Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 368
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/28/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Rouson)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (6) of section
    6  339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read
    7         339.175 Metropolitan planning organization.—
    8         (6) POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The powers,
    9  privileges, and authority of an M.P.O. are those specified in
   10  this section or incorporated in an interlocal agreement
   11  authorized under s. 163.01. Each M.P.O. shall perform all acts
   12  required by federal or state laws or rules, now and subsequently
   13  applicable, which are necessary to qualify for federal aid. It
   14  is the intent of this section that each M.P.O. shall be involved
   15  in the planning and programming of transportation facilities,
   16  including, but not limited to, airports, intercity and high
   17  speed rail lines, seaports, and intermodal facilities, to the
   18  extent permitted by state or federal law.
   19         (i) There is created the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit
   20  Authority Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs Coordinating
   21  Committee is created within the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit
   22  Authority, composed of the M.P.O.’s serving Citrus, Hernando,
   23  Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota
   24  Counties. The authority shall provide administrative support and
   25  direction to the committee. The committee must, at a minimum:
   26         1. Coordinate transportation projects deemed to be
   27  regionally significant by the committee.
   28         2. Review the impact of regionally significant land use
   29  decisions on the region.
   30         3. Review all proposed regionally significant
   31  transportation projects in the respective transportation
   32  improvement programs which affect more than one of the M.P.O.’s
   33  represented on the committee.
   34         4. Institute a conflict resolution process to address any
   35  conflict that may arise in the planning and programming of such
   36  regionally significant projects.
   37         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and subsections
   38  (8) and (9) of section 343.92, Florida Statutes, are amended to
   39  read
   40         343.92 Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority.—
   41         (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of
   42  13 voting members appointed no later than 45 days after the
   43  creation of the authority.
   44         (b) The 13 voting members of the board shall be as follows:
   45         1. The county commissions of Hernando, Hillsborough,
   46  Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties shall each appoint one
   47  county commissioner to the board. Members appointed under this
   48  subparagraph shall serve 2-year terms with not more than three
   49  consecutive terms being served by any person. If a member under
   50  this subparagraph leaves elected office, a vacancy exists on the
   51  board to be filled as provided in this subparagraph within 90
   52  days.
   53         2.a. Two members of the board shall be the mayor, or the
   54  mayor’s designated alternate, of the largest municipality within
   55  the service area of each of the following independent transit
   56  agencies or their legislatively created successor agencies:
   57  Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Hillsborough Area
   58  Regional Transit Authority. The largest municipality is that
   59  municipality with the largest population as determined by the
   60  most recent United States Decennial Census.
   61         b. The mayor’s designated alternate must be an elected
   62  member of the municipality’s city council and approved as the
   63  mayor’s designated alternate by the municipality’s city council.
   64  In the event the mayor is unable to attend a meeting, the
   65  mayor’s designated alternate shall attend the meeting on the
   66  mayor’s behalf and has the full right to vote.
   67         3. The following independent transit agencies or their
   68  legislatively created successor agencies shall each appoint from
   69  the membership of their governing bodies one member to the
   70  board: Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Hillsborough Area
   71  Regional Transit Authority. Each member appointed under this
   72  subparagraph shall serve a 2-year term with not more than three
   73  consecutive terms being served by any person. If a member no
   74  longer meets the transit authority’s criteria for appointment, a
   75  vacancy exists on the board, which must be filled as provided in
   76  this subparagraph within 90 days.
   77         4. The Governor shall appoint to the board four members
   78  from the regional business community, each of whom must reside
   79  in one of the counties governed by the authority and may not be
   80  an elected official. Of the members initially appointed under
   81  this subparagraph, one shall serve a 1-year term, two shall
   82  serve 2-year terms, and one shall serve a term as the initial
   83  chair as provided in subsection (5). Thereafter, a member
   84  appointed under this subparagraph shall serve a 2-year term with
   85  not more than three consecutive terms being served by any
   86  person.
   87  
   88  Appointments may be staggered to avoid mass turnover at the end
   89  of any 2-year or 4-year period. A vacancy during a term shall be
   90  filled within 90 days in the same manner as the original
   91  appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
   92         (8) A simple majority Seven members of the board shall
   93  constitute a quorum, and a simple majority of the voting members
   94  present shall be necessary for any action to be taken by the
   95  board the vote of seven members is necessary for any action to
   96  be taken by the authority. The authority may meet upon the
   97  constitution of a quorum. A vacancy does not impair the right of
   98  a quorum of the board to exercise all rights and the ability to
   99  perform all duties of the authority.
  100         (9) Beginning July 1, 2017, the board must evaluate the
  101  abolishment, continuance, modification, or establishment of the
  102  following committees:
  103         (a) Planning committee.
  104         (b) Policy committee.
  105         (c) Finance committee.
  106         (d) Citizens advisory committee.
  107         (e) Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority Metropolitan
  108  Planning Organization Chairs Coordinating Committee.
  109         (f) Transit management committee.
  110         (g) Technical advisory committee.
  111  
  112  The board must submit its recommendations for abolishment,
  113  continuance, modification, or establishment of the committees to
  114  the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
  115  Representatives before the beginning of the 2018 Regular
  116  Session.
  117         Section 3. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of subsection (3)
  118  of section 343.922, Florida Statutes, are amended to read
  119         343.922 Powers and duties.—
  120         (3)
  121         (e) The authority shall present the original regional
  122  transit development plan and updates to the governing bodies of
  123  the counties within the designated region, to the TBARTA
  124  Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs Coordinating
  125  Committee, and to the legislative delegation members
  126  representing those counties within 90 days after adoption.
  127         (f) The authority shall coordinate plans and projects with
  128  the TBARTA Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs
  129  Coordinating Committee, to the extent practicable, and
  130  participate in the regional M.P.O. planning process to ensure
  131  regional comprehension of the authority’s mission, goals, and
  132  objectives.
  133         (g) The authority shall provide administrative support and
  134  direction to the TBARTA Metropolitan Planning Organization
  135  Chairs Coordinating Committee as provided in s. 339.175(6)(i).
  136         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
  137  
  138  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  139  And the title is amended as follows:
  140         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  141  and insert:
  142                        A bill to be entitled                      
  143         An act relating to the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit
  144         Authority; amending s. 339.175, F.S.; modifying the
  145         composition of the Chairs Coordinating Committee;
  146         deleting a requirement that the Tampa Bay Area
  147         Regional Transit Authority provide the committee with
  148         administrative support and direction; amending s.
  149         343.92, F.S.; providing that a mayor’s designated
  150         alternate may be a member of the governing board of
  151         the authority; requiring that the alternate be an
  152         elected member of the city council of the mayor’s
  153         municipality and be approved by the municipality’s
  154         city council; requiring a mayor’s designated alternate
  155         to attend meetings under certain circumstances, in
  156         which case the alternates have full voting rights;
  157         providing that a simple majority of board members
  158         constitutes a quorum and that a simple majority of
  159         those members present is necessary for any action to
  160         be taken; deleting obsolete language; amending s.
  161         343.922, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring that the
  162         authority present the original regional transit
  163         development plan and updates to specified entities;
  164         deleting a provision requiring that the authority
  165         coordinate plans and projects with the TBARTA
  166         Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs Coordinating
  167         Committee and participate in the regional M.P.O.
  168         planning process to ensure regional comprehension of
  169         the authority’s mission, goals, and objectives;
  170         deleting a provision requiring that the authority
  171         provide administrative support and direction to the
  172         TBARTA Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs
  173         Coordinating Committee; providing an effective date.