
9 as may be applicable. The resulting product equals cost to
10 date for each particular year of past service.
11 (b) Past service earned after January 1, 1975, may be
12 claimed by officers or employees of a city, metropolitan
13 planning organization, or special district that becomes a
14 covered group under this system. The governing body of a
15 covered group may elect to provide benefits with respect to
16 past service earned after January 1, 1975, in accordance with
17 this chapter, and the cost for such past service shall be
18 established by applying the following formula: The employer
19 shall contribute an amount equal to the contribution rate in
20 effect at the time the service was earned, multiplied by the
21 employee's gross salary for each year of past service claimed,
22 plus 6.5 percent interest thereon, compounded annually,
23 figured on each year of past service, with interest compounded
24 from date of annual salary earned until date of payment.
25 (e) Past service, as defined in s. 121.021(18), may be
26 claimed as creditable service by a member of the Florida
27 Retirement System who formerly was an officer or employee of a
28 city, metropolitan planning organization, or special district,
29 notwithstanding the status or form of the retirement system,
30 if any, of that city, metropolitan planning organization, or
31 special district and irrespective of whether officers or
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1 employees of that city, metropolitan planning organization, or
2 special district now or hereafter become a covered group under
3 the Florida Retirement System. Such member may claim
4 creditable service and be entitled to the benefits accruing to
5 the regular class of members as provided for the past service
6 claimed under this paragraph by paying into the retirement
7 trust fund an amount equal to the total actuarial cost of
8 providing the additional benefit resulting from such
9 past-service credit, discounted by the applicable actuarial
10 factors to date of retirement.
11 Section 11. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (15)
12 of section 163.3180, Florida Statutes, to read:
13 163.3180 Concurrency.--
14 (15)
15 (e) By December 1, 2007, the Department of
16 Transportation, in consultation with the state land planning
17 agency and interested local governments, may designate a study
18 area for conducting a pilot project to determine the benefits
19 of and barriers to establishing a regional multimodal
20 transportation concurrency district that extends over more
21 than one local government jurisdiction. If designated:
22 1. The study area must be in a county that has a
23 population of at least 1,000 persons per square mile, be
24 within an urban service area, and have the consent of the
25 local governments within the study area. The Department of
26 Transportation and the state land planning agency shall
27 provide technical assistance.
28 2. The local governments within the study area and the
29 Department of Transportation, in consultation with the state
30 land planning agency, shall cooperatively create a multimodal
31 transportation plan that meets the requirements of this
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1 section. The multimodal transportation plan must include
2 viable local funding options and incorporate community design
3 features, including a range of mixed land uses and densities
4 and intensities, which will reduce the number of automobile
5 trips or vehicle miles of travel while supporting an
6 integrated, multimodal transportation system.
7 3. To effectuate the multimodal transportation
8 concurrency district, participating local governments may
9 adopt appropriate comprehensive plan amendments.
10 4. The Department of Transportation, in consultation
11 with the state land planning agency, shall submit a report by
12 March 1, 2009, to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
13 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the status
14 of the pilot project. The report must identify any factors
15 that support or limit the creation and success of a regional
16 multimodal transportation district including intergovernmental
17 coordination.
18 Section 12. Section 163.3182, Florida Statutes, is
19 created to read:
20 163.3182 Transportation concurrency backlogs.--
21 (1) DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this section, the
22 term:
23 (a) "Transportation concurrency backlog area" means
24 the geographic area within the unincorporated portion of a
25 county or within the municipal boundary of a municipality
26 designated in a local government comprehensive plan for which
27 a transportation concurrency backlog authority is created
28 pursuant to this section. A transportation concurrency backlog
29 area created within the corporate boundary of a municipality
30 shall be made pursuant to an interlocal agreement between a
31 county, a municipality or municipalities, and any affected
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1 taxing authority or authorities.
2 (b) "Authority" or "transportation concurrency backlog
3 authority" means the governing body of a county or
4 municipality within which an authority is created.
5 (c) "Governing body" means the council, commission, or
6 other legislative body charged with governing the county or
7 municipality within which a transportation concurrency backlog
8 authority is created pursuant to this section.
9 (d) "Transportation concurrency backlog" means an
10 identified deficiency where the existing extent of traffic
11 volume exceeds the level of service standard adopted in a
12 local government comprehensive plan for a transportation
13 facility.
14 (e) "Transportation concurrency backlog plan" means
15 the plan adopted as part of a local government comprehensive
16 plan by the governing body of a county or municipality acting
17 as a transportation concurrency backlog authority.
18 (f) "Transportation concurrency backlog project" means
19 any designated transportation project identified for
20 construction within the jurisdiction of a transportation
21 concurrency backlog authority.
22 (g) "Debt service millage" means any millage levied
23 pursuant to s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution.
24 (h) "Increment revenue" means the amount calculated
25 pursuant to subsection (5).
26 (i) "Taxing authority" means a public body that levies
27 or is authorized to levy an ad valorem tax on real property
28 located within a transportation concurrency backlog area,
29 except a school district.
30 (2) CREATION OF TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BACKLOG
31 AUTHORITIES.--
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1 (a) A county or municipality may create a
2 transportation concurrency backlog authority if it has an
3 identified transportation concurrency backlog.
4 (b) Acting as the transportation concurrency backlog
5 authority within the authority's jurisdictional boundary, the
6 governing body of a county or municipality shall adopt and
7 implement a plan to eliminate all identified transportation
8 concurrency backlogs within the authority's jurisdiction using
9 funds provided pursuant to subsection (5) and as otherwise
10 provided pursuant to this section.
11 (3) POWERS OF A TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BACKLOG
12 AUTHORITY.--Each transportation concurrency backlog authority
13 has the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the
14 purposes of this section, including the following powers in
15 addition to others granted in this section:
16 (a) To make and execute contracts and other
17 instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its
18 powers under this section.
19 (b) To undertake and carry out transportation
20 concurrency backlog projects for transportation facilities
21 that have a concurrency backlog within the authority's
22 jurisdiction. Concurrency backlog projects may include
23 transportation facilities that provide for alternative modes
24 of travel including sidewalks, bikeways, and mass transit
25 which are related to a backlogged transportation facility.
26 (c) To invest any transportation concurrency backlog
27 funds held in reserve, sinking funds, or any such funds not
28 required for immediate disbursement in property or securities
29 in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to the
30 control of the authority and to redeem such bonds as have been
31 issued pursuant to this section at the redemption price
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1 established therein, or to purchase such bonds at less than
2 redemption price. All such bonds redeemed or purchased shall
3 be canceled.
4 (d) To borrow money, apply for and accept advances,
5 loans, grants, contributions, and any other forms of financial
6 assistance from the Federal Government or the state, county,
7 or any other public body or from any sources, public or
8 private, for the purposes of this part, to give such security
9 as may be required, to enter into and carry out contracts or
10 agreements, and to include in any contracts for financial
11 assistance with the Federal Government for or with respect to
12 a transportation concurrency backlog project and related
13 activities such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as
14 the transportation concurrency backlog authority considers
15 reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with
16 the purposes of this section.
17 (e) To make or have made all surveys and plans
18 necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this section,
19 to contract with any persons, public or private, in making and
20 carrying out such plans, and to adopt, approve, modify, or
21 amend such transportation concurrency backlog plans.
22 (f) To appropriate such funds and make such
23 expenditures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of
24 this section, and to enter into agreements with other public
25 bodies, which agreements may extend over any period
26 notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary.
27 (4) TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BACKLOG PLANS.--
28 (a) Each transportation concurrency backlog authority
29 shall adopt a transportation concurrency backlog plan as a
30 part of the local government comprehensive plan within 6
31 months after the creation of the authority. The plan shall:
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1 1. Identify all transportation facilities that have
2 been designated as deficient and require the expenditure of
3 moneys to upgrade, modify, or mitigate the deficiency.
4 2. Include a priority listing of all transportation
5 facilities that have been designated as deficient and do not
6 satisfy concurrency requirements pursuant to s. 163.3180, and
7 the applicable local government comprehensive plan.
8 3. Establish a schedule for financing and construction
9 of transportation concurrency backlog projects that will
10 eliminate transportation concurrency backlogs within the
11 jurisdiction of the authority within 10 years after the
12 transportation concurrency backlog plan adoption. The schedule
13 shall be adopted as part of the local government comprehensive
14 plan.
15 (b) The adoption of the transportation concurrency
16 backlog plan shall be exempt from the provisions of s.
17 163.3187(1).
18 (5) ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL TRUST FUND.--The
19 transportation concurrency backlog authority shall establish a
20 local transportation concurrency backlog trust fund upon
21 creation of the authority. Each local trust fund shall be
22 administered by the transportation concurrency backlog
23 authority within which a transportation concurrency backlog
24 has been identified. Beginning in the first fiscal year after
25 the creation of the authority, each local trust fund shall be
26 funded by the proceeds of an ad valorem tax increment
27 collected within each transportation concurrency backlog area
28 to be determined annually and shall be 25 percent of the
29 difference between:
30 (a) The amount of ad valorem tax levied each year by
31 each taxing authority, exclusive of any amount from any debt
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1 service millage, on taxable real property contained within the
2 jurisdiction of the transportation concurrency backlog
3 authority and within the transportation backlog area; and
4 (b) The amount of ad valorem taxes which would have
5 been produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each
6 year by or for each taxing authority, exclusive of any debt
7 service millage, upon the total of the assessed value of the
8 taxable real property within the transportation concurrency
9 backlog area as shown on the most recent assessment roll used
10 in connection with the taxation of such property of each
11 taxing authority prior to the effective date of the ordinance
12 funding the trust fund.
13 (6) EXEMPTIONS.--
14 (a) The following public bodies or taxing authorities
15 are exempt from the provision of this section:
16 1. A special district that levies ad valorem taxes on
17 taxable real property in more than one county.
18 2. Special district for which the sole available
19 source of revenue is the authority to levy ad valorem taxes at
20 the time an ordinance is adopted under this section. However,
21 revenues or aid that may be dispensed or appropriated to a
22 district as defined in s. 388.011 at the discretion of an
23 entity other than such district shall not be deemed available.
24 3. A library district.
25 4. A neighborhood improvement district created under
26 the Safe Neighborhoods Act.
27 5. A metropolitan transportation authority.
28 6. A water management district created under s.
29 373.069.
30 7. A community redevelopment agency.
31 (b) A transportation concurrency exemption authority
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1 may also exempt from this section a special district that
2 levies ad valorem taxes within the transportation concurrency
3 backlog area pursuant to s. 163.387(2)(d).
4 (7) TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY SATISFACTION.--Upon
5 adoption of a transportation concurrency backlog plan as a
6 part of the local government comprehensive plan, and the plan
7 going into effect, the area subject to the plan shall be
8 deemed to have achieved and maintained transportation level of
9 service standards, and to have met requirements for financial
10 feasibility for transportation facilities, and for the purpose
11 of proposed development transportation concurrency has been
12 satisfied. Proportionate fair share mitigation shall be
13 limited to ensure that a development inside a transportation
14 concurrency backlog area is not responsible for the additional
15 costs of eliminating backlogs.
16 (8) DISSOLUTION.--Upon completion of all
17 transportation concurrency backlog projects, a transportation
18 concurrency backlog authority shall be dissolved and its
19 assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the county or
20 municipality within which the authority is located. All
21 remaining assets of the authority must be used for
22 implementation of transportation projects within the
23 jurisdiction of the authority. The local government
24 comprehensive plan shall be amended to remove the
25 transportation concurrency backlog plan.
26 Section 13. Subsection (14) is added to section
27 163.3191, Florida Statutes, to read:
28 163.3191 Evaluation and appraisal of comprehensive
29 plan.--
30 (14) The requirement of subsection (10) prohibiting a
31 local government from adopting amendments to the local
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1 comprehensive plan until the evaluation and appraisal report
2 update amendments have been adopted and transmitted to the
3 state land planning agency does not apply to a plan amendment
4 proposed for adoption by the appropriate local government as
5 defined in s. 163.3178(2)(k) in order to integrate a port
6 comprehensive master plan with the coastal management element
7 of the local comprehensive plan as required by s.
8 163.3178(2)(k) if the port comprehensive master plan or the
9 proposed plan amendment does not cause or contribute to the
10 failure of the local government to comply with the
11 requirements of the evaluation and appraisal report.
12 Section 14. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
13 212.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
14 212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative
15 intent; authorization and use of proceeds.--It is the
16 legislative intent that any authorization for imposition of a
17 discretionary sales surtax shall be published in the Florida
18 Statutes as a subsection of this section, irrespective of the
19 duration of the levy. Each enactment shall specify the types
20 of counties authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be
21 imposed; the maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed,
22 if any; the procedure which must be followed to secure voter
23 approval, if required; the purpose for which the proceeds may
24 be expended; and such other requirements as the Legislature
25 may provide. Taxable transactions and administrative
26 procedures shall be as provided in s. 212.054.
27 (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX.--
28 (e) School districts, counties, and municipalities
29 receiving proceeds under the provisions of this subsection may
30 pledge such proceeds for the purpose of servicing new bond
31 indebtedness incurred pursuant to law. Local governments may
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1 use the services of the Division of Bond Finance of the State
2 Board of Administration pursuant to the State Bond Act to
3 issue any bonds through the provisions of this subsection. In
4 no case may a jurisdiction issue bonds pursuant to this
5 subsection more frequently than once per year. Counties and
6 municipalities may join together for the issuance of bonds
7 authorized by this subsection.
8 Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 215.615, Florida
9 Statutes, is amended to read:
10 215.615 Fixed-guideway transportation systems
11 funding.--
12 (1) The issuance of revenue bonds by the Division of
13 Bond Finance, on behalf of the Department of Transportation,
14 pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, is
15 authorized, pursuant to the State Bond Act, to finance or
16 refinance fixed capital expenditures for fixed-guideway
17 transportation systems, as defined in s. 341.031, including
18 facilities appurtenant thereto, costs of issuance, and other
19 amounts relating to such financing or refinancing. Such
20 revenue bonds shall be matched on a 50-50 basis with funds
21 from sources other than revenues of the Department of
22 Transportation, in a manner acceptable to the Department of
23 Transportation. The Division of Bond Finance is authorized to
24 consider innovative financing techniques, technologies which
25 may include, but are not limited to, innovative bidding and
26 structures of potential financings findings that may result in
27 negotiated transactions. The following conditions apply to the
28 issuance of revenue bonds for fixed-guideway transportation
29 systems:
30 (a) The department and any participating commuter rail
31 authority or regional transportation authority established
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1 under chapter 343, local governments, or local governments
2 collectively by interlocal agreement having jurisdiction of a
3 fixed-guideway transportation system may enter into an
4 interlocal agreement to promote the efficient and
5 cost-effective financing or refinancing of fixed-guideway
6 transportation system projects by revenue bonds issued
7 pursuant to this subsection. The terms of such interlocal
8 agreements shall include provisions for the Department of
9 Transportation to request the issuance of the bonds on behalf
10 of the parties; shall provide that after reimbursement
11 pursuant to interlocal agreement, the department's share may
12 be up to 50 percent of the eligible project cost, which may
13 include a share of annual each party to the agreement is
14 contractually liable for an equal share of funding an amount
15 equal to the debt service requirements of such bonds; and
16 shall include any other terms, provisions, or covenants
17 necessary to the making of and full performance under such
18 interlocal agreement. Repayments made to the department under
19 any interlocal agreement are not pledged to the repayment of
20 bonds issued hereunder, and failure of the local governmental
21 authority to make such payment shall not affect the obligation
22 of the department to pay debt service on the bonds.
23 (b) Revenue bonds issued pursuant to this subsection
24 shall not constitute a general obligation of, or a pledge of
25 the full faith and credit of, the State of Florida. Bonds
26 issued pursuant to this section shall be payable from funds
27 available pursuant to s. 206.46(3), or other funds available
28 to the project, subject to annual appropriation. The amount of
29 revenues available for debt service shall never exceed a
30 maximum of 2 percent of all state revenues deposited into the
31 State Transportation Trust Fund.
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1 (c) The projects to be financed or refinanced with the
2 proceeds of the revenue bonds issued hereunder are designated
3 as state fixed capital outlay projects for purposes of s.
4 11(d), Art. VII of the State Constitution, and the specific
5 projects to be financed or refinanced shall be determined by
6 the Department of Transportation in accordance with state law
7 and appropriations from the State Transportation Trust Fund.
8 Each project to be financed with the proceeds of the bonds
9 issued pursuant to this subsection must first be approved by
10 the Legislature by an act of general law.
11 (d) Any complaint for validation of bonds issued
12 pursuant to this section shall be filed in the circuit court
13 of the county where the seat of state government is situated,
14 the notice required to be published by s. 75.06 shall be
15 published only in the county where the complaint is filed, and
16 the complaint and order of the circuit court shall be served
17 only on the state attorney of the circuit in which the action
18 is pending.
19 (e) The state does hereby covenant with holders of
20 such revenue bonds or other instruments of indebtedness issued
21 hereunder, that it will not repeal or impair or amend these
22 provisions in any manner that will materially and adversely
23 affect the rights of such holders as long as bonds authorized
24 by this subsection are outstanding.
25 (f) This subsection supersedes any inconsistent
26 provisions in existing law.
27
28 Notwithstanding this subsection, the lien of revenue bonds
29 issued pursuant to this subsection on moneys deposited into
30 the State Transportation Trust Fund shall be subordinate to
31 the lien on such moneys of bonds issued under ss. 215.605,
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1 320.20, and 215.616, and any pledge of such moneys to pay
2 operating and maintenance expenses under s. 206.46(5) and
3 chapter 348, as may be amended.
4 Section 16. Subsection (1) of section 311.22, Florida
5 Statutes, is amended to read:
6 311.22 Additional authorization for funding certain
7 dredging projects.--
8 (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
9 Development Council shall establish a program to fund dredging
10 projects in counties having a population of fewer than 300,000
11 according to the last official census. Funds made available
12 under this program may be used to fund approved projects for
13 the dredging or deepening of channels, turning basins, or
14 harbors on a 25-percent local 50-50 matching basis with any
15 port authority, as such term is defined in s. 315.02(2), which
16 complies with the permitting requirements in part IV of
17 chapter 373 and the local financial management and reporting
18 provisions of part III of chapter 218.
19 Section 17. Section 316.2123, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 316.2123 Operation of an ATV on certain roadways.--
22 (1) The operation of an ATV, as defined in s.
23 317.0003, upon the public roads or streets of this state is
24 prohibited, except that an ATV may be operated during the
25 daytime on an unpaved roadway where the posted speed limit is
26 less than 35 miles per hour by a licensed driver or by a minor
27 under the supervision of a licensed driver. The operator must
28 provide proof of ownership pursuant to chapter 317 upon
29 request by a law enforcement officer.
30 (2) A county is exempt from this section if the
31 governing body of the county, by majority vote, following a
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1 noticed public hearing, votes to exempt the county from this
2 section. Alternatively, a county may, by majority vote after
3 such a hearing, designate certain unpaved roadways where an
4 ATV may be operated during the daytime as long as each such
5 designated roadway has a posted speed limit of less than 35
6 miles per hour and is appropriately marked to indicate
7 permissible ATV use.
8 (3) Any ATV operation that is permitted under
9 subsection (1) or subsection (2) may be undertaken only by a
10 licensed driver or a minor who is under the direct supervision
11 of a licensed driver. The operator must provide proof of
12 ownership under chapter 317 upon the request of a law
13 enforcement officer.
