| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to transportation corporations; removing |
| 3 | provisions that provide for nonprofit corporations to act |
| 4 | on behalf of the Department of Transportation to secure |
| 5 | and obtain rights-of-way for transportation systems and to |
| 6 | assist in the planning and design of such systems; |
| 7 | repealing ss. 339.401-339.421, F.S., relating to the |
| 8 | Florida Transportation Corporation Act, definition of |
| 9 | terms used in the act, legislative findings and purpose, |
| 10 | authorization of corporations, type and structure and |
| 11 | income of corporation, contract between the Department of |
| 12 | Transportation and the corporation, articles of |
| 13 | incorporation, boards of directors and advisory directors, |
| 14 | bylaws, notice of meetings and open records, amendment of |
| 15 | articles of incorporation, powers of corporations, use of |
| 16 | state property, exemption from taxation, authority to |
| 17 | alter or dissolve corporation, dissolution upon completion |
| 18 | of purposes, transfer of funds and property upon |
| 19 | dissolution, department rules, construction of provisions, |
| 20 | and issuance of debt; repealing s. 11.45(3)(m), F.S., |
| 21 | removing a provision for audits of transportation |
| 22 | corporations by the Auditor General to conform; providing |
| 23 | an effective date. |
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| 25 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 27 | Section 1. Sections 339.401, 339.402, 339.403, 339.404, |
| 28 | 339.405, 339.406, 339.407, 339.408, 339.409, 339.410, 339.411, |
| 29 | 339.412, 339.414, 339.415, 339.416, 339.417, 339.418, 339.419, |
| 30 | 339.420, and 339.421, Florida Statutes, are repealed. |
| 31 | Section 2. Paragraph (m) of subsection (3) of section |
| 32 | 11.45, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 33 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |