Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1160
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00737-22                                            20221160__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to transportation research; creating
    3         s. 334.066, F.S.; establishing the Implementing
    4         Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluating
    5         Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I-STREET) within the
    6         University of Florida; specifying the duties of I
    7         STREET; requiring I-STREET to annually provide the
    8         Governor and the Legislature with a certain report;
    9         requiring the creation of a certain advisory board;
   10         specifying the composition and duties of the board;
   11         providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 334.066, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         334.066 Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research
   18  and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab.—
   19         (1) The Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research
   20  and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I-STREET) is
   21  established within the University of Florida.
   22         (2) At a minimum, I-STREET shall:
   23         (a) Conduct and facilitate research on issues related to
   24  innovative transportation mobility and safety technology
   25  development and deployment in this state and serve as an
   26  information exchange and depository for the most current
   27  information pertaining to transportation research, education,
   28  workforce development, and related issues.
   29         (b) Be a continuing resource for the Legislature, the
   30  Department of Transportation, local governments, the nation’s
   31  metropolitan regions, and the private sector in the area of
   32  transportation and related research.
   33         (c) Promote intercampus transportation and related research
   34  activities among Florida universities to enhance the ability of
   35  these universities to attract federal and private sector funding
   36  for transportation and related research.
   37         (d) Provide by July 1, 2023, and each July 1 thereafter, to
   38  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   39  the House of Representatives a comprehensive report that
   40  outlines its clearly defined goals and its efforts and progress
   41  on reaching those goals.
   42         (3) An advisory board shall be created to periodically
   43  review and advise I-STREET concerning its research program. The
   44  board shall consist of nine members in transportation-related
   45  areas, as follows:
   46         (a) A member appointed by the President of the Senate.
   47         (b) A member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
   48  Representatives.
   49         (c) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designee.
   50         (d) The Secretary of Economic Opportunity or his or her
   51  designee.
   52         (e) A member of the Florida Transportation Commission.
   53         (f) Four members nominated by the University of Florida’s
   54  College of Engineering and approved by the university’s
   55  president. The College of Engineering’s nominees may include
   56  representatives of the University of Florida, other academic and
   57  research institutions, or private entities.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.