14 Section 18. Subsection (1) of section 316.605, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended to read:
16 316.605 Licensing of vehicles.--
17 (1) Every vehicle, at all times while driven, stopped,
18 or parked upon any highways, roads, or streets of this state,
19 shall be licensed in the name of the owner thereof in
20 accordance with the laws of this state unless such vehicle is
21 not required by the laws of this state to be licensed in this
22 state and shall, except as otherwise provided in s. 320.0706
23 for front-end registration license plates on truck tractors
24 and s. 320.086(5) which exempts display of license plates on
25 described former military vehicles, display the license plate
26 or both of the license plates assigned to it by the state, one
27 on the rear and, if two, the other on the front of the
28 vehicle, each to be securely fastened to the vehicle outside
29 the main body of the vehicle not higher than 60 inches and not
30 lower than 12 inches from the ground and no more than 24
31 inches to the left or right of the centerline of the vehicle,
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1 and in such manner as to prevent the plates from swinging, and
2 all letters, numerals, printing, writing, and other
3 identification marks upon the plates regarding the word
4 "Florida," the registration decal, and the alphanumeric
5 designation shall be clear and distinct and free from
6 defacement, mutilation, grease, and other obscuring matter, so
7 that they will be plainly visible and legible at all times 100
8 feet from the rear or front. Vehicle license plates shall be
9 affixed and displayed in such a manner that the letters and
10 numerals shall be read from left to right parallel to the
11 ground. No vehicle license plate may be displayed in an
12 inverted or reversed position or in such a manner that the
13 letters and numbers and their proper sequence are not readily
14 identifiable. Nothing shall be placed upon the face of a
15 Florida plate except as permitted by law or by rule or
16 regulation of a governmental agency. No license plates other
17 than those furnished by the state shall be used. However, if
18 the vehicle is not required to be licensed in this state, the
19 license plates on such vehicle issued by another state, by a
20 territory, possession, or district of the United States, or by
21 a foreign country, substantially complying with the provisions
22 hereof, shall be considered as complying with this chapter. A
23 violation of this subsection is a noncriminal traffic
24 infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in
25 chapter 318.
26 Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
27 316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
28 316.650 Traffic citations.--
29 (3)
30 (b) If a traffic citation is issued pursuant to s.
31 316.1001, a traffic enforcement officer may deposit the
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1 original and one copy of such traffic citation or, in the case
2 of a traffic enforcement agency that has an automated citation
3 system, may provide an electronic facsimile with a court
4 having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its
5 traffic violations bureau within 45 days after the date of
6 issuance of the citation to the violator. If the person cited
7 for the violation of s. 316.1001 makes the election provided
8 by s. 318.14(12) and pays the $25 fine, or such other amount
9 as imposed by the governmental entity owning the applicable
10 toll facility, plus the amount of the unpaid toll that is
11 shown on the traffic citation directly to the governmental
12 entity that issued the citation, or on whose behalf the
13 citation was issued, in accordance with s. 318.14(12), the
14 traffic citation will not be submitted to the court, the
15 disposition will be reported to the department by the
16 governmental entity that issued the citation, or on whose
17 behalf the citation was issued, and no points will be assessed
18 against the person's driver's license.
19 Section 20. Subsection (12) of section 318.14, Florida
20 Statutes, is amended to read:
21 318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
22 procedures.--
23 (12) Any person cited for a violation of s. 316.1001
24 may, in lieu of making an election as set forth in subsection
25 (4) or s. 318.18(7), elect to pay a his or her fine of $25, or
26 such other amount as imposed by the governmental entity owning
27 the applicable toll facility, plus the amount of the unpaid
28 toll that is shown on the traffic citation directly to the
29 governmental entity that issued the citation, or on whose
30 behalf the citation was issued, within 30 days after the date
31 of issuance of the citation. Any person cited for a violation
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1 of s. 316.1001 who does not elect to pay the fine imposed by
2 the governmental entity owning the applicable toll facility
3 plus the amount of the unpaid toll that is shown on the
4 traffic citation directly to the governmental entity that
5 issued the citation, or on whose behalf the citation was
6 issued, as described in this subsection section shall have an
7 additional 45 days after the date of the issuance of the
8 citation in which to request a court hearing or to pay the
9 civil penalty and delinquent fee, if applicable, as provided
10 in s. 318.18(7), either by mail or in person, in accordance
11 with subsection (4).
12 Section 21. Section 318.18, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 318.18 Amount of civil penalties.--The penalties
15 required for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14
16 or a criminal offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
17 (1) Fifteen dollars for:
18 (a) All infractions of pedestrian regulations.
19 (b) All infractions of s. 316.2065, unless otherwise
20 specified.
21 (c) Other violations of chapter 316 by persons 14
22 years of age or under who are operating bicycles, regardless
23 of the noncriminal traffic infraction's classification.
24 (2) Thirty dollars for all nonmoving traffic
25 violations and:
26 (a) For all violations of s. 322.19.
27 (b) For all violations of ss. 320.0605, 320.07(1),
28 322.065, and 322.15(1). Any person who is cited for a
29 violation of s. 320.07(1) shall be charged a delinquent fee
30 pursuant to s. 320.07(4).
31 1. If a person who is cited for a violation of s.
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1 320.0605 or s. 320.07 can show proof of having a valid
2 registration at the time of arrest, the clerk of the court may
3 dismiss the case and may assess a dismissal fee of up to
4 $7.50. A person who finds it impossible or impractical to
5 obtain a valid registration certificate must submit an
6 affidavit detailing the reasons for the impossibility or
7 impracticality. The reasons may include, but are not limited
8 to, the fact that the vehicle was sold, stolen, or destroyed;
9 that the state in which the vehicle is registered does not
10 issue a certificate of registration; or that the vehicle is
11 owned by another person.
12 2. If a person who is cited for a violation of s.
13 322.03, s. 322.065, or s. 322.15 can show a driver's license
14 issued to him or her and valid at the time of arrest, the
15 clerk of the court may dismiss the case and may assess a
16 dismissal fee of up to $7.50.
17 3. If a person who is cited for a violation of s.
18 316.646 can show proof of security as required by s. 627.733,
19 issued to the person and valid at the time of arrest, the
20 clerk of the court may dismiss the case and may assess a
21 dismissal fee of up to $7.50. A person who finds it impossible
22 or impractical to obtain proof of security must submit an
23 affidavit detailing the reasons for the impracticality. The
24 reasons may include, but are not limited to, the fact that the
25 vehicle has since been sold, stolen, or destroyed; that the
26 owner or registrant of the vehicle is not required by s.
27 627.733 to maintain personal injury protection insurance; or
28 that the vehicle is owned by another person.
29 (c) For all violations of ss. 316.2935 and 316.610.
30 However, for a violation of s. 316.2935 or s. 316.610, if the
31 person committing the violation corrects the defect and
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1 obtains proof of such timely repair by an affidavit of
2 compliance executed by the law enforcement agency within 30
3 days from the date upon which the traffic citation was issued,
4 and pays $4 to the law enforcement agency, thereby completing
5 the affidavit of compliance, then upon presentation of said
6 affidavit by the defendant to the clerk within the 30-day time
7 period set forth under s. 318.14(4), the fine must be reduced
8 to $7.50, which the clerk of the court shall retain.
9 (d) For all violations of s. 316.126(1)(b), unless
10 otherwise specified.
11 (3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
12 $60 for all moving violations not requiring a mandatory
13 appearance.
14 (b) For moving violations involving unlawful speed,
15 the fines are as follows:
16
17 For speed exceeding the limit by: Fine:
18 1-5 m.p.h..............................................Warning
19 6-9 m.p.h..................................................$25
20 10-14 m.p.h...............................................$100
21 15-19 m.p.h...............................................$125
22 20-29 m.p.h...............................................$150
23 30 m.p.h. and above.......................................$250
24 (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a person cited for
25 exceeding the speed limit by up to 5 m.p.h. in a legally
26 posted school zone will be fined $50. A person exceeding the
27 speed limit in a school zone shall pay a fine double the
28 amount listed in paragraph (b).
29 (d) A person cited for exceeding the speed limit in a
30 posted construction zone, which posting must include
31 notification of the speed limit and the doubling of fines,
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1 shall pay a fine double the amount listed in paragraph (b).
2 The fine shall be doubled for construction zone violations
3 only if construction personnel are present or operating
4 equipment on the road or immediately adjacent to the road
5 under construction.
6 (e) A person cited for exceeding the speed limit in an
7 enhanced penalty zone shall pay a fine amount of $50 plus the
8 amount listed in paragraph (b). Notwithstanding paragraph (b),
9 a person cited for exceeding the speed limit by up to 5 m.p.h.
10 in a legally posted enhanced penalty zone shall pay a fine
11 amount of $50.
12 (f) If a violation of s. 316.1301 or s. 316.1303
13 results in an injury to the pedestrian or damage to the
14 property of the pedestrian, an additional fine of up to $250
15 shall be paid. This amount must be distributed pursuant to s.
16 318.21.
17 (g) A person cited for exceeding the speed limit
18 within a zone posted for any electronic or manual toll
19 collection facility shall pay a fine double the amount listed
20 in paragraph (b). However, no person cited for exceeding the
21 speed limit in any toll collection zone shall be subject to a
22 doubled fine unless the governmental entity or authority
23 controlling the toll collection zone first installs a traffic
24 control device providing warning that speeding fines are
25 doubled. Any such traffic control device must meet the
26 requirements of the uniform system of traffic control devices.
27 (h) A person cited for a second or subsequent
28 conviction of speed exceeding the limit by 30 miles per hour
29 and above within a 12-month period shall pay a fine that is
30 double the amount listed in paragraph (b). For purposes of
31 this paragraph, the term "conviction" means a finding of guilt
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1 as a result of a jury verdict, nonjury trial, or entry of a
2 plea of guilty. Moneys received from the increased fine
3 imposed by this paragraph shall be remitted to the Department
4 of Revenue and deposited into the Department of Health
5 Administrative Trust Fund to provide financial support to
6 certified trauma centers to assure the availability and
7 accessibility of trauma services throughout the state. Funds
8 deposited into the Administrative Trust Fund under this
9 section shall be allocated as follows:
10 1. Fifty percent shall be allocated equally among all
11 Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers in recognition
12 of readiness costs for maintaining trauma services.
13 2. Fifty percent shall be allocated among Level I,
14 Level II, and pediatric trauma centers based on each center's
15 relative volume of trauma cases as reported in the Department
16 of Health Trauma Registry.
17 (4) The penalty imposed under s. 316.545 shall be
18 determined by the officer in accordance with the provisions of
19 ss. 316.535 and 316.545.
20 (5)(a) One hundred dollars for a violation of s.
21 316.172(1)(a), failure to stop for a school bus. If, at a
22 hearing, the alleged offender is found to have committed this
23 offense, the court shall impose a minimum civil penalty of
24 $100. In addition to this penalty, for a second or subsequent
25 offense within a period of 5 years, the department shall
26 suspend the driver's license of the person for not less than
27 90 days and not more than 6 months.
28 (b) Two hundred dollars for a violation of s.
29 316.172(1)(b), passing a school bus on the side that children
30 enter and exit when the school bus displays a stop signal. If,
31 at a hearing, the alleged offender is found to have committed
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1 this offense, the court shall impose a minimum civil penalty
2 of $200. In addition to this penalty, for a second or
3 subsequent offense within a period of 5 years, the department
4 shall suspend the driver's license of the person for not less
5 than 180 days and not more than 1 year.
6 (6) One hundred dollars or the fine amount designated
7 by county ordinance, plus court costs for illegally parking,
8 under s. 316.1955, in a parking space provided for people who
9 have disabilities. However, this fine will be waived if a
10 person provides to the law enforcement agency that issued the
11 citation for such a violation proof that the person committing
12 the violation has a valid parking permit or license plate
13 issued pursuant to s. 316.1958, s. 320.0842, s. 320.0843, s.
14 320.0845, or s. 320.0848 or a signed affidavit that the owner
15 of the disabled parking permit or license plate was present at
16 the time the violation occurred, and that such a parking
17 permit or license plate was valid at the time the violation
18 occurred. The law enforcement officer, upon determining that
19 all required documentation has been submitted verifying that
20 the required parking permit or license plate was valid at the
21 time of the violation, must sign an affidavit of compliance.
22 Upon provision of the affidavit of compliance and payment of a
23 dismissal fee of up to $7.50 to the clerk of the circuit
24 court, the clerk shall dismiss the citation.
25 (7) Mandatory $100 fine One hundred dollars for each a
26 violation of s. 316.1001 plus the amount of the unpaid toll
27 shown on the traffic citation for each citation issued. The
28 clerk of the court shall forward $25 of the $100 fine
29 received, plus the amount of the unpaid toll that is shown on
30 the citation, to the governmental entity that issued the
31 citation, or on whose behalf the citation was issued. If a
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1 plea arrangement is reached prior to the date set for a
2 scheduled evidentiary hearing and adjudication is withheld,
3 there shall be a mandatory fine assessed per citation of not
4 less than $50 and not more than $100, plus the amount of the
5 unpaid toll for each citation issued. The clerk of the court
6 shall forward $25 of the fine imposed plus the amount of the
7 unpaid toll that is shown on the citation to the governmental
8 entity that issued the citation or on whose behalf the
9 citation was issued. The court shall have specific authority
10 to consolidate issued citations for the same defendant for the
11 purpose of sentencing and aggregate jurisdiction. In addition,
12 the department shall suspend for 60 days the driver's license
13 of a person who is convicted of 10 violations of s. 316.1001
14 within a 36-month period. However, a person may elect to pay
15 $30 to the clerk of the court, in which case adjudication is
16 withheld, and no points are assessed under s. 322.27. Upon
17 receipt of the fine, the clerk of the court must retain $5 for
18 administrative purposes and must forward the $25 to the
19 governmental entity that issued the citation. Any funds
20 received by a governmental entity for this violation may be
21 used for any lawful purpose related to the operation or
22 maintenance of a toll facility.
23 (8)(a) Any person who fails to comply with the court's
24 requirements or who fails to pay the civil penalties specified
25 in this section within the 30-day period provided for in s.
26 318.14 must pay an additional civil penalty of $12, $2.50 of
27 which must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for
28 deposit in the General Revenue Fund, and $9.50 of which must
29 be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the
30 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. The department shall
31 contract with the Florida Association of Court Clerks, Inc.,
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1 to design, establish, operate, upgrade, and maintain an
2 automated statewide Uniform Traffic Citation Accounting System
3 to be operated by the clerks of the court which shall include,
4 but not be limited to, the accounting for traffic infractions
5 by type, a record of the disposition of the citations, and an
6 accounting system for the fines assessed and the subsequent
7 fine amounts paid to the clerks of the court. On or before
8 December 1, 2001, the clerks of the court must provide the
9 information required by this chapter to be transmitted to the
10 department by electronic transmission pursuant to the
11 contract.
12 (b) Any person who fails to comply with the court's
13 requirements as to civil penalties specified in this section
14 due to demonstrable financial hardship shall be authorized to
15 satisfy such civil penalties by public works or community
16 service. Each hour of such service shall be applied, at the
17 rate of the minimum wage, toward payment of the person's civil
18 penalties; provided, however, that if the person has a trade
19 or profession for which there is a community service need and
20 application, the rate for each hour of such service shall be
21 the average standard wage for such trade or profession. Any
22 person who fails to comply with the court's requirements as to
23 such civil penalties who does not demonstrate financial
24 hardship may also, at the discretion of the court, be
25 authorized to satisfy such civil penalties by public works or
26 community service in the same manner.
27 (c) If the noncriminal infraction has caused or
28 resulted in the death of another, the person who committed the
29 infraction may perform 120 community service hours under s.
30 316.027(4), in addition to any other penalties.
31 (9) One hundred dollars for a violation of s.
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1 316.1575.
2 (10) Twenty-five dollars for a violation of s.
3 316.2074.
4 (11)(a) In addition to the stated fine, court costs
5 must be paid in the following amounts and shall be deposited
6 by the clerk into the fine and forfeiture fund established
7 pursuant to s. 142.01:
8
9 For pedestrian infractions................................$ 3.
10 For nonmoving traffic infractions........................$ 16.
11 For moving traffic infractions...........................$ 30.
12
13 (b) In addition to the court cost required under
14 paragraph (a), up to $3 for each infraction shall be collected
15 and distributed by the clerk in those counties that have been
16 authorized to establish a criminal justice selection center or
17 a criminal justice access and assessment center pursuant to
18 the following special acts of the Legislature:
19 1. Chapter 87-423, Laws of Florida, for Brevard
20 County.
21 2. Chapter 89-521, Laws of Florida, for Bay County.
22 3. Chapter 94-444, Laws of Florida, for Alachua
23 County.
24 4. Chapter 97-333, Laws of Florida, for Pinellas
25 County.
26
27 Funds collected by the clerk pursuant to this paragraph shall
28 be distributed to the centers authorized by those special
29 acts.
30 (c) In addition to the court cost required under
31 paragraph (a), a $2.50 court cost must be paid for each
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1 infraction to be distributed by the clerk to the county to
2 help pay for criminal justice education and training programs
3 pursuant to s. 938.15. Funds from the distribution to the
4 county not directed by the county to fund these centers or
5 programs shall be retained by the clerk and used for funding
6 the court-related services of the clerk.
7 (d) In addition to the court cost required under
8 paragraph (a), a $3 court cost must be paid for each
9 infraction to be distributed as provided in s. 938.01 and a $2
10 court cost as provided in s. 938.15 when assessed by a
11 municipality or county.
12 (12) Two hundred dollars for a violation of s.
13 316.520(1) or (2). If, at a hearing, the alleged offender is
14 found to have committed this offense, the court shall impose a
15 minimum civil penalty of $200. For a second or subsequent
16 adjudication within a period of 5 years, the department shall
17 suspend the driver's license of the person for not less than 1
18 year and not more than 2 years.
19 (13) In addition to any penalties imposed for
20 noncriminal traffic infractions pursuant to this chapter or
21 imposed for criminal violations listed in s. 318.17, a board
22 of county commissioners or any unit of local government which
23 is consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. VIII of the State
24 Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of
25 the Constitution of 1968:
26 (a) May impose by ordinance a surcharge of up to $15
27 for any infraction or violation to fund state court
28 facilities. The court shall not waive this surcharge. Up to 25
29 percent of the revenue from such surcharge may be used to
30 support local law libraries provided that the county or unit
31 of local government provides a level of service equal to that
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1 provided prior to July 1, 2004, which shall include the
2 continuation of library facilities located in or near the
3 county courthouse or annexes.
4 (b) That imposed increased fees or service charges by
5 ordinance under s. 28.2401, s. 28.241, or s. 34.041 for the
6 purpose of securing payment of the principal and interest on
7 bonds issued by the county before July 1, 2003, to finance
8 state court facilities, may impose by ordinance a surcharge
9 for any infraction or violation for the exclusive purpose of
10 securing payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued
11 by the county before July 1, 2003, to fund state court
12 facilities until the date of stated maturity. The court shall
13 not waive this surcharge. Such surcharge may not exceed an
14 amount per violation calculated as the quotient of the maximum
15 annual payment of the principal and interest on the bonds as
16 of July 1, 2003, divided by the number of traffic citations
17 for county fiscal year 2002-2003 certified as paid by the
18 clerk of the court of the county. Such quotient shall be
19 rounded up to the next highest dollar amount. The bonds may be
20 refunded only if savings will be realized on payments of debt
21 service and the refunding bonds are scheduled to mature on the
22 same date or before the bonds being refunded. Notwithstanding
23 any of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph that limit
24 the use of surcharge revenues, if the revenues generated as a
25 result of the adoption of this ordinance exceed the debt
26 service on the bonds, the surplus revenues may be used to pay
27 down the debt service on the bonds; fund other
28 state-court-facility construction projects as may be certified
29 by the chief judge as necessary to address unexpected growth
30 in caseloads, emergency requirements to accommodate public
31 access, threats to the safety of the public, judges, staff,
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1 and litigants, or other exigent circumstances; or support
2 local law libraries in or near the county courthouse or
3 annexes.
4
5 A county may not impose both of the surcharges authorized
6 under paragraphs (a) and (b) concurrently. The clerk of court
7 shall report, no later than 30 days after the end of the
8 quarter, the amount of funds collected under this subsection
9 during each quarter of the fiscal year. The clerk shall submit
10 the report, in a format developed by the Office of State
11 Courts Administrator, to the chief judge of the circuit, the
12 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
13 House of Representatives.
14 (14) In addition to any penalties imposed for
15 noncriminal traffic infractions under this chapter or imposed
16 for criminal violations listed in s. 318.17, any unit of local
17 government that is consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. VIII
18 of the State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e),
19 Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1968, and that is
20 granted the authority in the State Constitution to exercise
21 all the powers of a municipal corporation, and any unit of
22 local government operating under a home rule charter adopted
23 pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State
24 Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of
25 the State Constitution of 1968, that is granted the authority
26 in the State Constitution to exercise all the powers conferred
27 now or hereafter by general law upon municipalities, may
28 impose by ordinance a surcharge of up to $15 for any
29 infraction or violation. Revenue from the surcharge shall be
30 transferred to such unit of local government for the purpose
31 of replacing fine revenue deposited into the clerk's fine and
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1 forfeiture fund under s. 142.01. The court may not waive this
2 surcharge. Proceeds from the imposition of the surcharge
3 authorized in this subsection shall not be used for the
4 purpose of securing payment of the principal and interest on
5 bonds. This subsection, and any surcharge imposed pursuant to
6 this subsection, shall stand repealed September 30, 2007.
