Florida Senate - 2011         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7198
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget
       
       
       
       
       576-03078A-11                                         20117198__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to transportation; amending s.
    3         310.002, F.S.; redefining the term “port” to include
    4         Port Citrus; amending s. 311.07, F.S.; providing
    5         additional funds for 5 years to fund certain projects
    6         through the Florida Deepwater Seaport Program;
    7         amending s. 311.09, F.S.; including a representative
    8         of Port Citrus as a member of the Florida Seaport
    9         Transportation and Economic Development Council;
   10         amending s. 338.165, F.S.; specifying that certain
   11         statutory provisions related to special matters to be
   12         considered in rule adoption do not apply to the
   13         adjustment of toll rates; transferring control of the
   14         Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority, the
   15         Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, and the
   16         Mid-Bay Bridge Authority systems to the Florida
   17         Turnpike Enterprise; transferring all assets, rights,
   18         powers, duties, and bond liabilities of the
   19         authorities to the turnpike enterprise; transferring
   20         all provisions that protect the rights of certain
   21         bondholders from the authorities to the turnpike
   22         enterprise; providing for the turnpike enterprise to
   23         annually transfer funds from the activities of each of
   24         the transferred authorities to the State
   25         Transportation Trust Fund to repay certain long-term
   26         debt; amending s. 338.2215, F.S.; adding certain
   27         expressway and bridge systems to the Florida Turnpike
   28         Enterprise; amending s. 338.231, F.S.; requiring that
   29         the toll rates collected electronically equal the
   30         rates for cash collection; amending s. 338.2275, F.S.;
   31         increasing the maximum amount of bonds that may be
   32         outstanding for approved turnpike projects; repealing
   33         s. 338.251, F.S., relating to the Toll Facilities
   34         Revolving Trust Fund; transferring all funds in the
   35         trust fund and future payments of obligated funds to
   36         the Turnpike General Reserve Trust Fund; creating s.
   37         339.2821, F.S.; providing requirements for contracts
   38         for transportation projects; providing duties of the
   39         Department of Transportation; providing for the
   40         transfer of funds; requiring that funds be allocated
   41         to each district equitably; authorizing Space Florida
   42         to serve as a local government or a contracting agency
   43         within spaceport territory; repealing s. 343.805(6),
   44         F.S., relating to the definition of the term “lease
   45         purchase agreement” as it relates to the Northwest
   46         Florida Transportation Corridor Authority and the
   47         Department of Transportation; amending s. 343.835,
   48         F.S.; deleting references to lease-purchase
   49         agreements; amending s. 343.836, F.S.; deleting
   50         references to lease-purchase agreements in remedies to
   51         bondholders as they relate to the U.S. 98 Corridor
   52         System; repealing s. 343.837, F.S., relating to lease
   53         purchase agreements that provide for the leasing of
   54         the U.S. 98 Corridor System to the Department of
   55         Transportation; repealing s. 343.885, F.S., relating
   56         to the enforceability of pledges by bondholders;
   57         repealing s. 343.91(1)(h), F.S., relating to the
   58         definition of the term “lease-purchase agreement” as
   59         it relates to the Tampa Bay Area Regional
   60         Transportation Authority and the Department of
   61         Transportation; amending s. 343.94, F.S.; deleting
   62         references to lease-purchase agreements; amending s.
   63         343.944, F.S.; deleting references to lease-purchase
   64         agreements in remedies to bondholders as they relate
   65         to the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation
   66         Authority; repealing s. 343.945, F.S., relating to the
   67         enforceability of pledges to the Tampa Bay Area
   68         Regional Transportation Authority; repealing s.
   69         343.946, F.S., relating to lease-purchase agreements
   70         that provide for the leasing of projects of the Tampa
   71         Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority to the
   72         Department of Transportation; repealing s.
   73         348.0002(11), F.S., relating to the definition of the
   74         term “lease-purchase agreement” as it relates to
   75         expressway authorities and the Department of
   76         Transportation; amending s. 348.0004, F.S.;
   77         authorizing authorities created pursuant to the
   78         Florida Expressway Authority Act to own expressway
   79         systems; deleting the power of such authorities to
   80         lease such systems; deleting obsolete provisions;
   81         amending s. 348.0005, F.S.; deleting a reference to
   82         the Department of Transportation to conform to changes
   83         made by the act; repealing s. 348.0006, F.S., which
   84         provides for lease-purchase agreements in the Florida
   85         Expressway Act; repealing part II of ch. 348, F.S.,
   86         which provides for the creation and operation of the
   87         Brevard County Expressway Authority; repealing part
   88         III of ch. 348, F.S., which provides for the creation
   89         and operation of the Broward County Expressway
   90         Authority; repealing part IV of ch. 348, F.S., which
   91         provides for the creation and operation of the Tampa
   92         Hillsborough County Expressway Authority; repealing
   93         part V of ch. 348, F.S., which provides for the
   94         creation and operation of the Orlando-Orange County
   95         Expressway Authority; repealing part VI of ch. 348,
   96         F.S., which provides for the creation and operation of
   97         the Pasco County Expressway Authority; repealing part
   98         VII of ch. 348, F.S., which provides for the creation
   99         and operation of the St. Lucie County Expressway and
  100         Bridge Authority; repealing part VIII of ch. 348,
  101         F.S., which provides for the creation and operation of
  102         the Seminole County Expressway Authority; repealing
  103         part X of ch. 348, F.S., which provides for the
  104         creation and operation of the Southwest Florida
  105         Expressway Authority; repealing s. 348.9955, F.S.,
  106         relating to the power of the Osceola Expressway
  107         Authority to enter into lease-purchase agreements with
  108         the Department of Transportation; repealing s.
  109         349.02(1)(d), F.S., relating to the definition of the
  110         term “lease-purchase agreement” as it relates to the
  111         Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the
  112         Department of Transportation; amending s. 349.04,
  113         F.S.; deleting the authority of the Jacksonville
  114         Transportation Authority to enter lease-purchase
  115         agreements; amending s. 349.05, F.S.; deleting
  116         authorization for lease-purchase agreements in bond
  117         agreements of the Jacksonville Transportation
  118         Authority; repealing s. 349.07, F.S., relating to
  119         lease-purchase agreements that provide for the leasing
  120         of the Jacksonville Expressway System to the
  121         Department of Transportation; amending s. 349.15,
  122         F.S.; deleting certain bond authority of the
  123         department; amending s. 374.976, F.S.; including Port
  124         Citrus in provisions relating to the authority of
  125         inland navigation districts; amending s. 403.021,
  126         F.S.; conforming provisions to include Port Citrus in
  127         legislative declarations relating to environmental
  128         control; amending s. 403.061, F.S.; conforming
  129         provisions to include Port Citrus in provisions
  130         relating to powers of the Department of Environmental
  131         Protection; amending s. 403.813, F.S.; including Port
  132         Citrus in provisions relating to permits issued at
  133         Department of Environmental Protection district
  134         centers; amending s. 403.816, F.S.; including Port
  135         Citrus in provisions relating to certain maintenance
  136         projects at deepwater ports and beach restoration
  137         projects; repealing chapter 2000-411, Laws of Florida,
  138         relating to the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority; amending s.
  139         212.08, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing
  140         an effective date.
  141  
  142  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  143  
  144         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 310.002, Florida
  145  Statutes, is amended to read:
  146         310.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, except where
  147  the context clearly indicates otherwise:
  148         (4) “Port” means any place in the state into which vessels
  149  enter or depart and includes, without limitation, Fernandina,
  150  Nassau Inlet, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Canaveral, Port
  151  Citrus, Ft. Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Key
  152  West, Boca Grande, Charlotte Harbor, Punta Gorda, Tampa, Port
  153  Tampa, Port Manatee, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Apalachicola,
  154  Carrabelle, Panama City, Port St. Joe, and Pensacola.
  155         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 311.07, Florida
  156  Statutes, is amended to read:
  157         311.07 Florida seaport transportation and economic
  158  development funding.—
  159         (2) A minimum of $8 million per year shall be made
  160  available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the
  161  Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program.
  162  However, for the 5 fiscal years beginning with the 2011-2012
  163  fiscal year through the 2015-2016 fiscal year, a minimum of $100
  164  million each year shall be made available from the State
  165  Transportation Trust Fund, and all funds except for $8 million
  166  shall be used to fund the Florida Deepwater Seaport Program,
  167  which shall be for port infrastructure projects that expand this
  168  state’s role as a global hub for trade and investment, and that
  169  enhance the supply chain system in the state to process,
  170  assemble, and ship goods to markets.
