| 1 | Representative(s) Glorioso offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line 2686 and 2687, insert: |
| 5 | Section 35. Section 339.63, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 339.63 System facilities designated; additions and |
| 8 | deletions.-- |
| 9 | (1) The initial Strategic Intermodal System shall include |
| 10 | all facilities that meet the criteria recommended by the |
| 11 | Strategic Intermodal Steering Committee in a report titled |
| 12 | "Steering Committee Final Report: Recommendations for |
| 13 | Designating Florida's Strategic Intermodal System" dated |
| 14 | December 2002. |
| 15 | (2) The Strategic Intermodal System and the Emerging |
| 16 | Strategic Intermodal System include three different types of |
| 17 | facilities, each of which forms one component of an |
| 18 | interconnected transportation system: |
| 19 | (a) Existing or planned hubs, which are ports and |
| 20 | terminals, including airports, seaports, spaceports, passenger |
| 21 | terminals, and rail terminals that move goods or people between |
| 22 | regions in this state or between this state and markets in other |
| 23 | states or nations; |
| 24 | (b) Existing or planned corridors, which are highways, |
| 25 | rail lines, waterways, and other exclusive-use facilities that |
| 26 | connect major markets within this state or between this state |
| 27 | and other states or nations; and |
| 28 | (c) Existing or planned intermodal connectors, which are |
| 29 | highways, rail lines, or waterways that connect hubs and |
| 30 | corridors. |
| 31 | (3) Subsequent to the initial designation of the Strategic |
| 32 | Intermodal System pursuant to subsection (1), the department |
| 33 | Secretary of Transportation shall, in coordination with the |
| 34 | metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, regional |
| 35 | planning councils, transportation providers, and affected public |
| 36 | agencies, periodically add facilities to or delete facilities |
| 37 | from the Strategic Intermodal System described in paragraphs |
| 38 | (2)(b) and (c) based upon adopted criteria adopted by the |
| 39 | department. |
| 40 | (4) Subsequent to the initial designation of the Strategic |
| 41 | Intermodal System pursuant to subsection (1), the department |
| 42 | shall, in coordination with the metropolitan planning |
| 43 | organizations, local governments, regional planning councils, |
| 44 | transportation providers, and affected public agencies, add |
| 45 | facilities to or delete facilities from the Strategic Intermodal |
| 46 | System described in paragraph (2)(a) based upon meeting at least |
| 47 | one of the specific criteria as follows: |
| 48 | (a) Strategic Intermodal System airports.--Commercial |
| 49 | service airports that provide service to no less than 0.25 |
| 50 | percent of total United States passenger enplanements or that |
| 51 | handle no less than 0.25 percent of total United States air |
| 52 | freight and mail tonnage annually. |
| 53 | (b) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System airports based on |
| 54 | activity.--Commercial service airports that provide commercial |
| 55 | service to no less than 0.05 percent of total United States |
| 56 | passenger enplanements, or that handle no less than 0.05 percent |
| 57 | of total United States air freight and mail tonnage annually, |
| 58 | and are located more than 50 miles from the closest Strategic |
| 59 | Intermodal System commercial service airport. |
| 60 | (c) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System airports based on |
| 61 | economic connectivity.--Commercial service airports that serve |
| 62 | clusters of aviation-dependent industries, are located in or |
| 63 | adjacent to counties with projected population growth among the |
| 64 | top 25 percent statewide, and are located more than 50 miles |
| 65 | from a Strategic Intermodal System commercial service airport. |
| 66 | (d) General aviation reliever airports.--General aviation |
| 67 | reliever airports that have at least 75,000 itinerant operations |
| 68 | per year, have a runway length of at least 5,500 linear feet, |
| 69 | are capable of handling aircraft weighing at least 60,000 pounds |
| 70 | with a dual wheel configuration which are served by at least one |
| 71 | precision instrument approach, and serve a cluster of aviation- |
| 72 | dependent industries. |
| 73 | (e) Strategic Intermodal System spaceports.--Operating |
