Bill > H1397

Introduced Session

An act relating to transportation; amending s. 20.23, F.S.; authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to appoint certain officers; providing that such officers maintain their Senior Management Service status; providing legislative findings; creating and providing membership of the Florida Transportation Research Institute; requiring the Department of Transportation to select an administrative lead for the Institute and periodically assess his or her performance; authorizing the Institute to award certain grants and expend certain funds; providing for the appointment of an executive director and establishing an executive committee; requiring the Institute to provide specified annual reports; requiring at least a specified number of members of the Florida Transportation Commission to represent or have expertise in certain industries; authorizing the commission to monitor certain transit entities; requiring members of the commission to follow specified standards of conduct; revising the department's areas of program responsibility; removing obsolete provisions; amending s. 311.07, F.S.; adding projects eligible for funding under the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development CS/ Program; amending s. 311.09, F.S.; revising the purpose of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council; revising the recommendations included in the Florida Seaport Mission Plan; requiring council members to submit specified reports; amending s. 311.10, F.S.; providing conditions for specified seaports to receive certain project grants and state funds; requiring express approval from the Legislature to use certain land, facilities, or infrastructure for an alternative purpose; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "special mobile equipment"; amending s. 316.0745, F.S.; requiring that certain state funds be withheld under certain circumstances; amending s. 316.550, F.S.; authorizing the department to issue a mobile crane special blanket permit for certain purposes; amending s. 330.27, F.S.; revising and providing definitions; amending s. 330.30, F.S.; requiring a private airport of public interest to obtain a specified certificate; providing procedures for the issuance of, conditions for the renewal of, and the expiration periods of such certificates; grandfathering in certain airports, but requiring such airports to obtain a certificate by a specified date; amending s. 331.371, F.S.; authorizing the department, CS/ in consultation with other entities, to fund certain projects; requiring specified departments to coordinate in funding certain projects to optimize the use of available funds; amending s. 332.003, F.S.; revising a short title; amending s. 332.005, F.S.; requiring an airport to provide the department, at no cost, with the opportunity to use airport property upon the declaration of a state of emergency for a specified time period; requiring a certain written agreement for the department to use airport property after such time period; amending s. 332.006, F.S.; revising duties of the department; amending s. 332.007, F.S.; requiring commercial service airports to establish and maintain a comprehensive airport infrastructure program for a specified purpose; defining the term "airport infrastructure"; requiring each commercial service airport to provide an annual specified certification to the department beginning on a specified date; requiring documents and records relating to the comprehensive airport infrastructure program to be open to inspection by the department and maintained for a specified timeframe; providing program requirements; requiring the department to provide priority funding for certain projects and technology; authorizing the department to fund certain CS/ projects at certain postsecondary education institutions; authorizing the department to fund, and match funds provided by the Department of Commerce for, programs that help transition certain military personnel to the aviation industry; authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund strategic airport investment projects to maximize tourism opportunities; amending s. 332.0075, F.S.; revising definitions; requiring certain information to remain on a governing body's website for 5 years; requiring certain information to be updated quarterly rather than annually; revising the information that certain governing bodies must submit to the department; providing requirements for commercial service airports; creating s. 332.15, F.S.; providing requirements for the department relating to advanced air mobility; amending s. 334.044, F.S.; revising and providing powers and duties of the department; amending s. 334.045, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; creating s. 334.067, F.S.; requiring the department to create a statewide mapping pilot program for a certain purpose, subject to appropriation; providing requirements for the pilot program and the department; requiring a specified amount of statewide mapping data to be collected CS/ annually; requiring certain state agencies to participate in the pilot program; authorizing the department to enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for a certain purpose; amending s. 334.27, F.S.; authorizing certain parking authorities to conduct business, engage in certain activities, and provide services to certain counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions; authorizing such parking authorities to engage in certain activities upon entering into an interlocal agreement with certain governing bodies; creating s. 334.62, F.S.; providing legislative findings; creating the Florida Transportation Academy for a specified purpose; authorizing the department to work with certain entities to support, promote, and sustain certain workforce development efforts; authorizing the department to coordinate with specified entities for certain purposes; amending s. 335.182, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "significant change"; defining the term "modification of a connection"; amending s. 335.187, F.S.; revising the conditions under which the department may modify or revoke a permit; amending s. 337.027, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "small business"; requiring certain notice; amending ss. 337.11 and 337.251, F.S.; CS/ conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 337.18, F.S.; authorizing the department to require the amount of certain bonds to be less than a certain price; amending s. 337.401, F.S.; prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting certain rules and regulations relating to permits for the installation of a public sewer transmission line under certain circumstances; amending s. 337.406, F.S.; providing an exception to the prohibition of camping on any portion of the right-of-way of the State Highway System; amending s. 338.227, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing applicability; amending s. 339.2821, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 339.651, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, the department to make certain funds available each year for certain projects; removing a scheduled repeal; amending s. 341.051, F.S.; requiring the department to reallocate certain funds under certain circumstances; amending s. 348.754, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 349.03, F.S.; providing appointment procedures for the governing body of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority; providing requirements for the authority; amending s. 479.106, F.S.; revising CS/ requirements and providing certain conditions for the issuance of a permit for certain new signs on public rights-of-way; repealing ss. 316.0741, 331.351, 337.125, 337.135, 337.139, 339.0805, and 339.287, F.S., relating to high-occupancy-vehicle lanes; participation by women, minorities, and socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises; notice requirements for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises; penalties for false representation of socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises; awarding contracts to disadvantaged business enterprises; funds to be expended with certified disadvantaged business enterprises, the construction management development program, and the bond guarantee program; and infrastructure plan development for electric vehicle charging stations, respectively; amending ss. 110.205, 322.27, 365.172, 379.2293, 493.6101, and 493.6403, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date.

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Shane Abbott (R)*,  Doug Bankson (R)*,  William Conerly (R),  Michael Owen (R),  Bill Partington (R), 

Other Sponsors (3)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (on 04/29/2025)

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