Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1212
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  03/04/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Dockery) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 254 - 256
    4  and insert:
    5         (17) After the United States Congress appropriates at least
    6  $200 million for the commuter rail service in what is commonly
    7  identified as the Central Florida Rail Corridor, have the
    8  authority to purchase the required right-of-way improvements,
    9  and appurtenances of the A-Line rail corridor from CSX
   10  Transportation, Inc., for a maximum purchase price of $150
   11  million for the primary purpose of implementing a commuter rail
   12  service. When all federal funding has been appropriated, in
   13  conjunction with the acquisition, ownership, construction,
   14  operation, maintenance, and management of a rail corridor, the
   15  department has the authority to:
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
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   21         Delete line 11
   22  and insert:
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   24  regional rail system plan; authorizing the department to
   25  purchase the required right-of-way improvements and
   26  appurtenances of the Central Florida Rail Corridor; authorizing
   27  the department