HB 1407

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Department of Transportation;
3	amending s. 334.30, F.S.; prohibiting the department for a
4	specified period from entering into an agreement with a
5	private entity to lease an existing transportation
6	facility; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Subsection (14) is added to section 334.30,
11	Florida Statutes, to read:
12	334.30  Public-private transportation facilities.--The
13	Legislature finds and declares that there is a public need for
14	the rapid construction of safe and efficient transportation
15	facilities for the purpose of traveling within the state, and
16	that it is in the public's interest to provide for the
17	construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical
18	transportation facilities.
19	(14)  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
20	during the period from July 1, 2009, until July 1, 2011, the
21	department may not enter into any agreement with a private
22	entity, or consortia thereof, for the leasing of an existing
23	transportation facility as permitted under this section.
24	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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