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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.1371 - Mobility 2000; Funding.

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339.1371 Mobility 2000; funding.—
(1) Beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001 the Department of Transportation shall allocate sufficient funds to implement the Mobility 2000 (Building Roads for the 21st Century) initiative. The department shall develop a plan to expend these revenues and amend the current tentative work program for the time period 2000-2001 through 2004-2005 prior to adoption to include Mobility 2000 projects. In addition, prior to work program adoption, the department shall submit a budget amendment pursuant to s. 339.135(7), requesting budget authority needed to implement the Mobility 2000 initiative. Funds will be used for corridors that link Florida’s economic regions to seaports, international airports, and markets to provide connections through major gateways, improved mobility in major urbanized areas, and access routes for emergency evacuation to coastal communities based on analysis of current and projected traffic conditions.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2001-2002 and each year thereafter, the increase in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund derived from ss. 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, and 10, ch. 2000-257, Laws of Florida, shall be first used by the Department of Transportation to fund the Mobility 2000 initiative and any remaining funds shall be used to fund the Florida Strategic Intermodal System created pursuant to s. 339.61. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the requirements of ss. 206.46(3) and 206.606(2) shall not apply to the Mobility 2000 initiative.
History.—ss. 6, 11, ch. 2000-257; s. 11, ch. 2004-366.
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Note.—Section 22, ch. 2000-257, provides that “[n]otwithstanding any other law to the contrary the requirements of sections 206.46(3) and 206.606(2), Florida Statutes, shall not apply to any funding, programs, or other provisions contained in this act.”
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.157 - Resilience Action Plan.

339.157 Resilience action plan.—
(1) The department shall develop a resilience action plan for the State Highway System based on current conditions and forecasted future events. The goals of the action plan must be to:
(a) Recommend strategies to enhance infrastructure and the operational resilience of the State Highway System that may be incorporated into the transportation asset management plan.
(b) Recommend design changes to retrofit existing state highway facilities and to construct new state highway facilities.
(c) Enhance partnerships to address multijurisdictional resilience needs.
(2) The resilience action plan must include all of the following:
(a) An assessment of the State Highway System to identify roadway facilities and drainage outfalls that may be subject to vulnerabilities associated with tidal, rainfall, the combination of tidal and rainfall, and storm surge flooding, including future projections of sea level rise, using existing data for current and forecasted future events. As part of the assessment, the department shall, using the most up-to-date National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration precipitation frequency and sea level rise data, do all of the following:
1. Synthesize historical and current infrastructure resilience issues statewide.
2. Evaluate alternatives for retrofitting existing systems and infrastructure.
3. Develop prioritization criteria for resilience project identification.
4. Develop a prioritized resilience needs project list, in addition to existing projects within the work program, with the associated costs and timeline.
5. Develop a statewide database identifying and documenting those assets vulnerable to current and future flooding. The department shall develop a cost estimate and schedule to enhance existing data to include site-specific details and existing criteria to improve the needs prioritization.
(b) A systemic review of the department’s policies, procedures, manuals, tools, and guidance documents to identify revisions that will facilitate cost-effective improvements to address existing and future State Highway System infrastructure vulnerabilities associated with flooding and sea level rise.
(c) Provision of technical assistance to local agencies and modal partners on resilience issues related to the State Highway System and the deployment of local and regional solutions.
(3) By June 30, 2023, the department shall submit the resilience action plan to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Every third year on June 30 thereafter, the department shall submit a status report reviewing updates to the action plan and the associated implementation activities.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2022-89.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.176 - Voting Membership for m.p.o. With Boundaries Including Certain Counties.

339.176 Voting membership for M.P.O. with boundaries including certain counties.—In addition to the voting membership established by s. 339.175(3) and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the voting membership of any Metropolitan Planning Organization whose geographical boundaries include any county as defined in s. 125.011(1) must include an additional voting member appointed by that city’s governing body for each city with a population of 50,000 or more residents.
History.—s. 56, ch. 99-385; s. 58, ch. 2007-196.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.177 - Transportation Management Programs.

