The Florida Senate
BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
(This document is based on the provisions contained in the legislation as of the latest date listed below.)
Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Fiscal Policy
BILL: CS/CS/SB 462
INTRODUCER: Regulated Industries Committee; Transportation Committee; and Senator DiCeglie
SUBJECT: Transportation
DATE: April 7, 2025
ANALYST STAFF DIRECTOR REFERENCE ACTION
1. Johnson Vickers TR Fav/CS
2. Schrader Imhof RI Fav/CS
3. Johnson Siples FP Pre-meeting
Please see Section IX. for Additional Information:
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE - Substantial Changes
I. Summary:
CS/CS/SB 462 addresses various provisions relating to transportation. The bill:
• Distributes $4.167 million monthly in sales tax revenues to the State Transportation Trust
Fund to account for the impact of electric and hybrid vehicles.
• Requires each county to annually submit specified transportation project data to the Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT).
• Increases maximum allowable speed limits on certain highways by five miles per hour.
• Authorizes public use airports to participate in the federal Airport Investment Partnership
Program and make such airports eligible for certain state funds.
• Authorizes the FDOT to use eminent domain to preserve a corridor for future proposed
improvements.
• Authorizes FDOT to provide workforce development grants to state colleges and school
districts to fund elective courses in heavy civil construction.
• Requires certain studies regarding capacity improvements on limited access facilities to
evaluate the use of elevated roadways.
• Requires certain project development and environmental studies to be completed within 18
months.
• Specifies that contractors who enter into construction and maintenance contracts with FDOT
are providing a service to FDOT.
• Provides requirements for FDOT to obtain best and final officers from bidders, and for
rebidding certain contracts.
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• Revises provisions related to phased design-build contracts.
• Provides additional insurance requirements for bridge-related contracts over navigable
waters.
• Prohibits FDOT, through the settlement of a bid protest, from creating a new contract unless
the new contract is competitively procured.
• Authorizes FDOT to waive prequalification for certain contracts of $1 million or less.
• Requires contractors seeking to bid on certain FDOT maintenance contracts to possess the
qualifications and equipment needed to perform such work.
• Increases threshold amounts for contract disputes resolved by the State Arbitration Board.
• Revises provisions regarding metropolitan planning organizations, including requiring the
exchange of best practices, and accountability and transparency requirements.
• Repeals the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council.
• Revises the qualification requirements for two of the members of the governing body of the
nine-member Greater Miami Expressway Agency.
• Requires FDOT to develop and submit a report regarding the widening of Interstate 4.
The bill has a potential fiscal impact on state and local governmental entities. See section V,
“Fiscal Impact Statement” for details.
The bill takes effect July 1, 2025.
II. Present Situation:
For ease of organization and readability, the present situation is discussed below with the effect
of proposed changes.
III. Effect of Proposed Changes:
Distribution of Sales Tax Revenues (Section 1)
Present Situation
Florida levies a six percent tax on the retail sale of most tangible personal property, admissions,
transient lodgings and motor vehicles.
1
However, the sales tax rate for non-residential electric
services is 4.35 percent.
2
The Department of Revenue (DOR) distributes state sales tax proceeds
to various state trust funds and local governments, with any remaining sales tax proceeds
distributed to the General Revenue Fund.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill provides that, to account for the impact of electric and hybrid vehicles on the State
Highway System and the use of taxes collected from motorists when charging such vehicles,
beginning July 2025, and reassessed every 5 fiscal years, the DOR must distribute $4.167 million
1
Office of Economic and Demographic Research, 2024 Florida Tax Handbook, p. 166.
https://edr.state.fl.us/content/revenues/reports/tax-handbook/taxhandbook2024.pdf (last visited Mar. 28, 2025).
2
Id. at 171. Section 212.05(1)(e).1.c., F.S.
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Id. at 173. Section 212.20(6), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 3
monthly to the State Transportation Trust Fund (STTF). This distribution must take place on or
before the 25
th
day of each month.
County Transportation Project Data (Section 2)
Present Situation
Annually, each county and municipality must provide FDOT with uniform program data.
Uniform program data must include, but is not limited to, details on transportation receipts and
expenditures, and on the number of miles of road under the local governmental entity’s
jurisdiction. FDOT must compile this data and, upon request, furnish its compilation to any
interested person.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill requires each county to annually provide FDOT with uniform project data. Such data
must conform to the county’s fiscal year and include details on transportation revenues by source
of taxes or fees, expenditure of such revenues for projects that were funded, and any unexpended
balance for the fiscal year. The data must also include project details, including the project cost,
location, and scope. The scope of the project must be categorized broadly using a category, such
as widening, repair and rehabilitation, or sidewalks. The data must specify which projects the
revenues not dedicated to specific projects are supporting. FDOT must inform each county of the
method and format for submitting its data. FDOT must compile this data and publish its
compilation on its website.
Speed Limits (Sections 3 and 4)
Present Situation
Florida law prohibits a person from driving a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than what
is reasonable and prudent under current conditions and with regard to actual and potential
hazard.
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Florida law also establishes minimum speed limits. On all highways on the National System of
Interstate and Defense and have four or more lanes, the minimum speed is 40 miles per hour,
except that when the posted speed limit is 70 miles per hour, then the minimum speed is 50 miles
per hour.
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Florida law establishes the following maximum allowable speed limits:
• On limited access highways - 70 miles per hour.
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• On divided highways outside an urban area of 5,000 or more persons, with at least four lanes
- 65 miles per hour.
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• On other FDOT roadways - as FDOT deems safe and advisable, but not to exceed 60 miles
per hour.
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4
Section 218.322, F.S.
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Section 316.183(1), F.S.
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Section 316.183(2), F.S.
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Section 316.187(2)(a), F.S.
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Section 316.187(2)(b), F.S.
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Section 316.187(2)(c), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 4
Speeding violations are noncriminal traffic infractions, punishable as moving violations.
10
The
statutory fines, based on the miles per hour above the speed limit are as follows:
• 1-5 mph -Warning
• 6-9 mph - $25
• 10-14 mph - $100
• 15-19 mph - $150
• 20-29 mph - $175
• 30 mph and above - $250
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill requires FDOT to determine the safe and advisable minimum speed on all highways on
the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways that have at least four lanes.
The bill increases maximum allowable speed limits as follows:
• For limited-access highways, from 70 to 75 miles per hour.
• For other highways outside an urban area that have at least four lanes and are a divided
highway, from 65 to 70 miles per hour.
• For other roadways under FDOT’s jurisdiction, from 60 to 65 miles per hour.
Florida Airport Development and Assistance Act (Sections 6-8)
Present Situation
The federal Airport Investment Partnership Program,
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authorizes private companies to own,
manage, lease, and develop public airports. Public airport sponsors and private operators may
jointly manage an airport. The airport owner or leaseholder may be exempt from repayment of
federal grants, return of property acquired with federal assistance, and the use of proceeds from
the airport's sale or lease to be used exclusively for airport purposes.
13
For purposes of the Florida Airport Development and Assistance Act,
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the term “public-use
airport” means any publicly owned airport which is used or to be used for public purposes.
15
The term “eligible agency” means a political subdivision of the state or an authority which owns
or seeks to develop a public-use airport.
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The Florida Airport Development and Assistance Act provides FDOT with certain statutory
duties regarding aviation development and assistance. These duties include providing financial
10
Sections 316.183(7) and 316.187(3), F.S. Penalties are as provided in ch. 318, F.S.
11
Section 318.18(3)(b), F.S. In addition to these penalties, Florida law imposes or authorizes additional fees and surcharges.
12
49 U.S.C. s. 47134, the program was previously known as the Airport Privatization Pilot Program.
13
Federal Aviation Administration, Airport Investment Partnership Program, formerly Airport Privatization Pilot Program,
https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_compliance/privatization (last visit March 28, 2025).
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Sections 332.003-332.007, F.S.
15
Section 332.004(14), F.S.
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Section 332.004(7), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 5
and technical assistance to airports,
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and encouraging the maximum allocation of federal funds
to local airport projects.
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FDOT’s annual legislative budget request for aviation and airport development projects is based
on the funding required for development projects in its aviation and airport work program.
FDOT must prioritize funding to support the planning, design, and construction of proposed
projects by local sponsors, with special emphasis on projects for runways and taxiways,
including the painting and marking of runways and taxiways, lighting, other related airside
activities, and airport access transportation facility projects on airport property.
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Section 332.007, F.S., authorizes FDOT to fund certain aviation and airport-related projects. The
statute provides requirements and limits on airport funding from the STTF. Requirements can be
based on the airport type, availability of federal funds, project type, and size of the airport.
Section 255.065, F.S., authorizes local jurisdictions, including counties, municipalities, and
special districts to enter into public-private partnerships for qualifying projects, which include
airport facilities, for a public purpose. That statute provides legislative findings and intent,
requirements for project approval, a project qualification process, the requirements for
agreements related to the partnership, powers and duties of the private entity, and other related
provisions.
Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill amends the Florida Airport Development and Assistance Act to change various
references to airports to public-use airports.
The bill amends the definition of the term “eligible agency” to include a public-private
partnership through a lease or agreement under s. 255.065, F.S., with a political subdivision of
the state or an authority, which owns or seeks to develop a public-use airport.
The bill authorizes a municipality, county, or authority that owns a public-use airport to
participate in the FAA’s Airport Investment Partnership Program by contracting with a private
partner to operate the airport under lease or agreement. Subject to the availability of appropriated
funds from aviation fuel tax revenues, FDOT may provide for improvements to a municipality,
county, or authority that has a private partner under the federal Airport Investment Partnership
Program for capital costs of a discretionary improvement project at a public-use airport.
FDOT - Eminent Domain Authority (Section 9)
Present Situation
Eminent domain refers to the government’s power to take private property and convert it into
public use. The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the government
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Section 332.006(4), F.S.
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Section 332.006(8), F.S.
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Section 332.007(4)(a), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 6
may only exercise the power of eminent domain if it provides just compensation to the property
owners.
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Similarly, Article X, section 6(a) of the Florida Constitution provides that “[n]o private property
shall be taken except for a public purpose and with full compensation therefor paid to each
owner or secured by deposit in the registry of the court and available to the owner.”
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FDOT may acquire, by eminent domain, all property or property rights, whether public or
private, which it determines necessary to perform its duties or execute its powers.
22
FDOT has the statutory authority to condemn all necessary lands and property, whether public or
private, for the purpose of securing and utilizing transportation rights-of-way, including a FDOT-
designated transportation corridor.
23
Florida’s statutory definition of the term “transportation
corridor” includes all property or property interests necessary for future transportation facilities
for the purpose of securing and utilizing future transportation rights-of-way.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill authorizes FDOT to use its eminent domain authority in advance to preserve a
transportation corridor for future proposed improvements.
FDOT - Workforce Development (Section 9)
Present Situation
Florida law authorizes FDOT to provide a construction workforce development program, in
consultation with affected stakeholders, to deliver projects in FDOT's work program.
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FDOT
must annually allocate $5 million to this program.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill authorizes FDOT to annually expend, in fiscal years 2025-2026 through 2029-2030, up
to $5 million, from the STTF, for grants to state colleges and school districts, prioritizing
colleges and school districts located in counties in rural communities.
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These grants may be
20
Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute, Eminent Domain,
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/eminent_domain#:~:text=Eminent%20domain%20refers%20to%20the,compensation%20to
%20the%20property%20owners. (last visited Mar. 28, 2025).
