Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1275 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to strategic transportation 2
16	16	infrastructure investment; creating s. 339.601, F.S.; 3
17	17	requiring the Department of Transportation to develop 4
18	18	a Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan; providing 5
19	19	the purpose of the plan; providing requirements for 6
20	20	plan development; requiring the plan to contain 7
21	21	certain provisions; providing requirements for the 8
22	22	review, update, timeframe, and strategy and 9
23	23	performance metrics of the plan; requiring the 10
24	24	Secretary of Transportation to submit the plan and a 11
25	25	specified report biennially to the Governor and 12
26	26	Legislature; amending s. 212.20, F.S.; requiring the 13
27	27	department to make an annual distribution to the State 14
28	28	Transportation Trust Fund to fund projects identified 15
29	29	in the plan; providing an effective date. 16
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31	31	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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33	33	Section 1. Section 339.601, Florida Statutes, is created 20
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35	35	339.601 Strategic Infrastructur e Investment Plan.— 22
36	36	(1) The department shall develop a Strategic 23
37	37	Infrastructure Investment Plan to address freight mobility 24
38	38	infrastructure and secure the state economic driver. To develop 25
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52	52	stakeholders, including, but not limited to: 27
53	53	(a) Representatives from all modes of transportation, 28
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56	56	(b) Florida anchor businesses, such as agriculture. 31
57	57	(c) County and municipal governments. 32
58	58	(d) Other transportation stakeholders. 33
59	59	(2) In developing the Strategic Infrastructure Investment 34
60	60	Plan, the department shall consider, complete, and, where 35
61	61	appropriate, integrate: 36
62	62	(a) Other relevant transportation plans developed by other 37
63	63	stakeholders, including, but not limited to, seaports, freight 38
64	64	and rail, and aviation. 39
65	65	(b) A strategic review of all seaports in this state which 40
66	66	reflects individual missions and outlines current economic 41
67	67	reach, drivers, and hurdles; current and future capacity; 42
68	68	existing and potential warehouse availability; interplay with 43
69	69	other regional ports; land availability; and rail, aviation, and 44
70	70	roadway connectivity to growth and strategic state funding. 45
71	71	(c) Intermodal logistics centers existing or necessary 46
72	72	within or outside this state and appropriate locations with 47
73	73	regard to trucking rest stops, travel patterns, seaports, 48
74	74	airports, and state boundaries. 49
75	75	(d) Freight trucking corridor alignment. 50
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88	88	(e) Identification of pathways to connect rail and water 51
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90	90	(f) Regional transportation plans developed by 53
91	91	metropolitan planning organizations. 54
92	92	(g) Local transportation plans developed by county and 55
93	93	municipal governments. 56
94	94	(h) Review of state lands available to potential use for 57
95	95	intermodal logistics centers. 58
96	96	(i) Evolving alternative transportation fuel sources, 59
97	97	including, but not limited to, electric power and natural gas. 60
98	98	(j) Advanced air mobility implementation associated with 61
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100	100	(k) Population growth over the previous 3 years. 63
101	101	(l) Major centers of economic activity and job centers. 64
102	102	(3) The Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan shall: 65
103	103	(a) Outline annual strategies to preserve and secure a 66
104	104	sustainable logistics transportation network throughout this 67
105	105	state for current freigh t and freight economic development. 68
106	106	(b) Recommend a staged approach to improve reliability, 69
107	107	diminish border states' impact, and address issues or priorities 70
108	108	associated with sustainability, future development of a 71
109	109	logistics transportation network, and eco nomic competitiveness 72
110	110	throughout the southeastern United States. 73
111	111	(c) Preserve or mitigate environmental, agricultural, and 74
112	112	aquaculture impacts based on logistics network recommendations. 75
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125	125	(d) Provide a framework, strategic review, and 76
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129	129	investment opportunities. 80
130	130	(e) Recommend a staggered financial investment approach 81
131	131	related to growth and strategic outcomes required to achieve a 82
132	132	comprehensive plan. 83
133	133	(f) Provide recommendations that will create mobility 84
134	134	access while reducing congestion and improve communities for 85
135	135	residents and freight transportation. 86
136	136	(g) Establish a connected multimo dal transportation system 87
137	137	related to economic development, job creation, and 88
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139	139	(h) Recommend placement of and a systematic approach to 90
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141	141	freight travel patterns, and potential de signations of freight 92
142	142	trucking corridors and fuel requirements. 93
143	143	(i) Provide guidance to the Legislature on financial 94
