Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 1363
Amendment No. 338131
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Brandes offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (705363) (with title amendment)
4     Remove lines 26-75 and insert:
5assistance of the Florida Transportation Commission Auditor
6General in conducting such reviews and shall report the findings
7of such reviews to the Legislature. This paragraph does not
8preclude the Florida Transportation Commission from conducting
9its performance and work program monitoring responsibilities.
10     2.  Advising the department on policies and strategies used
11in planning, designing, building, operating, financing, and
12maintaining a coordinated statewide system of passenger rail
13services.
14     3.  Evaluating passenger rail policies and providing advice
15and recommendations to the Legislature on passenger rail
16operations in the state.
17     Section 75.  Subsection (13) is added to section 311.09,
18Florida Statutes, to read:
19     311.09  Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
20Development Council.-
21     (13)  Until July 1, 2014, Citrus County may apply for a
22grant through the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
23Development Council to perform a feasibility study regarding the
24establishment of a port in Citrus County. The council shall
25evaluate such application in accordance with subsections (5)-(9)
26and, if approved, the Department of Transportation shall include
27the feasibility study in its budget request pursuant to
28subsection (10).
29     Section 76.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
30212.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
31     212.055  Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent;
32authorization and use of proceeds.-It is the legislative intent
33that any authorization for imposition of a discretionary sales
34surtax shall be published in the Florida Statutes as a
35subsection of this section, irrespective of the duration of the
36levy. Each enactment shall specify the types of counties
37authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be imposed; the
38maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed, if any; the
39procedure which must be followed to secure voter approval, if
40required; the purpose for which the proceeds may be expended;
41and such other requirements as the Legislature may provide.
42Taxable transactions and administrative procedures shall be as
43provided in s. 212.054.
44     (1)  CHARTER COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
45SURTAX.-
46     (d)  Proceeds from the surtax shall be applied to as many
47or as few of the uses enumerated below in whatever combination
48the county commission deems appropriate:
49     1.  Deposited by the county in the trust fund and shall be
50used for the purposes of development, construction, equipment,
51maintenance, operation, supportive services, including a
52countywide bus system, on-demand transportation services, and
53related costs of a fixed guideway rapid transit system;
54     2.  Remitted by the governing body of the county to an
55expressway, transit, or transportation authority created by law
56to be used, at the discretion of such authority, for the
57development, construction, operation, or maintenance of roads or
58bridges in the county, for the operation and maintenance of a
59bus system, for the operation and maintenance of on-demand
60transportation services, for the payment of principal and
61interest on existing bonds issued for the construction of such
62roads or bridges, and, upon approval by the county commission,
63such proceeds may be pledged for bonds issued to refinance
64existing bonds or new bonds issued for the construction of such
65roads or bridges;
66     3.  Used by the county for the development, construction,
67operation, and maintenance of roads and bridges in the county;
68for the expansion, operation, and maintenance of bus and fixed
69guideway systems; for the expansion, operation, and maintenance
70of on-demand transportation services; and for the payment of
71principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction of
72fixed guideway rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or
73bridges; and such proceeds may be pledged by the governing body
74of the county for bonds issued to refinance existing bonds or
75new bonds issued for the construction of such fixed guideway
76rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or bridges and no
77more than 25 percent used for nontransit uses; and
78     4.  Used by the county for the planning, development,
79construction, operation, and maintenance of roads and bridges in
80the county; for the planning, development, expansion, operation,
81and maintenance of bus and fixed guideway systems; for the
82planning, development, construction, operation, and maintenance
83of on-demand transportation services; and for the payment of
84principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction of
85fixed guideway rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or
86bridges; and such proceeds may be pledged by the governing body
87of the county for bonds issued to refinance existing bonds or
88new bonds issued for the construction of such fixed guideway
89rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or bridges. Pursuant
90to an interlocal agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 163,
91the governing body of the county may distribute proceeds from
92the tax to a municipality, or an expressway or transportation
93authority created by law to be expended for the purpose
94authorized by this paragraph. Any county that has entered into
95interlocal agreements for distribution of proceeds to one or
96more municipalities in the county shall revise such interlocal
97agreements as necessary for the sole purpose of including no
98less than every 5 years in order to include any municipalities
99that have been created during the immediately preceding year,
100provided that any funds distributed to a new municipality must
101come from funds otherwise retained and used by the charter
102county, must be on a pro rata basis with the allocation of funds
103to the previously existing municipalities, and must not reduce
104the percentage allocation to the previously existing
105municipalities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first
106revision of interlocal agreements pursuant to this subparagraph
107shall include any municipality that has been created since the
108surtax was adopted by the charter county. Any charter county
109that seeks to terminate or substantially modify the distribution
110of funds to municipalities may do so only pursuant to approval
111by a majority vote of the electorate of the county since the
112prior interlocal agreements were executed.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
118     Remove lines 94-96 and insert:
119circumstances; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; requiring counties to
120revise, as necessary, any interlocal agreements entered into
121with municipalities for the distribution of proceeds of the
122discretionary sales surcharge in order that newly participating
123municipalities may receive a share of the distribution;
124specifying conditions by which a municipality may receive a
125distribution of the sales surcharge; providing effective dates.


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