Florida Statute 337.027 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 337
CONTRACTING; ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL, AND USE OF PROPERTY

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337.027 Authority to implement a business development program.—

(1) The department may establish a program for highway projects which would assist small businesses. The purpose of this program is to increase competition, lower prices, and provide increased support to meet the department’s future work program. The program may include, but is not limited to, setting aside contracts, providing preference points for the use of small businesses, providing special assistance in bidding and contract completion, waiving bond requirements, and implementing other strategies that would increase competition.

(2) For purposes of this section, the term “small business” means a business with yearly average gross receipts of less than $25 million for road and bridge contracts and less than $10 million for professional and nonprofessional services contracts. A business’ average gross receipts is determined by averaging its annual gross receipts over the last 3 years, including the receipts of any affiliate as defined in s. 337.165.

(3) The department may provide notice of opportunities for businesses qualified for this program.

(4) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.

History.—s. 12, ch. 2016-181; s. 28, ch. 2025-155.

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Sys. Components Corp. v. Florida Deparment of Transp., 14 So. 3d 967 (Fla. 2009).

Cited 16 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 393, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 1026, 2009 WL 1955233

(Fla.1988) (upholding the constitutionality of section 337.27(3), Florida Statutes (1985)). In 1999, the

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DOT v. Fortune Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 532 So. 2d 1267 (Fla. 1988).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1988 WL 110108

507 So.2d 1172 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987), in which section 337.27(3), Florida Statute (1985) was held invalid

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Jt. Ventures, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp., 519 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 289, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 402, 1988 WL 6398

instruments of sale, leases or conveyances), section 337.27 (permitting it to exercise its power of eminent

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City of Ocala v. Nye, 608 So. 2d 15 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 611, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1637, 1992 WL 275893

entirety in order to reduce acquisition costs. Section 337.27(1), Florida Statutes (1989), vests in the DOT

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State v. Fortune Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 507 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

here concerned with the constitutionality of section 337.27(3), Florida Statutes (1985). The following

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State, Dept. of Transp. v. Patel, 768 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 11739, 2000 WL 1299286

partial taking, DOT would seek a whole take under section 337.27(2), Florida Statutes (1997).[1] Mr. Patel's

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State v. Barbara's Creative Jewelry, 728 So. 2d 240 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 329456

sought condemnation of the entire parcel under section 337.27(2), Florida Statutes (1995), on the ground

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Nye v. City of Ocala, 559 So. 2d 360 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 37482

has made a specific exception as to DOT in section 337.27(2), Florida Statutes, which essentially provides

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Salfi v. Div. of Admin., State, Dep't of Transp., 312 So. 2d 781 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 14921

the source of the power is found in Fla.Stat. § 337.27 (1973), and that rest areas are not there specified

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Karen's Tack, Inc. v. State Dep't of Transp., 754 So. 2d 722 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 6696, 1999 WL 314272

take” of the entire shopping center pursuant to section 337.27(2), Florida Statutes (1997). That statute authorizes

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Hous. Auth. of Fort Lauderdale v. State Dep't of Transp., 385 So. 2d 690 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16432

department to condemn property is found in Section 337.27(1), Florida Statutes (1977), which provides:

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Dixie Oil Co. of Florida v. State, Dep't of Transp., 657 So. 2d 1258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 7506, 1995 WL 410684

whether the Department’s condemnation powers in section 337.27, Florida Statutes, can be reconciled with its