Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 7027
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R . Floor: SENAT/C
03/04/2016 12:36 PM . 03/11/2016 05:15 PM
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Senator Brandes moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 443 and 444
4 insert:
5 Section 12. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
6 339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.—
8 (7) LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—Each M.P.O. must
9 develop a long-range transportation plan that addresses at least
10 a 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include both long
11 range and short-range strategies and must comply with all other
12 state and federal requirements. The prevailing principles to be
13 considered in the long-range transportation plan are: preserving
14 the existing transportation infrastructure; enhancing Florida’s
15 economic competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure
16 mobility. The long-range transportation plan must be consistent,
17 to the maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements
18 and the goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local
19 government comprehensive plans of the units of local government
20 located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. is
21 encouraged to consider strategies that integrate transportation
22 and land use planning to provide for sustainable development and
23 reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The approved long-range
24 transportation plan must be considered by local governments in
25 the development of the transportation elements in local
26 government comprehensive plans and any amendments thereto. The
27 long-range transportation plan must, at a minimum:
28 (c) Assess capital investment and other measures necessary
29 to:
30 1. Ensure the preservation of the existing metropolitan
31 transportation system including requirements for the operation,
32 resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of major roadways
33 and requirements for the operation, maintenance, modernization,
34 and rehabilitation of public transportation facilities; and
35 2. Make the most efficient use of existing transportation
36 facilities to relieve vehicular congestion, improve safety, and
37 maximize the mobility of people and goods. Such efforts must
38 include, but are not limited to, consideration of infrastructure
39 and technological improvements necessary to accommodate advances
40 in vehicle technology, such as autonomous technology and other
41 developments.
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43 In the development of its long-range transportation plan,
44 each M.P.O. must provide the public, affected public agencies,
45 representatives of transportation agency employees, freight
46 shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private
47 providers of transportation, representatives of users of public
48 transit, and other interested parties with a reasonable
49 opportunity to comment on the long-range transportation plan.
50 The long-range transportation plan must be approved by the
51 M.P.O.
52 Section 13. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3) of
53 section 339.64, Florida Statutes, and paragraph (a) of
54 subsection (4) of that section is amended to read:
55 339.64 Strategic Intermodal System Plan.—
56 (3)
57 (c) The department shall coordinate with federal, regional,
58 and local partners, as well as industry representatives, to
59 consider infrastructure and technological improvements necessary
60 to accommodate advances in vehicle technology, such as
61 autonomous technology and other developments, in Strategic
62 Intermodal System facilities.
63 (4) The Strategic Intermodal System Plan shall include the
64 following:
65 (a) A needs assessment that must include, but is not
66 limited to, consideration of infrastructure and technological
67 improvements necessary to accommodate advances in vehicle
68 technology, such as autonomous technology and other
69 developments.
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72 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
73 And the title is amended as follows:
74 Delete line 47
75 and insert:
76 submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission;
77 amending s. 339.175, F.S.; requiring certain long
78 range transportation plans to include assessment of
79 capital investment and other measures necessary to
80 make the most efficient use of existing transportation
81 facilities to improve safety; requiring the
82 assessments to include consideration of infrastructure
83 and technological improvements necessary to
84 accommodate advances in vehicle technology; amending
85 s. 339.64, F.S.; requiring the department to
86 coordinate with certain partners and industry
87 representatives to consider infrastructure and
88 technological improvements necessary to accommodate
89 advances in vehicle technology in Strategic Intermodal
90 System facilities; requiring the Strategic Intermodal
91 System Plan to include a needs assessment regarding
92 such infrastructure and technological improvements;
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