Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 784
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/18/2017           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Artiles) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Substitute Amendment (726846) (with
    2  title amendment)
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    4         Between lines 1812 and 1813
    5  insert:
    6         Section 338.2225, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
    7         338.2225 Express lanes on any part of the turnpike system;
    8  prohibition -
    9         (1) Except for express lanes that, before July 1, 2017,
   10  exist, or are under construction, on any part of the turnpike
   11  sytem, no express lanes shall be on any part of the turnpike
   12  system.
   13         (2) The department may collect a toll on express lanes that
   14  before July 1, 2017, exist, or are under construction on any
   15  part of the turnpike system, but such collection may be only for
   16  the discharge of any bond indebtedness that relates to the
   17  expense of constructing the express lanes. After the discharge
   18  of such bond indebtedness, the toll on the express lane must be
   19  eliminated.
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   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete line 2076
   24  and insert:
   25         Conforming cross-references; creating s. 338.2225,
   26         F.S.; prohibiting express lanes on the turnpike system