Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2502
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Brandes moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 1509 - 1563
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5 Section 47. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
6 1869 of the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act, section
7 316.0898, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
8 316.0898 Florida Smart City Challenge grant program.—
9 (1) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with
10 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shall
11 develop the Florida Smart City Challenge grant program and shall
12 establish grant award requirements for municipalities or regions
13 for the purpose of receiving grant awards. Grant applicants must
14 demonstrate and document the adoption of emerging technologies
15 and their impact on the transportation system and must address
16 at least the following focus areas:
17 (a) Autonomous vehicles.
18 (b) Connected vehicles.
19 (c) Sensor-based infrastructure.
20 (d) Collecting and using data.
21 (e) Electric vehicles, including charging stations.
22 (f) Developing strategic models and partnerships.
23 (2) The goals of the grant program include, but are not
24 limited to:
25 (a) Identifying transportation challenges and identifying
26 how emerging technologies can address those challenges.
27 (b) Determining the emerging technologies and strategies
28 that have the potential to provide the most significant impacts.
29 (c) Encouraging municipalities to take significant steps to
30 integrate emerging technologies into their day-to-day
31 operations.
32 (d) Identifying the barriers to implementing the grant
33 program and communicating those barriers to the Legislature and
34 appropriate agencies and organizations.
35 (e) Leveraging the initial grant to attract additional
36 public and private investments.
37 (f) Increasing the state’s competitiveness in the pursuit
38 of grants from the United States Department of Transportation,
39 the United States Department of Energy, and other federal
40 agencies.
41 (g) Committing to the continued operation of programs
42 implemented in connection with the grant.
43 (h) Serving as a model for municipalities nationwide.
44 (i) Documenting the costs and impacts of the grant program
45 and lessons learned during implementation.
46 (j) Identifying solutions that will demonstrate local or
47 regional economic impact.
48 (3) The Department of Transportation shall develop
49 eligibility, application, and selection criteria for the program
50 grants and a plan for the promotion of the grant program to
51 municipalities or regions of this state as an opportunity to
52 compete for grant funding, including the award of grants to a
53 single recipient and secondary grants to specific projects of
54 merit within other applications. The Department of
55 Transportation may contract with a third party that demonstrates
56 knowledge and expertise in the focuses and goals of this section
57 to provide guidance in the development of the requirements of
58 this section.
59 (4) On or before January 1, 2018, the Department of
60 Transportation shall submit the grant program guidelines and
61 plans for promotion of the grant program to the Governor, the
62 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
63 Representatives.
64 (5) This section expires July 1, 2018.
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67 And the title is amended as follows:
68 Delete line 234
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70 of the grant program; authorizing the Department of
71 Transportation to contract with a third party to
72 assist in the development of the grant program;
73 requiring the Department of