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Record Group Number: 000920
Series/Collection Number: .T HTRA
Creator: Florida. Legislature.  --House of Representatives.  --Committee on Transportation.
Title, Dates: Committee audio recordings, 1974-2006.
Amount: 985 audio tapes
62 compact disks
Medium Included: audiotapes cassette
Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1968, the House Committee on Transportation (1968-1988; 1990-present) became a standing committee with a permanent staff under the provisions of Ch. 68-35, Laws.  The committee reviews legislation on transportation, highways, and traffic safety.
    From 1968 to 1970, the functions were divided between the House Committee on Transportation and the House Committee on Public Safety.  The House Committee on Public Safety handled the functions related to highway and motor vehicle safety.
    From 1988 to 1990, the House Committee on Transportation was abolished, and its functions were assigned to the House Committee on Highway Safety and Construction and the House Committee on Public Transportation.  In 1990, the House Committee on Transportation was recreated, and the two committees were merged again.
Summary:     The series contains the audiotaped recordings of the House Committee on Transportation (1975-1988; 1990-1993; 1995- ) and the House Committee on Public Transportation (1989).  The tapes document legislation on air travel and airports; shipping and ports; motor vehicles; mass transit and public transportation; state and local highway systems; and traffic safety and regulations.
    This series also includes tapes of the public hearings of the Transportation Committee Task Force on Fuel Allocation from 1974 and Oversight of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ( 1982-1986).  The tapes of the House Committee on Highway Safety and Construction (1988-1990) are located in Series THHTY.  The tapes are not transcribed or indexed.
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Subject Access Fields: Traffic safety Florida
Traffic regulations Florida
Highway planning Florida
Transportation Florida
Energy policy Florida
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Legislative tapes.
Added Entries Florida. Legislature.  --House of Representatives.  --Committee on Public Transportation.