1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXVI PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 335 State Highway System  
335.02   Authority to designate transportation facilities and rights-of-way and establish lanes; procedure for redesignation and relocation.

335.02  Authority to designate transportation facilities and rights-of-way and establish lanes; procedure for redesignation and relocation.--

(1)  The department shall have the authority to locate and designate certain transportation facilities as part of the State Highway System and to construct and maintain them with funds available to the department. Any transportation facility when so located and designated shall become the property of the state and shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the department. Such a transportation facility may not be redesignated or relocated until after a public hearing is conducted by the department in each county affected. Reasonable notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in such county 14 days prior to the hearing in addition to any other notice required by law. 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.

(2)  The department may survey and locate the line or route of any existing or proposed transportation facility or section thereof designated as part of the State Highway System or the line or route of any transportation corridor designated by the department. When locating the line or route, the department shall consider the availability of property currently owned by this state. Right-of-way maps used for the acquisition of real property rights and adopted by the department shall, upon completion of monumentation, be filed in accordance with chapter 177 in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the appropriate county.

(3)  The department may establish standards for lanes on the State Highway System, including the Florida Intrastate Highway System established pursuant to s. 338.001. The standards may include the maximum number of lanes to be provided by state funds and access requirements for such facilities.

History.--s. 26, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 1, ch. 59-224; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-188; s. 2, ch. 77-416; s. 56, ch. 78-95; s. 137, ch. 79-400; s. 32, ch. 84-309; s. 30, ch. 85-180; s. 1, ch. 85-183; s. 12, ch. 88-168; s. 22, ch. 95-257.