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FL Stat § 337.2505 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.2505 - Donations for Landscape Projects.

337.2505 Donations for landscape projects.—The Department of Transportation is authorized to accept donations of plans, materials, installation, and maintenance for landscape projects on the State Highway System.(1) The department shall adopt rules for review and permitting of landscape donations. The rules must include, but are not limited to, an examination of the donation’s aesthetic value, feasibility of installation and maintenance, compliance with state and federal regulations, and requirements for a maintenance plan.(2) The department may place signs at the site of donated landscaping where the donation encompasses materials and their installation and maintenance. Department rules shall provide for the type and size of such signs.History.—s. 6, ch. 92-152.
FL Stat § 337.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.26 - Execution and Effect of Instruments of Sale, Lease, or Conveyance Executed by Department.

337.26 Execution and effect of instruments of sale, lease, or conveyance executed by department.—(1) An instrument of sale, lease, or conveyance executed in the name of the department, and signed by the department’s chief administrative officer of the district in which the property is located, or, if the property is located on the turnpike system, by the chief administrative officer of the Office of Florida Turnpike, when such authority has been delegated by the head of the department, with the corporate seal of the department affixed thereto, is effective to pass the title or interest of the state in the property conveyed.(2) No instrument of conveyance by the department shall warrant the title to any property sold, leased, or conveyed.History.—s. 105, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 17, ch. 57-318; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 164, ch. 84-309; s. 17, ch. 88-168; s. 131, ch. 92-152.
FL Stat § 337.274 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.274 - Authority of Department Agent or Employee to Enter Lands, Waters, and Premises of Another in the Performance of Duties.

337.274 Authority of department agent or employee to enter lands, waters, and premises of another in the performance of duties.—The department and its authorized agents and employees are authorized to enter upon any lands, waters, and premises, upon giving reasonable notice to the landowner, for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, appraisals, environmental assessments, archaeological assessments, and examinations necessary to perform its duties and functions; and any such entry shall not be deemed a trespass or an entry that would constitute a taking in an eminent domain proceeding. The department shall make reimbursement for any actual damages to such lands, water, and premises as a result of such activities.History.—s. 2, ch. 84-319; s. 7, ch. 89-232; s. 113, ch. 92-152.
FL Stat § 337.276 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.276 - Issuance of Bonds for Right-of-Way Land Acquisition and State Bridge Construction.

337.276 Issuance of bonds for right-of-way land acquisition and state bridge construction.—(1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration is authorized, in accordance with s. 215.605, to issue state bonds on behalf of the department to finance right-of-way land acquisition and to finance state bridge construction. The total amount of bonds to be issued under this section shall be limited by the debt service requirements of the bonds issued, and such requirements shall not exceed 90 percent of the pledged revenue authorized to be transferred pursuant to s. 206.46(2).(2) If right-of-way purchased from the proceeds of such bonds is used for a revenue-producing facility, the owner of that facility may reimburse the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Trust Fund in an amount equal to the cost of acquiring that right-of-way.History.—s. 34, ch. 90-136; s. 114, ch. 92-152; s. 282, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 12, ch. 93-164; s. 1, ch. 94-237; s. 42, ch. 95-257; s. 138, ch. 96-320; s. 26, ch. 96-323.
FL Stat § 337.29 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.29 - Vesting of Title to Roads; Liability for Torts.

337.29 Vesting of title to roads; liability for torts.—(1) Title to all roads designated in the State Highway System or State Park Road System shall be in the state, unless otherwise provided herein.(2) Upon the vesting of title to any lands for highway purposes in the state, local governmental entities shall forthwith issue a deed or right-of-way map to the state covering such lands, which shall be duly recorded. Recordation of deeds or right-of-way maps shall also be effected upon acquisition of any lands by the department.(3) Title to all roads transferred in accordance with s. 335.0415 shall be in the governmental entity to which such roads have been transferred, upon the recording of a deed or a right-of-way map by the appropriate governmental entity in the public land records of the county or counties in which such rights-of-way are located. To the extent that sovereign immunity has been waived, liability for torts shall be in the governmental entity having operation and maintenance responsibility as provided in s. 335.0415. Except as otherwise provided by law, a municipality shall have the same governmental, corporate, and proprietary powers with relation to any public road or right-of-way within the municipality which has been transferred to another governmental entity pursuant to s. 335.0415 that the municipality has with relation to other public roads and rights-of-way within the municipality.History.—s. 108, ch. 29965, 1955; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 16, ch. 77-165; s. 5, ch. 77-416; s. 2, ch. 78-285; s. 169, ch. 84-309; s. 85, ch. 99-385; s. 34, ch. 2012-174.
FL Stat § 337.402 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.402 - Damage to Public Road Caused by Utility.

