Florida Statute 155.14 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

155.14 County hospitals; bonds; maturities; interest; etc.—Whenever any county in this state shall have provided for the appointment of hospital trustees and has voted a tax for hospital purposes, as authorized by law, the said county shall issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of such tax in such sum and amounts as the board of hospital trustees shall certify to the board of county commissioners of said county to be necessary for the purpose contemplated by such tax, but such funds in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount which might be realized by said tax based on the amount which may be yielded on the property valuation of the year in which the tax is voted, and such bonds shall mature in not to exceed 30 years from date and shall be in sums of not less than $100, nor more than $1,000, drawing interest at a rate not exceeding 7.5 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually; said bonds shall be payable at the pleasure of the county after 5 years and each of said bonds shall provide that it is subject to this condition and shall not be sold for less than provided by law for other county bonds and shall be substantially in the form provided for county bonds, but subject to changes that will conform them to the provisions of this law, and be numbered consecutively and redeemable in the order of their issue.

History.—s. 11, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 2, ch. 26513, 1951; s. 8, ch. 73-302.

Cases Citing F.S. 155.14

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State v. Seminole Cnty., 67 So. 2d 244 (Fla. 1953).
Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1648
...Commissioners of Seminole County and the certified copy of said resolution heretofore filed herein. “Seventh: That prior to- the adoption of said resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Seminole County and pursuant to the provisions of Section 155.14, Florida Statutes [F.S.A.], the Board of Hospital Trustees of the County of Seminole, Florida, On the 6th day of April, 1953, adopted a resolution finding and determining that the amount of bonds necessary to be issued by the County of...
...of $800,000 and directing that a certified copy of said resolution be forwarded by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Board of County Commissioners of Seminole County, as and for the certificate of said Board of Trustees, required by said Section 155.14, Florida Statutes [F.S.A.]....
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State v. Okaloosa Cnty., 76 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 1955).
Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1955 Fla. LEXIS 4365
...t on the hospital bonds shall be a first lien on all moneys in the sinking fund. These are kindred questions and will be treated together. As to the first question, the grievance is that there is a conflict or incompatability in F.S. §§ 155.04 and 155.14, F.S.A....
...al. The chancellor correctly found that this proceeding was brought under F.S. Chapter 155, F.S.A., that the total amount of bonds and assessment provided by F.S. § 155.04, F.S.A., was designated but thereafter the assessment was controlled by F.S. § 155.14, F.S.A., under which the mills¡.ge must be sufficient to produce a minimum of $18,119.36....

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Cases Citing F.S. 155.14

State v. Seminole Cnty., 67 So. 2d 244 (Fla. 1953).

State v. Okaloosa Cnty., 76 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 1955).