339.177 Transportation management programs.—
(1) The Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with metropolitan planning organizations and other affected governmental entities, develop and implement a separate and distinct system for managing each of the following program areas:
(a) Highway pavement;
(b) Bridges;
(c) Highway safety;
(d) Traffic congestion;
(e) Public transportation facilities and equipment; and
(f) Intermodal transportation facilities and equipment.
(2) Each metropolitan planning organization within the state must develop and implement a traffic congestion management system. The development of the state traffic congestion management system pursuant to subsection (1) shall be coordinated with metropolitan planning organizations so that the state system is reflective of the individual systems developed by the metropolitan planning organizations.
(3) The management systems required by this section should be developed and implemented so as to provide the information needed to make informed decisions regarding the proper allocation of transportation resources. Each system must use appropriate data gathered at the state or local level to define problems, identify needs, analyze alternatives, and measure effectiveness.
(4) Any transportation management system that is in existence on July 1, 1993, and that complies with this section and applicable federal law may continue to be used by the department in lieu of the development of a system under this section.
History.—s. 61, ch. 93-164.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.24 - Beautification of State Transportation Facilities.

339.24 Beautification of state transportation facilities.—The department shall plan a statewide beautification program for state transportation facilities and shall only expend funds for such program as specifically appropriated by the Legislature. A state beautification project grant requested under this section may not be initiated or funded until a maintenance agreement has been executed between the department and the appropriate local governmental entity. Beautification activities undertaken under this section are recognized by the Legislature as contributing to the prevention of litter.
History.—s. 155, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-189; s. 101, ch. 77-104; s. 56, ch. 78-95; s. 43, ch. 83-3; s. 220, ch. 84-309; s. 2, ch. 87-131; s. 37, ch. 93-207.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.2405 - Florida Highway Beautification Grants.

339.2405 Florida highway beautification grants.—
(1) The department shall:
(a) Provide information to local governments and local highway beautification councils regarding the state highway beautification grants program.
(b) Accept grant requests from local governments.
(c) Review grant requests for compliance with department rules.
(d) Establish rules for evaluating and prioritizing the grant requests. The rules must include, but are not limited to, an examination of each grant’s aesthetic value, cost-effectiveness, level of local support, feasibility of installation and maintenance, and compliance with state and federal regulations. Rules adopted by the department which it uses to evaluate grant applications must take into consideration the contributions made by the highway beautification project in preventing litter.
(e) Maintain a prioritized list of approved grant requests. The list must include recommended funding levels for each request and, if staged implementation is appropriate, provide funding requirements for each stage.
(2) Local highway beautification councils may be created by local governmental entities or by the Legislature. Before being submitted to the department, a grant request must be approved by the local government or governments of the area in which the project is located.
(3) The head of the department shall award grants to local governmental entities that have submitted grant requests for beautification of roads on the State Highway System and which requests are on the approved list. The grants shall be awarded in the order they appear on the prioritized list and in accordance with available funding.
(4) State highway beautification grants may be requested only for projects to beautify through landscaping roads on the State Highway System. The grant request shall identify all costs associated with the project, including sprinkler systems, plant materials, equipment, and labor. A grant shall provide for the costs of purchase and installation of a sprinkler system and the cost of plant materials and fertilizer and may provide for the costs for labor associated with the installation of the plantings. Each local government that receives a grant shall be responsible for any costs for water, for the maintenance of the sprinkler system, for the maintenance of the landscaped areas in accordance with a maintenance agreement with the department, and, except as otherwise provided in the grant, for any costs for labor associated with the installation of the plantings. The department may provide, by contract, services to maintain such landscaping at a level not to exceed the cost of routine maintenance of an equivalent unlandscaped area.
History.—ss. 3, 4, 5, ch. 87-131; s. 4, ch. 88-303; s. 7, ch. 89-301; s. 42, ch. 91-221; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 38, ch. 93-207; s. 503, ch. 95-148; s. 19, ch. 99-5; s. 104, ch. 99-385; s. 49, ch. 2002-1; s. 9, ch. 2017-42.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.28 - Willful and Malicious Damage to Boundary Marks, Guideposts, Lampposts, Etc. on Transportation Facility.

