Florida Statute 166.411 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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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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Bobby Auton, Etc. v. Dade City, Florida, a Municipal Corporation

783 F.2d 1009

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 3, 1986 | Docket: 865432

Cited 15 times | Published

activities authorized by Chapter 180 while Fla.Stat. § 166.411 (1985) authorizes the use of eminent domain for

Falls Chase Special Taxing District Elba, Inc. Sunshine Land Development, Inc. And E. Lamar Bailey Associates v. City of Tallahassee

788 F.2d 711, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24878, 54 U.S.L.W. 2625

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 6, 1986 | Docket: 791843

Cited 7 times | Published

activities authorized by Chapter 180 while Fla.Stat. § 166.411 (1985) authorizes the use of eminent domain for

Basic Energy Corp. v. Hamilton County

652 So. 2d 1237, 1995 WL 147367

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 6, 1995 | Docket: 1385399

Cited 5 times | Published

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

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

372 So. 2d 152

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 1979 | Docket: 1695495

Cited 3 times | Published

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

Kirkland v. City of Lakeland

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 4, 2009 | Docket: 1653324

Published

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

City of Hallandale Beach v. Smith

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 2003 | Docket: 64824711

Published

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