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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. 125.86
125.86 County charters; legislative responsibilities.The legislative responsibilities and power of the county shall be assigned to, and vested in, the board of county commissioners and shall consist of the following powers and duties:
(1) Advise and consent to all appointments by the executive for which board confirmation is specified;
(2) Adopt or enact, in accordance with the procedures provided by general law, ordinances and resolutions it deems necessary and proper for the good governance of the county;
(3) Appoint a clerk to the board who shall serve at its pleasure and keep the records and minutes of the board;
(4) Approve the annual operating and capital budgets and any long-term capital or financial program;
(5) Conduct continuing studies in the operation of county programs and services and take action on programs for improvement of the county and the welfare of its residents;
(6) Adopt, and amend as necessary, a county administrative code to govern the operation of the county;
(7) Adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the charter, such ordinances of countywide force and effect as are necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents. It is the specific legislative intent to recognize that a county charter may properly determine that certain governmental areas are more conducive to uniform countywide enforcement and may provide the county government powers in relation to those areas as recognized and as may be amended from time to time by the people of that county; and
(8) All other powers of local self-government not inconsistent with general law as recognized by the Constitution and laws of the state and which have not been limited by the county charter.
History.s. 2, ch. 74-193.

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Cases Citing Statute 125.86

Total Results: 11

Pinellas County, Florida v. Gary Joiner, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-27

Snippet: 15, Fla. Stat.; § 125.56, Fla. Stat. (2014); § 125.86(2), Fla. Stat. (2014), the power to take private

Robert Emerson v. Hillsborough County, Florida, etc. & Stacy White v. Hillsborough County, Florida, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-02-25

Snippet: commissions. This provision is found in section 125.86, Florida Statutes (2019), a statute establishing

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2007-10-08

Snippet: uniformity will best further the ends of government. s. 125.86(7), Fla. Stat. (1983). Dual referenda are necessary

City of New Smyrna Beach v. County of Volusia

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-01-28

Citation: 518 So. 2d 1379, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 309, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 306, 1988 WL 4394

Snippet: uniformity will best further the ends of government. § 125.86(7), Fla.Stat. (1983). Dual referenda are necessary

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-07-17

Snippet: permitted by the Constitution; see also, AGO 77-88; s. 125.86(8), F.S. Section 1, Art. VI, State Const., expressly

Broward County v. City of Fort Lauderdale

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-12-19

Citation: 480 So. 2d 631, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 636

Snippet: uniformity will best further the ends of government. § 125.86(7), Fla. Stat. (1983). Dual referenda are necessary

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1985-05-24

Snippet: commissioners take office. QUESTION ONE Section 125.86, F.S., provides in pertinent part as follows:

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1983-09-30

Snippet: held that laws of general applicability, such as s 125.86(7) which provided general authority for the county

City of Coconut Creek v. Broward Cty. Bd.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-05-04

Citation: 430 So. 2d 959

Snippet: course, with land use planning. In addition, section 125.86(7), Florida Statutes (1981), provides that charter

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1981-02-11

Snippet: legislative responsibilities as set out in ss. 125.85 and 125.86, F.S., be included in the proposed Hillsborough

Sarasota County v. Town of Longboat Key

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-01-19

Citation: 355 So. 2d 1197

Snippet: requirements of Article VIII, Section 4 are met by Section 125.86(7), Florida Statutes (1975).[12] For the following