339.28 Willful and malicious damage to boundary marks, guideposts, lampposts, etc. on transportation facility.—
(1) Any person who willfully and maliciously damages, removes, or destroys any milestone, mileboard, or guideboard erected upon a highway or other public transportation facility, or willfully and maliciously defaces or alters the inscription on any such marker, or breaks or removes any lamp or lamppost or railing or post erected on any transportation facility, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) is civilly liable to the department for the actual damages which he or she caused, which damages may be recovered by suit and, when collected, shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Transportation Trust Fund.
History.—s. 159, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 240, ch. 71-136; s. 222, ch. 84-309; s. 504, ch. 95-148.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.281 - Damage to Transportation Facility by Vessel; Marine Accident Report; Investigative Authorities; Penalties.

339.281 Damage to transportation facility by vessel; marine accident report; investigative authorities; penalties.—
(1) Whenever any vessel has caused damage to a transportation facility, the managing owner, agent, or master of such vessel shall immediately, or as soon thereafter as possible, report the same to the nearest Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer, the sheriff of the county wherein such accident occurred, or the Florida Highway Patrol, who shall immediately go to the scene of the accident and, if necessary, board the vessel subsequent to the accident in pursuance of its investigation. The law enforcement agency investigating the accident shall submit a copy of its report to the department.
(2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section or rules adopted pursuant hereto shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 73-187; s. 223, ch. 84-309; s. 38, ch. 99-245.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.2815 - Purchase Orders.

339.2815 Purchase orders.—
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to facilitate the payment of fees, fines, permits, deposits, court fees, or any other services or products provided by or to the department, any agency of the state, any local governmental entity, or any public body doing business with the department may acquire the stated services valued at $10,000 or less per transaction by purchase order and shall accept purchase orders from the department for stated services valued at $10,000 or less per transaction.
(2) The department or any other agency of the state, local governmental entity, or public body may elect not to accept a purchase order as provided in subsection (1), if it can demonstrate that the entity issuing such purchase order has within the preceding 2 years failed to honor, within 60 days of receipt, an invoice submitted for services as provided in subsection (1).
History.—s. 26, ch. 93-164.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.2816 - Small County Road Assistance Program.

339.2816 Small County Road Assistance Program.—
(1) There is created within the Department of Transportation the Small County Road Assistance Program. The purpose of this program is to assist small county governments in resurfacing or reconstructing county roads.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “small county” means any county that has a population of 75,000 or less according to 1990 federal census data.
(3) Beginning with fiscal year 1999-2000 until fiscal year 2009-2010, and beginning again with fiscal year 2012-2013, up to $25 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund may be used for the purposes of funding the Small County Road Assistance Program as described in this section.
(4)(a) Small counties shall be eligible to compete for funds that have been designated for the Small County Road Assistance Program for resurfacing or reconstruction projects on county roads that were part of the county road system on June 10, 1995. Capacity improvements on county roads shall not be eligible for funding under the program.
(b) In determining a county’s eligibility for assistance under this program, the department may consider whether the county has attempted to keep county roads in satisfactory condition, including the amount of local option fuel tax imposed by the county. The department may also consider the extent to which the county has offered to provide a match of local funds with state funds provided under the program. At a minimum, small counties shall be eligible only if the county has enacted the maximum rate of the local option fuel tax authorized by s. 336.025(1)(a).
(c) The following criteria must be used to prioritize road projects for funding under the program:
1. The primary criterion is the physical condition of the road as measured by the department.
2. As secondary criteria the department may consider:
a. Whether a road is used as an evacuation route.
b. Whether a road has high levels of agricultural travel.
c. Whether a road is considered a major arterial route.
d. Whether a road is considered a feeder road.
e. Whether a road is located in a fiscally constrained county, as defined in s. 218.67(1).
f. Other criteria related to the impact of a project on the public road system or on the state or local economy as determined by the department.
(5) The department is authorized to administer contracts on behalf of a county selected to receive funding for a project under this section. All projects funded under this section shall be included in the department’s work program developed pursuant to s. 339.135.
History.—s. 30, ch. 99-385; s. 19, ch. 2009-85; ss. 65, 66, ch. 2015-222; ss. 101, 102, ch. 2016-62.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.2817 - County Incentive Grant Program.

