Florida Statute 159.14 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 159
BOND FINANCING

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159.14 Alternative method.—This part shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing. This part, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the counties and municipalities of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

History.—s. 14, ch. 28045, 1953.

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City of Boca Raton v. State, 595 So. 2d 25 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 58 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...1986), the county sought to issue bonds to finance a new bridge pursuant to its home rule authority. Taylor argued that since chapter 159, Florida Statutes (1985), specifically authorized the county to issue bonds, the county ordinance must rely on and conform to that chapter. The Court noted that section 159.14, Florida Statutes, by its express terms, provided supplemental and additional authority to that conferred by other laws....

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Taylor v. Lee Cnty., 498 So. 2d 424 (Fla. 1986).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 623

...It may issue bonds. § 125.01(1)(r). Bonds that it issues may be revenue bonds. §§ 125.013, 125.012(21). We hold that these provisions of general law, i.e., chapter 125, give the county ample power and authority to issue the instant bonds. [*] Additionally, section 159.14 states that sections 159.01 through 159.19 "shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws." Chapter 159, therefore, provides an alternate method of issuing bonds, use of which is optional, not mandatory....

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State v. City of Daytona Beach, 360 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1978).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1978 Fla. LEXIS 4849

payable at least in part from ad valorem taxes. Section 159.14 expressly provides that Part I of Chapter 159

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