  171         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 311.09, Florida
  172  Statutes, is amended to read:
  173         311.09 Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
  174  Development Council.—
  175         (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
  176  Development Council is created within the Department of
  177  Transportation. The council consists of the following 18 17
  178  members: the port director, or the port director’s designee, of
  179  each of the ports of Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus,
  180  Fort Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Manatee,
  181  St. Petersburg, Tampa, Port St. Joe, Panama City, Pensacola, Key
  182  West, and Fernandina; the secretary of the Department of
  183  Transportation or his or her designee; the director of the
  184  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development or his or her
  185  designee; and the secretary of the Department of Community
  186  Affairs or his or her designee.
  187         Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 338.165, Florida
  188  Statutes, is amended to read:
  189         338.165 Continuation of tolls.—
  190         (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
  191  department, including the turnpike enterprise, shall index toll
  192  rates on existing toll facilities to the annual Consumer Price
  193  Index or similar inflation indicators. Toll rate adjustments for
  194  inflation under this subsection may be made no more frequently
  195  than once a year and must be made no less frequently than once
  196  every 5 years as necessary to accommodate cash toll rate
  197  schedules. Toll rates may be increased beyond these limits as
  198  directed by bond documents, covenants, or governing body
  199  authorization or pursuant to department administrative rule. The
  200  department shall adjust toll rates pursuant to this subsection
  201  by rule, in accordance with s. 120.54, and shall provide for
  202  public notice and the opportunity for a public hearing before
  203  adoption of the proposed rate change. Notwithstanding any other
  204  provision of law, the provisions of ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541
  205  do not apply to the adjustment of tolls pursuant to this
  206  subsection.
  207         Section 5. Transfers to the Florida Turnpike Enterprise.
  208  The following are transferred to the Florida Turnpike
  209  Enterprise:
  210         (1)The governance and control of the Tampa-Hillsborough
  211  County Expressway Authority.
  212         (a)The assets, facilities, tangible and intangible
  213  property and any rights in such property, and any other legal
  214  rights of the authority, including the expressway system
  215  operated by the authority, are transferred to the turnpike
  216  enterprise. The turnpike enterprise succeeds to all powers of
  217  the authority, and the operations and maintenance of the
  218  expressway system shall be under the control of the turnpike
  219  enterprise, pursuant to this subsection. Revenues collected on
  220  the expressway system shall be considered turnpike revenues. The
  221  turnpike enterprise also assumes all liability for bonds of the
  222  expressway authority pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
  223  (b). The turnpike enterprise may review other contracts,
  224  financial obligations, and contractual obligations and
  225  liabilities of the authority, and may assume legal liability for
  226  the obligations that are determined to be necessary or desirable
  227  for the continued operation of the expressway system.
  228         (b)The transfer pursuant to this subsection is subject to
  229  all terms and covenants provided for the protection of the
  230  holders of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority
  231  bonds in the lease-purchase agreement and the resolutions
  232  adopted in connection with the issuance of the bonds. Further,
  233  the transfer does not impair the terms of the contract between
  234  the authority and the bondholders, does not act to the detriment
  235  of the bondholders, and does not diminish the security for the
  236  bonds. After the transfer, the turnpike enterprise shall operate
  237  and maintain the expressway system and any other facilities of
  238  the authority in accordance with the terms, conditions, and
  239  covenants contained in the bond resolutions and lease-purchase
  240  agreement securing the bonds of the authority. The turnpike
  241  enterprise shall collect toll revenues and apply them to the
  242  payment of debt service as provided in the bond resolution
  243  securing the bonds, and expressly assumes all obligations
  244  relating to the bonds to ensure that the transfer will have no
  245  adverse impact on the security for the bonds of the authority.
  246  The transfer does not modify or eliminate any prior obligation
  247  of the department to pay certain costs of the expressway system
  248  from sources other than revenues of the expressway system. With
  249  regard to the authority’s current long-term debt due to the
  250  department of $120 million as of June 30, 2010, and to the
  251  extent permitted by the bond resolutions and lease-purchase
  252  agreement securing the bonds, the turnpike enterprise shall make
  253  payment annually to the State Transportation Trust Fund for the
  254  purpose of repaying the authority’s long-term debt due to the
  255  department from any system expressway revenues obtained under
  256  this subsection remaining after paying the costs of operations,
  257  maintenance, renewal, and replacement of the expressway system,
  258  and the payment of current debt service or other payments
  259  required in relation to the bonds. The turnpike enterprise shall
  260  make such annual payments to the State Transportation Trust Fund
  261  until all remaining authority long-term debt due to the
  262  department has been repaid, not to exceed $8 million per year.
  263         (2)The governance and control of the Orlando-Orange County
  264  Expressway Authority system.
  265         (a) The assets, facilities, tangible and intangible
  266  property and any rights in such property, and any other legal
  267  rights of the authority, including the expressway system
  268  operated by the authority, are transferred to the turnpike
  269  enterprise. The turnpike enterprise succeeds to all powers of
  270  the authority, and the operations and maintenance of the
  271  expressway system shall be under the control of the turnpike
  272  enterprise, pursuant to this subsection. Revenues collected on
  273  the expressway system shall be considered turnpike revenues. The
  274  turnpike enterprise also assumes all liability for bonds of the
  275  expressway authority pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
  276  (b). The turnpike enterprise may review other contracts,
  277  financial obligations, and contractual obligations and
  278  liabilities of the authority, and may assume legal liability for
  279  obligations that are determined to be necessary or desirable for
  280  the continued operation of the expressway system.
  281         (b)The transfer pursuant to this subsection is subject to
  282  all terms and covenants provided for the protection of the
  283  holders of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority bonds
  284  in the lease-purchase agreement and the resolutions adopted in
  285  connection with the issuance of the bonds. Further, the transfer
  286  does not impair the terms of the contract between the authority
  287  and the bondholders, does not act to the detriment of the
  288  bondholders, and does not diminish the security for the bonds.
  289  After the transfer, the turnpike enterprise shall operate and
  290  maintain the expressway system and any other facilities of the
  291  authority in accordance with the terms, conditions, and
  292  covenants contained in the bond resolutions and lease-purchase
  293  agreement securing the bonds of the authority. The turnpike
  294  enterprise shall collect toll revenues and apply them to the
  295  payment of debt service as provided in the bond resolution
  296  securing the bonds, and expressly assumes all obligations
  297  relating to the bonds to ensure that the transfer will have no
  298  adverse impact on the security for the bonds of the authority.
  299  The transfer does not modify or eliminate any prior obligation
  300  of the department to pay certain costs of the expressway system
  301  from sources other than revenues of the expressway system. With
  302  regard to the authority’s current long-term debt due to the
  303  department of $228 million as of June 30, 2010, and to the
  304  extent permitted by the bond resolutions and lease-purchase
  305  agreement securing the bonds, the turnpike enterprise shall make
  306  payment annually to the State Transportation Trust Fund for the
  307  purpose of repaying the authority’s long-term debt due to the
  308  department from any expressway system revenues obtained under
  309  this subsection remaining after paying the costs of operations,
  310  maintenance, renewal, and replacement of the expressway system,
  311  and the payment of current debt service or other payments
  312  required in relation to the bonds. The turnpike enterprise shall
  313  make such annual payments to the State Transportation Trust Fund
  314  until all remaining authority long-term debt due to the
  315  department has been repaid, not to exceed $16 million per year.
  316         (3)The governance and control of the Mid-Bay Bridge
  317  Authority system.
  318         (a) The assets, facilities, tangible and intangible
  319  property and any rights in such property, and any other legal
  320  rights of the authority, including the bridge system operated by
  321  the authority, are transferred to the turnpike enterprise. The
  322  turnpike enterprise succeeds to all powers of the authority, and
  323  the operations and maintenance of the bridge system shall be
  324  under the control of the turnpike enterprise, pursuant to this
  325  subsection. Revenues collected on the bridge system shall be
  326  considered turnpike revenues. The turnpike enterprise also
  327  assumes all liability for bonds of the bridge authority pursuant
  328  to the provisions of paragraph (b). The turnpike enterprise may
  329  review other contracts, financial obligations, and contractual
  330  obligations and liabilities of the authority, and may assume
  331  legal liability for such obligations that are determined to be
  332  necessary or desirable for the continued operation of the bridge
  333  system.
  334         (b)The transfer pursuant to this subsection is subject to
  335  all terms and covenants provided for the protection of the
  336  holders of the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority bonds in the lease
  337  purchase agreement and the resolutions adopted in connection
  338  with the issuance of the bonds. Further, the transfer does not
  339  impair the terms of the contract between the authority and the
  340  bondholders, does not act to the detriment of the bondholders,
  341  and does not diminish the security for the bonds. After the
  342  transfer, the turnpike enterprise shall operate and maintain the
  343  bridge system and any other facilities of the authority in
  344  accordance with the terms, conditions, and covenants contained
  345  in the bond resolutions and lease-purchase agreement securing
  346  the bonds of the authority. The turnpike enterprise shall
  347  collect toll revenues and apply them to the payment of debt
  348  service as provided in the bond resolution securing the bonds,
  349  and expressly assumes all obligations relating to the bonds to
  350  ensure that the transfer will have no adverse impact on the
  351  security for the bonds of the authority. The transfer does not
  352  modify or eliminate any prior obligation of the Department of
  353  Transportation to pay certain costs of the bridge system from
  354  sources other than revenues of the bridge system. With regard to
  355  the authority’s current long-term debt due to the department of
  356  $16 million as of June 30, 2010, and to the extent permitted by
  357  the bond resolutions and lease-purchase agreement securing the
  358  bonds, the turnpike enterprise shall make payment annually to
  359  the State Transportation Trust Fund for the purpose of repaying
  360  the authority’s long-term debt due to the department from any
  361  bridge system revenues obtained under this subsection remaining
  362  after paying the costs of operations, maintenance, renewal, and
  363  replacement of the bridge system, and the payment of current
  364  debt service or other payments required in relation to the
  365  bonds. The turnpike enterprise shall make such annual payments
  366  to the State Transportation Trust Fund until all remaining
  367  authority long-term debt due to the department has been repaid,
  368  not to exceed $1 million per year.
