Florida Statute 243.19 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XVI
TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM; HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES BONDS

Chapter 243
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES BONDS

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243.19 Findings and declaration of necessity.—It is declared that for the benefit of the people of the state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that this and future generations of youth be given the fullest opportunity to learn and to develop their intellectual and mental capacities; that it is essential that institutions for higher education within each county in the state be provided with appropriate additional means to assist such youth in achieving the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities; that it is the purpose of this part to provide a measure of assistance and an alternate method to enable institutions of higher education in each county of this state to provide the facilities and structures which are sorely needed to accomplish the purposes of this part; and that it is essential to provide additional assistance to institutions for higher education by enabling those institutions to coordinate their budgetary needs with the timing of receipt of tuition revenues in a manner similar to programs authorized for school districts within the state. The necessity in the public interest of the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.

History.—s. 2, ch. 69-345; s. 16, ch. 99-252.

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Nohrr v. Brevard Cnty. Educ. Fac. Auth., 247 So. 2d 304 (Fla. 1971).

Cited 69 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...When this law was enacted the Legislature made a finding that there was an urgent need existing among institutions of higher education in Florida to obtain financing for expansion and improvement of higher educational facilities in order to meet the growing public demand. Fla. Stat. § 243.19, F.S.A....

...The Authority is an appointive body which deals solely with education and comes within the provisions of Fla. Const., art. IX, § 3. Defendant next contends that the lower court erred in holding that the proposed revenue bonds were for a public purpose. Fla. Stat. § 243.19, F.S.A., contains a finding by the Legislature that projects financed under the Educational Facilities Law are, in effect, for a public purpose....

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Wald v. Sarasota Cty. Health Facilities, Etc., 360 So. 2d 763 (Fla. 1978).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...hich the legislature had statutorily determined to be for a public purpose, did not in fact satisfy this requirement: Defendant next contends that the lower court erred in holding that the proposed revenue bonds were for a public purpose. Fla. Stat. § 243.19, F.S.A., contains a finding by the Legislature that projects financed under the Educational Facilities Law are, in effect, for a public purpose....

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Wald v. Sarasota Cnty. Health Facilities Auth., 360 So. 2d 763 (Fla. 1978).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1978 Fla. LEXIS 4893

revenue bonds were for a public purpose. Fla.Stat. § 243.19, F.S.A., contains a finding by the Legislature