| 1 | The Conference Committee on HB 5013 offered the following: |
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| 3 | Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (26) of section 334.044, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 334.044 Department; powers and duties.--The department |
| 8 | shall have the following general powers and duties: |
| 9 | (26) To provide for the enhancement of environmental |
| 10 | benefits, including air and water quality; to prevent roadside |
| 11 | erosion; to conserve the conservation of natural roadside growth |
| 12 | and scenery; and to provide for the implementation and |
| 13 | maintenance of roadside conservation, enhancement, |
| 14 | stabilization, and beautification programs., and No less than |
| 15 | 1.5 percent of the amount contracted for construction projects |
| 16 | shall be allocated by the department for the purchase of plant |
| 17 | materials, with, to beautification programs. Except where |
| 18 | prohibited by federal law or federal regulation and to the |
| 19 | greatest extent practical, a minimum of 50 percent of these |
| 20 | funds for shall be used to purchase large plant materials and |
| 21 | with the remaining funds for other plant materials. All such |
| 22 | plant materials shall be purchased from Florida commercial |
| 23 | nursery Florida-based nurseryman stock in this state on a |
| 24 | uniform competitive bid basis. The department will develop |
| 25 | grades and standards for landscaping materials purchased through |
| 26 | this process. To accomplish these activities, the department may |
| 27 | contract with nonprofit organizations having the primary purpose |
| 28 | of developing youth employment opportunities. |
| 29 | Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
| 30 | 1986 through 2095 of the 2009-2010 General Appropriations Act, |
| 31 | section 337.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 32 | 337.025 Innovative highway projects; department to |
| 33 | establish program.-- |
| 34 | (1) The department is authorized to establish a program |
| 35 | for highway projects demonstrating innovative techniques of |
| 36 | highway construction, maintenance, and finance which have the |
| 37 | intended effect of controlling time and cost increases on |
| 38 | construction projects. Such techniques may include, but are not |
| 39 | limited to, state-of-the-art technology for pavement, safety, |
| 40 | and other aspects of highway construction and maintenance; |
| 41 | innovative bidding and financing techniques; accelerated |
| 42 | construction procedures; and those techniques that have the |
| 43 | potential to reduce project life cycle costs. To the maximum |
| 44 | extent practical, the department must use the existing process |
| 45 | to award and administer construction and maintenance contracts. |
| 46 | When specific innovative techniques are to be used, the |
| 47 | department is not required to adhere to those provisions of law |
| 48 | that would prevent, preclude, or in any way prohibit the |
| 49 | department from using the innovative technique. However, prior |
| 50 | to using an innovative technique that is inconsistent with |
| 51 | another provision of law, the department must document in |
| 52 | writing the need for the exception and identify what benefits |
| 53 | the traveling public and the affected community are anticipated |
| 54 | to receive. The department may enter into no more than $120 |
| 55 | million in contracts annually for the purposes authorized by |
| 56 | this section. |
| 57 | (2) However, The annual cap on contracts provided in |
| 58 | subsection (1) this section shall not apply to: |
| 59 | (a) Turnpike enterprise projects, and nor shall turnpike |
| 60 | enterprise projects shall not be counted toward the department's |
| 61 | annual cap. |
| 62 | (b) Transportation projects funded by the American |
| 63 | Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. |
| 64 | Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 337.0261, Florida |
| 65 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 66 | 337.0261 Construction aggregate materials.-- |
| 67 | (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds that there |
| 68 | is a strategic and critical need for an available supply of |
| 69 | construction aggregate materials within the state and that a |
| 70 | disruption of the supply would cause a significant detriment to |
| 71 | the state's construction industry, transportation system, and |
| 72 | overall health, safety, and welfare. In addition, the |
| 73 | Legislature recognizes that construction aggregate materials |
| 74 | mining is an industry of critical importance to the state and |
| 75 | that the mining of construction aggregate materials is in the |
| 76 | public interest. |
