Florida Statute 418.21 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 418
RECREATION DISTRICTS

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F.S. 418.21

418.21 Governing body.—

(1) The governing body of a recreation district shall be determined by ordinance of the municipality or county that created the district and must be either:

(a) A five-member or larger board of supervisors elected from among the residents of the district, or

(b) The governing body of the municipality or county that created the district.

(2)(a) If the governing body is a board of supervisors, the ordinance must specify the date of the election and must provide that each property owner or resident in the district has the right to vote in the election. The ordinance may also provide for the staggering of terms of the supervisors. The ordinance may also provide for the establishment of designated geographic areas within the district from each of which are elected one or more members of the board of supervisors to represent that area, provided the ordinance is made contingent on approval by a majority vote of the electors in each designated area.

(b) Members of the board of supervisors shall serve without compensation.

(3) If the governing body is the governing body of the municipality or county that created the district, that body may appoint a district advisory board to advise it on all matters relating to the district. Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation.

History.—s. 4, ch. 78-237; s. 1, ch. 79-258; s. 24, ch. 94-350.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 418.21

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 418.21

Total Results: 4

Sarasota Classified/Teachers Ass'n v. Sarasota County School District

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-02-03

Citation: 630 So. 2d 1095, 1994 WL 27004

Snippet: absent in the context of a school board. See id. at 418-21 (majority opinion). BARKETT, C.J., and SHAW, J

In Re Estate of Bauer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1964-03-03

Citation: 161 So. 2d 678

Snippet: the view announced in Gartin v. Gartin, 371 Ill. 418, 21 N.E.2d 289, 290: "`It is only fair to assume that

Rogers v. Rogers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-04-25

Citation: 152 So. 2d 183, 5 A.L.R. 3d 637

Snippet: the view announced in Gartin v. Gartin, 371 Ill. 418, 21 N.E.2d 289, 290: "It is only fair to assume that

Ireland v. Terwilliger

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1951-08-21

Citation: 54 So. 2d 52, 1951 Fla. LEXIS 1674

Snippet: 257, 225 N.W. 719; Gartin v. Gartin, 371 Ill. 418, 21 N.E.2d 289; In re Darrow's Estate, 164 Pa.Super