7 (15) One hundred twenty-five dollars for a violation
8 of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when a driver has
9 failed to stop at a traffic signal. Sixty dollars shall be
10 distributed as provided in s. 318.21, and the remaining $65
11 shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit
12 into the Administrative Trust Fund of the Department of
13 Health.
14 (16) One hundred dollars for a violation of s.
15 316.622(3) or (4), for a vehicle that fails to display a
16 sticker authorizing it to transport migrant or seasonal farm
17 workers or fails to display standardized notification
18 instructions requiring passengers to fasten their seat belts.
19 Two hundred dollars for a violation of s. 316.622(1) or (2),
20 for operating a farm labor vehicle that fails to conform to
21 vehicle safety standards or lacks seat belt assemblies at each
22 passenger position.
23 (17) In addition to any penalties imposed, a surcharge
24 of $3 must be paid for all criminal offenses listed in s.
25 318.17 and for all noncriminal moving traffic violations under
26 chapter 316. Revenue from the surcharge shall be remitted to
27 the Department of Revenue and deposited quarterly into the
28 State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of the
29 Department of Management Services for the state agency law
30 enforcement radio system, as described in s. 282.1095. This
31 subsection expires July 1, 2012. The Department of Management
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1 Services may retain funds sufficient to recover the costs and
2 expenses incurred for the purposes of managing, administering,
3 and overseeing the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System. The
4 Department of Management Services working in conjunction with
5 the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement
6 Communications shall determine and direct the purposes for
7 which these funds are used to enhance and improve the radio
8 system.
9 Section 22. Subsection (17) is added to section
10 318.21, Florida Statutes, to read:
11 318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county
12 courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court
13 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be
14 distributed and paid monthly as follows:
15 (17) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the
16 proceeds from the surcharge imposed under s. 318.18(17) shall
17 be distributed as provided in that subsection. This subsection
18 expires July 1, 2012.
19 Section 23. Section 320.061, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration
22 certificates, license plates, mobile home stickers, or
23 validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty.--No
24 person shall alter the original appearance of any registration
25 license plate, mobile home sticker, validation sticker, or
26 vehicle registration certificate issued for and assigned to
27 any motor vehicle or mobile home, whether by mutilation,
28 alteration, defacement, or change of color or in any other
29 manner. No person shall apply or attach any substance,
30 reflective matter, illuminated device, spray, coating,
31 covering, or other material onto or around any license plate
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1 that interferes with the legibility, angular visibility, or
2 detectability of any feature or detail on the license plate or
3 interferes with the ability to record any feature or detail on
4 the license plate. Any person who violates the provisions of
5 this section commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second
6 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
7 Section 24. Notwithstanding any provision to the
8 contrary, the second paragraph contained in Specific
9 Appropriation 2188 of the 2007-2008 General Appropriations Act
10 shall not take effect but is repealed.
11 Section 25. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) and
12 subsection (8) of section 332.007, Florida Statutes, are
13 amended to read:
14 332.007 Administration and financing of aviation and
15 airport programs and projects; state plan.--
16 (6) Subject to the availability of appropriated funds,
17 the department may participate in the capital cost of eligible
18 public airport and aviation development projects in accordance
19 with the following rates, unless otherwise provided in the
20 General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill
21 implementing the General Appropriations Act:
22 (c) When federal funds are not available, the
23 department may fund up to 80 percent of master planning and
24 eligible aviation development projects at publicly owned,
25 publicly operated airports. If federal funds are available,
26 the department may fund up to 80 percent of the nonfederal
27 share of such projects. Such funding is limited to airports
28 that have no scheduled commercial service.
29 (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
30 contrary, the department is authorized to fund security
31 projects at provide operational and maintenance assistance to
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1 publicly owned public-use airports. Such assistance shall be
2 to comply with enhanced federal security requirements or to
3 address related economic impacts from the events of September
4 11, 2001. For projects in the current adopted work program, or
5 projects added using the available budget of the department,
6 airports may request the department change the project purpose
7 in accordance with this provision notwithstanding the
8 provisions of s. 339.135(7). For purposes of this subsection,
9 the department may fund up to 100 percent of eligible project
10 costs that are not funded by the Federal Government. Prior to
11 releasing any funds under this section, the department shall
12 review and approve the expenditure plans submitted by the
13 airport. The department shall inform the Legislature of any
14 change that it approves under this subsection. This subsection
15 shall expire on June 30, 2012 2007.
16 Section 26. Subsection (4) of section 332.14, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended to read:
18 332.14 Secure Airports for Florida's Economy
19 Council.--
20 (4) The council shall adopt bylaws governing the
21 manner in which the business of the council will be conducted.
22 The bylaws shall specify the procedure by which the chair of
23 the council is elected. The council shall meet at the call of
24 its chair, at the request of a majority of its membership, or
25 at such times as may be prescribed in its bylaws. However, the
26 council must meet at least twice a year. Except for the
27 members under paragraphs (2)(d), (e), and (f), all members of
28 the council are voting members. A majority of voting members
29 of the council constitutes a quorum for the purpose of
30 transacting the business of the council. A vote of the
31 majority of the members present is sufficient for any action
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1 of the council, except that a member representing the
2 Department of Transportation, the Department of Community
3 Affairs, the Department of Law Enforcement, or the Office of
4 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may vote to overrule
5 any action of the council approving a project pursuant to
6 paragraph (7)(a). The bylaws of the council may require a
7 greater vote for a particular action.
8 Section 27. Section 334.351, Florida Statutes, is
9 amended to read:
10 334.351 Youth work experience program; findings and
11 intent; authority to contract; limitation.--
12 (1) The Legislature finds and declares that young men
13 and women of the state should be given an opportunity to
14 obtain public service work and training experience that
15 protects and conserves the valuable resources of the state and
16 promotes participation in other community enhancement
17 projects. Notwithstanding the requirements of chapters 287 and
18 337, the Department of Transportation is authorized to
19 contract with public agencies and nonprofit organizations for
20 the performance of work related to the construction and
21 maintenance of transportation-related facilities by youths
22 enrolled in youth work experience programs. The total amount
23 of contracts entered into by the department under this section
24 in any fiscal year may not exceed the amount specifically
25 appropriated by the Legislature for this program.
26 (2) Each nonprofit youth organization that provides
27 services under a contract with the department must certify
28 that each young person enrolled in its work experience program
29 is a resident of this state and possesses a valid Florida
30 driver's license or identification card.
31 (3) When selecting a nonprofit youth organization to
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1 perform work on transportation-related facilities and before
2 awarding a contract under this section, the department must
3 consider the following criteria:
4 (a) The number of participants receiving
5 life-management skills training;
6 (b) The number of participants receiving high school
7 diplomas or GEDs;
8 (c) The number of participants receiving scholarships;
9 (d) The number of participants receiving bonuses;
10 (e) The number of participants who have secured
11 full-time jobs; and
12 (f) The other programs or services that support the
13 development of disadvantaged youths.
14 (4) Each nonprofit youth organization under contract
15 with the department must:
16 (a) Submit an annual report to the department by
17 January 1 of each year. The report must include, but need not
18 be limited to, the applicable performance of the organization
19 when measured by the criteria in subsection (3) for the
20 organization's most recently completed fiscal year.
21 (b) Submit an independent audit of the organization's
22 financial records to the department each year. The
23 organization's contract with the department must allow the
24 department the right to inspect the organization's financial
25 and program records.
26 (c) Demonstrate participation in a peer assessment or
27 review process, such as the Excellence in Corps Operations of
28 the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps.
29 Section 28. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
30 336.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
31 336.025 County transportation system; levy of local
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1 option fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel.--
2 (1)
3 (c) Local governments may use the services of the
4 Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration
5 pursuant to the State Bond Act to issue any bonds through the
6 provisions of this section and may pledge the revenues from
7 local option fuel taxes to secure the payment of the bonds. In
8 no case may a jurisdiction issue bonds pursuant to this
9 section more frequently than once per year. Counties and
10 municipalities may join together for the issuance of bonds
11 issued pursuant to this section.
12 Section 29. Subsection (3) of section 336.41, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 336.41 Counties; employing labor and providing road
15 equipment; accounting; when competitive bidding required.--
16 (3) All construction and reconstruction of roads and
17 bridges, including resurfacing, full scale mineral seal
18 coating, and major bridge and bridge system repairs, to be
19 performed utilizing the proceeds of the 80-percent portion of
20 the surplus of the constitutional gas tax shall be let to
21 contract to the lowest responsible bidder by competitive bid,
22 except for:
23 (a) Construction and maintenance in emergency
24 situations, and
25 (b) In addition to emergency work, construction and
26 reconstruction, including resurfacing, mineral seal coating,
27 and bridge repairs, having a total cumulative annual value not
28 to exceed 5 percent of its 80-percent portion of the
29 constitutional gas tax or $400,000 $250,000, whichever is
30 greater, and
31 (c) Construction of sidewalks, curbing, accessibility
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1 ramps, or appurtenances incidental to roads and bridges if
2 each project is estimated in accordance with generally
3 accepted cost-accounting principles to have total construction
4 project costs of less than $400,000 or as adjusted by the
5 percentage change in the Construction Cost Index from January
6 1, 2008,
7
8 for which the county may utilize its own forces. However, if,
9 after proper advertising, no bids are received by a county for
10 a specific project, the county may use its own forces to
11 construct the project, notwithstanding the limitation of this
12 subsection. Nothing in this section shall prevent the county
13 from performing routine maintenance as authorized by law.
14 Section 30. Construction aggregate materials.--
15 (1) DEFINITIONS.--"Construction aggregate materials"
16 means crushed stone, limestone, dolomite, limerock, shell
17 rock, cemented coquina, sand for use as a component of
18 mortars, concrete, bituminous mixtures, or underdrain filters,
19 and other mined resources providing the basic material for
20 concrete, asphalt, and road base.
21 (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds that
22 there is a strategic and critical need for an available supply
23 of construction aggregate materials within the state and that
24 a disruption of the supply would cause a significant detriment
25 to the state's construction industry, transportation system,
26 and overall health, safety, and welfare.
27 (3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISIONMAKING.--No local
28 government shall approve or deny a proposed land use zoning
29 change, comprehensive plan amendment, land use permit,
30 ordinance, or order regarding construction aggregate materials
31 without considering any information provided by the Department
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1 of Transportation regarding the effect such change, amendment,
2 permit decision, ordinance, or order would have on the
3 availability, transportation, and potential extraction of
4 construction aggregate materials on the local area, the
5 region, and the state. The failure of the Department of
6 Transportation to provide this information shall not be a
7 basis for delay or invalidation of the local government
8 action. No local government may impose a moratorium, or
9 combination of moratoria, of more than 12 months' duration on
10 the mining or extraction of construction aggregate materials,
11 commencing on the date the vote was taken to impose the
12 moratorium. January 1, 2007, shall serve as the commencement
13 of the 12-month period for moratoria already in place as of
14 July 1, 2007.
15 (4) EXPEDITED PERMITTING.--Due to the state's critical
16 infrastructure needs and the potential shortfall in available
17 construction aggregate materials, limerock environmental
18 resource permitting and reclamation applications filed after
19 March 1, 2007, are eligible for the expedited permitting
20 processes contained in s. 403.973, Florida Statutes.
21 Challenges to state agency action in the expedited permitting
22 process for establishment of a limerock mine in this state
23 under s. 403.973, Florida Statutes, are subject to the same
24 requirements as challenges brought under s. 403.973(15)(a),
25 Florida Statutes, except that, notwithstanding s. 120.574,
26 Florida Statutes, summary proceedings must be conducted within
27 30 days after a party files the motion for summary hearing,
28 regardless of whether the parties agree to the summary
29 proceeding.
30 (5) STRATEGIC AGGREGATES REVIEW TASK FORCE.--
31 (a) The Strategic Aggregates Review Task Force is
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1 created to evaluate the availability and disposition of
2 construction aggregate materials and related mining and land
3 use practices in this state.
4 (b) The task force shall be appointed by August 1,
5 2007, and shall be composed of the following 19 members:
6 1. The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
7 House of Representatives, and the Governor shall each appoint
8 one member from each of the following groups:
9 a. The mining industry.
10 b. The construction industry.
11 c. The transportation industries, including seaports,
12 trucking, railroads, or roadbuilders.
13 d. Elected officials representing counties identified
14 by the Department of Transportation as limestone or sand
15 resource areas. Rural, midsize, and urban counties shall each
16 have one elected official on the task force.
17 e. Environmental advocacy groups.
18 2. The Secretary of Environmental Protection or
19 designee.
20 3. The Secretary of Community Affairs or designee.
21 4. The Secretary of Transportation or designee.
22 5. One member appointed by the Florida League of
23 Cities, Inc.
24 (c) Members of the commission shall serve without
25 compensation. Travel and per diem expenses for members who are
26 not state employees shall be paid by the Department of
27 Transportation in accordance with s. 112.061, Florida
28 Statutes.
29 (d) The Department of Transportation shall organize
30 and provide administrative support for the task force and
31 coordinate with other state agencies and local governments in
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1 obtaining and providing such data and information as may be
2 needed by the task force to complete its evaluation. The
3 department may conduct any supporting studies as are required
4 to obtain needed information or otherwise assist the task
5 force in its review and deliberations.
6 (e) The Department of Transportation shall collect and
7 provide information to the task force relating to construction
8 aggregate materials and the amount of such materials used by
9 the department on state road infrastructure projects and shall
10 provide any technical and supporting information relating to
11 the use of such materials as is available to the department.
12 (f) The task force shall report its findings to the
13 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
14 House of Representatives by February 1, 2008. The report must
15 identify locations with significant concentrations of
16 construction aggregate materials and recommend actions
17 intended to ensure the continued extraction and availability
18 of construction aggregate materials.
19 (g) The task force shall be dissolved on July 1, 2008.
20 Section 31. Section 337.026, Florida Statutes, is
21 created to read:
22 337.026 Authority of department to enter into
23 agreements for construction aggregate materials.--
24 (1) The department may pursue procurement techniques
25 that will provide the department with reliable and economic
26 supplies of construction aggregate materials and control time
27 and cost increases on construction projects.
28 (2) The department may enter into agreements with
29 private or public entities. Such agreements may include, but
30 are not limited to, department acquisition of materials or
31 resources or long-term leases for a term not to exceed 99
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1 years that will advance the state's transportation needs.
2 (3) To the maximum extent practical, the department
3 must use the existing process to award and administer such
4 procurement techniques. When techniques authorized by this
5 section are to be used, the department is not required to
6 adhere to provisions of law that would prevent, preclude, or
7 prohibit it from using this procurement technique. However,
8 prior to using this procurement technique, the department must
9 document in writing the need for the exception and identify
10 the benefits the traveling public and the affected community
11 are anticipated to receive.
12 Section 32. No local governmental entity shall impose
13 or enforce any ordinance or regulation upon the owner of a
14 license or permit to operate a motor vehicle insured pursuant
15 to s. 627.733(1)(b) which restricts the transfer of the
16 permit, license or the shares of the corporation that owns the
17 permit or licenses to another person.
18 Section 33. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
19 337.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 337.11 Contracting authority of department; bids;
21 emergency repairs, supplemental agreements, and change orders;
22 combined design and construction contracts; progress payments;
23 records; requirements of vehicle registration.--
24 (3)(a) On all construction contracts of $250,000 or
25 less, and any construction contract of less than $500,000 for
26 which the department has waived prequalification under s.
27 337.14, the department shall advertise for bids in a newspaper
28 having general circulation in the county where the proposed
29 work is located. Publication shall be at least once a week for
30 no less than 2 consecutive weeks, and the first publication
31 shall be no less than 14 days prior to the date on which bids
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1 are to be received.
2 Section 34. Subsection (1) of section 337.14, Florida
3 Statutes, is amended to read:
4 337.14 Application for qualification; certificate of
5 qualification; restrictions; request for hearing.--
6 (1) Any person desiring to bid for the performance of
7 any construction contract in excess of $250,000 which the
8 department proposes to let must first be certified by the
9 department as qualified pursuant to this section and rules of
10 the department. The rules of the department shall address the
11 qualification of persons to bid on construction contracts in
12 excess of $250,000 and shall include requirements with respect
13 to the equipment, past record, experience, financial
14 resources, and organizational personnel of the applicant
15 necessary to perform the specific class of work for which the
16 person seeks certification. The department is authorized to
17 limit the dollar amount of any contract upon which a person is
18 qualified to bid or the aggregate total dollar volume of
19 contracts such person is allowed to have under contract at any
20 one time. Each applicant seeking qualification to bid on
21 construction contracts in excess of $250,000 shall furnish the
22 department a statement under oath, on such forms as the
23 department may prescribe, setting forth detailed information
24 as required on the application. Each application for
25 certification shall be accompanied by the latest annual
26 financial statement of the applicant completed within the last
27 12 months. If the annual financial statement shows the
28 financial condition of the applicant more than 4 months prior
29 to the date on which the application is received by the
30 department, then an interim financial statement must also be
31 submitted. The interim financial statement must cover the
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1 period from the end date of the annual statement and must show
2 the financial condition of the applicant no more than 4 months
3 prior to the date on which the application is received by the
4 department. Each required annual or interim financial
5 statement must be audited and accompanied by the opinion of a
6 certified public accountant or a public accountant approved by
7 the department. The information required by this subsection is
8 confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
9 119.07(1). The department shall act upon the application for
10 qualification within 30 days after the department determines
11 that the application is complete. The department may waive the
12 requirements of this subsection for projects having a contract
13 price of $500,000 or less if the department determines that
14 the project is of a noncritical nature and the waiver will not
15 endanger public health, safety, or property.
16 Section 35. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
17 337.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
18 337.18 Surety bonds for construction or maintenance
19 contracts; requirement with respect to contract award; bond
20 requirements; defaults; damage assessments.--
21 (1)(a) A surety bond shall be required of the
22 successful bidder in an amount equal to the awarded contract
23 price. However, the department may choose, in its discretion
24 and applicable only to multiyear maintenance contracts, to
25 allow for incremental annual contract bonds that cumulatively
26 total the full, awarded, multiyear contract price. For a
27 project for which the contract price is $250,000 $150,000 or
28 less, the department may waive the requirement for all or a
29 portion of a surety bond if it determines the project is of a
30 noncritical nature and nonperformance will not endanger public
31 health, safety, or property. If the secretary or his designee
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1 determines that it is in the best interests of the department
2 to reduce the bonding requirement for a project and that to do
3 so will not endanger public health, safety, or property, the
4 department may waive the requirement of a surety bond in an
5 amount equal to the awarded contract price for a project
6 having a contract price of $250 million or more and, in its
7 place, may set a surety bond amount that is a portion of the
8 total contract price and provide an alternate means of
9 security for the balance of the contract amount that is not
10 covered by the surety bond or provide for incremental surety
11 bonding and provide an alternate means of security for the
12 balance of the contract amount that is not covered by the
13 surety bond. Such alternative means of security may include
14 letters of credit, United States bonds and notes, parent
15 company guarantees, and cash collateral. The department may
16 require alternate means of security if a surety bond is
17 waived. The surety on such bond shall be a surety company
18 authorized to do business in the state. All bonds shall be
19 payable to the department and conditioned for the prompt,
20 faithful, and efficient performance of the contract according
21 to plans and specifications and within the time period
22 specified, and for the prompt payment of all persons defined
23 in s. 713.01 furnishing labor, material, equipment, and
24 supplies for work provided in the contract; however, whenever
25 an improvement, demolition, or removal contract price is
26 $25,000 or less, the security may, in the discretion of the
27 bidder, be in the form of a cashier's check, bank money order
28 of any state or national bank, certified check, or postal
29 money order. The department shall adopt rules to implement
30 this subsection. Such rules shall include provisions under
31 which the department shall refuse to accept bonds on contracts
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1 when a surety wrongfully fails or refuses to settle or provide
2 a defense for claims or actions arising under a contract for
3 which the surety previously furnished a bond.
4 Section 36. Section 338.161, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 338.161 Authority of department or toll agencies to
7 advertise and promote electronic toll collection; expanded
8 uses of electronic toll collection system; studies
9 authorized.--
10 (1) The department is authorized to incur expenses for
11 paid advertising, marketing, and promotion of toll facilities
12 and electronic toll collection products and services.
13 Promotions may include discounts and free products.
14 (2) The department is authorized to receive funds from
15 advertising placed on electronic toll collection products and
16 promotional materials to defray the costs of products and
17 services.