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Florida’s eminent domain laws are codified in chs. 73 and 74, F.S.
22
Section 334.044(6), F.S.
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Section 337.27(1), F.S.
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Section 334.03(29)(b), F.S.
25
Section 334.044(35), F.S. FDOT’s work program is developed pursuant to s. 339.135, F.S.
26
Section 339.84, F.S. This is beginning in the 2023-2024 fiscal year and for five years thereafter. These funds are from the
STTF.
27
Section 288.0656(2)(e), F.S., defines the term “rural community” to mean a county with a population of 75,000 or fewer; a
county with a population of 125,000 or fewer which is contiguous to a county with a population of 75,000 or fewer; a
municipality within a county above; or an unincorporated federal enterprise community or an incorporated rural city with a
population of 25,000 or fewer and an employment base focused on traditional agricultural or resource-based industries,
located in a county not defined as rural, which has at least three or more of the economic distress factors and verified by the
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used to purchase equipment simulators and a companion curriculum, and to support offering an
elective course in heavy civil construction. The course must, at a minimum, provide the student
with federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification and fill equipment
simulator certification.
Center for Urban Transportation Research (Section 10)
Present Situation
The Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) is established at the University of South
Florida (USF). CUTR’s responsibilities include conducting and facilitating research on issues
related to Florida’s urban transportation problems and serving as an information exchange and
depository for the most current information pertaining to urban transportation and related
issues.
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CUTR’s advisory board reviews and advises CUTR concerning its research program. Except for
projects mandated by law, CUTR may not undertake state-funded projects without advisory
board approval. CUTR’s advisory board consists of nine transportation-related experts,
including:
• The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designee.
• The Secretary of Environmental Protection or his or her designee.
• The Secretary of Commerce or his or her designee.
• A member of the Florida Transportation Commission.
The nomination of the remaining board members is made to USF’s President by the USF College
of Engineering. The appointments of these members are reviewed and approved by the Florida
Transportation Commission and confirmed by the Board of Governors.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill amends CUTR’s advisory board to consist of 10 transportation experts including the
following:
• A member appointed by the President of the Senate.
• A member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designee.
• The Secretary of Commerce or his or her designee.
• A member of the Florida Transportation Commission.
• Four members recommended to the President of USF by USF’s College of Engineering,
whose appointments must be reviewed and approved by the Florida Transportation
Commission and confirmed by the Board of Governors.
FDOT – Project Concept Studies (Section 11)
Present Situation
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Section 334.065(1), F.S.
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Section 334.065(3), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 8
FDOT conducts Project Development and Environment (PD&E) studies to meet federal National
Environmental Policy Act
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requirements. During these studies, FDOT determines the location
and conceptual design of feasible build alternatives for roadway improvements and the social,
economic, and environmental effects of such improvements. Throughout the study, a no-build
alternative, where roads are left in their present state with routine maintenance, remains a viable
alternative. A PD&E study is finalized when the Federal Highway Administration reviews the
study’s documentation and recommendations and provides a Location and Design Concept
Acceptance.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill requires project concept studies
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and PD&E studies for capacity improvement projects
on limited access facilities
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to evaluate alternatives providing transportation capacity using
elevated roadways above existing lanes.
The bill also requires PD&E studies for new alignment projects and capacity improvement
projects to be completed within 18 months after the date of commencement.
FDOT Contracting Authority (Section 12)
Present Situation
FDOT may enter into contracts for the construction and maintenance of all roads on the State
Highway System, the State Park Road System, or any other road under its supervision. FDOT
may also enter into contracts for the construction and maintenance of rest areas, weigh stations,
and other structures used in connection with such facilities. However, these contracts do not
create third-party beneficiary rights in any person that is not a party to the contract.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill stipulates a contractor entering into a construction and maintenance contract with FDOT
provides a service to FDOT.
30
Pub. L. 91-190; 83 Stat. 852.
31
FDOT District 7, What is a PD&E Study, https://www.fdotd7studies.com/projects/what-is-a-pde-study/. (last visited Mar.
27, 2025).
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The term “project concept study” is not defined in federal or state law.
33
Section 334.03(12), F.S., defines the term “limited access facility” to mean a street or highway especially designed for
through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement
of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such limited access facility or for any other
reason. Such highways or streets may be facilities from which trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles are excluded; or
they may be facilities open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic.
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Awarding of FDOT Contracts (Section 12)
Present Situation
FDOT may award a contract for proposed construction and maintenance work to the lowest
responsible bidder, or with a time-plus-money contract, the lowest evaluated responsible bidder,
or it may reject all bids and rebid the work or otherwise perform the work.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
If FDOT receives bids, outside of its criteria for an automatic contract award, the bill requires
FDOT to:
• Arrange an in-person meeting with the lowest responsive, responsible bidder to determine
why the bids are over FDOT’s estimate. FDOT may, at its discretion, subsequently award the
contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder;
• Reject all bids and rebid the work; or
• Invite all responsive, responsible bidders to provide their best and final offers without filing a
protest or posting a bond. Thereafter, if FDOT awards the contract, it must be awarded to the
bidder that presents the lowest best and final offer.
If FDOT intends to reject all bids on any project after announcing, but before posting official
notice of its intent, the bill requires FDOT to provide to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder
the opportunity to negotiate the scope of work with a corresponding reduction in price, as
provided in the bid, to provide its best and final offer without filing a protest or posting a bond.
Upon reaching a decision regarding the lowest bidder’s best and final offer, FDOT must post
notice of final agency action to either reject all bids or accept the best and final offer.
This does not prohibit any bidder from filing a protest or altering the statutory deadlines related
to bid protests.
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The bill provides that notwithstanding ss. 120.57(3)(c), F.S., relating to bid protests and
287.057(25), F.S., relating to a disclosure on the procurement of solicitations, upon receipt of a
timely-filed formal written protest, FDOT may continue this process, but it may not take final
agency action as to the lowest bidder except as part of its final agency action in the protest or
upon the protesting party’s dismissal of the protest.
