CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1996).
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Attorney General's Opinion 89-25 (1989). 5 Section
125.63, Fla. Stat. (1995). 6 See, Smith v. Piezo Technology
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1990).
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...County Attorney Flagler County Post Office Drawer 787 Bunnell, Florida 32110 Dear Mr. McKinnon: On behalf of the Board of County Commissioners of Flagler County you have asked for my opinion on the following questions: 1. Is a charter commission, created under s.
125.61 , F.S., mandated by s.
125.63 , F.S., to present a proposed charter to the board of county commissioners? 2....
...that a charter commission be established, a charter commission shall be appointed pursuant to subsection (2) within 30 days of the adoption of said resolution or of the filing of said petition. The duties of the charter commission are prescribed in s. 125.63 , F.S., which requires that the commission study the operation of county government and the ways in which the conduct of such county government might be improved or reorganized....
...effective January 1 of the succeeding year or at such other time as the charter shall provide. 4 If the proposed charter is disapproved by a majority of the voters, no new referendum may be held for 2 years following the date of such disapproval. 5 Section 125.63 , F.S., states that "the charter commission shall present to the board of county commissioners a proposed charter ....
...It is well settled that such a statutory entity has only those powers that are expressly conferred upon it by the Legislature or those that must necessarily be implied in order to carry into effect the powers expressly granted. 7 Therefore, the charter commission is limited in its authority to act by s. 125.63 , F.S., which imposes a mandatory duty on the commission to present a proposed charter to the board of county commissioners....
