Bill Text: FL H1331 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Transportation Projects

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/CS/SB 1842 (Vetoed by Governor); Laid on Table -HJ 01170 [H1331 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1331-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1331

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to transportation projects; creating s.
3	335.199, F.S.; directing the Department of Transportation
4	to notify local governmental entities of certain proposed
5	projects before the design is finalized; providing a time
6	frame for notification; requiring the local governmental
7	entity to receive and review public input regarding the
8	effects of the project on local business and to provide
9	comments to the department; directing the department to
10	consider the comments in the final design of the project;
11	providing an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1. Section 335.199, Florida Statutes, is created
16	to read:
17	335.199 Transportation projects modifying access to
18	adjacent property.-
19	(1) Whenever the Department of Transportation proposes any
20	project on the State Highway System which will divide a state
21	highway, erect median barriers modifying currently available
22	vehicle turning movements, or have the effect of closing or
23	modifying an existing access to an abutting property owner, the
24	department shall notify all affected municipalities and counties
25	at least 180 days before the design of the project is finalized.
26	(2) If the project is within the boundaries of a
27	municipality, the notification shall be issued in writing to the
28	chief elected official of the municipality. If the project is in
29	the unincorporated area of a county, the notification shall be
30	issued in writing to the chief elected official of the county.
31	(3) The affected municipality or county must receive and
32	review public input on how the dividing of the state highway,
33	the erecting of median barriers, or the closing or modifying of
34	access will affect access to businesses and the potential
35	economic impact of the project on the local business community.
36	The affected municipality or county shall have 60 days after the
37	date the notice is provided under this section to provide
38	comments to the department regarding how the project will affect
39	access to businesses and the potential economic impact of the
40	project on the local business community.
41	(4) The department must review all comments submitted by a
42	local governmental entity under this section and must take the
43	comments into consideration in the final design of the highway
44	project.
45	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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