Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 1305, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì441338/Î441338                         
       
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             05/02/2023 12:09 PM       .      05/03/2023 06:03 PM       
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       Senator Avila moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 688 - 711
    4  and insert:
    5  subsections (1) through (5) of section 348.0304, Florida
    6  Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2) through (6),
    7  respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to that section, and
    8  present subsections (1) and (2) of that section are amended, to
    9  read:
   10         348.0304 Greater Miami Expressway Agency.—
   11         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Greater
   12  Miami Expressway Agency prioritizes the best interests of the
   13  toll payers of South Florida.
   14         (2)(1) There is hereby created and established a body
   15  politic and corporate, an agency of the state, to be known as
   16  the “Greater Miami Expressway Agency.” The agency shall serve
   17  the area within the geographical boundaries of Miami-Dade County
   18  and the portion of northeast Monroe County including County Road
   19  94 and the portion of Monroe County bounded on the north and
   20  east by the borders of Monroe County and on the south and west
   21  by County Road 94.
   22         (3)(a)(2)(a) The governing body of the agency shall consist
   23  of nine voting members. Except for the district secretary of the
   24  department, each member must be a permanent resident of a the
   25  county served by the agency and may not hold, or have held in
   26  the previous 2 years, elected or appointed office in such the
   27  county, except that this paragraph does not apply to any initial
   28  appointment under paragraph (b) or to any member who previously
   29  served on the governing body of the former Greater Miami
   30  Expressway Agency. Each member may only serve two terms of 4
   31  years each, except that there is no restriction on the term of
   32  the department’s district secretary. Four members, each of whom
   33  must be a permanent resident of Miami-Dade County, shall be
   34  appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate
   35  at the next regular session of the Legislature. Refusal or
   36  failure of the Senate to confirm an appointment shall create a
   37  vacancy one of whom must be a member of the metropolitan
   38  planning organization for the County. Appointments made by the
   39  Governor and board of county commissioners of Miami-Dade County
   40  shall reflect the state’s interests in the transportation sector
   41  and represent the intent, duties, and purpose of the Greater
   42  Miami Expressway Agency, and have at least 3 years of
   43  professional experience in one or more of the following areas:
   44  finance; land use planning; tolling industry; or transportation
   45  engineering.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete line 104
   50  and insert:
   51         amending s. 348.0304, F.S.; providing legislative
   52         intent; revising the area served