Bill Text: FL S1090 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Express Lanes

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations [S1090 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1090-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1090
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00666C-20                                          20201090__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to express lanes; creating s. 338.167,
    3         F.S.; prohibiting express lanes and tolls on a
    4         specified state road; requiring the Department of
    5         Transportation to remove all existing express lanes
    6         and the imposition of tolls; providing an effective
    7         date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 338.167, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         338.167 Prohibition of express lanes and tolls on specified
   14  facilities.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
   15  contrary, effective July 1, 2020, the department may not operate
   16  any express lanes or impose any tolls on State Road 826. As of
   17  July 1, 2020, the department shall remove all express lanes on
   18  State Road 826 and convert those lanes to general purpose lanes
   19  and remove the imposition of all tolls.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.