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FL Stat § 344.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 344 - County Road and Bridge Indebtedness|344.26 - State Board of Administration; Duties Concerning Debt Service.

344.26 State Board of Administration; duties concerning debt service.—(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 construction or purchase of bridges, highways, or other transportation facilities which are now or hereafter leased for a term of more than one year or purchased under installment purchase agreements by the State Road Department or Department of Transportation from any public body, county, district, municipality, or other public bridge authority.(b) Said State Board of Administration shall succeed to all the statutory powers of the respective officials of such public bodies, counties, districts, municipalities or other public authorities with regard to said bonds and debentures, including the power to issue refunding bonds for any of such bonds or debentures or interest coupons thereon, except that in case any ad valorem levies are necessary to service any of said bonds containing ad valorem tax pledges, such tax levies shall be made and collected by the taxing officials now authorized by law to levy and collect the same, who shall promptly remit such collections to the State Board of Administration.(c) Said levies shall be made upon and by direction of appropriate and seasonable resolutions adopted by the State Board of Administration, setting forth the amounts to be levied and collected and the necessity for same.(d) It shall be the duty of all officials of any such public body, county, district, municipality or other public authority to turn over to said State Board of Administration within 30 days after the execution of any such lease or purchase agreement by the Department of Transportation all moneys or other assets applicable to, or available for, the payment of said bonds or debentures, together with all records, books, documents or other papers pertaining to said bonds or debentures.(e) Any funds or other assets which hereafter become applicable to the payment of such bonds or debentures and come into the hands of any such officials shall be immediately remitted to said State Board of Administration.(2) The Department of Transportation shall pay all rentals or purchase installments for bridges or highways direct to the State Board of Administration for application by said board as provided under the terms of said leases or purchase agreements.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 21853, 1943; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 70-239; s. 34, ch. 2018-110.
FL Stat § 344.261 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 344 - County Road and Bridge Indebtedness|344.261 - State Board of Administration; Debt Service; Approval of Bonds or Debentures and Plan for Their Retirement.

344.261 State Board of Administration; debt service; approval of bonds or debentures and plan for their retirement.—(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 Transportation to apply on retirement of the debt incurred or to be incurred for the construction or supplying of such transportation facility, and which debt will, in consequence of s. 344.26, be administered by the State Board of Administration, the department shall first secure from the State Board of Administration a statement approving the legal and fiscal sufficiency of such bonds or debentures and the plan for their retirement.(2) This section shall be considered as supplementing and cumulative to existing laws and shall be effective as to any agreements entered into after June 9, 1951.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 26954, 1951; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 9, ch. 70-239.
FL Stat § 347.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.01 - County Commissioners May Grant License.

347.01 County commissioners may grant license.—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 shall continue in force for a time to be specified therein by said board not exceeding ten years.History.—s. 1, ch. 3300, 1881; RS 637; GS 910; RGS 1692; CGL 2740.
FL Stat § 347.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.02 - Notice of Application.

347.02 Notice of application.—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 post in three conspicuous places in said county notice of his or her intention to apply to the county commissioners for leave, specifying the object of his or her application to the commissioners aforesaid, which application shall be in writing, particularly describing the river or stream, and locality thereupon, with the width thereof, and the depth of water where he or she shall desire to erect or establish a mill, dam, bridge, ferry or log ditch as aforesaid.History.—s. 2, ch. 3300, 1881; RS 638; GS 911; RGS 1693; CGL 2741; s. 511, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 347.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.03 - Owner of Land to Have Preference for Ferry or Toll Bridge.

347.03 Owner of land to have preference for ferry or toll bridge.—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 notice as aforesaid.History.—s. 3, ch. 3039, 1877; RS 639; GS 912; RGS 1694; CGL 2742.
FL Stat § 347.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.04 - Commissioners May Regulate.

