Governor Ron DeSantis signs one bill
April 3, 2024
Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the following bill:
CS/CS/CS/HB 1301 – Department of Transportation
To view the transmittal letter, click here.
House Bill 1301 provides FDOT with the remaining authority to complete the Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative. Additionally, the bill cements Florida’s transportation priorities in state law to focus on reducing congestion, supporting the supply chain, promoting Florida’s quality of life, and spending transportation dollars wisely. Specifically, it:
- Institutes public meeting and voting requirements on all local and regional planning and transit agencies seeking to reduce travel lanes and force people’s behavior out of car usage or ownership.
- Increases accountability of public transit agencies through transparency and reporting requirements on the overhead and administrative costs of public transit agencies.
- Prohibits the use of state funds to illegally tint and wrap transit vehicles with political messages, like transgender symbology.
- Expands the areas of the state eligible for local and rural transportation funding to close funding gaps in fiscally constrained communities, including several communities in Florida’s heartland.
- Invests $15 million annually to Florida’s inland ports and intermodal logistics centers to ensure that goods received at seaports can be shipped and stored throughout the state.
You failed us again Ronnie. No effort to motivate the GOP in the house & senate to put an open carry bill on your desk.
Just more excuses to those of us who voted you into office.
The lane narrowing crowd in Gainesville can’t be happy about those first two bullet points.
When is this fool going to address soaring homeowners insurance and property taxes? How can this critical situation be ignored?
More partisan crap aimed at preparing for the future, and where is Florida’s “Heartland”. Wouldn’t want to confuse it with other body parts. Are the people who live there “special” Floridians?
Here you go … “Everglades Agricultural Area as defined in s. 373.4592(15), the Peace River Basin, or the Suwannee River Basin may compete for additional funding using the criteria listed in paragraph (4)(c) at up to 100 percent of project costs on state or county roads used primarily as farm-to-market connections between rural agricultural areas and market distribution centers, excluding capacity improvement projects.”
It seems to include a fair amount of northern Alachua county. So maybe they can get their main roads fixed quicker than the county will be able to get around to it.