Florida Senate - 2018 PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Bill No. SB 1200
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576-03253-18
Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
(Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development)
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Statewide Mobility Innovation
3 Program; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; beginning in a
4 specified fiscal year, revising the annual allocations
5 in the State Transportation Trust Fund for the
6 Transportation Regional Incentive Program; providing
7 for future repeal of a provision that allocates funds
8 annually to the Florida Rail Enterprise; providing for
9 annual allocations to the Tampa Bay Area Regional
10 Transit Authority and the Statewide Mobility
11 Innovation Program for certain purposes; specifying
12 requirements for matching funds for the Tampa Bay Area
13 Regional Transit Authority; requiring the Department
14 of Transportation to allocate specified funds under
15 certain circumstances to projects in a certain 5-year
16 work program in a certain area, in addition to
17 currently scheduled work program commitments in that
18 area; creating s. 339.84, F.S.; defining the term
19 “innovative mobility system”; creating within the
20 department the Statewide Mobility Innovation Program;
21 providing goals for the program; beginning in a
22 specified fiscal year, requiring the department to use
23 specified funds in a county to fund the design and
24 construction of a certain innovative mobility system;
25 providing requirements for the use of specified funds
26 by the department; requiring a county proposing the
27 use of funds for an innovative mobility system to
28 submit a request to the department, subject to certain
29 requirements; authorizing the submission of joint
30 proposals by two or more counties; requiring local or
31 private matching funds for certain distributions,
32 subject to certain requirements; prohibiting certain
33 funds distributed from being used to subsidize
34 projects with existing funding commitments as of a
35 specified date; requiring each recipient of funds
36 under the program to submit a quarterly report to the
37 department regarding the development, implementation,
38 and operation of the project; requiring the department
39 to submit to the Legislature an annual report on the
40 overall status of the program, by a specified date;
41 providing for the future repeal of s. 341.303(5),
42 F.S., relating to fund participation and the Florida
43 Rail Enterprise; amending s. 343.58, F.S.; conforming
44 a provision to changes made by the act; providing
45 effective dates.
46
47 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
48
49 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
50 201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (b) of that
51 subsection is republished, to read:
52 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.—All taxes collected
53 under this chapter are hereby pledged and shall be first made
54 available to make payments when due on bonds issued pursuant to
55 s. 215.618 or s. 215.619, or any other bonds authorized to be
56 issued on a parity basis with such bonds. Such pledge and
57 availability for the payment of these bonds shall have priority
58 over any requirement for the payment of service charges or costs
59 of collection and enforcement under this section. All taxes
60 collected under this chapter, except taxes distributed to the
61 Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2),
62 are subject to the service charge imposed in s. 215.20(1).
63 Before distribution pursuant to this section, the Department of
64 Revenue shall deduct amounts necessary to pay the costs of the
65 collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter.
66 The costs and service charge may not be levied against any
67 portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent
68 that the costs and service charge are required to pay any
69 amounts relating to the bonds. All of the costs of the
70 collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter and
71 the service charge shall be available and transferred to the
72 extent necessary to pay debt service and any other amounts
73 payable with respect to bonds authorized before January 1, 2017,
74 secured by revenues distributed pursuant to this section. All
75 taxes remaining after deduction of costs shall be distributed as
76 follows:
77 (4) After the required distributions to the Land
78 Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) and
79 deduction of the service charge imposed pursuant to s.
80 215.20(1), the remainder shall be distributed as follows:
81 (a) The lesser of 24.18442 percent of the remainder or
82 $541.75 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
83 Treasury to the credit of the State Transportation Trust Fund.
84 Of such funds, $75 million for each fiscal year shall be
85 transferred to the General Revenue Fund. Notwithstanding any
86 other law, the remaining amount credited to the State
87 Transportation Trust Fund shall be used for:
88 1. Capital funding for the New Starts Transit Program,
89 authorized by Title 49, U.S.C. s. 5309 and specified in s.
90 341.051, in the amount of 10 percent of the funds;
91 2. The Small County Outreach Program specified in s.
92 339.2818, in the amount of 10 percent of the funds;
93 3. The Strategic Intermodal System specified in ss. 339.61,
94 339.62, 339.63, and 339.64, in the amount of 75 percent of the
95 funds after deduction of the payments required pursuant to
96 subparagraphs 1. and 2.; and
97 4.a. The Transportation Regional Incentive Program
98 specified in s. 339.2819, in the amount of 25 percent of the
99 funds after deduction of the payments required pursuant to
100 subparagraphs 1. and 2.
101 b. In fiscal years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 the
102 first $60 million of the funds allocated pursuant to this
103 subparagraph must shall be allocated annually to the Florida
104 Rail Enterprise for the purposes established in s. 341.303(5).
105 This sub-subparagraph expires July 1, 2021.
106 c. Beginning in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the first $60
107 million of the funds allocated pursuant to this subparagraph
108 must be allocated annually as follows:
109 (I) Twenty-five million dollars on a matching basis to the
110 Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority for the design and
111 construction of an innovative mobility system, as defined in s.
