Florida Senate - 2014 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1272
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Smith moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 1484 and 1485
4 insert:
5 Section 25. Subsection (3) of section 338.26, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 338.26 Alligator Alley toll road.—
8 (3)(a) Fees generated from tolls shall be deposited in the
9 State Transportation Trust Fund and shall be used:, and any
10 amount of funds generated annually in excess of that required
11 1. To reimburse outstanding contractual obligations;,
12 2. To operate and maintain the highway and toll facilities,
13 including reconstruction and restoration;,
14 3. To pay for those projects that are funded with Alligator
15 Alley toll revenues and that are contained in the 1993-1994
16 adopted work program or the 1994-1995 tentative work program
17 submitted to the Legislature on February 22, 1994;, and
18 4. To design develop and construct operate a fire station
19 at mile marker 63 on Alligator Alley, which may be used by a
20 county or another local governmental entity to provide fire,
21 rescue, and emergency management services to the public on
22 adjacent counties along Alligator Alley; and
23 5. By interlocal agreement effective July 1, 2014, through
24 no later than June 30, 2018, to reimburse a county or another
25 local governmental entity for the direct actual costs of
26 operating the fire stations between mile markers 34 and 35 and
27 at mile marker 63 on Alligator Alley.
28 (b) Funds generated annually in excess of those required to
29 pay the expenses in paragraph (a), may be transferred to the
30 Everglades Fund of the South Florida Water Management District.
31 The South Florida Water Management District shall deposit funds
32 for projects undertaken pursuant to s. 373.4592 in the
33 Everglades Trust Fund pursuant to s. 373.45926(4)(a). Any funds
34 remaining in the Everglades Fund may be used for environmental
35 projects to restore the natural values of the Everglades,
36 subject to compliance with any applicable federal laws and
37 regulations. Projects must shall be limited to:
38 1.(a) Highway redesign to allow for improved sheet flow of
39 water across the southern Everglades.
40 2.(b) Water conveyance projects to enable more water
41 resources to reach Florida Bay to replenish marine estuary
42 functions.
43 3.(c) Engineering design plans for wastewater treatment
44 facilities as recommended in the Water Quality Protection
45 Program Document for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
46 4.(d) Acquisition of lands to move STA 3/4 out of the Toe
47 of the Boot, provided such lands are located within 1 mile of
48 the northern border of STA 3/4.
49 5.(e) Other Everglades Construction Projects as described
50 in the February 15, 1994, conceptual design document.
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53 And the title is amended as follows:
54 Delete line 154
55 and insert:
56 analysis of a proposed lease; amending s. 338.26,
57 F.S.; revising the uses of fees generated from
58 Alligator Alley tolls to include the cost of design
59 and construction of a fire station that may be used by
60 certain local governments; providing reimbursement for
61 certain counties or other local governmental entities
62 for the direct actual operating costs of certain fire
63 stations; authorizing excess tolls, after payment of
64 certain expenses, to be transferred to the Everglades
65 Trust Fund; amending s. 339.175,