159.14 Alternative method.—This part 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 powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing. This part, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the counties and municipalities of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
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...1986), the county sought to issue bonds to finance a new bridge pursuant to its home rule authority. Taylor argued that since chapter 159, Florida Statutes (1985), specifically authorized the county to issue bonds, the county ordinance must rely on and conform to that chapter. The Court noted that section 159.14, Florida Statutes, by its express terms, provided supplemental and additional authority to that conferred by other laws....
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...It may issue bonds. § 125.01(1)(r). Bonds that it issues may be revenue bonds. §§ 125.013, 125.012(21). We hold that these provisions of general law, i.e., chapter 125, give the county ample power and authority to issue the instant bonds. [*] Additionally, section 159.14 states that sections 159.01 through 159.19 "shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws." Chapter 159, therefore, provides an alternate method of issuing bonds, use of which is optional, not mandatory....
payable at least in part from ad valorem taxes. Section 159.14 expressly provides that Part I of Chapter 159
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