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Florida Statutes, Title XXVI

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Title XXVI, Public Transportation

13 chapters · 392 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XXVI392 Ch 348, Expressway and Bridge Authorities63 Ch 337, Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, …59 Ch 339, Transportation Finance and Planning54 Ch 334, Transportation Administration36 Ch 335, State Highway System33 Ch 338, Limited Access and Toll Facilities29 Ch 341, Public Transit27 Ch 336, County Road System26 Ch 349, Jacksonville Transportation Authority20 Ch 343, Regional Transportation17 Ch 347, Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log…14 Ch 344, County Road and Bridge Indebtedness8 Ch 342, Waterway and Waterfront Improvement6

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Fla. Stat. § 335.092 Everglades Parkway scenic highway
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(1) The following terms, when used in this section, have the meanings ascribed herein:(a) “Parkway” means the Everglades Parkway, which is a portion of State Road 84 commonly known as “Alligator Alley,” in Collier and Broward Counties.(b) “Owner” means a person or legal entity ve…
Fla. Stat. § 335.093 Scenic highway designation
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(1) The Department of Transportation may, after consultation with other state agencies and local governments, designate public roads as scenic highways. Public roads designated as scenic highways are intended to preserve, maintain, and protect a part of Florida’s cultural, histor…
Fla. Stat. § 335.10 State Highway System; vehicle regulation; prohibited use and traffic; liability for damage
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(1) The department shall prescribe regulations for vehicles operating on the State Highway System. At least 14 days prior to implementation of such regulations, notice of such regulations shall be provided in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each local gove…
Fla. Stat. § 335.14 Traffic control devices on State Highway System or State Park Road System; exemption for computerized traffic systems and control devices

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(1) All traffic control devices installed on any road on the State Highway System or State Park Road System shall conform to the uniform system of traffic control devices adopted pursuant to s. 316.0745. No such device shall be installed on the State Highway System without the ap…

Fla. Stat. § 335.141 Regulation of public railroad-highway grade crossings; reduction of hazards

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(1)(a) The department shall have regulatory authority over all public railroad-highway grade crossings in the state, including the authority to issue permits which shall be required prior to the opening and closing of such crossings.(b) A “public railroad-highway grade crossing” …

Fla. Stat. § 335.15 Detour roads

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(1) Whenever any road or structure on the State Highway System is repaired, reconstructed, relocated, or otherwise altered in such a manner as necessitates the closing of such road or structure to use by the public, the department shall provide a detour road to afford a safe mean…

Fla. Stat. § 335.16 Wayside parks and access roads to public waters

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(1) The department is authorized to expend state funds, as designated, for the establishment of, the acquisition of rights-of-way for, the construction of, the reconstruction of, and the maintenance of wayside parks, boat ramps and other park facilities on and near the edge of pu…

Fla. Stat. § 335.167 State highway construction and maintenance; Florida-friendly landscaping

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(1) The department shall use and require the use of Florida-friendly landscaping practices, as defined in s. 373.185, in the construction and maintenance of all new state highways, wayside parks, access roads, welcome stations, and other state highway rights-of-way constructed up…

Fla. Stat. § 335.17 State highway construction; means of noise abatement

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(1) The department shall make use of noise-control methods as part of highway construction projects involving new location or capacity expansion, with particular emphasis on those highways located in or near urban-residential developments which abut such highway rights-of-way.(2)…

Fla. Stat. § 335.18 Short title

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Sections 335.18-335.188 may be cited as the “State Highway System Access Management Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 75-157; s. 59, ch. 84-309; s. 3, ch. 88-224; s. 98, ch. 92-152.

Fla. Stat. § 335.181 Regulation of access to State Highway System; legislative findings, policy, and purpose

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(1) It is the finding of the Legislature that:(a) Regulation of access to the State Highway System is necessary in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, to preserve the functional integrity of the State Highway System, and to promote the safe and efficient move…

Fla. Stat. § 335.182 Regulation of connections to roads on State Highway System; definitions

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(1) Vehicular access and connections to or from the State Highway System shall be regulated by the department in accordance with the provisions of this act in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.(2) The department shall adopt, by rule, administrative procedure…

Fla. Stat. § 335.1825 Access permit required; authority to close unpermitted connections

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(1) A connection may not be constructed or substantially altered without obtaining an access permit in accordance with this act in advance of such action. The department has the authority to restrict or deny access to the State Highway System, in accordance with the provisions of…

Fla. Stat. § 335.183 Permit application fee

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The department shall establish, by rule, a graduated schedule of fees for permit applications made to the department. Such fees shall be nonrefundable and shall be used to offset the costs of administering the access permit review process and the costs associated with administeri…

Fla. Stat. § 335.184 Access permit review process by the department; permit denial; justification; administrative review

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The review process for access permit applications made by the department shall be as follows:(1) Any person seeking an access permit shall file an application with the department in the district in which the property for which the permit being requested is located. The department…

Fla. Stat. § 335.185 Permit conditions; expiration

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(1) The department may issue a permit subject to any reasonable conditions necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. The department may revoke a permit if the applicant fails to comply with the conditions upon which the issuance of the permit was predicated.(2) All permi…