347.04 Commissioners may regulate.—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 rates, and they may also direct what and how many hours each day such person shall attend her or his ferry or bridge, which hours shall be at least from daylight till dark, and may direct how long persons desiring to be crossed may be detained.History.—s. 2, ch. 3039, 1877; RS 640; GS 913; RGS 1695; CGL 2743; s. 512, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 347.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.05 - Bond.

347.05 Bond.—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 such bridge in good repair, or attend such ferry with such and so many safe and convenient boats, and so many persons to work the same, together with such sufficient implements therefor, and to perform the duties of such ferry or toll bridge, during the several hours in each day and at such several rates as the said board shall from time to time order and direct, which bond shall be filed with the clerk of said board.History.—s. 5, ch. 3039, 1877; RS 641; s. 5, ch. 5423, 1905; GS 914; RGS 1698; CGL 2749; s. 513, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 347.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.06 - Certificate of License.

347.06 Certificate of license.—Whenever an application is granted under s. 347.01, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall issue her or his certificate under seal, specifying the privileges therein granted, for which the clerk shall receive the fees prescribed by law for like services.History.—s. 1, ch. 3300, 1881; RS 642; GS 915; RGS 1699; CGL 2750; s. 514, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 347.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.07 - License on Waters Between Counties.

347.07 License on waters between counties.—Whenever the waters over which any toll bridge or ferry may be used shall divide two counties, a license obtained in either of the counties shall be sufficient to authorize the person obtaining the same to transport and pass persons, goods, wares, and merchandise and effects to and from either side of said waters; provided, that the rate of toll be fixed by the county commissioners of each county.History.—s. 7, ch. 3039, 1877; RS 643; GS 916; RGS 1700; CGL 2751.
FL Stat § 347.20 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.20 - Vested Rights Not Impaired.

347.20 Vested rights not impaired.—Nothing in this chapter shall affect or impair any right or privilege belonging to any individual or corporation by virtue of any law of this state.History.—s. 10, ch. 3039, 1877; RS 645; GS 918; RGS 1702; CGL 2753.
FL Stat § 347.21 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.21 - County Commissioners to Grant Franchise.

347.21 County commissioners to grant franchise.—The county commissioners of any county in this state, whenever it shall have been made to appear to them that the convenience of the public requires the maintenance of a ferry for teams and passengers operated on regular schedules at frequent intervals across any river between any two points on opposite sides of the river in the same county, shall by resolution, grant a leave, license and franchise for the establishment, maintenance and operation of such ferry by a grantee or grantees named in the resolution, from a street or a public road on one side of the river to a street or a public road on the other side of the river; which leave, license and franchise shall vest in and be enjoyed by the grantee or grantees and the heirs, successors, and assigns thereof for the terms and on the conditions as in ss. 347.22-347.25 provided. The word “grantee,” as used in said sections, shall include the heirs, successors, and assigns of the grantee, and the word “franchise” shall include leave, license, and all rights and privileges pertaining to ferries.History.—s. 1, ch. 5185, 1903; GS 919; RGS 1703; CGL 2754.
FL Stat § 347.215 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.215 - Operation of Ferries by Joint Agreement Between Public and Private Entities.

347.215 Operation of ferries by joint agreement between public and private entities.—The county commission of any county that has granted a license to operate a ferry in the county may authorize the operation of such ferry by a single party or multiple parties under a joint agreement between the appropriate public entities and one or more private corporations conducting business in the state.History.—s. 68, ch. 2012-174.
FL Stat § 347.23 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.23 - No Person to Maintain Ferry Unless Authorized.

347.23 No person to maintain ferry unless authorized.—No person not authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall maintain any ferry for transporting persons or property for profit across any river from any point within 1 mile of a terminus of any ferry maintained under the provisions of this chapter to any point within 1 mile of such terminus.History.—s. 4, ch. 5185, 1903; GS 921; RGS 1705; CGL 2756.
FL Stat § 347.24 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.24 - Transporting Persons for Hire Within 1 Mile of Ferry; Penalty.

