| 1 | Representative Ray offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 2391 and 2392, insert: |
| 5 | Section 45. Sections 479.01, 479.015, 479.02, 479.03, |
| 6 | 479.04, 479.05, 479.07, 479.08, 479.10, 479.105, 479.106, |
| 7 | 479.107, 479.11, 479.111, 479.12, 479.14, 479.15, 479.155, |
| 8 | 479.156, 479.16, 479.21, 479.24, and 479.25, Florida Statutes, |
| 9 | are designated as part I of chapter 479, Florida Statutes. |
| 10 | Section 46. Sections 479.261, 479.262, 479.27, 479.28, and |
| 11 | 479.30, Florida Statutes, are designated as part II of chapter |
| 12 | 479, Florida Statutes. |
| 13 | Section 47. Part III of chapter 479, Florida Statutes, |
| 14 | consisting of sections 479.310, 479.311, 479.312, 479.313, and |
| 15 | 479.314, is created to read: |
| 16 | PART III |
| 17 | SIGN REMOVAL |
| 18 | 479.310 Legislative intent.--It is the intent of this part |
| 19 | to relieve the department from the financial burden incurred in |
| 20 | the removal of unpermitted and illegal signs located within the |
| 21 | controlled areas adjacent to the State Highway System, |
| 22 | interstate, or federal-aid primary system; to place the |
| 23 | financial responsibility for the cost of such removal directly |
| 24 | upon those benefiting from the location and operation of such |
| 25 | unpermitted and illegal signs; and to provide clear authority to |
| 26 | the department for the recovery of cost incurred by the |
| 27 | department in the removal of such unpermitted and illegal signs. |
| 28 | 479.311 Jurisdiction; venue.--The county court shall have |
| 29 | jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court to consider |
| 30 | claims filed by the department in amounts that are within their |
| 31 | jurisdictional limitations. Venue shall be the Leon County for |
| 32 | the purpose of a claim filed by the department to recover its |
| 33 | costs as provided in this section. |
| 34 | 479.312 Unpermitted signs; cost of removal.--All costs |
| 35 | incurred by the department in connection with the removal of a |
| 36 | sign located within a controlled area adjacent to the interstate |
| 37 | highway system, the federal-aid primary highway system, or the |
| 38 | State Highway System shall be assessed against and collected |
| 39 | from the following persons if they have not been issued a permit |
| 40 | under part I of this chapter: |
| 41 | (1) The owner of the sign; |
| 42 | (2) The advertiser displayed on the sign; or |
| 43 | (3) The owner of the property upon which the sign is |
| 44 | located. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | For the purpose of this subsection, a sign that does not display |
| 47 | the name of the owner of the sign shall be presumed to be owned |
| 48 | by the owner of the property upon which the sign is located. |
| 49 | 479.313 Permit revocation; cost of removal.--All costs |
| 50 | incurred by the department in connection with the removal of a |
| 51 | sign located within a controlled area adjacent to the interstate |
| 52 | highway system, the federal-aid primary highway system, or the |
| 53 | State Highway System following the revocation of the permit for |
| 54 | such sign shall be assessed against and collected from the |
| 55 | permittee. |
| 56 | 479.314 Highway rights-of-way; cost of sign removal.--All |
| 57 | costs incurred by the department in connection with the removal |
| 58 | of a sign located within a right-of-way of the interstate |
| 59 | highway system, the federal-aid primary highway system, or the |
| 60 | State Highway System shall be assessed against and collected |
| 61 | from the owner of the sign or the advertiser displayed on the |
| 62 | sign. |
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| 66 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 67 | Remove line 217 and insert: |
| 68 | designating parts I and II of ch. 479, F.S.; creating part III |
| 69 | of ch. 479, F.S., relating to costs incurred in the removal of |
| 70 | unpermitted and illegal signs located within the controlled |
| 71 | areas adjacent to certain roadways; providing legislative |
| 72 | intent; providing that the county court and circuit court have |
| 73 | concurrent jurisdiction; requiring that all costs incurred by |
| 74 | the department to remove signs in certain locations on the |
| 75 | Interstate Highway System, the federal-aid primary highway |
| 76 | system, or the State Highway System shall be assessed and |
| 77 | collected from certain persons under certain conditions; |
| 78 | providing an effective date. |