Florida Statute 129.011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 129
COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET

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129.011 Consolidation of funds.—

(1) In order to simplify and otherwise improve the accounting system provided by law and to facilitate a better understanding of the fiscal operation of the county by the general public, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution duly adopted, consolidate any of its separate budgetary funds into a single general fund, except that all revenue and expenditures of the county transportation trust fund established pursuant to s. 336.022 shall be shown as a separate budgetary fund.

(2) Subsequent to the consolidation of any budgetary funds as provided in subsection (1), the maximum permitted tax millage of the combined fund shall be the total amount authorized by law for the separate funds so consolidated.

(3) This section is deemed to be in the general public interests and it is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes contained herein.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 4, ch. 70-282; s. 2, ch. 77-165; s. 263, ch. 84-309; s. 19, ch. 87-224.

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Cases Citing Statute 129.011

Total Results: 5

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 1, 1991 | Docket: 3258936

Published

129.01(1)(b), F.S. 4 Section 129.02, F.S. 5 Section 129.011(1), F.S. However, a county transportation trust

Board of County Commissioners v. McKeever

436 So. 2d 299, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22564

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 4, 1983 | Docket: 64599068

Published

purposes during the ensuing fiscal year.” Id. Section 129.011(1), which permits consolidation of separate

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 25, 1982 | Docket: 3257876

Published

to be shown as a separate budgetary fund. Section 129.011(1), F.S. Chapter 82-202, Laws of Florida, relates

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Nov 17, 1977 | Docket: 3258041

Published

except as otherwise provided in Ch. 129. Section 129.011, F. S., was enacted in 1970 and amended in

City of Waldo v. Alachua County

249 So. 2d 419, 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3605

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 12, 1971 | Docket: 64520929

Published

the Legislature enacted Ch. 70-282 (Fla.Stat. § 129.011, F.S. A.). This tracked the Alachua County special

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