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339.2817 County Incentive Grant Program.—
(1) There is created within the Department of Transportation a County Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to counties, to improve a transportation facility which is located on the State Highway System or which relieves traffic congestion on the State Highway System.
(2) To be eligible for consideration, projects must be consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with local metropolitan planning organization plans and local government comprehensive plans.
(3) The department must consider, but is not limited to, the following criteria for evaluation of projects for County Incentive Grant Program assistance:
(a) The extent to which the project will encourage, enhance, or create economic benefits;
(b) The likelihood that assistance would enable the project to proceed at an earlier date than the project could otherwise proceed;
(c) The extent to which assistance would foster innovative public-private partnerships and attract private debt or equity investment;
(d) The extent to which the project uses new technologies, including intelligent transportation systems, which enhance the efficiency of the project;
(e) The extent to which the project helps to maintain or protect the environment; and
(f) The extent to which the project includes transportation benefits for improving intermodalism and safety.
(4) The department shall provide 50 percent of project costs for eligible projects.
(5) A municipality may apply to the county in which the municipality is located for consideration by the county for funding under this section of any project or project phase of a transportation facility which is located on the State Highway System or which is demonstrated to relieve congestion on the State Highway System. The county must evaluate all municipal applications as provided in subsection (3). If a municipality’s proposed project is rejected by the county for funding under this section, or if the county’s proposed project adversely affects a municipality within the county, the municipality may request mediation to resolve any concerns of the municipality and the county.
History.—s. 20, ch. 2000-257; s. 32, ch. 2005-290; s. 33, ch. 2013-18.
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Note.—Section 22, ch. 2000-257, provides that “[n]otwithstanding any other law to the contrary the requirements of sections 206.46(3) and 206.606(2), Florida Statutes, shall not apply to any funding, programs, or other provisions contained in this act.”
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.2819 - Transportation Regional Incentive Program.

339.2819 Transportation Regional Incentive Program.—
(1) There is created within the Department of Transportation a Transportation Regional Incentive Program for the purpose of providing funds to improve regionally significant transportation facilities in regional transportation areas created pursuant to s. 339.155(4).
(2) The percentage of matching funds provided from the Transportation Regional Incentive Program shall be up to 50 percent of project costs.
(3) The department shall allocate funding available for the Transportation Regional Incentive Program to the districts based on a factor derived from equal parts of population and motor fuel collections for eligible counties in regional transportation areas created pursuant to s. 339.155(4).
(4)(a) Projects to be funded with Transportation Regional Incentive Program funds shall, at a minimum:
1. Serve national, statewide, or regional functions and function as part of an integrated regional transportation system.
2. Be identified in the capital improvements element of a comprehensive plan that has been determined to be in compliance with part II of chapter 163, after July 1, 2005. Further, the project shall be in compliance with local government comprehensive plan policies relative to corridor management.
3. Be consistent with the Strategic Intermodal System Plan developed under s. 339.64.
4. Have a commitment for local, regional, or private financial matching funds as a percentage of the overall project cost.
(b) Projects funded under this section shall be included in the department’s work program developed pursuant to s. 339.135. The department may not program a project to be funded under this section unless the project meets the requirements of this section.
(c) The department shall give priority to projects that:
1. Provide connectivity to the Strategic Intermodal System developed under s. 339.64.
2. Support economic development and the movement of goods in rural areas of opportunity designated under s. 288.0656(7).
3. Are subject to a local ordinance that establishes corridor management techniques, including access management strategies, right-of-way acquisition and protection measures, appropriate land use strategies, zoning, and setback requirements for adjacent land uses.
4. Improve connectivity between military installations and the Strategic Highway Network or the Strategic Rail Corridor Network.
The department shall also consider the extent to which local matching funds are available to be committed to the project.
(5) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15 for the purposes of the Transportation Regional Incentive Program are hereby annually appropriated for expenditure to support that program.
History.—s. 12, ch. 2005-290; s. 35, ch. 2006-1; s. 41, ch. 2007-196; s. 6, ch. 2008-114; s. 49, ch. 2011-139; s. 56, ch. 2012-174; s. 37, ch. 2014-218; s. 84, ch. 2015-229.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.282 - Transportation Concurrency Incentives.

