Florida Statute 166.411 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 166
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F.S. 166.411

166.411 Eminent domain; uses or purposes.—Subject to the limitations set forth in ss. 73.013 and 73.014, municipalities are authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for the following uses or purposes:

(1) For the proper and efficient carrying into effect of any proposed scheme or plan of drainage, ditching, grading, filling, or other public improvement deemed necessary or expedient for the preservation of the public health, or for other good reason connected in anywise with the public welfare or the interests of the municipality and the people thereof;

(2) Over railroads, traction and streetcar lines, telephone and telegraph lines, all public and private streets and highways, drainage districts, bridge districts, school districts, or any other public or private lands whatsoever necessary to enable the accomplishment of purposes listed in s. 180.06;

(3) For streets, lanes, alleys, and ways;

(4) For public parks, squares, and grounds;

(5) For drainage, for raising or filling in land in order to promote sanitation and healthfulness, and for the taking of easements for the drainage of the land of one person over and through the land of another;

(6) For reclaiming and filling when lands are low and wet, or overflowed altogether or at times, or entirely or partly;

(7) For the use of water pipes and for sewerage and drainage purposes;

(8) For laying wires and conduits underground; and

(9) For city buildings, waterworks, ponds, and other municipal purposes which shall be coextensive with the powers of the municipality exercising the right of eminent domain.

History.—s. 1, ch. 73-129; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2001-77; s. 4, ch. 2005-3; s. 14, ch. 2006-11.

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Cases Citing Statute 166.411

Total Results: 7

Kirkland v. City of Lakeland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-02-04

Citation: 3 So. 3d 398, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 764, 2009 WL 284729

Snippet: domain in its charter and by virtue of section 166.411(3), Florida Statutes (2007). The language of that

City of Hallandale Beach v. Smith

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-07-30

Citation: 853 So. 2d 495, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 11702, 2003 WL 21749525

Snippet: to acquire land outside its boundaries. Section 166.411, Florida Statutes, codifies a municipality’s power

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2003-01-03

Snippet: delegating the power of eminent domain to counties; s. 166.411, Fla. Stat., authorizing municipalities to exercise

Basic Energy Corp. v. Hamilton County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-06

Citation: 652 So. 2d 1237, 1995 WL 147367

Snippet: purposes authorized pursuant to this part." Section 166.411(1), Florida Statutes, provides that municipalities

Nye v. City of Ocala

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-04-05

Citation: 559 So. 2d 360, 1990 WL 37482

Snippet: exercise the power of eminent domain (§§ 166.401, 166.411, Fla. Stat.) to authorize municipalities, in the

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1987-06-01

Snippet: delegating the power of eminent domain to counties; s. 166.411, F.S., authorizing municipalities to exercise the

Florida East Coast Ry. Co. v. City of Miami

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-06-12

Citation: 372 So. 2d 152

Snippet: purpose of establishing a public park under Section 166.411(4), Florida Statutes (1977), and Ch. 24708, Laws