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Fla. Stat. § 180.01 (2025)
Definition of term “municipality.”
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180.01 Definition of term “municipality.”—The term “municipality,” as used in this chapter, shall mean any city, town, or village duly incorporated under the laws of the state.
History.—s. 1, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(6).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1948–2022 · leading case: Contractors & Builders Ass'n v. City of Dunedin, 329 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 1976).
Contractors & Builders Ass'n v. City of Dunedin, 329 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 1976). “[5] *319 Under the constitution, Dunedin, as the corporate proprietor of its water and sewer systems, can exercise the powers of any other such proprietor (except as Fla.”
City of Miami Gardens, Etc. v. City of North Miami Beach, Etc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2022). “§ 180.01, Fla. Stat. (2003). Section 180.”
State v. North Bay Vill., 34 So. 2d 876 (Fla. 1948). “It is true that Section 5, Article IX limits the power of the legislature to authorize the assessment of taxes for municipal purposes to “incorporate cities or towns” but North Bay Village is incorporated and Section 180.01, Florida Statutes 1941, extends the term “municipality”…”
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