Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 422
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Gardiner) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (501424) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 385 and 386
    5  insert:
    6         Section 9. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 339.2818,
    7  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         339.2818 Small County Outreach Program.—
    9         (1) There is created within the Department of
   10  Transportation the Small County Outreach Program. The purpose of
   11  this program is to assist small county governments in repairing
   12  or rehabilitating county bridges, paving unpaved roads,
   13  addressing road-related drainage improvements, resurfacing or
   14  reconstructing county roads or in constructing capacity or
   15  safety improvements to county roads.
   16         (4)(a) Small counties shall be eligible to compete for
   17  funds that have been designated for the Small County Outreach
   18  Program for projects on county roads. The department shall fund
   19  75 percent of the cost of projects on county roads funded under
   20  the program.
   21         (b) In determining a county’s eligibility for assistance
   22  under this program, the department may consider whether the
   23  county has attempted to keep county roads in satisfactory
   24  condition which may be evidenced through an established pavement
   25  management plan.
   26         (c) The following criteria shall be used to prioritize road
   27  projects for funding under the program:
   28         1. The primary criterion is the physical condition of the
   29  road as measured by the department.
   30         2. As secondary criteria the department may consider:
   31         a. Whether a road is used as an evacuation route.
   32         b. Whether a road has high levels of agricultural travel.
   33         c. Whether a road is considered a major arterial route.
   34         d. Whether a road is considered a feeder road.
   35         e. Information as evidenced to the department through an
   36  established pavement management plan
   37         f.e. Other criteria related to the impact of a project on
   38  the public road system or on the state or local economy as
   39  determined by the department.
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42         And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Between lines 35 and 36
   44  insert:
   45         amending s. 339.2818, F.S., relating to the Small County
   46  Outreach Program; revising the purpose of the program to include
   47  certain program types; revising eligibility and prioritization
   48  criteria;