Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 218.01 (2025)

Authority to accept benefits of bankruptcy acts.

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218.01 Authority to accept benefits of bankruptcy acts.—For the purpose of rendering effective the privilege and benefits of any amendments to the bankruptcy laws of the United States that may be enacted for the relief of municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions, the state represented by its legislative body gives its assent to, and accepts the provisions of any such bankruptcy laws that may be enacted by the Congress of the United States for the benefit and relief of municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions and its several municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions, at the discretion of the governing authorities thereof, may institute and conduct and carry out, by any appropriate bankruptcy procedure that may be enacted into the laws of the United States for the purpose of conferring upon municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions, relief by proceedings in bankruptcy in the federal courts.

History.—s. 1, ch. 15878, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1365(2).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1943–2013 · leading case: Headley v. City of Miami, 118 So. 3d 885 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).

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Headley v. City of Miami, 118 So. 3d 885 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). · cites it 2× “See § 218.01, Fla. Stat. . Cf. Commc'ns Workers of Am.”

State Ex Rel. Watson v. Crummer Co., 15 So. 2d 441 (Fla. 1943). · cites it 2× “The Florida Legislature had authorized municipalities to avail themselves of the benefits of the said Act, Section 218.01, Florida Statutes of 1941, and the contract in question was in terms approved by Senate Bill 742, Special Acts of 1943.”

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