337.402 Damage to public road caused by utility.—When any public road or publicly owned rail corridor is damaged or impaired in any way because of the installation, inspection, or repair of a utility located on such road or publicly owned rail corridor, the owner of the utility shall, at his or her own expense, restore the road or publicly owned rail corridor to its original condition before such damage. If the owner fails to make such restoration, the authority is authorized to do so and charge the cost thereof against the owner under the provisions of s. 337.404.History.—s. 128, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 142, ch. 84-309; s. 27, ch. 94-237; s. 969, ch. 95-148.Note.—Former s. 338.18.
FL Stat § 337.404 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.404 - Removal or Relocation of Utility Facilities; Notice and Order; Court Review.

337.404 Removal or relocation of utility facilities; notice and order; court review.—(1) Whenever it becomes necessary for the authority to perform utility work as provided in s. 337.403, the owner of the utility or the owner’s chief agent shall be given notice that the authority will perform such work and, after the work is completed, shall be given an order requiring the payment of the cost thereof and a reasonable time, which may not be less than 20 or more than 30 days, in which to appear before the authority to contest the reasonableness of the order. Should the owner or the owner’s representative not appear, the determination of the cost to the owner shall be final. Authorities considered agencies for the purposes of chapter 120 shall adjudicate removal or relocation of utilities pursuant to chapter 120.(2) A final order of the authority shall constitute a lien on any property of the owner and may be enforced by filing an authenticated copy of the order in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein the owner’s property is located.(3) The owner may obtain judicial review of the final order of the authority within the time and in the manner provided by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure by filing in the circuit court of the county in which the utility was relocated a petition for a writ of certiorari in the manner prescribed by said rules or in the manner provided by chapter 120 when the respondent is an agency for purposes of chapter 120.History.—s. 130, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 16, ch. 63-512; s. 1, ch. 69-267; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 56, ch. 78-95; s. 144, ch. 84-309; s. 500, ch. 95-148; s. 36, ch. 2012-174.Note.—Former s. 338.20.
FL Stat § 337.405 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.405 - Trees or Other Vegetation Within Rights-of-Way of State Highway System or Publicly Owned Rail Corridors; Removal or Damage; Penalty.

337.405 Trees or other vegetation within rights-of-way of State Highway System or publicly owned rail corridors; removal or damage; penalty.—(1) The removal, cutting, marring, defacing, or destruction of any trees or other vegetation, either by direct personal action or by causing any other person to take such action, within the rights-of-way of roads located on the State Highway System or within publicly owned rail corridors is prohibited unless prior written permission to remove or cut such trees or other vegetation has been granted by the department, except where normal tree trimming is required to ensure the safe operation of utility facilities and such tree trimming is performed in accordance with the provisions of its utility accommodations guide, and any subsequent amendments thereto. The department shall adopt rules for the implementation of this section to achieve protection of vegetation while at the same time assuring safe utility operations.(2) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.History.—s. 156, ch. 29965, 1955; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 238, ch. 71-136; s. 46, ch. 84-309; s. 29, ch. 94-237.Note.—Former s. 339.25.
FL Stat § 337.407 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.407 - Regulation of Signs and Lights Within Rights-of-Way.

337.407 Regulation of signs and lights within rights-of-way.—(1) No person shall erect any sign, as defined in chapter 479, or light within the right-of-way limits of any road on the interstate highway system, the federal-aid primary highway system, the State Highway System, or the State Park Road System; however, the department is authorized to adopt rules concerning the placement of signs, canopies, and other overhanging encroachments along and over any state roads which are within municipalities, or which are of curb-and-gutter construction outside municipalities, provided no supports are located within the rights-of-way.(2) The department has the authority to direct removal of any sign erected in violation of subsection (1), in accordance with the provisions of chapter 479.(3) The department may not authorize the erection of signs where such signs are prohibited by the local governmental entity having jurisdiction.History.—s. 37, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 1, ch. 63-501; s. 5, ch. 67-461; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 71-38; s. 1, ch. 74-79; s. 9, ch. 78-412; s. 1, ch. 80-246; s. 49, ch. 84-309; s. 20, ch. 85-180; s. 160, ch. 92-152; ss. 30, 62, ch. 94-237; s. 122, ch. 99-13; s. 87, ch. 99-385.Note.—Former s. 335.13.
FL Stat § 337.409 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 337 - Contracting; Acquisition, Disposal, and Use of Property|337.409 - Willfully or Maliciously Removing, Damaging, Destroying, Altering, or Appropriating Benches, Transit Shelters, Waste Receptacles, or Advertising Displayed Thereon; Penalty.