FDOT Phased Design-Build Contracts (Section 12)
Present Situation
FDOT may enter into phased-design build contracts, where contract selection and award is done
with a two-phase process. For phase one, FDOT competitively awards the contract, based upon
qualifications, to a design-build firm. For phase two, the design-build firm competitively bids
construction trade subcontractor packages and based upon these bids, negotiates with FDOT a
price that meets the project’s budget and scope.
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Section 337.11(4), F.S.
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The statutory deadlines relating to bid protests are in s. 120.57(3), F.S.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill requires FDOT, for phased design-build projects, to competitively award the contract to
a qualified firm, provided that FDOT receives at least three statements of qualification from
qualified firms. If during phase one, FDOT elects, based upon qualifications, to enter into
contracts with more than one design-build firm, FDOT must competitively award the phase-two
contract to a single design-build firm.
The bill authorizes the design-build firm to self-perform portions of the project’s work and use
estimates related to this self-performance to negotiate with FDOT.
Marine General Liability Insurance (Section 12)
Present Situation
FDOT requires each contractor to indemnify and hold harmless FDOT and its officers and
employees from liabilities, damages, losses, and costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorney’s fees, to the extent caused by the negligence, recklessness, or intentional wrongful
misconduct of the contractor and persons employed or utilized by the contractor in the
performance of the construction contract.
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FDOT also requires each contractor to carry commercial general liability insurance that provides
continuous coverage for all work and operations provided under the contract. Additional
requirements exist for construction adjacent to railroad tracks and certain utility facilities.
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Since commercial general liability insurance policies exclude marine work, marine general
liability insurance is designed to protect against claims of liability for bodily injury, property
damage, and personal injury for those who work on or near the water. These classes include ship
repairers, marina operators, charterers, stevedores, and terminal operators.
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Each contract let by FDOT to perform bridge construction or maintenance over navigable waters
must require marine general liability insurance, in an amount determined by FDOT, to cover
third-party personal injury and property damage caused by vessels used by the contractor in the
performance of the work.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill requires a contract let by FDOT on or after July 1, 2025, for work requiring a contractor
to have marine general liability insurance, that such insurance includes protection and indemnity
coverage. The contractor may receive this additional coverage by an endorsement on its marine
general liability insurance policy or from a separate insurance policy.
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DOT Specs Book (January 2017) at Section 7-12.1, https://www.fdot.gov/docs/default-
source/programmanagement/implemented/specbooks/january2017/files/007-117.pdf (last visited Mar. 28, 2025).
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Id. at Sections 7-13.2, 7-13.3, and 7-13.4.
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Kelly White and Associates Insurance, LLC, Marine General Liability Insurance, https://kwhiteinsurance.com/marine-
insurance/#:~:text=Marine%20General%20Liability%20protects%20against,%2C%20stevedores%2C%20and%20terminal%
20operators (last visited Mar. 28, 2025).
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Settlement Agreements (Section 13)
Present Situation
Agencies subject to the Administrative Procedures Act,
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including FDOT, must resolve protests
arising from the contract solicitation or award process using uniform rules of procedure.
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FDOT’s contracting statute provides additional information regarding its settlement of bid
protests. When FDOT determines that it is in the public’s best interest to resolve a bid protest
through a settlement agreement, and the agreement requires FDOT to pay a nonselected
responsive bidder $1 million or more, any stipend paid to a non-selected design-build firm,
which is not included in FDOT's work program, or any amount paid pursuant to any other law,
FDOT must:
• Document the specific reasons that such settlement and payment is in the best interest of the
state. Such documentation must include a description of any rights or designs that FDOT will
acquire or retain with such settlement, and the specific appropriation that FDOT intends to
use to provide such payment.
• Provide prior written notification to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Senate and House of Representatives minority leaders, the chair and vice
chair of the Legislative Budget Commission, and the Attorney General before FDOT makes
the settlement agreement final.
• Provide written notification of settlement discussions to the President of the Senate, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and House of Representatives minority
leaders, the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission, and the Attorney
General.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill provides that FDOT may not, through the settlement of a protest of the award of a
contract being procured or related to the purchase of commodities or contractual services, create
a new contract unless it competitively procures the new contract.
Application for Qualification (Section 14)
Present Situation
Under Florida law any contractor desiring to bid on a construction contract in excess of $250,000
must be certified as qualified by FDOT.
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FDOT’s contractor certification rules address these
qualifications and provide requirements regarding a contractor’s equipment, past record,
experience, financial resources, and organizational personnel.
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42
Chapter 120, F.S.
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Section 120.57(3), F.S. The Uniform Rules of Procedure relating to bid protests are contained in Fla. Admin. Code R. 28-
110.001 through 28-110.005.
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Section 337.1101(1), F.S.
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Certification for qualification is pursuant to s. 337.14, F.S., and FDOT rules.
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FDOT may waive prequalification for projects of $500,000 or less if FDOT determines that the
project is of a noncritical nature and the waiver will not endanger public health, safety, or
property.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill authorizes FDOT to waive its prequalification requirements for contracts of $1 million
or less which have a diverse scope of work that may or may not be performed. These contracts
are typically known as push-button or task work order contracts.
FDOT Contractor Certification (Section 14)
Present Situation
Certification by FDOT is required in order for a contractor to bid on a road, bridge, or public
transportation construction contract of more than $250,000. However, prior to the award of the
contract, the successful bidder must furnish a contract bond. FDOT may waive all or a portion of
the bonding requirement for contracts of $150,000 or less.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill increases the maximum contract amount for which FDOT may waive bond requirements
from $150,000 to $250,000.
