Florida Statute 125.011 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 125
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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F.S. 125.011

125.011 Definitions.—As used in ss. 125.011-125.019:

(1) “County” means any county operating under a home rule charter adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by Art. VIII, s. 6(e) of the State Constitution, which county, by resolution of its board of county commissioners, elects to exercise the powers herein conferred. Use of the word “county” within the above provisions shall include “board of county commissioners” of such county.

(2) “Project” includes any one or any combination of two or more of the following:

(a) Public mass transportation, harbor, port, shipping, and airport facilities of all kinds and includes, but is not limited to, harbors, channels, turning basins, anchorage areas, jetties, breakwaters, waterways, canals, locks, tidal basins, wharves, docks, piers, slips, bulkheads, public landings, warehouses, terminals, refrigerating and cold storage plants, railroads and motor terminals for passengers and freight, rolling stock, car ferries, boats, conveyors and appliances of all kinds for the handling, storage, inspection and transportation of freight and the handling of passenger traffic, airport facilities of all kinds for land and sea planes, including, but not limited to, landing fields, water areas for the landing and taking off of aircraft, hangars, shops, buses, trucks, and all other facilities for the landing, taking off, operating, servicing, repairing, and parking of aircraft, and the loading and unloading and handling of passengers, mail, express and freight;

(b) Administration buildings, toll highways, tunnels, causeways and bridges connected therewith or incident or auxiliary thereto, and may include all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating to any such project and deemed necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, purchase, or operation thereof; and

(c) Export trading companies, foreign sales corporations, consulting services corporations, cargo clearance centers, and customs clearance facilities as provided in s. 125.012(26).

(3) “Cost,” as applied to improvements, means the cost of constructing or acquiring improvements, as defined in subsection (2), and shall embrace the cost of all labor and materials, machinery and equipment, financing charges, engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to such construction or acquisition.

(4) “Cost,” as applied to a project acquired, constructed, extended, or enlarged, includes the purchase price of any project acquired; the cost of improvements; the cost of construction, extension or enlargement; the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements and franchises acquired; the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest during construction; and, if deemed advisable, for 1 year after completion of construction, cost of investigations, audits, and engineering and legal services; and all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such acquisition or construction, administrative expense and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and to the acquisition or construction of a project and the placing of the same in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred by the county prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of s. 125.013 for engineering studies and for estimates of cost and of revenues, and for other technical, financial, or legal services in connection with the acquisition or construction of any project, may be regarded as a part of the cost of such project.

(5) “Board of county commissioners” includes all members of the board of county commissioners in a county whether their offices are created by the Constitution, the Legislature, or by any home rule charter.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-249; s. 1, ch. 79-291; s. 1, ch. 87-144; s. 22, ch. 91-45.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 125.011

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 125.011.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 125.011

Total Results: 20

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules for Qualified and Court-Appointed Parenting Coordinators

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-11-07

Snippet: Const.; ch. 2019-98, § 3, Laws of Fla. (adding § 61.125(11), Fla. Stat.). In In re Amendments to the

Gretna Racing, LLC v. Florida Department of Business And Professional Regulation, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-05-18

Citation: 225 So. 3d 759, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 593, 2017 WL 2210389, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 1084

Snippet: facility located within a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility has conducted live racing

Gretna Racing, LLC v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-02

Citation: 178 So. 3d 15

Snippet: facility located uñthin a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility has conducted live racing

Gretna Racing, LLC. v. Department of Business and Prof. etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-10-20

Snippet: facility located within a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility has conducted live

Angelo's Aggregate Materials, Ltd. v. Pasco County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-08-14

Citation: 118 So. 3d 971, 2013 WL 4081010, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12643

Snippet: rule powers. See art. VIII, § 1(f), Fla. Const; § 125.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2011). However, the same provision

Florida Gaming Centers, Inc. v. Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-10-06

Citation: 71 So. 3d 226

Snippet: facility located within a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility has conducted live racing

FLORIDA GAMING v. Department

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-10-06

Citation: 71 So. 3d 226

Snippet: facility located within a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility has conducted live racing

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2010-09-16

Snippet: Trust established by any county defined in s. 125.011(1) or by any municipality defined in s. 165.031

Ortiz v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-11-13

Citation: 24 So. 3d 596, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 16858, 2009 WL 3784585

Snippet: C.Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 860, 84 S.Ct. 125, 11 L.Ed.2d 86 (1963)). In applying the feared medical

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2009-10-13

Snippet: request for an Attorney General's Opinion. Sections 125.011 — 125.019, Florida Statutes, authorize charter

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2003-04-30

Snippet: infrastructure. . . . Counties, as defined in s. 125.011(1), and charter counties may, in addition, use

Homestead Hospital, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-09-04

Citation: 829 So. 2d 259, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 12780, 2002 WL 2009463

Snippet: 055(3)(g) allowed “[a]ny county as defined in s. 125.011(1)” to levy a 0.5% surcharge to benefit public

City of Miami v. McGrath

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-07-11

Citation: 824 So. 2d 143, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 667, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 1479, 2002 WL 1476278

Snippet: that allowed "`[e]ach county, as defined in s. 125.011(1)' to levy a three percent convention development

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-07-16

Snippet: census, other than a county as defined in section 125.011, Florida Statutes, on whether the school board

Rowe v. St. Johns County

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-02-15

Citation: 668 So. 2d 196, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 75, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 103, 1996 WL 63086

Snippet: "Local Option Tourist Development Act"), sections 125.011 and 125.012, Florida Statutes (1995) (relating

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1994-09-28

Snippet: infrastructure. . . . Counties, as defined in s. 125.011(1), may, in addition, use the proceeds to retire

In Interest of JB

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-06-23

Citation: 621 So. 2d 489, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 6662, 1993 WL 217127

Snippet: C. Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 860, 84 S.Ct. 125, 11 L.Ed.2d 86 (1963).] Id. at 545. See also Mincey