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The Transportation Committee recommends the
following: |
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Council/Committee
Substitute |
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Remove the
entire bill and insert: |
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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to abandonment of roads;
amending s. |
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316.006, F.S.; providing that a municipality
may exercise |
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its home rule authority to abandon, vacate,
discontinue, |
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or close roads or rights-of-way in the
municipality's |
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jurisdiction; conforming a cross-reference;
transferring |
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and renumbering s. 316.00825, F.S., relating
to a county's |
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authority to close and abandon roads and
rights-of-way and |
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convey the county's interest to a homeowners'
association; |
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providing an effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Florida: |
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Section 1. Paragraph
(c) is added to subsection (2) of |
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section 316.006, Florida Statutes, and
paragraph (c) of |
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subsection (3) of said section is amended, to
read: |
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316.006 Jurisdiction.--Jurisdiction
to control traffic is |
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vested as follows: |
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(2) MUNICIPALITIES.-- |
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(c) The
governing body of a municipality may exercise its |
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home rule powers granted
under chapter 166 to abandon, vacate, |
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discontinue, or close
roads or rights-of-way under its |
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jurisdiction pursuant to
the terms and conditions specified by |
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the governing body as
serving a municipal purpose. |
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This subsection shall not limit those
counties which have the |
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charter powers to provide and regulate
arterial, toll, and other |
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roads, bridges, tunnels, and related
facilities from the proper |
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exercise of those powers by the placement and
maintenance of |
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traffic control devices which conform to the
manual and |
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specifications of the Department of
Transportation on streets |
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and highways located within municipal
boundaries. |
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(3) COUNTIES.-- |
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(c) If
the governing body of a county abandons the roads |
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and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded
residential |
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subdivision, and simultaneously conveys the
county's interest |
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therein to a homeowners' association for the
subdivision in the |
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manner prescribed in s. 336.125
316.00825, that county's
traffic |
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control jurisdiction over the abandoned and
conveyed roads |
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ceases unless the requirements of paragraph
(b) are met. |
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Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(2), each county |
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shall have original jurisdiction to regulate
parking, by |
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resolution of the board of county
commissioners and the erection |
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of signs conforming to the manual and
specifications of the |
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Department of Transportation, in parking
areas located on |
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property owned or leased by the county,
whether or not such |
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areas are located within the boundaries of
chartered |
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municipalities. |
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Section
2. Section
316.00825, Florida Statutes, is |
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transferred and renumbered
as section 336.125, Florida Statutes. |
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Section 3. This
act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |