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FL H0915

FL H0915
Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network


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Introduced
02/16/2023
In Committee
03/10/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/05/2023

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Authorizes DEP to establish program to recognize specified local communities as trail towns; revises composition of board of directors of Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; extends Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network to lands of Florida wildlife corridor; increases amount DOT is required to allocate for purposes of funding & maintaining projects within Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network, etc.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to establish a program to recognize local communities located along or near long-distance nonmotorized recreational trails as "trail towns." It revises the composition of the board of directors of the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation, including adding representatives from the nature-based tourism industry. The bill extends the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network to include lands of the Florida wildlife corridor and increases the amount the Department of Transportation (DOT) is required to allocate annually for funding and maintaining projects within the network, from $25 million to $50 million. The bill also requires the DOT to give funding priority to certain types of trail projects, and it allows the DOT and local governments to enter into sponsorship agreements for commercial displays on the trails.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (4)

Other Sponsors (1)

Infrastructure Strategies Committee (H)

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 106 (Ch. 2023-20) (on 05/05/2023)

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