337.409 Willfully or maliciously removing, damaging, destroying, altering, or appropriating benches, transit shelters, waste receptacles, or advertising displayed thereon; penalty.—Any person who willfully or maliciously removes, damages, destroys, tampers with or alters in any way a bench, transit shelter, or waste receptacle, or advertising displayed thereon, when such structure and display has been installed and maintained pursuant to the provisions of s. 337.408, or any person who in any manner appropriates to her or his own use or to the use of another by painting, printing, placing, or affixing any advertisement or similar material upon any such structure, or upon advertising displayed thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.History.—s. 31, ch. 95-257; s. 14, ch. 97-96.
FL Stat § 338.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.04 - Acquisition of Property and Property Rights for Limited Access Facility and Service Roads.

338.04 Acquisition of property and property rights for limited access facility and service roads.—(1) Authorities may acquire private or public property and property rights for limited access facilities and service roads in the same manner as they are authorized to acquire property or property rights for highways, roads, and streets within their respective jurisdictions.(2) In acquiring property or property rights for any limited access facility or service road, the authorities may acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land if the interests of the public will be best served by the authorities’ doing so, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.History.—s. 114, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 175, ch. 84-309.
FL Stat § 338.151 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.151 - Authority of the Department to Establish Tolls on the State Highway System.

338.151 Authority of the department to establish tolls on the State Highway System.—Notwithstanding s. 338.165(8), the department may establish tolls on new limited access facilities on the State Highway System, lanes added to existing limited access facilities on the State Highway System, new major bridges on the State Highway System over waterways, and replacements for existing major bridges on the State Highway System over waterways to pay, fully or partially, for the cost of such projects. Except for high-occupancy vehicle lanes, express lanes, the turnpike system, and as otherwise authorized by law, the department may not establish tolls on lanes of limited access facilities that exist on July 1, 2012, unless tolls were in effect for the lanes prior to that date. The authority provided in this section is in addition to the authority provided under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law and s. 338.166.History.—s. 22, ch. 2012-128; s. 41, ch. 2012-174.
FL Stat § 338.161 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.161 - Authority of Department or Toll Agencies to Advertise and Promote Electronic Toll Collection; Expanded Uses of Electronic Toll Collection System; Authority of Department to Collect Tolls, Fares, and Fees for Private and Public Entities.

338.161 Authority of department or toll agencies to advertise and promote electronic toll collection; expanded uses of electronic toll collection system; authority of department to collect tolls, fares, and fees for private and public entities.—(1) The department may incur expenses for paid advertising, marketing, and promotion of toll facilities and electronic toll collection products and services. Promotions may include discounts and free products.(2) The department may receive funds from advertising placed on electronic toll collection products and promotional materials to defray the costs of products and services.(3) The department or any toll agency created by statute may incur expenses to advertise or promote its electronic toll collection system to consumers on or off the turnpike or toll system.(4) If the department or toll agency created by statute finds that it can increase nontoll revenues or add convenience or other value for its customers, the department or toll agency may enter into agreements with a private or public entity allowing the use of its electronic toll collection system to pay parking fees for vehicles equipped with a transponder or similar device. The department or toll agency may initiate feasibility studies of other future uses of its electronic toll collection system and make recommendations to the Legislature to authorize such uses.(5) If the department finds that it can increase nontoll revenues or add convenience or other value for its customers, and if a public or private transportation facility owner agrees that its facility will become interoperable with the department’s electronic toll collection and video billing systems, the department may enter into an agreement with the owner of such facility under which the department uses its electronic toll collection and video billing systems to collect and enforce for the owner tolls, fares, administrative fees, and other applicable charges due in connection with use of the owner’s facility. The department may modify its rules regarding toll collection procedures and the imposition of charges to be applicable to toll facilities that are not part of the turnpike system or otherwise owned by the department. This subsection does not limit the authority of the department under any other law or under any agreement entered into before July 1, 2012.History.—s. 16, ch. 97-280; s. 16, ch. 2000-266; s. 35, ch. 2007-196; s. 24, ch. 2012-128; s. 43, ch. 2012-174; s. 14, ch. 2014-223.
FL Stat § 338.166 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.166 - High-Occupancy Toll Lanes or Express Lanes.

