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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to strategic transportation 2
infrastructure investment; creating s. 339.601, F.S.; 3
requiring the Department of Transportation to develop 4
a Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan; providing 5
the purpose of the plan; providing requirements for 6
plan development; requiring the plan to contain 7
certain provisions; providing requirements for the 8
review, update, timeframe, and strategy and 9
performance metrics of the plan; requiring the 10
Secretary of Transportation to submit the plan and a 11
specified report biennially to the Governor and 12
Legislature; amending s. 212.20, F.S.; requiring the 13
department to make an annual distribution to the State 14
Transportation Trust Fund to fund projects identified 15
in the plan; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Section 339.601, Florida Statutes, is created 20
to read: 21
339.601 Strategic Infrastructur e Investment Plan.— 22
(1) The department shall develop a Strategic 23
Infrastructure Investment Plan to address freight mobility 24
infrastructure and secure the state economic driver. To develop 25
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the plan, the department shall consult with relevant 26
stakeholders, including, but not limited to: 27
(a) Representatives from all modes of transportation, 28
including aviation, freight and rail, seaports, trucking, and 29
roadways. 30
(b) Florida anchor businesses, such as agriculture. 31
(c) County and municipal governments. 32
(d) Other transportation stakeholders. 33
(2) In developing the Strategic Infrastructure Investment 34
Plan, the department shall consider, complete, and, where 35
appropriate, integrate: 36
(a) Other relevant transportation plans developed by other 37
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, seaports, freight 38
and rail, and aviation. 39
(b) A strategic review of all seaports in this state which 40
reflects individual missions and outlines current economic 41
reach, drivers, and hurdles; current and future capacity; 42
existing and potential warehouse availability; interplay with 43
other regional ports; land availability; and rail, aviation, and 44
roadway connectivity to growth and strategic state funding. 45
(c) Intermodal logistics centers existing or necessary 46
within or outside this state and appropriate locations with 47
regard to trucking rest stops, travel patterns, seaports, 48
airports, and state boundaries. 49
(d) Freight trucking corridor alignment. 50
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(e) Identification of pathways to connect rail and water 51
transportation. 52
(f) Regional transportation plans developed by 53
metropolitan planning organizations. 54
(g) Local transportation plans developed by county and 55
municipal governments. 56
(h) Review of state lands available to potential use for 57
intermodal logistics centers. 58
(i) Evolving alternative transportation fuel sources, 59
including, but not limited to, electric power and natural gas. 60
(j) Advanced air mobility implementation associated with 61
air cargo and vertiports. 62
(k) Population growth over the previous 3 years. 63
(l) Major centers of economic activity and job centers. 64
(3) The Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan shall: 65
(a) Outline annual strategies to preserve and secure a 66
sustainable logistics transportation network throughout this 67
state for current freigh t and freight economic development. 68
(b) Recommend a staged approach to improve reliability, 69
diminish border states' impact, and address issues or priorities 70
associated with sustainability, future development of a 71
logistics transportation network, and eco nomic competitiveness 72
throughout the southeastern United States. 73
(c) Preserve or mitigate environmental, agricultural, and 74
aquaculture impacts based on logistics network recommendations. 75
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(d) Provide a framework, strategic review, and 76
recommendations regarding seaports in this state, including 77
current access, level of service, population warehouse 78
availability, fuel requirements, and growth for strategic 79
investment opportunities. 80
(e) Recommend a staggered financial investment approach 81
related to growth and strategic outcomes required to achieve a 82
comprehensive plan. 83
(f) Provide recommendations that will create mobility 84
access while reducing congestion and improve communities for 85
residents and freight transportation. 86
(g) Establish a connected multimo dal transportation system 87
related to economic development, job creation, and 88
manufacturing. 89
(h) Recommend placement of and a systematic approach to 90
intermodal logistics centers with regard to trucking rest stops, 91
freight travel patterns, and potential de signations of freight 92
trucking corridors and fuel requirements. 93
(i) Provide guidance to the Legislature on financial 94
strategic growth investments to achieve the infrastructure 95
proposed in the plan, with consideration of the following 96
factors: 97
1. Asset management. 98
2. Optimization of return on investment. 99
3. Border state competition. 100
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4. Long-term maintenance and operation of the 101
transportation system. 102
(4) The Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan must be 103
reviewed and updated no less frequently than biennially, must 104
cover a 10-year period, and must identify metrics associated 105
with strategic components informing the plan's strategy and 106
performance. 107
(5) The Secretary of Transportation shall submit the 108
Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan to t he Governor, the 109
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 110
Representatives on or before December 1, 2024, and every 2 years 111
thereafter, along with a report that shall include, for each 112
strategic infrastructure investment, a finance plan, 113
identification of any funding shortfalls, and a schedule and 114
measures used to determine whether the strategic infrastructure 115
investments have been made. 116
Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section 117
212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 118
212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of 119
department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated 120
unconstitutionally collected. — 121
(6) Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and 122
ss. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) and 203.01(1)(a)3. i s as follows: 123
(d) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed 124
pursuant to this chapter or remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) 125
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and (2)(b) shall be distributed as follows: 126
1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus 127
an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes 128
collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5.2 percent of all other 129
taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted 130
pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be deposited in 131
monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund. 132
2. After the distribution under subparagraph 1., 8.9744 133
percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer located 134
within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61 shall be 135
transferred into the Local Government Half -cent Sales Tax 136
Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to be 137
transferred shall be reduced by 0.1 percent, and the department 138
