ADD 0:'J Agenda Item #: , F 1 PALM BEACH COUNTY

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY

==============================================-------------------Meeting Date: February 26, 2008

Department:

Submitted By: Legislative Affairs

Submitted For: Administration

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Consent [X] Regular Ordinance [] Public Hearing

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Motion and Title: Staff requests Board direction on SB 1512 relating to Transportation and Transit Authorities.

Summary: SB 1512 filed by Senator Geller requires that 80% of the proceeds from the rental car surcharge collected in each county served by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority to be deposited in an account held by the authority, providing that the Department of Transportation and the counties are relieved of certain funding obligations if a recurring funding source, including the rental car surcharge, is dedicated to the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA). These funding obligations include the requirement that each county dedicate not less than $2.67 million to the authority annually in addition to an amount not less than $1.565 million annually to fund to the operations of the SFRT A.

Background and Justification: Currently, a $2 rental car surcharge is applied to car rental on the first 30 days of term of any lease or rental. Eighty percent of the surcharge is deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund and 20% is deposited into the Tourism Promotional Trust Fund. According to statute, the proceeds deposited in the State Transportation Trust Fund shall be allocated on an annual basis in the Department of Transportation's work program to each department district, except the Turnpike District. The amount allocated for each district shall be based upon the amount of proceeds attributed to the counties within each respective district.

Each County currently served by the SFRTA is required to dedicate not less than $2.67 million to the authority annually. In addition, each county must annually fund the operations of the SFRTA in an amount not less than $1 .565 million. If this legislation were to pass, at least $42 million of the existing $2 rental car surcharge available to Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties would be directed to the authority to fund its capital, operating and maintenance expenses, and the counties would no longer be required to fund their statutory obligations. What remains unclear is how the $42 million· dedicated to transit will affect DOT dollars allocated toward the County's 5 year plan. DOT has indicated that it would be taken from existing 5-year program projects and could include SR-7 (from SR704 to Northlake) and SR-710 (Port of Palm Beach connection).

Attachments: 1. SB 1512 2. FOOT Potential Project Impacts

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II. FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS

A. Five Year Summary of Fiscal Impact:

Fiscal Years: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Capital Expenditures

Operating Costs *SEE OFMI COMMENTS B ELOW* -~~.

External Revenues --·

Program Income (Coun~) ··-

In-Kind Match (Countv)

NET FISCAL IMPACT .. -. ·-

# ADDITIONAL FTE POSITIONS (Cumulative) _ _ _

Is Item Included In Current Budget? Yes No

Budget Account No: Fund_ Agency_Org._Object __ Reporting Category __

8. Recommended Sources of Funds/Summary of Fiscal Impact:

Ill. REVIEW COMMENTS

A. OFMB Fiscal and/or Contract Dev. and Control Comments: If the legislation passes, PBC's current funding obligation ($7,036,950 for FY 2008) would cease effective in FY 2009. However, there is also a potential loss to the Five Year Road Program funding from the DOT.

B. Legal Sufficiency:

C. Other Department Review:

SB1512, as current l y written, only r elieves t he County of i t s fundi ng obligation to the SFRTA (of 1 .565 mi lli on) under Section 343 .58(3), Florida Statute . It does no t r elieve t he County of i ts funding obligation, i n the amount of 2 . 67 mi l l i on, under Section 343. 58(1).

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Florida Senate - 2008 3.1 03228-00

By Senator Ge.ller

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A bill Lo be e ntltl ed

/In ac l 1e .l a ting to transpo1 tat. i.on a nd transit a ut hod t.ie,;;

amend i.ug s. 120. 52, F. S.; rev .ls i ng the de tiniLion of

" a,geney" ro exclutle any t.ransporta U 011 or ti:ansi t

authocily established under ch . 3 43 , E' . S . , from the

pn,visions of t.he Admi.ni.strat:ive Procedure AGt ; amending

s. 212.0606 , F.S .; requi ring a certain per:centage of the

proceeds .from t he rental ear sun:harge co.l 1 ected j 11

count .I es served by t: he South E' l ori da Regional

'l' rans portat .. i.on Aut:hori. t:y to be deposi ted in an a c:count

held by the authot·ity; ~·equiri11g the llepar t 1oe11L of Revenue

r.o provi de infonnatj on i::egardi ng such stu:c har ge Lo t he

ant.hority each year by a spec:ified date ; amend i ng ss.

341.303 and 343.50, f.S.; providing Lha L the llepar lme nl of

'I' ca usport.a t:ion j s relieved of certai n fuudi ng obligaU ons

if a recurTing funding soun:e, incl udi.ng t he r enta l car

s urcho1tge, ls dedi ca ted to the South f'lorida Rogl<> nal

Tra11sporli0t i on Authority ; providing that conn ties served

by t.he a u thod ty rnay be relieved ot their funding

o li Ii gatio11s under cei::t.<1 i11 ci rcumslances; providing an

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Be Tt ~,acted by the Le gis l ature or the Seate of Florida :

Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1 20.52, Florida

Statutes , is a mended to i:ead:

120 . 52 Oef.initions. •·/IS used in this i:1<:L :

( 1 I " l\geuc y " means :

(a) The Governor i,, the exercise of all executive µowers

other than t.hose derived from t he cons ti t.ution.

(b) l!:ad1 :

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Fish and !H ldl.i fe Coinservat i.on Couuuission wh,rn act.i ng pur~uant to

st.aLntory a ul.hoi:ity der.ived from t h e T,eg i s l.a lure.

5. RP-g ional p tanning agency.

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govet·n i ng hoard comprised of. nonelectecl p e1:sons.