  369  
  370  Any remaining toll revenue from the facilities of the Orlando
  371  Orange County Expressway Authority, the Tampa Hillsborough
  372  County Expressway Authority, and the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority
  373  collected by the Florida Turnpike Enterprise after meeting the
  374  requirements of subsections (1)-(3) shall be used for the
  375  construction, maintenance, or improvement of any toll facility
  376  of the Florida Turnpike Enterprise within the county or counties
  377  in which the revenue was collected.
  378         Section 6. Section 338.2215, Florida Statutes, is amended
  379  to read:
  380         338.2215 Florida Turnpike Enterprise; legislative findings,
  381  policy, purpose, and intent.—The Florida Turnpike Enterprise
  382  consists of the following toll facilities: the Florida Turnpike
  383  System, the Beachline Expressway (SR 528), the Mid-Bay Bridge
  384  (SR 293), the Selmon Expressway (SR 618), the East-West
  385  Expressway (SR 408), the Central Florida GreeneWay (SR 417), the
  386  John Land Apopka Expressway (SR 414), and the Daniel Webster
  387  Western Beltway (SR 429). It is the intent of the Legislature
  388  that the turnpike enterprise be provided additional powers and
  389  authority in order to maximize the advantages obtainable through
  390  fully leveraging the Florida Turnpike System assets asset. The
  391  additional powers and authority will provide the Florida
  392  Turnpike Enterprise with the autonomy and flexibility to enable
  393  it to more easily pursue innovations as well as best practices
  394  found in the private sector in management, finance,
  395  organization, and operations. The additional powers and
  396  authority are intended to improve the cost-effectiveness and
  397  timeliness of project delivery, increase revenues, expand the
  398  turnpike enterprise’s system’s capital program capability, and
  399  improve the quality of service to its patrons, while continuing
  400  to protect the turnpike system’s bondholders of the Florida
  401  Turnpike Enterprise and further preserve, expand, and improve
  402  the Florida Turnpike Enterprise System.
  403         Section 7. Section 338.231, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  404  read:
  405         338.231 Turnpike tolls, fixing; pledge of tolls and other
  406  revenues.—The department shall at all times fix, adjust, charge,
  407  and collect such tolls and amounts for the use of the turnpike
  408  system as are required in order to provide a fund sufficient
  409  with other revenues of the Florida Turnpike Enterprise and the
  410  turnpike system to pay the cost of maintaining, improving,
  411  repairing, and operating such turnpike system; to pay the
  412  principal of and interest on all bonds issued to finance or
  413  refinance any portion of the turnpike system as the same become
  414  due and payable; and to create reserves for all such purposes.
  415         (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may defer
  416  the scheduled July 1, 1993, toll rate increase on the Homestead
  417  Extension of the Florida Turnpike until July 1, 1995. The
  418  department may also advance funds to the Turnpike General
  419  Reserve Trust Fund to replace estimated lost revenues resulting
  420  from this deferral. The amount advanced must be repaid within 12
  421  years from the date of advance; however, the repayment is
  422  subordinate to all other debt financing of the turnpike system
  423  outstanding at the time repayment is due.
  424         (2) The department shall publish a proposed change in the
  425  toll rate for the use of an existing toll facility, in the
  426  manner provided for in s. 120.54, which will provide for public
  427  notice and the opportunity for a public hearing before the
  428  adoption of the proposed rate change. When the department is
  429  evaluating a proposed turnpike toll project under s. 338.223 and
  430  has determined that there is a high probability that the project
  431  will pass the test of economic feasibility predicated on
  432  proposed toll rates, the toll rate that is proposed to be
  433  charged after the project is constructed must be adopted during
  434  the planning and project development phase of the project, in
  435  the manner provided for in s. 120.54, including public notice
  436  and the opportunity for a public hearing. For such a new
  437  project, the toll rate becomes effective upon the opening of the
  438  project to traffic.
  439         (3)(a) For the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2017,
  440  the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, program
  441  sufficient funds in the tentative work program such that the
  442  percentage of turnpike toll and bond financed commitments in
  443  Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
  444  compared to total turnpike toll and bond financed commitments
  445  shall be at least 90 percent of the share of net toll
  446  collections attributable to users of the turnpike system in
  447  Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
  448  compared to total net toll collections attributable to users of
  449  the turnpike system. This subsection does not apply when the
  450  application of such requirements would violate any covenant
  451  established in a resolution or trust indenture relating to the
  452  issuance of turnpike bonds. The department may at any time for
  453  economic considerations establish lower temporary toll rates for
  454  a new or existing toll facility for a period not to exceed 1
  455  year, after which the toll rates adopted pursuant to s. 120.54
  456  shall become effective.
  457         (b) The department shall also fix, adjust, charge, and
  458  collect such amounts needed to cover the costs of administering
  459  the different toll collection and payment methods, and types of
  460  accounts being offered and used, in the manner provided for in
  461  s. 120.54 which will provide for public notice and the
  462  opportunity for a public hearing before adoption. Such amounts
  463  may stand alone, be incorporated in a toll rate structure, or be
  464  a combination of the two.
  465         (4) When bonds are outstanding which have been issued to
  466  finance or refinance any turnpike project, the tolls and all
  467  other revenues derived from the turnpike system and pledged to
  468  such bonds shall be set aside as may be provided in the
  469  resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the trust
  470  agreement securing the same. The tolls or other revenues or
  471  other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the
  472  department are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge
  473  without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien
  474  of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties
  475  having claims of any kind in tort or contract or otherwise
  476  against the department irrespective of whether such parties have
  477  notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement
  478  by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in
  479  the records of the department.
  480         (5) In each fiscal year while any of the bonds of the
  481  Broward County Expressway Authority series 1984 and series 1986
  482  A remain outstanding, the department is authorized to pledge
  483  revenues from the turnpike system to the payment of principal
  484  and interest of such series of bonds and the operation and
  485  maintenance expenses of the Sawgrass Expressway, to the extent
  486  gross toll revenues of the Sawgrass Expressway are insufficient
  487  to make such payments. The terms of an agreement relative to the
  488  pledge of turnpike system revenue will be negotiated with the
  489  parties of the 1984 and 1986 Broward County Expressway Authority
  490  lease-purchase agreements, and subject to the covenants of those
  491  agreements. The agreement must establish that the Sawgrass
  492  Expressway is subject to the planning, management, and operating
  493  control of the department limited only by the terms of the
  494  lease-purchase agreements. The department shall provide for the
  495  payment of operation and maintenance expenses of the Sawgrass
  496  Expressway until such agreement is in effect. This pledge of
  497  turnpike system revenues is subordinate to the debt service
  498  requirements of any future issue of turnpike bonds, the payment
  499  of turnpike system operation and maintenance expenses, and
  500  subject to any subsequent resolution or trust indenture relating
  501  to the issuance of such turnpike bonds.
  502         (6) The use and disposition of revenues pledged to bonds
  503  are subject to ss. 338.22-338.241 and such regulations as the
  504  resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or such trust
  505  agreement may provide.
  506         (7) Notwithstanding s. 338.161 or any other law to the
  507  contrary, toll rates for the electronic collection method shall
  508  be equal to the rates for the cash collection method effective
  509  July 1, 2011.
  510         Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 338.2275, Florida
  511  Statutes, is amended to read:
  512         338.2275 Approved turnpike projects.—
  513         (1) Legislative approval of the department’s tentative work
  514  program that contains the turnpike project constitutes approval
  515  to issue bonds as required by s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State
  516  Constitution. No more than $13.5 $10 billion of bonds may be
  517  outstanding to fund approved turnpike projects.
  518         Section 9. Section 338.251, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  519         Section 10. All funds in the Toll Facilities Revolving
  520  Trust Fund and all future payments of obligated funds shall be
  521  deposited into the Turnpike General Reserve Trust Fund to be
  522  expended for purposes set forth in the Florida Turnpike Law.
  523         Section 11. Section 339.2821, Florida Statutes, is created
  524  to read:
  525         339.2821 Contracts for transportation projects.—
  526         (1) The department, in consultation with Jobs Florida, is
  527  authorized to make and approve expenditures and enter into
  528  contracts for the direct costs of transportation projects with
  529  the appropriate governmental body. The department shall provide
  530  Jobs Florida, the Department of Environmental Protection, and
  531  the Department of Community Affairs with an opportunity to
  532  formally review and comment on recommended transportation
  533  projects, although the department has final approval authority
  534  for any project under this section.
