Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 171.022 (2025)

Preemption; effect on special laws.

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171.022 Preemption; effect on special laws.—

(1) It is further the purpose of this act to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities in this state.

(2) The provisions of any special act or municipal charter relating to the adjusting of municipal boundaries in effect on October 1, 1974, are repealed except as otherwise provided herein.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-190.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1982–2007 · leading case: SCA Servs., ETC. v. City of Tallahassee, 418 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

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SCA Servs., ETC. v. City of Tallahassee, 418 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). · cites it 3× “[2] Section 171.022, Florida Statutes, states: Preemption; effect on special laws.”

Pinellas Cnty. v. City of Largo, 964 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). · cites it 3× “021; see also § 171.022 (stating that the purpose of the Act is to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities; repealing *850 provisions of any special act or municipal charter relating to the adjusting of…”

Burton v. City of Belle Glade, 966 F. Supp. 1178 (S.D. Fla. 1997). · cites it 2× “74-190, codified at Fla.Stat. § 171.022. The parties dispute whether Okeechobee Center is contiguous to the City of Belle Glade within the meaning of the statute.”

City of Tallahassee v. Kovach, 733 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). “" Reading the purposes of the act in pari materia with the legislative mandate in Section 171.022, preempting all other means by which a municipality may accomplish an annexation on its own, it is apparent that the legislature intended to provide a clearly defined and exclusive…”

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