FL S0416

Authorizes county commissioners to grant licenses for construction and maintenance of utility lines (water, sewage, gas, power, telephone, television, and communications services) within the right-of-way limits of county roads and highways, with requirements to prevent obstructions and repair any damage

Grants the Department of Transportation and local governmental entities authority to prescribe and enforce regulations for placing and maintaining utility structures within right-of-way limits of roads and publicly owned rail corridors

Requires utility owners to bear the cost of relocating facilities that unreasonably interfere with public roads or rail corridors, with 30 days' written notice, subject to several exceptions

Creates new exception requiring the government authority to pay relocation costs when a utility is lawfully located within an existing utility easement granted by recorded plat, minus any increased value of new facilities and salvage value from old facilities

Declares the clarification of utility relocation responsibilities within recorded plat easements serves an important state interest