Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 384
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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12/05/2017 .
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The Committee on Transportation (Brandes) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Florida Transportation Commission review;
6 electric and hybrid vehicles report.—
7 (1)(a) The Florida Transportation Commission shall review
8 all sources of revenue for transportation infrastructure and
9 maintenance projects and prepare a report to the Governor and
10 the Legislature when the commission determines that electric
11 vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, and
12 hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, Florida Statutes,
13 make up 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles
14 registered in this state.
15 (b) The commission, in consultation with the Department of
16 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, may use commercially
17 available data that the commission deems reliable to support its
18 determination and report. The report must, at a minimum, assess
19 the effect of projected electric and hybrid vehicle use in this
20 state on future revenue from existing taxes, fees, and
21 surcharges related to nonelectric, private-use motorcycles,
22 mopeds, automobiles, tri-vehicles, and trucks.
23 (c) The commission, in consultation with the Division of
24 Emergency Management, shall also make an assessment of
25 transportation infrastructure with respect to emergency
26 evacuations and electric vehicles, including, but not limited
27 to, the availability of electric vehicle charging stations in
28 this state.
29 (2) The report must include recommendations to the
30 Legislature:
31 (a) To ensure continued funding for necessary maintenance
32 that provides for adequate levels of service on existing
33 transportation infrastructure;
34 (b) To accomplish improvements and capacity projects on
35 transportation infrastructure which meet the demand from
36 projected population and economic growth; and
37 (c) To accomplish necessary improvements to transportation
38 infrastructure that would support emergency evacuations by users
39 of electric vehicles.
40 (3) The report shall be submitted to the Governor and the
41 Legislature no later than September 1 of the year immediately
42 after the year in which the commission determines that electric
43 vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, and
44 hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, Florida Statutes,
45 make up 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles
46 registered in this state.
47 (4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section,
48 the commission may undertake and complete the review and report
49 before the 2-percent threshold is reached if the commission
50 finds that earlier completion is appropriate to maintain a
51 financially stable long-term transportation work program.
52 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
53 339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
54 339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.—
55 (7) LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—Each M.P.O. must
56 develop a long-range transportation plan that addresses at least
57 a 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include both long
58 range and short-range strategies and must comply with all other
59 state and federal requirements. The prevailing principles to be
60 considered in the long-range transportation plan are: preserving
61 the existing transportation infrastructure; enhancing Florida’s
62 economic competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure
63 mobility. The long-range transportation plan must be consistent,
64 to the maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements
65 and the goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local
66 government comprehensive plans of the units of local government
67 located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. is
68 encouraged to consider strategies that integrate transportation
69 and land use planning to provide for sustainable development and
70 reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The approved long-range
71 transportation plan must be considered by local governments in
72 the development of the transportation elements in local
73 government comprehensive plans and any amendments thereto. The
74 long-range transportation plan must, at a minimum:
75 (c) Assess capital investment and other measures necessary
76 to:
77 1. Ensure the preservation of the existing metropolitan
78 transportation system including requirements for the operation,
79 resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of major roadways
80 and requirements for the operation, maintenance, modernization,
81 and rehabilitation of public transportation facilities; and
82 2. Make the most efficient use of existing transportation
83 facilities to relieve vehicular congestion, improve safety, and
84 maximize the mobility of people and goods. Such efforts must
85 include, but are not limited to, consideration of infrastructure
86 and technological improvements necessary to accommodate advances
87 in vehicle technology, such as the increased use of autonomous
88 technology and electric vehicles, and other developments.
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90 In the development of its long-range transportation plan, each
91 M.P.O. must provide the public, affected public agencies,
92 representatives of transportation agency employees, freight
93 shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private
94 providers of transportation, representatives of users of public
95 transit, and other interested parties with a reasonable
96 opportunity to comment on the long-range transportation plan.
97 The long-range transportation plan must be approved by the
98 M.P.O.
99 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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102 And the title is amended as follows:
103 Delete everything before the enacting clause
104 and insert:
105 A bill to be entitled
106 An act relating to electric and hybrid vehicles;
107 requiring the Florida Transportation Commission to
108 review all sources of revenue for transportation
109 infrastructure and maintenance projects and prepare a
110 report to the Governor and the Legislature when the
111 commission determines that electric and hybrid
112 vehicles make up a certain percentage or more of the
113 total number of vehicles registered in this state;
114 authorizing the commission, in consultation with the
115 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to
116 use certain commercially available data; requiring the
117 commission, in consultation with the Division of
118 Emergency Management, to make an assessment of
119 transportation infrastructure with respect to
120 emergency evacuations and electric vehicles;
121 specifying requirements for the report; requiring the
122 report to be submitted to the Governor and the
123 Legislature no later than a certain date; authorizing
124 the commission to undertake and complete the review
125 before the specified-percentage threshold is reached,
126 under certain circumstances; amending s. 339.175,
127 F.S.; requiring a long-range transportation plan to
128 consider infrastructure and technological improvements
129 necessary to accommodate the increased use of
130 autonomous technology and electric vehicles; providing
131 an effective date.