Bill > S1662

Introduced Session

An act relating to transportation; amending s. 20.23, F.S.; authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to appoint a specified number of assistant secretaries; specifying titles for such assistant secretaries; authorizing the secretary to appoint an Executive Director of Transportation Technology; specifying that such assistant secretaries and executive director positions are exempt from career service and are included in the Senior Management Service; revising qualifications for members of the Florida Transportation Commission; requiring the commission to monitor transit entities that receive certain funding; requiring members of the commission to follow certain standards of conduct; providing legislative findings and intent; creating the Florida Transportation Research Institute; specifying the purpose and mission of the institute; requiring the institute to report to the Department of Transportation; providing for membership of the institute; requiring the department to select a member to serve as the administrative lead of the institute; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to appoint a representative of the department to serve as the executive director of the institute; requiring the department to coordinate with the members of the institute to adopt certain policies; authorizing the institute to award certain grants; authorizing the department to allocate funds to the institute from the State Transportation Trust Fund; authorizing the institute to expend funds for certain operations and programs; requiring the institute to submit an annual report to the Secretary of Transportation and the commission; revising the department’s areas of program responsibility; amending s. 311.07, F.S.; providing that certain spaceport and space industry-related facility projects and commercial shipbuilding and manufacturing facility projects are eligible for grant funding under the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program; amending s. 311.09, F.S.; revising the purpose of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council; requiring that the Florida Seaport Mission Plan include certain recommendations; requiring each port member of the council to submit a certain semiannual report to the department; amending s. 311.10, F.S.; requiring seaports located in specified counties to include certain statements in any agreement with the department as a condition of receiving certain grants or state funds; defining the term “cargo purposes”; amending s. 311.101, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “intermodal logistics center”; creating an intermodal logistics center working group within the department; providing the composition of the working group membership; specifying that members of the working group serve without compensation but are eligible for per diem and travel expenses; providing responsibilities of the working group; requiring the working group to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing for the future repeal of the working group; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “special mobile equipment”; repealing s. 316.0741, F.S., relating to high-occupancy-vehicle lanes; amending s. 316.0745, F.S.; deleting language limiting the state funds that may be withheld due to certain violations by a public body or official to state funds for traffic control purposes; providing that such violations are cause for the withholding of state funds deposited in the State Transportation Trust Fund; amending s. 316.550, F.S.; authorizing the department to issue a mobile crane special blanket permit for certain purposes; amending s. 320.084, F.S.; providing for disabled veteran motor vehicle license plates in lieu of “DV” motor vehicle license plates; revising construction; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 330.27, F.S.; revising definitions and defining terms; amending s. 330.30, F.S.; requiring a private airport of public interest to obtain a certain certificate from the department before allowing aircraft operations; requiring certain private airports to obtain a certain certificate from the department by a specified date; 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. 331.371, F.S.; authorizing the department, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Environmental Protection, to fund certain infrastructure projects and projects associated with certain critical infrastructure projects; requiring such departments to coordinate in funding certain projects for a specified purpose; amending s. 332.003, F.S.; revising a short title; amending s. 332.005, F.S.; requiring airports to provide the Department of Transportation with the opportunity to use certain airport property for a specified purpose during a declared state of emergency; requiring that such use be conducted pursuant to a written agreement after a certain period of use; amending s. 332.006, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the department meet certain duties and responsibilities within the resources provided pursuant to a specified chapter; providing duties and responsibilities of the department relating to certain educational services; amending s. 332.007, F.S.; requiring commercial service airports to establish and maintain a certain program; defining the term “airport infrastructure”; requiring that such airports provide a certain annual certification to the department; requiring that a certain program report be open to department inspection and maintained for a specified period; providing requirements for such program; revising the list of projects for which the department must provide priority funding; authorizing the department to fund eligible projects performed by certain organizations and postsecondary education institutions; providing that certain programs are eligible projects; authorizing the department to provide certain matching funds; revising the circumstances in which the department may fund strategic airport investment projects; amending s. 332.0075, F.S.; revising definitions; requiring that certain information remain posted on a governing body’s website for a certain period; revising