Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 180.22 (2025)
Power of eminent domain.
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180.22 Power of eminent domain.—
(1) Any municipality or private company or corporation authorized to carry into effect any or all of the purposes defined in this chapter may exercise the power of eminent domain over railroads, traction and streetcar lines, telephone and telegraph lines, all public and private streets and highways, drainage districts, bridge districts, school districts, and any other public or private lands or property whatsoever necessary to enable the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.
(2) Any municipality which exercises its power under this section outside of its corporate boundaries for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter may finance such extraterritorial project in any manner in which it is presently authorized by law to finance a like project within its corporate boundaries.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1961–1986 · leading case: City of Palm Bay v. Gen. Dev. Utils., Inc., 201 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967).
City of Palm Bay v. Gen. Dev. Utils., Inc., 201 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967). “” 2 Appellee argues that F.S.A. § 180.22 was not intended to allow taking of an existing utility in its entirety but to allow merely the taking of land upon which to build a public utility system and for the taking of any right of way needed.”
Bobby Auton, Etc. v. Dade City, Florida, a Mun. Corp., 783 F.2d 1009 (11th Cir. 1986). “For example, Fla.Stat. § 180.22 (1985) grants municipalities the power of eminent domain in connection with the activities authorized by Chapter 180 while Fla.”
Falls Chase Special Taxing Dist. Elba, Inc. Sunshine Land Dev., Inc. & E. Lamar Bailey Assocs. v. City of Tallahassee, 788 F.2d 711 (11th Cir. 1986). “For example, Fla.Stat. § 180.22 (1985) grants municipalities the power of eminent domain in connection with the activities authorized by Chapter 180 while Fla.”
City of Dania v. Cent. & So. Florida Flood Con. Dist., 134 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 2d DCA 1961). “ined in this chapter, is authorized * * * (4) to provide for the collection and disposal of sewage and other liquid wastes; (5) to provide for the collection and disposal of garbage; (6) and incidental to such purposes and to enable the accomplishment of the same, to construct…”
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