Fla. Stat. § 334.01
Florida Transportation Code; short title
Chapters 334-339, 341, 348, and 349 and ss. 332.003-332.007, 351.35, 351.36, 351.37, and 861.011 may be cited as the “Florida Transportation Code.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 334 — TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION
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Fla. Stat. § 334.03
Definitions
When used in the Florida Transportation Code, the term:(1) “Arterial road” means a route providing service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, high operating speed, and high mobility importance. In addition, every United States numbered highway is an arterial…
Fla. Stat. § 334.035
Purpose of transportation code
The purpose of the Florida Transportation Code is to establish the responsibilities of the state, the counties, and the municipalities in the planning and development of the transportation systems serving the people of the state and to assure the development of an integrated, balanced statewide transportation system. T…
Fla. Stat. § 334.044
Powers and duties of the department
The department shall have the following general powers and duties:(1) To assume the responsibility for coordinating the planning of a safe, viable, and balanced state transportation system serving all regions of the state, and to assure the compatibility of all components, including multimodal facilities.(2) To adopt r…
Fla. Stat. § 334.045
Transportation performance and productivity standards; development; measurement; application
(1) The Florida Transportation Commission shall develop and adopt measures for evaluating the performance and productivity of the department. The measures may be both quantitative and qualitative and must, to the maximum extent practical, assess those factors that are within the department’s control. The measures must,…
Fla. Stat. § 334.046
Department mission, goals, and objectives
(1) The department shall consider the following prevailing principles when planning and developing the state’s multimodal transportation system: preserving Florida’s transportation infrastructure; supporting its economic competitiveness; promoting the efficient movement of people and goods; and preserving Florida’s qua…
Fla. Stat. § 334.047
Prohibition
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Transportation may not establish a cap on the number of miles in the State Highway System.
Fla. Stat. § 334.048
Legislative intent with respect to department management accountability and monitoring systems
The department shall implement the following accountability and monitoring systems to evaluate whether the department’s goals are being accomplished efficiently and cost-effectively, and ensure compliance with all laws, rules, policies, and procedures related to the department’s operations:(1) The Transportation Commis…
Fla. Stat. § 334.049
Patents, copyrights, trademarks; notice to Department of State
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Department of Transportation is authorized, in its own name, to:(a) Perform all things necessary to secure letters of patent, copyrights, and trademarks on any legitimately acquired work products, and to enforce its rights therein.(b) License, lease, assign, or otherwise…
Fla. Stat. § 334.05
Department headquarters; acquisition of office space
(1) The headquarters and general office of the department shall be located at the state capital.(2) The department may purchase, build, rent, or lease suitable buildings or rooms for its headquarters, general office, branch offices, or division offices and for maintenance yards and rooms for equipment and supplies in o…
Fla. Stat. § 334.063
Statistical studies relating to traffic count and accidents
The department shall include in the criteria for the planning, construction, and maintenance of the State Highway System statistical studies of accidents and fatalities as well as traffic count.
Fla. Stat. § 334.065
Center for Urban Transportation Research
(1) There is established within the University of South Florida the Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research. The responsibilities of the center include, but are not limited to, conducting and facilitating research on issues related to urban transportation problems in this state and serving as an information ex…
Fla. Stat. § 334.066
Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab
(1) The Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I-STREET) is established within the University of Florida.(2) At a minimum, I-STREET shall:(a) Conduct and facilitate research on issues related to innovative transportation mobility and safety technology develo…
Fla. Stat. § 334.071
Legislative designation of transportation facilities
(1) Designation of a transportation facility contained in an act of the Legislature is for honorary or memorial purposes or to distinguish a particular facility, and unless specifically provided for, shall not be construed to require any action by a local government or private party regarding the changing of any street…
Fla. Stat. § 334.131
Department employees’ benefit fund
The department is authorized to create and operate an employees’ benefit fund for employees of the department. The proceeds of the vending machines located in premises occupied by the department shall be paid into the fund, to be used for such benefits and purposes as the department may determine.
Fla. Stat. § 334.14
Employees of department who are required to be engineers
Each employee performing engineering as defined in chapter 471 shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of chapter 471.
Fla. Stat. § 334.17
Consulting services; provision by department to other governmental units
The department is authorized to provide consulting services, upon request, to any governmental unit on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon in writing.
Fla. Stat. § 334.175
Certification of project design plans and surveys
(1) All design plans and surveys prepared by or for the department shall be signed, sealed, and certified by the professional engineer or surveyor or architect or landscape architect in responsible charge of the project work. Such professional engineer, surveyor, architect, or landscape architect must be duly registere…
Fla. Stat. § 334.179
Department standards or specifications for permissible use of aggregates; misrepresentation of certification
(1) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, a local government may not adopt standards or specifications that are contrary to the department standards or specifications for permissible use of aggregates that have been certified for use. For purposes of this section, the term “certified for use” mea…
Fla. Stat. § 334.181
Electronic proof of delivery
Notwithstanding any law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, a local governmental entity must accept an electronic proof of delivery as an official record for a material delivery on the local governmental entity’s transportation project.
Fla. Stat. § 334.185
Financial responsibility for construction, material, or design failures; review of contracts; financial assurances
The department shall request its legal staff, prior to awarding any contract, to review the contract to determine the responsibilities of the parties for construction, material, or design failures. The department shall, whenever practical, minimize its responsibility for such failures. The department legal staff shall…
Fla. Stat. § 334.187
Guarantee of obligations to the department
(1) With the approval of the department’s comptroller, a letter of credit or bond may be accepted by the department to guarantee payment of any obligation due the department or that may become due to the department.(2) The letter of credit shall be payable solely to the department as beneficiary, and it shall be nonass…
Fla. Stat. § 334.193
Unlawful for certain persons to be financially interested in purchases, sales, and certain contracts; penalties
(1) It is unlawful for a state officer, or an employee or agent of the department, or for any company, corporation, or firm in which a state officer, or an employee or agent of the department has a financial interest, to bid on, enter into, or be personally interested in:(a) The purchase or the furnishing of any materi…
Fla. Stat. § 334.195
Officers or employees of the department; conflicts of interest; exception; penalties
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), no state officer or employee of the department shall directly or indirectly solicit or accept funds from any person who has, maintains, or seeks business relations with the department.(2) The provisions of this section do not apply to the solicitation of funds for charitable pu…
Fla. Stat. § 334.196
Authority of department to photograph or microphotograph records and to destroy original records; admissibility of photographs or microphotographs in evidence
(1) The department is authorized to photograph, microphotograph, or reproduce on film, whereby each page will be exposed in exact conformity with the original, all its documents, records, maps, data, and information of a permanent character. The department is further authorized to destroy any documents after they have…
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