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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. 125.64
125.64 Adoption of charter; dissolution of commission.
(1) Upon submission to the board of county commissioners of a charter by the charter commission, the board of county commissioners shall call a special election to be held not more than 90 nor less than 45 days subsequent to its receipt of the proposed charter, at which special election a referendum of the qualified electors within the county shall be held to determine whether the proposed charter shall be adopted. Notice of the election on the proposed charter shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not less than 30 nor more than 45 days before the election.
(2) If a majority of those voting on the question favor the adoption of the new charter, it shall become effective January 1 of the succeeding year or at such other time as the charter shall provide. Such charter, once adopted by the electors, may be amended only by the electors of the county. The charter shall provide a method for submitting future charter revisions and amendments to the electors of the county.
(3) If a majority of the voters disapprove the proposed charter, no new referendum may be held during the next 2 years following the date of such disapproval.
(4) Upon acceptance or rejection of the proposed charter by the qualified electors, the charter commission will be dissolved, and all property of the charter commission will thereupon become the property of the county.
History.s. 4, ch. 69-45.

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Cases Citing Statute 125.64

Total Results: 12

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: was approved, revised, or amended pursuant to s. 125.64.[[5]] See § 171.21 (emphasis added). In our view…conflicts and litigation. See § 171.201. [5] Section 125.64, Florida Statutes (2005), provides for adoption

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(2) is not

Maxwell v. Lee County

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

Citation: 714 So. 2d 1043

Snippet: government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority vote …alternative way to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners may…provided in s. 100.342. The time period provided in s. 125.64 does not apply to the proposal of a charter by

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

Snippet: commissioners, the board is required by section 125.64(1), Florida Statutes, to call a special election…government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority vote …procedure being followed in St. Johns County.6 Section 125.64, Florida Statutes, provides in part: "(1)

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

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

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1996-07-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: referendum on the charter as provided in section 125.64, Florida Statutes. You have asked whether the clerk

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1990-01-30T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 125.61, F.S. 2 Section 125.64(1), F.S. 3 Id. 4 Section 125.64(2), F.S. 5 Section 125.64(3), F.S. 6 See, Drury…referendum may be held on the charter as provided in s. 125.64, F.S. After the charter is submitted to the board

County of Orange v. Webster

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

Citation: 546 So. 2d 1033

Snippet: . 100.342 s. 125.64 without-regard to the-time limitation contained in subsection 125.64(3), The time …charter for violation of the requirements of section 125.64(1), Florida Statutes (1985), that the election …forty-five to ninety-day time frame required by section 125.64(1) and ratifying the adoption of the Orange County…alternative way to the provisions of ss. 125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners may…time period provided in s. 125.64 does not apply to the proposal of a charter by ordinance under this section

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: therefore the provisions of section 125.64 were inapplicable. Section 125.64(1) provides: (1) Upon submission…established in s. 125.64 without regard to the time limitation contained in subsection 125.-64(3). (Emphasis…section 125.64(1) are still applicable; it is only the time limitations under section 125.-64(3)5 that… appealed.3 Webster asserts that under section 125.-64(1), Florida Statutes (1985), a special election…“receipt of the proposed charter” under section 125.64(1) contemplates formal receipt by the Board of

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

Snippet: the 45-day time limitation period prescribed by s.125.64(1), F. S., and all registered voters of the county…be held as provided by law.' Sections 125.60-125.64, F. S., provide procedures for the adoption, by…to hold the special election contemplated by s. 125.64, F. S., on the same date as the date of the general

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

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

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

Snippet: of Art. VIII, s. 1, State Const., and ss.125.60-125.64, F.S. 1973, the Volusia County Charter may be repealed…purpose. Provision is made by general law, ss. 125.60-125.64, F.S., for the adoption, by initiative and referendum…the county. Section 125.61.) Subsection (2) of s. 125.64 provides that: . . . Such charter, once adopted…under the provisions of the general law, ss. 125.60-125.64, supra. And it seems clear that a legislative intent