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FL Stat § 418.21 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.21 - Governing Body.

418.21 Governing body.—(1) The governing body of a recreation district shall be determined by ordinance of the municipality or county that created the district and must be either:(a) A five-member or larger board of supervisors elected from among the residents of the district, or(b) The governing body of the municipality or county that created the district.(2)(a) If the governing body is a board of supervisors, the ordinance must specify the date of the election and must provide that each property owner or resident in the district has the right to vote in the election. The ordinance may also provide for the staggering of terms of the supervisors. The ordinance may also provide for the establishment of designated geographic areas within the district from each of which are elected one or more members of the board of supervisors to represent that area, provided the ordinance is made contingent on approval by a majority vote of the electors in each designated area.(b) Members of the board of supervisors shall serve without compensation.(3) If the governing body is the governing body of the municipality or county that created the district, that body may appoint a district advisory board to advise it on all matters relating to the district. Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation.History.—s. 4, ch. 78-237; s. 1, ch. 79-258; s. 24, ch. 94-350.
FL Stat § 418.23 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.23 - Limitation on Power of Districts.

418.23 Limitation on power of districts.—The charter of any recreation district may contain such limitations and restrictions on any of the powers named in s. 418.22 as the governing body of the municipality or county may from time to time determine, but no such restriction shall result in impairing the ability of a district to carry out any contract made by such district prior to the adoption of such restriction.History.—s. 3, ch. 78-237.
FL Stat § 418.24 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.24 - Filing of Ordinance.

418.24 Filing of ordinance.—Any ordinance creating or amending the charter of a recreation district, upon being finally adopted, shall be filed in the minutes of the governing body of the municipality or county, and certified copies thereof shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which said district is located and with the property appraiser of said county. The charter of a recreation district may contain findings by the governing body of the municipality or county:(1) That the creation of such district is the best alternative available for delivering recreational service.(2) That such district is amenable to separate special district government.(3) That all of the territory in the district will be benefited by proposed improvements to be made by said district.(4) That, for recreation districts created for exclusive use by a condominium established pursuant to chapter 718 or a cooperative established under chapter 719, based upon the number of residents, potential for proliferation of crime, automobile traffic flow, district development, availability of other recreational facilities outside the district, excessive noise levels, or other factors applicable to the particular district, a valid and paramount public purpose will be served by making the recreational facilities available exclusively for district residents and property owners.If such charter contains any one or more such findings, each such finding may be reviewed by a court only as part of any review of the ordinance making such finding.History.—s. 6, ch. 78-237; s. 26, ch. 94-350.
FL Stat § 418.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.25 - Actions by Aggrieved Parties.

418.25 Actions by aggrieved parties.—Any person feeling aggrieved by the adoption of an ordinance granting or amending the charter of a recreation district may bring, within the period hereinafter prescribed, an appropriate action in the circuit court of the state for that county in which the municipality is located for declaratory or injunctive relief on the grounds that the adoption of said ordinance or any part thereof was arbitrary, capricious, confiscatory, or violative of constitutional guarantees. Such action may be brought at any time during a period beginning immediately upon the adoption of said ordinance and ending no later than the earlier to occur of:(1) One year from the date of adoption of said ordinance; or(2) The date of judicial validation of the first bonds, tax bonds, or revenue bonds of said district to be authorized and validated after the adoption of the ordinance under chapter 75.After the expiration of said period, no one shall have any right or cause of action to challenge such ordinance or the existence of any recreation district created thereby, whether such challenge be brought under this law or under any other law.History.—s. 7, ch. 78-237.
FL Stat § 418.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.26 - Assessment Records.

418.26 Assessment records.—The assessment records for the municipality or county in which a recreation district is located shall be the official assessment records for any recreation district created pursuant to this act. The official charged with keeping said assessment records shall, at the request of the governing body of any recreation district, provide an assessment roll for any such district showing the assessed valuation of taxable property in said district. Unless otherwise provided by the charter of a recreation district, the official who collects taxes in the municipality or county shall be the tax collector of said district. Taxes of any such district shall be payable at the same time as, and shall be secured by a lien on taxable property the same as, municipal or county taxes. Enforcement of any such tax lien shall be in the same manner and by the same officials as enforcement of liens for municipal or county taxes.History.—s. 5, ch. 78-237.
FL Stat § 418.30 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.30 - Creation of Mobile Home Park Recreation Districts.