347.24 Transporting persons for hire within 1 mile of ferry; penalty.—Any person who shall for profit or hire transport across any river from any point within 1 mile of any terminus of any ferry maintained under the provisions of law to any point within 1 mile of a terminus of any such ferry, unless duly authorized by law so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083, for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.History.—s. 5, ch. 5185, 1903; GS 3734; RGS 5759; CGL 7989; s. 245, ch. 71-136.
FL Stat § 347.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 347 - Ferries, Toll Bridges, Dams, and Log Ditches|347.25 - Maintaining Illegal Ferries; Penalty.

347.25 Maintaining illegal ferries; penalty.—Whoever maintains any ferry for transporting across any river, stream or lake, persons, goods, chattels or effects for profit or hire, unless duly authorized according to law, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $20. When any offense mentioned in this section is committed on streams dividing counties the offender may be prosecuted in either county.History.—s. 8, ch. 3039, 1877; RS 2738; GS 3733; RGS 5758; CGL 7988.
FL Stat § 349.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.01 - Title of Law.

349.01 Title of law.—This law shall be known and may be cited as the “Jacksonville Transportation Authority Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 29996, 1955; s. 2, ch. 71-101.
FL Stat § 349.041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.041 - Provision of Funds and Services by City to Authority.

349.041 Provision of funds and services by city to authority.—(1) The authority shall prepare and submit annually its requests for such funds as it may require from the city for the ensuing year to the council of the city on or before June 1, setting forth its estimation for related gross revenues and estimated requirements for operations, maintenance expenses, and debt service. A copy of such requests shall be furnished to the Department of Transportation. The council and the mayor of the City of Jacksonville may appropriate such funds as they deem appropriate for the use of the authority, and the use of such funds shall be subject to audit by the Council Auditor of the City of Jacksonville.(2) Except as the council may provide, and except as otherwise required by any trust indenture outstanding on September 1, 1971, the authority may use, on a cost-accounted basis, the central services of the city and shall pay therefor.History.—s. 6, ch. 71-101; s. 4, ch. 2009-111.
FL Stat § 349.043 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.043 - Public Hearings for Transportation Facilities.

349.043 Public hearings for transportation facilities.—Transportation facilities may not be designated or relocated by the authority, nor may substantive changes be made thereto, until after a public hearing is conducted by the authority. Any interested party shall have the opportunity to be heard either in person or by counsel and to introduce testimony in such person’s behalf at the hearing. Reasonable notice of each such public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county directly affected by the proposed transportation facility not less than 14 days prior to the hearing. In addition, the authority shall comply with all applicable federal and state requirements related to new or altered transportation facilities or services.History.—s. 6, ch. 2009-111.
FL Stat § 349.061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.061 - Bond Financing Authority.

349.061 Bond financing authority.—Pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution, the Legislature hereby approves for bond financing by the authority any extensions, additions, and improvements to the Jacksonville Expressway System and any other facilities appurtenant, necessary, or incidental to the system or any transportation facilities herein authorized to be constructed, acquired, or operated by the authority. Subject to terms and conditions of applicable revenue bond resolutions and covenants, such costs may be financed in whole or in part by revenue bonds issued pursuant to s. 349.05(1)(a) or (b), whether currently issued or issued in the future, or by a combination of such bonds.History.—s. 9, ch. 2009-111.
FL Stat § 349.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.08 - Transfer of Existing Jacksonville Expressway System to Authority.

