Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1554
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/16/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Clemens) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 344 and 345
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 163.566, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         163.566 Definitions.—As used in this part, and unless the
    8  context clearly indicates otherwise:
    9         (8) “Public transportation” means transportation of
   10  passengers by means, without limitation, of a street railway,
   11  elevated railway or fixed guideway, commuter railroad, subway,
   12  motor vehicle, motor bus, or any bus or other means of
   13  conveyance operating as a common carrier within the regional
   14  transportation area, including charter service therein.
   15         Section 3. Subsections (14) and (15) are added to section
   16  163.567, Florida Statutes, to read:
   17         163.567 Regional transportation authorities.—
   18         (14) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an
   19  agency created under chapter 343 or chapter 349 is designated as
   20  the regional transportation authority under this section for the
   21  same region it serves and shall be deemed a constituted regional
   22  transportation authority under this section. Chapters 343 and
   23  349 shall govern the board composition and operations of the
   24  agencies as regional transportation authorities under this
   25  section.
   26         (15) The authority granted to regional transportation
   27  authorities under this part shall be considered authority that
   28  is in addition to the authority granted to the agencies under
   29  chapters 343 and 349.
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   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 9
   34  and insert:
   35         duties for specified counties; amending s. 163.566,
   36         F.S.; redefining the term “public transportation”;
   37         amending s. 163.567, F.S.; designating certain
   38         agencies as regional transportation authorities for
   39         the same regions they serve and deeming the agencies
   40         as constituted regional transportation authorities;
   41         providing that chs. 343 and 349, F.S., govern the
   42         board composition and operations of the agencies as
   43         regional transportation authorities; requiring that
   44         the authority granted to regional transportation
   45         authorities be considered additional to the authority
   46         granted to the agencies under chs. 343 and 349, F.S.;
   47         amending s. 215.82,