Bill Amendment: FL S1132 | 2013 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Department of Transportation
Status: 2013-04-30 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 85 (Ch. 2013-223), CS/CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2013-160) [S1132 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S1132-Transportation_Committee_Amendment_229756.html
Bill Title: Department of Transportation
Status: 2013-04-30 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 85 (Ch. 2013-223), CS/CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2013-160) [S1132 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S1132-Transportation_Committee_Amendment_229756.html
Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1132 Barcode 229756 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 03/07/2013 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Transportation (Evers) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 407 and 408 4 insert: 5 Section 3. Subsections (1) and (5) of section 125.42, 6 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 7 125.42 Water, sewage, gas, power, telephone, other utility, 8 and television lines along county roads and highways.— 9 (1) The board of county commissioners, with respect to 10 property located without the corporate limits of any 11 municipality, is authorized to grant a license to any person or 12 private corporation to construct, maintain, repair, operate, and 13 remove lines for the transmission of water, sewage, gas, power, 14 telephone, other public utilities, and television within the 15 right-of-way limits ofunder, on, over, across and alongany 16 county highway or any public road or highway acquired by the 17 county or public by purchase, gift, devise, dedication, or 18 prescription. However, the board of county commissioners shall 19 include in any instrument granting such license adequate 20 provisions: 21 (a) To prevent the creation of any obstructions or 22 conditions which are or may become dangerous to the traveling 23 public; 24 (b) To require the licensee to repair any damage or injury 25 to the road or highway by reason of the exercise of the 26 privileges granted in any instrument creating such license and 27 to repair the road or highway promptly, restoring it to a 28 condition at least equal to that which existed immediately prior 29 to the infliction of such damage or injury; 30 (c) IfWherebythe licensee holdsshall holdthe board of 31 county commissioners and membersthereofharmless from the 32 payment of any compensation or damages resulting from the 33 exercise of the privileges granted in any instrument creating 34 the license; and 35 (d) As may be reasonably necessary, for the protection of 36 the county and the public. 37 (5) In the event of widening, repair, or reconstruction of 38 any such road, the licensee shall move or remove such water, 39 sewage, gas, power, telephone, and other utility lines and 40 television lines at no cost to the county if a facility is found 41 to be unreasonably interfering, except as provided in s. 42 337.403(1)(d)-(g)337.403(1)(e). 43 44 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 45 And the title is amended as follows: 46 Between lines 10 and 11 47 insert: 48 amending s. 125.42, F.S.; revising provisions to 49 conform to changes made by the act; providing that in 50 order for a water, sewage, gas, power, telephone, or 51 other utility line and television lines to be required 52 to be moved at no cost to a county, the facility must 53 be found to be unreasonably interfering with the 54 widening, repair, or reconstruction of a road; 55 revising exceptions to the requirement;