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Fla. Stat. § 332.03 (2025)

Establishment of airports, etc., declared public power.

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332.03 Establishment of airports, etc., declared public power.—The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports or other air navigation facilities; the acquisition of airport protection privileges; the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities; and the exercise of any other powers herein granted to municipalities are hereby declared to be public, governmental, and municipal functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity; and such lands and other property, easements, and privileges acquired and used by such municipalities in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in ss. 332.01-332.12 shall be and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public, governmental, and municipal purposes and as a matter of public necessity.

History.—s. 3, ch. 22846, 1945.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1955–1973 · leading case: City of Bartow v. Roden, 286 So. 2d 228 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973).

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City of Bartow v. Roden, 286 So. 2d 228 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973). “Specifically, Section 332.03, provides: "The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports * * * the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, and operation of airports * * * and the exercise of any other…”

In re Sims, 8 Fla. Supp. 77 (Fla. Pub. Serv. Comm'n 1955). “We do not believe that the legislature by subsection (5) of section 332.03 intended that a certificate of public convenience and necessity might be partially canceled either territorially or as to commodities simply because competition by the transferee might adversely affect an…”

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