| 77 | Section 4. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 339.2818, |
| 78 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 79 | 339.2818 Small County Outreach Program.-- |
| 80 | (1) There is created within the Department of |
| 81 | Transportation the Small County Outreach Program. The purpose of |
| 82 | this program is to assist small county governments in repairing |
| 83 | or rehabilitating county bridges, paving unpaved roads, |
| 84 | addressing road-related drainage improvements, resurfacing or |
| 85 | reconstructing county roads, or in constructing capacity or |
| 86 | safety improvements to county roads. |
| 87 | (4)(a) Small counties shall be eligible to compete for |
| 88 | funds that have been designated for the Small County Outreach |
| 89 | Program for projects on county roads. The department shall fund |
| 90 | 75 percent of the cost of projects on county roads funded under |
| 91 | the program. |
| 92 | (b) In determining a county's eligibility for assistance |
| 93 | under this program, the department may consider whether the |
| 94 | county has attempted to keep county roads in satisfactory |
| 95 | condition, which may be evidenced through an established |
| 96 | pavement management plan. |
| 97 | (c) The following criteria shall be used to prioritize |
| 98 | road projects for funding under the program: |
| 99 | 1. The primary criterion is the physical condition of the |
| 100 | road as measured by the department. |
| 101 | 2. As secondary criteria the department may consider: |
| 102 | a. Whether a road is used as an evacuation route. |
| 103 | b. Whether a road has high levels of agricultural travel. |
| 104 | c. Whether a road is considered a major arterial route. |
| 105 | d. Whether a road is considered a feeder road. |
| 106 | e. Information as evidenced to the department through an |
| 107 | established pavement management plan. |
| 108 | f.e. Other criteria related to the impact of a project on |
| 109 | the public road system or on the state or local economy as |
| 110 | determined by the department. |
| 111 | Section 5. Subsections (1), (3), (4), and (5) of section |
| 112 | 479.261, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 113 | 479.261 Logo sign program.-- |
| 114 | (1) The department shall establish a logo sign program for |
| 115 | the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system to provide |
| 116 | information to motorists about available gas, food, lodging, and |
| 117 | camping, attractions, and other services, as approved by the |
| 118 | Federal Highway Administration, at interchanges, through the use |
| 119 | of business logos, and may include additional interchanges under |
| 120 | the program. A logo sign for nearby attractions may be added to |
| 121 | this program if allowed by federal rules. |
| 122 | (a) As used in this chapter, the term An "attraction" |
| 123 | means as used in this chapter is defined as an establishment, |
| 124 | site, facility, or landmark that which is open a minimum of 5 |
| 125 | days a week for 52 weeks a year; that which charges an admission |
| 126 | for entry; which has as its principal focus family-oriented |
| 127 | entertainment, cultural, educational, recreational, scientific, |
| 128 | or historical activities; and that which is publicly recognized |
| 129 | as a bona fide tourist attraction. However, the permits for |
| 130 | businesses seeking to participate in the attractions logo sign |
| 131 | program shall be awarded by the department annually to the |
| 132 | highest bidders, notwithstanding the limitation on fees in |
| 133 | subsection (5), which are qualified for available space at each |
| 134 | qualified location, but the fees therefor may not be less than |
| 135 | the fees established for logo participants in other logo |
| 136 | categories. |
| 137 | (b) The department shall incorporate the use of RV- |
| 138 | friendly markers on specific information logo signs for |
| 139 | establishments that cater to the needs of persons driving |
| 140 | recreational vehicles. Establishments that qualify for |
| 141 | participation in the specific information logo program and that |
| 142 | also qualify as "RV-friendly" may request the RV-friendly marker |
| 143 | on their specific information logo sign. An RV-friendly marker |
| 144 | must consist of a design approved by the Federal Highway |
| 145 | Administration. The department shall adopt rules in accordance |
| 146 | with chapter 120 to administer this paragraph, including rules |
| 147 | setting forth the minimum requirements that establishments must |
| 148 | meet in order to qualify as RV-friendly. These requirements |
| 149 | shall include large parking spaces, entrances, and exits that |
| 150 | can easily accommodate recreational vehicles and facilities |
| 151 | having appropriate overhead clearances, if applicable. |