144	144	strategic growth investments to achieve the infrastructure 95
145	145	proposed in the plan, with consideration of the following 96
146	146	factors: 97
147	147	1. Asset management. 98
148	148	2. Optimization of return on investment. 99
149	149	3. Border state competition. 100
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162	162	4. Long-term maintenance and operation of the 101
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164	164	(4) The Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan must be 103
165	165	reviewed and updated no less frequently than biennially, must 104
166	166	cover a 10-year period, and must identify metrics associated 105
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168	168	performance. 107
169	169	(5) The Secretary of Transportation shall submit the 108
170	170	Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan to t he Governor, the 109
171	171	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 110
172	172	Representatives on or before December 1, 2024, and every 2 years 111
173	173	thereafter, along with a report that shall include, for each 112
174	174	strategic infrastructure investment, a finance plan, 113
175	175	identification of any funding shortfalls, and a schedule and 114
176	176	measures used to determine whether the strategic infrastructure 115
177	177	investments have been made. 116
178	178	Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section 117
179	179	212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 118
180	180	212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of 119
181	181	department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated 120
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183	183	(6) Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and 122
184	184	ss. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) and 203.01(1)(a)3. i s as follows: 123
185	185	(d) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed 124
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200	200	1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus 127
201	201	an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes 128
202	202	collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5.2 percent of all other 129
203	203	taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted 130
204	204	pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be deposited in 131
205	205	monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund. 132
206	206	2. After the distribution under subparagraph 1., 8.9744 133
207	207	percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer located 134
208	208	within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61 shall be 135
209	209	transferred into the Local Government Half -cent Sales Tax 136
210	210	Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to be 137
211	211	transferred shall be reduced by 0.1 percent, and the department 138
212	212	shall distribute this amount to the Public Employees Relations 139
213	213	Commission Trust Fund less $5,000 each month, which shall be 140
214	214	added to the amount calculated in subparagraph 3. and 141
215	215	distributed accordingly. 142
216	216	3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2., 143
217	217	0.0966 percent shall be transferred to the Local Government 144
218	218	Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant 145
219	219	to s. 218.65. 146
220	220	4. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and 147
221	221	3., 2.0810 percent of the available proceeds shall be 148
222	222	transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 149
223	223	Counties pursuant to s. 218.215. 150
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236	236	5. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and 151
237	237	3., 1.3653 percent of the available proceeds shall be 152
238	238	transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 153
239	239	Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the total re venue to 154
240	240	be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph is at least as 155
241	241	great as the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 156
242	242	Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance 157
243	243	Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999 -2000, no municipality sha ll 158
244	244	receive less than the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust 159
245	245	Fund for Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial 160
246	246	Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999 -2000. If the 161
247	247	total proceeds to be distributed are less than the amount 162
248	248	received in combination from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 163
249	249	Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance 164
250	250	Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999 -2000, each municipality 165
251	251	shall receive an amount proportionate to the amount it was due 166
252	252	in state fiscal year 1999-2000. 167
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254	254	a. In each fiscal year, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be 169
255	255	divided into as many equal parts as there are counties in the 170
256	256	state, and one part shall be distributed to each county. The 171
257	257	distribution among the severa l counties must begin each fiscal 172
258	258	year on or before January 5th and continue monthly for a total 173
259	259	of 4 months. If a local or special law required that any moneys 174
