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306.3 306.4 Provides greater flexibility for municipalities to finance security enhancements to seaports, airports and other transportation facilities. Provides for information-sharing during the planning process to determine the most cost efficient route for transportation proiects. 306.5 Provides for more equitable representation of municipalities on Metropolitan Planning Organizations and regional transportation organizations, and provides for coordination among municipalities and counties where there are no Metropolitan Planning Organizations. 306.6 Encourages the use of alternative modes of transportation or modes that utilize alternative fuels to help address such concerns as air quality, mobility of people and goods, and other transportation-related challenges. 306.7 Prohibits any new increases in heavy truck weight, length or size limits on interstate and non- interstate highways to ensure public safety and lessen infrastructure damage. 106.8 Grants municipalities more control over general traffic regulation, including the authority to enforce traffic laws through the use of electronic traffic infraction detectors and the authority to establish speed limits on municipally maintained roads. 306.9 Enhances the role of municipalities in the placement of traffic control devices. Public Property Management 307 Public property and rights-of-way are of substantial economic value and interest to local communities and are control)ed by municipalities for the benefit of the public and, in part, to facilitate the movement of commerce. Municipalities are trustees of public property and rights-of-way and, as such, engage in a variety of activities, including granting franchises, promulgating construction standards and issuing permits. These activities are undertaken to minimize service disruptions to the public, to protect public investments in the rights-of-way and to assure the appropriate placement of service facilities. There should be no action by the Legislature that restricts the authority of municipalities to manage this public asset. The Florida League of Cities will support legislation that: 307.1 Ensures municipalities are able to prevent the re- peated disruption of the public's use of streets by establishing requirements for the placement and use of conduit and other infrastructure in public rights-of-way. 307.2 Ensures municipalities may require those who wish to use the rights-of-way to demonstrate their qualifications, and ensures municipalities are able to prevent unqualified entities from entering the rights-of-way and creating hazards to the public and to property. 307.3 Ensures municipal authority to require that a rights- of-way user obtain appropriate authorization to use the rights-of-way for each specific service. Utility and Communication Services 308 Much like the deregulation of the telecommunications industry in ~ 996, efforts are underway at the state and federal levels to allow'increased competition in the electric and gas utility industries. Municipal officials recognize market and consumer pressures exist for cost efficient utilities. They also recognize the need for safe and reliable electric and gas systems. It is paramount that restructuring the delivery of electricity and gas does not interfere with municipal authority to manage public rights- of-way or to become utility aggregators. In addition, municipalities should not be restricted on the use of the funds generated from utilities, nor be preempted from establishing rates for providing such services. The Florida League of Cities will support legislation that: 308.1 Promotes establishing a methodology to equitably allocate the costs associated with undergrounding electric and other utility services among all parties receiving an economic benefit from such undergrounding. 308.2 Preserves municipal authority to provide communications services. 11