FDOT Maintenance Contracts (Section 14)
Present Situation
Section 337.14(8), F.S., provides that s. 337.14, F.S., which relates to the applications for
qualification and certificates of qualification for FDOT contractors, does not apply to
maintenance contracts.
Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill amends s. 337.14(8), F.S., requiring a contractor seeking to bid on a maintenance
contract that predominately includes repair and replacement of safety appurtenances, including,
but not limited to, guardrails, attenuators, traffic signals, and striping, to possess the prescribed
qualifications equipment, record, and experience to perform such repair and replacement.
State Arbitration Board (Section 15)
Present Situation
The State Arbitration Board (SAB), within FDOT, facilitates the prompt resolution of claims
arising out of or in connection with FDOT’s construction or maintenance contract.
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A
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Section 337.14(1), F.S.
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Section 337.14(2), F.S.
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contractor
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may submit a claim
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of greater than $250,000 up to $1 million per contract or, upon
agreement of the parties, up to $2 million per contract for arbitration by the SAB. An SAB-
issued award is final, unless a request for a trial de novo is filed within the time frame provided
by Rule 1.830, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Parties may not make an arbitration request prior to FDOT’s final acceptance of the project;
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but
such requests must be made within 820 days after final acceptance.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill authorizes the SAB to arbitrate a claim of up to $2 million, instead of the current $1
million or, upon agreement, claims greater than $2 million.
The bill provides that an arbitration request related to a written warranty or defect claim must be
made within 360 days after FDOT provides written notice of such claim. This applies when the
claim is made after FDOT’s final acceptance of the project.
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (Section 16)
A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is a policy board created and designated to carry
out the metropolitan transportation planning process.
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MPOs are required to represent localities
in all urbanized areas with populations over 50,000, as determined by the U.S. Census.
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Currently, Florida has 27 MPOs, the largest number of MPOs in the nation.
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Federal law and regulations give MPOs, in coordination with FDOT and others, significant
transportation planning responsibility. Federal law requires MPOs to be designated for each
urbanized area with a population of more than 50,000 individuals by agreement between the
Governor and units of general-purpose local government that together represent at least 75
percent of the affected population, including the largest incorporated city; or in accordance with
procedures established by applicable state or local law.
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Section 337.185(2)(b), F.S., defines the term “contractor” to mean a person or firm having a contract for rendering services
to FDOT relating to the construction or maintenance of a transportation facility.
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Section 337.185(2)(a), F.S., defines the term “claim” to mean the aggregate of all outstanding written requests for
additional monetary compensation, time, or other adjustments to the contract, the entitlement or impact of which is disputed
by FDOT and could not be resolved by negotiation between FDOT and the contractor.
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Section 337.185(4), F.S.
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Section 337.185(2)(c), F.S., defines the term “final acceptance” to mean that the contractor has completely performed the
work provided for under the contract, FDOT or its agent has determined that the contractor has satisfactorily completed the
work provided for under the contract, and FDOT or its agent has submitted written notice of final acceptance to the
contractor.
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Section 337.185(5), F.S.
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23 C.F.R. § 450.104.
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Federal Transit Administration, Metropolitan Planning Organization, https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-and-
guidance/transportation-planning/metropolitan-planning-organization-mpo (last visited March 28, 2025).
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A list and a map of Florida’s MPOs is available at: https://www.mpoac.org/mpos/ (last visited March 28, 2025).
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MPO Purpose/Intent
Present Situation
Florida law provides legislative intent to encourage and promote the safe and efficient
management, operation, and development of surface transportation systems that will serve the
mobility needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development within and
through the state’s urbanized areas while minimizing transportation-related fuel consumption, air
pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions through metropolitan transportation planning
processes.
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To accomplish these objectives, MPOs must develop, in cooperation with the state and public
transit operators, transportation plans and programs for metropolitan areas. These plans and
programs must provide for the development and integrated management and operation of
transportation systems and facilities that will function as an intermodal transportation system for
the metropolitan area.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill amends legislative intent regarding MPOs to emphasize:
• Developing multimodal transportation systems, instead of surface transportation systems; and
• Serving the mobility needs of people and freight and fostering economic growth and
development throughout the urbanized areas of this state while balancing conservation of
natural resources.
MPO Designation
Present Situation
An MPO must be designated for each urbanized area of the state. However, an individual MPO
is not required to be designated for each urbanized area. MPO designation is done by agreement
between the Governor and the general-purpose local governments representing at least 75
percent of the urbanized area’s population. However, the general-purpose local government
representing the central city or cities within the MPO must be a party to the agreement.
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To the extent possible, only one MPO may be designated for each urbanized area or group of
contiguous urbanized areas. More than one MPO may be designated within an existing urbanized
area only if the Governor and the existing MPO determine that the existing urbanized area’s size
and complexity makes designating more than one MPO for the area appropriate, in which case
each MPO designated for the area must:
• Consult with every other MPO designated for the urbanized area and the state to coordinate
plans and transportation improvement programs.
• Ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the consistency of data used in the planning
process, including data used in forecasting travel demand within the urbanized area.
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Section 339.175(1), F.S.
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Id.
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Section 339.175(2)(a)1., F.S.
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MPO boundaries are determined by agreement between the Governor and the MPO. The MPO’s
boundaries must include at least the metropolitan planning area but may encompass the entire
metropolitan statistical area or the consolidated metropolitan statistical area.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill provides that after July 1, 2025, no additional MPOs may be designated in Florida
except in urbanized areas
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where the urbanized area is not contiguous to an urbanized area
designated before the 2020 census.
The bill repeals the requirement that when there is more than one MPO in an urbanized area, the
MPOs must consult with every other MPO in the urbanized area and the state to coordinate plans
and transportation improvement programs and to ensure consistency in data used in the planning
process.
