Title XXVI, Public Transportation

Sections 341.8201-341.842 may be cited as the “Florida Rail Enterprise Act.”History.—s. 28, ch. 2002-20; s. 31, ch. 2003-1; s. 9, ch. 2009-271.

As used in ss. 341.8201-341.842, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term:(1) “Associated development” means property, equipment, buildings, or other related facilities which are built, installed, used, or established to provide financing, funding, or revenues for…

(1) The enterprise shall locate, plan, design, finance, construct, maintain, own, operate, administer, and manage the high-speed rail system in the state.(2)(a) In addition to the powers granted to the department, the enterprise has full authority to exercise all powers granted t…

(1) No governmental entity other than the department may acquire, construct, maintain, or operate the high-speed rail system except upon specific authorization of the Legislature.(2) Local governmental entities, as defined in s. 334.03(13), may negotiate with the department for t…

(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The Legislature intends to:(a) Establish a streamlined process to authorize the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of communication facilities within new and existing high-speed rail systems.(b) Expedite the expansion of the high-speed rail…

(1) The enterprise, alone or as part of a joint development, may undertake associated developments to be a source of revenue for the establishment, construction, operation, or maintenance of the high-speed rail system. Such associated developments must be consistent, to the exten…

(1) The enterprise may establish, revise, charge, and collect fares, rates, rents, fees, charges, and revenues for the use of and for the services furnished, or to be furnished, by the system and to contract with any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other body, p…

Sections 341.8201-341.842 provide an additional and alternative method for accomplishing the purposes authorized therein and are supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. Except as otherwise expressly provided in ss. 341.8201-341.842, none of the powers grant…

(1) The exercise of the powers granted under ss. 341.8201-341.842 will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions. The design, construct…

This act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.History.—s. 50, ch. 2002-20.

It is declared to be a legitimate county or municipal purpose for any county or incorporated city or town in the state to improve and beautify waterways, including lakes, rivers, streams, ditches and canals, within such county or municipality, by opening such waterways and by cle…

Any county or incorporated city or town in the state desiring to carry on all or any part of the work mentioned in s. 342.03 may issue and sell time warrants not to exceed in amount the sum of $15,000 for any county or the sum of $5,000 for any incorporated city or town, except t…

Any county or incorporated city or town in the state, its agents, servants, employees, and contractors, may use any poisonous substance, chemical, or spray in killing water hyacinths and other disagreeable or obnoxious vegetation in the waterways mentioned in s. 342.03, provided …

Any county or incorporated city or town in the state may contract to have carried on all or any part of the work mentioned in s. 342.03, provided such contract shall be let in the manner prescribed by law for other work of a public nature. No such contractor shall use any poisono…

(1) The Legislature recognizes that there is an important state interest in facilitating boating and other recreational access to the state’s navigable waters. This access is vital to tourists and recreational users and the marine industry in the state, to maintaining or enhancin…

(1) There is established within the Department of Commerce the Waterfronts Florida Program to provide technical assistance and support to communities in revitalizing waterfront areas in this state.(2) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Waterfront community” means a municipali…

This part may be cited as the “South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 89-351; s. 1, ch. 2003-159.

As used in this part, the term:(1) “Area served” means Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. However, this area may be expanded by mutual consent of the authority and the board of county commissioners of Monroe County. The authority may not expand into any additional coun…

(1) There is created and established a body politic and corporate, an agency of the state, to be known as the “South Florida Regional Transportation Authority,” hereinafter referred to as the “authority.”(2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of 10 voting members,…

(1)(a) The authority created and established by this part shall have the right to own, operate, maintain, and manage a transit system in the tri-county area of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties, hereinafter referred to as the South Florida Regional Transportation Autho…

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “All Aboard Florida” or “AAF” means All Aboard Florida Operations, LLC, or its successors and assigns.(b) “AAF intercity rail passenger” means any person, ticketed or unticketed, using the AAF intercity passenger rail service on the rail …

(1) The authority is authorized to borrow money as provided by the State Bond Act for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more projects of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. The principal of, and the interest on, such bonds shall be p…

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this part are not debts of the state or pledges of the faith and credit of the state. Such bonds are payable exclusively from revenues pledged for their payment. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the state is …

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this part that the state will not limit or restrict the rights vested in the authority to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate any project as defined in this part, to establish and collect s…

(1) Each county served by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority must dedicate and transfer not less than $2.67 million to the authority annually. The recurring annual $2.67 million must be dedicated by the governing body of each county before October 31 of each fisc…

This part may be cited as the “Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 89-351; s. 1, ch. 93-103.