339.282 Transportation concurrency incentives.—The Legislature finds that allowing private sector entities to finance, construct, and improve public transportation facilities can provide significant benefits to the citizens of this state by facilitating transportation of the general public without the need for additional public tax revenues. In order to encourage the more efficient and proactive provision of transportation improvements by the private sector, if a developer or property owner voluntarily contributes right-of-way and physically constructs or expands a state transportation facility or segment, and such construction or expansion improves traffic flow, capacity, or safety, the voluntary contribution may be applied as a credit for that property owner or developer against any future transportation concurrency requirements pursuant to chapter 163, provided such contributions and credits are set forth in a legally binding agreement executed by the property owner or developer, the local government of the jurisdiction in which the facility is located, and the department. If the developer or property owner voluntarily contributes right-of-way and physically constructs or expands a local government facility or segment and such construction or expansion meets the requirements in this section and is set forth in a legally binding agreement between the property owner or developer and the applicable local government, the contribution to the local government collector and the arterial system may be applied as credit against any future transportation concurrency requirements within the jurisdiction under chapter 163.
History.—s. 42, ch. 2007-196.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.285 - Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation.

339.285 Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation.—
(1) There is created within the Department of Transportation the Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation for the purpose of providing funds to improve the sufficiency rating of local bridges and to improve congested roads on the State Highway System or local corridors on which high-cost bridges are located in order to improve a corridor or provide an alternative corridor.
(2) Matching funds provided from the program may fund up to 50 percent of project costs.
(3) The department shall allocate a minimum of 25 percent of funding available for the program for local bridge projects to replace, rehabilitate, paint, or install scour countermeasures to highway bridges located on public roads, other than those on the State Highway System. A project to be funded must, at a minimum:
(a) Be classified as a structurally deficient bridge having a poor condition rating for the deck, superstructure, substructure component, or culvert;
(b) Have a sufficiency rating of 35 or below; and
(c) Have average daily traffic of at least 500 vehicles.
(4) Special consideration shall be given to bridges that are closed to all traffic or that have a load restriction of less than 10 tons.
(5) The department shall allocate remaining funding available for the program to improve highly congested roads on the State Highway System or local corridors on which high-cost bridges are located in order to improve the corridor or provide an alternative corridor. A project to be funded must, at a minimum:
(a) Be on or provide direct relief to an existing corridor that is backlogged or constrained; and
(b) Be a major bridge having an estimated cost greater than $25 million.
(6) Preference shall be given to bridge projects located on corridors that connect to the Strategic Intermodal System, created under s. 339.64, and that have been identified as regionally significant in accordance with s. 339.155(4)(c), (d), and (e).
History.—s. 43, ch. 2007-196; s. 90, ch. 2012-174.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.61 - Florida Strategic Intermodal System; Legislative Findings, Declaration, and Intent.

339.61 Florida Strategic Intermodal System; legislative findings, declaration, and intent.—
(1) There is hereby created the Florida Strategic Intermodal System. For purposes of funding projects under the system, the department shall allocate from the State Transportation Trust Fund in its program and resource plan a minimum of $60 million each year, beginning in the 2004-2005 fiscal year. This allocation of funds is in addition to any funding provided to this system by any other provision of law.
(2) The Legislature finds that increasing demands are continuing to be placed on the state’s transportation system by a fast-growing economy, continued population growth, and projected increases in freight movement, international trade, and tourism. The Legislature also finds that the state’s growing regional and intercity economic centers will increase the demand for interregional and intercity travel and that the evolving service-based and information-based industries will change the type of transportation system that business and industry demand, increasing the importance of speed and reliability. The Legislature further finds that our transportation system must be designed and operated in such a way that it preserves the abundance of natural and manmade amenities that have been so successful in attracting new residents, businesses, and tourists to this state. Therefore, the Legislature declares that the designation of a strategic intermodal system, composed of facilities and services of statewide and interregional significance, will efficiently serve the mobility needs of Florida’s citizens, businesses, and visitors and will help Florida become a worldwide economic leader, enhance economic prosperity and competitiveness, enrich quality of life, and reflect responsible environmental stewardship. To that end, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Strategic Intermodal System consist of transportation facilities that meet a strategic and essential state interest and that limited resources available for the implementation of statewide and interregional transportation priorities be focused on that system.
(3) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15 for the purposes of the Florida Strategic Intermodal System are hereby annually appropriated for expenditure to support that program.
History.—s. 46, ch. 2003-286; s. 12, ch. 2004-366; s. 35, ch. 2005-290; s. 8, ch. 2008-114; s. 85, ch. 2015-229.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.62 - System Components.

