Fla. Stat. 339.2817
County Incentive Grant Program

(1)

There is created within the Department of Transportation a County Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to counties, to improve a transportation facility which is located on the State Highway System or which relieves traffic congestion on the State Highway System.

(2)

To be eligible for consideration, projects must be consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with local metropolitan planning organization plans and local government comprehensive plans.

(3)

The department must consider, but is not limited to, the following criteria for evaluation of projects for County Incentive Grant Program assistance:The extent to which the project will encourage, enhance, or create economic benefits;The likelihood that assistance would enable the project to proceed at an earlier date than the project could otherwise proceed;The extent to which assistance would foster innovative public-private partnerships and attract private debt or equity investment;The extent to which the project uses new technologies, including intelligent transportation systems, which enhance the efficiency of the project;The extent to which the project helps to maintain or protect the environment; andThe extent to which the project includes transportation benefits for improving intermodalism and safety.

(a)

The extent to which the project will encourage, enhance, or create economic benefits;

(b)

The likelihood that assistance would enable the project to proceed at an earlier date than the project could otherwise proceed;

(c)

The extent to which assistance would foster innovative public-private partnerships and attract private debt or equity investment;

(d)

The extent to which the project uses new technologies, including intelligent transportation systems, which enhance the efficiency of the project;

(e)

The extent to which the project helps to maintain or protect the environment; and

(f)

The extent to which the project includes transportation benefits for improving intermodalism and safety.

(4)

The department shall provide 50 percent of project costs for eligible projects.

(5)

A municipality may apply to the county in which the municipality is located for consideration by the county for funding under this section of any project or project phase of a transportation facility which is located on the State Highway System or which is demonstrated to relieve congestion on the State Highway System. The county must evaluate all municipal applications as provided in subsection (3). If a municipality’s proposed project is rejected by the county for funding under this section, or if the county’s proposed project adversely affects a municipality within the county, the municipality may request mediation to resolve any concerns of the municipality and the county.

Source: Section 339.2817 — County Incentive Grant Program, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0339.­2817 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

339.04
Disposition of proceeds of sale or lease of realty by the department 339.05
Assent to federal aid given 339.06
Authority of department to amortize advancements from United States 339.07
National aid expended under supervision of the department 339.08
Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund 339.09
Use of transportation tax revenues 339.12
Aid and contributions by governmental entities for department projects 339.24
Beautification of state transportation facilities 339.28
Willful and malicious damage to boundary marks, guideposts, lampposts, etc. on transportation facility 339.035
Expenditures 339.041
Factoring of revenues from leases for wireless communication facilities 339.55
State-funded infrastructure bank 339.61
Florida Strategic Intermodal System 339.62
System components 339.63
System facilities designated 339.64
Strategic Intermodal System Plan 339.65
Strategic Intermodal System highway corridors 339.66
Upgrade of arterial highways with controlled access facilities 339.67
U.S. 19 controlled access facilities 339.68
Arterial rural highway projects 339.70
Authority referendum 339.81
Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network 339.081
Department trust funds 339.83
Enrollment in federal pilot programs 339.84
Workforce development 339.125
Covenants to complete on revenue-producing projects 339.135
Work program 339.139
Transportation debt assessment 339.155
Transportation planning 339.157
Resilience action plan 339.175
Metropolitan planning organization 339.176
Voting membership for M.P.O. with boundaries including certain counties 339.177
Transportation management programs 339.241
Florida Junkyard Control Law 339.281
Damage to transportation facility by vessel 339.282
Transportation concurrency incentives 339.285
Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation 339.287
Electric vehicle charging stations 339.651
Strategic Intermodal System supply chain demands 339.0801
Allocation of increased revenues derived from amendments to s 339.0803
Allocation of increased revenues derived from amendments to s 339.0805
Funds to be expended with certified disadvantaged business enterprises 339.0809
Florida Department of Transportation Financing Corporation 339.0815
Transportation Revenue Bond Trust Fund 339.0816
Transportation Governmental Bond Trust Fund 339.1371
Mobility 2000 339.2405
Florida highway beautification grants 339.2815
Purchase orders 339.2816
Small County Road Assistance Program 339.2817
County Incentive Grant Program 339.2818
Small County Outreach Program 339.2819
Transportation Regional Incentive Program 339.2821
Economic development transportation projects 339.2825
Approval of contractor-financed projects 339.28201
Local Agency Program

Current through Fall 2025

§ 339.2817. Cnty. Incentive Grant Program's source at flsenate​.gov