  535         (2) Any contract with a governmental body for construction
  536  of a transportation project executed by the department shall:
  537         (a) Specify and identify the transportation project to be
  538  constructed for a new or expanding business and the number of
  539  full-time permanent jobs that will result from the project.
  540         (b) Require that the appropriate governmental body award
  541  the construction of the particular transportation project to the
  542  lowest and best bidder in accordance with applicable state and
  543  federal laws, rules, or regulations unless the project can be
  544  constructed using existing local government employees within the
  545  contract period specified by the department.
  546         (c) Require that the appropriate governmental body provide
  547  the department with quarterly progress reports. Each quarterly
  548  progress report shall contain a narrative description of the
  549  work completed according to the project schedule, a description
  550  of any change orders executed by the appropriate governmental
  551  body, a budget summary detailing planned expenditures versus
  552  actual expenditures, and identification of minority business
  553  enterprises used as contractors and subcontractors. Records of
  554  all progress payments made for work in connection with such
  555  transportation projects, and any change orders executed by the
  556  appropriate governmental body and payments made pursuant to such
  557  orders, shall be maintained by that governmental body in
  558  accordance with accepted governmental accounting principles and
  559  practices and shall be subject to financial audit as required by
  560  law. In addition, the appropriate governmental body, upon
  561  completion and acceptance of the transportation project, shall
  562  certify to the department that the project has been completed in
  563  compliance with the terms and conditions of the contractual
  564  agreements between the department and the appropriate
  565  governmental body and meets minimum construction standards
  566  established in accordance with s. 336.045.
  567         (d) Specify that the department shall transfer funds upon
  568  receipt of a request for funds from the local government, on no
  569  more than a quarterly basis, consistent with project needs. A
  570  contract totaling less than $200,000 is exempt from this
  571  transfer requirement. The department may not transfer any funds
  572  unless construction has begun on the facility of the business on
  573  whose behalf the award was made. Local governments shall expend
  574  funds in a timely manner.
  575         (e) Require that program funds be used only on those
  576  transportation projects that have been properly reviewed and
  577  approved in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
  578  section.
  579         (f) Require that the governing board of the appropriate
  580  local governmental body agree by resolution to accept future
  581  maintenance and other attendant costs occurring after completion
  582  of the transportation project if the project is construction on
  583  a county or municipal system.
  584         (3) With respect to any contract executed pursuant to this
  585  section, the term “transportation project” means a
  586  transportation facility as defined in s. 334.03(31) which is
  587  necessary in the judgment of the department, in consultation
  588  with Jobs Florida, to facilitate the economic development and
  589  growth of the state. Except for applications received prior to
  590  July 1, 1996, such transportation projects shall be approved
  591  only as a consideration to attract new employment opportunities
  592  to the state or expand or retain employment in existing
  593  companies operating within the state, or to allow for the
  594  construction or expansion of a state or federal correctional
  595  facility in a county that has a population of 75,000 or fewer
  596  and that creates new employment opportunities or expands or
  597  retains employment in the county. The department shall institute
  598  procedures to ensure that small and minority businesses have
  599  equal access to funding provided under this section. Funding for
  600  approved transportation projects may include any expenses, other
  601  than administrative costs and equipment purchases specified in
  602  the contract, necessary for new transportation facilities or
  603  improvements to existing transportation facilities. Funds made
  604  available pursuant to this section may not be expended in
  605  connection with the relocation of a business from one community
  606  to another community in this state unless the department
  607  determines that without such relocation the business will move
  608  outside this state or determines that the business has a
  609  compelling economic rationale for the relocation which creates
  610  additional jobs. Subject to appropriation for projects under
  611  this section, any appropriation greater than $10 million shall
  612  be allocated to each of the districts of the department to
  613  ensure equitable geographical distribution. Such allocated funds
  614  that remain uncommitted by the third quarter of the fiscal year
  615  shall be reallocated among the districts based on pending
  616  project requests.
  617         (4) The department may adopt criteria by which
  618  transportation projects are to be reviewed and certified in
  619  accordance with s. 288.061. In approving transportation projects
  620  for funding, the department, in consultation with Jobs Florida,
  621  shall consider factors, including, but not limited to, the cost
  622  per job created or retained considering the amount of
  623  transportation funds requested; the average hourly rate of wages
  624  for jobs created; the reliance on the program as an inducement
  625  for the project’s location decision; the amount of capital
  626  investment to be made by the business; the demonstrated local
  627  commitment; the location of the project in an enterprise zone
  628  designated pursuant to s. 290.0055; the location of the project
  629  in a spaceport territory as defined in s. 331.304; the
  630  unemployment rate of the surrounding area; the poverty rate of
  631  the community; and the adoption of an economic element as part
  632  of its local comprehensive plan in accordance with s.
  633  163.3177(7)(j). The department may contact any agency it deems
  634  appropriate for additional input regarding the approval of
  635  projects.
  636         (5) A project that has not been specified and identified by
  637  the department in accordance with subsection (4) prior to the
  638  initiation of construction shall be ineligible for funding.
  639         (6) For the purpose of this section, Space Florida, or its
  640  successor corporation, may serve as the local government or as
  641  the contracting agency for transportation projects within
  642  spaceport territory as defined by s. 331.304.
  643         (7) Each local government receiving funds under this
  644  section shall submit to the department a financial audit of the
  645  local entity conducted by an independent certified public
  646  accountant. The department, in consultation with Jobs Florida,
  647  shall develop procedures to ensure that audits are received and
  648  reviewed in a timely manner and that deficiencies or questioned
  649  costs noted in the audit are resolved.
  650         (8) The department shall monitor on site each grant
  651  recipient, including, but not limited to, the construction of
  652  the business facility, to ensure compliance with contractual
  653  requirements.
  654         (9) In addition to the other provisions of this section,
  655  projects that the Legislature deems necessary to facilitate the
  656  economic development and growth of the state may be designated
  657  and funded in the General Appropriations Act. Such
  658  transportation projects create new employment opportunities,
  659  expand transportation infrastructure, improve mobility, or
  660  increase transportation innovation. The department shall enter
  661  into contracts with, and make expenditures to, the appropriate
  662  entities for the costs of transportation projects designated in
  663  the General Appropriations Act.
  664         Section 12. Subsection (6) of section 343.805, Florida
  665  Statutes, is repealed.
  666         Section 13. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  667  (a) of subsection (3) of section 343.835, Florida Statutes, are
  668  amended to read:
  669         343.835 Bonds of the authority.—
  670         (2) Any such resolution or resolutions authorizing any
  671  bonds hereunder may contain provisions that are part of the
  672  contract with the holders of such bonds, as to:
  673         (b) The completion, improvement, operation, extension,
  674  maintenance, repair, or lease, or lease-purchase agreement of
  675  the system, and the duties of the authority and others,
  676  including the department, with reference thereto.
  677         (3) The authority may employ fiscal agents as provided by
  678  this part or the State Board of Administration may, upon request
  679  of the authority, act as fiscal agent for the authority in the
  680  issuance of any bonds that are issued pursuant to this part, and
  681  the State Board of Administration may, upon request of the
  682  authority, take over the management, control, administration,
  683  custody, and payment of any or all debt services or funds or
  684  assets now or hereafter available for any bonds issued pursuant
  685  to this part. The authority may enter into any deeds of trust,
  686  indentures, or other agreements with its fiscal agent, or with
  687  any bank or trust company within or without the state, as
  688  security for such bonds and may, under such agreements, sign and
  689  pledge all or any of the revenues, rates, fees, rentals, or
  690  other charges or receipts of the authority. Such deed of trust,
  691  indenture, or other agreement may contain such provisions as are
  692  customary in such instruments or, as the authority authorizes,
  693  including, but without limitation, provisions as to:
  694         (a) The completion, improvement, operation, extension,
  695  maintenance, repair, and lease of or lease-purchase agreement
  696  relating to U.S. 98 corridor improvements and the duties of the
  697  authority and others, including the department, with reference
  698  thereto.
  699         Section 14. Section 343.836, Florida Statutes, is amended
  700  to read:
  701         343.836 Remedies of the bondholders.—
  702         (1) The rights and the remedies in this section conferred
  703  upon or granted to the bondholders are in addition to and not in
  704  limitation of any rights and remedies lawfully granted to such
  705  bondholders by the resolution or resolutions providing for the
  706  issuance of bonds or by a lease-purchase agreement, deed of
  707  trust, indenture, or other agreement under which the bonds may
  708  be issued or secured. If the authority defaults in the payment
  709  of the principal of or interest on any of the bonds issued
  710  pursuant to the provisions of this part after such principal of
  711  or interest on the bonds becomes due, whether at maturity or
  712  upon call for redemption, or the department defaults in any
  713  payments under, or covenants made in, any lease-purchase
  714  agreement between the authority and the department, and such
  715  default continues for a period of 30 days, or if the authority
  716  or the department fails or refuses to comply with the provisions
  717  of this part or any agreement made with, or for the benefit of,
  718  the holders of the bonds, the holders of 25 percent in aggregate
  719  principal amount of the bonds then outstanding may appoint a
  720  trustee to represent such bondholders for the purposes hereof,
  721  if such holders of 25 percent in aggregate principal amount of
  722  the bonds then outstanding shall first give notice of their
  723  intention to appoint a trustee to the authority and to the
  724  department. Such notice shall be deemed to have been given if
  725  given in writing, deposited in a securely sealed postpaid
  726  wrapper, mailed at a regularly maintained United States post
  727  office box or station, and addressed, respectively, to the chair
  728  of the authority and to the secretary of the department at the
  729  principal office of the department.
