Fla. Stat. 337.402
Damage to public road caused by utility


When any public road or publicly owned rail corridor is damaged or impaired in any way because of the installation, inspection, or repair of a utility located on such road or publicly owned rail corridor, the owner of the utility shall, at his or her own expense, restore the road or publicly owned rail corridor to its original condition before such damage. If the owner fails to make such restoration, the authority is authorized to do so and charge the cost thereof against the owner under the provisions of s. 337.404.

Source: Section 337.402 — Damage to public road caused by utility, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0337.­402 (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

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