Fla. Stat. 337.0262
Purchase and use of clay, peat, gravel, sand, or any other solid substance extracted from borrow pits

(1)

The department, and any contractor or subcontractor of the department, may not purchase or use any clay, peat, gravel, sand, or other solid substance extracted from a borrow pit as defined in s. 378.403 unless:Certification is provided to the department, contractor, or subcontractor by the operator of the borrow pit that it is in compliance with the notice requirements and substantive requirements of s. 378.801; andThe operator of the borrow pit is in compliance with the performance standards in s. 378.803, including, but not limited to, providing proof of currently valid permits required by the Department of Environmental Protection and the appropriate water management district.

(a)

Certification is provided to the department, contractor, or subcontractor by the operator of the borrow pit that it is in compliance with the notice requirements and substantive requirements of s. 378.801; and

(b)

The operator of the borrow pit is in compliance with the performance standards in s. 378.803, including, but not limited to, providing proof of currently valid permits required by the Department of Environmental Protection and the appropriate water management district.

(2)

All contracts and purchase orders executed by the department, and all subcontracts and purchase orders executed by contractors or subcontractors after July 1, 2021, must include specific requirements for compliance with this section.

(3)

In the event that the department determines that substances are being obtained and used from a borrow pit that is not in compliance with this section, the department must cease to accept any substances from that borrow pit within 48 hours after such determination. The department may resume acceptance of substances from the borrow pit once the borrow pit is in compliance with this section.

Source: Section 337.0262 — Purchase and use of clay, peat, gravel, sand, or any other solid substance extracted from borrow pits, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0337.­0262 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

337.02
Purchases by department subject to competitive bids 337.03
Authority of department to purchase surplus properties from the Federal Government 337.11
Contracting authority of department 337.14
Application for qualification 337.015
Administration of public contracts 337.16
Disqualification of delinquent contractors from bidding 337.17
Bid guaranty 337.18
Surety bonds for construction or maintenance contracts 337.19
Suits by and against department 337.023
Sale of building 337.25
Acquisition, lease, and disposal of real and personal property 337.025
Innovative transportation projects 337.26
Execution and effect of instruments of sale, lease, or conveyance executed by department 337.026
Authority of department to enter into agreements for construction aggregate materials 337.27
Exercise of power of eminent domain by department 337.027
Authority to implement a business development program 337.29
Vesting of title to roads 337.105
Qualifications of professional consultants and other providers of contractual services 337.106
Professional service providers 337.107
Contracts for right-of-way services 337.108
Hazardous materials and pollutants 337.111
Contracting for monuments and memorials to military veterans at rest areas 337.125
Socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises 337.135
Socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises 337.139
Efforts to encourage awarding contracts to disadvantaged business enterprises 337.141
Payment of construction or maintenance contracts 337.145
Offsetting payments 337.162
Professional services 337.164
Legislative intent with respect to integrity of public contracting process 337.165
Contract crime 337.166
Moneys recovered for violations of antitrust laws 337.167
Administrative procedures 337.168
Confidentiality of official estimates and bid analysis and monitoring system 337.169
Effect of ch. 83-4 on existing remedies 337.175
Retainage 337.185
State Arbitration Board 337.195
Limits on liability 337.221
Claims settlement process 337.242
Acquisition of rail corridors 337.243
Notification of land use changes in designated transportation corridors 337.251
Lease of property for joint public-private development and areas above or below department property 337.0261
Construction aggregate materials 337.0262
Purchase and use of clay, peat, gravel, sand, or any other solid substance extracted from borrow pits 337.273
Transportation corridors 337.274
Authority of department agent or employee to enter lands, waters, and premises of another in the performance of duties 337.276
Issuance of bonds for right-of-way land acquisition and state bridge construction 337.401
Use of right-of-way for utilities subject to regulation 337.402
Damage to public road caused by utility 337.403
Interference caused by utility 337.404
Removal or relocation of utility facilities 337.405
Trees or other vegetation within rights-of-way of State Highway System or publicly owned rail corridors 337.406
Unlawful use of state transportation facility right-of-way 337.407
Regulation of signs and lights within rights-of-way 337.408
Regulation of bus stops, benches, transit shelters, street light poles, waste disposal receptacles, and modular news racks within rights-of-way 337.409
Willfully or maliciously removing, damaging, destroying, altering, or appropriating benches, transit shelters, waste receptacles, or advertising displayed thereon 337.1075
Contracts for planning services 337.1101
Contracting and procurement authority of the department 337.2505
Donations for landscape projects 337.02611
Phosphogypsum as a construction aggregate material 337.2735
Recording of municipal maps of reservation for transportation corridors and transportation facilities 337.4061
Definitions

Current through Fall 2025

§ 337.0262. Purchase & use of clay, peat, gravel, sand, or any other solid substance extracted from borrow pits's source at flsenate​.gov