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Introduced Session

An act relating to transportation; amending s. 206.46, F.S.; limiting the amount of certain revenues in the State Transportation Trust Fund which the Department of Transportation may annually commit to public transit projects; providing exceptions; amending s. 288.9606, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; increasing the number of times a driver may elect to attend a basic driver improvement course approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in lieu of a court appearance; amending ss. 318.1451 and 322.095, F.S.; requiring the department to annually review changes made to certain laws and to require course content for specified driving courses to be modified in accordance with relevant changes; amending s. 334.30, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Transportation to enter into comprehensive agreements with private entities for certain purposes; revising provisions relating to a traffic and revenue study provided by a private entity; revising the time period during which the department will accept additional proposals after receiving an unsolicited proposal, based on project complexity; authorizing the department to enter into an interim agreement with aCS/2024 Legislature private entity before or in connection with negotiating a comprehensive agreement; providing requirements; authorizing the department secretary to authorize an agreement term of up to 75 years for certain projects; requiring the department to notify the Division of Bond Finance before entering into an interim or comprehensive agreement; amending s. 336.044, F.S.; prohibiting a local governmental entity from deeming reclaimed asphalt pavement material as solid waste; amending s. 337.11, F.S.; requiring the department to receive at least three letters of interest in order to proceed with a request for proposals for design-build contracts and phased design-build contracts; requiring a motor vehicle used for specified work on a department project to be registered in compliance with certain provisions; amending s. 337.18, F.S.; authorizing the department to allow the issuance of certain contract performance and payment bonds for phased design-build contracts; authorizing the department to determine whether to reduce bonding requirements; revising the time periods within which certain actions must be instituted by a claimant; amending s. 337.195, F.S.; providing definitions; providing a presumption that if a death, injury, or damage results from a motor vehicle crashCS/2024 Legislature within a construction zone in which the driver of a vehicle was under the influence of certain marijuana, the driver's operation of such vehicle was the proximate cause of his or her own death, injury, or damage; revising conditions under which a contractor is immune from liability; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; revising provisions relating to a prohibition against naming the department or certain entities on a jury verdict form if determined to be immune from liability for injury, death, or damage; amending s. 337.25, F.S.; requiring the department to issue a right of first refusal to the previous owner of certain property acquired by the department if such previous owner provides written notice to the department, within a specified timeframe, of his or her interest in reacquiring such property; requiring the department to acknowledge receipt of such notice in writing within a specified timeframe; amending s. 338.26, F.S.; providing that a certain interlocal agreement for the fire station on the Alligator Alley toll road controls until the local governmental entity and the department extend the agreement or enter into a new agreement; limiting the amount of reimbursement; requiring the local governmental entity to provide a specified periodicCS/2024 Legislature comprehensive plan to the department; requiring the local governmental entity and the department to adopt such plan as part of the interlocal agreement; requiring certain funding needs to be included in the department's work program and in the local governmental entity's capital comprehensive plan and budget; requiring ownership and title of certain equipment purchased with state funds to transfer to the state at the end of the term of the interlocal agreement; creating s. 339.28201, F.S.; creating a Local Agency Program within the department for certain funding purposes; requiring oversight by the department; providing requirements for the department's project cost estimate; providing for prioritization and budget of certain local projects; providing funding eligibility requirements; providing contract requirements; amending ss. 339.2825 and 627.06501, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Tiffany Esposito (R)*,  Stan McClain (R), 

Other Sponsors (3)

Chapter No. 2024-173; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1301 (Ch. 2024-57) (on 05/13/2024)

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