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0. Entity described In e hapters 1.63 , 373 , 380, and 58 2 and

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le ) Each other unit. of 9overiunen 1. in the state, including

counties a nd municipalities , 1.0 Lhe extent. Lhe y are express.ly

made s 1~iect to this act by general or s pecial law or exisLl ng

judicial dec isions.

'l'his def.init i.011 does not i 11clude a n y 1.egal entity or ayency

c reated in who .I e or i .n pai:t pui:suant to 1:J.1, t ! i .;].' c hapter. 361.,

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to s. 339 . 175 , any separaLe legal or adminls tratj ve enllly

e r e a ted pn.r suau t to s . 3 3 9 . 175 of whi c h a metropo 1..i Lan planning

organization is a men~)er, an expressway authority pursuant to

c hapter 3 40 , .JJ )·. ,:;,i,. transportat ion a u t hori Ly under c/ ,,,1:•t.,, ,. }'!.'·i •.;t,

c hapt er 3 49, any legal or act,ni nistrat.ive e nti t y c r eated by a n

i nter!ocaJ. agreement. pur suant to s. 163.0·1 (7), unless auy party

to such agreornent i.s otherwise a n agency as d<:lfj ned in t.h l:;

subsection, or any nml ti.county special d istt·ict wl t h a majm:-ily

of its gover·ning board comp rl sect of elected penions; however,

this defini tion s hall include a l.'egional water s upply aul.horlt.y.

Section 2. Paragraph (c ) is added to subsection (2 ) of

sect.Jon 212 .0 60 6 , Florida Statutes, Lo read:

2 L2. 0606 Renta l car surch arge. -··

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341. :JO .l, ~'lorida Sta tutes , is amended to rea d:

341.303 Funding a u1.hu ri.ialio11 a nti appLopr.iations;

eligibil i ty a11d participat i on .

( 4) E'UN U l'AR'l'ICIPA'l'lON ; SERVICE DF.:VEI,Ol'HEN'r. •

(a) 'l'he departmen t is auLhot'ized Lo fond up to 50 percent

of t he net operating costs of any eligible i n tercity or con~uter

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Section 4. Subsections (2 J a nd (4) o J' seclion 343 . 58 ,

Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

343. 58 County f unding for t h e South f'lorida Regi o nal

'l'ransponation Authorit:y.--

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autlloril y to fund i.ts capitdJ , operat j ng, a nd maintenance

m :i, •·;,. , :r. , . . :, , ·, . '!'he funding sonrce sha 11 be dedicated to the

authodty onl y if Browar:d, Mia mi-Dade , a nd Pa.Im Bead1 c:oun ties

i mpose l he local option f und ing soui:ce .

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123 year made pu1·sL1ant to Lile cur runt fund.i.llg obl igat.lons lllHler

124 subsect.ious (1) and (3) as soon as reasonall.ly practicable afl<H

'125 it l>eg1 11s to receive f unds under sub section (2). lf, by December

126 3l, 2015, the So\lth l:lod<la Regional •rransportation 11\\Lhotity has

12'7 not received fe<lei:-al matching funds based trpon the dedication of

128 funds under subsect.i.on (.I), subsect.Jon (l) shall be repea.led .

129 Sect:Jon 5. 'I'h i.s al:l :;hall Lake effec t. July 1, 2008 . COIJ! NG: Words .......... .... ,,.1+1, are deletions; wotds '.!•~-j ~!, :l,P'! f,,'I are addi.tions.

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Palm Beach County Potential Proiect Impacts Due to Rental car Surcharge Loss

F.M., STATE R=e /LOCAL DESCRIPTION PHASE FUND 08/09 09110 10111 1 ·11112 i -;2113 I 0

~~~~:eo - I . OF T.W.P. 32 XU (5.001 5.00

229664-2 SR-7/Us-441 From SR 704 to North Lake Blvd 54 XU 16.00) 6.00 A8 SU (3.50' 3.50 •

229710-1 SR-15 From MP 6.0 to SR 729 32 XU (4.001 4.00 229895-2 SR-710 Port of Palm Beach Connection 32 OS 17.70 7.70

43 DOR (7.91 5.28 2.63 43 SU {3.00: (2.20 520 45 OS 12.281 2.28

.. 52 CM (2.36 2.36 52 DOR I0:85.. 0.85

229896-1 SR-710 From west of Australian Ave to Old Dixie Hwy ~ ~ ;~;::~ ~;::

56 XU CO.OS) 0.05 57 XU (0.03) (0.10\ 0.13 61 XU (0.301 0.30 62 DOR (1 .181 1.18 62 XU (1.731 1.73 43 DOR C0.37) 15.181 5.55

229897-2 SR-710 From west of Congress Ave to west of Australian Ave : ~~R ~~::~ (~::i 2..00 1_07 57 DOR f0.03' 0.03 52 XU / 4.391 4.39

23i276-1 SR 811/Dixie Hwy From Broward-County1ine to SW 18th St :~ ~~ (O. ,o: ,~::1 0_06 62 XU /0.061 0.06

233166-2 SR 808/Glades Rd From SR 7 to 1-95 22 XU (2.45 2.45

416526-1 SR-5/US-1 From south of Glades Rd to north of Yamato Re 2232

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{ U 2.80) 2.80 52 DOR !4.70' 4.70 52 XU {1.31' 1.31

416905-1 SR 706/lndiantown Rd From Chasewood Plaza to SR 811 57 DOR f0.03) 0.03 62 DOR (0.72) 0.72 5A DOR (0.28) 0.28

I Current Draft Tentative Work Program Potential Deducts

Required Reduction of Funds

108.30 [65.80)

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10.85 31.58 (10.85) (23.80)

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