Bill > S1126

This bill makes several key changes to the Department of Transportation's operations and funding: - Repeals a provision relating to applications for funding for technical assistance in areas around a proposed multiuse corridor interchange. - Clarifies that the Department of Revenue is responsible for transferring a portion of documentary stamp tax distributions from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund. - Revises a limitation on an annual transfer from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Trust Fund, increasing the maximum transfer amount. - Requires drivers to change lanes when approaching certain roadside vehicles displaying warning lights, unless it is unsafe to do so. - Allows people requesting a hearing before the Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board to appear remotely via communications media technology, rather than requiring physical appearance at a district office. - Creates new requirements and funding allocations for upgrading arterial highways to controlled access facilities, constructing improvements on U.S. 19, and increasing capacity on rural arterial roads. - Directs the Department of Transportation to commence the project development and environmental phase for extending the Florida Turnpike from its northerly terminus. The bill makes a number of technical and administrative changes to transportation funding and project delivery, with a focus on improving highway access and capacity across the state.

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

Appropriations (Senate)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1126