| 152 | (c) The department may implement a 3-year, rotation-based |
| 153 | logo program providing for the removal and addition of |
| 154 | participating businesses in the program. |
| 155 | (3) Logo signs may be installed upon the issuance of an |
| 156 | annual permit by the department or its agent and payment of a an |
| 157 | application and permit fee to the department or its agent. |
| 158 | (4) The department may contract pursuant to s. 287.057 for |
| 159 | the provision of services related to the logo sign program, |
| 160 | including recruitment and qualification of businesses, review of |
| 161 | applications, permit issuance, and fabrication, installation, |
| 162 | and maintenance of logo signs. The department may reject all |
| 163 | proposals and seek another request for proposals or otherwise |
| 164 | perform the work. If the department contracts for the provision |
| 165 | of services for the logo sign program, the contract must |
| 166 | require, unless the business owner declines, that businesses |
| 167 | that previously entered into agreements with the department to |
| 168 | privately fund logo sign construction and installation be |
| 169 | reimbursed by the contractor for the cost of the signs which has |
| 170 | not been recovered through a previously agreed upon waiver of |
| 171 | fees. The contract also may allow the contractor to retain a |
| 172 | portion of the annual fees as compensation for its services. |
| 173 | (5) At a minimum, permit fees for businesses that |
| 174 | participate in the program must be established in an amount |
| 175 | sufficient to offset the total cost to the department for the |
| 176 | program, including contract costs. The department shall provide |
| 177 | the services in the most efficient and cost-effective manner |
| 178 | through department staff or by contracting for some or all of |
| 179 | the services. The department shall adopt rules that set |
| 180 | reasonable rates based upon factors such as population, traffic |
| 181 | volume, market demand, and costs for annual permit fees. |
| 182 | However, annual permit fees for sign locations inside an urban |
| 183 | area, as defined in s. 334.03(32), may not exceed $5,000 and |
| 184 | annual permit fees for sign locations outside an urban area, as |
| 185 | defined in s. 334.03(32), may not exceed $2,500. After |
| 186 | recovering program costs, the proceeds from the annual permit |
| 187 | fees shall be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund |
| 188 | and used for transportation purposes. Such annual permit fee |
| 189 | shall not exceed $1,250. |
| 190 | Section 6. Subsections (7) and (8) of section 348.54, |
| 191 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 192 | 348.54 Powers of the authority.--Except as otherwise |
| 193 | limited herein, the authority shall have the power: |
| 194 | (7) To borrow money and to make and issue negotiable |
| 195 | bonds, notes, refunding bonds, and other evidences of |
| 196 | indebtedness or obligations, either in temporary or definitive |
| 197 | form, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as "bonds of the |
| 198 | authority," for the purpose of financing all or part of the |
| 199 | improvement or extension of the expressway system and |
| 200 | appurtenant facilities, including all approaches, streets, |
| 201 | roads, bridges, and avenues of access for the expressway system, |
| 202 | and for any other purpose authorized by this part, and to |
| 203 | provide for the rights of the holders thereof. |
| 204 | (8) To secure the payment of bonds by a pledge of all or |
| 205 | any portion of the revenues or such other moneys legally |
| 206 | available therefor and of all or any portion of the Hillsborough |
| 207 | County gasoline tax funds in the manner provided by this part; |
| 208 | and in general to provide for the security of the bonds and the |
| 209 | rights and remedies of the holders thereof. Interest upon the |
| 210 | amount of gasoline tax funds to be repaid to the county pursuant |
| 211 | to s. 348.60 shall be payable, at the highest rate applicable to |
| 212 | any outstanding bonds of the authority, out of revenues and |
| 213 | other available moneys not required to meet the authority's |
| 214 | obligations to its bondholders. The authority shall have no |
| 215 | power at any time or in any manner to pledge the credit or |
| 216 | taxing power of the state or any political subdivision or agency |
| 217 | thereof, including the city and the county, nor shall any of the |
| 218 | authority's obligations be deemed to be obligations of the state |
| 219 | or of any political subdivision or agency thereof, nor shall the |
| 220 | state or any political subdivision or agency thereof, except the |
| 221 | authority, be liable for the payment of the principal of or |
| 222 | interest on such obligations. |
