Senate Bill 1972

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1972

    By Senator Cowin





    11-1621-00                                          See HB 807

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to metropolitan planning

  3         organizations; amending s. 339.175, F.S.;

  4         authorizing additional voting members for

  5         certain metropolitan planning organizations and

  6         providing requirements with respect thereto;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of

12  section 339.175, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         339.175  Metropolitan planning organization.--It is the

14  intent of the Legislature to encourage and promote the safe

15  and efficient management, operation, and development of

16  surface transportation systems that will serve the mobility

17  needs of people and freight within and through urbanized areas

18  of this state while minimizing transportation-related fuel

19  consumption and air pollution. To accomplish these objectives,

20  metropolitan planning organizations, referred to in this

21  section as M.P.O.'s, shall develop, in cooperation with the

22  state and public transit operators, transportation plans and

23  programs for metropolitan areas. The plans and programs for

24  each metropolitan area must provide for the development and

25  integrated management and operation of transportation systems

26  and facilities, including pedestrian walkways and bicycle

27  transportation facilities that will function as an intermodal

28  transportation system for the metropolitan area.  The process

29  for developing such plans and programs shall provide for

30  consideration of all modes of transportation and shall be

31  continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive, to the degree

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1972
    11-1621-00                                          See HB 807




  1  appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation

  2  problems to be addressed.

  3         (2)  VOTING MEMBERSHIP.--

  4         (e)  Any other provision of this section to the

  5  contrary notwithstanding, an M.P.O. whose jurisdiction

  6  encompasses all of three counties may have a total of 21

  7  voting members, which shall include officials of agencies

  8  created by statute or under the authority of a municipal

  9  charter that operate or administer a major mode of

10  transportation by air, without regard to whether such agencies

11  are under the jurisdiction of a general-purpose local

12  government.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes metropolitan planning organizations that
19    encompass all of three counties to have 21 voting
      members, including officials of specified air
20    transportation agencies.

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