Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 842
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Artiles) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 389 - 456
4 and insert:
5 Section 2. Section 343.52, Florida Statutes, is reordered
6 and amended to read:
7 343.52 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
8 (2)(1) “Authority” means the South Florida Regional
9 Transportation Authority.
10 (3)(2) “Board” means the governing body of the authority.
11 (1)(3) “Area served” means Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm
12 Beach Counties. However, this area may be expanded by mutual
13 consent of the authority and the board of county commissioners
14 of Monroe County. The authority may not expand into any
15 additional counties without the department’s prior written
16 approval.
17 (4) “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
18 (8)(4) “Transit system” means a system used for the
19 transportation of people and goods by means of, without
20 limitation, a street railway, an elevated railway having a fixed
21 guideway, a commuter railroad, a subway, motor vehicles, or
22 motor buses, and includes a complete system of tracks, stations,
23 and rolling stock necessary to effectuate passenger service to
24 or from the surrounding regional municipalities.
25 (7)(5) “Transit facilities” means property, avenues of
26 access, equipment, or buildings built and installed in Miami
27 Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties which are required to
28 support a transit system.
29 (6) “Member” means the individuals constituting the board.
30 (5)(7) “Feeder transit services” means a transit system
31 that transports passengers to or from stations within or across
32 counties.
33 Section 3. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
34 343.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
35 343.53 South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.—
36 (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of
37 10 voting members, as follows:
38 (d) If the authority’s service area is expanded pursuant to
39 s. 343.54(6) s. 343.54(5), the county containing the new service
40 area shall have two members appointed to the board as follows:
41 1. The county commission of the county shall elect a
42 commissioner as that commission’s representative on the board.
43 The commissioner must be a member of the county commission when
44 elected and for the full extent of his or her term.
45 2. The Governor shall appoint a citizen member to the board
46 who is not a member of the county commission but who is a
47 resident and a qualified elector of that county.
48 Section 4. Present subsections (4) and (5) of section
49 343.54, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5) and
50 (6), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that
51 section, to read:
52 343.54 Powers and duties.—
53 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the
54 authority may not enter into, extend, or renew any contract or
55 other agreement that may be funded, in whole or in part, with
56 funds provided by the department without the prior review and
57 written approval by the department of the authority’s proposed
58 expenditures.
59 Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
60 343.58, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
61 343.58 County funding for the South Florida Regional
62 Transportation Authority.—
63 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
64 contrary and effective July 1, 2010, until as provided in
65 paragraph (d), the department shall transfer annually from the
66 State Transportation Trust Fund to the South Florida Regional
67 Transportation Authority the amounts specified in subparagraph
68 (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2.
69 (c)1. Funds provided to the authority by the department
70 under this subsection constitute state financial assistance
71 provided to a nonstate entity to carry out a state project
72 subject to the provisions of s. 215.97 and s. 215.971. The
73 department shall provide the funds in accordance with the terms
74 of a written agreement to be entered into between the authority
75 and the department which shall provide for department review,
76 approval and audit of authority expenditure of such funds, and
77 shall include such other provisions as are required by
78 applicable law. The department is specifically authorized to
79 agree to advance the authority one-fourth of the total funding
80 provided under this subsection for a state fiscal year at the
81 beginning of each state fiscal year, with monthly payments over
82 the fiscal year on a reimbursement basis as supported by
83 invoices and such additional documentation and information as
84 the department may reasonably require, and a reconciliation of
85 the advance against remaining invoices in the last quarter of
86 the fiscal year may not be committed by the authority without
87 the approval of the department, which may not be unreasonably
88 withheld. At least 90 days before advertising any procurement or
89 renewing any existing contract that will rely on state funds for
90 payment, the authority shall notify the department of the
91 proposed procurement or renewal and the proposed terms thereof.
92 If the department, within 60 days after receipt of notice,
93 objects in writing to the proposed procurement or renewal,
94 specifying its reasons for objection, the authority may not
95 proceed with the proposed procurement or renewal. Failure of the
96 department to object in writing within 60 days after notice
97 shall be deemed consent. This requirement does not impair or
98 cause the authority to cancel contracts that exist as of June
99 30, 2012.
100 2. To enable the department to evaluate the authority’s
101 proposed uses of state funds, the authority shall annually
102 provide the department with its proposed budget for the
103 following authority fiscal year and shall promptly provide the
104 department with any additional documentation or information
105 required by the department for its evaluation of the proposed
106 uses of the state funds.
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108 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
109 And the title is amended as follows:
110 Delete lines 9 - 14
111 and insert:
112 requirements; amending s. 343.52, F.S.; defining the
113 term “department”; amending s. 343.53, F.S.;
114 conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 343.54,
115 F.S.; prohibiting the South Florida Regional
116 Transportation Authority from entering into,
117 extending, or renewing certain contracts or agreements
118 without the Department of Transportation’s approval of
119 the authority’s expenditures; amending s. 343.58,
120 F.S.; providing that certain funds constitute state
121 financial assistance for specified purposes; requiring
122 that certain funds be paid pursuant to a written
123 agreement between the department and the authority;
124 providing certain required terms for the written
125 agreement between the department and the authority;
126 authorizing the department to advance the authority
127 certain funding, subject to certain requirements;
128 requiring the authority to promptly provide the
129 department with any additional documentation or
130 information required by the department for its
131 evaluation of the proposed uses of certain state
132 funds; amending s. 341.302, F.S.;