Fla. Stat. § 348.0301
Short title
This part may be cited as the “Greater Miami Expressway Agency Act of 2023.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 348 — EXPRESSWAY AND BRIDGE AUTHORITIES
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Fla. Stat. § 348.0303
Definitions
As used in the this part, the term:(1) “Agency” means the body politic, corporate, and agency of the state created by this part.(2) “Agency of the state” means and includes the state and any department of, or corporation, agency, or instrumentality created, designated, or established by, the state.(3) “Bonds” means and…
Fla. Stat. § 348.03031
Legislative findings, intent, and declaration
(1) The Legislature finds the need to clarify the legal status, ownership, and control of the roads that constitute the expressway system in Miami-Dade County and portions of northeast Monroe County, following Miami-Dade County’s attempt to abolish the Greater Miami Expressway Agency in Miami-Dade Ordinance 21-35 (May…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0304
Greater Miami Expressway Agency
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Greater Miami Expressway Agency prioritizes the best interests of the toll payors of South Florida.(2) There is hereby created and established a body politic and corporate, an agency of the state, to be known as the “Greater Miami Expressway Agency.” The agency shall ser…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0305
Ethics requirements
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, members and employees of the agency are subject to part III of chapter 112. As used in this section, the term:(a) “Agency” means the Greater Miami Expressway Agency.(b) “Lobby” means to seek to influence the agency, on behalf of another person, with respec…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0306
Purposes and powers
(1)(a) The agency created and established pursuant to this act may acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, and own an expressway system.(b) The agency, in the construction of an expressway system, may construct expressways. Construction of an expressway system may be completed in segments, phases, or stag…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0307
Greater Miami Toll Rebate Program
There is created by the agency the Greater Miami Toll Rebate Program.(1) The agency shall develop and implement a monthly rebate program for the month beginning January 1, 2020, subject to:(a) Compliance with any covenants made with the holders of the agency’s bonds which are in the trust indentures or resolutions adop…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0308
Public-private partnership
The Legislature declares that there is a public need for the rapid construction of safe and efficient transportation facilities for traveling within the state and that it is in the public’s interest to provide for public-private partnership agreements to effectuate the construction of additional safe, convenient, and e…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0309
Bonds
(1) Bonds may be issued on behalf of the agency as provided by the State Bond Act.(2)(a) The agency may issue bonds pursuant to this part which do not pledge the full faith and credit of the state in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the agency, is necessary to provide sufficient moneys for achieving its corp…
Fla. Stat. § 348.03101
Department may be appointed agent of agency for construction
The department may be appointed by the agency as its agent for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to an expressway system and for the completion thereof. In such event, the agency shall provide the department with complete copies of all documents, agreements, resolutions, contracts, and instruments…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0311
Acquisition of lands and property
(1) For the purposes of this act, the agency may acquire such rights, title, or interest in private or public property and such property rights, including easements, rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation by eminent domain proceedings, as the agency may deem necessary for any…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0312
Cooperation with other units, boards, agencies, and individuals
Express authority and power is given and granted to any county, municipality, drainage district, road and bridge district, school district, or other political subdivision, board, commission, or individual in or of this state to enter into contracts, leases, conveyances, or other agreements within the provisions and pur…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0313
Covenant of the state
The state does hereby pledge to, and agrees with, any person, firm, corporation, or federal or state agency subscribing to or acquiring the bonds to be issued by the agency for the purposes of this act that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the agency and the department until all bonds at an…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0314
Exemption from taxation
The effectuation of the authorized purposes of the agency is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions. For this reason, the agency is not required to pay any taxes or assessments of any ki…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0315
Public accountability
(1) The agency shall post the following information on its website:(a) Audited financial statements and any interim financial reports.(b) Board and committee meeting agendas, meeting packets, and minutes.(c) Bond covenants for any outstanding bond issues.(d) Agency budgets.(e) Agency contracts. For purposes of this par…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0316
Eligibility for investments and security
Any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this part shall be and constitute legal investments for banks, savings banks, trustees, executors, administrators, and all other fiduciaries and for all state, municipal, and other public funds and shall also be and constitute securities eligible for deposit as security…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0317
Pledges enforceable by bondholders
It is the express intention of this part that any pledge by the department of rates, fees, revenues, county gasoline tax funds, or other funds, as rentals, to the agency, or any covenants or agreements relative thereto, may be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction against the agency or directly against the…
Fla. Stat. § 348.0318
This part complete and additional authority
(1) The powers conferred by this part are in addition and supplemental to the existing powers of the department and the governing body of the agency, and this part may not be construed as repealing any of the provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, but to supersede such other laws in the exercise of th…
Fla. Stat. § 348.50
Title of law
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority Law.”
Fla. Stat. § 348.51
Definitions
The following terms whenever used or referred to in this part shall have the following meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) “Agency of the state” means and includes the state and any department of, or corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter create…
Fla. Stat. § 348.52
Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority
(1) There is hereby created and established a body politic and corporate, an agency of the state, to be known as the “Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority.”(2) The governing body of the authority shall consist of a board of seven members.(a) Four of the members shall be appointed by the Governor subject to co…
Fla. Stat. § 348.53
Purposes of the authority
The authority is created for the purposes and shall have power to construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, repair, maintain and operate the expressway system. It is hereby found and declared that such purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Florida, the City of Tampa, and the County o…
Fla. Stat. § 348.54
Powers of the authority
Except as otherwise limited herein, the authority shall have the power:(1) To sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all courts.(2) To adopt, use and alter at will, a seal.(3) To acquire, purchase, hold, lease as lessee and use any franchise, property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or int…
Fla. Stat. § 348.545
Facility improvement; bond financing authority
Pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution, the Legislature hereby approves for bond financing by the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority improvements to toll collection facilities, interchanges to the legislatively approved expressway system, and any other facility appurtenant, necessary, or i…
Fla. Stat. § 348.56
Bonds of the authority
(1)(a) Bonds may be issued on behalf of the authority pursuant to the State Bond Act.(b) Alternatively, the authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, shall be necessary to provide sufficient moneys for achieving…
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