Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1212
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/20/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
       Appropriations (Dockery) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (953772) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 434 and 435
    5  insert:
    6  Section 5. (1) The Department of Transportation may not
    7  guarantee funding for the operation or maintenance of any
    8  commuter rail corridor or system without specific and discreet
    9  legislative authorization. The guarantee may not be a part of
   10  any other subject matter bill or legislative package.
   11         (2) The Department of Transportation may not support any
   12  new commuter rail corridor otherwise authorized by the
   13  department until federal, state, and local governments have
   14  established a dedicated funding source to pay for the corridor
   15  and the associated operation and maintenance of a commuter rail
   16  system.
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   19  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   20  And the title is amended as follows:
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   22         Delete line 473
   23  and insert:
   24         prohibiting the Department of Transportation from
   25         guaranteeing any funds for the operation or
   26         maintenance of any commuter rail corridor or system
   27         without specific and discreet legislative
   28         authorization; declaring that the Department of
   29         Transportation may not support any new commuter rail
   30         corridor otherwise authorized by the department until
   31         federal, state, and local governments have established
   32         a dedicated funding source to pay for the corridor and
   33         the associated operation and maintenance of a commuter
   34         rail system; providing an effective date.