Fla. Stat. § 335.187 Unpermitted connections; existing access permits; nonconforming permits; modification and revocation of permits

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(1) Unpermitted connections to the State Highway System in existence on July 1, 1988, which have been in continuous use for a period of 1 year or more shall not require the issuance of a permit and may continue to provide access to the State Highway System. However, the departmen…

Fla. Stat. § 335.188 Access management standards; access control classification system; criteria

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(1) The department shall develop, adopt, and maintain an access control classification system for all routes on the State Highway System, the purpose of which shall be to provide for the implementation and continuing application of the provisions of this act.(2) The principal com…

Fla. Stat. § 335.199 Transportation projects modifying access to adjacent property

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(1) Whenever the Department of Transportation proposes any project on the State Highway System which will divide a state highway, erect median barriers modifying currently available vehicle turning movements, or have the effect of closing or modifying an existing access to an abu…

Fla. Stat. § 336.01 Designation of county road system

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The county road system shall be as defined in s. 334.03(8).History.—s. 41, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 10, ch. 77-165; s. 37, ch. 91-221; s. 120, ch. 99-13; s. 81, ch. 99-385.

Fla. Stat. § 336.02 Responsibility for county road system; approval of maps of reservation

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(1)(a) The commissioners are invested with the general superintendence and control of the county roads and structures within their respective counties, and they may establish new roads, change and discontinue old roads, and keep the roads in good repair in the manner herein provi…

Fla. Stat. § 336.021 County transportation system; levy of ninth-cent fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel

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(1)(a) Any county in the state, by extraordinary vote of the membership of its governing body or subject to a referendum, may levy the tax imposed by ss. 206.41(1)(d) and 206.87(1)(b). County and municipal governments may use the moneys received under this paragraph only for tran…

Fla. Stat. § 336.022 County transportation trust fund; controls and administrative remedies

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(1) Each county shall establish and maintain a transportation trust fund for all transportation-related revenues and expenditures. All funds received by a county for transportation shall be deposited into this fund. No expenditures other than transportation expenditures authorize…

Fla. Stat. § 336.023 Use by counties of the surplus from the constitutional gas tax

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(1) Any county which has agreed prior to July 1, 1977, by resolution, to use the surplus of the constitutional gas tax to provide a connecting road to a planned interchange on the interstate system shall provide such connecting road.(2) Any surplus which is not otherwise used to …

Fla. Stat. § 336.024 Distribution of constitutional gas tax

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Effective July 1, 1983, the State Board of Administration shall assume the responsibility for distribution of the counties’ 80-percent share of the constitutional gas tax in the same manner as the 20-percent share is currently distributed pursuant to s. 206.47; however, the State…

Fla. Stat. § 336.025 County transportation system; levy of local option fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel

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(1)(a) In addition to other taxes allowed by law, there may be levied as provided in ss. 206.41(1)(e) and 206.87(1)(c) a 1-cent, 2-cent, 3-cent, 4-cent, 5-cent, or 6-cent local option fuel tax upon every gallon of motor fuel and diesel fuel sold in a county and taxed under the pr…

Fla. Stat. § 336.0255 Distribution of additional local option tax

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Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 336.025, for calendar year 1993, the tax authorized in s. 336.025(1)(b) shall be imposed to November 1, 1993, to be effective January 1, 1994. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 336.025: the county may, prior to September 1, 1993, establish …

Fla. Stat. § 336.03 County engineer; qualifications

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The county engineer must be a registered professional engineer or engineering firm qualified to do business in this state. This does not apply to any county engineer who:(1) Was employed on or before June 30, 1967;(2) Was employed on less than a full-time basis; and(3) Was not em…

Fla. Stat. § 336.044 Use of recyclable materials in construction

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Transportation continue to expand its current use of recovered materials in its construction programs.(2) The Legislature declares it to be in the public interest to find alternative ways to use certain recyclable mat…

Fla. Stat. § 336.045 Uniform minimum standards for design, construction, and maintenance; advisory committees

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(1) The department shall develop and adopt uniform minimum standards and criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of all public streets, roads, highways, bridges, sidewalks, curbs and curb ramps, crosswalks, where feasible, bicycle ways, underpasses, and overpasses …

Fla. Stat. § 336.046 Regulation of bus benches and transit shelters within rights-of-way

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Any bus bench or transit shelter located on a sidewalk within the rights-of-way of any road on the county road system shall be located so as to leave at least 36 inches clearance for pedestrians and persons in wheelchairs. Such clearance shall be measured in a direction perpendic…

Fla. Stat. § 336.048 Temporary closing traveling lane of road

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Whenever any road on the county road or city street system is repaired, reconstructed, or otherwise altered in a manner that necessitates the closing of one or more traveling lanes of the road for a period of time exceeding 2 hours, the party performing such work shall give notic…

Fla. Stat. § 336.05 Naming of county roads; recording

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(1) The commissioners are authorized to name and rename streets and roads, except state roads designated by number by the department, lying outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality.(2) The commissioners are authorized to refuse to approve for recording in accordanc…

Fla. Stat. § 336.08 Relocation or change of roads

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The commissioners may establish, locate, change, or discontinue public county roads by resolution.History.—s. 48, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 5, ch. 57-776; s. 72, ch. 84-309.