| 223 | Section 7. (1) The Department of Community Affairs, in |
| 224 | consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall |
| 225 | implement an Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program for the purpose |
| 226 | of developing a model to help communities cultivate green |
| 227 | economic development, encourage renewable electric energy |
| 228 | generation, manufacture products that contribute to energy |
| 229 | conservation and green jobs, and further implement chapter 2008- |
| 230 | 191, Laws of Florida, relative to discouraging sprawl and |
| 231 | developing energy-efficient land use patterns and greenhouse gas |
| 232 | reduction strategies. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 233 | Development and the Florida Energy and Climate Commission shall |
| 234 | provide technical assistance to the departments in developing |
| 235 | and administering the program. |
| 236 | (2)(a) The application for a pilot project shall: |
| 237 | 1. Identify the proposed location of the energy economic |
| 238 | zone, which must be within an adopted urban service area and may |
| 239 | include a county landfill outside the urban service boundary; |
| 240 | 2. Present a proposed strategic plan for development and |
| 241 | redevelopment in the energy economic zone; |
| 242 | 3. Demonstrate consistency of the strategic plan with the |
| 243 | local comprehensive plan or include proposed plan amendments |
| 244 | necessary to achieve consistency; and |
| 245 | 4. Identify comprehensive plan amendments that will be |
| 246 | proposed to implement chapter 2008-191, Laws of Florida. |
| 247 | (b) The strategic plan under subparagraph (a)1. must |
| 248 | include mixed-use and form-based standards that integrate |
| 249 | multimodal transportation facilities with land use and |
| 250 | development patterns to reduce reliance on automobiles, |
| 251 | encourage certified green building developments and renewable |
| 252 | energy systems, encourage creation of green jobs, and |
| 253 | demonstrate how local financial and regulatory incentives will |
| 254 | be used in the energy economic zone. |
| 255 | (c) The Department of Community Affairs shall grant at |
| 256 | least one application if the application meets the requirements |
| 257 | of this subsection and the community has demonstrated a prior |
| 258 | commitment to energy conservation, carbon reduction, green |
| 259 | building, and economic development. The Department of Community |
| 260 | Affairs and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 261 | Development shall provide the pilot community, including |
| 262 | businesses within the energy economic zone, with technical |
| 263 | assistance in identifying and qualifying for eligible grants and |
| 264 | credits in job creation, energy, and other areas. |
| 265 | (3) The Department of Community Affairs, with the |
| 266 | assistance of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 267 | Development, shall submit an interim report by February 15, |
| 268 | 2010, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the |
| 269 | Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the status of |
| 270 | the pilot program. The report shall contain any recommendations |
| 271 | deemed appropriate by the department for statutory changes to |
| 272 | accomplish the goals of the pilot program community, including |
| 273 | whether it would be beneficial to provide financial incentives |
| 274 | similar to those offered to an enterprise zone. |
| 275 | (4) If the pilot project is ongoing, the Department of |
| 276 | Community Affairs, with the assistance of the Office of Tourism, |
| 277 | Trade, and Economic Development, shall submit a report to the |
| 278 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
| 279 | House of Representatives by February 15, 2012, evaluating |
| 280 | whether the pilot program has demonstrated success. The report |
| 281 | shall contain recommendations with regard to whether the program |
| 282 | should be expanded for use by other local governments and |
| 283 | whether state policies should be revised to encourage the goals |
| 284 | of the program. |
| 285 | Section 8. (1) The Northwest Florida Regional |
| 286 | Transportation Planning Organization, an interlocal agency under |
| 287 | part I of chapter 163, Florida Statutes, is authorized to study |
| 288 | the feasibility of advance-funding the costs of capacity |
| 289 | projects in its member counties and making recommendations to |
| 290 | the Legislature by February 1, 2010. The Department of |
| 291 | Transportation may assist the organization in conducting the |
| 292 | study. |
| 293 | (2) Results of any study authorized by this section shall |
| 294 | be provided to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the |
