Florida Statute 153.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 153
WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS

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F.S. 153.20

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.

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Amendments to 153.20

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 153.20

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 153.20.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 153.20

Total Results: 6

Speer v. Olson

367 So. 2d 207

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 1978 | Docket: 1330271

Cited 68 times | Published

or power to do the things expressed therein. Section 153.20, Florida Statutes (1975), provides insight

Pinellas County v. State

776 So. 2d 262, 2001 WL 23117

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 11, 2001 | Docket: 1521387

Cited 5 times | Published

activities authorized by the statutory provisions. See § 153.20, Fla.Stat. (1997). Review of the applicable resolutions

Hillsborough County v. Morris

730 So. 2d 367, 1999 WL 162147

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 1999 | Docket: 1648069

Cited 2 times | Published

inhabitants of the several counties of the state...." § 153.20(1). Furthermore, "Florida courts have consistently

MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Sprint-Florida, Inc.

139 F. Supp. 2d 1342, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18812, 2001 WL 358900

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 2001 | Docket: 2282376

Cited 1 times | Published

information via telecommunications. ... 47 U.S.C. § 153(20). Voice mail clearly constitutes "information

Roper v. City of Clearwater

796 So. 2d 1159, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 535, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 1661, 2001 WL 950273

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 23, 2001 | Docket: 1672432

Published

activities authorized by the statutory provisions. See § 153.20, Fla. Stat. (1997). Review of the applicable resolutions

A. E. Mountain v. Pinellas County

152 So. 2d 745, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3644

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 3, 1963 | Docket: 60211848

Published

Pinellas County was alleged- or shown. Moreover, in § 153.20 it is expressly provided that the general act