18 (3)(a) The department or any toll agency created by
19 statute may incur expenses to advertise or promote its
20 electronic toll collection system to consumers on or off the
21 turnpike or toll system.
22 (b) If the department or any toll agency created by
23 statute finds that it can increase nontoll revenues or add
24 convenience or other value for its customers, the department
25 or toll agency may enter into agreements with any private or
26 public entity allowing the use of its electronic toll
27 collection system to pay parking fees for vehicles equipped
28 with a transponder or similar device. The department or toll
29 agency may initiate feasibility studies of additional future
30 uses of its electronic toll collection system and make
31 recommendations to the Legislature to authorize such uses.
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1 Section 37. Subsections (1), (3), and (4) of section
2 338.2275, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3 338.2275 Approved turnpike projects.--
4 (1) Legislative approval of the department's tentative
5 work program that contains the turnpike project constitutes
6 approval to issue bonds as required by s. 11(f), Art. VII of
7 the State Constitution. No more than $10 billion of bonds may
8 be outstanding to fund approved turnpike projects. Turnpike
9 projects approved to be included in future tentative work
10 programs include, but are not limited to, projects contained
11 in the 2003-2004 tentative work program. A maximum of $4.5
12 billion of bonds may be issued to fund approved turnpike
13 projects.
14 (3) Subject to verification of economic feasibility by
15 the department in accordance with s. 338.221(8), the
16 department shall acquire the assets and assume the liabilities
17 of the Sawgrass Expressway as a candidate project from the
18 Broward County Expressway Authority. The agreement to acquire
19 the Sawgrass Expressway shall be subject to the terms and
20 covenants of the Broward County Expressway Authority Bond
21 Series 1984 and 1986A lease-purchase agreements and shall not
22 act to the detriment of the bondholders nor decrease the
23 quality of the bonds. The department shall provide for the
24 cost of operations and maintenance expenses and for the
25 replacement of future Broward County gasoline tax funds
26 pledged for the payment of principal and interest on such
27 bonds. The department shall repay, to the extent possible,
28 Broward County gasoline tax funds used since July 6, 1988, for
29 debt service on such bonds. For the purpose of calculating the
30 economic feasibility of this project, the department is
31 authorized to exclude operations and maintenance expenses
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1 accumulated between July 6, 1988, and the date of the
2 agreement. Upon performance of all terms of the agreement
3 between the parties, the Sawgrass Expressway will become a
4 part of the turnpike system.
5 (3)(4) Bonds may not be issued to fund a turnpike
6 project until the department has made a final determination
7 that the project is economically feasible in accordance with
8 s. 338.221, based on the most current information available.
9 Section 38. Subsections (3), (4), and (6) of section
10 338.231, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
11 338.231 Turnpike tolls, fixing; pledge of tolls and
12 other revenues.--The department shall at all times fix,
13 adjust, charge, and collect such tolls for the use of the
14 turnpike system as are required in order to provide a fund
15 sufficient with other revenues of the turnpike system to pay
16 the cost of maintaining, improving, repairing, and operating
17 such turnpike system; to pay the principal of and interest on
18 all bonds issued to finance or refinance any portion of the
19 turnpike system as the same become due and payable; and to
20 create reserves for all such purposes.
21 (3) The department shall publish a proposed change in
22 the toll rate for the use of an existing toll facility, in the
23 manner provided for in s. 120.54, which will provide for
24 public notice and the opportunity for a public hearing before
25 the adoption of the proposed rate change. When the department
26 is evaluating a proposed turnpike toll project under s.
27 338.223 and has determined that there is a high probability
28 that the project will pass the test of economic feasibility
29 predicated on proposed toll rates, the toll rate that is
30 proposed to be charged after the project is constructed must
31 be adopted during the planning and project development phase
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1 of the project, in the manner provided for in s. 120.54,
2 including public notice and the opportunity for a public
3 hearing. For such a new project, the toll rate becomes
4 effective upon the opening of the project to traffic.
5 (4) For the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2017
6 2007, the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible,
7 program sufficient funds in the tentative work program such
8 that the percentage of turnpike toll and bond financed
9 commitments in Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach
10 County as compared to total turnpike toll and bond financed
11 commitments shall be at least 90 percent of the share of net
12 toll collections attributable to users of the turnpike system
13 in Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
14 compared to total net toll collections attributable to users
15 of the turnpike system. The requirements of this subsection do
16 not apply when the application of such requirements would
17 violate any covenant established in a resolution or trust
18 indenture relating to the issuance of turnpike bonds.
19 (6) In each fiscal year while any of the bonds of the
20 Broward County Expressway Authority series 1984 and series
21 1986-A remain outstanding, the department is authorized to
22 pledge revenues from the turnpike system to the payment of
23 principal and interest of such series of bonds, the repayment
24 of Broward County gasoline tax funds as provided in s.
25 338.2275(3), and the operation and maintenance expenses of the
26 Sawgrass Expressway, to the extent gross toll revenues of the
27 Sawgrass Expressway are insufficient to make such payments.
28 The terms of an agreement relative to the pledge of turnpike
29 system revenue will be negotiated with the parties of the 1984
30 and 1986 Broward County Expressway Authority lease-purchase
31 agreements, and subject to the covenants of those agreements.
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1 The agreement shall establish that the Sawgrass Expressway
2 shall be subject to the planning, management, and operating
3 control of the department limited only by the terms of the
4 lease-purchase agreements. The department shall provide for
5 the payment of operation and maintenance expenses of the
6 Sawgrass Expressway until such agreement is in effect. This
7 pledge of turnpike system revenues shall be subordinate to the
8 debt service requirements of any future issue of turnpike
9 bonds, the payment of turnpike system operation and
10 maintenance expenses, and subject to provisions of any
11 subsequent resolution or trust indenture relating to the
12 issuance of such turnpike bonds.
13 Section 39. Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section
14 339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15 339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust
16 Fund.--
17 (1) The department shall expend moneys in the State
18 Transportation Trust Fund accruing to the department, in
19 accordance with its annual budget. The use of such moneys
20 shall be restricted to the following purposes:
21 (j) To pay the cost of county or municipal road
22 projects selected in accordance with the County Incentive
23 Grant Program created in s. 339.2817, and the Small County
24 Outreach Program created in s. 339.2818, and the Enhanced
25 Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation created in s.
26 339.285.
27 Section 40. Section 339.175, Florida Statutes, is
28 amended to read:
29 339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.--
30 (1) PURPOSE.--It is the intent of the Legislature to
31 encourage and promote the safe and efficient management,
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1 operation, and development of surface transportation systems
2 that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight and
3 foster economic growth and development within and through
4 urbanized areas of this state while minimizing
5 transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution
6 through metropolitan transportation planning processes
7 identified in this section. To accomplish these objectives,
8 metropolitan planning organizations, referred to in this
9 section as M.P.O.'s, shall develop, in cooperation with the
10 state and public transit operators, transportation plans and
11 programs for metropolitan areas. The plans and programs for
12 each metropolitan area must provide for the development and
13 integrated management and operation of transportation systems
14 and facilities, including pedestrian walkways and bicycle
15 transportation facilities that will function as an intermodal
16 transportation system for the metropolitan area, based upon
17 the prevailing principles provided in s. 334.046(1). The
18 process for developing such plans and programs shall provide
19 for consideration of all modes of transportation and shall be
20 continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive, to the degree
21 appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation
22 problems to be addressed. To ensure that the process is
23 integrated with the statewide planning process, M.P.O.'s shall
24 develop plans and programs that identify transportation
25 facilities that should function as an integrated metropolitan
26 transportation system, giving emphasis to facilities that
27 serve important national, state, and regional transportation
28 functions. For the purposes of this section, those facilities
29 include the facilities on the Strategic Intermodal System
30 designated under s. 339.63 and facilities for which projects
31 have been identified pursuant to s. 339.2819(4).
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1 (2)(1) DESIGNATION.--
2 (a)1. An M.P.O. shall be designated for each urbanized
3 area of the state; however, this does not require that an
4 individual M.P.O. be designated for each such area. Such
5 designation shall be accomplished by agreement between the
6 Governor and units of general-purpose local government
7 representing at least 75 percent of the population of the
8 urbanized area; however, the unit of general-purpose local
9 government that represents the central city or cities within
10 the M.P.O. jurisdiction, as defined by the United States
11 Bureau of the Census, must be a party to such agreement.
12 2. More than one M.P.O. may be designated within an
13 existing metropolitan planning area only if the Governor and
14 the existing M.P.O. determine that the size and complexity of
15 the existing metropolitan planning area makes the designation
16 of more than one M.P.O. for the area appropriate.
17 (b) Each M.P.O. designated in a manner prescribed by
18 Title 23 U.S.C. shall be created and operated under the
19 provisions of this section pursuant to an interlocal agreement
20 entered into pursuant to s. 163.01. The signatories to the
21 interlocal agreement shall be the department and the
22 governmental entities designated by the Governor for
23 membership on the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. shall be considered
24 separate from the state or the governing body of a local
25 government that is represented on the governing board of the
26 M.P.O. or that is a signatory to the interlocal agreement
27 creating the M.P.O. and shall have such powers and privileges
28 that are provided under s. 163.01. If there is a conflict
29 between this section and s. 163.01, this section prevails.
30 (c) The jurisdictional boundaries of an M.P.O. shall
31 be determined by agreement between the Governor and the
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1 applicable M.P.O. The boundaries must include at least the
2 metropolitan planning area, which is the existing urbanized
3 area and the contiguous area expected to become urbanized
4 within a 20-year forecast period, and may encompass the entire
5 metropolitan statistical area or the consolidated metropolitan
6 statistical area.
7 (d) In the case of an urbanized area designated as a
8 nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under the
9 Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq., the boundaries of
10 the metropolitan planning area in existence as of the date of
11 enactment of this paragraph shall be retained, except that the
12 boundaries may be adjusted by agreement of the Governor and
13 affected metropolitan planning organizations in the manner
14 described in this section. If more than one M.P.O. has
15 authority within a metropolitan area or an area that is
16 designated as a nonattainment area, each M.P.O. shall consult
17 with other M.P.O.'s designated for such area and with the
18 state in the coordination of plans and programs required by
19 this section.
20 (e) The governing body of the M.P.O. shall designate,
21 at a minimum, a chair, vice chair, and agency clerk. The chair
22 and vice chair shall be selected from among the member
23 delegates comprising the governing board. The agency clerk
24 shall be charged with the responsibility of preparing meeting
25 minutes and maintaining agency records. The clerk shall be a
26 member of the M.P.O. governing board, an employee of the
27 M.P.O., or other natural person.
28
29 Each M.P.O. required under this section must be fully
30 operative no later than 6 months following its designation.
31 (3)(2) VOTING MEMBERSHIP.--
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1 (a) The voting membership of an M.P.O. shall consist
2 of not fewer than 5 or more than 19 apportioned members, the
3 exact number to be determined on an equitable
4 geographic-population ratio basis by the Governor, based on an
5 agreement among the affected units of general-purpose local
6 government as required by federal rules and regulations. The
7 Governor, in accordance with 23 U.S.C. s. 134, may also
8 provide for M.P.O. members who represent municipalities to
9 alternate with representatives from other municipalities
10 within the metropolitan planning area that do not have members
11 on the M.P.O. County commission members shall compose not less
12 than one-third of the M.P.O. membership, except for an M.P.O.
13 with more than 15 members located in a county with a 5-member
14 five-member county commission or an M.P.O. with 19 members
15 located in a county with no more than 6 county commissioners,
16 in which case county commission members may compose less than
17 one-third percent of the M.P.O. membership, but all county
18 commissioners must be members. All voting members shall be
19 elected officials of general-purpose local governments, except
20 that an M.P.O. may include, as part of its apportioned voting
21 members, a member of a statutorily authorized planning board,
22 an official of an agency that operates or administers a major
23 mode of transportation, or an official of the Florida Space
24 Authority. As used in this section, the term "elected
25 officials of a general-purpose local government" shall exclude
26 constitutional officers, including sheriffs, tax collectors,
27 supervisors of elections, property appraisers, clerks of the
28 court, and similar types of officials. County commissioners
29 The county commission shall compose not less than 20 percent
30 of the M.P.O. membership if an official of an agency that
31 operates or administers a major mode of transportation has
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1 been appointed to an M.P.O.
2 (b) In metropolitan areas in which authorities or
3 other agencies have been or may be created by law to perform
4 transportation functions and are performing transportation
5 functions that are not under the jurisdiction of a
6 general-purpose general purpose local government represented
7 on the M.P.O., they shall be provided voting membership on the
8 M.P.O. In all other M.P.O.'s where transportation authorities
9 or agencies are to be represented by elected officials from
10 general-purpose general purpose local governments, the M.P.O.
11 shall establish a process by which the collective interests of
12 such authorities or other agencies are expressed and conveyed.
13 (c) Any other provision of this section to the
14 contrary notwithstanding, a chartered county with over 1
15 million population may elect to reapportion the membership of
16 an M.P.O. whose jurisdiction is wholly within the county. The
17 charter county may exercise the provisions of this paragraph
18 if:
19 1. The M.P.O. approves the reapportionment plan by a
20 three-fourths vote of its membership;
21 2. The M.P.O. and the charter county determine that
22 the reapportionment plan is needed to fulfill specific goals
23 and policies applicable to that metropolitan planning area;
24 and
25 3. The charter county determines the reapportionment
26 plan otherwise complies with all federal requirements
27 pertaining to M.P.O. membership.
28
29 Any charter county that elects to exercise the provisions of
30 this paragraph shall notify the Governor in writing.
31 (d) Any other provision of this section to the
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1 contrary notwithstanding, any county chartered under s. 6(e),
2 Art. VIII of the State Constitution may elect to have its
3 county commission serve as the M.P.O., if the M.P.O.
4 jurisdiction is wholly contained within the county. Any
5 charter county that elects to exercise the provisions of this
6 paragraph shall so notify the Governor in writing. Upon
7 receipt of such notification, the Governor must designate the
8 county commission as the M.P.O. The Governor must appoint four
9 additional voting members to the M.P.O., one of whom must be
10 an elected official representing a municipality within the
11 county, one of whom must be an expressway authority member,
12 one of whom must be a person who does not hold elected public
13 office and who resides in the unincorporated portion of the
14 county, and one of whom must be a school board member.
15 (4)(3) APPORTIONMENT.--
16 (a) The Governor shall, with the agreement of the
17 affected units of general-purpose local government as required
18 by federal rules and regulations, apportion the membership on
19 the applicable M.P.O. among the various governmental entities
20 within the area. At the request of a majority of the affected
21 units of general-purpose local government comprising an
22 M.P.O., the Governor and a majority of units of
23 general-purpose local government serving on an M.P.O. shall
24 cooperatively agree upon and prescribe who may serve as an
25 alternate member and shall prescribe a method for appointing
26 alternate members who may vote at any M.P.O. meeting that an
27 alternate member attends in place of a regular member. The
28 method shall be set forth as a part of the interlocal
29 agreement describing the M.P.O.'s membership or in the
30 M.P.O.'s operating procedures and bylaws. An appointed
31 alternate member must be an elected official serving the same
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1 governmental entity or a general-purpose local government with
2 jurisdiction within all or part of the area that the regular
3 member serves. The governmental entity so designated shall
4 appoint the appropriate number of members to the M.P.O. from
5 eligible officials. Representatives of the department shall
6 serve as nonvoting members of the M.P.O. governing board.
7 Nonvoting advisers may be appointed by the M.P.O. as deemed
8 necessary; however, to the maximum extent feasible, each
9 M.P.O. shall seek to appoint nonvoting representatives of
10 various multimodal forms of transportation not otherwise
11 represented by voting members of the M.P.O. An M.P.O. shall
12 appoint nonvoting advisers representing major military
13 installations located within the jurisdictional boundaries of
14 the M.P.O. upon the request of the aforesaid major military
15 installations and subject to the agreement of the M.P.O. All
16 nonvoting advisers may attend and participate fully in
17 governing board meetings but shall not have a vote and shall
18 not be members of the governing board. The Governor shall
19 review the composition of the M.P.O. membership in conjunction
20 with the decennial census as prepared by the United States
21 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and reapportion
22 it as necessary to comply with subsection (3) (2).
23 (b) Except for members who represent municipalities on
24 the basis of alternating with representatives from other
25 municipalities that do not have members on the M.P.O. as
26 provided in paragraph (3)(a) (2)(a), the members of an M.P.O.
27 shall serve 4-year terms. Members who represent municipalities
28 on the basis of alternating with representatives from other
29 municipalities that do not have members on the M.P.O. as
30 provided in paragraph (3)(a) (2)(a) may serve terms of up to 4
31 years as further provided in the interlocal agreement
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1 described in paragraph (2)(b) (1)(b). The membership of a
2 member who is a public official automatically terminates upon
3 the member's leaving his or her elective or appointive office
4 for any reason, or may be terminated by a majority vote of the
5 total membership of the entity's governing board a county or
6 city governing entity represented by the member. A vacancy
7 shall be filled by the original appointing entity. A member
8 may be reappointed for one or more additional 4-year terms.
9 (c) If a governmental entity fails to fill an assigned
10 appointment to an M.P.O. within 60 days after notification by
11 the Governor of its duty to appoint, that appointment shall be
12 made by the Governor from the eligible representatives of that
13 governmental entity.
14 (5)(4) AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.--The authority
15 and responsibility of an M.P.O. is to manage a continuing,
16 cooperative, and comprehensive transportation planning process
17 that, based upon the prevailing principles provided in s.
18 334.046(1), results in the development of plans and programs
19 which are consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with the
20 approved local government comprehensive plans of the units of
21 local government the boundaries of which are within the
22 metropolitan area of the M.P.O. An M.P.O. shall be the forum
23 for cooperative decisionmaking by officials of the affected
24 governmental entities in the development of the plans and
25 programs required by subsections (5), (6), (7), and (8), and
26 (9).
27 (6)(5) POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES.--The
28 powers, privileges, and authority of an M.P.O. are those
29 specified in this section or incorporated in an interlocal
30 agreement authorized under s. 163.01. Each M.P.O. shall
31 perform all acts required by federal or state laws or rules,
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1 now and subsequently applicable, which are necessary to
2 qualify for federal aid. It is the intent of this section that
3 each M.P.O. shall be involved in the planning and programming
4 of transportation facilities, including, but not limited to,
5 airports, intercity and high-speed rail lines, seaports, and
6 intermodal facilities, to the extent permitted by state or
7 federal law.
8 (a) Each M.P.O. shall, in cooperation with the
9 department, develop:
10 1. A long-range transportation plan pursuant to the
11 requirements of subsection (7) (6);
12 2. An annually updated transportation improvement
13 program pursuant to the requirements of subsection (8) (7);
14 and
15 3. An annual unified planning work program pursuant to
16 the requirements of subsection (9) (8).
17 (b) In developing the long-range transportation plan
18 and the transportation improvement program required under
19 paragraph (a), each M.P.O. shall provide for consideration of
20 projects and strategies that will:
21 1. Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan
22 area, especially by enabling global competitiveness,
23 productivity, and efficiency;
24 2. Increase the safety and security of the
25 transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users;
26 3. Increase the accessibility and mobility options
27 available to people and for freight;
28 4. Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy
29 conservation, and improve quality of life;
30 5. Enhance the integration and connectivity of the
31 transportation system, across and between modes, for people
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1 and freight;
2 6. Promote efficient system management and operation;
3 and
4 7. Emphasize the preservation of the existing
5 transportation system.
6 (c) In order to provide recommendations to the
7 department and local governmental entities regarding
8 transportation plans and programs, each M.P.O. shall:
9 1. Prepare a congestion management system for the
10 metropolitan area and cooperate with the department in the
11 development of all other transportation management systems
12 required by state or federal law;
13 2. Assist the department in mapping transportation
14 planning boundaries required by state or federal law;
15 3. Assist the department in performing its duties
16 relating to access management, functional classification of
17 roads, and data collection;
18 4. Execute all agreements or certifications necessary
19 to comply with applicable state or federal law;
20 5. Represent all the jurisdictional areas within the
21 metropolitan area in the formulation of transportation plans
22 and programs required by this section; and
23 6. Perform all other duties required by state or
24 federal law.