  730         (2) Such trustee and any trustee under any deed of trust,
  731  indenture, or other agreement may, and upon written request of
  732  the holders of 25 percent or such other percentages as are
  733  specified in any deed of trust, indenture, or other agreement
  734  aforesaid in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding
  735  shall, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in his, her, or
  736  its own name:
  737         (a) By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law
  738  or in equity, enforce all rights of the bondholders, including
  739  the right to require the authority to fix, establish, maintain,
  740  collect, and charge rates, fees, rentals, and other charges
  741  adequate to carry out any agreement as to or pledge of the
  742  revenues or receipts of the authority to carry out any other
  743  covenants and agreements with or for the benefit of the
  744  bondholders, and to perform its and their duties under this
  745  part.
  746         (b) By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law
  747  or in equity, enforce all rights of the bondholders under or
  748  pursuant to any lease-purchase agreement between the authority
  749  and the department, including the right to require the
  750  department to make all rental payments required to be made by it
  751  under the provisions of any such lease-purchase agreement, to
  752  require the department to carry out any other covenants and
  753  agreements with or for the benefit of the bondholders, and to
  754  perform its and their duties under this part.
  755         (b)(c) Bring suit upon the bonds.
  756         (c)(d) By action or suit in equity, require the authority
  757  or the department to account as if it were the trustee of an
  758  express trust for the bondholders.
  759         (d)(e) By action or suit in equity, enjoin any acts or
  760  things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the
  761  bondholders.
  762         (3) Any trustee, when appointed as aforesaid or acting
  763  under a deed of trust, indenture, or other agreement, and
  764  whether or not all bonds have been declared due and payable, may
  765  appoint a receiver who may enter upon and take possession of the
  766  system or the facilities or any part or parts thereof, the
  767  rates, fees, rentals, or other revenues, charges, or receipts
  768  from which are or may be applicable to the payment of the bonds
  769  so in default, and, subject to and in compliance with the
  770  provisions of any lease-purchase agreement between the authority
  771  and the department, operate and maintain the same for and on
  772  behalf of and in the name of the authority, the department, and
  773  the bondholders, and collect and receive all rates, fees,
  774  rentals, and other charges or receipts or revenues arising
  775  therefrom in the same manner as the authority or the department
  776  might do, and shall deposit all such moneys in a separate
  777  account and apply such moneys in such manner as the court shall
  778  direct. In any suit, action, or proceeding by the trustee, the
  779  fees, counsel fees, and expenses of the trustee and the
  780  receiver, if any, and all costs and disbursements allowed by the
  781  court shall be a first charge on any rates, fees, rentals, or
  782  other charges, revenues, or receipts derived from the system or
  783  the facilities or services or any part or parts thereof,
  784  including payments under any such lease-purchase agreement as
  785  aforesaid, which rates, fees, rentals, or other charges,
  786  revenues, or receipts may be applicable to the payment of the
  787  bonds so in default. Such trustee, in addition to the foregoing,
  788  possesses all of the powers necessary for the exercise of any
  789  functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the
  790  representation of the bondholders in the enforcement and
  791  protection of their rights.
  792         (4) This section or any other section of this part does not
  793  authorize any receiver appointed pursuant hereto for the
  794  purpose, subject to and in compliance with the provisions of any
  795  lease-purchase agreement between the authority and the
  796  department, of operating and maintaining the system or any
  797  facilities or part or parts thereof, to sell, assign, mortgage,
  798  or otherwise dispose of any of the assets of whatever kind and
  799  character belonging to the authority. It is the intention of
  800  this part to limit the powers of such receiver, subject to and
  801  in compliance with the provisions of any lease-purchase
  802  agreement between the authority and the department, to the
  803  operation and maintenance of the system or any facility or part
  804  or parts thereof, as the court may direct, in the name and for
  805  and on behalf of the authority, the department, and the
  806  bondholders. In any suit, action, or proceeding at law or in
  807  equity, a holder of bonds on the authority, a trustee, or any
  808  court may not compel or direct a receiver to sell, assign,
  809  mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any assets of whatever kind or
  810  character belonging to the authority. A receiver also may not be
  811  authorized to sell, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of
  812  any assets of whatever kind or character belonging to the
  813  authority in any suit, action, or proceeding at law or in
  814  equity.
  815         Section 15. Section 343.837, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  816         Section 16. Section 343.885, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  817         Section 17. Section 343.91(1)(h), Florida Statutes, is
  818  repealed.
  819         Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph
  820  (a) of subsection (4) of section 343.94, Florida Statutes, are
  821  amended to read:
  822         343.94 Bond financing authority.—
  823         (3) Any such resolution or resolutions authorizing any
  824  bonds hereunder may contain provisions that are part of the
  825  contract with the holders of such bonds, as to:
  826         (b) The completion, improvement, operation, extension,
  827  maintenance, repair, or lease of, or lease-purchase agreement
  828  relating to, the system and the duties of the authority and
  829  others, including the department, with reference thereto.
  830         (4) The authority may employ fiscal agents as provided by
  831  this part or the State Board of Administration may, upon request
  832  of the authority, act as fiscal agent for the authority in the
  833  issuance of any bonds that are issued pursuant to this part, and
  834  the State Board of Administration may, upon request of the
  835  authority, take over the management, control, administration,
  836  custody, and payment of any or all debt services or funds or
  837  assets now or hereafter available for any bonds issued pursuant
  838  to this part. The authority may enter into any deeds of trust,
  839  indentures, or other agreements with its fiscal agent, or with
  840  any bank or trust company within or without the state, as
  841  security for such bonds and may, under such agreements, sign and
  842  pledge all or any of the revenues, rates, fees, rentals, or
  843  other charges or receipts of the authority. Such deed of trust,
  844  indenture, or other agreement may contain such provisions as are
  845  customary in such instruments or as the authority authorizes,
  846  including, but without limitation, provisions as to:
  847         (a) The completion, improvement, operation, extension,
  848  maintenance, repair, and lease of, or lease-purchase agreement
  849  relating to, highway, bridge, and related transportation
  850  facilities and appurtenances and the duties of the authority and
  851  others, including the department, with reference thereto.
  852         Section 19. Section 343.944, Florida Statutes, is amended
  853  to read:
  854         343.944 Remedies of the bondholders.—
  855         (1) The rights and the remedies in this section conferred
  856  upon or granted to the bondholders are in addition to and not in
  857  limitation of any rights and remedies lawfully granted to such
  858  bondholders by the resolution or resolutions providing for the
  859  issuance of bonds or by a lease-purchase agreement, deed of
  860  trust, indenture, or other agreement under which the bonds may
  861  be issued or secured. If the authority defaults in the payment
  862  of the principal of or interest on any of the bonds issued
  863  pursuant to the provisions of this part after such principal of
  864  or interest on the bonds becomes due, whether at maturity or
  865  upon call for redemption, or the department defaults in any
  866  payments under, or covenants made in, any lease-purchase
  867  agreement between the authority and the department, and such
  868  default continues for a period of 30 days, or if the authority
  869  or the department fails or refuses to comply with the provisions
  870  of this part or any agreement made with, or for the benefit of,
  871  the holders of the bonds, the holders of 25 percent in aggregate
  872  principal amount of the bonds then outstanding may appoint a
  873  trustee to represent such bondholders for the purposes hereof,
  874  if such holders of 25 percent in aggregate principal amount of
  875  the bonds then outstanding shall first give notice of their
  876  intention to appoint a trustee to the authority and to the
  877  department. Such notice shall be deemed to have been given if
  878  given in writing, deposited in a securely sealed postpaid
  879  wrapper, mailed at a regularly maintained United States post
  880  office box or station, and addressed, respectively, to the chair
  881  of the authority and to the secretary of the department at the
  882  principal office of the department.
  883         (2) Such trustee and any trustee under any deed of trust,
  884  indenture, or other agreement may and, upon written request of
  885  the holders of 25 percent or such other percentages as are
  886  specified in any deed of trust, indenture, or other agreement
  887  aforesaid in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding,
  888  shall, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in his, her, or
  889  its own name:
  890         (a) By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law
  891  or in equity, enforce all rights of the bondholders, including
  892  the right to require the authority to fix, establish, maintain,
  893  collect, and charge rates, fees, rentals, and other charges
  894  adequate to carry out any agreement as to or pledge of the
  895  revenues or receipts of the authority, to carry out any other
  896  covenants and agreements with or for the benefit of the
  897  bondholders, and to perform its and their duties under this
  898  part.
