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Fla. Stat. § 153.20 (2025)
Alternative method.
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153.20 Alternative method.—
(1) This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred upon the commission by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing. This chapter being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the several counties of the state shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
(2) This chapter shall not repeal any local or special act or law conferring upon any of the several counties or county commissions the powers and duties or any of them imposed hereby, but it shall be deemed to be an alternative or additional method for such counties or county commissions to effect the purposes of this chapter.
History.—ss. 20, 22, ch. 29837, 1955.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1963–2001 · leading case: Speer v. Olson, 367 So. 2d 207 (Fla. 1978).
Speer v. Olson, 367 So. 2d 207 (Fla. 1978). “Section 153.20, Florida Statutes (1975), provides insight into the intent of the Legislature in enacting Chapter 153: "153.”
Pinellas Cnty. v. State, 776 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 2001). “In our view, chapter 153 is clear and unequivocal in providing that its authority and application are supplemental to, and do not invalidate, other sources of authority for undertaking the activities authorized by the statutory provisions.”
A. E. Mountain v. Pinellas Cnty., 152 So. 2d 745 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963). “, entitled “Alternative Method,” reads as follows: “This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred upon the commission by…”
Hillsborough Cnty. v. Morris, 730 So. 2d 367 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). “" § 153.20(1). Furthermore, "Florida courts have consistently declined to hold governmental entities liable for a failure to maintain and provide accurate information in public records.”
Roper v. City of Clearwater, 796 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2001). “See § 153.20, Fla. Stat. (1997). Review of the applicable resolutions and the ordinance in this case *1164 reflects that the City did not invoke, nor did it need to invoke, chapter 159 in attempting to issue the industrial development bonds.”
— 153.20(1) — 1 case
Hillsborough Cnty. v. Morris, 730 So. 2d 367 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). “" § 153.20(1). Furthermore, "Florida courts have consistently declined to hold governmental entities liable for a failure to maintain and provide accurate information in public records.”
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