25 (d) Each M.P.O. shall appoint a technical advisory
26 committee, the members of which shall serve at the pleasure of
27 the M.P.O. The membership of the technical advisory committee
28 must include, whenever possible, that includes planners;
29 engineers; representatives of local aviation authorities, port
30 authorities, and public transit authorities or representatives
31 of aviation departments, seaport departments, and public
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1 transit departments of municipal or county governments, as
2 applicable; the school superintendent of each county within
3 the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. or the superintendent's
4 designee; and other appropriate representatives of affected
5 local governments. In addition to any other duties assigned to
6 it by the M.P.O. or by state or federal law, the technical
7 advisory committee is responsible for considering safe access
8 to schools in its review of transportation project priorities,
9 long-range transportation plans, and transportation
10 improvement programs, and shall advise the M.P.O. on such
11 matters. In addition, the technical advisory committee shall
12 coordinate its actions with local school boards and other
13 local programs and organizations within the metropolitan area
14 which participate in school safety activities, such as locally
15 established community traffic safety teams. Local school
16 boards must provide the appropriate M.P.O. with information
17 concerning future school sites and in the coordination of
18 transportation service.
19 (e)1. Each M.P.O. shall appoint a citizens' advisory
20 committee, the members of which serve at the pleasure of the
21 M.P.O. The membership on the citizens' advisory committee must
22 reflect a broad cross section of local residents with an
23 interest in the development of an efficient, safe, and
24 cost-effective transportation system. Minorities, the elderly,
25 and the handicapped must be adequately represented.
26 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph 1.,
27 an M.P.O. may, with the approval of the department and the
28 applicable federal governmental agency, adopt an alternative
29 program or mechanism to ensure citizen involvement in the
30 transportation planning process.
31 (f) The department shall allocate to each M.P.O., for
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1 the purpose of accomplishing its transportation planning and
2 programming duties, an appropriate amount of federal
3 transportation planning funds.
4 (g) Each M.P.O. shall have an executive or staff
5 director who reports directly to the M.P.O. governing board
6 for all matters regarding the administration and operation of
7 the M.P.O. and any additional personnel as deemed necessary.
8 The executive director and any additional personnel may be
9 employed either by an M.P.O. or by another governmental
10 entity, such as a county, city, or regional planning council,
11 that has a staff services agreement signed and in effect with
12 the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. may employ personnel or may enter into
13 contracts with local or state agencies, private planning
14 firms, or private engineering firms, or other public or
15 private entities to accomplish its transportation planning and
16 programming duties and administrative functions required by
17 state or federal law.
18 (h) In order to enhance their knowledge,
19 effectiveness, and participation in the urbanized area
20 transportation planning process, each M.P.O. shall provide
21 training opportunities and training funds specifically for
22 local elected officials and others who serve on an M.P.O. The
23 training opportunities may be conducted by an individual
24 M.P.O. or through statewide and federal training programs and
25 initiatives that are specifically designed to meet the needs
26 of M.P.O. board members.
27 (i)(h) A chair's coordinating committee is created,
28 composed of the M.P.O.'s serving Hernando, Hillsborough,
29 Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota Counties. The
30 committee must, at a minimum:
31 1. Coordinate transportation projects deemed to be
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1 regionally significant by the committee.
2 2. Review the impact of regionally significant land
3 use decisions on the region.
4 3. Review all proposed regionally significant
5 transportation projects in the respective transportation
6 improvement programs which affect more than one of the
7 M.P.O.'s represented on the committee.
8 4. Institute a conflict resolution process to address
9 any conflict that may arise in the planning and programming of
10 such regionally significant projects.
11 (j)(i)1. The Legislature finds that the state's rapid
12 growth in recent decades has caused many urbanized areas
13 subject to M.P.O. jurisdiction to become contiguous to each
14 other. As a result, various transportation projects may cross
15 from the jurisdiction of one M.P.O. into the jurisdiction of
16 another M.P.O. To more fully accomplish the purposes for which
17 M.P.O.'s have been mandated, M.P.O.'s shall develop
18 coordination mechanisms with one another to expand and improve
19 transportation within the state. The appropriate method of
20 coordination between M.P.O.'s shall vary depending upon the
21 project involved and given local and regional needs.
22 Consequently, it is appropriate to set forth a flexible
23 methodology that can be used by M.P.O.'s to coordinate with
24 other M.P.O.'s and appropriate political subdivisions as
25 circumstances demand.
26 2. Any M.P.O. may join with any other M.P.O. or any
27 individual political subdivision to coordinate activities or
28 to achieve any federal or state transportation planning or
29 development goals or purposes consistent with federal or state
30 law. When an M.P.O. determines that it is appropriate to join
31 with another M.P.O. or any political subdivision to coordinate
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1 activities, the M.P.O. or political subdivision shall enter
2 into an interlocal agreement pursuant to s. 163.01, which, at
3 a minimum, creates a separate legal or administrative entity
4 to coordinate the transportation planning or development
5 activities required to achieve the goal or purpose; provides
6 provide the purpose for which the entity is created; provides
7 provide the duration of the agreement and the entity, and
8 specifies specify how the agreement may be terminated,
9 modified, or rescinded; describes describe the precise
10 organization of the entity, including who has voting rights on
11 the governing board, whether alternative voting members are
12 provided for, how voting members are appointed, and what the
13 relative voting strength is for each constituent M.P.O. or
14 political subdivision; provides provide the manner in which
15 the parties to the agreement will provide for the financial
16 support of the entity and payment of costs and expenses of the
17 entity; provides provide the manner in which funds may be paid
18 to and disbursed from the entity; and provides provide how
19 members of the entity will resolve disagreements regarding
20 interpretation of the interlocal agreement or disputes
21 relating to the operation of the entity. Such interlocal
22 agreement shall become effective upon its recordation in the
23 official public records of each county in which a member of
24 the entity created by the interlocal agreement has a voting
25 member. This paragraph does not require any M.P.O.'s to merge,
26 combine, or otherwise join together as a single M.P.O.
27 (7)(6) LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.--Each M.P.O.
28 must develop a long-range transportation plan that addresses
29 at least a 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include
30 both long-range and short-range strategies and must comply
31 with all other state and federal requirements. The prevailing
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1 principles to be considered in the long-range transportation
2 plan are: preserving the existing transportation
3 infrastructure; enhancing Florida's economic competitiveness;
4 and improving travel choices to ensure mobility. The
5 long-range transportation plan must be consistent, to the
6 maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements and the
7 goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local
8 government comprehensive plans of the units of local
9 government located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. The
10 approved long-range transportation plan must be considered by
11 local governments in the development of the transportation
12 elements in local government comprehensive plans and any
13 amendments thereto. The long-range transportation plan must,
14 at a minimum:
15 (a) Identify transportation facilities, including, but
16 not limited to, major roadways, airports, seaports,
17 spaceports, commuter rail systems, transit systems, and
18 intermodal or multimodal terminals that will function as an
19 integrated metropolitan transportation system. The long-range
20 transportation plan must give emphasis to those transportation
21 facilities that serve national, statewide, or regional
22 functions, and must consider the goals and objectives
23 identified in the Florida Transportation Plan as provided in
24 s. 339.155. If a project is located within the boundaries of
25 more than one M.P.O., the M.P.O.'s must coordinate plans
26 regarding the project in the long-range transportation plan.
27 (b) Include a financial plan that demonstrates how the
28 plan can be implemented, indicating resources from public and
29 private sources which are reasonably expected to be available
30 to carry out the plan, and recommends any additional financing
31 strategies for needed projects and programs. The financial
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1 plan may include, for illustrative purposes, additional
2 projects that would be included in the adopted long-range
3 transportation plan if reasonable additional resources beyond
4 those identified in the financial plan were available. For the
5 purpose of developing the long-range transportation plan, the
6 M.P.O. and the department shall cooperatively develop
7 estimates of funds that will be available to support the plan
8 implementation. Innovative financing techniques may be used to
9 fund needed projects and programs. Such techniques may include
10 the assessment of tolls, the use of value capture financing,
11 or the use of value pricing.
12 (c) Assess capital investment and other measures
13 necessary to:
14 1. Ensure the preservation of the existing
15 metropolitan transportation system including requirements for
16 the operation, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of
17 major roadways and requirements for the operation,
18 maintenance, modernization, and rehabilitation of public
19 transportation facilities; and
20 2. Make the most efficient use of existing
21 transportation facilities to relieve vehicular congestion and
22 maximize the mobility of people and goods.
23 (d) Indicate, as appropriate, proposed transportation
24 enhancement activities, including, but not limited to,
25 pedestrian and bicycle facilities, scenic easements,
26 landscaping, historic preservation, mitigation of water
27 pollution due to highway runoff, and control of outdoor
28 advertising.
29 (e) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs
30 (a)-(d), in metropolitan areas that are classified as
31 nonattainment areas for ozone or carbon monoxide, the M.P.O.
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1 must coordinate the development of the long-range
2 transportation plan with the State Implementation Plan
3 developed pursuant to the requirements of the federal Clean
4 Air Act.
5
6 In the development of its long-range transportation plan, each
7 M.P.O. must provide the public, affected public agencies,
8 representatives of transportation agency employees, freight
9 shippers, providers of freight transportation services,
10 private providers of transportation, representatives of users
11 of public transit, and other interested parties with a
12 reasonable opportunity to comment on the long-range
13 transportation plan. The long-range transportation plan must
14 be approved by the M.P.O.
15 (8)(7) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.--Each
16 M.P.O. shall, in cooperation with the state and affected
17 public transportation operators, develop a transportation
18 improvement program for the area within the jurisdiction of
19 the M.P.O. In the development of the transportation
20 improvement program, each M.P.O. must provide the public,
21 affected public agencies, representatives of transportation
22 agency employees, freight shippers, providers of freight
23 transportation services, private providers of transportation,
24 representatives of users of public transit, and other
25 interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on
26 the proposed transportation improvement program.
27 (a) Each M.P.O. is responsible for developing,
28 annually, a list of project priorities and a transportation
29 improvement program. The prevailing principles to be
30 considered by each M.P.O. when developing a list of project
31 priorities and a transportation improvement program are:
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1 preserving the existing transportation infrastructure;
2 enhancing Florida's economic competitiveness; and improving
3 travel choices to ensure mobility. The transportation
4 improvement program will be used to initiate federally aided
5 transportation facilities and improvements as well as other
6 transportation facilities and improvements including transit,
7 rail, aviation, spaceport, and port facilities to be funded
8 from the State Transportation Trust Fund within its
9 metropolitan area in accordance with existing and subsequent
10 federal and state laws and rules and regulations related
11 thereto. The transportation improvement program shall be
12 consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with the approved
13 local government comprehensive plans of the units of local
14 government whose boundaries are within the metropolitan area
15 of the M.P.O. and include those projects programmed pursuant
16 to s. 339.2819(4).
17 (b) Each M.P.O. annually shall prepare a list of
18 project priorities and shall submit the list to the
19 appropriate district of the department by October 1 of each
20 year; however, the department and a metropolitan planning
21 organization may, in writing, agree to vary this submittal
22 date. The list of project priorities must be formally reviewed
23 by the technical and citizens' advisory committees, and
24 approved by the M.P.O., before it is transmitted to the
25 district. The approved list of project priorities must be used
26 by the district in developing the district work program and
27 must be used by the M.P.O. in developing its transportation
28 improvement program. The annual list of project priorities
29 must be based upon project selection criteria that, at a
30 minimum, consider the following:
31 1. The approved M.P.O. long-range transportation plan;
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1 2. The Strategic Intermodal System Plan developed
2 under s. 339.64.
3 3. The priorities developed pursuant to s.
4 339.2819(4).
5 4. The results of the transportation management
6 systems; and
7 5. The M.P.O.'s public-involvement procedures.
8 (c) The transportation improvement program must, at a
9 minimum:
10 1. Include projects and project phases to be funded
11 with state or federal funds within the time period of the
12 transportation improvement program and which are recommended
13 for advancement during the next fiscal year and 4 subsequent
14 fiscal years. Such projects and project phases must be
15 consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with the approved
16 local government comprehensive plans of the units of local
17 government located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. For
18 informational purposes, the transportation improvement program
19 shall also include a list of projects to be funded from local
20 or private revenues.
21 2. Include projects within the metropolitan area which
22 are proposed for funding under 23 U.S.C. s. 134 of the Federal
23 Transit Act and which are consistent with the long-range
24 transportation plan developed under subsection (7) (6).
25 3. Provide a financial plan that demonstrates how the
26 transportation improvement program can be implemented;
27 indicates the resources, both public and private, that are
28 reasonably expected to be available to accomplish the program;
29 identifies any innovative financing techniques that may be
30 used to fund needed projects and programs; and may include,
31 for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be
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1 included in the approved transportation improvement program if
2 reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the
3 financial plan were available. Innovative financing techniques
4 may include the assessment of tolls, the use of value capture
5 financing, or the use of value pricing. The transportation
6 improvement program may include a project or project phase
7 only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be
8 available for the project or project phase within the time
9 period contemplated for completion of the project or project
10 phase.
11 4. Group projects and project phases of similar
12 urgency and anticipated staging into appropriate staging
13 periods.
14 5. Indicate how the transportation improvement program
15 relates to the long-range transportation plan developed under
16 subsection (7) (6), including providing examples of specific
17 projects or project phases that further the goals and policies
18 of the long-range transportation plan.
19 6. Indicate whether any project or project phase is
20 inconsistent with an approved comprehensive plan of a unit of
21 local government located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O.
22 If a project is inconsistent with an affected comprehensive
23 plan, the M.P.O. must provide justification for including the
24 project in the transportation improvement program.
25 7. Indicate how the improvements are consistent, to
26 the maximum extent feasible, with affected seaport, airport,
27 and spaceport master plans and with public transit development
28 plans of the units of local government located within the
29 jurisdiction of the M.P.O. If a project is located within the
30 boundaries of more than one M.P.O., the M.P.O.'s must
31 coordinate plans regarding the project in the transportation
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1 improvement program.
2 (d) Projects included in the transportation
3 improvement program and that have advanced to the design stage
4 of preliminary engineering may be removed from or rescheduled
5 in a subsequent transportation improvement program only by the
6 joint action of the M.P.O. and the department. Except when
7 recommended in writing by the district secretary for good
8 cause, any project removed from or rescheduled in a subsequent
9 transportation improvement program shall not be rescheduled by
10 the M.P.O. in that subsequent program earlier than the 5th
11 year of such program.
12 (e) During the development of the transportation
13 improvement program, the M.P.O. shall, in cooperation with the
14 department and any affected public transit operation, provide
15 citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of
16 transportation agency employees, freight shippers, providers
17 of freight transportation services, private providers of
18 transportation, representatives of users of public transit,
19 and other interested parties with reasonable notice of and an
20 opportunity to comment on the proposed program.
21 (f) The adopted annual transportation improvement
22 program for M.P.O.'s in nonattainment or maintenance areas
23 must be submitted to the district secretary and the Department
24 of Community Affairs at least 90 days before the submission of
25 the state transportation improvement program by the department
26 to the appropriate federal agencies. The annual transportation
27 improvement program for M.P.O.'s in attainment areas must be
28 submitted to the district secretary and the Department of
29 Community Affairs at least 45 days before the department
30 submits the state transportation improvement program to the
31 appropriate federal agencies; however, the department, the
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1 Department of Community Affairs, and a metropolitan planning
2 organization may, in writing, agree to vary this submittal
3 date. The Governor or the Governor's designee shall review and
4 approve each transportation improvement program and any
5 amendments thereto.
6 (g) The Department of Community Affairs shall review
7 the annual transportation improvement program of each M.P.O.
8 for consistency with the approved local government
9 comprehensive plans of the units of local government whose
10 boundaries are within the metropolitan area of each M.P.O. and
11 shall identify those projects that are inconsistent with such
12 comprehensive plans. The Department of Community Affairs shall
13 notify an M.P.O. of any transportation projects contained in
14 its transportation improvement program which are inconsistent
15 with the approved local government comprehensive plans of the
16 units of local government whose boundaries are within the
17 metropolitan area of the M.P.O.
18 (h) The M.P.O. shall annually publish or otherwise
19 make available for public review the annual listing of
20 projects for which federal funds have been obligated in the
21 preceding year. Project monitoring systems must be maintained
22 by those agencies responsible for obligating federal funds and
23 made accessible to the M.P.O.'s.
24 (9)(8) UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM.--Each M.P.O.
25 shall develop, in cooperation with the department and public
26 transportation providers, a unified planning work program that
27 lists all planning tasks to be undertaken during the program
28 year. The unified planning work program must provide a
29 complete description of each planning task and an estimated
30 budget therefor and must comply with applicable state and
31 federal law.
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1 (10)(9) AGREEMENTS.--
2 (a) Each M.P.O. shall execute the following written
3 agreements, which shall be reviewed, and updated as necessary,
4 every 5 years:
5 1. An agreement with the department clearly
6 establishing the cooperative relationship essential to
7 accomplish the transportation planning requirements of state
8 and federal law.
9 2. An agreement with the metropolitan and regional
10 intergovernmental coordination and review agencies serving the
11 metropolitan areas, specifying the means by which activities
12 will be coordinated and how transportation planning and
13 programming will be part of the comprehensive planned
14 development of the area.
15 3. An agreement with operators of public
16 transportation systems, including transit systems, commuter
17 rail systems, airports, seaports, and spaceports, describing
18 the means by which activities will be coordinated and
19 specifying how public transit, commuter rail, aviation,
20 seaport, and aerospace planning and programming will be part
21 of the comprehensive planned development of the metropolitan
22 area.
23 (b) An M.P.O. may execute other agreements required by
24 state or federal law or as necessary to properly accomplish
25 its functions.
26 (11)(10) METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ADVISORY
27 COUNCIL.--
28 (a) A Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory
29 Council is created to augment, and not supplant, the role of
30 the individual M.P.O.'s in the cooperative transportation
31 planning process described in this section.
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1 (b) The council shall consist of one representative
2 from each M.P.O. and shall elect a chairperson annually from
3 its number. Each M.P.O. shall also elect an alternate
4 representative from each M.P.O. to vote in the absence of the
5 representative. Members of the council do not receive any
6 compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed from
7 funds made available to council members for travel and per
8 diem expenses incurred in the performance of their council
9 duties as provided in s. 112.061.
10 (c) The powers and duties of the Metropolitan Planning
11 Organization Advisory Council are to:
12 1. Enter into contracts with individuals, private
13 corporations, and public agencies.
14 2. Acquire, own, operate, maintain, sell, or lease
15 personal property essential for the conduct of business.
16 3. Accept funds, grants, assistance, gifts, or
17 bequests from private, local, state, or federal sources.
18 4. Establish bylaws and adopt rules pursuant to ss.
19 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement provisions of law
20 conferring powers or duties upon it.
21 5. Assist M.P.O.'s in carrying out the urbanized area
22 transportation planning process by serving as the principal
23 forum for collective policy discussion pursuant to law.
24 6. Serve as a clearinghouse for review and comment by
25 M.P.O.'s on the Florida Transportation Plan and on other
26 issues required to comply with federal or state law in
27 carrying out the urbanized area transportation and systematic
28 planning processes instituted pursuant to s. 339.155.
29 7. Employ an executive director and such other staff
30 as necessary to perform adequately the functions of the
31 council, within budgetary limitations. The executive director
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1 and staff are exempt from part II of chapter 110 and serve at
2 the direction and control of the council. The council is
3 assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Department of
4 Transportation for fiscal and accountability purposes, but it
5 shall otherwise function independently of the control and
6 direction of the department.
7 8. Adopt an agency strategic plan that provides the
8 priority directions the agency will take to carry out its
9 mission within the context of the state comprehensive plan and
10 any other statutory mandates and directions given to the
11 agency.
12 (12)(11) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.--Upon
13 notification by an agency of the Federal Government that any
14 provision of this section conflicts with federal laws or
15 regulations, such federal laws or regulations will take
16 precedence to the extent of the conflict until such conflict
17 is resolved. The department or an M.P.O. may take any
18 necessary action to comply with such federal laws and
19 regulations or to continue to remain eligible to receive
20 federal funds.
21 (13)(12) VOTING REQUIREMENTS.--Each long-range
22 transportation plan required pursuant to subsection (7) (6),
23 each annually updated Transportation Improvement Program
24 required under subsection (8) (7), and each amendment that
25 affects projects in the first 3 years of such plans and
26 programs must be approved by each M.P.O. on a recorded roll
27 call vote, or hand-counted vote, of a majority of the
28 membership present.
