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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to transportation; amending s.

  3         338.165, F.S.; allowing toll revenues of

  4         certain facilities to be used as security for

  5         bonds issued to finance transportation projects

  6         in the county or counties in which the

  7         revenue-producing facility is located; amending

  8         s. 339.12, F.S.; revising the maximum amount of

  9         money local governments may advance to the

10         Department of Transportation for road projects;

11         amending s. 343.64, F.S.; prohibiting the

12         Central Florida Regional Transportation

13         Authority from serving as a community

14         transportation coordinator; requiring the

15         Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged

16         to evaluate performance of the authority as a

17         community transportation coordinator; requiring

18         a report to the Legislature; providing for the

19         authority to continue as a community

20         transportation coordinator upon certain

21         findings by the Legislature; repealing section

22         1, SB 100, 2002 Regular Session, relating to

23         the authority acting as a community

24         transportation coordinator; providing an

25         effective date.

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

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29         Section 1.  Subsection (7) is added to section 343.64,

30  Florida Statutes, to read:

31         343.64  Powers and duties.--


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  1         (7)  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

  2  contrary, the authority may not serve as a community

  3  transportation coordinator pursuant to the provisions of

  4  chapter 427, after June 30, 2003, unless the Legislature finds

  5  that the authority is in compliance with the standards set

  6  forth in rule 41-2.006(4), Florida Administrative Code.

  7         Section 2.  The Commission for the Transportation

  8  Disadvantaged shall evaluate the performance of the Central

  9  Florida Regional Transportation Authority as a community

10  transportation coordinator in accordance with rule

11  41-2.006(4), Florida Administrative Code, and provide a report

12  of the evaluation to the President of the Senate and the

13  Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than February

14  1, 2003.

15         Section 3.  Section 1 of Senate Bill 100, 2002 Regular

16  Session, is repealed.

17         Section 4.  Subsection (3) of section 338.165, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         338.165  Continuation of tolls.--

20         (3)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,

21  pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, and

22  subject to the requirements of subsection (2), the Department

23  of Transportation may request the Division of Bond Finance to

24  issue bonds secured by toll revenues collected on the

25  Alligator Alley , Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Beeline East

26  Expressway, and Pinellas Bayway to fund transportation

27  projects located within the county or counties in which the

28  facility is located and contained in the 1993-1994 Adopted

29  Work Program or in any subsequent adopted work program of the

30  department.

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  1         Section 5.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section

  2  339.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         339.12  Aid and contributions by governmental entities

  4  for department projects; federal aid.--

  5         (4)

  6         (c)  The department may enter into agreements under

  7  this subsection for a project or project phase not included in

  8  the adopted work program. As used in this paragraph, the term

  9  "project phase" means acquisition of rights-of-way,

10  construction, construction inspection, and related support

11  phases. The project or project phase must be a high priority

12  of the governmental entity. Reimbursement for a project or

13  project phase must be made from funds appropriated by the

14  Legislature pursuant to s. 339.135(5). All other provisions of

15  this subsection apply to agreements entered into under this

16  paragraph. The total amount of project agreements for projects

17  or project phases not included in the adopted work program may

18  not at any time exceed $150 $100 million.

19         Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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