Florida Statute 100.281 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 100
GENERAL, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, BOND, AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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100.281 Approval to issue bonds.—Should a majority of the votes cast in a bond referendum be in favor of the issuance of bonds, then the issuance of said bonds is deemed authorized in accordance with s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution. In the event less than a majority of those voting on the issue voted in favor of the issuance of the proposed bonds, then the issuance of those specified bonds shall be deemed to have failed of approval and it is unlawful to issue or attempt to issue said bonds.

History.—s. 12, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(12); s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 15, ch. 69-216; s. 7, ch. 69-377; s. 12, ch. 77-175.

Note.—Former s. 103.12.

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Grapeland Heights Civic Ass'n v. City of Miami, 267 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1972).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1972 Fla. LEXIS 3377

...se figures indicates that a majority of the electors voting on the bond issue approved the bonds. However, a majority of the voters entering the voting booths did not approve them. The question becomes: Does the term “participating” in Fla.Stat. § 100.281 4 mean voting on the bond issue or entering the voting booth? In State v....

...Antuono v. City of Tampa, 87 Fla. 82 , 99 So. 324 (1924). . State v. City of St. Augustine, 235 So.2d 1 (Fla.1970) ; State v. Dade County, 39 So.2d 807 (Fla.1949) ; and State v. City of Daytona Beach, 160 Fla. 13 , 33 So.2d 218 (1948). . Fla.Stat. § 100.281: “Approval to issue bonds....

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State v. City of Miami Beach, 257 So. 2d 25 (Fla. 1971).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3075

...voters entered the polling booths, only 2,851 — less than *27 half- — -voted in favor of the issue. It contends that under State v. Town of Surfside, 104 So.2d 579 (Fla.1958), State v. City of St. Augustine, 235 So.2d 1 (Fla.1970), and Fla.Stat. § 100.281, F.S.A., a majority of those participating, and not just of those voting, must approve the issue....

...be approved by a majority vote of those actually entering the polling booth and qualified to vote, i. e., those “participating” in the election under the definition announced in Town of Surf side. Support for this view also comes from Fla.Stat. § 100.281, enacted after revision....

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