29 Section 41. Subsection (2) of section 339.2819,
30 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
31 339.2819 Transportation Regional Incentive Program.--
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1 (2) The percentage of matching funds provided from the
2 Transportation Regional Incentive Program shall be 50 percent
3 of project costs, or up to 50 percent of the nonfederal share
4 of the eligible project cost for a public transportation
5 facility project.
6 Section 42. Section 339.282, Florida Statutes, is
7 created to read:
8 339.282 Transportation concurrency incentives.--The
9 Legislature finds that allowing private-sector entities to
10 finance, construct, and improve public transportation
11 facilities can provide significant benefits to the citizens of
12 this state by facilitating transportation of the general
13 public without the need for additional public tax revenues. In
14 order to encourage the more efficient and proactive provision
15 of transportation improvements by the private sector, if a
16 developer or property owner voluntarily contributes
17 right-of-way and physically constructs or expands a state
18 transportation facility or segment, and such construction or
19 expansion improves traffic flow, capacity, or safety, the
20 voluntary contribution may be applied as a credit for that
21 property owner or developer against any future transportation
22 concurrency requirements pursuant to chapter 163, provided
23 such contributions and credits are set forth in a legally
24 binding agreement executed by the property owner or developer,
25 the local government of the jurisdiction in which the facility
26 is located, and the department. If the developer or property
27 owner voluntarily contributes right-of-way and physically
28 constructs or expands a local government facility or segment
29 and such construction or expansion meets the requirements in
30 this section and is set forth in a legally binding agreement
31 between the property owner or developer and the applicable
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1 local government, the contribution to the local government
2 collector and the arterial system may be applied as credit
3 against any future transportation concurrency requirements
4 within the jurisdiction under chapter 163.
5 Section 43. Section 339.285, Florida Statutes, is
6 created to read:
7 339.285 Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable
8 Transportation.--
9 (1) There is created within the Department of
10 Transportation the Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable
11 Transportation for the purpose of providing funds to improve
12 the sufficiency rating of local bridges and to improve
13 congested roads on the State Highway System or local corridors
14 on which high-cost bridges are located in order to improve a
15 corridor or provide an alternative corridor.
16 (2) Matching funds provided from the program may fund
17 up to 50 percent of project costs.
18 (3) The department shall allocate a minimum of 25
19 percent of funding available for the program for local bridge
20 projects to replace, rehabilitate, paint, or install scour
21 countermeasures to highway bridges located on public roads,
22 other than those on the State Highway System. A project to be
23 funded must, at a minimum:
24 (a) Be classified as a structurally deficient bridge
25 having a poor condition rating for the deck, superstructure,
26 substructure component, or culvert;
27 (b) Have a sufficiency rating of 35 or below; and
28 (c) Have average daily traffic of at least 500
29 vehicles.
30 (4) Special consideration shall be given to bridges
31 that are closed to all traffic or that have a load restriction
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1 of less than 10 tons.
2 (5) The department shall allocate remaining funding
3 available for the program to improve highly congested roads on
4 the State Highway System or local corridors on which high-cost
5 bridges are located in order to improve the corridor or
6 provide an alternative corridor. A project to be funded must,
7 at a minimum:
8 (a) Be on or provide direct relief to an existing
9 corridor that is backlogged or constrained; and
10 (b) Be a major bridge having an estimated cost greater
11 than $25 million.
12 (6) Preference shall be given to bridge projects
13 located on corridors that connect to the Strategic Intermodal
14 System, created under s. 339.64, and that have been identified
15 as regionally significant in accordance with s. 339.155(5)(c),
16 (d), and (e).
17 Section 44. Subsection (4) of section 339.55, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is added to subsection
19 (2) and paragraph (j) is added to subsection (7) of that
20 section, to read:
21 339.55 State-funded infrastructure bank.--
22 (2) The bank may lend capital costs or provide credit
23 enhancements for:
24 (c)1. Emergency loans for damages incurred to
25 public-use commercial deepwater seaports, public-use airports,
26 and other public-use transit and intermodal facilities that
27 are within an area that is part of an official state
28 declaration of emergency pursuant to chapter 252 and all other
29 applicable laws. Such loans:
30 a. May not exceed 24 months in duration except in
31 extreme circumstances, for which the Secretary of
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1 Transportation may grant up to 36 months upon making written
2 findings specifying the conditions requiring a 36-month term.
3 b. Require application from the recipient to the
4 department that includes documentation of damage claims filed
5 with the Federal Emergency Management Agency or an applicable
6 insurance carrier and documentation of the recipient's overall
7 financial condition.
8 c. Are subject to approval by the Secretary of
9 Transportation and the Legislative Budget Commission.
10 2. Loans provided under this paragraph must be repaid
11 upon receipt by the recipient of eligible program funding for
12 damages in accordance with the claims filed with the Federal
13 Emergency Management Agency or an applicable insurance
14 carrier, but no later than the duration of the loan.
15 (4) Loans from the bank may bear interest at or below
16 market interest rates, as determined by the department.
17 Repayment of any loan from the bank shall commence not later
18 than 5 years after the project has been completed or, in the
19 case of a highway project, the facility has opened to traffic,
20 whichever is later, and shall be repaid within in no more than
21 30 years, except for loans provided under paragraph (2)(c),
22 which shall be repaid within 36 months.
23 (7) The department may consider, but is not limited
24 to, the following criteria for evaluation of projects for
25 assistance from the bank:
26 (j) The extent to which damage from a disaster that
27 results in a declaration of emergency has impacted a public
28 transportation facility's ability to maintain its previous
29 level of service and remain accessible to the public or has
30 had a major impact on the cash flow or revenue-generation
31 ability of the public-use facility.
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1 Section 45. Section 339.63, Florida Statutes, is
2 amended to read:
3 339.63 System facilities designated; additions and
4 deletions.--
5 (1) The initial Strategic Intermodal System shall
6 include all facilities that meet the criteria recommended by
7 the Strategic Intermodal Steering Committee in a report titled
8 "Steering Committee Final Report: Recommendations for
9 Designating Florida's Strategic Intermodal System" dated
10 December 2002.
11 (2) The Strategic Intermodal System and the Emerging
12 Strategic Intermodal System include three different types of
13 facilities that each form one component of an interconnected
14 transportation system which types include:
15 (a) Existing or planned hubs that are ports and
16 terminals including airports, seaports, spaceports, passenger
17 terminals, and rail terminals serving to move goods or people
18 between Florida regions or between Florida and other markets
19 in the United States and the rest of the world;
20 (b) Existing or planned corridors that are highways,
21 rail lines, waterways, and other exclusive-use facilities
22 connecting major markets within Florida or between Florida and
23 other states or nations; and
24 (c) Existing or planned intermodal connectors that are
25 highways, rail lines, waterways or local public transit
26 systems serving as connectors between the components listed in
27 paragraphs (a) and (b).
28 (3) After Subsequent to the initial designation of the
29 Strategic Intermodal System under pursuant to subsection (1),
30 the department shall, in coordination with the metropolitan
31 planning organizations, local governments, regional planning
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1 councils, transportation providers, and affected public
2 agencies, add facilities to or delete facilities from the
3 Strategic Intermodal System described in paragraphs (2)(b) and
4 (2)(c) based upon criteria adopted by the department.
5 (4) After the initial designation of the Strategic
6 Intermodal System under subsection (1), the department shall,
7 in coordination with the metropolitan planning organizations,
8 local governments, regional planning councils, transportation
9 providers, and affected public agencies, add facilities to or
10 delete facilities from the Strategic Intermodal System
11 described in paragraph (2)(a) based upon criteria adopted by
12 the department. However, an airport that is designated as a
13 reliever airport to a Strategic Intermodal System airport
14 which has at least 75,000 itinerant operations per year, has a
15 runway length of at least 5,500 linear feet, is capable of
16 handling aircraft weighing at least 60,000 pounds with a dual
17 wheel configuration which is served by at least one precision
18 instrument approach, and serves a cluster of
19 aviation-dependent industries, shall be designated as part of
20 the Strategic Intermodal System by the the Secretary of
21 Transportation upon the request of a reliever airport meeting
22 this criteria. shall periodically add facilities to or delete
23 facilities from the Strategic Intermodal System based upon
24 adopted criteria.
25 Section 46. Subsection (2) of section 341.071, Florida
26 Statutes, is amended to read:
27 341.071 Transit productivity and performance measures;
28 reports.--
29 (2) Each public transit provider shall establish
30 productivity and performance measures, which must be approved
31 by the department and which must be selected from measures
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1 developed pursuant to s. 341.041(3). Each provider shall by
2 January 31 of each year report annually to the department
3 relative to these measures. In approving these measures, the
4 department shall give consideration to the goals and
5 objectives of each system, the needs of the local area, and
6 the role for public transit in the local area. The report
7 shall also specifically address potential enhancements to
8 productivity and performance which would have the effect of
9 increasing farebox recovery ratio.
10 Section 47. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
11 343.81, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12 343.81 Northwest Florida Transportation Corridor
13 Authority.--
14 (2)(a) The governing body of the authority shall
15 consist of eight voting members, one each from Escambia, Santa
16 Rosa, Walton, Okaloosa, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, and Wakulla
17 Counties, appointed by the Governor to a 4-year term. The
18 appointees shall be residents of their respective counties and
19 may not hold an elected office. Upon the effective date of his
20 or her appointment, or as soon thereafter as practicable, each
21 appointed member of the authority shall enter upon his or her
22 duties. Each appointed member shall hold office until his or
23 her successor has been appointed and has qualified. A vacancy
24 occurring during a term shall be filled only for the balance
25 of the unexpired term. Any member of the authority shall be
26 eligible for reappointment. Members of the authority may be
27 removed from office by the Governor for misconduct,
28 malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office.
29 Section 48. The amendments made by this act to s.
30 343.81, Florida Statutes, prohibiting the appointment of a
31 person holding an elected office to the Northwest Florida
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1 Transportation Corridor Authority shall not prohibit any
2 member appointed prior to the effective date of this act from
3 completing his or her current term, and the prohibition shall
4 only apply to members appointed after the effective date of
5 this act and shall not preclude the reappointment of any
6 existing member.
7 Section 49. Subsection (2) of section 343.82, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 343.82 Purposes and powers.--
10 (2)(a) The authority is authorized to construct any
11 feeder roads, reliever roads, connector roads, bypasses, or
12 appurtenant facilities that are intended to improve mobility
13 along the U.S. 98 corridor. The transportation improvement
14 projects may also include all necessary approaches, roads,
15 bridges, and avenues of access that are desirable and proper
16 with the concurrence, where applicable, of the department if
17 the project is to be part of the State Highway System or the
18 respective county or municipal governing boards. Any
19 transportation facilities constructed by the authority may be
20 tolled.
21 (b) Notwithstanding any special act to the contrary,
22 the authority shall plan for and study the feasibility of
23 constructing, operating, and maintaining a bridge or bridges
24 spanning Choctawhatchee Bay or Santa Rosa Sound, or both, and
25 access roads to such bridge or bridges, including studying the
26 environmental and economic feasibility of such bridge or
27 bridges and access roads, and such other transportation
28 facilities that become part of such bridge system. The
29 authority may construct, operate, and maintain the bridge
30 system if the authority determines that the bridge system
31 project is feasible and consistent with the authority's
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1 primary purpose and master plan.
2 Section 50. Section 334.30, Florida Statutes, is
3 amended to read:
4 334.30 Public-private transportation facilities.--The
5 Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a public
6 need for the rapid construction of safe and efficient
7 transportation facilities for the purpose of traveling travel
8 within the state, and that it is in the public's interest to
9 provide for the construction of additional safe, convenient,
10 and economical transportation facilities.
11 (1) The department may receive or solicit proposals
12 and, with legislative approval as evidenced by approval of the
13 project in the department's work program, enter into
14 agreements with private entities, or consortia thereof, for
15 the building, operation, ownership, or financing of
16 transportation facilities which increase transportation
17 capacity. Except as provided in s. 337.25, s. 337.251, s.
18 338.234, or s. 338.235, the department may not sell or lease
19 any transportation facility owned by the department. The
20 department may advance projects increasing transportation
21 capacity and programmed in the adopted 5-year work program or
22 projects increasing transportation capacity and greater than
23 $500 million in the 10-year Strategic Intermodal System Plan
24 using funds provided by public-private partnerships or private
25 entities to be reimbursed from department funds for the
26 project as programmed in the adopted work program. The
27 department shall by rule establish an application fee for the
28 submission of unsolicited proposals under this section. The
29 fee must be sufficient to pay the costs of evaluating the
30 proposals. The department may engage the services of private
31 consultants to assist in the evaluation. Before approval, the
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1 department must determine that the proposed project:
2 (a) Is in the public's best interest;
3 (b) Would not require state funds to be used unless
4 the project is on the State Highway System; and
5 (c) Would have adequate safeguards in place to ensure
6 that no additional costs or service disruptions would be
7 realized by the traveling public and residents citizens of the
8 state in the event of default or cancellation of the agreement
9 by the department;.
10 (d) Would have adequate safeguards in place to ensure
11 that the department or the private entity has the opportunity
12 to add capacity to the proposed project and other
13 transportation facilities serving similar origins and
14 destinations; and
15 (e) Would be owned by the department upon completion
16 or termination of the agreement.
17
18 The department shall ensure that all reasonable costs to the
19 state, related to transportation facilities that are not part
20 of the State Highway System, are borne by the private entity.
21 The department shall also ensure that all reasonable costs to
22 the state and substantially affected local governments and
23 utilities, related to the private transportation facility, are
24 borne by the private entity for transportation facilities that
25 are owned by private entities. For projects on the State
26 Highway System, the department may use state resources to
27 participate in funding and financing the project as provided
28 for under the department's enabling legislation.
29 (2) Agreements entered into pursuant to this section
30 may authorize the private entity to impose tolls or fares for
31 the use of the facility. The following provisions shall apply
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1 to such agreements: However, the amount and use of toll or
2 fare revenues shall be regulated by the department to avoid
3 unreasonable costs to users of the facility.
4 (a) The public-private partnership agreement must
5 ensure that the transportation facility is properly operated,
6 maintained, and renewed in accordance with department
7 standards.
8 (b) Any toll revenues shall be regulated by the
9 department pursuant to s. 338.165(3). The regulations
10 governing the future increase of toll or fare revenues shall
11 be included in the public-private partnership agreement.
12 (c) The department shall include provisions in the
13 public-private partnership agreement that ensure a negotiated
14 portion of revenues from tolled or fare generating projects
15 are returned to the department over the life of the
16 public-private partnership agreement.
17 (d) The private entity shall provide an investment
18 grade traffic and revenue study prepared by an internationally
19 recognized traffic and revenue expert that is accepted by the
20 national bond rating agencies. The private entity shall also
21 provide a finance plan that identifies the project cost,
22 revenues by source, financing, major assumptions, internal
23 rate of return on private investments, and whether any
24 government funds are assumed to deliver a cost feasible
25 project, and a total cash flow analysis beginning with
26 implementation of the project and extending for the term of
27 the agreement.
28 (3) Each private transportation facility constructed
29 pursuant to this section shall comply with all requirements of
30 federal, state, and local laws; state, regional, and local
31 comprehensive plans; department rules, policies, procedures,
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1 and standards for transportation facilities; and any other
2 conditions which the department determines to be in the
3 public's best interest.
4 (4) The department may exercise any power possessed by
5 it, including eminent domain, with respect to the development
6 and construction of state transportation projects to
7 facilitate the development and construction of transportation
8 projects pursuant to this section. The department may provide
9 services to the private entity. Agreements for maintenance,
10 law enforcement, and other services entered into pursuant to
11 this section shall provide for full reimbursement for services
12 rendered for projects not on the State Highway System.
13 (5) Except as herein provided, the provisions of this
14 section are not intended to amend existing laws by granting
15 additional powers to, or further restricting, local
16 governmental entities from regulating and entering into
17 cooperative arrangements with the private sector for the
18 planning, construction, and operation of transportation
19 facilities.
20 (6) The procurement of public-private partnerships by
21 the department shall follow the provisions of this section.
22 Sections 337.025, 337.11, 337.14, 337.141, 337.145, 337.175,
23 337.18, 337.185, 337.19, 337.221, and 337.251 shall not apply
24 to procurements under this section unless a provision is
25 included in the procurement documents. The department shall
26 ensure that generally accepted business practices for
27 exemptions provided by this subsection are part of the
28 procurement process or are included in the public-private
29 partnership agreement.
30 (a) The department may request proposals from private
31 entities for public-private transportation projects or, if the
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1 department receives an unsolicited proposal, the department
2 shall publish a notice in the Florida Administrative Weekly
3 and a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week
4 for 2 weeks stating that the department has received the
5 proposal and will accept, for 120 60 days after the initial
6 date of publication, other proposals for the same project
7 purpose. A copy of the notice must be mailed to each local
8 government in the affected area.
9 (b) Public-private partnerships shall be qualified by
10 the department as part of the procurement process as outlined
11 in the procurement documents, provided such process ensures
12 that the private firm meets at least the minimum department
13 standards for qualification in department rule for
14 professional engineering services and road and bridge
15 contracting prior to submitting a proposal under the
16 procurement.
17 (c) The department shall ensure that procurement
18 documents include provisions for performance of the private
19 entity and payment of subcontractors, including, but not
20 limited to, surety bonds, letters of credit, parent company
21 guarantees, and lender and equity partner guarantees. The
22 department shall balance the structure of the security package
23 for the public-private partnership that ensures performance
24 and payment of subcontractors with the cost of the security to
25 ensure the most efficient pricing.
26 (d) After the public notification period has expired,
27 the department shall rank the proposals in order of
28 preference. In ranking the proposals, the department may
29 consider factors that include, including, but are not limited
30 to, professional qualifications, general business terms,
31 innovative engineering or cost-reduction terms, finance plans,
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1 and the need for state funds to deliver the project. If the
2 department is not satisfied with the results of the
3 negotiations, the department may, at its sole discretion,
4 terminate negotiations with the proposer. If these
5 negotiations are unsuccessful, the department may go to the
6 second-ranked and lower-ranked firms, in order, using this
7 same procedure. If only one proposal is received, the
8 department may negotiate in good faith and, if the department
9 is not satisfied with the results of the negotiations, the
10 department may, at its sole discretion, terminate negotiations
11 with the proposer. Notwithstanding this subsection, the
12 department may, at its discretion, reject all proposals at any
13 point in the process up to completion of a contract with the
14 proposer.
15 (7) The department may lend funds from the Toll
16 Facilities Revolving Trust Fund, as outlined in s. 338.251, to
17 private entities that construct projects on the State Highway
18 System containing toll facilities that are approved under this
19 section. To be eligible, a private entity must comply with s.
20 338.251 and must provide an indication from a nationally
21 recognized rating agency that the senior bonds for the project
22 will be investment grade, or must provide credit support such
23 as a letter of credit or other means acceptable to the
24 department, to ensure that the loans will be fully repaid. The
25 state's liability for the funding of a facility is limited to
26 the amount approved for that specific facility in the
27 department's 5-year work program adopted pursuant to s.
28 339.135.
29 (8) The department may use innovative finance
30 techniques associated with a public-private partnership under
31 this section, including, but not limited to, federal loans as
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1 provided in Title 23 and Title 49 of the Code of Federal
2 Regulations, commercial bank loans, and hedges against
3 inflation from commercial banks or other private sources.
4 (9) The department may enter into public-private
5 partnership agreements that include extended terms providing
6 annual payments for performance based on the availability of
7 service or the facility being open to traffic or based on the
8 level of traffic using the facility. In addition to other
9 provisions in this section, the following provisions shall
10 apply:
11 (a) The annual payments under such agreement shall be
12 included in the department's tentative work program developed
13 under s. 339.135 and the long-range transportation plan for
14 the applicable metropolitan planning organization developed
15 under s. 339.175. The department shall ensure that annual
16 payments on multiyear public-private partnership agreements
17 are prioritized ahead of new capacity projects in the
18 development and updating of the tentative work program.
19 (b) The annual payments are subject to annual
20 appropriation by the Legislature as provided in the General
21 Appropriations Act in support of the first year of the
22 tentative work program.
23 (10) The department shall provide a summary of new
24 public-private partnership projects each year as part of the
25 submittal of the Tentative Work Program pursuant to s.
26 339.135. This summary shall include identification of planned
27 funding from the State Transportation Trust Fund beyond the
28 5-year Tentative Work Program period that are the public
29 involvement process for project, including discussion of the
30 planned use of future funds to deliver the project.