MPO Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities
Present Situation
Each MPO must perform all acts necessary to qualify for federal aid, and each MPO must be
involved in transportation planning and programming to the extent permitted by state or federal
law. However, an MPO may not perform project production or delivery for capital improvement
projects on the State Highway System.
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In developing its long-range transportation plan (LRTP)
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and the transportation improvement
program (TIP),
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each MPO must consider projects and strategies that will:
• Support the economic vitality of the contiguous urbanized metropolitan area, especially by
enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency.
• Increase the safety and security of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized
users.
• Increase the accessibility and mobility options available to people and for freight.
• Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, and improve quality of
life.
• Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between
modes and contiguous urbanized metropolitan areas, for people and freight.
• Promote efficient system management and operation.
• Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.
• Improve the resilience of transportation infrastructure.
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To more fully accomplish an MPO’s purposes, MPOs must develop coordination mechanisms
with one another to expand and improve transportation within the state.
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Section 339.175(2)(a)3., F.S.
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This is as defined by the United States Bureau of the Census.
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Section 339.175(6), F.S.
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The long-range transportation plan is developed pursuant to s. 339.175(7), F.S.
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The transportation improvement program is developed pursuant to s. 339.175(8), F.S.
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Section 339.175(6)(b), F.S.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill amends the considerations required by each MPO in developing its LRTP and TIP to
include conserving natural resources, instead of promoting energy conservation. Additionally,
MPOs must consider projects and strategies to reduce traffic and congestion.
The bill requires FDOT to, at least annually, convene MPOs of similar size, based on population
served, to exchange best practices.
The bill authorizes MPOs to develop committees or working groups as needed to accomplish
such purpose. At FDOT’s discretion, training for new MPO governing board members must be
provided by FDOT, by an entity pursuant to a contract with FDOT, by the Center for Urban
Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, or by Implementing Solutions for
Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies (I-STREET) Living Lab at
the University of Florida.
MPO Consolidation Report
Present Situation
By December 31, 2023, the MPOs serving Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties were
required to submit a feasibility report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives exploring the benefits, costs, and process of
consolidation into a single MPO serving the contiguous urbanized area, the goals of which would
be to:
• Coordinate transportation projects deemed to be regionally significant.
• Review the impact of regionally significant land use decisions on the region.
• Review all proposed regionally significant transportation projects in the transportation
improvement programs.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill repeals this obsolete report requirement.
MPO Long-Range Transportation Plans
Present Situation
Each MPO must develop an LRTP addressing at least a 20-year planning horizon. The LRTP
must include both long-range and short-range strategies. The prevailing principles to be
considered in the LRTP are preserving the existing transportation infrastructure; enhancing
Florida's economic competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure mobility.
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The LRTP must be consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with future land use elements and
the goals, objectives, and policies of the approved local government comprehensive plans of the
local government within the MPO. Each MPO is encouraged to consider strategies integrating
transportation and land use planning to provide for sustainable development and reduce
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Section 339.175(6)(i), F.S.
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Section 339.175(7), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 17
greenhouse gas emissions. Local governments must consider LRTPs in developing transportation
elements in local government comprehensive plans.
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In developing its LRTP, each MPO must provide the public and other interested parties with a
reasonable opportunity to comment. The MPO must approve its LRTP.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill revises provisions relating to MPO LRTPs by removing the requirement that multiple
MPOs within a contiguous urbanized area must coordinate the development of LRTPs to be
reviewed by the MPOAC.
The bill includes public-private partnerships in the list of innovative financing techniques that
MPOs may consider.
Regarding transportation enhancement activities, the bill includes the integration of advanced air
mobility and integration of autonomous and electric vehicles, electric bicycles, and motorized
scooters used for freight, commuter or micromobility purposes. The bill removes historic
preservation, mitigation of water pollution due to highway runoff, and control of outdoor
advertising as potential transportation enhancement activities.
MPO Agreements and Accountability
Present Situation
Currently, there are no MPO-specific statutory accountability provisions.
Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill authorizes each MPO to execute a written agreement with FDOT, which must be
reviewed, and updated as necessary, every five years, which clearly establishes the cooperative
relationship essential to accomplish state and federal transportation planning requirements.
Roles, responsibilities, and expectations for accomplishing consistency with federal and state
requirements and priorities must be set forth in the agreement. In addition, the agreement must
set forth the MPO’s responsibility, in collaboration with FDOT, to identify, prioritize, and
present a complete list of multimodal transportation projects consistent with the metropolitan
planning area’s needs. It is FDOT’s responsibility to provide projects in the state transportation
improvement plan.
The bill requires FDOT to establish, in collaboration with each MPO, quality performance
metrics such as safety, infrastructure condition, congestion relief, and mobility. Each MPO, as
part of its LRTP, in direct coordination with FDOT, must develop targets for each performance
measure within the metropolitan planning area. The performance targets must support efficient
and safe movement of people and goods both within the metropolitan planning area and between
regions. Each MPO must report progress toward establishing performance targets for each
measure annually in its transportation improvement plan. FDOT must evaluate and post on its
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Section 339.175(7), F.S.
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website whether each MPO has made significant progress toward its target for the applicable
reporting period.
Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council
Present Situation
The Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council (MPOAC), consisting of one
representative from each MPO, was established to augment, and not supplant, the individual
MPO’s role in the cooperative transportation planning process.
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The MPOAC’s powers and duties are to:
• Establish bylaws providing procedural rules to guide its proceedings and consideration of
matters before the MPOAC, or, alternatively, adopt rules to implement provisions of law
conferring powers or duties upon it.
• Assist MPOs in carrying out the urbanized area transportation planning process by serving as
the principal forum for collective policy discussion.
• Serve as a clearinghouse for review and comment by MPOs on the Florida Transportation
Plan and on other issues required to comply with federal or state law in carrying out the
urbanized area transportation and systematic planning processes. The MPOAC must annually
report to the Florida Transportation Commission on the alignment of MPO LRTPs with the
Florida Transportation Plan.
