SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2658
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 964388
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11  Senator Sebesta moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 99, between lines 23 and 24,
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17         Section 49.  Subsection (1) of section 337.401, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         337.401  Use of right-of-way for utilities subject to
20  regulation; permit; fees.--
21         (1)  The department and local governmental entities,
22  referred to in ss. 337.401-337.404 as the "authority," that
23  have jurisdiction and control of public roads or publicly
24  owned rail corridors are authorized to prescribe and enforce
25  reasonable rules or regulations with reference to the placing
26  and maintaining along, across, or on any road or publicly
27  owned rail corridors under their respective jurisdictions any
28  electric transmission, telephone, telegraph, or other
29  communications services lines; pole lines; poles; railways;
30  ditches; sewers; water, heat, or gas mains; pipelines; fences;
31  gasoline tanks and pumps; or other structures hereinafter
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2658
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 964388
 1  referred to as the "utility." The department may enter into a
 2  permit-delegation agreement with a governmental entity if
 3  issuance of a permit is based on requirements that the
 4  department finds will ensure the safety and integrity of
 5  facilities of the Department of Transportation.
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11  And the title is amended as follows:
12         On page 5, line 29, after the semicolon,
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15         amending s. 337.401, F.S.; allowing the
16         department under certain circumstances to enter
17         into permit-delegation agreements with other
18         governmental entities for issuance of permits
19         to use certain rights-of-way;
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