31 (11) Prior to entering such agreement where funds are
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1 committed from the State Transportation Trust Fund, the
2 project must be prioritized as follows:
3 (a) The department, in coordination with the local
4 metropolitan planning organization, shall prioritize projects
5 included in the Strategic Intermodal System 10-year and
6 long-range cost feasible plans.
7 (b) The department, in coordination with the local
8 metropolitan planning organization or local government where
9 there is no metropolitan planning organization, shall
10 prioritize projects, for facilities not on the Strategic
11 Intermodal System, included in the metropolitan planning
12 organization cost feasible transportation improvement plan and
13 long-range transportation plan.
14 (12) Public-private partnership agreements under this
15 section shall be limited to a term not exceeding 50 years.
16 Upon making written findings that an agreement under this
17 section requires a term in excess of 50 years, the secretary
18 of the department may authorize a term of up to 75 years.
19 Agreements under this section shall not have a term in excess
20 of 75 years unless specifically approved by the Legislature.
21 The department shall identify each new project under this
22 section with a term exceeding 75 years in the transmittal
23 letter that accompanies the submittal of the tentative work
24 program to the Governor and the Legislature in accordance with
25 s. 339.135.
26 (13) The department shall ensure that no more than 15
27 percent of total federal and state funding in any given year
28 for the State Transportation Trust Fund shall be obligated
29 collectively for all projects under this section.
30 (8) A fixed-guideway transportation system authorized
31 by the department to be wholly or partially within the
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1 department's right-of-way pursuant to a lease granted under s.
2 337.251 may operate at any safe speed.
3 Section 51. Section 338.165, Florida Statutes, is
4 amended to read:
5 338.165 Continuation of tolls.--
6 (1) The department, any transportation or expressway
7 authority or, in the absence of an authority, a county or
8 counties may continue to collect the toll on a
9 revenue-producing project after the discharge of any bond
10 indebtedness related to such project and may increase such
11 toll. All tolls so collected shall first be used to pay the
12 annual cost of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of
13 the toll project.
14 (2) If the revenue-producing project is on the State
15 Highway System, any remaining toll revenue shall be used for
16 the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any road on
17 the State Highway System within the county or counties in
18 which the revenue-producing project is located, except as
19 provided in s. 348.0004.
20 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
21 department including the turnpike enterprise shall index toll
22 rates on existing toll facilities to the annual Consumer Price
23 Index or similar inflation indicators. Toll rate adjustments
24 for inflation under this subsection may be made no more
25 frequently than once a year and must be made no less
26 frequently than once every 5 years as necessary to accommodate
27 cash toll rate schedules. Toll rates may be increased beyond
28 these limits as directed by bond documents, covenants, or
29 governing body authorization or pursuant to department
30 administrative rule.
31 (4)(3) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
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1 pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, and
2 subject to the requirements of subsection (2), the Department
3 of Transportation may request the Division of Bond Finance to
4 issue bonds secured by toll revenues collected on the
5 Alligator Alley, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the Beeline-East
6 Expressway, the Navarre Bridge, and the Pinellas Bayway to
7 fund transportation projects located within the county or
8 counties in which the project is located and contained in the
9 adopted work program of the department.
10 (5)(4) If the revenue-producing project is on the
11 county road system, any remaining toll revenue shall be used
12 for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any other
13 state or county road within the county or counties in which
14 the revenue-producing project is located, except as provided
15 in s. 348.0004.
16 (6)(5) Selection of projects on the State Highway
17 System for construction, maintenance, or improvement with toll
18 revenues shall be, with the concurrence of the department,
19 consistent with the Florida Transportation Plan.
20 (7) With the exception of subsection (3), this section
21 does not apply to the turnpike system as defined under the
22 Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law.
23 Section 52. Section 338.234, Florida Statutes, is
24 amended to read:
25 338.234 Granting concessions or selling along the
26 turnpike system; immunity from taxation.--
27 (1) The department may enter into contracts or
28 licenses with any person for the sale of services or products
29 or business opportunities on the turnpike system, or the
30 turnpike enterprise may sell services, products, or business
31 opportunities on the turnpike system, which benefit the
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1 traveling public or provide additional revenue to the turnpike
2 system. Services, business opportunities, and products
3 authorized to be sold include, but are not limited to, motor
4 fuel, vehicle towing, and vehicle maintenance services; food
5 with attendant nonalcoholic beverages; lodging, meeting rooms,
6 and other business services opportunities; advertising and
7 other promotional opportunities, which advertising and
8 promotions must be consistent with the dignity and integrity
9 of the state; state lottery tickets sold by authorized
10 retailers; games and amusements that operate by the
11 application of skill, not including games of chance as defined
12 in s. 849.16 or other illegal gambling games; Florida citrus,
13 goods promoting the state, or handmade goods produced within
14 the state; and travel information, tickets, reservations, or
15 other related services. However, the department, pursuant to
16 the grants of authority to the turnpike enterprise under this
17 section, shall not exercise the power of eminent domain solely
18 for the purpose of acquiring real property in order to provide
19 business services or opportunities, such as lodging and
20 meeting-room space on the turnpike system.
21 (2) The effectuation of the authorized purposes of the
22 Florida Intrastate Highway System and Florida Turnpike
23 Enterprise, created under this chapter, is for the benefit of
24 the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce
25 and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and
26 living conditions and, because the system and enterprise
27 perform essential government functions in effectuating such
28 purposes, neither the turnpike enterprise nor any
29 nongovernment lessee or licensee renting, leasing, or
30 licensing real property from the turnpike enterprise, pursuant
31 to an agreement authorized by this section are required to pay
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1 any commercial rental tax imposed under s. 212.031 on any
2 capital improvements constructed, improved, acquired,
3 installed, or used for such purposes.
4 Section 53. Subsection (9) of section 348.0004,
5 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
6 348.0004 Purposes and powers.--
7 (9) The Legislature declares that there is a public
8 need for the rapid construction of safe and efficient
9 transportation facilities for traveling travel within the
10 state and that it is in the public's interest to provide for
11 public-private partnership agreements to effectuate the
12 construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical
13 transportation facilities.
14 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Florida
15 Expressway Authority Act, any expressway authority,
16 transportation authority, bridge authority, or toll authority
17 may receive or solicit proposals and enter into agreements
18 with private entities, or consortia thereof, for the building,
19 operation, ownership, or financing of expressway authority
20 transportation facilities or new transportation facilities
21 within the jurisdiction of the expressway authority which
22 increase transportation capacity. An authority may not sell or
23 lease any transportation facility owned by the authority. An
24 expressway authority is authorized to adopt rules to implement
25 this subsection and shall, by rule, establish an application
26 fee for the submission of unsolicited proposals under this
27 subsection. The fee must be sufficient to pay the costs of
28 evaluating the proposals. An expressway authority may engage
29 private consultants to assist in the evaluation. Before
30 approval, an expressway authority must determine that a
31 proposed project:
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1 1. Is in the public's best interest.
2 2. Would not require state funds to be used unless the
3 project is on or provides increased mobility on the State
4 Highway System.
5 3. Would have adequate safeguards to ensure that no
6 additional costs or service disruptions would be realized by
7 the traveling public and residents citizens of the state in
8 the event of default or the cancellation of the agreement by
9 the expressway authority.
10 4. Would have adequate safeguards in place to ensure
11 that the department, the authority, or the private entity has
12 the opportunity to add capacity to the proposed project and
13 other transportation facilities serving similar origins and
14 destinations.
15 5. Would be owned by the authority upon completion or
16 termination of the agreement.
17 (b) An expressway authority shall ensure that all
18 reasonable costs to the state which are, related to
19 transportation facilities that are not part of the State
20 Highway System, are borne by the private entity. An expressway
21 authority shall also ensure that all reasonable costs to the
22 state and substantially affected local governments and
23 utilities related to the private transportation facility are
24 borne by the private entity for transportation facilities that
25 are owned by private entities. For projects on the State
26 Highway System, the department may use state resources to
27 participate in funding and financing the project as provided
28 for under the department's enabling legislation.
29 (c) The expressway authority may request proposals for
30 public-private transportation projects or, if it receives an
31 unsolicited proposal, it must publish a notice in the Florida
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1 Administrative Weekly and a newspaper of general circulation
2 in the county in which it is located at least once a week for
3 2 weeks, stating that it has received the proposal and will
4 accept, for 60 days after the initial date of publication,
5 other proposals for the same project purpose. A copy of the
6 notice must be mailed to each local government in the affected
7 areas. After the public notification period has expired, the
8 expressway authority shall rank the proposals in order of
9 preference. In ranking the proposals, the expressway authority
10 shall consider professional qualifications, general business
11 terms, innovative engineering or cost-reduction terms, finance
12 plans, and the need for state funds to deliver the proposal.
13 If the expressway authority is not satisfied with the results
14 of the negotiations, it may, at its sole discretion, terminate
15 negotiations with the proposer. If these negotiations are
16 unsuccessful, the expressway authority may go to the second
17 and lower-ranked firms, in order, using the same procedure. If
18 only one proposal is received, the expressway authority may
19 negotiate in good faith, and if it is not satisfied with the
20 results, it may, at its sole discretion, terminate
21 negotiations with the proposer. Notwithstanding this
22 paragraph, The expressway authority may, at its discretion,
23 reject all proposals at any point in the process up to
24 completion of a contract with the proposer.
25 (d) The department may lend funds from the Toll
26 Facilities Revolving Trust Fund, as outlined in s. 338.251, to
27 public-private partnerships. To be eligible a private entity
28 must comply with s. 338.251 and must provide an indication
29 from a nationally recognized rating agency that the senior
30 bonds for the project will be investment grade or must provide
31 credit support, such as a letter of credit or other means
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1 acceptable to the department, to ensure that the loans will be
2 fully repaid.
3 (e) Agreements entered into pursuant to this
4 subsection may authorize the public-private entity to impose
5 tolls or fares for the use of the facility. However, the
6 amount and use of toll or fare revenues shall be regulated by
7 the expressway authority to avoid unreasonable costs to users
8 of the facility.
9 (f) Each public-private transportation facility
10 constructed pursuant to this subsection shall comply with all
11 requirements of federal, state, and local laws; state,
12 regional, and local comprehensive plans; the expressway
13 authority's rules, policies, procedures, and standards for
14 transportation facilities; and any other conditions that the
15 expressway authority determines to be in the public's best
16 interest.
17 (g) An expressway authority may exercise any power
18 possessed by it, including eminent domain, to facilitate the
19 development and construction of transportation projects
20 pursuant to this subsection. An expressway authority may pay
21 all or part of the cost of operating and maintaining the
22 facility or may provide services to the private entity for
23 which it receives full or partial reimbursement for services
24 rendered.
25 (h) Except as herein provided, this subsection is not
26 intended to amend existing laws by granting additional powers
27 to or further restricting the governmental entities from
28 regulating and entering into cooperative arrangements with the
29 private sector for the planning, construction, and operation
30 of transportation facilities. Use of the powers granted in
31 this subsection do not subject a statutorily created
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1 expressway authority, transportation authority, bridge
2 authority, or toll authority, other than one created under
3 this part, to any of the requirements of this part other than
4 those contained in this subsection.
5 Section 54. Section 348.0012, Florida Statutes, is
6 amended to read:
7 348.0012 Exemptions from applicability.--The Florida
8 Expressway Authority Act does not apply:
9 (1) In a county in which an expressway authority has
10 been created pursuant to parts II-IX of this chapter, except
11 as expressly provided in this part; or
12 (2) To a transportation authority created pursuant to
13 chapter 349.
14 Section 55. Subsection (6) is added to section
15 348.754, Florida Statutes, to read:
16 348.754 Purposes and powers.--
17 (6)(a) Notwithstanding s. 255.05, the Orlando-Orange
18 County Expressway Authority may waive payment and performance
19 bonds on construction contracts for the construction of a
20 public building, for the prosecution and completion of a
21 public work, or for repairs on a public building or public
22 work that has a cost of $500,000 or less and when the project
23 is awarded pursuant to an economic development program for the
24 encouragement of local small businesses that has been adopted
25 by the governing body of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway
26 Authority pursuant to a resolution or policy.
27 (b) The authority's adopted criteria for participation
28 in the economic development program for local small businesses
29 requires that a participant:
30 1. Be an independent business.
31 2. Be principally domiciled in the Orange County
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1 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
2 3. Employ 25 or fewer full-time employees.
3 4. Have gross annual sales averaging $3 million or
4 less over the immediately preceding 3 calendar years with
5 regard to any construction element of the program.
6 5. Be accepted as a participant in the Orlando-Orange
7 County Expressway Authority's microcontracts program or such
8 other small business program as may be hereinafter enacted by
9 the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.
10 6. Participate in an educational curriculum or
11 technical assistance program for business development that
12 will assist the small business in becoming eligible for
13 bonding.
14 (c) The authority's adopted procedures for waiving
15 payment and performance bonds on projects with values not less
16 than $200,000 and not exceeding $500,000 shall provide that
17 payment and performance bonds may only be waived on projects
18 that have been set aside to be competitively bid on by
19 participants in an economic development program for local
20 small businesses. The authority's executive director or his or
21 her designee shall determine whether specific construction
22 projects are suitable for:
23 1. Bidding under the authority's microcontracts
24 program by registered local small businesses; and
25 2. Waiver of the payment and performance bond.
26
27 The decision of the authority's executive director or deputy
28 executive director to waive the payment and performance bond
29 shall be based upon his or her investigation and conclusion
30 that there exists sufficient competition so that the authority
31 receives a fair price and does not undertake any unusual risk
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1 with respect to such project.
2 (d) For any contract for which a payment and
3 performance bond has been waived pursuant to the authority set
4 forth in this section, the Orlando-Orange County Expressway
5 Authority shall pay all persons defined in s. 713.01 who
6 furnish labor, services, or materials for the prosecution of
7 the work provided for in the contract to the same extent and
8 upon the same conditions that a surety on the payment bond
9 under s. 255.05 would have been obligated to pay such persons
10 if the payment and performance bond had not been waived. The
11 authority shall record notice of this obligation in the manner
12 and location that surety bonds are recorded. The notice shall
13 include the information describing the contract that s.
14 255.05(1) requires be stated on the front page of the bond.
15 Notwithstanding that s. 255.05(9) generally applies when a
16 performance and payment bond is required, s. 255.05(9) shall
17 apply under this subsection to any contract on which
18 performance or payment bonds are waived and any claim to
19 payment under this subsection shall be treated as a contract
20 claim pursuant to s. 255.05(9).
21 (e) A small business that has been the successful
22 bidder on six projects for which the payment and performance
23 bond was waived by the authority pursuant to paragraph (a)
24 shall be ineligible to bid on additional projects for which
25 the payment and performance bond is to be waived. The local
26 small business may continue to participate in other elements
27 of the economic development program for local small businesses
28 as long as it is eligible.
29 (f) The authority shall conduct bond eligibility
30 training for businesses qualifying for bond waiver under this
31 subsection to encourage and promote bond eligibility for such
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1 businesses.
2 (g) The authority shall prepare a biennial report on
3 the activities undertaken pursuant to this subsection to be
4 submitted to the Orange County legislative delegation. The
5 initial report shall be due December 31, 2010.
6 Section 56. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
7 163.3177, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8 163.3177 Required and optional elements of
9 comprehensive plan; studies and surveys.--
10 (3)(a) The comprehensive plan shall contain a capital
11 improvements element designed to consider the need for and the
12 location of public facilities in order to encourage the
13 efficient utilization of such facilities and set forth:
14 1. A component which outlines principles for
15 construction, extension, or increase in capacity of public
16 facilities, as well as a component which outlines principles
17 for correcting existing public facility deficiencies, which
18 are necessary to implement the comprehensive plan. The
19 components shall cover at least a 5-year period.
20 2. Estimated public facility costs, including a
21 delineation of when facilities will be needed, the general
22 location of the facilities, and projected revenue sources to
23 fund the facilities.
24 3. Standards to ensure the availability of public
25 facilities and the adequacy of those facilities including
26 acceptable levels of service.
27 4. Standards for the management of debt.
28 5. A schedule of capital improvements which includes
29 publicly funded projects, and which may include privately
30 funded projects for which the local government has no fiscal
31 responsibility, necessary to ensure that adopted
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1 level-of-service standards are achieved and maintained. For
2 capital improvements that will be funded by the developer,
3 financial feasibility shall be demonstrated by being
4 guaranteed in an enforceable development agreement or
5 interlocal agreement pursuant to paragraph (10)(h), or other
6 enforceable agreement. These development agreements and
7 interlocal agreements shall be reflected in the schedule of
8 capital improvements if the capital improvement is necessary
9 to serve development within the 5-year schedule. If the local
10 government uses planned revenue sources that require referenda
11 or other actions to secure the revenue source, the plan must,
12 in the event the referenda are not passed or actions do not
13 secure the planned revenue source, identify other existing
14 revenue sources that will be used to fund the capital projects
15 or otherwise amend the plan to ensure financial feasibility.
16 6. The schedule must include transportation
17 improvements included in the applicable metropolitan planning
18 organization's transportation improvement program adopted
19 pursuant to s. 339.175(8)(7) to the extent that such
20 improvements are relied upon to ensure concurrency and
21 financial feasibility. The schedule must also be coordinated
22 with the applicable metropolitan planning organization's
23 long-range transportation plan adopted pursuant to s.
24 339.175(7)(6).
25 Section 57. Section 339.176, Florida Statutes, is
26 amended to read:
27 339.176 Voting membership for M.P.O. with boundaries
28 including certain counties.--In addition to the voting
29 membership established by s. 339.175(3)(2) and notwithstanding
30 any other provision of law to the contrary, the voting
31 membership of any Metropolitan Planning Organization whose
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1 geographical boundaries include any county as defined in s.
2 125.011(1) must include an additional voting member appointed
3 by that city's governing body for each city with a population
4 of 50,000 or more residents.
5 Section 58. Subsection (1) of section 341.828, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 341.828 Permitting.--
8 (1) The authority, for the purposes of permitting, may
9 utilize one or more permitting processes provided for in
10 statute, including, but not limited to, the metropolitan
11 planning organization long-range transportation planning
12 process as defined in s. 339.175(6) and (7) and (8), in
13 conjunction with the Department of Transportation's work
14 program process as defined in s. 339.135, or any permitting
15 process now in effect or that may be in effect at the time of
16 permitting and will provide the most timely and cost-effective
17 permitting process.
18 Section 59. Section 2 of chapter 89-383, Laws of
19 Florida, is amended to read:
20 Section 2. Red Road is hereby designated as a state
21 historic highway. No public funds shall be expended for:
22 (1) The removal of any healthy tree which is not a
23 safety hazard.
24 (2) Any alteration of the physical dimensions or
25 location of Red Road, the median strip thereof, the land
26 adjacent thereto, or any part of the original composition of
27 the entranceway, including the towers, the walls, and the
28 lampposts.
29 (3) Any construction on or along Red Road of any new
30 structure, or any building, clearing, filling, or excavating
31 on or along Red Road except for routine maintenance or
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1 alterations, modifications, or improvements to it and the
2 adjacent right-of-way made for the purpose of enhancing life
3 safety for vehicular or pedestrian use of Red Road if the
4 number of traffic lanes is not altered work which is essential
5 to the health, safety, or welfare of the environment.
6 Section 60. Subsection (27) is added to section
7 479.01, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 479.01 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the
9 term:
10 (27) "Wall mural" means a sign that is a painting or
11 an artistic work composed of photographs or arrangements of
12 color and that displays a commercial or noncommercial message,
13 relies solely on the side of the building for rigid structural
14 support, and is painted on the building or depicted on vinyl,
15 fabric, or other similarly flexible material that is held in
16 place flush or flat against the surface of the building. The
17 term excludes a painting or work placed on a structure that is
18 erected for the sole or primary purpose of signage.
19 Section 61. Section 479.156, Florida Statutes, is
20 created to read:
21 479.156 Wall murals.--Notwithstanding any other
22 provision of this chapter, a municipality or county may permit
23 and regulate wall murals within areas designated by such
24 government. If a municipality or county permits wall murals, a
25 wall mural that displays a commercial message and is within
26 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way within an
27 area adjacent to the interstate highway system or the
28 federal-aid primary highway system shall be located in an area
29 that is zoned for industrial or commercial use and the
30 municipality or county shall establish and enforce regulations
31 for such areas that, at a minimum, set forth criteria
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1 governing the size, lighting, and spacing of wall murals
2 consistent with the intent of the Highway Beautification Act
3 of 1965 and with customary use. A wall mural that is subject
4 to municipal or county regulation and the Highway
5 Beautification Act of 1965 must be approved by the Department
6 of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration and
7 may not violate the agreement between the state and the United
8 States Department of Transportation or violate federal
9 regulations enforced by the Department of Transportation under
10 s. 479.02(1). The existence of a wall mural as defined in s.
