Florida Senate - 2009 SB 1596
By the Committee on Transportation
596-01976-09 20091596__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of Transportation;
3 amending s. 339.135, F.S.; requiring the department to
4 submit the tentative work program to the Freight
5 Infrastructure Resource Steering Council, as created
6 by the act; amending s. 339.64, F.S.; abolishing the
7 Statewide Intermodal Transportation Advisory Council
8 and creating the Freight Infrastructure Resource
9 Steering Council; requiring the council to continue to
10 advise the Legislature and department on policies,
11 planning, and funding of certain transportation
12 projects; requiring the council to prioritize certain
13 projects and evaluate the priorities of the
14 department's tentative work program; revising the
15 membership of the council; revising appointment
16 authority and providing for terms of office; requiring
17 that council meetings be electronically recorded;
18 requiring that recordings and all other documents
19 received be preserved pursuant to law; providing an
20 effective date.
21
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
23
24 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section
25 339.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
26 339.135 Work program; legislative budget request;
27 definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.—
28 (4) FUNDING AND DEVELOPING A TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.—
29 (f) The central office shall submit a preliminary copy of
30 the tentative work program to the Executive Office of the
31 Governor, the legislative appropriations committees, the Florida
32 Transportation Commission, the Freight Infrastructure Resource
33 Steering Council, and the Department of Community Affairs at
34 least 14 days prior to the convening of the regular legislative
35 session. Prior to the statewide public hearing required by
36 paragraph (g), the Department of Community Affairs shall
37 transmit to the Florida Transportation Commission a list of
38 those projects and project phases contained in the tentative
39 work program which are identified as being inconsistent with
40 approved local government comprehensive plans. For urbanized
41 areas of metropolitan planning organizations, the list may not
42 contain any project or project phase that is scheduled in a
43 transportation improvement program unless such inconsistency has
44 been previously reported to the affected metropolitan planning
45 organization.
46 Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 339.64, Florida
47 Statutes, is amended to read:
48 339.64 Strategic Intermodal System Plan.—
49 (5) FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE STEERING COUNCIL
50 STATEWIDE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.—
51 (a) The Freight Infrastructure Resource Steering Council
52 Statewide Intermodal Transportation Advisory Council is created
53 to advise and make recommendations to the Legislature and the
54 department on policies, planning, and funding of intermodal
55 freight transportation projects. The council's responsibilities
56 shall include:
57 1. Advising the department on the policies, planning, and
58 implementation of strategies used in the prioritization of
59 related to intermodal freight transportation projects.
60 2. Evaluating the priorities of intermodal freight projects
61 in the tentative work program of the department developed under
62 s. 339.135(4), and providing advice and recommendations to the
63 Legislature on funding for projects to move goods and people in
64 the most efficient and effective manner in this state for the
65 State of Florida.
66 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the Freight Infrastructure
67 Resource Steering Council Statewide Intermodal Transportation
68 Advisory Council shall consist of the following:
69 1. Six intermodal industry representatives selected by the
70 Governor as follows:
71 a. One representative from an airport involved in the
72 movement of freight and people from their airport facility to
73 another transportation mode.
74 b. One individual representing a fixed-route, local
75 government transit system.
76 c. One representative from an intercity bus company
77 providing regularly scheduled bus travel as determined by
78 federal regulations.
79 d. One representative from a spaceport.
80 e. One representative from intermodal trucking companies.
81 f. One representative having command responsibilities of a
82 major military installation.
83 1.2. Three intermodal industry representatives selected by
84 the President of the Senate as follows:
85 a. One representative from major-line railroads.
86 b. One representative from seaports listed in s. 311.09(1)
87 from the Atlantic Coast.
88 c. One representative from an airport involved in the
89 movement of freight and people from their airport facility to
90 another transportation mode.
91 2.3. Three intermodal industry representatives selected by
92 the Speaker of the House of Representatives as follows:
93 a. One representative from short-line railroads.
94 b. One representative from seaports listed in s. 311.09(1)
95 from the Gulf Coast.
96 c. One representative from intermodal trucking companies.
97 In no event may this representative be employed by the same
98 company that employs the intermodal trucking company
99 representative selected by the Governor.
100 3. The Secretary of Transportation or the secretary's
101 designee.
102 4. The Secretary of Community Affairs or the secretary's
103 designee.
104 5. The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
105 Economic Development.
106 (c) Council members Initial appointments to the council
107 must be made no later than 30 days after the effective date of
108 this section.
109 1. The initial appointments made by the President of the
110 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
111 serve terms concurrent with those of the respective appointing
112 officer. Beginning January 15, 2005, and for all subsequent
113 appointments, council members appointed by the President of the
114 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be
115 appointed to serve 2-year terms, concurrent with the term of the
116 respective appointing officer.
117 2. The initial appointees, and all subsequent appointees,
118 made by the Governor shall serve 2-year terms.
119 2.3. Vacancies on the council shall be filled in the same
120 manner as the initial appointments.
121 (d) Each member of the council is shall be allowed one
122 vote. The council shall select a chair from among its
123 legislatively appointed membership. Meetings shall be held at
124 the call of the chair, but not less frequently than twice
125 annually quarterly. The members of the council are entitled to
126 reimbursement shall be reimbursed for per diem and travel
127 expenses as provided in s. 112.061.
128 (e) The department shall provide administrative staff
129 support and shall ensure that council meetings are
130 electronically recorded. The Such recordings and all documents
131 received, prepared for, or used by the council in conducting its
132 business shall be preserved pursuant to chapters 119 and 257.
133 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.