Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 852
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/21/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 170
    4  and insert:
    5  for the purpose of implementing s. 316.0899, Florida Statutes.
    6         Section 3. Florida Transportation Commission review;
    7  electric and hybrid vehicles report.—
    8         (1)(a)The Florida Transportation Commission shall review
    9  all sources of revenue for transportation infrastructure and
   10  maintenance projects and prepare a report to the Governor and
   11  the Legislature when the commission determines that electric
   12  vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, and
   13  hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, Florida Statutes,
   14  make up 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles
   15  registered in this state.
   16         (b)The commission, in consultation with the Department of
   17  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, may use commercially
   18  available data that the commission deems reliable to support its
   19  determination and report. The report must, at a minimum, assess
   20  the effect of projected electric and hybrid vehicle use in this
   21  state on future revenue from existing taxes, fees, and
   22  surcharges related to nonelectric, private-use motorcycles,
   23  mopeds, automobiles, tri-vehicles, and trucks.
   24         (c)The commission, in consultation with the Division of
   25  Emergency Management, shall also make an assessment of
   26  transportation infrastructure with respect to emergency
   27  evacuations and electric vehicles, including, but not limited
   28  to, the availability of electric vehicle charging stations in
   29  this state.
   30         (2)The report must include recommendations to the
   31  Legislature:
   32         (a)To ensure continued funding for necessary maintenance
   33  that provides for adequate levels of service on existing
   34  transportation infrastructure;
   35         (b)To accomplish improvements and capacity projects on
   36  transportation infrastructure which meet the demand from
   37  projected population and economic growth; and
   38         (c) To accomplish necessary improvements to transportation
   39  infrastructure that would support emergency evacuations by users
   40  of electric vehicles.
   41         (3)The report shall be submitted to the Governor and the
   42  Legislature no later than September 1 of the year immediately
   43  after the year in which the commission determines that electric
   44  vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01(36), Florida Statutes, and
   45  hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, Florida Statutes,
   46  make up 2 percent or more of the total number of vehicles
   47  registered in this state.
   48         (4)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section,
   49  the commission may undertake and complete the review and report
   50  before the 2-percent threshold is reached if the commission
   51  finds that earlier completion is appropriate to maintain a
   52  financially stable, long-term transportation work program.
   53         Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
   54  339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   55         339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.—
   56         (7) LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—Each M.P.O. must
   57  develop a long-range transportation plan that addresses at least
   58  a 20-year planning horizon. The plan must include both long
   59  range and short-range strategies and must comply with all other
   60  state and federal requirements. The prevailing principles to be
   61  considered in the long-range transportation plan are: preserving
   62  the existing transportation infrastructure; enhancing Florida’s
   63  economic competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure
   64  mobility. The long-range transportation plan must be consistent,
   65  to the maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements
   66  and the goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local
   67  government comprehensive plans of the units of local government
   68  located within the jurisdiction of the M.P.O. Each M.P.O. is
   69  encouraged to consider strategies that integrate transportation
   70  and land use planning to provide for sustainable development and
   71  reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The approved long-range
   72  transportation plan must be considered by local governments in
   73  the development of the transportation elements in local
   74  government comprehensive plans and any amendments thereto. The
   75  long-range transportation plan must, at a minimum:
   76         (c) Assess capital investment and other measures necessary
   77  to:
   78         1. Ensure the preservation of the existing metropolitan
   79  transportation system including requirements for the operation,
   80  resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of major roadways
   81  and requirements for the operation, maintenance, modernization,
   82  and rehabilitation of public transportation facilities; and
   83         2. Make the most efficient use of existing transportation
   84  facilities to relieve vehicular congestion, improve safety, and
   85  maximize the mobility of people and goods. Such efforts must
   86  include, but are not limited to, consideration of infrastructure
   87  and technological improvements necessary to accommodate advances
   88  in vehicle technology, such as the increased use of autonomous
   89  technology and electric vehicles, and other developments.
   90  
   91  In the development of its long-range transportation plan, each
   92  M.P.O. must provide the public, affected public agencies,
   93  representatives of transportation agency employees, freight
   94  shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private
   95  providers of transportation, representatives of users of public
   96  transit, and other interested parties with a reasonable
   97  opportunity to comment on the long-range transportation plan.
   98  The long-range transportation plan must be approved by the
   99  M.P.O.
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  102  And the title is amended as follows:
  103         Delete lines 2 - 17
  104  and insert:
  105         An act relating to transportation infrastructure;
  106         creating s. 316.0899, F.S.; defining the terms “grid
  107         integrated vehicle” and “matching funds”; creating the
  108         program within the Department of Transportation;
  109         providing program goals; providing grant eligibility
  110         requirements; requiring the department to issue a
  111         request for proposals by a specified date; providing
  112         proposal requirements; providing requirements for the
  113         award of grants and the use of grant funds; providing
  114         reporting requirements; requiring administrative
  115         support by the department; authorizing the department
  116         to select an independent nongovernmental entity to
  117         assist in project construction, management, and
  118         evaluation for specified purposes; providing
  119         requirements for the nongovernmental entity; providing
  120         an appropriation; requiring the Florida Transportation
  121         Commission to review all sources of revenue for
  122         transportation infrastructure and maintenance projects
  123         and prepare a report to the Governor and the
  124         Legislature when the commission determines that
  125         electric and hybrid vehicles make up a certain
  126         percentage or more of the total number of vehicles
  127         registered in this state; authorizing the commission,
  128         in consultation with the Department of Highway Safety
  129         and Motor Vehicles, to use certain commercially
  130         available data; providing minimum reporting
  131         requirements; requiring the commission, in
  132         consultation with the Division of Emergency
  133         Management, to make an assessment of transportation
  134         infrastructure with respect to emergency evacuations
  135         and electric vehicles; specifying requirements for the
  136         report; requiring the report to be submitted to the
  137         Governor and the Legislature no later than a certain
  138         date; authorizing the commission to undertake and
  139         complete the review before the specified percentage
  140         threshold is reached, under certain circumstances;
  141         amending s. 339.175, F.S.; requiring a long-range
  142         transportation plan to consider infrastructure and
  143         technological improvements necessary to accommodate
  144         the increased use of autonomous technology and
  145         electric vehicles;