Florida Statute 153.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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.

Cases Citing F.S. 153.20

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·Speer v. Olson, 367 So. 2d 207 (Fla. 1978).
Cited 68 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
...The provisions of Chapter 153, Florida Statutes (1975), have not been sought by Pasco County as authority for the issuance of the proposed bonds. Use of this statute is not mandatory, but is only an additional grant of authority or power to do the things expressed therein. Section 153.20, Florida Statutes (1975), provides insight into the intent of the Legislature in enacting Chapter 153: "153.20 Alternative method....
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·Pinellas Cnty. v. State, 776 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 2001).
Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2001 WL 23117
...rsal. 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. See § 153.20, Fla.Stat....
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·Hillsborough Cnty. v. Morris, 730 So. 2d 367 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 162147
...tion with the County's providing of such information. In fact, in calling for the liberal construction of chapter 153, the legislature states that the chapter is "necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the several counties of the state...." § 153.20(1)....
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MCI Telecomm. Corp. v. Sprint-Florida, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (N.D. Fla. 2001).
Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18812, 2001 WL 358900
information via telecommunications. ... 47 U.S.C. § 153(20). Voice mail clearly constitutes "information
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·A. E. Mountain v. Pinellas Cnty., 152 So. 2d 745 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3644
...In § 153.04, dealing with construction of such water systems, it is provided as a condition precedent to a county’s right to exercise the powers granted, that a resolution so choosing shall be made by the county commissioners. No such resolution by Pinellas County was alleged- or shown. Moreover, in § 153.20 it is expressly provided that the general act is'alterna *748 tive and supplemental and is not to be regarded as in derogation of existing powers or as repealing any such special acts....
...City of Waldport, 1934, 147 Or. 60 , 31 P.2d 670 ; 56 Am.Jur., Water Works, §14; 94 C.J.S. Waters § 252; Annot. 114 A.L.R. 192 . For the reasons stated the order appealed from should be and hereby is affirmed. Affirmed. SHANNON, C. J., and SMITH, J., concur. . § 153.20, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., 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...
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Roper v. City of Clearwater, 796 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2001).
Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 535, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 1661, 2001 WL 950273
...Both the record evidence and applicable case law support the trial court's conclusions here. Chapter 159 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. See § 153.20, Fla....

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Cases Citing F.S. 153.20

·Speer v. Olson, 367 So. 2d 207 (Fla. 1978).

·Pinellas Cnty. v. State, 776 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 2001).

·Hillsborough Cnty. v. Morris, 730 So. 2d 367 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

MCI Telecomm. Corp. v. Sprint-Florida, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (N.D. Fla. 2001).

·A. E. Mountain v. Pinellas Cnty., 152 So. 2d 745 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).

Roper v. City of Clearwater, 796 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2001).