11 479.01(27) shall not be considered in determining whether a
12 sign as defined in s. 479.01(17), either existing or new, is
13 in compliance with s. 479.07(9)(a).
14 Section 62. Section 316.1951, Florida Statutes, is
15 amended to read:
16 316.1951 Parking for certain purposes prohibited; sale
17 of motor vehicles; prohibited acts.--
18 (1) It is unlawful for any person to park a motor
19 vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, for a continuous period in
20 excess of 24 hours, after written notice, upon a public street
21 or highway, upon a public parking lot, or other public
22 property, or upon private property where the public has the
23 right to travel by motor vehicle, for the principal purpose
24 and intent of displaying the motor vehicle thereon for sale,
25 hire, or rental unless the sale, hire, or rental of the motor
26 vehicle is specifically authorized on such property by
27 municipal or county regulation and the person is duly licensed
28 as a motor vehicle dealer in accordance with s. 320.27, and
29 the person is in compliance with all municipal or county
30 licensing regulations.
31 (2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not prohibit a
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1 person from parking his or her own motor vehicle or his or her
2 other personal property on any private real property which the
3 person owns or leases or on private real property which the
4 person does not own or lease, but for which he or she obtains
5 the permission of the owner, or on the public street
6 immediately adjacent thereto, for the principal purpose and
7 intent of sale, hire, or rental.
8 (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a licensed motor
9 vehicle dealer from displaying for sale or offering for sale
10 motor vehicles at locations other than the dealer's licensed
11 location if the dealer has been issued a supplemental license
12 for off-premises sales, as provided in s. 320.27(5), and has
13 complied with the requirements in subsection (1). A vehicle
14 displayed for sale by a licensed dealer at any location other
15 than the dealer's licensed location is subject to immediate
16 removal without warning.
17 (4)(3) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
18 Vehicles shall adopt by rule a uniform written notice to be
19 used to enforce this section. Each law enforcement agency in
20 this state shall provide, at each agency's expense, the notice
21 forms necessary to enforce this section.
22 (5)(4) A law enforcement officer, compliance officer
23 examiner, license inspector, or supervisor of the department
24 may cause to be removed at the owner's expense any motor
25 vehicle found upon a public street, public parking lot, other
26 public property, or private property, where the public has the
27 right to travel by motor vehicle, which is in violation of
28 subsection (1), which has been parked in one location for more
29 than 24 hours after a written notice has been issued. Every
30 written notice issued pursuant to this section shall be
31 affixed in a conspicuous place upon a vehicle by a law
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1 enforcement officer, compliance officer examiner, license
2 inspector, or supervisor of the department. Any vehicle found
3 in violation of subsection (1) within 30 10 days after a
4 previous violation and written notice is shall be subject to
5 immediate removal without an additional waiting period.
6 (6) It is unlawful to offer a vehicle for sale if the
7 vehicle identification number has been destroyed, removed,
8 covered, altered, or defaced, as described in s. 319.33(1)(d).
9 A vehicle found in violation of this subsection is subject to
10 immediate removal without warning.
11 (7) It is unlawful to knowingly attach to any motor
12 vehicle a registration that was not assigned or lawfully
13 transferred to the vehicle pursuant to s. 320.261. A vehicle
14 found in violation of this subsection is subject to immediate
15 removal without warning.
16 (8) It is unlawful to display or offer for sale a
17 vehicle that does not have a valid registration as provided in
18 s. 320.02. A vehicle found in violation of this subsection is
19 subject to immediate removal without warning. This subsection
20 does not apply to vehicles and recreational vehicles being
21 offered for sale through motor vehicle auctions as defined in
22 s. 320.27(1)(c)4.
23 (9) A vehicle is subject to immediate removal without
24 warning if it bears a telephone number that has been displayed
25 on three or more vehicles offered for sale within a 12-month
26 period.
27 (10)(5) Any other provision of law to the contrary
28 notwithstanding, a violation of subsection (1) shall subject
29 the owner of such motor vehicle to towing fees reasonably
30 necessitated by removal and storage of the motor vehicle.
31 (11)(6) This section does not prohibit the governing
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1 body of a municipality or county, with respect to streets,
2 highways, or other property under its jurisdiction, from
3 regulating the parking of motor vehicles for any purpose.
4 (12)(7) A violation of this section is a noncriminal
5 traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as
6 provided in chapter 318, unless otherwise mandated by general
7 law.
8 Section 63. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
13 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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16 A bill to be entitled
17 An act relating to transportation; amending s.
18 20.23, F.S.; requiring the commission to
19 monitor transportation authorities and conduct
20 periodic reviews of each authority; prohibiting
21 a member of the commission from entering into
22 the day-to-day operation of a monitored
23 authority; amending s. 112.061, F.S.;
24 authorizing metropolitan planning organizations
25 and certain separate entities to establish per
26 diem and travel reimbursement rates; amending
27 s. 120.52, F.S.; excluding expressway
28 authorities under ch. 349, F.S., from the
29 definition of the term "agency" for certain
30 purposes; amending s. 349.03, F.S.; revising
31 provisions for officers and employees of the
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1 Jacksonville Transportation Authority; amending
2 s. 349.04, F.S.; providing for the adoption of
3 rules by the Jacksonville Transportation
4 Authority for certain purposes; amending s.
5 121.021, F.S.; defining the term "metropolitan
6 planning organization" for purposes of the
7 Florida Retirement System Act; revising
8 definitions to include M.P.O.'s and positions
9 in M.P.O.'s; amending s. 121.051, F.S.;
10 providing for M.P.O.'s to participate in the
11 Florida Retirement System; amending s. 121.055,
12 F.S.; requiring certain M.P.O. staff positions
13 to be in the Senior Management Service Class;
14 amending s. 121.061, F.S.; providing for
15 enforcement of certain employer funding
16 contributions required under the Florida
17 Retirement System; authorizing deductions of
18 amounts owed from certain funds distributed to
19 an M.P.O.; authorizing the governing body of an
20 M.P.O. to file and maintain an action in court
21 to require an employer to remit retirement or
22 social security member contributions or
23 employer matching payments; amending s.
24 121.081, F.S.; providing for M.P.O. officers
25 and staff to claim credit for past service for
26 retirement benefits; amending s. 163.3180,
27 F.S.; authorizing the establishment of a study
28 to evaluate the benefits and barriers of
29 establishing a regional multimodal
30 transportation concurrency district; creating
31 s. 163.3182, F.S.; providing for the creation
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1 of transportation concurrency backlog
2 authorities; providing powers and
3 responsibilities of such authorities; providing
4 for transportation concurrency backlog plans;
5 providing for the issuance of revenue bonds for
6 certain purposes; providing for the
7 establishment of a local trust fund within each
8 county or municipality having an identified
9 transportation concurrency backlog; providing
10 exemptions from transportation concurrency
11 requirements; providing for the satisfaction of
12 concurrency requirements; providing for
13 dissolution of transportation concurrency
14 backlog authorities; amending s. 163.3191,
15 F.S.; exempting from a prohibition on plan
16 amendments certain amendments to local
17 comprehensive plans concerning the integration
18 of port master plans; amending s. 212.055,
19 F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting a school
20 district, county, or municipality from issuing
21 bonds more than once each year pledging the
22 proceeds of certain discretionary taxes;
23 amending s. 215.615, F.S.; revising the
24 Department of Transportation's requirement to
25 share certain costs of fixed-guideway system
26 projects; revising criteria for an interlocal
27 agreement to establish bond financing for
28 fixed-guideway system projects; revising
29 provisions for sources of funds for the payment
30 of bonds; amending s. 311.22, F.S.; revising
31 funding for certain dredging projects; amending
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1 s. 316.2123, F.S.; authorizing a county to
2 designate certain unpaved roadways where an ATV
3 may be operated; providing conditions for such
4 operation; amending s. 316.605, F.S.; providing
5 height and placement requirements for vehicle
6 license plates; prohibiting display that
7 obscures identification of the letters and
8 numbers on a license plate; providing
9 penalties; amending s. 316.650, F.S.; revising
10 procedures for disposition of citations issued
11 for failure to pay toll; providing that the
12 citation will not be submitted to the court and
13 no points will be assessed on the driver's
14 license if the person cited elects to make
15 payment directly to the governmental entity
16 that issued the citation; providing for
17 reporting of the citation by the governmental
18 entity to the Department of Highway Safety and
19 Motor Vehicles; amending s. 318.14, F.S.;
20 providing for the amount required to be paid
21 under certain procedures for disposition of a
22 citation issued for failure to pay toll;
23 providing for the person cited to request a
24 court hearing; amending s. 318.18, F.S.;
25 revising penalties for failure to pay a
26 prescribed toll; providing for disposition of
27 amounts received by the clerk of court;
28 removing procedures for withholding of
29 adjudication; providing for suspension of a
30 driver's license under certain circumstances;
31 revising authorized uses of revenue received by
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1 a county from a certain surcharge; revising
2 penalty provisions to provide for certain
3 criminal penalties; imposing a surcharge to be
4 paid for specified traffic-related criminal
5 offenses and all moving traffic violations;
6 providing for distribution of the proceeds of
7 the surcharge to be used for the state agency
8 law enforcement radio system; providing for
9 future expiration; amending s. 318.21, F.S.;
10 revising distribution provisions to provide for
11 distribution of the surcharge; providing for
12 future expiration; amending s. 320.061, F.S.;
13 prohibiting interfering with the legibility,
14 angular visibility, or detectability of any
15 feature or detail on a license plate or
16 interfering with the ability to photograph or
17 otherwise record any feature or detail on a
18 license plate; providing penalties; repealing
19 second paragraph contained in Specific
20 Appropriation 2188 of the 2007-2008 General
21 Appropriations Act; amending s. 332.007, F.S.;
22 authorizing the Department of Transportation to
23 provide funds for certain general aviation
24 projects under certain circumstances; extending
25 the timeframe that the department is authorized
26 to provide operational and maintenance
27 assistance to certain airports and may redirect
28 the use of certain funds to security-related or
29 economic-impact projects related to the events
30 of September 11, 2001; amending s. 332.14,
31 F.S.; providing that certain members of the
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1 Secure Airports for Florida's Economy Council
2 shall be nonvoting members; authorizing certain
3 members to overrule certain actions of the
4 council; amending s. 334.351, F.S.; requiring
5 nonprofit youth organizations that contract
6 with the Department of Transportation for the
7 purpose of operating youth work experience
8 programs to certify that the program
9 participants are residents of the state and
10 possess valid identification; specifying
11 criteria for the department to consider in
12 awarding contracts to such organizations;
13 requiring that the nonprofit youth
14 organizations submit certain reports and audits
15 to the department and demonstrate participation
16 in a peer assessment or review process;
17 amending s. 336.025, F.S.; deleting a
18 prohibition against local governments issuing
19 certain bonds secured by revenues from local
20 option fuel taxes more than once a year;
21 amending s. 336.41, F.S.; revising an exception
22 to competitive-bid requirements for certain
23 county road construction and reconstruction
24 projects; increasing the value threshold under
25 which the exception applies; defining the term
26 "construction aggregate materials"; providing
27 legislative intent; prohibiting a local
28 government from approving or denying a land use
29 zoning change, comprehensive plan amendment,
30 land use permit, ordinance, or order regarding
31 construction aggregate materials without
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1 considering information provided by the
2 Department of Transportation and considering
3 the effect of such decision; prohibiting an
4 agency from imposing a moratorium on the mining
5 and extraction of construction aggregate
6 materials of longer than a specified period;
7 providing that limerock environmental resource
8 permitting and reclamation applications are
9 eligible to be expedited; establishing the
10 Strategic Aggregates Review Task Force;
11 providing for membership, staffing, reporting,
12 and expiration; providing for support and the
13 coordination of data and information for the
14 task force; requiring that the task force
15 report its findings to the Governor and the
16 Legislature; providing report requirements;
17 providing for the dissolution of the task
18 force; creating s. 337.026, F.S.; authorizing
19 the Department of Transportation to pursue
20 procurement techniques relating to construction
21 aggregate materials; authorizing the department
22 to enter into agreements for construction
23 aggregate materials; providing exceptions;
24 providing requirements for such exceptions;
25 prohibiting local governmental entities from
26 regulating the transfer of a license or permit
27 for vehicles insured under certain statutes;
28 amending s. 337.11, F.S.; providing that
29 certain construction projects be advertised for
30 bids in local newspapers; amending s. 337.14,
31 F.S.; authorizing the department to waive
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1 specified prequalification requirements for
2 certain transportation projects under certain
3 conditions; amending s. 337.18, F.S.; revising
4 surety bond requirements for construction or
5 maintenance contracts; providing for
6 incremental annual surety bonds for multiyear
7 maintenance contracts under certain conditions;
8 revising the threshold for transportation
9 projects eligible for a waiver of surety bond
10 requirements; authorizing the department to
11 provide for phased surety bond coverage or an
12 alternate means of security for a portion of
13 the contract amount in lieu of the surety bond;
14 amending s. 338.161, F.S.; providing for the
15 Department of Transportation and certain toll
16 agencies to enter into agreements with public
17 or private entities for additional uses of
18 electronic toll collection products and
19 services; authorizing feasibility studies by
20 the department or a toll agency of additional
21 uses of electronic toll devices for legislative
22 consideration; amending s. 338.2275, F.S.;
23 raising the limit on outstanding bonds to fund
24 turnpike projects; removing a provision
25 authorizing the department to acquire the
26 Sawgrass Expressway from the Broward County
27 Expressway Authority; amending s. 338.231,
28 F.S.; extending the timeframe for application
29 of requirement that the department program in
30 the tentative work program certain funds
31 relative to the share of toll collections
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1 attributable to users of the turnpike system in
2 certain areas; removing a reference to conform;
3 amending s. 339.08, F.S.; allowing moneys in
4 the State Transportation Trust Fund to be used
5 to pay the cost of the Enhanced Bridge Program
6 for Sustainable Transportation; amending s.
7 339.175, F.S.; revising intent; providing the
8 method of creation and operation of M.P.O.'s
9 required to be designated pursuant to federal
10 law; specifying that an M.P.O. is separate from
11 the state or the governing body of a local
12 government that is represented on the governing
13 board of the M.P.O. or that is a signatory to
14 the interlocal agreement creating the M.P.O.;
15 providing specified powers and privileges to
16 the M.P.O.; providing for the designation and
17 duties of certain officials; revising
18 requirements for voting membership; defining
19 the term "elected officials of a
20 general-purpose local government" to exclude
21 certain constitutional officers for voting
22 membership purposes; providing for the
23 appointment of alternates and advisers;
24 providing that members of an M.P.O. technical
25 advisory committee shall serve at the pleasure
26 of the M.P.O.; providing for the appointment of
27 an executive or staff director and other
28 personnel; authorizing an M.P.O. to enter into
29 contracts with public or private entities to
30 accomplish its duties and functions; providing
31 for the training of certain persons who serve
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1 on an M.P.O. for certain purposes; requiring
2 that certain plans, programs, and amendments
3 that affect projects be approved by each M.P.O.
4 on a recorded roll call vote, or hand-counted
5 vote, of a majority of the membership present;
6 amending s. 339.2819, F.S.; revising the share
7 of matching funds for a public transportation
8 project provided from the Transportation
9 Regional Incentive Program; creating s.
10 339.282, F.S.; providing legislative findings;
11 providing that property owners or developers
12 who voluntarily contribute right-of-way and
13 physically construct or expand a state
14 transportation facility or segment may receive
15 certain credits against any future
16 transportation concurrency requirements under
17 certain conditions; creating s. 339.285, F.S.;
18 creating the Enhanced Bridge Program for
19 Sustainable Transportation within the
20 Department of Transportation; providing for the
21 use of funds in the program; providing project
22 guidelines for program funding; amending s.
23 339.55, F.S.; providing for the use of State
24 Infrastructure Bank loans for certain damaged
25 transportation facilities in areas officially
26 declared to be in a state of emergency;
27 providing criteria; amending s. 339.63, F.S.;
28 specifying criteria for types of facilities of
29 the Strategic Intermodal System and the
30 Emerging Strategic Intermodal System; directing
31 the Department of Transportation to designate
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1 facilities to an intermodal system based on the
2 criteria; directing the Secretary of
3 Transportation to designate airports meeting
4 specified criteria as part of the Strategic
5 Intermodal System; amending s. 341.071, F.S.;
6 requiring certain public transit providers to
7 annually report potential productivity and
8 performance enhancements; amending s. 343.81,
9 F.S.; prohibiting elected officials from
10 serving on the Northwest Florida Transportation
11 Corridor Authority; providing for application
12 of the prohibition to apply to persons
13 appointed to serve on the authority after a
14 certain date; amending s. 343.82, F.S.;
15 directing the authority to plan for and study
16 the feasibility of constructing, operating, and
17 maintaining a bridge or bridges, and
18 appurtenant structures, spanning Choctawhatchee
19 Bay or Santa Rosa Sound; authorizing the
20 authority to construct, operate, and maintain
21 said bridges and structures; amending s.
22 334.30, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
23 Transportation to advance certain projects in
24 the Strategic Intermodal System Plan using
25 funds provided by public-private partnerships
26 or private entities; providing criteria for
27 such leasing agreements; providing that
28 procurements of public-private partnerships are
29 not subject to specified provisions unless they
30 are part of the procurement agreement or the
31 public-private agreement; extending the
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1 unsolicited private proposal advertisement
2 period; providing criteria for qualification of
3 public-private partnerships as part of the
4 procurement process; providing for certain
5 innovative financing techniques for
6 public-private partnerships; authorizing the
7 department to enter into public-private
8 partnership agreements that include extended
9 terms under certain conditions; requiring the
10 department to provide a summary of new
11 public-private partnerships under certain
12 conditions; requiring certain projects to be
13 prioritized for selection; providing
14 public-private partnership agreement term
15 limits; limiting the amount of certain funds
16 that may be obligated for public-private
17 projects; removing a provision for the speed of
18 a certain fixed-guideway transportation system;
19 amending s. 338.165, F.S.; providing for toll
20 rate increases that are tied to certain
21 inflation indicators; providing for increases
22 beyond inflation amounts; amending s. 338.234,
23 F.S.; granting the Florida Turnpike Enterprise,
24 its lessees, and licensees an exemption from
25 paying commercial rental tax on capital
26 improvements; amending s. 348.0004, F.S.;
27 authorizing certain transportation-related
28 authorities to enter into agreements with
29 private entities for the building, operation,
30 ownership, or financing of transportation
31 facilities; amending s. 348.0012, F.S.;
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1 revising provisions for certain exemptions from
2 the Florida Expressway Authority Act; amending
3 s. 348.754, F.S.; authorizing the
4 Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority to
5 waive payment and performance bonds on certain
6 construction contracts if the contract is
7 awarded pursuant to an economic development
8 program for the encouragement of local small
9 businesses; providing criteria for
10 participation in the program; providing
11 criteria for the bond waiver; providing for
12 certain determinations by the authority's
13 executive director or a designee as to the
14 suitability of a project; providing for certain
15 payment obligations if a payment and
16 performance bond is waived; requiring the
17 authority to record notice of the obligation;
18 limiting eligibility to bid on the projects;
19 providing for the authority to conduct bond
20 eligibility training for certain businesses;
21 requiring the authority to submit biennial
22 reports to the Orange County legislative
23 delegation; amending ss. 163.3177, 339.176, and
24 341.828, F.S.; correcting cross-references;
25 amending s. 2, ch. 89-383, Laws of Florida;
26 providing for certain alterations to and along
27 Red Road in Miami-Dade County for
28 transportation safety purposes; amending s.
29 479.01, F.S.; defining the term "wall mural";
30 creating s. 479.156, F.S.; providing for the
31 regulation of wall murals by municipalities and
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1 counties; requiring that certain wall murals be
2 located in areas zoned for industrial or
3 commercial use; requiring that the local
4 regulation of wall murals be consistent with
5 specified criteria; requiring the Department of
6 Transportation to approve a wall mural under
7 certain conditions; amending s. 316.1951, F.S.;
8 revising provisions relating to parking
9 vehicles on public property for the purpose of
10 displaying the vehicles for sale, hire, or
11 rental; providing exceptions; prohibiting
12 certain acts in the sale of motor vehicles;
13 providing an effective date.
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