Florida Statute 1001.63 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII
EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1001
EARLY LEARNING-20 GOVERNANCE

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1001.63 Florida College System institution board of trustees; board of trustees to constitute a corporation.—Each Florida College System institution board of trustees is constituted a body corporate by the name of “The District Board of Trustees of (Name of Florida College System institution) , Florida” with all the powers and duties of a body corporate, including the power to adopt a corporate seal, to contract and be contracted with, to sue or be sued, to plead and be impleaded in all courts of law or equity, and to give and receive donations. In all suits against a board of trustees, service of process shall be made on the chair of the board of trustees or, in the absence of the chair, the corporate secretary or designee of the chair.

History.—s. 79, ch. 2002-387; s. 20, ch. 2011-5.

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Williams v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. of Edison Cmty. Coll., 421 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2005).

Cited 18 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 23 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 595, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 18041, 2005 WL 2012592

...§ 1004.67. Every authorized community college district “is an independent, separate, legal entity created for the operation of a community college.” Id. § 1004.65(2). Each community college in Florida operates under the direction and supervision of a board of trustees. Id. § 1001.63. The board of trustees is a corporation with all corporate powers, including the right to sue and be sued. Id. § 1001.63....

...Liability and Risk of Judgment A final factor also weighs in favor of concluding that a community college is an arm of the state. Because community colleges are separate legal entities that may enter into contracts and sue and be sued, id. § 1001.63, a judgment could validly be entered against the community college....

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Florida Virtual Sch., etc. v. K12, Inc., 148 So. 3d 97 (Fla. 2014).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 569, 2014 WL 4638694, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2823

...aving jurisdiction.”); § 388.161(2), Fla. Stat. (2013) (the governing body of a mosquito control district “shall have all the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued as a corporation in said name in any court.”); § 1001.63, Fla....

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Florida Virtualschool v. K12, Inc., 773 F.3d 233 (11th Cir. 2014).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 WL 6436644

...urt having jurisdiction."); § 388.16 1(2), Fla. Stat. (2013) (the governing body of a mosquito control district "shall have all the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued as a corporation in said name in any court."); § 1001.63, Fla....

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