| 295 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, the department, any |
| 296 | metropolitan planning organization in any county served by the |
| 297 | organization, and the counties served by the organization and |
| 298 | shall discuss the financial feasibility of advance-funding the |
| 299 | costs of capacity projects in the Northwest Florida Regional |
| 300 | Transportation Planning Organization's member counties. The |
| 301 | study must be based on the following assumptions: |
| 302 | (a) Any advanced projects must be consistent with the |
| 303 | Northwest Florida Regional Transportation Planning |
| 304 | Organization's 5-year plan and the department's work program. |
| 305 | (b) Any bonds shall have a maturity not to exceed 30 |
| 306 | years. |
| 307 | (c) A maximum of 25 percent of the department's capacity |
| 308 | funds allocated annually to the counties served by the Northwest |
| 309 | Florida Regional Transportation Planning Organization may be |
| 310 | used to pay debt service on the bonds. |
| 311 | (d) Bond proceeds may only be used for the following |
| 312 | components of a construction project on a state road: planning, |
| 313 | engineering, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction. |
| 314 | (e) The cost of the projects must be balanced with the |
| 315 | proceeds available from the bonds. |
| 316 | (f) The department shall have final approval of the |
| 317 | projects financed through the sale of bonds. |
| 318 | (3) The study shall contain: |
| 319 | (a) An analysis of the financial feasibility of advancing |
| 320 | capacity projects in the Northwest Florida Regional |
| 321 | Transportation Planning Organization's member counties. |
| 322 | (b) A long-range, cost-feasible finance plan that |
| 323 | identifies the project cost, revenues by source, financing, |
| 324 | major assumptions, and a total cash flow analysis beginning with |
| 325 | implementation of the project and extending through final |
| 326 | completion of the project. |
| 327 | (c) A tentative list of capacity projects and the priority |
| 328 | in which they would be advanced. These projects must be |
| 329 | consistent with the criteria in s. 339.135(2)(b), Florida |
| 330 | Statutes. |
| 331 | (d) A 5-year work program of the projects to be advanced. |
| 332 | This program must be consistent with chapter 339, Florida |
| 333 | Statutes. |
| 334 | (e) A report of any statutory changes, including a draft |
| 335 | bill, needed to give the Northwest Florida Regional |
| 336 | Transportation Planning Organization the ability to advance |
| 337 | construction projects. The draft bill language shall address, at |
| 338 | a minimum: |
| 339 | 1. Developing a list of road projects to be advanced, |
| 340 | consistent with the organization's 5-year plan. |
| 341 | 2. Giving the department the authority to review projects |
| 342 | to determine consistency with its current work program. |
| 343 | 3. Giving the organization the authority to issue bonds |
| 344 | with a maturity of not greater than 30 years. |
| 345 | 4. Requiring proceeds of the bonds to be delivered to the |
| 346 | department to pay the cost of completing the projects. |
| 347 | 5. Requiring the road projects to be consistent with the |
| 348 | organization's 5-year plan. |
| 349 | 6. Permitting any participating county to elect to |
| 350 | undertake responsibility for the payment of a portion of the |
| 351 | cost of any project in the county pursuant to an agreement with |
| 352 | the organization and the department. |
| 353 | 7. Providing that, in each year that the bonds are |
| 354 | outstanding, no more than 25 percent of the state transportation |
| 355 | funds appropriated for capacity projects advanced pursuant to |
| 356 | the terms of this section and within the area of operation of |
| 357 | the organization shall be paid over to the organization for the |
| 358 | purpose of paying debt service on bonds the organization issued |
| 359 | for such capacity projects. Such payments shall be made in lieu |
| 360 | of programming any new projects in the work program. |
| 361 | 8. Providing that, in the event that the capacity funds |
| 362 | allocated to the member counties of the organization are less |
| 363 | than the amount needed to satisfy the payment requirements under |
| 364 | the contract, the department shall defer the funded capacity on |
| 365 | any other projects in the member counties of the organization to |
| 366 | the extent necessary to make up such deficiency, so as to enable |
| 367 | the organization to make the required debt service payments on |
| 368 | the bonds or to replenish the reserves established for the bonds |
| 369 | which may have been used to make up such deficiency. Under no |
| 370 | circumstances shall the department provide any funds for these |
| 371 | capacity projects in excess of the amount that would be |