112 339.84. One dollar in local or private matching funds must be
113 provided for each dollar distributed under this sub-sub
114 subparagraph. Federal funds may not be substituted for the local
115 or private matching funds. In any fiscal year in which the Tampa
116 Bay Area Regional Transit Authority notifies the Department of
117 Transportation that the authority will not request all of the
118 funds allocated under this subparagraph for an innovative
119 mobility system, the Department of Transportation shall allocate
120 such funds to projects in the 5-year work program under s.
121 339.135 in the area described in s. 343.91(1)(a) and such funds
122 shall be in addition to currently scheduled work program
123 commitments in that area.
124 (II) Thirty-five million dollars to the Statewide Mobility
125 Innovation Program for the purposes established in s. 339.84.
126 (b) The lesser of 0.1456 percent of the remainder or $3.25
127 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
128 Treasury to the credit of the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in
129 the Department of Economic Opportunity to fund technical
130 assistance to local governments.
131
132 Moneys distributed pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) may not be
133 pledged for debt service unless such pledge is approved by
134 referendum of the voters.
135 Section 2. Section 339.84, Florida Statutes, is created to
136 read:
137 339.84 Statewide Mobility Innovation Program.—
138 (1) As used in this section the term “innovative mobility
139 system” means a system of infrastructure, appurtenances, and
140 technology designed to move the greatest number of people in the
141 least amount of time. The term includes, but is not limited to,
142 autonomous vehicles as defined in s. 316.003, automated people
143 movers, bus rapid transit networks, and transportation network
144 companies as defined in s. 627.748. The term does not include
145 other traditional uses of a roadway system for conveyance.
146 (2) The Statewide Mobility Innovation Program is created
147 within the department. The goals of the program include, but are
148 not limited to:
149 (a) Evaluating, financing, and overseeing proposals for
150 innovative mobility systems in this state.
151 (b) Expending funds to publicize and promote innovative
152 mobility systems and to contract with entities to accomplish
153 these purposes.
154 (c) Soliciting proposals in accordance with chapter 287 for
155 the design and construction of innovative mobility systems and
156 contracting with entities to expend funds to accomplish this
157 purpose.
158 (3) Beginning in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the department
159 shall use funds allocated pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(a)4.c.(II) in
160 a county to fund the design and construction of an innovative
161 mobility system based on a proposal that a county submits to the
162 department which the department approves as being consistent
163 with the requirements of this section.
164 (4) Of the $35 million allocated under s.
165 201.15(4)(a)4.c.(II), the department must use:
166 (a) Twenty-five million dollars for an innovative mobility
167 system in a county as defined in s. 125.011(1). In any fiscal
168 year in which a county as defined in s. 125.011(1) notifies the
169 department that the county will not request all of the funds
170 allocated under this paragraph for an innovative mobility
171 system, the department shall allocate such funds to projects in
172 the 5-year work program under s. 339.135 in the county as
173 defined in s. 125.011(1) and such funds shall be in addition to
174 currently scheduled work program commitments in that area.
175 (b) The remainder for such a system in any other county or
176 counties in the state.
177 (5) A county proposing the use of funds for an innovative
178 mobility system must submit a request to the department which
179 must include a detailed project and financial plan. The funding
180 request must specify the duration of the project and the total
181 amount sought by state fiscal year. Two or more counties may
182 submit a joint proposal to the department.
183 (6) One dollar in local or private matching funds must be
184 provided for each dollar distributed under this section. Federal
185 funds may not be substituted for the local or private matching
186 funds.
187 (7) Funds distributed under this section may not be used to
188 subsidize projects with existing funding commitments as of July
189 1, 2018.
190 (8) Each recipient of funds under this program must submit
191 a quarterly report to the department regarding the development,
192 implementation, and operation of the project. The department
193 must submit an annual report by September 1 to the President of
194 the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
195 regarding the overall status of the program.
196 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2021, subsection (5) of
197 section 341.303, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
198 Section 4. Effective July 1, 2021, paragraph (b) of
199 subsection (4) of section 343.58, Florida Statutes, is amended
200 to read:
201 343.58 County funding for the South Florida Regional
202 Transportation Authority.—
203 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
204 contrary and effective July 1, 2010, until as provided in
205 paragraph (d), the department shall transfer annually from the
206 State Transportation Trust Fund to the South Florida Regional
207 Transportation Authority the amounts specified in subparagraph
208 (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2.
209 (b) Funding required by this subsection may not be provided
210 from the funds dedicated to the Florida Rail Enterprise or the
211 Statewide Mobility Innovation Program pursuant to s.
212 201.15(4)(a)4.
213 Section 5. Except as otherwise provided, this act shall
214 take effect July 1, 2018.