  899         (b) By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law
  900  or in equity, enforce all rights of the bondholders under or
  901  pursuant to any lease-purchase agreement between the authority
  902  and the department, including the right to require the
  903  department to make all rental payments required to be made by it
  904  under the provisions of any such lease-purchase agreement and to
  905  require the department to carry out any other covenants and
  906  agreements with or for the benefit of the bondholders and to
  907  perform its and their duties under this part.
  908         (b)(c) Bring suit upon the bonds.
  909         (c)(d) By action or suit in equity, require the authority
  910  or the department to account as if it were the trustee of an
  911  express trust for the bondholders.
  912         (d)(e) By action or suit in equity, enjoin any acts or
  913  things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the
  914  bondholders.
  915         (3) Any trustee, when appointed as aforesaid or acting
  916  under a deed of trust, indenture, or other agreement, and
  917  regardless of whether all bonds have been declared due and
  918  payable, may appoint a receiver who may enter upon and take
  919  possession of the system or the facilities or any part or parts
  920  thereof, the rates, fees, rentals, or other revenues, charges,
  921  or receipts from which are or may be applicable to the payment
  922  of the bonds so in default and, and, subject to and in
  923  compliance with the provisions of any lease-purchase agreement
  924  between the authority and the department, operate and maintain
  925  the same for and on behalf of and in the name of the authority,
  926  the department, and the bondholders, and collect and receive all
  927  rates, fees, rentals, and other charges or receipts or revenues
  928  arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority or the
  929  department might do, and shall deposit all such moneys in a
  930  separate account and apply such moneys in such manner as the
  931  court shall direct. In any suit, action, or proceeding by the
  932  trustee, the fees, counsel fees, and expenses of the trustee and
  933  the receiver, if any, and all costs and disbursements allowed by
  934  the court shall be a first charge on any rates, fees, rentals,
  935  or other charges, revenues, or receipts derived from the system
  936  or the facilities or services or any part or parts thereof,
  937  including payments under any such lease-purchase agreement as
  938  aforesaid, which rates, fees, rentals, or other charges,
  939  revenues, or receipts may be applicable to the payment of the
  940  bonds so in default. Such trustee, in addition to the foregoing,
  941  possesses all of the powers necessary for the exercise of any
  942  functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the
  943  representation of the bondholders in the enforcement and
  944  protection of their rights.
  945         (4) This section or any other section of this part does not
  946  authorize any receiver appointed pursuant hereto for the
  947  purpose, subject to and in compliance with the provisions of any
  948  lease-purchase agreement between the authority and the
  949  department, of operating and maintaining the system or any
  950  facilities or part or parts thereof to sell, assign, mortgage,
  951  or otherwise dispose of any of the assets of whatever kind and
  952  character belonging to the authority. It is the intention of
  953  this part to limit the powers of such receiver, subject to and
  954  in compliance with the provisions of any lease-purchase
  955  agreement between the authority and the department, to the
  956  operation and maintenance of the system or any facility or part
  957  or parts thereof, as the court may direct, in the name of and
  958  for and on behalf of the authority, the department, and the
  959  bondholders. In any suit, action, or proceeding at law or in
  960  equity, a holder of bonds on the authority, a trustee, or any
  961  court may not compel or direct a receiver to sell, assign,
  962  mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any assets of whatever kind or
  963  character belonging to the authority. A receiver also may not be
  964  authorized to sell, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of
  965  any assets of whatever kind or character belonging to the
  966  authority in any suit, action, or proceeding at law or in
  967  equity.
  968         Section 20. Section 343.945, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  969         Section 21. Section 343.946, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  970         Section 22. Subsection (11) of section 348.0002, Florida
  971  Statutes, is repealed.
  972         Section 23. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1), paragraph (e)
  973  of subsection (2), and paragraph (d) of subsection (9) of
  974  section 348.0004, Florida Statutes, are amended, present
  975  paragraphs (f) through (l) of subsection (2) of that section are
  976  redesignated as paragraphs (e) through (k), respectively, and
  977  present paragraphs (e) through (h) of subsection (9) of that
  978  section are redesignated as paragraphs (d) through (g),
  979  respectively, to read:
  980         348.0004 Purposes and powers.—
  981         (1)(a) An authority created and established pursuant to the
  982  Florida Expressway Authority Act may acquire, hold, construct,
  983  improve, maintain, operate, and own, and lease an expressway
  984  system.
  985         (2) Each authority may exercise all powers necessary,
  986  appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of
  987  its purposes, including, but not limited to, the following
  988  rights and powers:
  989         (e) To enter into and make lease-purchase agreements with
  990  the department until any bonds secured by a pledge of rentals
  991  thereunder, and any refundings thereof, are fully paid as to
  992  both principal and interest.
  993         (9) The Legislature declares that there is a public need
  994  for the rapid construction of safe and efficient transportation
  995  facilities for traveling within the state and that it is in the
  996  public’s interest to provide for public-private partnership
  997  agreements to effectuate the construction of additional safe,
  998  convenient, and economical transportation facilities.
  999         (d) The department may lend funds from the Toll Facilities
 1000  Revolving Trust Fund, as outlined in s. 338.251, to public
 1001  private partnerships. To be eligible a private entity must
 1002  comply with s. 338.251 and must provide an indication from a
 1003  nationally recognized rating agency that the senior bonds for
 1004  the project will be investment grade or must provide credit
 1005  support, such as a letter of credit or other means acceptable to
 1006  the department, to ensure that the loans will be fully repaid.
 1007         Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 1008  348.0005, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1009         348.0005 Bonds.—
 1010         (2)
 1011         (b) The bonds of an authority in any county as defined in
 1012  s. 125.011(1), issued pursuant to the provisions of this part,
 1013  whether on original issuance or refunding, must be authorized by
 1014  resolution of the authority, after approval of the issuance of
 1015  the bonds at a public hearing, and may be either term or serial
 1016  bonds, shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or
 1017  times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable
 1018  semiannually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either
 1019  coupon or fully registered, shall carry such registration,
 1020  exchangeability and interchangeability privileges, be payable in
 1021  such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject
 1022  to such terms of redemption and be entitled to such priorities
 1023  on the revenues, rates, fees, rentals, or other charges or
 1024  receipts of the authority including any county gasoline tax
 1025  funds received by an authority pursuant to the terms of any
 1026  interlocal or lease-purchase agreement between an authority, the
 1027  department, or a county, as such resolution or any resolution
 1028  subsequent thereto may provide. The bonds must be executed by
 1029  such officers as the authority determines under the requirements
 1030  of s. 279.06.
 1031         Section 25. Section 348.0006, Florida Statutes, is
 1032  repealed.
 1033         Section 26. Part II of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1034  consisting of ss. 348.216, 348.217, 348.218, 348.219, 348.22,
 1035  348.221, 348.222, 348.223, 348.224, 348.225, 348.226, 348.227,
 1036  348.228, 348.229, and 348.23, is repealed.
 1037         Section 27. Part III of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1038  consisting of ss. 348.24, 348.241, 348.242, 348.243, 348.244,
 1039  348.245, 348.246, 348.247, 348.248, 348.249, and 348.25, is
 1040  repealed.
 1041         Section 28. Part IV of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1042  consisting of ss. 348.50, 348.51, 348.52, 348.53, 348.54,
 1043  348.545, 348.56, 348.565, 348.57, 348.58, 348.59, 348.60,
 1044  348.61, 348.62, 348.63, 348.64, 348.65, 348.66, 348.67, 348.68,
 1045  348.681, and 348.70, is repealed.
 1046         Section 29. Part V of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1047  consisting of ss. 348.751, 348.752, 348.753, 348.754, 348.7543,
 1048  348.7544, 348.7545, 348.7546, 348.7547, 348.755, 348.756,
 1049  348.757, 348.758, 348.759, 348.760, 348.761, 348.762, 348.763,
 1050  348.764, and 348.765, is repealed.
 1051         Section 30. Part VI of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1052  consisting of ss. 348.80, 348.81, 348.82, 348.83, 348.84,
 1053  348.86, 348.87, 348.88, 348.89, 348.90, 348.91, 348.92, 348.93,
 1054  and 348.94, is repealed.
 1055         Section 31. Part VII of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1056  consisting of ss. 348.9401, 348.941, 348.942, 348.943, 348.944,
 1057  348.945, 348.946, 348.947, 348.948, 348.949, and 348.9495, is
 1058  repealed.
 1059         Section 32. Part VIII of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1060  consisting of ss. 348.95, 348.951, 348.952, 348.953, 348.954,
 1061  348.955, 348.956, 348.957, 348.958, 348.959, 348.96, 348.961,
 1062  348.962, and 348.963, is repealed.
 1063         Section 33. Part X of chapter 348, Florida Statutes,
 1064  consisting of ss. 348.993, 348.9931, 348.9932, 348.9933,
 1065  348.9934, 348.9935, 348.9936, 348.9938, 348.9939, 348.994,
 1066  348.9941, 348.9942, 348.9943, 348.9944, 348.9945, 348.9946,
 1067  348.9947, 348.9948,is repealed.