349.08 Transfer of existing Jacksonville Expressway System to authority.—(1) In order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, and subject to the rights of any holders of bonds heretofore issued by said Florida State Improvement Commission to finance any part of the cost of said Jacksonville Expressway System heretofore constructed by Florida State Improvement Commission in the Jacksonville, Duval County, metropolitan area, and to the rights of the State Road Department under any lease-purchase agreement heretofore entered into therefor between Florida State Improvement Commission and said State Road Department, all the right, title and interest in and to said Jacksonville Expressway System, and all powers, jurisdiction and control over or relating thereto, heretofore vested in Florida State Improvement Commission, upon the request of the authority, shall be transferred, set over, assigned and conveyed to said authority, and said Florida State Improvement Commission shall thereupon transmit to the proper officers of the authority all deeds, conveyances, documents, books and records relating to said system, and shall execute all necessary documents and papers to carry out and consummate the conveyance and transfer of said system to said authority as provided for in this chapter; provided, however, that in the event no such request is made by said authority on or before April 1, 1956, then, and in such event, this chapter shall be of no force or effect and, thereafter, all powers, jurisdiction and control over or relating to said Jacksonville Expressway System existing in the Florida State Improvement Commission, the State Road Department and the State Board of Administration prior to the enactment of this chapter shall continue in full force and effect to the same extent as if this chapter had never been enacted.(2) This section, without reference to any other laws, shall be deemed to be and shall constitute complete authority for the transfer, assignment and conveyance herein authorized, any provisions of other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, and no proceedings or other action shall be required except as herein prescribed.History.—s. 8, ch. 29996, 1955.
FL Stat § 349.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.09 - Department May Be Appointed Agent of Authority for Construction.

349.09 Department may be appointed agent of authority for construction.—The department may be appointed by said authority as its agent for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to the Jacksonville Expressway System and for the completion thereof. In such event, the authority shall provide the department with complete copies of all documents, agreements, resolutions, contracts and instruments relating thereto and shall request the department to do such construction work including the planning, surveying and actual construction of the completion, extensions, and improvements to the Jacksonville Expressway System and shall transfer to the credit of an account of the department in the treasury of the state the necessary funds therefor and the department shall thereupon be authorized, empowered and directed to proceed with such construction and to use the said funds for such purpose in the same manner that it is now authorized to use the funds otherwise provided by law for its use in construction of roads and bridges.History.—s. 9, ch. 29996, 1955; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 349.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 349 - Jacksonville Transportation Authority|349.10 - Acquisition of Lands and Property.

349.10 Acquisition of lands and property.—(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority may acquire private or public property and property rights, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation by eminent domain proceedings, as the authority may deem necessary, including, but not limited to, any lands reasonably necessary for securing applicable permits, areas necessary for management of access, borrow pits, drainage ditches, water retention areas, rest areas, replacement access for landowners whose access is impaired due to the construction of transportation facilities, and replacement rights-of-way for relocated rail and utility facilities, and areas necessary for existing, proposed, or anticipated transportation facilities or in a transportation corridor designated by the authority. The authority shall also have the power to condemn any material and property necessary for such purposes. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without the state’s or affected political subdivision’s consent. The right of eminent domain conferred in this section shall be exercised by the authority in the manner provided by law. Notwithstanding that the authority is an agency of the state, the authority shall not exercise its powers of condemnation granted in this section with respect to any property or property rights of any county or municipality, including, without limitation, the City of Jacksonville.(2) The authority may acquire such rights, title, interest, or easements in such lands as it may deem necessary for any of the purposes of this chapter.(3) In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights as herein provided, the authority may in its discretion acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land, if by so doing the interests of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.(4) When the authority acquires property for a transportation facility or in a transportation corridor, it is not subject to any liability imposed by chapter 376 or chapter 403 for preexisting soil or groundwater contamination due solely to its ownership. This section does not affect the rights or liabilities of any past or future owners of the acquired property, nor does it affect the liability of any governmental entity for the results of its actions that create or exacerbate a pollution source. The authority and the Department of Environmental Protection may enter into interagency agreements for the performance, funding, and reimbursement for the costs of the investigative and remedial acts necessary for property acquired by the authority.History.—s. 10, ch. 29996, 1955; s. 1, ch. 57-800; s. 2, ch. 71-101; s. 52, ch. 96-323; s. 11, ch. 2009-111.