1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXVI PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 338 Florida Intrastate Highway System And Toll Facilities  
338.165   Continuation of tolls.

1338.165  Continuation of tolls.--

(1)  The department, any transportation or expressway authority or, in the absence of an authority, a county or counties may continue to collect the toll on a revenue-producing project after the discharge of any bond indebtedness related to such project and may increase such toll. All tolls so collected shall first be used to pay the annual cost of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the toll project.

(2)  If the revenue-producing project is on the State Highway System, any remaining toll revenue shall be used for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any road on the State Highway System within the county or counties in which the revenue-producing project is located, except as provided in s. 348.0004.

(3)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, and subject to the requirements of subsection (2), the Department of Transportation may request the Division of Bond Finance to issue bonds secured by toll revenues collected on the Alligator Alley to fund transportation projects contained in the 1993-1994 Adopted Work Program or in any subsequent adopted work program of the department.

(4)  If the revenue-producing project is on the county road system, any remaining toll revenue shall be used for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any other state or county road within the county or counties in which the revenue-producing project is located, except as provided in s. 348.0004.

(5)  Selection of projects on the State Highway System for construction, maintenance, or improvement with toll revenues shall be, with the concurrence of the department, consistent with the Florida Transportation Plan.

(6)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), no tolls may 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 Law.

History.--s. 67, ch. 85-180; s. 1, ch. 88-286; s. 5, ch. 94-115; s. 60, ch. 94-237; s. 17, ch. 97-280.

1Note.--Section 1, ch. 97-125, provides that "[t]he Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the Department of Transportation. The trust fund is created pursuant to ss. 339.081(3) and 338.165(3), Florida Statutes, and by action of the Department of Transportation in issuing revenue bonds pledged by the toll revenues on the Alligator Alley, in accordance with these sections of law."