Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 218
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 84 and 85
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsections (4) and (5) are added to section
    6  335.065, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         335.065 Bicycle and pedestrian ways along state roads and
    8  transportation facilities.—
    9         (4) The department may use appropriated funds to support
   10  the establishment of a statewide system of interconnected
   11  multiuse trails and to pay the cost of planning, land
   12  acquisition, design, and construction of such trails and related
   13  facilities. The department shall give funding priority to
   14  projects that:
   15         (a) Are identified by the Florida Greenways and Trails
   16  Council as a priority within the Florida Greenways and Trails
   17  System under chapter 260.
   18         (b) Support the transportation needs of bicyclists and
   19  pedestrians.
   20         (c) Have national, statewide, or regional importance.
   21         (d) Facilitate an interconnected system of trails by
   22  completing gaps between existing trails.
   23         (5) A project funded under subsection (4) shall:
   24         (a) Be included in the department’s work program developed
   25  in accordance with s. 339.135.
   26         (b) Be operated and maintained by an entity other than the
   27  department upon completion of construction. The department is
   28  not obligated to provide funds for the operation and maintenance
   29  of the project.
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   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 11
   34  and insert:
   35         department does not maintain it; amending s. 335.065,
   36         F.S.; authorizing the department to use appropriated
   37         funds for the establishment of a statewide system of
   38         interconnected multiuse trails; prioritizing projects
   39         for funding; requiring funded projects to be included
   40         in the department’s work program; providing that the
   41         department is not responsible for or obligated to
   42         provide funds for the operation and maintenance of any
   43         such project; amending s. 337.403,