Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 1001.63 (2025)

Florida College System institution board of trustees; board of trustees to constitute a corporation.

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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2014 · leading case: Florida Virtual Sch., etc. v. K12, Inc., 148 So. 3d 97 (Fla. 2014).
Florida Virtual Sch., etc. v. K12, Inc., 148 So. 3d 97 (Fla. 2014). · cites it 2× “”); § 1001.63, Fla. Stat. (2013) (the board of trustees of a Florida College System institution “is constituted a body corporate .”
Florida Virtualschool v. K12, Inc., 773 F.3d 233 (11th Cir. 2014). “”); § 1001.63, Fla. Stat. (2013) (the board of trastees of a Florida College System institution “is constituted a body corporate .”
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