Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1672
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R .
04/27/2017 02:32 PM .
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Senator Latvala moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 350 - 470
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5 intercounty project or an intracounty capital project that
6 represents a phase of an intercounty project that exists in a
7 single county within the designated region.
8 (2)(a) The authority has the right to plan, develop,
9 finance, construct, own, purchase, operate, maintain, relocate,
10 equip, repair, and manage those public transportation projects,
11 such as express bus services; bus rapid transit services; light
12 rail, commuter rail, heavy rail, or other transit services;
13 ferry services; transit stations; park-and-ride lots; transit
14 oriented development nodes; or feeder roads, reliever roads,
15 connector roads, bypasses, or appurtenant facilities, that are
16 intended to address critical transportation needs or concerns in
17 the Tampa Bay region as identified by the authority by July 1,
18 2009. These projects may also include all necessary approaches,
19 roads, bridges, and avenues of access that are desirable and
20 proper with the concurrence of the department, as applicable, if
21 the project is to be part of the State Highway System.
22 (3)(a) No later than July 1, 2009, The authority shall
23 develop and adopt a regional transit development transportation
24 master plan that provides a vision for a regionally integrated
25 multimodal transportation system. The goals and objectives of
26 the master plan are to identify areas of the Tampa Bay region
27 where multimodal mobility, traffic safety, freight mobility, and
28 efficient emergency evacuation alternatives need to be improved;
29 identify areas of the region where multimodal transportation
30 systems would be most beneficial to enhance mobility and
31 economic development; develop methods of building partnerships
32 with local governments, existing transit providers, expressway
33 authorities, seaports, airports, and other local, state, and
34 federal entities; develop methods of building partnerships with
35 CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., to craft mutually
36 beneficial solutions to achieve the authority’s objectives, and
37 with other private sector business community entities that may
38 further the authority’s mission, and engage the public in
39 support of regional multimodal transportation improvements. The
40 master plan shall identify and may prioritize projects that will
41 accomplish these goals and objectives, including, without
42 limitation, the creation of express bus and bus rapid transit
43 services, light rail, commuter rail, and heavy rail transit
44 services, ferry services, freight services, and any other
45 multimodal transportation system projects that address critical
46 transportation needs or concerns, pursuant to subsection (2);
47 and identify the costs of the proposed projects and revenue
48 sources that could be used to pay those costs. In developing the
49 master plan, the authority shall review and coordinate with the
50 future land use, capital improvements, and traffic circulation
51 elements of its member local governments’ comprehensive plans
52 and the plans, programs, and schedules of other units of
53 government having transit or transportation authority within
54 whose jurisdictions the projects or improvements will be located
55 to define and resolve potential inconsistencies between such
56 plans and the authority’s developing master plan. By July 1,
57 2008, the authority, working with its member local governments,
58 shall adopt a mandatory conflict resolution process that
59 addresses consistency conflicts between the authority’s regional
60 transportation master plan and local government comprehensive
61 plans.
62 (b) The authority shall consult with the department to
63 further the goals and objectives of the Strategic Regional
64 Transit Needs Assessment completed by the department.
65 (c) Before the adoption of the regional transit development
66 master plan, the authority shall hold at least one public
67 meeting in each of the seven counties within the designated
68 region. At least one public hearing must be held before the
69 authority’s board.
70 (d) After its adoption, the regional transit development
71 master plan shall be updated every 5 years before July 1.
72 (e) The authority shall present the original regional
73 transit development master plan and updates to the governing
74 bodies of the counties within the designated seven-county
75 region, to the TBARTA Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs
76 Coordinating Committee, and to the legislative delegation
77 members representing those counties within 90 days after
78 adoption.
79 (f) The authority shall coordinate plans and projects with
80 the TBARTA Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs
81 Coordinating Committee, to the extent practicable, and
82 participate in the regional M.P.O. planning process to ensure
83 regional comprehension of the authority’s mission, goals, and
84 objectives.
85 (g) The authority shall provide administrative support and
86 direction to the TBARTA Metropolitan Planning Organization
87 Chairs Coordinating Committee as provided in s. 339.175(6)(i).
88 (4) The authority may undertake projects or other
89 improvements in the regional transit development master plan in
90 phases as particular projects or segments become feasible, as
91 determined by the authority. The authority shall coordinate
92 project planning, development, and implementation with the
93 applicable local governments. The authority’s projects that are
94 transportation oriented must be consistent to the maximum extent
95 feasible with the adopted local government comprehensive plans
96 at the time such projects are funded for construction. Authority
97 projects that are not transportation oriented and meet the
98 definition of development pursuant to s. 380.04 must be
99 consistent with the local comprehensive plans. In carrying out
100 its purposes and powers, the authority may request funding and
101 technical assistance from the department and appropriate federal
102 and local agencies, including, but not limited to, state
103 infrastructure bank loans.
104 (5) The authority is granted and may exercise all powers
105 necessary, appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the
106 carrying out of the aforesaid purposes, including, but not
107 limited to, the following rights and powers:
108 (g) To borrow money and to make and issue negotiable notes,
109 bonds, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness or
110 obligations, either in temporary or definitive form, hereinafter
111 in this chapter sometimes called “revenue bonds” of the
112 authority, for the purpose of financing all or part of the
113 mobility improvements within the Tampa Bay region, as well as
114 the appurtenant facilities, including all approaches, streets,
115 roads, bridges, and avenues of access authorized by this part,
116 the bonds to mature not exceeding 40 years after the date of the
117 issuance thereof, and to secure the payment of such bonds or any
118 part thereof by a pledge of any or all of its revenues, rates,
119 fees, rentals, or other charges.
120 (9)(a) An action by the authority regarding state funding
121 of commuter rail, heavy rail transit, or light rail transit, as
122 defined in s. 343.91, or any combination thereof, requires
123 approval by a majority vote of each M.P.O. serving the county or
124 counties where such rail transit investment will be made, and
125 the approval by an act of the Legislature.
126 (b) Subject to the requirements of s. 106.113, the
127 authority may not engage in any advocacy regarding
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130 And the title is amended as follows:
131 Delete lines 59 - 68
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133 an action by the authority regarding state funding of
134 commuter rail, heavy rail transit, or light rail
135 transit, or any combination thereof, requires approval
136 by a majority vote of each M.P.O. serving the county
137 or counties where such rail transit investment will be
138 made, and the approval by an act of the Legislature;
139 prohibiting the authority from engaging in certain
140 advocacy that seeks to approve the funding of commuter
141 rail, heavy rail transit, or light rail transit, or
142 any combination thereof, subject to specified
143 requirements; requiring the