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FL S0560

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/25/2011

Primary Sponsor

Stephen Wise

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "John Anthony Wilson Bicycle Safety Act" to establish naming rights and commercial advertising concession agreements for state greenway and trail facilities.

  • Allows the Department of Environmental Protection to enter into concession agreements with not-for-profit entities or private businesses for naming rights or advertising displays on state greenway and trail property.

  • Limits signage to trailheads, trail intersections, directional markers, interpretive exhibits, and parking areas, with maximum sizes of 16 square feet at trailheads/parking areas and 4 square feet for all other locations.

  • Requires concession agreements to be minimum 1 year in duration and terminable at the department's discretion, with all development, construction, installation, maintenance, and removal costs paid by the concessionaire.

  • Distributes proceeds from concession agreements as follows: 90% to the department trust fund for greenway and trail management, and 10% prorated by population to district school boards for bicycle education or Safe Routes to Schools programs, or back to the trust fund if the district does not offer these programs.

Legislative Description

Sale of Advertising

Last Action

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

5/7/2011

Committee Referrals

Transportation2/9/2011

Full Bill Text

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