• Employ an executive director and such other staff as necessary to adequately perform its
functions.
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• Deliver training on federal and state program requirements and procedures to MPO board
members and MPO staff.
• Adopt a strategic plan, prioritizing steps it will take to carry out its mission within the context
of the state comprehensive plan and any other statutory mandates and directives.
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The MPOAC may enter into contracts to support the activities described above. Lobbying and
the acceptance of funds, grants, assistance, gifts, or bequests from private, local, state, or federal
sources are prohibited.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill repeals the MPOAC.
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Sections 339.175(11)(a) and (b), F.S.
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The MPOAC is assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation for fiscal and accountability purposes. It
otherwise functions independently of FDOT’s control and direction.
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Section 339.175(11)(c), F.S.
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Strategic Intermodal System Highway Corridors (Section 17)
Present Situation
Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) is its high priority network of transportation
facilities important to the state's economy and mobility.
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FDOT must plan and develop SIS
highway corridors to allow for high-speed and high-volume.
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SIS highway corridors include
facilities on State Highway System that meet FDOT-adopted criteria, including Interstate
highways, the Florida Turnpike System, interregional and intercity limited access facilities,
existing interregional and intercity arterial highways meeting certain standards, and new limited
access facilities necessary to complete a balanced statewide system.
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FDOT must develop and maintain a plan of SIS highway corridor projects that it anticipates, to
contract for construction within at least the next 20 years. This plan must also identify when SIS
Highway Corridor segments will meet SIS standards and criteria.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill requires FDOT, in its SIS highway corridors plan of projects, to prioritize projects
affecting gaps in a corridor so that the corridor becomes contiguous in its functional
characteristics.
Greater Miami Expressway Agency (GMX) (Section 18)
Present Situation
Part I of ch. 348, F.S., creates the GMX in Miami-Dade County and a portion of Monroe
County.
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GMX operates and maintains the Airport Expressway (SR 112), the Dolphin
Expressway (SR 836), the Don Shula Expressway (SR 874), the Snapper Creek Expressway (SR
878) and the Gratigny Parkway (SR 924).
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GMX’s governing board consists of the following nine voting members:
• Four members, appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, each of whom
must be a permanent resident of Miami-Dade County;
• Two members, appointed by the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, who
must be residents of an unincorporated portion GMX’s geographic boundaries
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and reside
within 15 miles of an area with the highest amount of agency toll roads;
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FDOT, Strategic Intermodal System, https://www.fdot.gov/planning/systems/sis (last visited Mar. 28, 2025).
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Section 339.65(1), F.S.
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Section 339.65(2), F.S.
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Section 339.65(4), F.S.
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Section 348.0304(1), F.S.
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Greater Miami Expressway Agency, History of Greater Miami-Expressway Agency, https://gmx-way.com/about/history
(last visited April 2, 2025).
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GMX serves the geographical boundaries of Miami-Dade County and the portion of northeast Monroe County including
County Road 94 and the portion of Monroe County bounded on the north and east by the borders of Monroe County and on
the south and west by County Road 94. See 348.0304(2), F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 20
• Two members, appointed by the metropolitan planning organization for a county GMX
serves, who must be residents of incorporated municipalities within a county served by the
GMX; and
• The FDOT district secretary serving in the district that contains Miami-Dade County shall
serve as an ex officio voting member.
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Appointments made by the Governor and board of county commissioners of Miami-Dade
County must reflect the state's interests in the transportation sector and represent GMX’s intent,
duties, and purpose, and have at least three years of professional experience in one or more of the
following areas: finance; land use planning; tolling industry; or transportation engineering.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill amends s. 348.0304(3)(a), F.S., modifying the requirements for GMX governing body
members. It deletes the requirement that two of the members (that are appointed by the Miami-
Dade board of county commissioners) must reside within 15 miles of an area with the highest
amount of agency toll roads. The bill replaces this requirement with one that requires such
persons must, instead, reside within 15 miles of any agency toll road. It maintains the
requirement in current law that such persons must be residents of an unincorporated portion of
GMX’s geographic boundaries.
Interstate 4 Widening (Section 21)
Present Situation
Included in FDOT’s Moving Florida Forward Initiative is the acceleration of the addition of two
new express lanes in each direction along Interstate 4 (I-4) from west of U.S. 27 in Polk County
to east of World Center Drive (S.R. 536) in Orange County. FDOT is also accelerating the
construction of two new congestion relief lanes, one in each direction, between U.S. 27 and east
of World Drive.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill provides legislative findings that widening of I-4 from U.S. 27 in Polk County to I-75 in
Hillsborough County is in the state’s public interest and the region’s strategic interest to improve
the movement of people and goods.
The bill requires FDOT to develop a report on the efficient widening I-4 from U.S. 27 in Polk
County to I-75 in Hillsborough County. The report must include, but is not limited to, detailed
cost projections and schedules for project development and environmental studies, design,
acquisition of rights-of-way, and construction. The report must identify funding shortfalls and
provide strategies to address such shortfalls, including, but not limited to, the use of express
lanes toll revenues
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generated on the I-4 corridor and FDOT funds available for public-private
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Section 348.0304(3)(a), F.S. Except for the FDOT district secretary, each member must be a permanent resident of either
Miami-Dade or Monroe County and may not hold, or have held in the previous two years, elected or appointed office in such
county.
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Id.
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FDOT, Moving I-4 Forward, https://movingi4forward.com/ (last visited Mar. 28, 2025).
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Tolls on express lanes are authorized in s. 338.166, F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 21
partnerships.
