Florida Statute 349.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 349
JACKSONVILLE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

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F.S. 349.02

349.02 Definitions.—

(1) Except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Authority” means the body politic and corporate, an agency of the state created by this chapter.

(b) “Members” means the governing body of the authority, and the term “member” means one of the individuals constituting such governing body.

(c) “Bonds” means and includes the notes, bonds, refunding bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations, in either temporary or definitive form, that the authority is authorized to issue pursuant to this chapter.

(d) “Department” means the Department of Transportation existing under chapters 334-339.

(e) “Florida State Improvement Commission” or “commission” means the state agency created, organized, and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of former chapter 420, or the successor thereto, chapter 29788, Acts of 1955, now chapter 288.

(f) “County” means the County of Duval.

(g) “City” means the City of Jacksonville.

(h) “State Board of Administration” means the body corporate existing under the provisions of s. 4, Art. IV of the State Constitution or any successor thereto.

(i) “Agency of the state” means and includes the state and any department of the state, the authority, or any corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the state.

(j) “Federal agency” means and includes the United States, the President of the United States, and any department of the United States or any corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States.

(k) “Duval County gasoline tax funds” means all the 80-percent surplus gasoline tax funds accruing in each year to the Department of Transportation for use in Duval County under the provisions of s. 9, Art. XII of the State Constitution, after deduction only of any amounts of said gasoline tax funds heretofore pledged by the department or the county for outstanding obligations.

(l) “Transportation facilities” means and includes all mobile and fixed assets (real or personal property or rights therein) used in the transportation of persons or property by any means of conveyance whatsoever, and all appurtenances thereto, such as, but not limited to, highways; limited or controlled access lanes and facilities; docks, vessels, vehicles, fixed guideway facilities, and any means of conveyance of persons or property of all types; park-and-ride facilities; transit-related improvements adjacent to transit facilities or stations; bus, train, vessel, or other vehicle storage, cleaning, fueling, control, and maintenance facilities; and administrative and other office space for the exercise by the authority of the powers and obligations herein granted.

(2) Words importing singular number shall include the plural number in each case and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include firms and corporations.

History.—s. 2, ch. 29996, 1955; s. 18, ch. 69-216; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 2009-111; s. 24, ch. 2011-64; s. 57, ch. 2013-15.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 349.02

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 349.02

Total Results: 7

Grant v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-07-10

Citation: 677 So. 2d 45, 1996 WL 382227

Snippet: 610 So.2d at 438; Lafleur v. State, 661 So.2d at 349.[2] Accordingly we reverse the sentencing order and

Wells v. Tallahassee Mem. Med. Center

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-06-15

Citation: 659 So. 2d 249, 1995 WL 355306

Snippet: jury's award allocated to economic damages (35.349%); (2) settlements ($300,000) x percentage of jury's

Boylan v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-05-14

Citation: 489 So. 2d 110, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1138, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 7837

Snippet: the term provided by general law.” 487 So.2d at 349.2 There is no parallel provision to (d)(13) pertaining

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1978-01-01

Snippet: (Emphasis supplied.) It is also provided in s. 349.02(1), F. S., that `[t]he term `authority' shall mean

Marshall v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-10-26

Citation: 339 So. 2d 723, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 16013

Snippet: is well stated in Evans v. State, 140 So.2d 348, 349 (2 DCA 1962). “It has long been recognized that sanity

Stuart v. Hertz Corporation

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-09-27

Citation: 302 So. 2d 187

Snippet: Royal Continental Hotels, Fla.App. 1966, 187 So.2d 349. [2] A number of cases have permitted third party

Smith v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1916-01-31

Citation: 71 Fla. 97, 70 So. 943

Snippet: defined by the Statute. See State v. Mahan, 2 Ala. 349; 2 Bishop’s New Crim. Pro. (2 Ed.) § 621; Hearn v