Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1200
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Thurston) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (565054) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 63 - 131
    5  and insert:
    6  allocated annually to the statewide mobility innovation program
    7  for the purposes established in s. 339.84.
    8         (b) The lesser of 0.1456 percent of the remainder or $3.25
    9  million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
   10  Treasury to the credit of the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in
   11  the Department of Economic Opportunity to fund technical
   12  assistance to local governments.
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   14  Moneys distributed pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) may not be
   15  pledged for debt service unless such pledge is approved by
   16  referendum of the voters.
   17         Section 2. Section 339.84, Florida Statutes, is created to
   18  read:
   19         339.84 Statewide Mobility Innovation Program.—
   20         (1) As used in this section the term “innovative mobility
   21  system” means a system of infrastructure, appurtenances, and
   22  technology designed to move the greatest number of people in the
   23  least amount of time. The term includes, but is not limited to,
   24  autonomous vehicles as defined in s. 316.003, automated people
   25  movers, bus rapid transit networks, and transportation network
   26  companies as defined in s. 627.748. The term does not include
   27  other traditional uses of a roadway system for conveyance.
   28         (2) The Statewide Mobility Innovation Program is created
   29  within the department. The goals of the program include, but are
   30  not limited to:
   31         (a) Evaluating, financing, and overseeing proposals for
   32  innovative mobility systems in this state.
   33         (b) Expending funds to publicize and promote innovative
   34  mobility systems and to contract with entities to accomplish
   35  these purposes.
   36         (c) Soliciting proposals in accordance with chapter 287 for
   37  the design and construction of innovative mobility systems and
   38  contracting with entities to expend funds to accomplish this
   39  purpose.
   40         (3) Beginning in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the department
   41  shall use funds allocated pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(a)4. in a
   42  county to fund the design and construction of an innovative
   43  mobility system based on a proposal that a county submits to the
   44  department that the department approves as being consistent with
   45  the requirements of this section.
   46         (4) The department must use the $60 million allocated under
   47  s. 201.15(4)(a)4., for such a system in one or more counties. No
   48  one county may receive more than another county unless it is
   49  receiving an allocation under a joint proposal with another
   50  county.
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   53  And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete lines 181 - 185
   55  and insert:
   56         annual allocations to the statewide mobility
   57         innovation program for certain purposes; creating s.
   58         339.84, F.S.;