Florida Statute 1001.72 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

1001.72 University boards of trustees; boards to constitute a corporation.—

(1) Each board of trustees shall be a public body corporate by the name of “The (name of university) Board of Trustees,” with all the powers of a body corporate, including the power to adopt a corporate seal, to contract and be contracted with, to sue and 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, on the corporate secretary or designee.

(2) The corporation is constituted as a public instrumentality, and the exercise by the corporation of the power conferred by this section is considered to be the performance of an essential public function. The corporation is subject to chapter 119 and s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution, subject to exceptions applicable to the corporation, and to the provisions of chapter 286; however, the corporation shall be entitled to provide notice of internal review committee meetings for competitive proposals or procurement to applicants by mail or facsimile rather than by means of publication. The corporation is not governed by chapter 607, but by the provisions of this part. The corporation shall maintain coverage under the State Risk Management Trust Fund as provided in chapter 284.

(3) Each board of trustees constitutes the contracting agent of the university.

History.—s. 84, ch. 2002-387; s. 78, ch. 2007-217; s. 12, ch. 2010-78.

Cases Citing F.S. 1001.72

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·Univ. of South Florida Bd. of Trs. v. Comentis, Inc., 861 F.3d 1234 (11th Cir. 2017).
Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 WL 2821537, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 11734, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 1663
...e USF Board. While each state university board of trustees is “a public body corporate” that can enter into contracts, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and therefore hold property and have judgments entered against them, Fla. Stat. § 1001.72(1), (3), Florida ultimately pays such judgments....
...utive branch’s control, the Board of Governors secures a comprehensive general liability insurance for state universities, id. § 1001.706(4)(d), and the boards of trustees must maintain coverage under the State Risk Management Trust Fund, id. § 1001.72(2)....
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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
...corporate,” Black’s Law Dictionary equates a “body corporate” with a corporation. Black’s Law Dictionary 198 (9th ed. 2009). Further, the Florida Legislature in the K-20 Education Code of the Florida Statutes has equated a “body corporate” with a corporation. See § 1001.72(1), 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
...corporate," Black's Law Dictionary equates a "body corporate" with a corporation. Black's Law Dictioniy 198 (9th ed. 2009). Further, the Florida Legislature in the K-20 Education Code of the Florida Statutes has equated a "body corporate" with a corporation. See § 1001.72(1), Fla....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2003).
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...as deemed necessary." 12 Sincerely, Charlie Crist Attorney General CC/tgh 1 Section 339.175 , Fla. Stat. 2 Section 339.175 , Fla. Stat. 3 Section 339.175 (4), Fla. Stat. 4 Section 339.175 (5), Fla. Stat. 5 Section 339.175 (2)(a), Fla. Stat. 6 Ibid. 7 Section 1001.71 (1), Fla. Stat. 8 Section 1001.72 (1), Fla. Stat. 9 Section 1001.72 (3), Fla....
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Anthony Rojas v. Univ. of Florida Bd. of Trs. (Fla. 2025).
Published | Supreme Court of Florida
...semesters” in accordance with the statutory authorization of student fees. B. We turn now to a brief summary of some salient features of the statutory provisions that provide the backdrop to the controversy presented by this case. Section 1001.72(1), Florida Statutes (2019), provides that the board of trustees of each state university has the power “to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued.” Section 1009.24, -5- Florida...

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Cases Citing F.S. 1001.72

·Univ. of South Florida Bd. of Trs. v. Comentis, Inc., 861 F.3d 1234 (11th Cir. 2017).

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

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

Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2003).

Anthony Rojas v. Univ. of Florida Bd. of Trs. (Fla. 2025).