Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7127, 2nd Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/29/2013 03:05 PM .
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Senator Brandes moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (740626) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 2655 and 2656
5 insert:
6 Section 60. Section 348.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to
7 read:
8 348.53 Purposes of the authority.—The authority is created
9 for the purposes and shall have power to construct, reconstruct,
10 improve, extend, repair, maintain and operate the expressway
11 system. It is hereby found and declared that such purposes are
12 in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of
13 Florida, City of Tampa and the County of Hillsborough, for the
14 increase of their pleasure, convenience and welfare, for the
15 improvement of their health, to facilitate transportation,
16 including managed lanes and other transit supporting facilities,
17 for their recreation and commerce and for the common defense.
18 The authority shall be performing a public purpose and a
19 governmental function in carrying out its corporate purpose and
20 in exercising the powers granted herein.
21 Section 61. Subsection (15) is added to section 348.54,
22 Florida Statutes, to read:
23 348.54 Powers of the authority.—Except as otherwise limited
24 herein, the authority shall have the power:
25 (15) With the consent of the county within whose
26 jurisdiction the following activities occur, the authority shall
27 have the right to construct, operate, and maintain roads,
28 bridges, avenues of access, thoroughfares, and boulevards
29 outside the jurisdictional boundaries of Hillsborough County,
30 together with the right to construct, repair, replace, operate,
31 install, and maintain electronic toll payment systems thereon,
32 with all necessary and incidental powers to accomplish the
33 foregoing.
34 Section 62. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 348.565,
35 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
36 348.565 Revenue bonds for specified projects.—The existing
37 facilities that constitute the Tampa-Hillsborough County
38 Expressway System are hereby approved to be refinanced by
39 revenue bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance of the
40 State Board of Administration pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of
41 the State Constitution and the State Bond Act or by revenue
42 bonds issued by the authority pursuant to s. 348.56(1)(b). In
43 addition, the following projects of the Tampa-Hillsborough
44 County Expressway Authority are approved to be financed or
45 refinanced by the issuance of revenue bonds in accordance with
46 this part and s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution:
47 (3) Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway System widening.
48 (4) The connector highway linking the Lee Roy Selmon
49 Crosstown Expressway to Interstate 4.
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52 And the title is amended as follows:
53 Delete line 4722
54 and insert:
55 associated with the bonds; amending s. 348.53, F.S.;
56 authorizing the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway
57 Authority to facilitate transportation, including
58 managed lanes and other transit supporting facilities;
59 authorizing the authority to construct, operate, and
60 maintain roads, bridges, avenues of access,
61 thoroughfares, and boulevards outside the
62 jurisdictional boundaries of Hillsborough County,
63 together with the right to construct, repair, replace,
64 operate, install, and maintain electronic toll payment
65 systems thereon; revising the name of the Lee Roy
66 Selmon Crosstown Expressway; amending ss. 348.751 and
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