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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 338
Florida Intrastate Highway System And Toll Facilities
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338.239  Traffic control on the turnpike system.--

(1)  The department is authorized to adopt rules with respect to the use of the turnpike system, which rules must relate to vehicular speeds, loads and dimensions, safety devices, rules of the road, and other matters necessary to carry out the purposes of ss. 338.22-1338.244. Insofar as these rules may be inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 316, the rules control. A violation of these rules must be punished pursuant to chapters 316 and 318.

(2)  Members of the Florida Highway Patrol are vested with the power, and charged with the duty, to enforce the rules of the department. Expenses incurred by the Florida Highway Patrol in carrying out its powers and duties under ss. 338.22-1338.244 may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the turnpike system, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall be reimbursed by the Department of Transportation for such expenses incurred on the turnpike mainline, which is that part of the turnpike system extending from the southern terminus in Florida City to the northern terminus in Wildwood including all contiguous sections.

History.--s. 23, ch. 28128, 1953; ss. 10, 23, 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 244, ch. 71-136; s. 8, ch. 74-377; s. 51, ch. 76-31; s. 56, ch. 78-95; s. 198, ch. 84-309; s. 14, ch. 88-286; s. 49, ch. 95-257; s. 57, ch. 96-350.

1Note.--Repealed by s. 8, ch. 94-237.

Note.--Former s. 340.23.