1. MPOAC and Legislative Update
Carl Mikyska, Executive Director
Florida MPO Advisory Council
April 05, 2019
Tampa Bay TMA Leadership Group

2. Latest News in MPOAC MPOAC Weekend Institute
Strategic Plan - Working Groups Underway
Freight
Complete Streets
Noteworthy Practices
Upcoming Working Groups
Training
Communications

3. 2019 State Legislative Overview
Halfway through (Wednesday)
No new bills
No more House Subcommittees
April 23rd – No more committees
Pace is picking up – fast moving
Amendments start appearing quickly
Budget dominates

4. 2019 State Legislative Overview
BUDGET
Senate $90.3B
House $89.9B
Governor $91.3B
House and Senate - $400M apart

5. Proposed 2020 Budget Hurricane Michael
Senate $220M – Counting on the Feds
Education
House $21.6B – Senate is $600M more
Health Care
Senate $38.7B – House $37.2B
$1.5B Difference

6. Proposed 2020 Budget VISIT Florida Governor $76M Senate $50M
House $19M (shutdown 10/1)
Housing (Sadowski Fund)
Senate $330M (Fully funded)
House $230M
Transportation $10.8B (Trust Fund)

7. Key Transportation Bills
HB 5: Discretionary Sales Surtaxes
SB 76 and HB 107: Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving
HB 311 and SB 932: Autonomous Vehicles
HB 341 and SB 1002: Motor Vehicles and Railroad Trains
HB 385 and SB 898: Transportation
HB 453 and SB 542: Micromobility Devices and Motorized Scooters
HB 905 and SB 1044: Department of Transportation
SB 7068: Public Financing of Construction Projects

8. Federal Update – Federal Transportation Bill
Congress thinking ahead
Talk of an Infrastructure Bill – moved to transportation bill
Survey from Senator Marco Rubio
AMPO heavily involved – and we are!!!
Is it serious?
Can’t chance being wrong

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