The Florida Senate

341.351  Publication of notice of certification application and proceedings; contents of notice.--

(1)  Upon the filing of a certification application, the Department of Transportation shall arrange for publication of a notice of the application and of the proceedings required by ss. 341.3201-341.386 and of the deadline for filing notice of intent to be a party. The notice must be published within 30 days after the filing of the application.

(2)  The department shall arrange for publication of a notice of the certification hearing. Such notices shall be published at least 30 days before the date set for the hearing.

(3)  Notices shall be published:

(a)  In a newspaper of general circulation within each county crossed by the high-speed rail transportation system corridor. The required newspaper notices must be one-half of a page in a standard size newspaper or a full page in a tabloid size newspaper. Each notice must include a map generally depicting the proposed high-speed rail transportation system corridors. A newspaper of general circulation within a county is the newspaper that has the largest daily circulation in that county and has its principal office in that county. If the newspaper with the largest daily circulation has its principal office outside the county, the notices must appear in both the newspaper having the largest circulation in that county and in a newspaper authorized to publish legal notices in that county;

(b)  In the Florida Administrative Weekly; and

(c)  To any persons who have requested to be placed on the departmental mailing lists for this purpose.

(4)  The applicant shall pay for the notices, which payment is in addition to the application fee. The departments shall arrange for publication of the notices required by this section.

History.--s. 24, ch. 84-207; s. 2, ch. 85-65; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 44, ch. 92-152.