Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 7068
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/23/2019 08:58 AM .
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Senator Lee moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 221 - 268
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5 10. The department shall provide affected local governments
6 with a copy of the applicable task force report and project
7 alignments. Not later than December 31, 2023, a local government
8 that has an interchange within its jurisdiction shall review the
9 applicable task force report and its local comprehensive plan as
10 adopted under chapter 163. The local government review must
11 include consideration of whether the area in and around the
12 interchange contains appropriate land uses and natural resource
13 protections and whether the comprehensive plan should be amended
14 to provide such appropriate uses and protections.
15 (4)(a) Project construction in any corridor identified in
16 subsection (2) is not eligible for funding until submission of
17 the final report of the corridor task force for that corridor
18 required in subsection (3) and completion of 30 percent of the
19 design phase of any project within a corridor identified in
20 subsection (2), except for project phases that are under
21 construction or for which project alignment has been determined.
22 (b) Subject to the economic and environmental feasibility
23 statement requirements of s. 338.223, projects may be funded
24 through turnpike revenue bonds or right-of-way and bridge
25 construction bonds or financing by the Florida Department of
26 Transportation Financing Corporation; by advances from the State
27 Transportation Trust Fund; with funds obtained through the
28 creation of public-private partnerships; or any combination
29 thereof. The department also may accept donations of land for
30 use as transportation rights-of-way or to secure or use
31 transportation rights-of-way for such projects in accordance
32 with s. 337.25. To the extent legally available, any toll
33 revenues from the turnpike system not required for payment of
34 principal, interest, reserves, or other required deposits for
35 bonds; costs of operations and maintenance; other contractual
36 obligations; or system improvement project costs must be used to
37 repay advances received from the State Transportation Trust
38 Fund.
39 (c)1. Projects undertaken under this section are subject to
40 the department’s delegated responsibilities under s. 334.044(34)
41 for environmental review, consultation, or other action required
42 under any federal environmental law applicable to review or
43 approval of such projects. For projects that do not receive
44 federal aid or projects that do not require federal action, the
45 department must perform a project evaluation that considers the
46 following:
47 a. Project purpose and need;
48 b. An alternatives analysis;
49 c. Existing conditions of the project area and potential
50 impacts or enhancements the project may have on social,
51 economic, cultural, natural, and connectivity issues and
52 resources;
53 d. Anticipated permits identified during the project
54 development and environmental study;
55 e. Opportunities for stakeholder and regulatory agency
56 coordination; and
57 f. Public and agency comments and coordination.
58 2. At a minimum, for projects constructed under this
59 section, decisions on matters such as corridor configuration,
60 project alignment, and interchange locations must be determined
61 in accordance with applicable departmental rules, policies, and
62 procedures.
63 3. The department’s final determination of corridor
64 configuration, project alignment, and interchange location must
65 be based on balancing the following factors: physical and
66 geographical constraints of a project corridor; engineering
67 design standards; right-of-way and construction costs; project
68 economic feasibility; economic impacts to neighborhoods and
69 communities; and impacts to conservation lands acquired under
70 the Florida Preservation 2000 Act as established in s. 259.101,
71 the Florida Forever program as established in s. 259.105,
72 primary springs protection zones, and farmland preservation
73 areas designated within local comprehensive plans adopted under
74 chapter 163.
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77 And the title is amended as follows:
78 Delete lines 32 - 47
79 and insert:
80 Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
81 department to provide affected local governments with
82 a copy of the applicable task force report and project
83 alignments; requiring, by a specified date, local
84 governments that have an interchange within their
85 jurisdictions to review the applicable task force
86 report and their local comprehensive plans; providing
87 requirements for the local government review;
88 providing specified requirements that must be met
89 before project construction in any identified corridor
90 is eligible for funding; providing exceptions to such
91 requirements; authorizing sources of funding for the
92 projects; authorizing the department to accept certain
93 donations of land for the projects; requiring that
94 certain toll revenues from the turnpike system be used
95 to repay advances received from the State
96 Transportation Trust Fund; providing requirements for
97 the department relating to certain delegated
98 responsibilities; requiring the department to perform
99 a specified project evaluation on certain projects;
100 requiring that certain decisions on projects be
101 determined in accordance with applicable department
102 rules, policies, and procedures; requiring the
103 department’s final determination of corridor
104 configuration, project alignment, and interchange
105 location to be based on balancing specified factors;
106 authorizing the