| 1 | Representative Randolph offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (439445) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1076 and 1077, insert: |
| 5 | Section 17. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 6 | 334.30, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 334.30 Public-private transportation facilities.--The |
| 8 | Legislature finds and declares that there is a public need for |
| 9 | the rapid construction of safe and efficient transportation |
| 10 | facilities for the purpose of traveling within the state, and |
| 11 | that it is in the public's interest to provide for the |
| 12 | construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical |
| 13 | transportation facilities |
| 14 | (1) The department may receive or solicit proposals and, |
| 15 | with legislative approval as evidenced by approval of the |
| 16 | project in the department's work program, enter into agreements |
| 17 | with private entities, or consortia thereof, for the building, |
| 18 | operation, ownership, or financing of transportation facilities. |
| 19 | The department may advance projects programmed in the adopted 5- |
| 20 | year work program or projects increasing transportation capacity |
| 21 | and greater than $500 million in the 10-year Strategic |
| 22 | Intermodal Plan using funds provided by public-private |
| 23 | partnerships or private entities to be reimbursed from |
| 24 | department funds for the project as programmed in the adopted |
| 25 | work program. The department shall by rule establish an |
| 26 | application fee for the submission of unsolicited proposals |
| 27 | under this section. The fee must be sufficient to pay the costs |
| 28 | of evaluating the proposals. The department may engage the |
| 29 | services of private consultants to assist in the evaluation. |
| 30 | Before approval, the department must determine that the proposed |
| 31 | project: |
| 32 | (a) Is in the public's best interest, as evidenced by a |
| 33 | business case prepared under s. 287.0574 and submitted to the |
| 34 | Council on Efficient Government; |
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| 39 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 40 | Remove line 2910 and insert: |
| 41 | arterial roads within a district or county; amending s. 334.30, |
| 42 | F.S.; providing for public-private partnership's business case |
| 43 | to be submitted to the Council on Efficient Government; creating |
| 44 | s. |
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