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By December 31, 2025, FDOT must submit its report to the Governor, the
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Conforming Changes (Sections 5, 19-20)
The bill repeals s. 331.3051(14), F.S., requiring Space Florida to partner with the MPOAC
regarding aerospace planning and programming in Florida’s cooperative planning process. This
is to conform to the repeal of the MPOAC.
The bill amends s. 331.310, F.S., conforming a cross-reference.
The bill reenacts s. 332.115, F.S., incorporating a change made to s. 332.004, F.S.
Effective Date (Section 22)
The bill takes effect July 1, 2025.
IV. Constitutional Issues:
A. Municipality/County Mandates Restrictions:
None.
B. Public Records/Open Meetings Issues:
None.
C. Trust Funds Restrictions:
None.
D. State Tax or Fee Increases:
None.
E. Other Constitutional Issues:
None.
V. Fiscal Impact Statement:
A. Tax/Fee Issues:
The bill (section 1) allocates to the STTF $4.167 million monthly in sales tax revenues
which are currently allocated to the General Revenue Fund.
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Public-private partnerships are authorized in s. 334.30, F.S. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 22
B. Private Sector Impact:
The bill will collectively have an indeterminate negative fiscal impact on the private
sector through increased insurance costs for FDOT contactors performing certain work
over navigable waters (section 12).
C. Government Sector Impact:
The bill (section 1) allocates $4.167 million monthly of the sales tax revenue currently
allocated to General Revenue to the STTF.
The bill (section 2) requires each county to annually submit transportation project data to
FDOT. Counties will incur indeterminate costs to compile and provide this data. FDOT
will also incur costs associated with compiling this data and publishing it on its website.
The bill (section 9) authorizes FDOT to expend up to $5 million per fiscal year, from the
STTF, in grants to state colleges and school districts to support offering elective courses
in heavy civil construction. This provision authorizes transfer of state transportation
funds to state colleges and school districts.
The bill (section 21) requires FDOT to develop a report regarding the widening of I-4.
FDOT will incur indeterminate costs to develop this report.
VI. Technical Deficiencies:
None.
VII. Related Issues:
Section 1 of the bill directs the Department of Revenue to “reassess,” every 5 fiscal years, a
monthly distribution of $4.167 million to the STTF. However, the bill does not appear to provide
on what basis this reassessment is to be completed, and the bill does not appear to allow for this
distribution to be revised by the Department of Revenue.
VIII. Statutes Affected:
This bill substantially amends the following sections of the Florida Statutes: 212.20, 316.183,
316.187, 331.3051, 331.3051, 332.004, 332.006, 332.007, 334.044, 334.065, 337.11, 337.1101,
337.14, 337.185, 339.175, 339.65, 348.0304, and 610.106.
This bill creates the following sections of the Florida Statutes: 218.3215 and 334.63.
This bill conforms a cross-reference in s. 310.310 of the Florida Statutes.
This bill reenacts s. 332.115 of the Florida Statutes.
This bill creates one undesignated section of Florida Statutes. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 23
IX. Additional Information:
A. Committee Substitute – Statement of Substantial Changes:
(Summarizing differences between the Committee Substitute and the prior version of the bill.)
CS/CS by Regulated Industries on April 1, 2025:
• Removes a requirement that certain contract-related lawsuits by and against the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) related to warranty and construction
defect claims made after final acceptance, must be made within 360 days after
notification of the claim.
• Removes portions of the bill relating to utility relocation—specifically, the following:
o A requirement that certain underground utility facilities be electronically
detectable;
o A requirement that utility owners pay authorities (FDOT and local jurisdictions)
reasonable damages for failure or refusal to timely remove or relocate a utility;
o Requirements for the use of as-built plans as it relates to completed utility work in
the right-of-way;
o An authorization for FDOT, if certain conditions are met, to reimburse a utility
owner for a portion of the utility owner’s relocation costs;
o Procedures for FDOT and the utility owner to follow related to notice
requirements, the submission of relocation plans, and the need for additional
work; and
o A requirement that FDOT establish mediation boards to resolve utility-related
disputes and requirements for such boards.
• Revises the governing body of the nine-member Greater Miami Expressway Agency.
It deletes the requirement that two of the members (that are appointed by the Miami-
Dade board of county commissioners) must reside within 15 miles of an area with the
highest amount of agency toll roads. The committee substitute replaces this
requirement with one that such persons must, instead, reside within 15 miles of any
agency toll road.
CS by Transportation on March 19, 2025:
• Revises the monthly distribution of sales tax revenues to the STTF to $4.167 million.
• Increases maximum allowable highway speed limits on certain highways by 5 miles
per hour.
• Authorizes public-use airports to participate in the FAA’s Airport Investment
Partnership Program and to contract with a private partner to operate the airport under
lease or agreement.
• Makes airports operating under public-private partnership agreements eligible for
certain aviation-related funding.
• Revises the membership of the board for the Center for Urban Transportation
Research at the University of South Florida.
• Revises provisions regarding FDOT’s requirements if it receives bids outside of its
criteria to automatically award the bid.
• Requires the utility owner to pay actual, instead of reasonable, damages and costs
associated with its failure or refusal to timely relocate utilities. BILL: CS/CS/SB 462 Page 24
• Authorizes FDOT to reimburse the utility owner for a portion of its utility relocation
costs if certain conditions are met.
• Authorizes FDOT to withhold amounts due to a utility owner or withhold the
issuance of new permits to the utility owner in the same FDOT district where the
utility relocation is located, if the utility owner is not meeting certain obligations.
• Provides that the members of FDOT’s mediation boards are compensated for their
services.
• Revises provisions relating to MPOs, including requiring the exchange of best
practices, and accountability and transparency requirements, and the repeal of the
MPOAC.
• Clarifies the scope of FDOT’s report on the widening of I-4.
• Makes other technical and conforming changes.
B. Amendments:
None.
This Senate Bill Analysis does not reflect the intent or official position of the bill’s introducer or the Florida Senate.