Florida Statute 189.011 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XIII
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 189
UNIFORM SPECIAL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

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F.S. 189.011

189.011 Statement of legislative purpose and intent.—

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature through the adoption of this chapter to provide general provisions for the definition, creation, and operation of special districts. It is the specific intent of the Legislature that dependent special districts shall be created at the prerogative of the counties and municipalities and that independent special districts shall only be created by legislative authorization as provided herein.

(2) The Legislature finds that special districts serve a necessary and useful function by providing services to residents and property in the state. The Legislature finds further that special districts operate to serve a public purpose and that this is best secured by certain minimum standards of accountability designed to inform the public and appropriate local general-purpose governments of the status and activities of special districts. It is the intent of the Legislature that this public trust be secured by requiring each special district in the state to register and report its financial and other activities. The Legislature further finds that failure of a special district to comply with the minimum disclosure requirements set forth in this chapter may result in action against the special district.

(3) Realizing that special districts are created to serve special purposes, the Legislature intends through the adoption of this chapter that special districts cooperate and coordinate their activities with the units of general-purpose local government in which they are located. The reporting requirements set forth in this chapter shall be the minimum level of cooperation necessary to provide services to the citizens of this state in an efficient and equitable fashion.

History.—s. 2, ch. 89-169; s. 7, ch. 2014-22; s. 2, ch. 2016-22.

Note.—Subsection (1) former s. 189.402(1); subsection (2) former s. 189.402(6); subsection (3) former s. 189.402(7).

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 189.011

Total Results: 8

Halifax Hospital Medical Center, etc. v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-18

Snippet: creation, and operation of special districts.” § 189.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2017). According to chapter 189

Milton v. Keith

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-02-24

Citation: 503 So. 2d 1312, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 616

Snippet: court. State ex rel. Budd v. Williams, 152 Fla. 189, 11 So.2d 341 (Fla. 1943) (where circuit court decree

Wood v. Manatee Bay Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-08-06

Citation: 386 So. 2d 320

Snippet: change the judgment. Budd v. Williams, 152 Fla. 189, 11 So.2d 341 (1943). The lower court had no power

State ex rel. Tobin v. Holt

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-01-07

Citation: 117 So. 2d 428

Snippet: 699; State ex rel. Budd v. Williams, 152 Fla. 189, 11 So.2d 341; Eisenburg v. Cornblum, 156 Fla. 702

Eisenburg v. Cornblum

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1945-12-18

Citation: 24 So. 2d 236, 156 Fla. 702, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 972

Snippet: 509; State ex rel. Budd v. Williams,152 Fla. 189, 11 So.2d 341; Wyman v. Barrett, 153 Fla. 860,16 So

Markell v. Hilpert

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-12-05

Citation: 192 So. 392, 140 Fla. 842, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1213

Snippet: DeBartlett *Page 861 v. DeWilson, 52 Fla. 497, 42 So. 189, 11 Ann. Cas. 311. In the case of Russell v. Southard

Ex Parte: Livingston

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1934-09-26

Citation: 156 So. 612, 116 Fla. 640, 1934 Fla. LEXIS 1122

Snippet: 654 Bank v. Hilson, 64 Fla. 206, 60 So.2d Rep. 189; 11 Ency. P. Prac. 1076. The judgment of reversal

Peace River Phosphate Mining Co. v. Thomas A. Green, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-07-07

Citation: 135 So. 828, 102 Fla. 370

Snippet: DeBartlett vs. DeWilson, et al., 52 Fla. 497, 42 So. 189, 11 Am. Eng. Ann. Cas. 311; Hall vs. Hopper, 64 Neb