Florida Statute 331.15 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXV
AVIATION

Chapter 331
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE FACILITIES AND COMMERCE

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F.S. 331.15

331.15 Auto transportation between county airports; exceptions.—

(1) The term “motor carrier” as used in this section shall mean any person, firm, corporation, or partnership, which is engaged in the business of transporting passengers for hire by motor-propelled vehicles, including, but not limited to, buses and sedan automobiles.

(2) The board of county commissioners of every county owning and operating an airport shall have the right, power, and authority to enter into contracts with one or more motor carriers for the transportation of passengers for hire between such airport or airports and points within such county. Such contract or contracts shall authorize the term of said contract or contracts authorizing such motor carrier to transport passengers for hire over the roads, streets, and highways of such county between such airport and points within such county.

(3) Provided, however, this section shall not be applicable in any county owning or operating an airport, which said airport is geographically located so as to be separated from the mainland of the state by any bay, ocean, sea, river, or other body of water, and further provided that the provisions of the section shall not apply to counties having a population between 150,000 and 200,000.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 26512, 1951; s. 1, ch. 63-279; s. 2, ch. 63-496; s. 1, ch. 65-52; s. 1, ch. 85-113.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 331.15

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Cases Citing Statute 331.15

Total Results: 7

Skinner v. Continental Casualty Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-11-08

Citation: 268 So. 2d 576, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6049

Snippet: Ben. Health & Accident Ass’n, Omaha, 309 Mich. 331, 15 N.W.2d 659 (1944) ; Grau v. Travelers Ins. Co.

City of Fort Lauderdale v. Taxi, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1971-04-23

Citation: 247 So. 2d 467, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6670

Snippet: County was required under the provisions of Section 331.15(2) F.S.A. to fix “designated points” within the

S & J TRANSPORTATION, INC. v. Gordon

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-05-19

Citation: 176 So. 2d 69

Snippet: Miami International Airport pursuant to Section 331.15(2), F.S.A. *70 In essence the taxicab companies

Red Top Sedan Service, Inc. v. S & J Transportation, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-02-26

Citation: 150 So. 2d 450, 1963 WL 106349

Snippet: into pursuant to the provisions of §§ 331.14, 331.-15, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The initial contract provided

S & J Transportation, Inc. v. McGahey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-12-11

Citation: 135 So. 2d 442

Snippet: designated points within such county.” Sections 331.14, 331.15, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The contract in this case went

Phil's Yellow Taxi Co. of Miami Springs v. Carter

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-11-01

Citation: 134 So. 2d 230, 42 P.U.R.3d 477

Snippet: Miami, for respondents. THOMAS, Justice. In Sec. 331.15(2), Florida Statutes 1959, and F.S.A., it is provided

Kyle v. Kyle

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-03-22

Citation: 128 So. 2d 427

Snippet: See 11 Am.Jur., Conflict of Laws, section 31, p. 331; 15 C.J.S. Conflict of Laws § 19b, p. 937, § 19c, p