Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 852
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/21/2018 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete line 170
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5 for the purpose of implementing s. 316.0899, Florida Statutes.
6 Section 3. Florida Transportation Commission review;
7 electric and hybrid vehicles report.—
8 (1)(a) The Florida Transportation Commission shall review
9 all sources of revenue for transportation infrastructure and
10 maintenance projects and prepare a report to the Governor and
11 the Legislature when the commission determines that electric
12 vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, and
13 hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, Florida Statutes,
14 make up 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles
15 registered in this state.
16 (b) The commission, in consultation with the Department of
17 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, may use commercially
18 available data that the commission deems reliable to support its
19 determination and report. The report must, at a minimum, assess
20 the effect of projected electric and hybrid vehicle use in this
21 state on future revenue from existing taxes, fees, and
22 surcharges related to nonelectric, private-use motorcycles,
23 mopeds, automobiles, tri-vehicles, and trucks.
24 (c) The commission, in consultation with the Division of
25 Emergency Management, shall also make an assessment of
26 transportation infrastructure with respect to emergency
27 evacuations and electric vehicles, including, but not limited
28 to, the availability of electric vehicle charging stations in
29 this state.
30 (2) The report must include recommendations to the
31 Legislature:
32 (a) To ensure continued funding for necessary maintenance
33 that provides for adequate levels of service on existing
34 transportation infrastructure;
35 (b) To accomplish improvements and capacity projects on
36 transportation infrastructure which meet the demand from
37 projected population and economic growth; and
38 (c) To accomplish necessary improvements to transportation
39 infrastructure that would support emergency evacuations by users
40 of electric vehicles.
41 (3) The report shall be submitted to the Governor and the
42 Legislature no later than September 1 of the year immediately
43 after the year in which the commission determines that electric
44 vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, and
45 hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, Florida Statutes,
46 make up 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles
47 registered in this state.
48 (4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section,
49 the commission may undertake and complete the review and report
50 before the 2-percent threshold is reached if the commission
51 finds that earlier completion is appropriate to maintain a
52 financially stable, long-term transportation work program.
53 Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
54 339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
55 339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.—
56 (7) LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—Each M.P.O. must
57 develop a long-range transportation plan that addresses at least
58 a 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include both long
59 range and short-range strategies and must comply with all other
60 state and federal requirements. The prevailing principles to be
61 considered in the long-range transportation plan are: preserving
62 the existing transportation infrastructure; enhancing Florida’s
63 economic competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure
64 mobility. The long-range transportation plan must be consistent,
65 to the maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements
66 and the goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local
67 government comprehensive plans of the units of local government
68 located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. is
69 encouraged to consider strategies that integrate transportation
70 and land use planning to provide for sustainable development and
71 reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The approved long-range
72 transportation plan must be considered by local governments in
73 the development of the transportation elements in local
74 government comprehensive plans and any amendments thereto. The
75 long-range transportation plan must, at a minimum:
76 (c) Assess capital investment and other measures necessary
77 to:
78 1. Ensure the preservation of the existing metropolitan
79 transportation system including requirements for the operation,
80 resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of major roadways
81 and requirements for the operation, maintenance, modernization,
82 and rehabilitation of public transportation facilities; and
83 2. Make the most efficient use of existing transportation
84 facilities to relieve vehicular congestion, improve safety, and
85 maximize the mobility of people and goods. Such efforts must
86 include, but are not limited to, consideration of infrastructure
87 and technological improvements necessary to accommodate advances
88 in vehicle technology, such as the increased use of autonomous
89 technology and electric vehicles, and other developments.
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91 In the development of its long-range transportation plan, each
92 M.P.O. must provide the public, affected public agencies,
93 representatives of transportation agency employees, freight
94 shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private
95 providers of transportation, representatives of users of public
96 transit, and other interested parties with a reasonable
97 opportunity to comment on the long-range transportation plan.
98 The long-range transportation plan must be approved by the
99 M.P.O.
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102 And the title is amended as follows:
103 Delete lines 2 - 17
104 and insert:
105 An act relating to transportation infrastructure;
106 creating s. 316.0899, F.S.; defining the terms “grid
107 integrated vehicle” and “matching funds”; creating the
108 program within the Department of Transportation;
109 providing program goals; providing grant eligibility
110 requirements; requiring the department to issue a
111 request for proposals by a specified date; providing
112 proposal requirements; providing requirements for the
113 award of grants and the use of grant funds; providing
114 reporting requirements; requiring administrative
115 support by the department; authorizing the department
116 to select an independent nongovernmental entity to
117 assist in project construction, management, and
118 evaluation for specified purposes; providing
119 requirements for the nongovernmental entity; providing
120 an appropriation; requiring the Florida Transportation
121 Commission to review all sources of revenue for
122 transportation infrastructure and maintenance projects
123 and prepare a report to the Governor and the
124 Legislature when the commission determines that
125 electric and hybrid vehicles make up a certain
126 percentage or more of the total number of vehicles
127 registered in this state; authorizing the commission,
128 in consultation with the Department of Highway Safety
129 and Motor Vehicles, to use certain commercially
130 available data; providing minimum reporting
131 requirements; requiring the commission, in
132 consultation with the Division of Emergency
133 Management, to make an assessment of transportation
134 infrastructure with respect to emergency evacuations
135 and electric vehicles; specifying requirements for the
136 report; requiring the report to be submitted to the
137 Governor and the Legislature no later than a certain
138 date; authorizing the commission to undertake and
139 complete the review before the specified percentage
140 threshold is reached, under certain circumstances;
141 amending s. 339.175, F.S.; requiring a long-range
142 transportation plan to consider infrastructure and
143 technological improvements necessary to accommodate
144 the increased use of autonomous technology and
145 electric vehicles;