Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for CS for HB 283
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 1/AD/2R         .            Floor: C            
             05/02/2011 05:01 PM       .      05/04/2011 04:43 PM       
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       Senator Latvala moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 48 - 59
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 311.09, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (13) is added that section,
    7  to read:
    8         311.09 Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
    9  Development Council.—
   10         (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   11  Development Council is created within the Department of
   12  Transportation. The council consists of the following 18 17
   13  members: the port director, or the port director’s designee, of
   14  each of the ports of Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus,
   15  Fort Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Manatee,
   16  St. Petersburg, Tampa, Port St. Joe, Panama City, Pensacola, Key
   17  West, and Fernandina; the secretary of the Department of
   18  Transportation or his or her designee; the director of the
   19  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development or his or her
   20  designee; and the secretary of the Department of Community
   21  Affairs or his or her designee.
   22         (13) Until July 1, 2014, Citrus County may apply for a
   23  grant through the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   24  Development Council to perform a feasibility study regarding the
   25  establishment of a port in Citrus County. The council shall
   26  evaluate such application pursuant to subsections (5)–(9) and,
   27  if approved, the Department of Transportation shall include the
   28  feasibility study in its budget request pursuant to subsection
   29  (10). If the study determines that a port in Citrus County is
   30  not feasible, the membership of Port Citrus on the council shall
   31  terminate.
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   34         And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete lines 2 - 8
   36  and insert:
   37         An act relating to seaports; amending s. 311.09, F.S.;
   38         including a representative of Port Citrus as a member
   39         of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   40         Development Council; providing that Citrus County may
   41         apply for a grant for a feasibility study through the
   42         Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
   43         Development Council; providing for the evaluation of
   44         the application; requiring the Department of
   45         Transportation to include the study in its budget
   46         request under certain circumstances; terminating the
   47         membership of Port Citrus on the council under certain
   48         circumstances; amending s.