339.62 System components.—The Strategic Intermodal System shall consist of appropriate components of:
(1) Highway corridors established under s. 339.65.
(2) The National Highway System.
(3) Airport, seaport, and spaceport facilities.
(4) Rail lines and rail facilities.
(5) Selected intermodal facilities; passenger and freight terminals; and appropriate components of the State Highway System, county road system, city street system, inland waterways, and local public transit systems that serve as existing or planned connectors between the components listed in subsections (1)-(4).
(6) Other existing or planned corridors that serve a statewide or interregional purpose.
History.—s. 47, ch. 2003-286; s. 57, ch. 2012-174.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.651 - Strategic Intermodal System Supply Chain Demands.

339.651 Strategic Intermodal System supply chain demands.—
(1) The Legislature finds that Strategic Intermodal System components defined in s. 339.62 ensure a multimodal transportation system; that the Strategic Intermodal System is a critical network supporting economic activities and the transport of people and goods; and that the Strategic Intermodal System is instrumental in the movement of road building materials for infrastructure investments. The Legislature further finds that Florida’s rapid economic and population growth can compound supply chain demands on the transportation system, and the demand for construction aggregate continues to outpace supply.
(2) The department shall specifically address in its transportation plans, including the Florida Transportation Plan and the Strategic Intermodal System Plan, movement and storage of construction aggregate materials essential for building roadways.
(3) The department shall make up to $20 million available each year for fiscal years 2023-2024 through 2027-2028, from existing work program revenues, to fund projects that meet the public purpose of providing increased capacity and enhanced capabilities to move and store construction aggregate. Applicants eligible for project funding under this section are seaports listed in s. 311.09 and rail lines and rail facilities.
(4) The department must consider at least the following criteria when evaluating projects for assistance under this section:
(a) The ability of the project to serve the strategic state interest of mitigating supply chain demands for construction aggregate sufficient to ensure ongoing improvement of the Strategic Intermodal System and the state’s entire transportation network.
(b) The ability of the project to facilitate the cost-effective and efficient movement and storage of construction aggregate.
(c) The extent to which the project efficiently interacts with and supports the transportation network.
(d) Any commitment of a funding match, which may be investment or commitment made by the owner or developer of the existing or proposed facility that facilitates or will facilitate the movement and storage of construction aggregate, local financial support or commitment, or a combination of both. Projects with a funding match shall be prioritized based on the amount of the match and shall be prioritized over projects having no such funding match.
(5) The State Transportation Trust Fund may fund up to 100 percent of the cost of a project selected based on the criteria specified herein.
(6) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.
(7) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2028.
History.—s. 16, ch. 2023-197.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.67 - u.s. 19 Controlled Access Facilities.

339.67 U.S. 19 controlled access facilities.—The department shall develop and include in the work program the construction of controlled access facilities as necessary to achieve free flow of traffic on U.S. 19, beginning at the terminus of the Suncoast Parkway 2, Phase 3, north predominantly along U.S. 19 to a logical terminus on Interstate 10 in Madison County. This Strategic Intermodal System facility shall be developed using existing roadway, or portions thereof, to ensure the free flow of traffic along the roadway by improvements such as limited access alignments to manage congestion points and retrofitting existing roadway with a series of grade separations that provide an alternative to a signalized intersection for through traffic. To the maximum extent feasible, the facilities shall be developed no later than December 31, 2035.
History.—s. 10, ch. 2021-161; s. 22, ch. 2021-186.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.68 - Arterial Rural Highway Projects.

