311.07 Florida seaport transportation and economic development funding.— (1) There is created the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program within the Department of Transportation to finance port transportation or port facilities projects that will improve the movement and intermodal transportation of cargo or passengers in commerce and trade and support the interests, purposes, and requirements of […]
311.09 Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council.— (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council is created within the Department of Transportation. The council consists of the following 18 members: the port director, or the port director’s designee, of each of the ports of Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Port Citrus, Fort Pierce, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, […]
311.091 Entry into public-private infrastructure project agreements for port-related public infrastructure projects.—A seaport listed in s. 311.09(1) may receive or solicit proposals from and enter into a public-private infrastructure project agreement with a private entity, or a consortium of private entities, to build, operate, manage, maintain, or finance a port-related public infrastructure project. History.—s. 8, ch. […]
311.10 Strategic Port Investment Initiative.— (1) There is created the Strategic Port Investment Initiative within the Department of Transportation. Beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013, a minimum of $35 million annually shall be made available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the Strategic Port Investment Initiative. The Department of Transportation shall work with the deepwater ports […]
311.101 Intermodal Logistics Center Infrastructure Support Program.— (1) There is created within the Department of Transportation the Intermodal Logistics Center Infrastructure Support Program. The purpose of the program is to provide funds for roads, rail facilities, or other means for the conveyance or shipment of goods through a seaport, thereby enabling the state to respond to private […]
311.103 Designation of state freight logistics zones.— (1) As used in this section, the term “freight logistics zone” means a grouping of activities and infrastructure associated with freight transportation and related services within a defined area around an intermodal logistics center as defined in s. 311.101(2). (2) A county, or two or more contiguous counties, may designate a […]
311.105 Florida Seaport Environmental Management Committee; permitting; mitigation.— (1)(a) There is created the Florida Seaport Environmental Management Committee, which shall be under the direction of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council. (b) The committee shall consist of the following members: the Secretary of Environmental Protection, or his or her designee, as an ex officio, nonvoting member; […]
311.106 Seaport stormwater permitting and mitigation.—A seaport listed in s. 403.021(9)(b) is authorized to provide for onsite or offsite stormwater treatment for water quality impacts caused by a proposed port activity that requires a permit and that causes or contributes to pollution from stormwater runoff. Offsite stormwater treatment may occur outside of the established boundaries of […]
311.11 Seaport Employment Training Grant Program.— (1) The Department of Economic Opportunity, in cooperation with the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council, shall establish a Seaport Employment Training Grant Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity. The Department of Economic Opportunity shall grant funds appropriated by the Legislature to the program for the purpose of stimulating […]
311.12 Seaport security.— (1) SECURITY STANDARDS.— (a) A seaport may implement security measures that are more stringent, more extensive, or supplemental to the applicable federal security regulations, including federal facility security assessment requirements under 33 C.F.R. s. 105.305. (b) The provisions of s. 790.251 are not superseded, preempted, or otherwise modified in any way by the provisions of this […]
311.121 Qualifications, training, and certification of licensed security officers at Florida seaports.— (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that seaports in the state be able to mitigate operational security costs without reducing security levels by employing a combination of certified law enforcement officers and certified private security service officers. In order to accomplish this intent, […]
311.122 Seaport law enforcement agency; authorization; requirements; powers; training.— (1) Each seaport in the state is authorized to create a seaport law enforcement agency for its facility, which authority in no way precludes the seaport from contracting with local governments or law enforcement agencies to comply with the security standards required by this chapter. (2) Each seaport law […]
311.123 Maritime domain security awareness training program.— (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council shall create a maritime domain security awareness training program to instruct all personnel employed within a seaport’s boundaries about the security procedures required of them for implementation of the seaport security plan required under s. 311.12(2). (2) The training program curriculum must […]
311.124 Trespassing; detention by a certified seaport security officer.— (1) Any Class D or Class G seaport security officer certified under the federal Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 guidelines or any employee of the seaport security force certified under the federal Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 guidelines who has probable cause to believe that a […]
311.13 Certain information exempt from disclosure.—Seaport security plans created pursuant to s. 311.12 are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. In addition, photographs, maps, blueprints, drawings, and similar materials that depict critical seaport operating facilities are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, […]
311.14 Seaport planning.— (1) The Department of Transportation shall develop, in coordination with the ports listed in s. 311.09(1) and other partners, a Statewide Seaport and Waterways System Plan. This plan shall be consistent with the goals of the Florida Transportation Plan developed pursuant to s. 339.155 and shall consider needs identified in individual port master plans […]
311.22 Additional authorization for funding certain dredging projects.— (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council shall establish a program to fund dredging projects in counties having a population of fewer than 300,000 according to the last official census. Funds made available under this program may be used to fund approved projects for the dredging or […]
311.25 Florida seaports; local ballot initiatives and referendums.— (1) With respect to any port that has received or is eligible to apply for or receive state funding under this chapter, a local ballot initiative or referendum may not restrict maritime commerce in such a port, including, but not limited to, restricting such commerce based on any of […]
