Transportation Concurrency

Plain English Breakdown

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Transportation Concurrency Act

This bill amends the requirements for small counties to identify transportation facilities in their capital improvements plans that are needed to maintain current levels of service.

What This Bill Does

• Amends the law about which transportation facilities must be included in a county's plan.
• Applies only to small counties as defined by state law.
• Requires these counties to list facilities necessary for maintaining existing traffic conditions over five years.

Who It Names or Affects

• Small counties in Florida
• Local government agencies responsible for transportation planning

Terms To Know

Concurrency

A requirement that new development must not worsen traffic conditions beyond a certain level.

Capital Improvements Element

Part of a comprehensive plan that lists major projects and facilities needed for future growth.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify which counties are considered small.
• It is unclear how this change will be implemented or enforced by local governments.

Official Summary Text

Transportation Concurrency; Revising which facilities are required to be identified in the capital improvements element of a comprehensive plan that imposes transportation concurrency for small counties, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 324

By
Senator McClain

9-00775-26 2026324__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to transportation concurrency;
3 amending s. 163.3180, F.S.; revising which facilities
4 are required to be identified in the capital
5 improvements element of a comprehensive plan that
6 imposes transportation concurrency for small counties;
7 providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
12 163.3180, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 163.3180 Concurrency.—
14 (5)
15 (d) The premise of concurrency is that the public
16 facilities will be provided in order to achieve and maintain the
17 adopted level of service standard. A comprehensive plan that
18 imposes transportation concurrency shall contain appropriate
19 amendments to the capital improvements element of the
20 comprehensive plan, consistent with the requirements of s.
21 163.3177(3). The capital improvements element shall identify
22 facilities necessary to meet adopted levels of service during a
23 5-year period
or to maintain current levels of service for small

24
counties as defined in s. 339.2818(2)
.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.