The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 336
COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM

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F.S. 336.44

336.44 Counties; contracts for construction of roads; procedure; contractor’s bond.—

(1) The commissioners shall let the work on roads out on contract, in accordance with s. 336.41(4).

(2) Such contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after publication of notice for bids containing specifications furnished by the commissioners in a newspaper published in the county where such contract is made, at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks prior to the making of such contract.

(3) Upon accepting a satisfactory bid, the commissioners shall enter into a contract with the party whose bid has been accepted. Such contract shall contain the specifications of the work to be done or material furnished, the time limit in which the construction is to be completed or material delivered, the time and amounts in which payments are to be made upon the contract, and a penalty to be paid by the contractor for the failure to comply with the terms of such contract.

(4) The successful bidder shall enter into a good and sufficient bond with the commissioners for the faithful execution of the contract; the amount of the bond to be fixed by the commissioners, and the sufficiency of said bond to be likewise approved by the commissioners.

(5) The commissioners may reject any or all bids and require new bids to be made.

History.—s. 102, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 12, ch. 77-165; s. 24, ch. 90-279; s. 79, ch. 2002-20; s. 33, ch. 2009-21.

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Amendments to 336.44

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 336.44

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 336.44.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

UNITED STATES v. WELLER,, 102 F. Supp. 3d 1065 (N.D. Iowa 2015)

. . . The PSIR attributed 336.44 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine and 2.0554 kg of methamphetamine mixture . . .

ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. v. BROWARD COUNTY, a, 789 So. 2d 445 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . are section 255.20, in the chapter entitled “Public Property and Publicly Owned Buildings,” section 336.44 . . . , “County Road System,” and section 336.41, which is referenced by section 336.44. . . . shall enter into a contract with the party whose bid has been accepted. §§ 255.20(1), 336.41(1), (3), 336.44 . . . The plaintiffs contended that section 336.44, by reference to section 336.41(3), requires the County . . . The judge reasoned that, although section 336.44 required the project to be awarded to “the lowest competent . . .

GROVES- WATKINS CONSTRUCTORS, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 511 So. 2d 323 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Com pare Section 336.44(5), Florida Statutes, governing the construction of county roads: “The commissioners . . .

LIBERTY COUNTY, v. BAXTER S ASPHALT CONCRETE, INC., 421 So. 2d 505 (Fla. 1982)

. . . and the district court in March 1981 found that Gulf’s failure to bid on Alternate A violated section 336.44 . . . Such contract shall be let to the lowest competent bidder.... § 336.44(2), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . . . § 336.44(5), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

BAXTER S ASPHALT CONCRETE, INC. a v. LIBERTY COUNTY, a L. B. E. a a, 406 So. 2d 461 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . specifications constituted a clear violation of the competitive bid statute applicable here, Section 336.44 . . . Bids on public contracts must conform closely with the published specifications provided in Section 336.44 . . . We construe Sections 336.44(2) and (3), when read together, as preventing county commissioners from accepting . . .

v., 44 T.C. 74 (T.C. 1965)

. . . Interim loans. 336.44 _do.. 4,172, 700.00 to Oct. 1953.. .do. 3,873, 700.00 _do. 000. 00 Oct. to Nov. . . .