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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 125
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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F.S. 125.60

125.60 Adoption of county charter.—Any county not having a chartered form of consolidated government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the county a county home rule charter.

History.—s. 1, ch. 69-45.

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Pinellas County v. City of Largo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-09-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 964 So. 2d 847

Snippet: charter by vote of the county's electors. Section 125.60 provides that "[a]ny county not having a chartered

Tell v. Broward County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-06-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 733 So. 2d 1131

Snippet: adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 125.60-125.64 Florida Statutes (1975), section 125.88(

Maxwell v. Lee County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-06-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 714 So. 2d 1043

Snippet: are sections 125.60 and 125.82(1), Florida Statutes (1995), which provide as follows: 125.60 Adoption of…government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority…supplemental and alternative way to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners…commonly referred to or spoken of." Section 125.60 speaks specifically in terms of "a county

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-01-20T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1996-10-02T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tjw 1 See, s. 125.60, Fla. Stat., stating that "[a]ny county not…government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority

County of Orange v. Webster

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-06-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 546 So. 2d 1033

Snippet: supplemental and alternative way to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners…than use of a charter commission under sections 125.-60-125.64, Florida Statutes (1985).2 Finally, it is

Webster v. County of Orange

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-04-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 531 So. 2d 176, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1044, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1683, 1988 WL 95666

Snippet: supplemental and alternative way to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-04-19T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: shall be held as provided by law.' Sections 125.60-125.64, F. S., provide procedures for the adoption

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-11-13T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: charters adopted under general law authority, ss. 125.60-125.64, F.S., should be given the same effect as

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-10-08T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: provisions of Art. VIII, s. 1, State Const., and ss.125.60-125.64, F.S. 1973, the Volusia County Charter may… purpose. Provision is made by general law, ss. 125.60-125.64, F.S., for the adoption, by initiative and…than under the provisions of the general law, ss. 125.60-125.64, supra. And it seems clear that a legislative