Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 599, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/09/2012 07:36 PM       .                                
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       Senators Dean and Latvala moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    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  
   60  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   61         And the title is amended as follows:
   62         Delete line 37
   63  and insert:
   64         seaport projects to use a mitigation bank; providing
   65         for a review by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit
   66         Authority and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
   67         Authority to consider and identify opportunities and
   68         greater efficiency and service improvements for
   69         increasing connectivity between each authority;
   70         requiring a report to the Legislature; requiring the
   71         Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority to
   72         provide assistance; providing