Florida Senate - 2018 SB 384
By Senator Brandes
24-00287D-18 2018384__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to electric vehicles; requiring the
3 Florida Transportation Commission to review all
4 sources of revenue for transportation infrastructure
5 and maintenance projects and prepare a report to the
6 Governor and the Legislature when the commission
7 determines that electric vehicles make up a certain
8 percentage or more of the total number of vehicles
9 registered in this state; authorizing the commission,
10 in consultation with the Department of Highway Safety
11 and Motor Vehicles, to use certain commercially
12 available data; requiring the commission, in
13 consultation with the Division of Emergency
14 Management, to make an assessment of transportation
15 infrastructure with respect to emergency evacuations
16 and electric vehicles; specifying requirements for the
17 report; requiring the report to be submitted to the
18 Governor and the Legislature by a certain date;
19 amending s. 339.175, F.S.; requiring a long-range
20 transportation plan to consider infrastructure and
21 technological improvements necessary to accommodate
22 the increased use of autonomous technology and
23 electric vehicles; providing an effective date.
24
25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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27 Section 1. Florida Transportation Commission review;
28 electric vehicles report.—
29 (1)(a) The Florida Transportation Commission shall review
30 all sources of revenue for transportation infrastructure and
31 maintenance projects and prepare a report to the Governor and
32 the Legislature when the commission determines that electric
33 vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, make up
34 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles registered in
35 this state.
36 (b) The commission, in consultation with the Department of
37 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, may use commercially
38 available data that the commission deems reliable to support its
39 determination and report. The report must, at a minimum, assess
40 the effect of projected electric vehicle use in this state on
41 future revenue from existing taxes, fees, and surcharges related
42 to nonelectric, private-use motorcycles, mopeds, automobiles,
43 tri-vehicles, and trucks.
44 (c) The commission, in consultation with the Division of
45 Emergency Management, shall also make an assessment of
46 transportation infrastructure with respect to emergency
47 evacuations and electric vehicles, including, but not limited
48 to, the availability of electric vehicle charging stations in
49 this state.
50 (2) The report must include recommendations to the
51 Legislature:
52 (a) To ensure continued funding for necessary maintenance
53 that provides for adequate levels of service on existing
54 transportation infrastructure;
55 (b) To accomplish improvements and capacity projects on
56 transportation infrastructure which meet the demand from
57 projected population and economic growth; and
58 (c) To accomplish necessary improvements to transportation
59 infrastructure that would support emergency evacuations by users
60 of electric vehicles.
61 (3) The report shall be submitted to the Governor and the
62 Legislature by September 1 of the year immediately after the
63 year in which the commission determines electric vehicles, as
64 defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, make up 2 percent or
65 more of the total number of vehicles registered in this state.
66 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
67 339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
68 339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.—
69 (7) LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—Each M.P.O. must
70 develop a long-range transportation plan that addresses at least
71 a 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include both long
72 range and short-range strategies and must comply with all other
73 state and federal requirements. The prevailing principles to be
74 considered in the long-range transportation plan are: preserving
75 the existing transportation infrastructure; enhancing Florida’s
76 economic competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure
77 mobility. The long-range transportation plan must be consistent,
78 to the maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements
79 and the goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local
80 government comprehensive plans of the units of local government
81 located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. is
82 encouraged to consider strategies that integrate transportation
83 and land use planning to provide for sustainable development and
84 reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The approved long-range
85 transportation plan must be considered by local governments in
86 the development of the transportation elements in local
87 government comprehensive plans and any amendments thereto. The
88 long-range transportation plan must, at a minimum:
89 (c) Assess capital investment and other measures necessary
90 to:
91 1. Ensure the preservation of the existing metropolitan
92 transportation system including requirements for the operation,
93 resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of major roadways
94 and requirements for the operation, maintenance, modernization,
95 and rehabilitation of public transportation facilities; and
96 2. Make the most efficient use of existing transportation
97 facilities to relieve vehicular congestion, improve safety, and
98 maximize the mobility of people and goods. Such efforts must
99 include, but are not limited to, consideration of infrastructure
100 and technological improvements necessary to accommodate advances
101 in vehicle technology, such as the increased use of autonomous
102 technology and electric vehicles, and other developments.
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104 In the development of its long-range transportation plan, each
105 M.P.O. must provide the public, affected public agencies,
106 representatives of transportation agency employees, freight
107 shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private
108 providers of transportation, representatives of users of public
109 transit, and other interested parties with a reasonable
110 opportunity to comment on the long-range transportation plan.
111 The long-range transportation plan must be approved by the
112 M.P.O.
113 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.