Florida Statute 75.03 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 75
BOND VALIDATION

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75.03 Condition precedent.—As a condition precedent to filing of a complaint for the validation of bonds or certificates of debt, the county, municipality, state agency, commission or department, or district desiring to issue them shall cause an election to be held to authorize the issuance of such bonds or certificates and show prima facie that the election was in favor of the issuance thereof, or, when permitted by law, adopt an ordinance, resolution or other proceeding providing for the issuance of such bonds or certificates in accordance with law.

History.—s. 1, ch. 6868, 1915; RGS 3296; CGL 5106; s. 2, ch. 25263, 1949; s. 25, ch. 67-254.

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City of Oldsmar v. State, 790 So. 2d 1042 (Fla. 2001).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2001 WL 776464

...authorized by law to issue bonds, may determine its authority to incur bonded debt or issue certificates of debt and the legality of proceedings in connection therewith, including assessment of taxes levied or to be levied.... (Emphasis supplied.) Section 75.03, Florida Statutes (2000), entitled "Condition precedent," provides that [a]s a condition precedent to filing of a complaint for the validation of bonds or certificates of debt, the county [or] municipality......

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Donovan v. Okaloosa Cnty., 82 So. 3d 801 (Fla. 2012).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 6, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 20, 2012 WL 16587

...esolution (08-125), the County failed to comply with the requirements of its MSBU Ordinance (07-71), and as a result, the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to validate the bonds. Chapter 75, Florida Statutes, governs bond validation proceedings, and section 75.03 provides the condition precedent for a taxing authority to seek bond validation in the circuit court as follows: As a condition precedent to filing of a complaint for the validation of bonds or certificates of debt, the county, municipa...

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