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Florida Statute 373.6161 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE
Chapter 373
WATER RESOURCES
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373.6161 Chapter to be liberally construed.This chapter shall be construed liberally for effectuating the purposes described herein, and the procedure herein prescribed shall be followed and applied with such latitude consistent with the intent thereof as shall best meet the requirements or necessities therefor.
History.s. 46, ch. 25209; s. 6, ch. 25213, 1949; s. 25, ch. 73-190.
Note.Former s. 378.47.

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Cases Citing Statute 373.6161

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Pinellas Cnty. v. Lake Padgett Pines, 333 So. 2d 472 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...380 should be brought into play for protection of the public. However, Ch. 373 is to be liberally construed for effectuating the purposes described in the chaper and these purposes clearly mandate consideration of the total environment, Fla. Stat. § 373.6161....
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Booker Creek Pres., Inc. v. SW FLA. WATER MGT. DIST., 534 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 96447

...Fla.R.App.P. 9.030(b)(1)(C). [2] Cf. Island Harbor Beach Club, Ltd. v. Dept. of Nat. Resources, 495 So.2d 209 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), rev. den., 503 So.2d 327 (Fla. 1987); and Dept. of Prof. Reg. v. So. Prof. Land Sur., 475 So.2d 939 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). [3] § 373.6161; Department of Environmental Regulation v....
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Deseret Ranches of Florida, Inc. v. St. Johns River Water Mgmt. Dist., 406 So. 2d 1132 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 21783

...ould be financed by those most directly benefited. To those ends, this chapter provides for the establishment of permit application fees and a method of ad valorem taxation to finance the activities of the district. (Emphasis supplied.) In addition, section 373.6161 demands that chapter 373: [B]e construed liberally for effectuating the purposes described herein, and the procedure herein prescribed shall be followed and applied with such latitude consistent with the intent thereof as shall best meet the requirements or necessities therefor....
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Osceola Cty. v. St. Johns River Water Mgt. Dist., 486 So. 2d 616 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 595, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6754

...Johns River Water Management District, 409 So.2d 208 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). Judicial review of a final administrative action regarding water resources is also recognized. See Griffin, supra . Our holding reflects the legislative intent, expressed in section 373.6161, Florida Statutes (1985), that the Water Resources Act shall be construed liberally for effectuating the purposes described in the Act....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1975).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, created pursuant to s. 373.069 , F.S., is authorized to act as agent for the Florida Department of Natural Resources in carrying out the provisions of the Florida Water Resources Act of 1972, ss. 373.013 - 373.6161 , F.S....
...lity. This is especially true when considering the general policy of creation of the water management district under the Florida Water Resources Act of 1972, and the fact that the statute is to be liberally construed for effectuating those purposes. Section 373.6161 , F.S....
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Osceola Cty. v. St. Johns River Water Manag., 504 So. 2d 385 (Fla. 1987).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 113, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 1568

...The department may exercise any power herein authorized to be exercised by a water management district; however, to the greatest extent practicable, such power should be delegated to the governing board of a water management district. *388 Similarly, section 373.6161 provides that "[t]his chapter shall be construed liberally for effectuating the purposes described herein, and the procedure herein prescribed shall be followed and applied with such latitude consistent with the intent thereof as sha...

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