Florida Senate - 2014             CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2514
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Conference Committee on SB 2514 recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) are added to section
    7  335.065, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         335.065 Bicycle and pedestrian ways along state roads and
    9  transportation facilities.—
   10         (4) The department may use appropriated funds to support
   11  the establishment of a statewide system of interconnected
   12  multiuse trails and to pay the cost of planning, land
   13  acquisition, design, and construction of such trails and related
   14  facilities. The department shall give funding priority to
   15  projects that:
   16         (a) Are identified by the Florida Greenways and Trails
   17  Council as a priority within the Florida Greenways and Trails
   18  System under chapter 260.
   19         (b) Support the transportation needs of bicyclists and
   20  pedestrians.
   21         (c) Have national, statewide, or regional importance.
   22         (d) Facilitate an interconnected system of trails by
   23  completing gaps between existing trails.
   24         (5) A project funded under subsection (4) shall:
   25         (a) Be included in the department’s work program developed
   26  in accordance with s. 339.135.
   27         (b) Be operated and maintained by an entity other than the
   28  department upon completion of construction. The department is
   29  not obligated to provide funds for the operation and maintenance
   30  of the project.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   36  and insert:
   37                        A bill to be entitled                      
   38         An act relating to bicycle and pedestrian ways;
   39         amending s. 335.065, F.S.; authorizing the Department
   40         of Transportation to use appropriated funds for the
   41         establishment of a statewide system of interconnected
   42         multiuse trails; prioritizing projects for funding;
   43         requiring funded projects to be included in the
   44         department’s work program; providing that the
   45         department is not responsible for or obligated to
   46         provide funds for the operation and maintenance of any
   47         such project; providing an effective date.