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273	273	existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the 176
274	274	district school board, special district, or a municipal 177
275	275	government, such payment must continue until the local or 178
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277	277	holders of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness iss ued by 180
278	278	local governments, special districts, or district school boards 181
279	279	before July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent of this 182
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281	281	relieve local governments, special districts, or district school 184
282	282	boards of the duty to meet their obligations as a result of 185
283	283	previous pledges or assignments or trusts entered into which 186
284	284	obligated funds received from the distribution to county 187
285	285	governments under then -existing s. 550.135. This distribution 188
286	286	specifically is in lieu of funds distributed under s. 550.135 189
287	287	before July 1, 2000. 190
288	288	b. The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly to 191
289	289	each applicant certified as a facility for a new or retained 192
290	290	professional sports franchise pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to 193
291	291	$41,667 shall be distributed monthly by the department to each 194
292	292	certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11621 for a facility 195
293	293	for a spring training franchise. However, not more than $416,670 196
294	294	may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all certified 197
295	295	applicants for facilities for spring training franchises. 198
296	296	Distributions begin 60 days after such certification and 199
297	297	continue for not more than 30 years, except as otherwise 200
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310	310	provided in s. 288.11621. A certified applicant identified in 201
311	311	this sub-subparagraph may not receive more in distributions than 202
312	312	expended by the applicant for the public purposes provided in s. 203
313	313	288.1162(5) or s. 288.11621(3). 204
314	314	c. The department shall distribute up to $83,333 monthly 205
315	315	to each certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11631 for a 206
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317	317	$166,667 monthly to each certified applicant as defined in s. 208
318	318	288.11631 for a facility used by more than one spring training 209
319	319	franchise. Monthly distributions begin 60 days after such 210
320	320	certification or July 1 , 2016, whichever is later, and continue 211
321	321	for not more than 20 years to each certified applicant as 212
322	322	defined in s. 288.11631 for a facility used by a single spring 213
323	323	training franchise or not more than 25 years to each certified 214
324	324	applicant as defined in s. 288. 11631 for a facility used by more 215
325	325	than one spring training franchise. A certified applicant 216
326	326	identified in this sub -subparagraph may not receive more in 217
327	327	distributions than expended by the applicant for the public 218
328	328	purposes provided in s. 288.11631(3). 219
329	329	d. The department shall distribute $15,333 monthly to the 220
330	330	State Transportation Trust Fund. 221
331	331	e.(I) On or before July 25, 2021, August 25, 2021, and 222
332	332	September 25, 2021, the department shall distribute $324,533,334 223
333	333	in each of those months to the Unemployment Com pensation Trust 224
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350	350	pursuant to s. 443.131(3)(e)3. If the amount of refunds to be 229
351	351	subtracted from any single distribution exceeds the 230
352	352	distribution, the department may not make that distribution and 231
353	353	must subtract the remaining balance from the next distribution. 232
354	354	(II) Beginning July 2022, and on or before the 25th day of 233
355	355	each month, the department shall distribute $90 million monthly 234
356	356	to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. 235
357	357	(III) If the ending balance of the Unemployment 236
358	358	Compensation Trust Fund exceeds $4,071,519,600 on the last day 237
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360	360	Treasury data, the Office of Economic and Demographic Research 239
361	361	shall certify to the department that the ending balance of the 240
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363	363	(IV) This sub-subparagraph is repealed, and the department 242
364	364	shall end monthly distributions under sub -sub-subparagraph (II), 243
365	365	on the date the department receives certification under sub -sub-244
366	366	subparagraph (III). 245
367	367	f. Beginning July 1, 2023, in each fiscal year, the 246
368	368	department shall distribute $27.5 million to the Florida 247
369	369	Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund under s. 571.26, 248
370	370	for further distribution in accordance with s. 571.265. This 249
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384	384	7. Beginning July 1, 2025, in each fis cal year, the 251
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386	386	Transportation Trust Fund to fund projects identified in the 253
387	387	Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan developed pursuant to 254
388	388	s. 339.601. 255
389	389	8.7. All other proceeds must remain in the General Revenue 256
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391	391	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 258