Florida Senate - 2022 SB 398 By Senator Hooper 16-00634-22 2022398__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to transportation projects; amending 3 s. 206.46, F.S.; revising the requirement for the 4 annual commitment of State Transportation Trust Fund 5 revenues for public transportation projects by the 6 Department of Transportation; amending s. 337.168, 7 F.S.; providing that a document that reveals the 8 identity of a potential bidder on a transportation 9 project is a public record; amending s. 339.08, F.S.; 10 authorizing the department to enter into an agreement 11 with the Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the 12 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to pay 13 for work zone speed enforcement using moneys in the 14 State Transportation Trust Fund; providing an 15 effective date. 16 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 19 Section 1.Subsection (3) of section 206.46, Florida 20 Statutes, is amended to read: 21 206.46State Transportation Trust Fund. 22 (3)Each fiscal year, at least a minimum of 15 percent but 23 not more than 25 percent of all state revenues deposited into 24 the State Transportation Trust Fund, excluding state revenues 25 used for matching federal grants, shall be committed annually by 26 the department for public transportation projects in accordance 27 with chapter 311, ss. 332.003-332.007, chapter 341, and chapter 28 343. 29 Section 2.Subsection (2) of section 337.168, Florida 30 Statutes, is amended to read: 31 337.168Confidentiality of official estimates, identities 32 of potential bidders, and bid analysis and monitoring system. 33 (2)A document that reveals the identity of a person who 34 has requested or obtained a bid package, plan, or specifications 35 pertaining to any project to be let by the department is 36 confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) for 37 the period that begins 2 working days before the deadline for 38 obtaining bid packages, plans, or specifications and ends with 39 the letting of the bid. A document that reveals the identity of 40 a person who has requested or obtained a bid package, plan, or 41 specifications pertaining to any project to be let by the 42 department before the 2 working days before the deadline for 43 obtaining bid packages, plans, or specifications remains a 44 public record subject to s. 119.07(1). 45 Section 3.Present paragraph (n) of subsection (1) of 46 section 339.08, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph 47 (o), and a new paragraph (n) is added to that subsection, to 48 read: 49 339.08Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund. 50 (1)The department shall expend moneys in the State 51 Transportation Trust Fund accruing to the department, in 52 accordance with its annual budget. The use of such moneys shall 53 be restricted to the following purposes: 54 (n)To pay for work zone speed enforcement by entering into 55 an agreement with the Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the 56 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. 57 Section 4.This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.