PCS for HB 551 (Original 2020) — A Bill Relating to Transportation Disadvantaged
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PCS for HB 551, original 2020, a bill to be entitled an act relating to transportation disadvantaged. The bill requires community transportation coordinators, in cooperation with the coordinating board, to increase and support programs that enhance cross-county mobility for specified purposes for the transportation disadvantaged, and requires each coordinating board to evaluate multicounty or regional transportation opportunities. Section 1 adds subsection (10) to section 427.0155, Florida Statutes, covering access to employment, health care, education, shopping, or other life-sustaining services across one or more county lines. Section 2 amends section 427.0157, Florida Statutes, which provides that each board shall meet at least quarterly. Section 3 states that the act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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“PCS for HB 551 (Original 2020) — A Bill Relating to Transportation Disadvantaged.”
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
PCS for HB 551 ORIGINAL 2020
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to transportation disadvantaged;
3 amending s. 427.0155, F.S.; requiring community
4 transportation coordinators, in cooperation with the
5 coordinating board, to increase and support programs
6 that enhance cross-county mobility for specified
7 purposes for the transportation disadvantaged;
8 amending s. 427.0157, F.S.; requiring each
9 coordinating board to evaluate multicounty or regional
10 transportation opportunities to increase and support
11 programs that enhance cross-county mobility for
12 specified purposes for the transportation
13 disadvantaged; providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 427.0155,
18 Florida Statutes, to read:
19 427.0155 Community transportation coordinators; powers and
20 duties.—Community transportation coordinators shall have the
21 following powers and duties:
22 (10) In cooperation with the coordinating board, increase
23 and support programs that enhance cross-county mobility for the
24 transportation disadvantaged to access employment, health care,
25 education, shopping, or other life-sustaining services across
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26 one or more county lines.
27 Section 2. Section 427.0157, Florida Statutes, is amended
28 to read:
29 427.0157 Coordinating boards; powers and duties.—The
30 purpose of each coordinating board is to develop local service
31 needs and to provide information, advice, and direction to the
32 community transportation coordinators on the coordination of
33 services to be provided to the transportation disadvantaged. The
34 commission shall, by rule, establish the membership of
35 coordinating boards. The members of each board shall be
36 appointed by the metropolitan planning organization or
37 designated official planning agency. The appointing authority
38 shall provide each board with sufficient staff support and
39 resources to enable the board to fulfill its responsibilities
40 under this section. Each board shall meet at least quarterly and
41 shall:
42 (1) Review and approve the coordinated community
43 transportation disadvantaged service plan, including the
44 memorandum of agreement, prior to submittal to the commission.;
45 (2) Evaluate services provided in meeting the approved
46 plan.;
47 (3) In cooperation with the community transportation
48 coordinator, review and provide recommendations to the
49 commission on funding applications affecting the transportation
50 disadvantaged.;
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51 (4) Assist the community transportation coordinator in
52 establishing eligibility guidelines and priorities with regard
53 to the recipients of nonsponsored transportation disadvantaged
54 services that are purchased with Transportation Disadvantaged
55 Trust Fund moneys.
56 (5) Review the coordination strategies of service
57 provision to the transportation disadvantaged in the designated
58 service area.; and
59 (6) Evaluate multicounty or regional transportation
60 opportunities to increase and support programs that enhance
61 cross-county mobility for the transportation disadvantaged to
62 access employment, health care, education, shopping, or other
63 life-sustaining services across one or more county lines.
64 (7) Work cooperatively with local workforce development
65 boards established in chapter 445 to provide assistance in the
66 development of innovative transportation services for
67 participants in the welfare transition program.
68 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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