| 1 | Representative Brandes offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (705363) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 26-75 and insert: |
| 5 | assistance of the Florida Transportation Commission Auditor |
| 6 | General in conducting such reviews and shall report the findings |
| 7 | of such reviews to the Legislature. This paragraph does not |
| 8 | preclude the Florida Transportation Commission from conducting |
| 9 | its performance and work program monitoring responsibilities. |
| 10 | 2. Advising the department on policies and strategies used |
| 11 | in planning, designing, building, operating, financing, and |
| 12 | maintaining a coordinated statewide system of passenger rail |
| 13 | services. |
| 14 | 3. Evaluating passenger rail policies and providing advice |
| 15 | and recommendations to the Legislature on passenger rail |
| 16 | operations in the state. |
| 17 | Section 75. Subsection (13) is added to section 311.09, |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 19 | 311.09 Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic |
| 20 | Development Council.- |
| 21 | (13) Until July 1, 2014, Citrus County may apply for a |
| 22 | grant through the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic |
| 23 | Development Council to perform a feasibility study regarding the |
| 24 | establishment of a port in Citrus County. The council shall |
| 25 | evaluate such application in accordance with subsections (5)-(9) |
| 26 | and, if approved, the Department of Transportation shall include |
| 27 | the feasibility study in its budget request pursuant to |
| 28 | subsection (10). |
| 29 | Section 76. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section |
| 30 | 212.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 31 | 212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; |
| 32 | authorization and use of proceeds.-It is the legislative intent |
| 33 | that any authorization for imposition of a discretionary sales |
| 34 | surtax shall be published in the Florida Statutes as a |
| 35 | subsection of this section, irrespective of the duration of the |
| 36 | levy. Each enactment shall specify the types of counties |
| 37 | authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be imposed; the |
| 38 | maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed, if any; the |
| 39 | procedure which must be followed to secure voter approval, if |
| 40 | required; the purpose for which the proceeds may be expended; |
| 41 | and such other requirements as the Legislature may provide. |
| 42 | Taxable transactions and administrative procedures shall be as |
| 43 | provided in s. 212.054. |
| 44 | (1) CHARTER COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM |
| 45 | SURTAX.- |
| 46 | (d) Proceeds from the surtax shall be applied to as many |
| 47 | or as few of the uses enumerated below in whatever combination |
| 48 | the county commission deems appropriate: |
| 49 | 1. Deposited by the county in the trust fund and shall be |
| 50 | used for the purposes of development, construction, equipment, |
| 51 | maintenance, operation, supportive services, including a |
| 52 | countywide bus system, on-demand transportation services, and |
| 53 | related costs of a fixed guideway rapid transit system; |
| 54 | 2. Remitted by the governing body of the county to an |
| 55 | expressway, transit, or transportation authority created by law |
| 56 | to be used, at the discretion of such authority, for the |
| 57 | development, construction, operation, or maintenance of roads or |
| 58 | bridges in the county, for the operation and maintenance of a |
| 59 | bus system, for the operation and maintenance of on-demand |
| 60 | transportation services, for the payment of principal and |
| 61 | interest on existing bonds issued for the construction of such |
| 62 | roads or bridges, and, upon approval by the county commission, |
| 63 | such proceeds may be pledged for bonds issued to refinance |
| 64 | existing bonds or new bonds issued for the construction of such |
| 65 | roads or bridges; |
| 66 | 3. Used by the county for the development, construction, |
| 67 | operation, and maintenance of roads and bridges in the county; |
| 68 | for the expansion, operation, and maintenance of bus and fixed |
| 69 | guideway systems; for the expansion, operation, and maintenance |
| 70 | of on-demand transportation services; and for the payment of |
| 71 | principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction of |
| 72 | fixed guideway rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or |
| 73 | bridges; and such proceeds may be pledged by the governing body |
| 74 | of the county for bonds issued to refinance existing bonds or |
| 75 | new bonds issued for the construction of such fixed guideway |
| 76 | rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or bridges and no |
| 77 | more than 25 percent used for nontransit uses; and |
| 78 | 4. Used by the county for the planning, development, |
| 79 | construction, operation, and maintenance of roads and bridges in |
| 80 | the county; for the planning, development, expansion, operation, |
| 81 | and maintenance of bus and fixed guideway systems; for the |
| 82 | planning, development, construction, operation, and maintenance |
| 83 | of on-demand transportation services; and for the payment of |
| 84 | principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction of |
| 85 | fixed guideway rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or |
| 86 | bridges; and such proceeds may be pledged by the governing body |
| 87 | of the county for bonds issued to refinance existing bonds or |
| 88 | new bonds issued for the construction of such fixed guideway |
| 89 | rapid transit systems, bus systems, roads, or bridges. Pursuant |
| 90 | to an interlocal agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 163, |
| 91 | the governing body of the county may distribute proceeds from |
| 92 | the tax to a municipality, or an expressway or transportation |
| 93 | authority created by law to be expended for the purpose |
| 94 | authorized by this paragraph. Any county that has entered into |
| 95 | interlocal agreements for distribution of proceeds to one or |
| 96 | more municipalities in the county shall revise such interlocal |
| 97 | agreements as necessary for the sole purpose of including no |
| 98 | less than every 5 years in order to include any municipalities |
| 99 | that have been created during the immediately preceding year, |
| 100 | provided that any funds distributed to a new municipality must |
| 101 | come from funds otherwise retained and used by the charter |
| 102 | county, must be on a pro rata basis with the allocation of funds |
| 103 | to the previously existing municipalities, and must not reduce |
| 104 | the percentage allocation to the previously existing |
| 105 | municipalities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first |
| 106 | revision of interlocal agreements pursuant to this subparagraph |
| 107 | shall include any municipality that has been created since the |
| 108 | surtax was adopted by the charter county. Any charter county |
| 109 | that seeks to terminate or substantially modify the distribution |
| 110 | of funds to municipalities may do so only pursuant to approval |
| 111 | by a majority vote of the electorate of the county since the |
| 112 | prior interlocal agreements were executed. |
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| 117 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 118 | Remove lines 94-96 and insert: |
| 119 | circumstances; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; requiring counties to |
| 120 | revise, as necessary, any interlocal agreements entered into |
| 121 | with municipalities for the distribution of proceeds of the |
| 122 | discretionary sales surcharge in order that newly participating |
| 123 | municipalities may receive a share of the distribution; |
| 124 | specifying conditions by which a municipality may receive a |
| 125 | distribution of the sales surcharge; providing effective dates. |