339.68 Arterial rural highway projects.—The department shall identify and include in the work program projects to increase capacity by widening existing two-lane arterial rural roads to four lanes. To be included in a work program project, the road must be classified as an arterial rural road, and truck traffic using the road must amount to at least 15 percent of all such traffic, as determined by the department. The department shall fund at least $20 million annually for such projects.
History.—s. 11, ch. 2021-161; s. 23, ch. 2021-186.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.70 - Authority Referendum.

339.70 Authority referendum.—
(1) An authority created by an act of the Legislature, under condition to become effective upon approval by vote of the electors of the area affected, which has authority over matters related to transportation, including matters concerning a public right-of-way, and which has the authority to issue bonds, must not, in the event of referendum, be subject to consolidation or dissolution more than once every 8 years.
(2) A referendum that has not been expressly agreed to by an authority affected under this section may apply only to future bond issuances and may not affect an existing bond issuance.
(3) This section does not apply to the following:
(a) If the authority subject to referendum expressly agrees to a consolidation or dissolution.
(b) An entity governed by or created by chapter 308, chapter 309, chapter 310, chapter 311, chapter 313, chapter 315, chapter 329, chapter 330, chapter 331, chapter 332, chapter 333, chapter 343, chapter 348, or chapter 349.
History.—s. 38, ch. 2014-216.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.83 - Enrollment in Federal Pilot Programs.

339.83 Enrollment in federal pilot programs.—The Secretary of Transportation may enroll the State of Florida in any federal pilot program or project for the collection and study of data for the review of federal or state roadway safety, infrastructure sustainability, congestion mitigation, transportation system efficiency, automated driving systems, or capacity challenges.
History.—s. 15, ch. 2017-42; s. 14, ch. 2019-101.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning › 339.84 - Workforce Development.

339.84 Workforce development.—Beginning in the 2023-2024 fiscal year and annually thereafter for 5 years, $5 million shall be allocated from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the workforce development program as provided in s. 334.044(35) to promote career paths in Florida’s road and bridge industry.
History.—s. 17, ch. 2023-197.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.011 - Florida Public Transit Act; Short Title.

341.011 Florida Public Transit Act; short title.—Sections 341.011-341.061 shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Public Transit Act.”
History.—s. 1, ch. 78-283; s. 1, ch. 84-340.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.0521 - Public Records Exemption.

341.0521 Public records exemption.—Personal identifying information held by a public transit provider for the purpose of facilitating the prepayment of transit fares or the acquisition of a prepaid transit fare card or similar device is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2010-196; s. 1, ch. 2015-160.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.071 - Transit Productivity and Performance Measures; Reports.

341.071 Transit productivity and performance measures; reports.—
(1) Where there is an approved local government comprehensive plan in the political subdivision or political subdivisions in which the public transportation system is located, each public transit provider shall establish public transportation development plans consistent with approved local government comprehensive plans.
(2) Each public transit provider shall establish productivity and performance measures, which must be approved by the department and which must be selected from measures developed pursuant to s. 341.041(3). Each provider shall, by January 31 of each year, report to the department relative to these measures. In approving these measures, the department shall give consideration to the goals and objectives of each system, the needs of the local area, and the role for public transit in the local area. The report shall include the farebox recovery ratio.
(3) Each public transit provider shall publish on its website the productivity and performance measures established for the year and a report which provides quantitative data relative to the attainment of established productivity and performance measures.
History.—s. 85, ch. 90-136; s. 46, ch. 2007-196; s. 15, ch. 2023-70.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.101 - State Purchase of Mass Transit Vehicles and Facilities.

341.101 State purchase of mass transit vehicles and facilities.—
(1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration is authorized to acquire, finance, lease, or sell, and the department is authorized to lease or purchase, mass transit vehicles and facilities pursuant to ss. 288.23-288.30 and ss. 215.57-215.83.
(2) As used in s. 166.021, a “municipal purpose” also includes any and all means for the transportation of people and goods from place to place, which means of transportation are developed, operated, or maintained in whole or in part from public funds.
History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 70-239; s. 255, ch. 84-309; s. 7, ch. 84-340; s. 284, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
Note.—Former s. 334.023.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.102 - Regulation of Nonpublic Sector Buses.

