| 1 | Representative Llorente offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 534 and 535 insert: |
| 5 | Section 7. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 186.504, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 7 | 186.504 Regional planning councils; creation; |
| 8 | membership.-- |
| 9 | (2) Membership on the regional planning council shall be |
| 10 | as follows: |
| 11 | (a) Representatives appointed by each of the member |
| 12 | counties in the geographic area covered by the regional planning |
| 13 | council. |
| 14 | (b) Representatives from other member local general- |
| 15 | purpose governments in the geographic area covered by the |
| 16 | regional planning council. |
| 17 | (c) Representatives appointed by the Governor from the |
| 18 | geographic area covered by the regional planning council, |
| 19 | including an elected school board member from the geographic |
| 20 | area covered by the regional planning council, to be nominated |
| 21 | by the Florida School Board Association. |
| 22 | (d) For those regional planning councils within the South |
| 23 | Florida Regional Transportation Authority service territory, a |
| 24 | representative appointed by the South Florida Regional |
| 25 | Transportation Authority. |
| 26 | (3) Not less than two-thirds of the representatives |
| 27 | serving as voting members on the governing bodies of such |
| 28 | regional planning councils shall be elected officials of local |
| 29 | general-purpose governments chosen by the cities and counties of |
| 30 | the region, provided each county shall have at least one vote. |
| 31 | The remaining one-third of the voting members on the governing |
| 32 | board shall be appointed by the Governor, to include one elected |
| 33 | school board member, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and |
| 34 | shall reside in the region. No two appointees of the Governor |
| 35 | shall have their places of residence in the same county until |
| 36 | each county within the region is represented by a Governor's |
| 37 | appointee to the governing board. Nothing contained in this |
| 38 | section shall deny to local governing bodies or the Governor the |
| 39 | option of appointing either locally elected officials or lay |
| 40 | citizens provided at least two-thirds of the governing body of |
| 41 | the regional planning council is composed of locally elected |
| 42 | officials. In those regional planning councils within the South |
| 43 | Florida Regional Transportation's service territory, the voting |
| 44 | member representing the South Florida Regional Transportation |
| 45 | Authority shall not be subject to the above referenced ratios |
| 46 | regarding board composition. |
| 47 | Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section |
| 48 | 343.54, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 49 | 343.54 Powers and duties.-- |
| 50 | (1) |
| 51 | (b) It is the express intention of this part that the |
| 52 | authority be authorized to plan, develop, own, purchase, lease, |
| 53 | or otherwise acquire, demolish, construct, improve, relocate, |
| 54 | equip, repair, maintain, operate, and manage a transit system |
| 55 | and transit facilities; to establish and determine the policies |
| 56 | necessary for the best interest of the operation and promotion |
| 57 | of a transit system; and to adopt rules necessary to govern the |
| 58 | operation of a transit commuter rail system and transit commuter |
| 59 | rail facilities. It is the intent of the Legislature that the |
| 60 | South Florida Regional Transportation Authority shall have |
| 61 | overall authority to coordinate, develop, and operate a regional |
| 62 | transportation system within the area served. |
| 63 | Section 9. Section 343.58, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 64 | read: |
| 65 | 343.58 County funding for the South Florida Regional |
| 66 | Transportation Authority.-- |
| 67 | (1) Each county served by the South Florida Regional |
| 68 | Transportation Authority must dedicate and transfer not less |
| 69 | than $2.67 million to the authority annually. The recurring |
| 70 | annual $2.67 million must be dedicated by the governing body of |
| 71 | each county prior to October 31 of each fiscal year by August 1, |
| 72 | 2003. Notwithstanding ss. 206.41 and 206.87, such dedicated |
| 73 | funding may come from each county's share of the ninth-cent fuel |
| 74 | tax, the local option fuel tax, or any other source of local gas |
| 75 | taxes or other nonfederal funds available to the counties. In |
| 76 | addition, the Legislature authorizes the levy of an annual |
| 77 | license tax in the amount of $2 for the registration or renewal |
| 78 | of registration of each vehicle taxed under s. 320.08 and |
| 79 | registered in the area served by the South Florida Regional |
| 80 | Transportation Authority. The annual license tax shall take |
| 81 | effect in any county served by the authority upon approval by |
| 82 | the residents in a county served by the authority. The annual |
| 83 | license tax shall be levied and the Department of Highway Safety |
| 84 | and Motor Vehicles shall remit the proceeds each month from the |
| 85 | tax to the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. |
| 86 | (2) In addition, each county shall continue to annually |
| 87 | fund the operations of the South Florida Regional Transportation |
| 88 | Authority in an amount not less than $1.565 million. Such funds |
| 89 | pursuant to this subsection shall also be considered a dedicated |
| 90 | funding source. |
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| 92 | If, by December 31, 2009, the South Florida Regional |
| 93 | Transportation Authority has not received federal matching funds |
| 94 | based upon the dedication of funds under subsection (1), |
| 95 | subsection (1) shall be repealed. |
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| 98 | ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ============= |
| 99 | Remove line 46 and insert: |
| 100 | authorities; amending s. 186.504, F.S.; providing for a member |
| 101 | on regional planning councils within the service area of the |
| 102 | South Florida Regional Transportation Authority to be appointed |
| 103 | by the authority; amending s. 343.54, F.S.; deleting obsolete |
| 104 | language; amending s. 343.58, F.S.; revising provisions for |
| 105 | dedication and transfer of certain funds to the South Florida |
| 106 | Regional Transportation Authority; revising timeframe for such |
| 107 | transfers; providing an effective date. |