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Florida Statute 159.43 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Chapter 159
BOND FINANCING
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159.43 Liberal construction.Part II of this chapter, being necessary for the prosperity and welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof; shall be, and be deemed, authority in addition to, and shall provide alternative methods for, any other authority provided by law for the same or similar purposes; and is supplemental to and not in derogation of any powers of any local agency otherwise conferred. The criteria and requirements of this part are applicable only to projects financed under authority of this part, except as otherwise expressly incorporated by references in other provisions of law.
History.s. 19, ch. 69-104; s. 11, ch. 80-287.

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Cases Citing Statute 159.43

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Orange Cnty. Indus. Develop. Auth. v. State, 427 So. 2d 174 (Fla. 1983).

Cited 22 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1983 Fla. LEXIS 2291

...Davis, 395 So.2d 540 (Fla.), superseded by statute as stated in Metropolitan Dade County v. Bridges, 402 So.2d 411 (Fla. 1981); Gracie v. Deming, 213 So.2d 294 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968). Third, even with the liberal construction of Chapter 159 mandated by statute, sections 159.43 and 159.53, Fla....
...This Court has held that it is clear from a reading of this chapter that the legislature intended the phrase "industrial plant" to be liberally construed and that these terms should be given the broadest definition. State v. Jacksonville Port Authority, 305 So.2d 166 (Fla. 1974). [1] Section 159.43 expressly mandates a liberal construction of this act....
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Roper v. City of Clearwater, 796 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2001).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 535, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 1661, 2001 WL 950273

...ay be rejected by a public entity and another applicable law used in its place"). Here, similarly, chapter 159 provides that the authority contained therein is supplementary, and not in derogation of any powers of a local agency otherwise conferred. Section 159.43, Florida Statutes (2000) specifically provides: 159.43....

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