Bill > S0462

Introduced Session

An act relating to transportation; amending s. 161.58, F.S.; revising an exception to a prohibition on vehicular traffic on coastal beaches; creating s. 218.3215, F.S.; requiring counties to report certain information to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research annually by a specified date; requiring counties to report the information in the format specified by the office; requiring the office to provide a certain report to the Legislature and the Department of Transportation; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “dynamic driving task,” “micromobility device,” and “vehicle”; amending s. 316.173, F.S.; authorizing a person to request an administrative hearing with a school district or county within a specified timeframe after receiving a notice of violation; specifying that the mailing of the notice of violation constitutes notification; deleting a provision requiring a court with jurisdiction over traffic violations to determine whether a specified violation has occurred; authorizing school districts and counties to appoint local hearing officers to conduct certain administrative hearings; providing eligibility requirements for such officers; providing duties of such officers; providing for penalties and costs; providing procedures for an administrative hearing; providing a specified date by which certain administrative hearings may be conducted; amending s. 316.20655, F.S.; authorizing a local government to adopt certain ordinances and provide certain training relating to the safe operation of electric bicycles; amending s. 316.2128, F.S.; authorizing a local government to adopt certain ordinances and provide certain training relating to the safe operation of motorized scooters and micromobility devices; amending s. 316.650, F.S.; revising the entity required to provide citation data in the case of a traffic enforcement agency that has an automated citation issuance system; creating s. 316.88, F.S.; prohibiting excessive wakes under certain circumstances; amending s. 318.18, F.S.; providing minimum civil penalties for a specified violation enforced by a school bus infraction detection system; requiring such penalties to be remitted to the school district at least monthly and used for specified purposes; requiring specified administrative costs to be imposed for specified violations; requiring that such costs be used by a school district or county, as applicable, for specified purposes; requiring that certain costs be remitted to the county at least monthly; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 318.21, F.S.; requiring that specified penalties be distributed in a specified manner; conforming a cross-reference; creating s. 320.0849, F.S.; requiring the department to issue expectant mother parking permits upon application; specifying the validity period thereof; providing design requirements for expectant mother parking permit placards or decals; providing application requirements; authorizing such permitholders to park in certain spaces; creating s. 330.355, F.S.; prohibiting publicly owned airports from charging a landing fee established on or after a specified date for certain aircraft operations; amending s. 332.004, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 332.006, F.S.; revising duties and responsibilities of the department relating to airports; amending s. 332.007, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the administration and financing of certain aviation and airport programs and projects; authorizing certain airports to participate in a specified federal program in a certain manner; authorizing the department to provide for improvements to certain entities for the capital cost of a discretionary improvement project at a public-use airport, subject to the availability of certain funds; creating s. 332.136, F.S.; establishing an airport pilot program at the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority; providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the department to adopt rules; requiring the department, by a specified date, to submit certain recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature; providing for the future repeal of specified provisions; amending s. 334.044, F.S.; authorizing the department to acquire property or property rights in advance to preserve a corridor for future proposed improvements; authorizing the department to expend from the State Transportation Trust Fund a certain amount of grant funds annually to state colleges and school districts for certain construction workforce development programs; requiring that priority be given to certain colleges and school districts; amending s. 334.065, F.S.; deleting a provision specifying that the Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research shall be administered by the Board of Governors of the State University System; deleting a provision prohibiting the undertaking of certain projects without the approval of the Center for Urban Transportation Research advisory board; revising membership of such advisory board; creating s. 334.63, F.S.; providing requirements for certain project concept studies and project development and environment studies; amending s. 337.11, F.S.; revising the bidding and award process for contracts for road construction and maintenance projects; revising the circumstances in which the department must competitively award a phased design-build contract for phase one; requiring the department to select a single design-build firm to perform the work associated with phase two under certain circumstances; authorizing a design-build firm to self-perform portions of work under a contract; requiring that contracts let by the department on or after a certain date for bridge construction or maintenance over navigable waters include protection and indemnity coverage; amending s. 337.14, F.S.; authorizing the department to waive contractor certification requirements for certain projects; revising the threshold value of contracts for which the department may waive a contract bond requirement; requiring that a contractor seeking to bid on certain maintenance contracts possess certain qualifications; amending s. 337.185, F.S.; increasing the limits of claims per contract which a contractor may submit to the State Arbitration Board; revising the period in which an arbitration request may be made for a claim related to a warranty notice; amending s. 339.175, F.S.; revising legislative intent; revising requirements for the designation of additional metropolitan planning organizations (M.P.O.’s); revising projects and strategies to be considered in developing an M.P.O.’s long-range transportation plan and transportation improvement program; deleting obsolete provisions; requiring the department to convene M.P.O.’s of similar size to exchange best practices at least annually; authorizing M.P.O.’s to develop committees or working groups; requiring training for new M.P.O. governing board members to be provided by the department or another specified entity; deleting provisions relating to M.P.O. coordination mechanisms; including public-private partnerships in authorized financing techniques; revising proposed transportation enhancement activities that must be indicated by the long-range transportation plan; authorizing each M.P.O. to execute a written agreement with the department regarding state and federal transportation planning requirements; requiring the department, in collaboration with M.P.O.’s, to establish certain quality performance metrics and develop certain performance targets; requiring the department to evaluate and post on its website whether each M.P.O. has made significant progress toward such targets; amending s. 339.65, F.S.; requiring the department to prioritize certain Strategic Intermodal System highway corridor projects; creating s. 339.85, F.S.; requiring the department to implement a Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Program; providing program requirements; amending s. 348.0304, F.S.; revising membership of the governing body of the Greater Miami Expressway Agency; reenacting s. 332.115(1), F.S., relating to joint project agreements with port districts for transportation corridors between airports and port facilities, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 332.004, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing a legislative finding; requiring the department to develop a report on widening Interstate 4; providing requirements for the report; requiring the department to submit the report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing effective dates.

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Nick DiCeglie (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Chapter No. 2025-149, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155) (on 06/23/2025)

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