Bill Text: FL S0250 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: High-occupancy Toll Lanes and Express Lanes
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Withdrawn from further consideration [S0250 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0250-Introduced.html
Bill Title: High-occupancy Toll Lanes and Express Lanes
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Withdrawn from further consideration [S0250 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0250-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SB 250 By Senator Artiles 40-00329-17 2017250__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to high-occupancy toll lanes and 3 express lanes; amending s. 338.166, F.S.; specifying 4 that the Department of Transportation may only collect 5 tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes 6 for the discharge of certain bond indebtedness on a 7 project existing before a specified date; requiring 8 that the tolls be eliminated after discharge of the 9 project’s bond indebtedness; prohibiting the creation 10 of high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes on or 11 after a specified date; requiring existing lanes to no 12 longer be high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes 13 upon elimination of their tolls; providing an 14 effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1. Section 338.166, Florida Statutes, is amended to 19 read: 20 338.166 Termination of high-occupancy toll lanes or express 21 lanes.— 22 (1) Under s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, the 23 department may request the Division of Bond Finance to issue 24 bonds secured by toll revenues collected on high-occupancy toll 25 lanes or express lanes established on facilities owned by the 26 department. However, 27(2)the department may onlycontinue tocollect athetoll 28 onthehigh-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes forafterthe 29 discharge of any bond indebtedness related to asuchproject 30 that exists before July 1, 2017. After the discharge of any bond 31 indebtedness related to such project, the toll on the high 32 occupancy toll lanes or express lanes must be eliminatedAll33tolls so collected shall first be used to pay the annual cost of34the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the high35occupancy toll lanes or express lanes project or associated36transportationsystem. 37 (2)(3)High-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes may not 38 be created on or after July 1, 2017. Upon elimination of the 39 tolls on existing high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes 40 pursuant to subsection (1), such lanes may continue to exist but 41 not as high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanesAny remaining42toll revenue from the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes43shall be used by the department for the construction,44maintenance, or improvement of any road on the State Highway45System within the county or counties in which the toll revenues46were collected or to support express bus service on the facility47where the toll revenues were collected. 48 (3)(4)The department may implement variable rate tolls on 49 high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes. 50 (4)(5)Except for high-occupancy toll lanes or express 51 lanes, tolls may not be charged for use of an interstate highway 52 where tolls were not charged as of July 1, 1997. 53 (5)(6)This section does not apply to the turnpike system 54 as defined under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law. 55 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.