shall distribute this amount to the Public Employees Relations 139
Commission Trust Fund less $5,000 each month, which shall be 140
added to the amount calculated in subparagraph 3. and 141
distributed accordingly. 142
3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2., 143
0.0966 percent shall be transferred to the Local Government 144
Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant 145
to s. 218.65. 146
4. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and 147
3., 2.0810 percent of the available proceeds shall be 148
transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 149
Counties pursuant to s. 218.215. 150
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5. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and 151
3., 1.3653 percent of the available proceeds shall be 152
transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 153
Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the total re venue to 154
be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph is at least as 155
great as the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 156
Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance 157
Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999 -2000, no municipality sha ll 158
receive less than the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust 159
Fund for Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial 160
Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999 -2000. If the 161
total proceeds to be distributed are less than the amount 162
received in combination from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for 163
Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance 164
Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999 -2000, each municipality 165
shall receive an amount proportionate to the amount it was due 166
in state fiscal year 1999-2000. 167
6. Of the remaining proceeds: 168
a. In each fiscal year, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be 169
divided into as many equal parts as there are counties in the 170
state, and one part shall be distributed to each county. The 171
distribution among the severa l counties must begin each fiscal 172
year on or before January 5th and continue monthly for a total 173
of 4 months. If a local or special law required that any moneys 174
accruing to a county in fiscal year 1999 -2000 under the then-175
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existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the 176
district school board, special district, or a municipal 177
government, such payment must continue until the local or 178
special law is amended or repealed. The state covenants with 179
holders of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness iss ued by 180
local governments, special districts, or district school boards 181
before July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent of this 182
subparagraph to adversely affect the rights of those holders or 183
relieve local governments, special districts, or district school 184
boards of the duty to meet their obligations as a result of 185
previous pledges or assignments or trusts entered into which 186
obligated funds received from the distribution to county 187
governments under then -existing s. 550.135. This distribution 188
specifically is in lieu of funds distributed under s. 550.135 189
before July 1, 2000. 190
b. The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly to 191
each applicant certified as a facility for a new or retained 192
professional sports franchise pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to 193
$41,667 shall be distributed monthly by the department to each 194
certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11621 for a facility 195
for a spring training franchise. However, not more than $416,670 196
may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all certified 197
applicants for facilities for spring training franchises. 198
Distributions begin 60 days after such certification and 199
continue for not more than 30 years, except as otherwise 200
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provided in s. 288.11621. A certified applicant identified in 201
this sub-subparagraph may not receive more in distributions than 202
expended by the applicant for the public purposes provided in s. 203
288.1162(5) or s. 288.11621(3). 204
c. The department shall distribute up to $83,333 monthly 205
to each certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11631 for a 206
facility used by a single spring training franchise, or up to 207
$166,667 monthly to each certified applicant as defined in s. 208
288.11631 for a facility used by more than one spring training 209
franchise. Monthly distributions begin 60 days after such 210
certification or July 1 , 2016, whichever is later, and continue 211
for not more than 20 years to each certified applicant as 212
defined in s. 288.11631 for a facility used by a single spring 213
training franchise or not more than 25 years to each certified 214
applicant as defined in s. 288. 11631 for a facility used by more 215
than one spring training franchise. A certified applicant 216
identified in this sub -subparagraph may not receive more in 217
distributions than expended by the applicant for the public 218
purposes provided in s. 288.11631(3). 219
d. The department shall distribute $15,333 monthly to the 220
State Transportation Trust Fund. 221
e.(I) On or before July 25, 2021, August 25, 2021, and 222
September 25, 2021, the department shall distribute $324,533,334 223
in each of those months to the Unemployment Com pensation Trust 224
Fund, less an adjustment for refunds issued from the General 225
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Revenue Fund pursuant to s. 443.131(3)(e)3. before making the 226
distribution. The adjustments made by the department to the 227
total distributions shall be equal to the total refunds m ade 228
pursuant to s. 443.131(3)(e)3. If the amount of refunds to be 229
subtracted from any single distribution exceeds the 230
distribution, the department may not make that distribution and 231
must subtract the remaining balance from the next distribution. 232
(II) Beginning July 2022, and on or before the 25th day of 233
each month, the department shall distribute $90 million monthly 234
to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. 235
(III) If the ending balance of the Unemployment 236
Compensation Trust Fund exceeds $4,071,519,600 on the last day 237
of any month, as determined from United States Department of the 238
Treasury data, the Office of Economic and Demographic Research 239
shall certify to the department that the ending balance of the 240
trust fund exceeds such amount. 241
(IV) This sub-subparagraph is repealed, and the department 242
shall end monthly distributions under sub -sub-subparagraph (II), 243
on the date the department receives certification under sub -sub-244
subparagraph (III). 245
f. Beginning July 1, 2023, in each fiscal year, the 246
department shall distribute $27.5 million to the Florida 247
Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund under s. 571.26, 248
for further distribution in accordance with s. 571.265. This 249
sub-subparagraph is repealed June 30, 2025. 250
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7. Beginning July 1, 2025, in each fis cal year, the 251
department shall distribute $150 million to the State 252
Transportation Trust Fund to fund projects identified in the 253
Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan developed pursuant to 254
s. 339.601. 255
8.7. All other proceeds must remain in the General Revenue 256
Fund. 257
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 258