Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1554
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 1917 - 1964
4 and insert:
5 Section 37. Section 339.81, Florida Statutes, is
6 created to read:
7 339.81 Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network.—
8 (1) The Legislature finds that increasing demands continue
9 to be placed on the state’s transportation system by a growing
10 economy, continued population growth, and increasing tourism.
11 The Legislature also finds that significant challenges exist in
12 providing additional capacity to the conventional transportation
13 system and will require enhanced accommodation of alternative
14 travel modes to meet the needs of residents and visitors. The
15 Legislature further finds that improving bicyclist and
16 pedestrian safety for both residents and visitors remains a high
17 priority. Therefore, the Legislature declares that the
18 development of a nonmotorized trail network will increase
19 mobility and recreational alternatives for residents and
20 visitors of this state, enhance economic prosperity, enrich
21 quality of life, enhance safety, and reflect responsible
22 environmental stewardship. To that end, it is the intent of the
23 Legislature that the department make use of its expertise in
24 efficiently providing transportation projects to develop the
25 Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network, consisting of a
26 statewide network of nonmotorized trails which allows
27 nonmotorized vehicles and pedestrians to access a variety of
28 origins and destinations with limited exposure to motorized
29 vehicles.
30 (2) The Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network is
31 created as a component of the Florida Greenways and Trails
32 System established in chapter 260. The statewide network
33 consists of multiuse trails or shared-use paths physically
34 separated from motor vehicle traffic and constructed with
35 asphalt, concrete, or another hard surface which, by virtue of
36 design, location, extent of connectivity or potential
37 connectivity, and allowable uses, provides nonmotorized
38 transportation opportunities for bicyclists and pedestrians
39 statewide between and within a wide range of points of origin
40 and destinations, including, but not limited to, communities,
41 conservation areas, state parks, beaches, and other natural or
42 cultural attractions for a variety of trip purposes, including
43 work, school, shopping, and other personal business, as well as
44 social, recreational, and personal fitness purposes.
45 (3) Network components do not include sidewalks, nature
46 trails, loop trails wholly within a single park or natural area,
47 or on-road facilities, such as bicycle lanes or routes other
48 than:
49 (a) On-road facilities that are no longer than one-half
50 mile connecting two or more nonmotorized trails, if the
51 provision of a non-motorized trail without the use of the on
52 road facility is not feasible, and if such on-road facilities
53 are signed and marked for nonmotorized use; or
54 (b) On-road components of the Florida Keys Overseas
55 Heritage Trail.
56 (4) The planning, development, operation, and maintenance
57 of the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network is declared
58 to be a public purpose, and the department, together with other
59 agencies of this state and all counties, municipalities, and
60 special districts of this state, may spend public funds for such
61 purposes and accept gifts and grants of funds, property, or
62 property rights from public or private sources to be used for
63 such purposes.
64 (5) The department shall include the Florida Shared-Use
65 Nonmotorized Trail Network in its work program developed
66 pursuant to s. 339.135. For purposes of funding and maintaining
67 projects within the network, the department shall allocate in
68 its program and resource plan a minimum of $50 million annually,
69 beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
70 (6) The department may enter into a memorandum of agreement
71 with a local government or other agency of the state to transfer
72 maintenance responsibilities of an individual network component.
73 The department may contract with a not-for-profit entity or
74 private sector business or entity to provide maintenance
75 services on an individual network component.
76 (7) The department may adopt rules to aid in the
77 development and maintenance of components of the network.
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80 And the title is amended as follows:
81 Delete lines 226 - 231
82 and insert:
83 creating the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized
84 Trail Network; specifying the composition of the
85 network; requiring the network to be included in the
86 Department of Transportation’s work program; declaring
87 the planning, development, operation, and maintenance
88 of the network to be a public purpose; authorizing the
89 department to transfer maintenance responsibilities to
90 local governments or other state agencies and contract
91 with not-for-profit or private sector entities to
92 provide maintenance services; requiring funding to be
93 allocated to the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail
94 Network in the program and resource plan of the
95 department; authorizing the department to adopt rules;
96 creating s. 339.82, F.S.; directing
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