418.30 Creation of mobile home park recreation districts.—Any municipality or county in the state is authorized to create one or more mobile home park recreation districts. Each such district shall be limited to the boundaries of a mobile home park and shall be established by an ordinance approved by a vote of the electors residing in the proposed district. Such ordinance, as it may from time to time be amended by the governing body of the municipality or county and approved by a vote of the electors in the district, shall constitute the charter of the district. The electors residing in a proposed district may petition the governing body of the municipality or county to create a mobile home park recreation district. If a majority of electors of the proposed district has signed the petition, no referendum shall be required to create the district.History.—s. 34, ch. 83-204.
FL Stat § 418.306 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.306 - Bonds of the Mobile Home Park Recreation District.

418.306 Bonds of the mobile home park recreation district.—The trustees may construct, acquire, or improve real or personal property of the district and may issue refunding bonds or other obligations for such purposes in conformance with the applicable provisions of chapter 215. Public bonds, notes, and other securities may be issued to provide funds for such purposes by resolution adopted by the trustees, which resolution may be adopted at the same meeting at which it is introduced and may take effect immediately upon adoption. The bonds shall bear interest, payable semiannually, at a rate fixed in the resolution, subject to s. 215.84, and may be in one or more series; may bear such date or dates; may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates; may be made payable in such medium of payment, at such place, within or without the state; may carry such registration privileges; may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium; may be executed in such manner; may contain such terms, covenants, and conditions; and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as provided in such resolution or a subsequent resolution. The bonds may be sold all at one time or in blocks from time to time, at public or private sale, or, if they are refunding bonds, may also be delivered and exchanged for the outstanding obligations to be refunded thereby, in such manner as the trustees determine by resolution, and at such price or prices computed according to standard tables of bond value as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange, in the case of refunding bonds, income at a rate pursuant to s. 215.84 to the maturity dates of the several bonds so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount of obligations surrendered therefor to the district. Pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim certificates or receipts or temporary bonds in such form and with such provisions as the trustees determine may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of the bonds. The bonds, and such interim certificates or receipts or temporary bonds, shall be fully negotiable.History.—s. 37, ch. 83-204.
FL Stat § 418.309 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 418 - Recreation Districts|418.309 - Abolishment of the Mobile Home Park Recreation District.

418.309 Abolishment of the mobile home park recreation district.—The district created pursuant to this act may be abolished by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the district at an election called by the trustees of the district for such purpose, which election shall be held and notice thereof given under the same requirements as are set forth for the creation of the district. The district may not be abolished while it has outstanding indebtedness unless adequate provision is made for the liquidation of such outstanding indebtedness.History.—s. 38, ch. 83-204.
FL Stat § 422.001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.001 - State Role in Housing and Urban Development.

422.001 State role in housing and urban development.—The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities) is the responsibility of the Department of Economic Opportunity; and the department is the agency of state government responsible for the state’s role in housing and urban development.History.—s. 18, ch. 69-106; s. 51, ch. 81-167; s. 54, ch. 83-55; s. 8, ch. 2000-342; s. 340, ch. 2011-142.
FL Stat § 422.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.01 - Short Title.

422.01 Short title.—This chapter may be referred to as the “Housing Cooperation Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-oo).
FL Stat § 422.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.02 - Finding and Declaration of Necessity.

422.02 Finding and declaration of necessity.—It has been found and declared in the Housing Authorities Law that there exist in the state unsafe and insanitary housing conditions and a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health, welfare and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities; and that the public interest requires the remedying of these conditions. It is found and declared that the assistance herein provided for the remedying of the conditions set forth in the Housing Authorities Law constitutes a public use and purpose and an essential governmental function for which public moneys may be spent and other aid given; that it is a proper public purpose for any state public body to aid any housing authority operating within its boundaries or jurisdiction or any housing project located therein, as the state public body derives immediate benefits and advantages from such an authority or project; and that the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary in the public interest.History.—s. 2, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-pp).
FL Stat § 422.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.03 - Definitions.

422.03 Definitions.—The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(1) “Housing authority” shall mean any housing authority created pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law of this state.(2) “Housing project” shall mean any work or undertaking of a housing authority pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law or any similar work or undertaking of the Federal Government.(3) “State public body” shall mean any city, town, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, other subdivision or public body of the state.(4) “Governing body” shall mean the council, commission, board of supervisors or trustees, or other board or body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the state public body.(5) “Federal Government” shall mean the United States, the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.History.—s. 3, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-qq).
FL Stat § 422.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.04 - Cooperation in Undertaking Housing Projects.

