995020                                                     

Committee
TA
Amendment
16
Florida Senate - 2009
SB7072                                                   


The Committee on Ways and Means (Villalobos) recommended the following 
LATE FILED amendment:


Section: 05
On Page: 248             

Spec App: 1999
 EXPLANATION:
Revises proviso language associated with the 
acquisition of the Central Florida Rail Corridor.




NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
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                                               Positions & Amounts    Positions & Amounts
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        TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Transportation Systems Development
        Program: Transportation Systems 
        Development  55100100

        In Section 05  On Page 248
1999    Fixed Capital Outlay  088774
        Public Transit Development/Grants  IOEK

DELETE the first paragraph of proviso immediately following Specific 
Appropriation 1999:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriations 1999, 2005, and 2009, the
department  may  complete  an  escrowed  closing  on the pending Central
Florida  Rail  Corridor  acquisition; provided, however, the drawdown of
such  escrowed  closing  funds  shall  not  occur unless and until final
Federal  Transit Administration full-funding grant agreement approval is
obtained  for the proposed Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit Project
Initial Operating Segment.

and insert in lieu thereof:

From the funds in Specific Appropriations 1999, 2005, and 2009, the 
department may complete an escrowed closing on the pending Central 
Florida Rail Corridor acquisition; provided however, the drawdown of 
such escrowed closing funds shall not occur unless and until final 
Federal Transit Administration full-funding grant agreement approval is 

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obtained and a federal appropriation in the amount of at least 
$178,000,000.00 is secured for the proposed Central Florida Rail Transit 
Project Initial Operating Segment; and further provided, however, that 
no such closing shall be authorized in the absence of the passage of 
Senate Bill 1212 or substantially similar substantive legislation 
authorizing the liability insurance purchase requirements and the 
state's indemnification obligations as set forth in the Central Florida 
Rail Corridor acquisition transactional documents dated February 4, 
2008.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.  Items printed in italics are computer codes and are not a part of the official text of this amendment.








































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