HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1835 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Mack offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 112-172, and insert:
16	pursuant to paragraph (c) is a residenttri-county rail.
17	(3)(a) Members of the governing board of the authority
18	shall serve 4-year staggered terms, except that the terms of the
19	appointees of the Governor shall be concurrent.
20	(b) The terms of the board members currently serving on
21	the authority that is being succeeded by this act shall expire
22	July 30, 2003, at which time the terms of the members appointed
23	pursuant to subsection (2) shall commence. The Governor shall
24	make his or her appointments to the board within 30 days after
25	July 30, 2003.The terms of the county commissioners on the
26	governing board of the authority shall be 2 years. All other
27	members on the governing board of the authority shall serve
28	staggered 4-year terms. Each member shall hold office until his
29	or her successor has been appointed.
30	(4) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
31	respective appointing authority in the same manner as the
32	original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
33	term.
34	(5) The members of the authority shall serve withoutnot
35	be entitled to compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement
36	shall be reimbursedfor travel expenses actually incurred in
37	their duties as provided by law.
38	Section 4. Section 343.54, Florida Statutes, is amended to
39	read:
40	343.54 Powers and duties.--
41	(1)(a) The authority created and established by this part
42	shall have the right to own, operate, maintain, and manage a
43	transitcommuter rail system in the tri-county area of Broward,
44	Miami-DadeDade, and Palm Beach Counties, hereinafter referred
45	to as the South Florida Regional Transportation AuthorityTri-
46	County Rail.
47	(b) It is the express intention of this part that the
48	authority be authorized to plan, develop, own, purchase, lease,
49	or otherwise acquire, demolish, construct, improve, relocate,
50	equip, repair, maintain, operate, and manage a transitcommuter
51	rail system and transitcommuter railfacilities; to establish
52	and determine thesuch policies as may benecessary for the best
53	interest of the operation and promotion of a transitcommuter
54	rail system; and to adopt such rules as may benecessary to
55	govern the operation of a transitcommuter rail system and
56	transitcommuter rail facilities. It is the intent of the
57	Legislature that the South Florida Regional Transportation
58	Authority shall have the overall authority to coordinate,
59	develop, and operate a regional transportation system within the
60	area served.
61	(c) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the South Florida
62	Regional Transportation Authority may not exercise the powers in
63	paragraph (b) in regard to an existing system for transporting
64	people and goods by any means owned by another entity without
65	the consent of such entity. Furthermore, if the authority
66	acquires, purchases, operates, condemns, or inherits an existing
67	entity, it shall also inherit and assume all rights, assets,
68	labor agreements, appropriations, privileges, and obligations of
69	the existing entity. This paragraph does not preclude the South
70	Florida Regional Transportation Authority from having the
71	primary responsibility to develop and coordinate transportation
72	systems within the South Florida Regional Transportation
73	Authority service area.
74	(2) The authority created in this parthereinshall be the
75	successor and assignee of the Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority
76	Organization (TCRO) and shall inherit all rights, assets, labor
77	agreements, appropriations, privileges, and obligations of the
78	Tri-County Commuter Rail AuthorityTCRO.
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82	Between line(s) 18 and 19, insert:
83	providing conditions for acquisition of an existing entity by
84	the authority;