As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term:(1) “Authority” means the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority.(2) “Board” means the governing body of the authority.(3) “Commuter railroad” means a complete system of tracks, stations, pa…

(1) There is created and established a body politic and corporate, an agency of the state, to be known as the “Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority,” hereinafter referred to as the “authority.”(2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of five voting memb…

(1)(a) The authority created and established by this part shall have the right to own, operate, maintain, and manage a public transportation system in the area of Seminole, Orange, and Osceola Counties, hereinafter referred to as the Central Florida Regional Transportation System…

(1) The authority is authorized to borrow money as provided by the State Bond Act for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority projects. The principal of, and the interest on, such bonds shall be payabl…

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this part are not debts of the state or pledges of the faith and credit of the state. Such bonds are payable exclusively from revenues pledged for their payment. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the state is …

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this part that the state will not limit or restrict the rights vested in the authority to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate any Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority project a…

(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Coastal Link Commuter Rail Service Act.”(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Agency” means a state, county, municipality, district, authority, or other separate unit of government created or established by law …

The clerk of the circuit court of each county shall be the official custodian of all records pertaining to outstanding indebtedness of the county, and also of all bonded indebtedness of special road and bridge districts, and shall make a complete record of each issue of such bond…

If any special road and bridge district shall contain lands in more than one county, the amount of the bonded indebtedness of such special road and bridge district shall be, for the purposes of this chapter, apportioned between or among such counties in the proportion that the as…

All moneys received by the Chief Financial Officer as treasurer of the State Board of Administration, a body corporate under s. 4, Art. IV of the State Constitution, shall be deposited by the treasurer in a solvent bank or banks, to be approved and accepted for such purposes by t…

It is not the purpose or intention of this chapter or any part hereof to obligate the state, directly or indirectly or contingently, for the payment of the obligations of any counties or the obligations of any special road and bridge district, or that the state should assume the …

In the case of bond trustees, who not only handle the money and funds of such county or district, but who also govern and administer the affairs of their respective county or district, including the issuance and sale of bonds and the building and construction and maintenance of t…

(1) If in any case in which a levy of ad valorem taxes has been or may hereafter be laid and collected by or for any county or special road and bridge district, or other taxing district in this state, for the servicing of road and bridge bonded indebtedness being administered by …

(1)(a) The constitutional State Board of Administration shall take over the management, control, bond trusteeship, administration, custody, and payment of all debt service or other funds or assets now or hereafter available for all bonds or debentures issued to finance the constr…

(1) Before entering into a lease-purchase agreement with any county, road and bridge district, or any other agency covering any road, bridge, ferry, or other transportation facility or facilities, which agreement pledges rental and purchase payments by the Department of Transport…

The county commissioners of the several counties may grant leave to applicants, upon the conditions provided in this chapter, to establish ferries, toll bridges, mills and dams, and log ditches, upon and across the rivers and streams of their respective counties, which license sh…

Any person desiring the benefits of s. 347.01 shall advertise in a newspaper published in the county wherein the privilege is to be granted, or if there be no newspaper published in said county, in a newspaper published in the adjoining or nearest county thereto; and shall also p…

No such license to establish a ferry or toll bridge shall be granted to any person other than the owner of the land through which the highway adjoining the ferry or toll bridge shall run, unless such owner shall consent thereto or shall neglect to apply for such license, after no…

The board of county commissioners, when they shall grant any license to keep a ferry or toll bridge, shall order and direct the rates of ferriage or toll which the person licensed may charge, and may, from time to time thereafter during the continuance of such license, alter such…

Every person applying for such license for a ferry or toll bridge, shall, before the same shall be granted, give bond in a sum to be fixed by the county commissioners, not less than $200, with such sufficient sureties as the board shall approve, conditioned to faithfully keep suc…