 1068         Section 34. Section 348.9955, Florida Statutes, is
 1069  repealed.
 1070         Section 35. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of s. 349.02,
 1071  Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 1072         Section 36. Paragraphs (e) and (g) of subsection (2) of
 1073  section 349.04, Florida Statutes, are amended, and present
 1074  paragraphs (f) through (u) of that subsection are redesignated
 1075  as paragraphs (e) through (t), respectively, to read:
 1076         349.04 Purposes and powers.—
 1077         (2) The authority is hereby granted, and shall have and may
 1078  exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant, convenient, or
 1079  incidental to the carrying out of the aforesaid purposes,
 1080  including, but without being limited to, the right and power:
 1081         (e) To enter into and make lease-purchase agreements with
 1082  the department for terms not exceeding 40 years, or until any
 1083  bonds secured by a pledge of rentals thereunder, and any
 1084  refundings thereof, are fully paid as to both principal and
 1085  interest, whichever is longer.
 1086         (g)1. To borrow money and make and issue negotiable notes,
 1087  bonds, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness or
 1088  obligations, either in temporary or definitive form (hereinafter
 1089  in this chapter sometimes called “bonds”), of the authority, for
 1090  the purpose of funding or refunding, at or prior to maturity,
 1091  any bonds theretofore issued by the authority, or by the Florida
 1092  State Improvement Commission to finance part of the cost of the
 1093  Jacksonville Expressway System, and purposes related thereto,
 1094  and for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or part of
 1095  the costs of completion, improvement, or extension of the
 1096  Jacksonville Expressway System, and appurtenant facilities,
 1097  including all approaches, streets, roads, bridges, and avenues
 1098  of access for the Jacksonville Expressway System and for any
 1099  other purpose authorized by this chapter, such bonds to mature
 1100  in not exceeding 40 years from the date of the issuance thereof;
 1101  and to secure the payment of such bonds or any part thereof by a
 1102  pledge of any or all of its revenues, rates, fees, rentals, or
 1103  other charges, including all or any portion of the Duval County
 1104  gasoline tax funds received by the authority pursuant to the
 1105  terms of any lease-purchase agreement between the authority and
 1106  the department; and in general to provide for the security of
 1107  such bonds and the rights and remedies of the holders thereof.
 1108         2. In the event that the authority determines to fund or
 1109  refund any bonds theretofore issued by the authority, or by the
 1110  commission as aforesaid, prior to the maturity thereof, the
 1111  proceeds of such funding or refunding bonds shall, pending the
 1112  prior redemption of the bonds to be funded or refunded, be
 1113  invested in direct obligations of the United States; and it is
 1114  the express intention of this chapter that such outstanding
 1115  bonds may be funded or refunded by the issuance of bonds
 1116  pursuant to this chapter notwithstanding that part of such
 1117  outstanding bonds will not mature or become redeemable until 6
 1118  years after the date of issuance of bonds pursuant to this
 1119  chapter to fund or refund such outstanding bonds.
 1120         Section 37. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 349.05,
 1121  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1122         349.05 Bonds of the authority; bonds not debt or pledges of
 1123  credit of state.—
 1124         (2) Any such resolution or resolutions authorizing any
 1125  bonds hereunder may contain provisions, and valid and legally
 1126  binding covenants of the authority, which shall be part of the
 1127  contract with the holders of such bonds, as to:
 1128         (a) The pledging of all or any part of the revenues, rates,
 1129  fees, rentals, including the sales surtax adopted pursuant to s.
 1130  212.055(1) (including all or any portion of the county gasoline
 1131  tax funds received by the authority), or other charges or
 1132  receipts of any nature of the authority, whether or not derived
 1133  by the authority from the Jacksonville Expressway System or its
 1134  other transportation facilities;
 1135         (b) The completion, improvement, operation, extension,
 1136  maintenance, repair, or lease, or lease-purchase agreement of
 1137  said system or transportation facilities, and the duties of the
 1138  authority and others, including the department, with reference
 1139  thereto;
 1140         (c) Limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds of
 1141  the bonds, then or thereafter to be issued, or of any loan or
 1142  grant, may be applied;
 1143         (d) The fixing, charging, establishing, and collecting of
 1144  rates, fees, rentals, or other charges for use of the services
 1145  and facilities of the Jacksonville Expressway System or any part
 1146  thereof or its other transportation facilities;
 1147         (e) The setting aside of reserves or sinking funds or
 1148  repair and replacement funds and the regulation and disposition
 1149  thereof;
 1150         (f) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds;
 1151         (g) The terms and provisions of any lease-purchase
 1152  agreement, deed of trust, or indenture securing the bonds or
 1153  under which the same may be issued; and
 1154         (h) Any other or additional provisions, covenants, and
 1155  agreements with the holders of the bonds which the authority may
 1156  deem desirable and proper.
 1157         (3) The State Board of Administration may, upon request by
 1158  the authority, act as fiscal agent for the authority in the
 1159  issuance of any bonds that may be issued pursuant to this
 1160  chapter, and the State Board of Administration may, upon request
 1161  by the authority, take over the management, control,
 1162  administration, custody, and payment of any or all debt services
 1163  or funds or assets now or hereafter available for any bonds
 1164  issued pursuant to this chapter. The authority may enter into
 1165  deeds of trust, indentures, or other agreements with a corporate
 1166  trustee or trustees, which shall act as fiscal agent for the
 1167  authority and may be any bank or trust company within or without
 1168  the state, as security for such bonds and may, under such
 1169  agreements, assign and pledge all or any of the revenues, rates,
 1170  fees, rentals, or other charges or receipts of the authority,
 1171  including all or any portion of local option taxes or county
 1172  gasoline tax funds received by the authority, thereunder. Such
 1173  deed of trust, indenture, or other agreement may contain such
 1174  provisions as are customary in such instruments or as the
 1175  authority may authorize, including, without limitation,
 1176  provisions as to:
 1177         (a) The completion, improvement, operation, extension,
 1178  maintenance, repair, and lease of, or lease-purchase agreement
 1179  relating to, all or any part of transportation facilities
 1180  authorized in this chapter to be constructed, acquired,
 1181  developed, or operated by the authority and the duties of the
 1182  authority and others, including the department, with reference
 1183  thereto;
 1184         (b) The application of funds and the safeguarding of funds
 1185  on hand or on deposit;
 1186         (c) The rights and remedies of the trustee and the holders
 1187  of the bonds; and
 1188         (d) The terms and provisions of the bonds or the
 1189  resolutions authorizing the issuance of the same.
 1190         Section 38. Section 349.07, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 1191         Section 39. Section 349.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1192  read:
 1193         349.15 Remedies; pledges enforceable by bondholders.—Any
 1194  holder of bonds issued under this chapter, except to the extent
 1195  such rights may be restricted by the resolution, deed of trust,
 1196  indenture, or other proceeding relating to the issuance of such
 1197  bonds, may by civil action, mandamus, or other appropriate
 1198  action, suit, or proceeding in law or in equity, in any court of
 1199  competent jurisdiction, protect and enforce any and all rights
 1200  of such bondholder granted under the proceedings authorizing the
 1201  issuance of such bonds and enforce any pledge made for payment
 1202  of the principal and interest on bonds, or any covenant or
 1203  agreement relative thereto, against the authority or directly
 1204  against the department, as may be appropriate. It is the express
 1205  intention of this chapter that any pledge by the department of
 1206  rates, fees, revenues, county gasoline tax funds, or other
 1207  funds, as rentals, to the authority or any covenants or
 1208  agreements relative thereto may be enforceable in any court of
 1209  competent jurisdiction against the authority or directly against
 1210  the department by any holder of bonds issued by the authority.
 1211         Section 40. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
 1212  374.976, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1213         374.976 Authority to address impacts of waterway
 1214  development projects.—
 1215         (1) Each inland navigation district is empowered and
 1216  authorized to undertake programs intended to alleviate the
 1217  problems associated with its waterway or waterways, including,
 1218  but not limited to, the following:
 1219         (c) The district is authorized to aid and cooperate with
 1220  the Federal Government; state; member counties; nonmember
 1221  counties that contain any part of the intracoastal waterway
 1222  within their boundaries; navigation districts; the seaports of
 1223  Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus, Fort Pierce, Palm
 1224  Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Manatee, St. Petersburg,
 1225  Tampa, Port St. Joe, Panama City, Pensacola, Key West, and
 1226  Fernandina; and local governments within the district in
 1227  planning and carrying out public navigation, local and regional
 1228  anchorage management, beach renourishment, public recreation,
 1229  inlet management, environmental education, and boating safety
 1230  projects, directly related to the waterways. The district is
 1231  also authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the
 1232  United States Army Corps of Engineers, state, and member
 1233  counties, and to covenant in any such cooperative agreement to
 1234  pay part of the costs of acquisition, planning, development,
 1235  construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, operation,
 1236  and maintenance of such projects.