Fla. Stat. § 336.09 Closing and abandonment of roads; authority

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(1) The commissioners, with respect to property under their control may in their own discretion, and of their own motion, or upon the request of any agency of the state, or of the Federal Government, or upon petition of any person or persons, are hereby authorized and empowered t…

Fla. Stat. § 336.10 Closing and abandonment of roads; publication of notice

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Before any such road shall be closed and vacated, or before any right or interest of the county or public in any land delineated on any recorded map or plat as a road shall be renounced and disclaimed, the commissioners shall hold a public hearing, and shall publish notice thereo…

Fla. Stat. § 336.12 Closing and abandonment of roads; termination of easement; conveyance of fee

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The act of any commissioners in closing or abandoning any such road, or in renouncing or disclaiming any rights in any land delineated on any recorded map as a road, shall abrogate the easement theretofore owned, held, claimed or used by or on behalf of the public and the title o…

Fla. Stat. § 336.125 Closing and abandonment of roads; optional conveyance to homeowners’ association; traffic control jurisdiction

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(1)(a) In addition to the authority provided in s. 336.12, the governing body of the county may abandon the roads and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential subdivision plat and simultaneously convey the county’s interest in such roads, rights-of-way, and appurtenant d…

Fla. Stat. § 336.41 Counties; employing labor and providing road equipment; accounting; when competitive bidding required

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(1) The commissioners may employ labor and provide equipment as may be necessary, except as provided in subsection (4), for constructing and opening of new roads or bridges and repair and maintenance of any existing roads and bridges.(2) It shall be the duty of all persons to who…

Fla. Stat. § 336.44 Counties; contracts for construction of roads; procedure; contractor’s bond

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(1) The commissioners shall let the work on roads out on contract, in accordance with s. 336.41(4).(2) Such contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after publication of notice for bids containing specifications furnished by the commissioners in a newspaper publis…

Fla. Stat. § 336.467 County-state right-of-way acquisition agreements

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A county or other governmental entity may enter into an agreement with the department to provide for the department to acquire rights-of-way for the county or other governmental entity.History.—s. 110, ch. 84-309; s. 42, ch. 2003-286.

Fla. Stat. § 336.505 Default in bonds or interest coupons issued by special road and bridge district; receivership; bondholder claims

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(1) If any bond or interest coupon on a bond issued by a special road and bridge district is not paid within 60 days after it matures, a receiver may be appointed in the same manner as in s. 298.51. The qualifications, duties, and powers of the receiver shall be the same as those…

Fla. Stat. § 336.66 Method of abolition of district

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At any time subsequent to the expiration of 8 years from the creation of a road and bridge district, or after completion of all improvements for which the district was originally created, whichever occurs first, the commissioners may abolish such district upon a majority vote. Ho…

Fla. Stat. § 336.68 Special road and bridge district boundaries; property owner rights and options

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(1) The owner of real property located within both the boundaries of a community development district created under chapter 190 and within the boundaries of a special road and bridge district created by the alternative method of establishing special road and bridge districts prev…

Fla. Stat. § 336.71 Public-private cooperation in construction of county roads

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(1) If a county receives a proposal, solicited or unsolicited, from a private entity seeking to construct, extend, or improve a county road or portion thereof, the county may enter into an agreement with the private entity for completion of the road construction project, which ag…

Fla. Stat. § 337.015 Administration of public contracts

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Recognizing that the inefficient and ineffective administration of public contracts inconveniences the traveling public, increases costs to taxpayers, and interferes with commerce, the Legislature hereby determines and declares that:(1) Time is an essential element of the contrac…

Fla. Stat. § 337.02 Purchases by department subject to competitive bids; advertisement; emergency purchases; bid specifications

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(1) Except as provided herein, purchase by the Department of Transportation of commodities, including the advertising and awarding of competitive bids, shall be governed by chapters 283 and 287 and rules adopted by the Department of Management Services pursuant thereto. However, …

Fla. Stat. § 337.023 Sale of building; acceptance of replacement building

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Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.292(4)(c), if the department sells a building, the department may accept the construction of a replacement building, in response to a request for proposals, totally or partially in lieu of cash, and may do so without a specific legislative…

Fla. Stat. § 337.025 Innovative transportation projects; department to establish program

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(1) The department may establish a program for transportation projects demonstrating innovative techniques of highway and bridge design, construction, maintenance, and finance which have the intended effect of measuring resiliency and structural integrity and controlling time and…

Fla. Stat. § 337.026 Authority of department to enter into agreements for construction aggregate materials

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(1) The department may pursue procurement techniques that will provide the department with reliable and economic supplies of construction aggregate materials and control time and cost increases on construction projects.(2) The department may enter into agreements with private or …