Florida Senate - 2012 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 599, 1st Eng. Barcode 329094 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD . 03/09/2012 04:40 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Dean moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 566 and 567 4 insert: 5 Section 6. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage 6 and facilitate a review by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit 7 Authority (PSTA) and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit 8 Authority (HART) in order to achieve improvements in regional 9 transit connectivity and implementation of operational 10 efficiencies and service enhancements that are consistent with 11 the regional approach to transit identified in the Tampa Bay 12 Area Regional Transportation Authority’s (TBARTA’s) Regional 13 Transportation Master Plan. The Legislature finds that such 14 improvements and efficiencies can best be achieved through a 15 joint review, evaluation, and recommendations by the Pinellas 16 Suncoast Transit Authority and the Hillsborough Area Regional 17 Transit Authority. 18 (1) The governing bodies or a designated subcommittee of 19 both the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and the 20 Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority shall hold a joint 21 meeting within 30 days after July 1, 2012, and as often as 22 deemed necessary thereafter, in order to consider and identify 23 opportunities for greater efficiency and service improvements, 24 including specific methods for increasing service connectivity 25 between the jurisdictions of each agency. The elements to be 26 reviewed must also include: 27 (a) Governance structure, including governing board 28 membership, terms, responsibilities, officers, powers, duties, 29 and responsibilities; 30 (b) Funding options and implementation; 31 (c) Facilities ownership and management; 32 (d) Current financial obligations and resources; and 33 (e) Actions to be taken that are consistent with the Tampa 34 Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority’s master plan. 35 (2) The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and the 36 Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority shall jointly 37 submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 38 and the President of the Senate on the elements described in 39 this section by February 1, 2013. The report must include 40 proposed legislation to implement each recommendation and 41 specific recommendations concerning the reorganization of each 42 agency, the organizational merger of both agencies, or the 43 consolidation of functions within and between each agency. 44 (3) The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority 45 shall assist and facilitate the Pinellas Suncoast Transit 46 Authority and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority 47 in carrying out the purposes of this section. The Tampa Bay Area 48 Regional Transportation Authority shall provide technical 49 assistance and information regarding its master plan, make 50 recommendations for achieving consistency and improved regional 51 connectivity, and provide support to the Pinellas Suncoast 52 Transit Authority and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit 53 Authority in the preparation of their joint report and 54 recommendations to the Legislature. For this purpose, the 55 Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and the Hillsborough Area 56 Regional Transit Authority shall reimburse the Tampa Bay Area 57 Regional Transportation Authority for necessary and reasonable 58 expense in a total amount not to exceed $100,000. 59 Section 7. Vehicles equipped with autonomous technology; 60 intent.— 61 (1) As used in this section, the term “autonomous 62 technology” means technology installed on a motor vehicle that 63 has the capability to drive the vehicle on which the technology 64 is installed without the active control or monitoring by a human 65 operator. The term excludes a motor vehicle enabled with active 66 safety systems or driver assistance systems, including, without 67 limitation, a system to provide electronic blind spot 68 assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking 69 assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assistance, lane 70 departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistant, unless 71 any such system alone or in combination with other systems 72 enables the vehicle on which the technology is installed to 73 drive without the active control or monitoring by a human 74 operator. 75 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the 76 safe development, testing, and operation of motor vehicles with 77 autonomous technology on the public roads of the state. The 78 Legislature finds that the state does not prohibit or 79 specifically regulate the testing or operation of autonomous 80 technology in motor vehicles on public roads. 81 82 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 83 And the title is amended as follows: 84 Delete line 37 85 and insert: 86 seaport projects to use a mitigation bank; providing 87 for a review by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit 88 Authority and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit 89 Authority to consider and identify opportunities and 90 greater efficiency and service improvements for 91 increasing connectivity between each authority; 92 requiring a report to the Legislature; requiring the 93 Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority to 94 provide assistance; defining the term “autonomous 95 technology”; providing legislative intent with respect 96 to the development of such technology; providing