341.102 Regulation of nonpublic sector buses.—Except for contract agreements awarded pursuant to chapter 427, a county, as defined in s. 125.011(1), or a local governmental entity located within such a county, may not unduly restrict or impose any economic regulation upon any private sector contract transportation agreement. A private sector contract transportation agreement is a prearranged written contract between a bus owner and a public sector or private sector entity for the prearranged transportation of specific passengers, not including street hails, by a nonpublic sector bus over public roads that do not overlap public transportation corridors by more than 70 percent; provided, such passengers are employees, patients, or clients of the public sector or private sector entity, and such entity has a legitimate business or governmental purpose in transporting such employees, patients, or clients; and such entity’s primary business is not transportation of passengers by motor vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01. For the purpose of this subsection, a nonpublic sector bus is defined as a vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers. A public transportation corridor consists of those public roads within one-quarter mile of, and including, existing public transportation routes. Nothing contained in this subsection shall restrict local governmental entities from enacting necessary safety, insurance, and traffic ordinances.
History.—s. 5, ch. 81-209; s. 256, ch. 84-309; s. 8, ch. 84-340; s. 123, ch. 90-136; s. 1, ch. 90-230; s. 70, ch. 92-152; s. 6, ch. 2012-6.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.103 - Disposal of Personal Property Found on a Public Transportation System.

341.103 Disposal of personal property found on a public transportation system.—
(1) If personal property is found on a public transportation system, the director of the system or the director’s designee shall take charge of the property and make a record of the date such property was found. If, within 90 calendar days after such property is found, or for a longer period of time as may be deemed appropriate by the director or the director’s designee under the circumstances, the property is not claimed by the owner, the director or the director’s designee may:
(a) Retain any or all of the property for use by the public transportation system or for use by the state or the unit of local government owning or operating the public transportation system;
(b) Trade or donate such property to another unit of local government or a state agency;
(c) Donate the property to a charitable organization;
(d) Sell the property; or
(e) Dispose of the property through an appropriate refuse removal company or a company that provides salvage services for the type of personal property found or located on the public transportation system.
(2) The public transportation system shall notify the owner, if known, that the property has been found and of its intent to dispose of such property.
(3) If the public transportation system elects to sell the property, it shall be sold at a public auction on the Internet or at a specified physical location. Notice of the time and place of sale must be given at least 10 calendar days before the date of sale in a publication of general circulation within the county where the public transportation system is located and after written notice, via certified mail, return receipt requested, is provided to the owner, if his or her identity and address are known. Such notice is sufficient if it refers to the public transportation system’s intention to sell all then-accumulated found property. There is no requirement that the notice identify each item to be sold. The rightful owner of such property may reclaim the property at any time before sale by presenting acceptable evidence of ownership to the public transportation system director or the director’s designee. All proceeds from the sale of the property shall be retained by the public transportation system for use by the public transportation system in any lawfully authorized manner.
(4) A purchaser or recipient of personal property sold or obtained in good faith under this section shall take possession of the property free of the rights of the persons previously holding any legal or equitable interest therein, whether or not recorded.
History.—s. 10, ch. 2014-169.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.501 - High-Technology Transportation Systems; Joint Project Agreement or Assistance.

341.501 High-technology transportation systems; joint project agreement or assistance.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation may enter into a joint project agreement with, or otherwise assist, private or public entities, or consortia thereof, to facilitate the research, development, and demonstration of high-technology transportation systems, including, but not limited to, systems using magnetic levitation technology. The department may, subject to s. 339.135, provide funds to match any available federal aid or aid from other states or jurisdictions for effectuating the research, development, and demonstration of high-technology transportation systems. To be eligible for funding under this section, the project must be located in Florida.
History.—s. 64, ch. 93-164; s. 58, ch. 96-323; s. 56, ch. 97-100; ss. 54, 88, ch. 2002-20.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XXVI - Public Transportation › Chapter 341 - Public Transit › 341.8201 - Short Title.

341.8201 Short title.—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.