Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1392
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Transportation (Brandes) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 227 - 237
4 and insert:
5 Section 8. Subsection (4) of section 338.165, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (11) is added to that
7 section, to read:
8 338.165 Continuation of tolls.—
9 (4) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, pursuant
10 to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, and subject to the
11 requirements of subsection (2), the Department of Transportation
12 may request the Division of Bond Finance to issue bonds secured
13 by toll revenues collected on the Alligator Alley and, the
14 Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the Beeline-East Expressway, the Navarre
15 Bridge, and the Pinellas Bayway to fund transportation projects
16 located within the county or counties in which the project is
17 located and contained in the adopted work program of the
18 department.
19 (11) The department’s Pinellas Bayway System may be
20 transferred by the department and become part of the turnpike
21 system under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law. The transfer
22 does not affect the rights of the parties, or their successors
23 in interest, under the settlement agreement and final judgment
24 in Leonard Lee Ratner, Esther Ratner, and Leeco Gas and Oil Co.
25 v. State Road Department of the State of Florida, No. 67-1081
26 (Fla. 2nd Cir. Ct. 1968). Upon transfer of the Pinellas Bayway
27 System to the turnpike system, the department shall also
28 transfer to the Florida Turnpike Enterprise the funds deposited
29 in the reserve account established by chapter 85-364, Laws of
30 Florida, as amended by chapters 95-382 and 2014-223, Laws of
31 Florida, which funds shall be used by the Florida Turnpike
32 Enterprise solely to help fund the costs of repair or
33 replacement of the transferred facilities.
34 Section 9. Chapter 85-364, Laws of Florida, as amended by
35 chapters 95-382 and section 48 of 2014-223, Laws of Florida, is
36 repealed.
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38 And the title is amended as follows:
39 Delete lines 31 - 35
40 and insert:
41 amending s. 338.165, F.S.; deleting an authorization
42 to issue certain bonds secured by toll revenues
43 collected on the Beeline-East Expressway, the Navarre
44 Bridge, and the Pinellas Bayway; authorizing the
45 department’s Pinellas Bayway System to be transferred
46 by the department and become part of the turnpike
47 system under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law;
48 providing applicability; requiring the department to
49 transfer certain funds to the Florida Turnpike
50 Enterprise for certain purposes; repealing chapter 85
51 364, Laws of Florida, as amended, relating to the
52 Pinellas Bayway; amending s. 338.231,