the information that must be included on such website; requiring the quarterly, rather than annual, update of certain information; revising information that the governing body of a commercial service airport must submit to the department annually; requiring a commercial service airport to provide certain notifications to the department; creating s. 332.15, F.S.; requiring the department to address certain needs in the statewide aviation system plan and the department’s work program, designate a certain subject matter expert, conduct a specified review, and, in coordination with the Department of Commerce, provide certain coordination and assistance for the development of a viable advanced air mobility system plan; amending s. 334.044, F.S.; revising the general powers and duties of the department; amending s. 334.045, F.S.; requiring certain measures developed and adopted by the Florida Transportation Commission to assess performance in a specified business development program, instead of disadvantaged business enterprise and minority business programs; creating s. 334.615, F.S.; authorizing certain parking authorities to operate, manage, and control certain parking facilities upon entering into certain interlocal agreements; creating s. 334.62, F.S.; providing legislative findings; establishing the Florida Transportation Academy within the department; authorizing the department to coordinate with certain entities for specified purposes; amending s. 335.182, F.S.; defining the term “modification of an existing connection”; revising the definition of the term “significant change”; amending s. 335.187, F.S.; authorizing the department to modify or revoke certain access permits by requiring modification of an existing connection in certain circumstances; amending s. 337.027, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “small business”; authorizing the department to provide notice of certain opportunities; amending s. 337.11, F.S.; requiring the department to give consideration to small business participation, instead of disadvantaged business enterprise participation; repealing s. 337.125, F.S., relating to socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises and notice requirements; repealing s. 337.135, F.S., relating to socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises and punishment for false representation; repealing s. 337.139, F.S., relating to efforts to encourage awarding contracts to disadvantaged business enterprises; amending s. 337.18, F.S.; authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to require a surety bond in an amount that is less than the awarded contract price; amending s. 337.251, F.S.; revising factors that may be considered by the department when selecting certain proposals; amending s. 337.401, F.S.; prohibiting a municipality from prohibiting, or requiring a permit for, the installation of certain public sewer transmission lines; amending s. 337.406, F.S.; prohibiting camping on any portion of the right-of-way of the State Highway System; providing applicability; amending s. 338.227, F.S.; revising the purpose for which the department and the Department of Management Services shall create and implement a certain outreach program; repealing s. 339.0805, F.S., relating to funds to be expended with certified disadvantaged business enterprises, a construction management development program, and a bond guarantee program; amending s. 339.135, F.S.; revising the reports required to be submitted to the legislative appropriations committees by the department for purposes of legislative budget requests and requests for lists of additional transportation projects; amending s. 339.2821, F.S.; requiring the department to ensure that it is supportive of small businesses, rather than ensuring that small and minority businesses have equal access to participation in certain transportation projects; repealing s. 339.287, F.S., relating to electric vehicle charging stations and infrastructure plan development; amending s. 339.63, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term “intermodal logistics center”; amending s. 339.651, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, the department to make a certain amount available from the existing work program to fund certain projects annually; deleting the scheduled repeal of provisions relating to Strategic Intermodal System supply chain demands; amending s. 341.051, F.S.; providing for the reallocation of certain funds; deleting the scheduled repeal of provisions providing for the reallocation of certain funds; amending s. 341.052, F.S.; revising the list of providers to which certain block grant funds shall be provided; revising the specified report used to verify certain data; amending s. 348.754, F.S.; revising the types of businesses the Central Florida Expressway Authority is required to encourage the inclusion of in certain opportunities; amending s. 349.03, F.S.; revising membership requirements for the governing body of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority; amending ss. 110.205, 322.27, 365.172, 379.2293, 493.6101, and 493.6403, F.S.; conforming cross-references and provisions to changes made by the act; requiring the department to coordinate with state agencies and water management districts to establish a workgroup for a certain purpose relating to statewide mapping programs; providing that the department is the lead agency for the development and review of certain policies, practices, and standards for a specified fiscal year; authorizing the department to issue a request for proposals for the procurement of a program to manage certain survey, mapping, and data collection; requiring the department, in coordination with the workgroup, to review state statutes and policies related to geospatial data sharing and make certain recommendations to the Legislature by a certain date; providing requirements for such recommendations; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Committee Categories

Jay Collins (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Chapter No. 2025-155, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 462 (Ch. 2025-149) (on 06/23/2025)

Official Document