Title: Transportation Research

Summary: Establishes Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research & Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I-STREET) within UF; specifies duties of I-STREET; requires report to Governor & Legislature; requires creation of advisory board; specifies composition of board.

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An act relating to transportation research; creating s. 334.066, F.S.; establishing the Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I-STREET) within the University of Florida; specifying the duties of I STREET; requiring I-STREET to annually provide the Governor and the Legislature with a certain report; requiring the creation of a certain advisory boa rd; specifying the composition of the board; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 334.066, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 334.066 Implementing Solutions from Transpor tation Research and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab.-(1) The Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I STREET) is established within the University of Florida. (2) At a minimum, I-STREET shall: (a) Conduct and facilitate research on issues related to innovative transportation mobility and safety technology development and deployment in this state and serve as an HB 1031 2022 information exchange and depository for the most current informatio npertaining to transportation research, education, workforce development, and related issues. (b) Be a continuing resource for the Legislature, the department, local governments, the nation's metropolitan regions, and the private sector in the area of transportation and related research. (c) Promote intercampus transportation and related research activities among Florida universities to enhance the ability of these universities to attract federal and private sector funding for transportation and relate dresearch. (d) Provide by July 1, 2023, and each July thereafter, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a comprehensive report that outlines its clearly defined goals and its efforts and progress on reaching those goals. (3) An advisory board shall be created to periodically review and advise I-STREET concerning its research program. The board shall consist of nine members with expertise in transportation-related areas, as follows: (a) A membe rappointed by the President of the Senate. (b) A member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (c) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designee. HB 1031 2022 (d) The Secretary of Economic Opportunity or his or her designee. (e) A member of the Florida Transportation Commission. (f) Four members nominated by the University of Florida's College of Engineering and approved by the university's president. The College of Engineering's nominees may include representatives of the Univers ity of Florida, other academic and research institutions, or private entities. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.