| 372 | allocated to the member counties pursuant to statutory formula |
| 373 | and legislative appropriation. |
| 374 | 9. Providing that the bonds shall state on their face that |
| 375 | they do not constitute a pledge of the full faith or taxing |
| 376 | power of the state, and no holder of any bond shall have the |
| 377 | right to compel payment of the bonds from any funds of the |
| 378 | state, other than amounts required to be paid to the |
| 379 | organization under the contract. The bonds shall be limited and |
| 380 | special obligations payable solely from the sources described |
| 381 | herein. |
| 382 | 10. Establishing such other terms and provisions as may be |
| 383 | deemed reasonable and necessary to enable the organization to |
| 384 | market the bonds at the most advantageous rates possible. |
| 385 | (4) The Legislature may authorize the implementation of |
| 386 | the Northwest Florida Regional Transportation Planning |
| 387 | Organization's study after a satisfactory showing that these |
| 388 | prerequisites have been met and that any source of funding for |
| 389 | any bonds to be issued has been approved by the Department of |
| 390 | Transportation. |
| 391 | Section 9. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
| 392 |
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| 395 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 396 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 397 | A bill to be entitled |
| 398 | An act relating to transportation; amending s. 334.044, |
| 399 | F.S.; revising the powers and duties of the Department of |
| 400 | Transportation to provide for certain environmental |
| 401 | conditions; amending s. 337.025, F.S.; exempting |
| 402 | transportation projects funded by the American Recovery |
| 403 | and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from specified caps on annual |
| 404 | contract amounts; amending s. 337.0261, F.S.; recognizing |
| 405 | that construction aggregate materials mining is an |
| 406 | industry of critical importance and that the mining of |
| 407 | construction aggregate materials is in the public |
| 408 | interest; amending s. 339.2818, F.S., relating to the |
| 409 | Small County Outreach Program; revising the purpose of the |
| 410 | program to include certain program purposes; revising |
| 411 | eligibility and prioritization criteria; amending s. |
| 412 | 479.261, F.S.; revising requirements for the logo sign |
| 413 | program of the interstate highway system; revising the |
| 414 | definition of the term "attraction"; removing provisions |
| 415 | for permits to be awarded to the highest bidders; |
| 416 | authorizing the department to implement a rotation-based |
| 417 | logo program; revising contract provisions for related |
| 418 | services; requiring the department to adopt rules that set |
| 419 | reasonable rates based on certain factors for annual |
| 420 | permit fees; requiring that such fees not exceed a certain |
| 421 | amount for certain sign locations; providing for |
| 422 | distribution and use of proceeds from such fees; amending |
| 423 | s. 348.54, F.S.; authorizing the Tampa-Hillsborough County |
| 424 | Expressway Authority to make and issue certain bonds and |
| 425 | other evidences of indebtedness and obligations; |
| 426 | specifying liability for the payment of the principal of |
| 427 | or interest on such obligations; requiring the Department |
| 428 | of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department |
| 429 | of Transportation, to implement the Energy Economic Zone |
| 430 | Pilot Program for specified purposes; requiring that the |
| 431 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and the |
| 432 | Florida Energy and Climate Commission provide technical |
| 433 | assistance; specifying intended goals of the program; |
| 434 | providing an application process for a pilot project; |
| 435 | requiring that the Department of Community Affairs and the |
| 436 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development provide |
| 437 | the pilot community with certain assistance; requiring the |
| 438 | Department of Community Affairs to submit reports to the |
| 439 | Governor and the Legislature; authorizing the Northwest |
| 440 | Florida Regional Transportation Planning Organization to |
| 441 | conduct a study on advancing funds for certain |
| 442 | construction projects; authorizing the Department of |
| 443 | Transportation to assist with the study; requiring results |
| 444 | of the study to be provided to the Governor, the |
| 445 | Legislature, and certain entities; providing principles |
| 446 | for the study; providing for content of the study; |
| 447 | providing for legislative authorization prior to |
| 448 | implementation of the study; providing an effective date. |