| 74 | spaceports handling commercial or military freight payloads. |
| 75 | (f) Strategic Intermodal System seaports.--Deepwater |
| 76 | seaports that provide service to no less than 250,000 homeport |
| 77 | passengers per year or that handle no less than 0.25 percent of |
| 78 | total United States waterborne freight tonnage or total United |
| 79 | States waterborne container movements annually. |
| 80 | (g) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System seaports based on |
| 81 | activity.--Deepwater seaports that provide service to no less |
| 82 | than 50,000 homeport passengers per year, or that handle no less |
| 83 | than 0.05 percent of total United States waterborne freight |
| 84 | tonnage or total United States waterborne container movements |
| 85 | annually, and are located more than 50 miles from the closest |
| 86 | Strategic Intermodal System seaport. |
| 87 | (h) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System seaports based on |
| 88 | economic connectivity.--Deepwater seaports that serve industries |
| 89 | dependent on waterborne transportation service located in or |
| 90 | adjacent to counties with projected population growth among the |
| 91 | top 25 percent statewide and are located more than 50 miles from |
| 92 | the closest Strategic Intermodal System seaport. |
| 93 | (i) Strategic Intermodal System passenger |
| 94 | terminals.--Terminals that serve no less than 100,000 |
| 95 | interregional or interstate passengers annually. |
| 96 | (j) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System passenger |
| 97 | terminals based on activity.--Terminals that serve no less than |
| 98 | 50,000 interregional or interstate passengers annually and are |
| 99 | located more than 50 miles from the nearest Strategic Intermodal |
| 100 | System passenger terminal at which service by the same operator |
| 101 | is provided. |
| 102 | (k) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System passenger rail |
| 103 | terminals based on economic connectivity.--Terminals that serve |
| 104 | 4-year colleges and universities and clusters of tourism |
| 105 | activity, are located in or adjacent to counties with projected |
| 106 | population growth among the top 25 percent statewide, and are |
| 107 | located more than 50 miles from the closest Strategic Intermodal |
| 108 | System passenger terminal. |
| 109 | (l) Strategic Intermodal System freight rail |
| 110 | terminals.--Terminals that handle no less than 0.25 percent of |
| 111 | United States total rail freight activity annually. |
| 112 | (m) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System freight rail |
| 113 | terminals based on activity.--Terminals that handle no less than |
| 114 | 0.05 percent of United States total rail freight activity |
| 115 | annually. |
| 116 | (n) Emerging Strategic Intermodal System freight rail |
| 117 | terminals based on economic connectivity.--Terminals that serve |
| 118 | clusters of rail-dependent industries, are located in or |
| 119 | adjacent to counties with projected employment growth among the |
| 120 | top 25 percent statewide, and are located more than 50 miles |
| 121 | from the closest Strategic Intermodal System freight rail |
| 122 | terminal. |
| 123 | (5) Subsequent to the initial designation of the Strategic |
| 124 | Intermodal System pursuant to subsection (1), the department |
| 125 | shall, in coordination with the metropolitan planning |
| 126 | organizations, local governments, regional planning councils, |
| 127 | transportation providers, and affected public agencies, add |
| 128 | planned facilities to or delete planned facilities from the |
| 129 | Strategic Intermodal System described in paragraph (2)(a) based |
| 130 | upon meeting the specific criteria as follows: |
| 131 | (a) Criteria and thresholds.--The planned facility or |
| 132 | service is projected to meet all applicable Strategic Intermodal |
| 133 | System or Emerging Strategic Intermodal System criteria and |
| 134 | thresholds within the first 3 years of operation. |
| 135 | (b) Financial feasibility.--The planned facility or |
| 136 | service is financially feasible. |
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| 140 | Remove line 183 and insert: |
| 141 | be in a state of emergency; providing criteria; amending s. |
| 142 | 339.63, F.S.; providing criteria for Strategic Intermodal System |
| 143 | designations; amending |