| 1 | Representative Ray offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 2391 and 2392, insert: |
| 5 | Section 45. The Department of Transportation shall direct |
| 6 | a study to be conducted and funded by the Jacksonville |
| 7 | Transportation Authority created in chapter 349, Florida |
| 8 | Statutes, for the purpose of recommending to the Legislature the |
| 9 | framework for a regional transportation authority for the |
| 10 | northeast region of Florida comprised of the following counties |
| 11 | and each of the municipalities therein: Baker, Clay, Duval, |
| 12 | Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties. The study shall |
| 13 | include, at a minimum, the existing powers and duties of the |
| 14 | authority and the additional powers and duties necessary for the |
| 15 | agency to plan, design, finance, construct, operate, and |
| 16 | maintain transportation facilities, providing a safe, adequate, |
| 17 | and efficient surface transportation network for the region, |
| 18 | consistent with the statewide transportation network. In |
| 19 | addition, the study shall address agency revenue sources, |
| 20 | governance, coordination of work plans, and coordination with |
| 21 | local comprehensive plans for all of the transportation |
| 22 | facilities of the agency. Recommendations shall be delivered to |
| 23 | the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
| 24 | Representatives no later than February 1, 2010. |
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| 28 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 29 | Remove line 217 and insert: |
| 30 | directing the Department of Transportation to direct a |
| 31 | study to be conducted and funded by the Jacksonville |
| 32 | Transportation Authority for the purpose of recommending |
| 33 | the framework for a regional transportation authority for |
| 34 | the northeast region of Florida; designating certain |
| 35 | counties and municipalities as comprising that region; |
| 36 | providing for content of the study; requiring a report to |
| 37 | the Legislature; providing an effective date. |