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FL S1372

Bill

Status

Failed

3/11/2016

Primary Sponsor

Anitere Flores

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allocates 50 percent of the $60 million annual Florida Rail Enterprise funding to expressway authorities for commuter rail infrastructure projects in counties with populations over 1 million.

  • Redirects motor vehicle registration revenues to individual county transportation trust funds in proportion to revenues collected from each county instead of the State Transportation Trust Fund.

  • Allows expressway authorities to direct up to 15 percent of toll revenues from high-occupancy or express lanes to support express bus service through private sector concessions.

  • Establishes Transportation Reinvestment Zones (TRZ) that allow expressway authorities to capture 95 percent of incremental property tax increases within designated areas to fund transportation infrastructure maintenance, construction, and operation.

  • Implements a nominating council process for appointing expressway authority board members and adds ethics qualifications prohibiting lobbyists and those with business relationships with the authority from serving on governing bodies.

Legislative Description

Transportation

Last Action

Died in Transportation

3/11/2016

Committee Referrals

Transportation1/14/2016

Full Bill Text

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