 1237         Section 41. Subsection (9) of section 403.021, Florida
 1238  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1239         403.021 Legislative declaration; public policy.—
 1240         (9)(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is
 1241  essential to preserve and maintain authorized water depth in the
 1242  existing navigation channels, port harbors, turning basins, and
 1243  harbor berths of this state in order to provide for the
 1244  continued safe navigation of deepwater shipping commerce. The
 1245  department shall recognize that maintenance of authorized water
 1246  depths consistent with port master plans developed pursuant to
 1247  s. 163.3178(2)(k) is an ongoing, continuous, beneficial, and
 1248  necessary activity that is in the public interest; and it shall
 1249  develop a regulatory process that shall enable the ports of this
 1250  state to conduct such activities in an environmentally sound,
 1251  safe, expeditious, and cost-efficient manner. It is the further
 1252  intent of the Legislature that the permitting and enforcement of
 1253  dredging, dredged-material management, and other related
 1254  activities for Florida’s deepwater ports pursuant to this
 1255  chapter and chapters 161, 253, and 373 shall be consolidated
 1256  within the department’s Division of Water Resource Management
 1257  and, with the concurrence of the affected deepwater port or
 1258  ports, may be administered by a district office of the
 1259  department or delegated to an approved local environmental
 1260  program.
 1261         (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) apply only to the port
 1262  waters, dredged-material management sites, port harbors,
 1263  navigation channels, turning basins, and harbor berths used for
 1264  deepwater commercial navigation in the ports of Jacksonville,
 1265  Tampa, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus, Ft.
 1266  Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Manatee, Port St. Joe, Panama City, St.
 1267  Petersburg, Pensacola, Fernandina, and Key West.
 1268         Section 42. Subsection (26) of section 403.061, Florida
 1269  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1270         403.061 Department; powers and duties.—The department shall
 1271  have the power and the duty to control and prohibit pollution of
 1272  air and water in accordance with the law and rules adopted and
 1273  promulgated by it and, for this purpose, to:
 1274         (26)(a) Develop standards and criteria for waters used for
 1275  deepwater shipping which standards and criteria consider
 1276  existing water quality; appropriate mixing zones and other
 1277  requirements for maintenance dredging in previously constructed
 1278  deepwater navigation channels, port harbors, turning basins, or
 1279  harbor berths; and appropriate mixing zones for disposal of
 1280  spoil material from dredging and, where necessary, develop a
 1281  separate classification for such waters. Such classification,
 1282  standards, and criteria shall recognize that the present
 1283  dedicated use of these waters is for deepwater commercial
 1284  navigation.
 1285         (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) apply only to the port
 1286  waters, spoil disposal sites, port harbors, navigation channels,
 1287  turning basins, and harbor berths used for deepwater commercial
 1288  navigation in the ports of Jacksonville, Tampa, Port Everglades,
 1289  Miami, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus, Ft. Pierce, Palm Beach, Port
 1290  Manatee, Port St. Joe, Panama City, St. Petersburg, Port Bartow,
 1291  Florida Power Corporation’s Crystal River Canal, Boca Grande,
 1292  Green Cove Springs, and Pensacola.
 1293  
 1294  The department shall implement such programs in conjunction with
 1295  its other powers and duties and shall place special emphasis on
 1296  reducing and eliminating contamination that presents a threat to
 1297  humans, animals or plants, or to the environment.
 1298         Section 43. Subsection (3) of section 403.813, Florida
 1299  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1300         403.813 Permits issued at district centers; exceptions.—
 1301         (3) For maintenance dredging conducted under this section
 1302  by the seaports of Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus,
 1303  Fort Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Manatee,
 1304  St. Petersburg, Tampa, Port St. Joe, Panama City, Pensacola, Key
 1305  West, and Fernandina or by inland navigation districts:
 1306         (a) A mixing zone for turbidity is granted within a 150
 1307  meter radius from the point of dredging while dredging is
 1308  ongoing, except that the mixing zone may not extend into areas
 1309  supporting wetland communities, submerged aquatic vegetation, or
 1310  hardbottom communities.
 1311         (b) The discharge of the return water from the site used
 1312  for the disposal of dredged material shall be allowed only if
 1313  such discharge does not result in a violation of water quality
 1314  standards in the receiving waters. The return-water discharge
 1315  into receiving waters shall be granted a mixing zone for
 1316  turbidity within a 150-meter radius from the point of discharge
 1317  during and immediately after the dredging, except that the
 1318  mixing zone may not extend into areas supporting wetland
 1319  communities, submerged aquatic vegetation, or hardbottom
 1320  communities.
 1321         (c) The state may not exact a charge for material that this
 1322  subsection allows a public port or an inland navigation district
 1323  to remove.
 1324         (d) The use of flocculants at the site used for disposal of
 1325  the dredged material is allowed if the use, including supporting
 1326  documentation, is coordinated in advance with the department and
 1327  the department has determined that the use is not harmful to
 1328  water resources.
 1329         (e) This subsection does not prohibit maintenance dredging
 1330  of areas where the loss of original design function and
 1331  constructed configuration has been caused by a storm event,
 1332  provided that the dredging is performed as soon as practical
 1333  after the storm event. Maintenance dredging that commences
 1334  within 3 years after the storm event shall be presumed to
 1335  satisfy this provision. If more than 3 years are needed to
 1336  commence the maintenance dredging after the storm event, a
 1337  request for a specific time extension to perform the maintenance
 1338  dredging shall be submitted to the department, prior to the end
 1339  of the 3-year period, accompanied by a statement, including
 1340  supporting documentation, demonstrating that contractors are not
 1341  available or that additional time is needed to obtain
 1342  authorization for the maintenance dredging from the United
 1343  States Army Corps of Engineers.
 1344         Section 44. Section 403.816, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1345  to read:
 1346         403.816 Permits for maintenance dredging of deepwater ports
 1347  and beach restoration projects.—
 1348         (1) The department shall establish a permit system under
 1349  this chapter and chapter 253 which provides for the performance,
 1350  for up to 25 years from the issuance of the original permit, of
 1351  maintenance dredging of permitted navigation channels, port
 1352  harbors, turning basins, harbor berths, and beach restoration
 1353  projects approved pursuant to chapter 161. However, permits
 1354  issued for dredging river channels which are not a part of a
 1355  deepwater port shall be valid for no more than five years. No
 1356  charge shall be exacted by the state for material removed during
 1357  such maintenance dredging by a public port authority.
 1358         (2) The provisions of s. 253.77 do not apply to a permit
 1359  for maintenance dredging and spoil site approval when there is
 1360  no change in the size or location of the spoil disposal site and
 1361  when the applicant provides documentation to the department that
 1362  the appropriate lease, easement, or consent of use for the
 1363  project site issued pursuant to chapter 253 is recorded in the
 1364  county where the project is located.
 1365         (3) The provisions of this section relating to ports apply
 1366  only to the port waters, spoil disposal sites, port harbors,
 1367  navigation channels, turning basins, and harbor berths used for
 1368  deepwater commercial navigation in the ports of Jacksonville,
 1369  Tampa, Port Everglades, Miami, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus, Ft.
 1370  Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Manatee, Port St. Joe, Panama City, St.
 1371  Petersburg, Port Bartow, Florida Power Corporation’s Crystal
 1372  River Canal, Boca Grande, Green Cove Springs, and Pensacola.
 1373         Section 45. Chapter 2000-411, Laws of Florida, is repealed.
 1374         Section 46. Subsection (13) of section 212.08, Florida
 1375  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1376         212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and
 1377  storage tax; specified exemptions.—The sale at retail, the
 1378  rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and the
 1379  storage to be used or consumed in this state of the following
 1380  are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed by this
 1381  chapter.
 1382         (13) No transactions shall be exempt from the tax imposed
 1383  by this chapter except those expressly exempted herein. All laws
 1384  granting tax exemptions, to the extent they may be inconsistent
 1385  or in conflict with this chapter, including, but not limited to,
 1386  the following designated laws, shall yield to and be superseded
 1387  by the provisions of this subsection: ss. 125.019, 153.76,
 1388  154.2331, 159.15, 159.31, 159.50, 159.708, 163.385, 163.395,
 1389  215.76, 243.33, 315.11, 348.65, 348.762, 349.13, 403.1834,
 1390  616.07, and 623.09, and the following Laws of Florida, acts of
 1391  the year indicated: s. 31, chapter 30843, 1955; s. 19, chapter
 1392  30845, 1955; s. 12, chapter 30927, 1955; s. 8, chapter 31179,
 1393  1955; s. 15, chapter 31263, 1955; s. 13, chapter 31343, 1955; s.
 1394  16, chapter 59-1653; s. 13, chapter 59-1356; s. 12, chapter 61
 1395  2261; s. 19, chapter 61-2754; s. 10, chapter 61-2686; s. 11,
 1396  chapter 63-1643; s. 11, chapter 65-1274; s. 16, chapter 67-1446;
 1397  and s. 10, chapter 67-1681. This subsection does not supersede
 1398  the authority of a local government to adopt financial and local
 1399  government incentives pursuant to s. 163.2517.
 1400         Section 47. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.