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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES
Chapter 171
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES
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171.201 Legislative intent.The Legislature intends to provide an alternative to part I of this chapter for local governments regarding the annexation of territory into a municipality and the subtraction of territory from the unincorporated area of the county. The principal goal of this part is to encourage local governments to jointly determine how to provide services to residents and property in the most efficient and effective manner while balancing the needs and desires of the community. This part is intended to establish a more flexible process for adjusting municipal boundaries and to address a wider range of the effects of annexation. This part is intended to encourage intergovernmental coordination in planning, service delivery, and boundary adjustments and to reduce intergovernmental conflicts and litigation between local governments. It is the intent of this part to promote sensible boundaries that reduce the costs of local governments, avoid duplicating local services, and increase political transparency and accountability. This part is intended to prevent inefficient service delivery and an insufficient tax base to support the delivery of those services.
History.s. 1, ch. 2006-218.

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Pinellas Cnty. v. City of Largo, 964 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 2713544

...[4] In enacting part II, the legislature established a more flexible process for adjusting municipal boundaries and to address the effects of annexation, to encourage intergovernmental coordination in planning, service delivery, and boundary adjustments, and to reduce intergovernmental conflicts and litigation. See § 171.201....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2009).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...t Act." 4 The Legislature created the "Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Act" in 2006 as an alternative to the municipal annexation or contraction provisions contained in Part I of Chapter 171 , Florida Statutes. 5 As is specifically provided in section 171.201 , Florida Statutes: "The Legislature intends to provide an alternative to part I of this chapter for local governments regarding the annexation of territory into a municipality and the subtraction of territory from the unincorporated area of the county....
...e provision of services or the acquisition of public facilities entered into by a county, municipality, independent special district, or other entity created pursuant to law." 5 See Ch. 2006-218 , Laws of Fla., and statement of legislative intent in s. 171.201 , Fla. Stat. 6 Section 171.201 , Fla....

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