422.04 Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.—(1) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:(a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the Federal Government;(b) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities or any other works, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects;(c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;(d) Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of such state public body; make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances; any city or town also may change its map;(e) Enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with a housing authority or the Federal Government respecting action to be taken by such state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter;(f) Do any and all things, necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of such housing projects;(g) Purchase or legally invest in any of the debentures of a housing authority and exercise all of the rights of any holder of such debentures;(h) With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the Federal Government and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no state public body shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to such construction;(i) In connection with any public improvements made by a state public body in exercising the powers herein granted, such state public body may incur the entire expense thereof.(2) Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.History.—s. 4, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-rr).
FL Stat § 422.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.05 - Contracts for Payments for Services.

422.05 Contracts for payments for services.—In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may contract with a housing authority or the Federal Government with respect to the sum or sums, if any, which the housing authority or the Federal Government may agree to pay, during any year or period of years, to the state public body for the improvements, services and facilities to be furnished by it for the benefit of said housing project, but in no event shall the amount of such payments exceed the estimated cost to the state public body of the improvements, services or facilities to be so furnished; provided, however, that the absence of a contract for such payments shall in no way relieve any state public body from the duty to furnish, for the benefit of said housing project, customary improvements and such services and facilities as such state public body usually furnishes without a service fee.History.—s. 5, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-ss).
FL Stat § 422.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.06 - Advances to Housing Authority.

422.06 Advances to housing authority.—When any housing authority which is created for any city becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of the city shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of such housing authority during the first year thereafter, and shall appropriate such amount to the authority out of any moneys in such city treasury not appropriated to some other purposes. The moneys so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation. Any city, town or county located in whole or in part within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the authority or to agree to take such action. The housing authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursements for all such loans made to it.History.—s. 6, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-tt).
FL Stat § 422.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.07 - Procedure for Exercising Powers.

422.07 Procedure for exercising powers.—The exercise by a state public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which such resolution is introduced. Such a resolution or resolutions shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted.History.—s. 7, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100 (3-uu).
FL Stat § 422.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 422 - Housing Cooperation Law|422.08 - Supplemental Nature of Chapter.

422.08 Supplemental nature of chapter.—The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.History.—s. 8, ch. 17982, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-vv).
FL Stat § 423.001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 423 - Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities|423.001 - State Role in Housing and Urban Development.

423.001 State role in housing and urban development.—The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities) is the responsibility of the Department of Economic Opportunity; and the department is the agency of state government responsible for the state’s role in housing and urban development.History.—s. 18, ch. 69-106; s. 52, ch. 81-167; s. 55, ch. 83-55; s. 9, ch. 2000-342; s. 341, ch. 2011-142.
FL Stat § 423.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 423 - Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities|423.01 - Finding and Declaration of Property of Tax Exemption for Housing Authorities.

423.01 Finding and declaration of property of tax exemption for housing authorities.—It has been found and declared in the Housing Authorities Law and the Housing Cooperation Law that:(1) There exist in the state housing conditions which constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state;(2) These conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health, welfare and safety, fire and accident prevention, and other public services and facilities;(3) The public interest requires the remedying of these conditions by the creation of housing authorities to undertake projects for slum clearance and for providing safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons who lack sufficient income to enable them to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding; and(4) Such housing projects, including all property of a housing authority used for or in connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, are exclusively for public uses and municipal purposes and not for profit, and are governmental functions of state concern. As a matter of legislative determination, it is found and declared that the property and debentures of a housing authority are of such character as may be exempt from taxation.History.—s. 1, ch. 17983, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-xx).
FL Stat § 423.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 423 - Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities|423.02 - Housing Projects Exempted From Taxes and Assessments; Payments in Lieu Thereof.

423.02 Housing projects exempted from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof.—The housing projects, including all property of housing authorities used for or in connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, of housing authorities shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any city, town, county, or political subdivision of the state, provided, however, that in lieu of such taxes or special assessments a housing authority may agree to make payments to any city, town, county or political subdivision of the state for services, improvements or facilities furnished by such city, town, county or political subdivision for the benefit of a housing project owned by the housing authority, but in no event shall such payments exceed the estimated cost to such city, town, county or political subdivision of the services, improvements or facilities to be so furnished.History.—s. 2, ch. 17983, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-yy).
FL Stat § 423.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXX - Social Welfare|Chapter 423 - Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities|423.03 - Housing Debentures Exempted From Taxation.

423.03 Housing debentures exempted from taxation.—The debentures of a housing authority, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all taxes. The exemption granted by this section shall not be applicable to any tax imposed by chapter 220 on interest, income, or profits on debt obligations owned by corporations.History.—s. 3, ch. 17983, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-zz); s. 15, ch. 73-327.