Florida Statutes Part II - Tampa-hillsborough County Expressway Authority (Ss. 348.50-348.70)

• 348.50 - Title Of Law.
  This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 63-447.
• 348.51 - Definitions.
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this part shall have the following meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates...
• 348.52 - Tampa-hillsborough County Expressway Authority.
  (1) There is hereby created and established a body politic and corporate, an agency of the state, to be known as the “Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority.”(2) The...
• 348.53 - Purposes Of The Authority.
  The authority is created for the purposes and shall have power to construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, repair, maintain and operate the expressway system. It is...
• 348.54 - Powers Of The Authority.
  Except as otherwise limited herein, the authority shall have the power:(1) To sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all courts.(2) To...
• 348.545 - Facility Improvement; Bond Financing Authority.
  Pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution, the Legislature hereby approves for bond financing by the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority improvements to...
• 348.56 - Bonds Of The Authority.
  (1)(a) Bonds may be issued on behalf of the authority pursuant to the State Bond Act.(b) Alternatively, the authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized...
• 348.565 - Revenue Bonds For Specified Projects.
  The existing facilities that constitute the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway System are hereby approved to be refinanced by revenue bonds issued by the Division of Bond...
• 348.57 - Refunding Bonds.
  (1) Subject to public notice as provided in s. 348.54, the authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance from time to time of...
• 348.58 - Remedies.
  (1) The rights and the remedies herein conferred upon or granted to the bondholders shall be in addition to and not in limitation of any rights...
• 348.59 - Traffic Control.
  (1) In addition to the powers conferred by the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the city, the authority is hereby authorized to promulgate...
• 348.60 - Lease-purchase Agreements.
  (1) In order to effectuate the purposes of this part, the authority may enter into lease-purchase agreements with the city, the county, the state or any...
• 348.61 - Department May Be Appointed Agent Of Authority For Construction.
  The department may be appointed by the authority as its agent for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending or repairing the expressway system. In...
• 348.62 - Acquisition Of Lands And Property.
  (1) For the purpose of this part, the authority may acquire private or public property and property rights including rights of access, air, view and light...
• 348.63 - Cooperation With Other Units, Boards, Agencies And Individuals.
  Express authority and power is hereby given and granted any county, municipality, drainage district, road and bridge district, school district or any other political subdivision,...
• 348.64 - Covenant Of The State.
  The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders from time to time of the bonds that the state will not limit or...
• 348.65 - Exemption From Taxation.
  The effectuation of the authorized purposes of the authority created under this part is, shall and will be in all respects for the benefit of...
• 348.66 - Eligibility For Investments And Security.
  The bonds shall be and constitute legal investments for banks, savings banks, trustees, executors, administrators and all other fiduciaries and for all state, municipal and...
• 348.67 - Pledges Enforceable For Bondholders.
  It is the express intention of this part that any pledge of revenues, Hillsborough County gasoline tax funds or other funds either as rentals to...
• 348.68 - Consultation With Hillsborough County City-county Planning Commission.
  In determining the route or routes, and the design and type of construction in connection with constructing the expressway system or any extension thereof, consideration...
• 348.681 - Design Standards.
  The geometric design standards used in connection with constructing the expressway system or any extension thereof shall as nearly as is practicable follow or be...
• 348.70 - This Part Complete And Additional Authority.
  (1) The powers conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the existing respective powers of the authority, the department, the county, and...

Last modified: September 23, 2016