338.166 High-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes.—(1) Under s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, the department may request the Division of Bond Finance to issue bonds secured by toll revenues collected on high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes established on facilities owned by the department.(2) The department may continue to collect the toll on the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes after the discharge of any bond indebtedness related to such project. All tolls so collected shall first be used to pay the annual cost of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes project or associated transportation system.(3) Any remaining toll revenue from the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes shall be used by the department for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any road or to support public transportation projects that benefit the operation of high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes on the State Highway System within the county or counties in which the toll revenues were collected or to support express bus service on the facility where the toll revenues were collected.(4) The department may implement variable rate tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes. The department may require the use of an electronic transponder interoperable with the department’s electronic toll collection system for the use of high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes.(5) Effective July 1, 2018, if a customer’s average travel speed for a trip in an express lane falls below 40 miles per hour, the customer must be charged the minimum express lane toll. A customer’s express lane average travel speed is his or her average travel speed from the customer’s entry point to the customer’s exit point.(6) Except for high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes, tolls may not be charged for use of an interstate highway where tolls were not charged as of July 1, 1997.(7) This section does not apply to the turnpike system as defined under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law.History.—s. 14, ch. 2009-85; s. 26, ch. 2012-128; s. 44, ch. 2012-174; s. 1, ch. 2017-182; s. 12, ch. 2021-188.
FL Stat § 338.22 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.22 - Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law; Short Title.

338.22 Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law; short title.—Sections 338.22-338.241 may be cited as the “Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 28128, 1953; s. 187, ch. 84-309; s. 123, ch. 99-13; s. 88, ch. 99-385; s. 15, ch. 2002-20.Note.—Former s. 340.01.
FL Stat § 338.2215 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.2215 - Florida Turnpike Enterprise; Legislative Findings, Policy, Purpose, and Intent.

338.2215 Florida Turnpike Enterprise; legislative findings, policy, purpose, and intent.—It is the intent of the Legislature that the turnpike enterprise be provided additional powers and authority in order to maximize the advantages obtainable through fully leveraging the Florida Turnpike System asset. The additional powers and authority will provide the turnpike enterprise with the autonomy and flexibility to enable it to more easily pursue innovations as well as best practices found in the private sector in management, finance, organization, and operations. The additional powers and authority are intended to improve cost-effectiveness and timeliness of project delivery, increase revenues, expand the turnpike system’s capital program capability, and improve the quality of service to its patrons, while continuing to protect the turnpike system’s bondholders and further preserve, expand, and improve the Florida Turnpike System.History.—s. 17, ch. 2002-20.
FL Stat § 338.222 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVI - Public Transportation|Chapter 338 - Limited Access and Toll Facilities|338.222 - Department of Transportation Sole Governmental Entity to Acquire, Construct, or Operate Turnpike Projects; Exception.

338.222 Department of Transportation sole governmental entity to acquire, construct, or operate turnpike projects; exception.—(1) No governmental entity other than the department may acquire, construct, maintain, or operate the turnpike system subsequent to the enactment of this law, except upon specific authorization of the Legislature.(2) The department may, but is not required to, contract with any local governmental entity as defined in s. 334.03(13) for the design, right-of-way acquisition, transfer, purchase, sale, acquisition, or other conveyance of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or construction of any turnpike project which the Legislature has approved. Local governmental entities may negotiate and contract with the department for the design, right-of-way acquisition, transfer, purchase, sale, acquisition, or other conveyance of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or construction of any section of the turnpike project within areas of their respective jurisdictions or within counties with which they have interlocal agreements.History.—s. 2, ch. 28128, 1953; s. 1, ch. 67-359; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 189, ch. 84-309; s. 3, ch. 88-286; s. 8, ch. 90-136; s. 125, ch. 99-13; s. 90, ch. 99-385; s. 89, ch. 2012-174; s. 1, ch. 2018-145.Note.—Former s. 340.02.