What is HB 1301?

Florida House Bill 1301

Effective July 1, 2024, Ch. 2024-57, amends section 341.071, Florida Statutes, Transit productivity and performance measures; reports, by adding subsection (4). This new provision requires public transit providers to disc?lose certain information and documentation relating to its budgeted and general administrative costs. Beginning November 1, 2024, and every year thereafter, public transit agencies are required to report certain transit productivity and performance measures pursuant to Section 341.071(4)(b) and (d), Florida Statutes. Public transit providers receiving Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) transit block grant funding are required to report the following:

1. To certify whether the transit agency’s administrative costs are above/below state average.
2. To report on the line-item budget report of its budgeted and actual general administrative costs for the previous Fiscal Year.
3. To report all salaried executive management-level employees' total compensation packages.
4. To report on the ridership performance and metrics based on the most recent closed-out National Transit Database (NTD) data.
5. To list any gifts, as defined in s. 112.312, accepted in exchange for contracts.