Florida Statute 616.251 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 616
PUBLIC FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

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F.S. 616.251

616.251 Florida State Fair Authority; creation; responsibility for staging annual state fair.—

(1) There is created and constituted the “Florida State Fair Authority,” a public body corporate and politic, for the purposes and with the powers set forth in this part. Such instrumentality, hereinafter referred to as “the authority,” shall have perpetual succession. For the purposes of implementing the intent of this part, the authority shall be considered an instrumentality of the state, subject to the jurisdiction of the state. Any conflict with respect to that jurisdiction will be resolved by the authority and respective state agencies.

(2) The authority shall operate under the supervision of the Commissioner of Agriculture, which supervision may include, but is not limited to, assisting, advising, and making recommendations regarding the financing and operation of the authority. In assisting and advising the authority, the Commissioner of Agriculture may make appropriate staff of the department available to the authority.

(3) The authority is charged with the responsibility of staging an annual fair to serve the entire state. Cash premiums or awards may be given to exhibitors.

(4) The principal offices of the authority shall be in such place or places in or near the City of Tampa as the authority may from time to time designate.

History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 74-322; s. 4, ch. 78-323; ss. 1, 5, 6, ch. 81-81; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 82-46; ss. 20, 24, 25, 26, ch. 83-239; s. 8, ch. 85-62; ss. 26, 45, ch. 93-168; s. 26, ch. 96-231.

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Cases Citing Statute 616.251

Total Results: 7

SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR AND PALM BEACH COUNTY EXPOSITIONS, INC v. WIDLEY JOSEPH

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-09-05

Citation: 256 So. 3d 875

Snippet: Fair, “a public body corporate and politic.” § 616.251(1), Fla. Stat. (2007). 2 The Florida State Fair

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2011-06-16

Snippet: Act is an instrumentality of the state; and s. 616.251, Fla. Stat., designating the State Fair Authority

Turner v. FLORIDA STATE FAIR AUTHORITY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-01-25

Citation: 974 So. 2d 470, 2008 WL 199866

Snippet: and established under the provisions of sections 616.251 through 616.265, Florida Statutes (2003 & 2004)

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1999-06-08

Snippet: (Fla. 1897). 4 Id. 5 See, s. 616.251(1) and (3), Fla. Stat. 6 Section 616.251(2), Fla. Stat. In assisting

Town of Bay Harbor Islands v. Driggs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-03-08

Citation: 522 So. 2d 912, 1988 WL 18581

Snippet: such a proceeding. Wood v. Freeman, 43 Misc.2d 616, 251 N.Y.S.2d 996 (1964), affirmed, 24 A.D.2d 704,

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1983-03-29

Snippet: constituted a public body corporate and politic by s 616.251(1), F.S. You state that the House Committee on

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1976-08-31

Snippet: 74-322, Laws of Florida, and now appears at ss.616.251-616.263, F. S. Section 1 provides, in part: There