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FL Stat § 164.1053 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1053 - Conflict Assessment Phase.

164.1053 Conflict assessment phase.—(1) After the initiation of the conflict resolution procedure, and after proper notice by certified letter has been given, a conflict assessment meeting shall occur. The meeting shall be scheduled to occur within 30 days of the receipt of the letter initiating the conflict resolution procedure. Public notice shall be given for this meeting in accordance with s. 164.1031(7). The conflict assessment meeting shall be scheduled to allow the attendance by the appropriate personnel from each primary conflicting governmental entity. The chief administrator, or his or her designee, for each governmental entity that is a primary conflicting governmental entity in the conflict resolution procedure shall be present at this meeting. If the entities in conflict agree, the assistance of a facilitator may be enlisted for the conflict assessment meeting. During the conflict assessment meeting, the governmental entities shall discuss the issues pertaining to the conflict and an assessment of the conflict from the perspective of each governmental entity involved.(2) If a tentative resolution to the conflict can be agreed upon by the representatives of the primary conflicting governmental entities at the conflict assessment meeting, the primary conflicting governmental entities may proceed with whatever steps they deem appropriate to fully resolve the conflict, including, but not limited to, the scheduling of additional meetings for informal negotiations or proposing a resolution to the governing bodies of the primary conflicting governmental entities.(3) In the event that no tentative resolution can be agreed upon, the primary conflicting governmental entities shall schedule a joint public meeting as described in s. 164.1055, which meeting shall occur within 50 days of the receipt of the first letter initiating the conflict resolution process from the initiating governmental entity.(4) After the conclusion of the conflict assessment meeting, any primary conflicting governmental entity may request mediation as provided in s. 164.1055(2).History.—s. 7, ch. 99-279.
FL Stat § 164.1055 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1055 - Joint Public Meeting.

164.1055 Joint public meeting.—(1) Failure to resolve a conflict after following authorized procedures as specified in s. 164.1053 shall require the scheduling of a joint public meeting between the primary conflicting governmental entities. The governmental entity first initiating the conflict resolution process shall have the responsibility to schedule the joint public meeting and arrange a location. If the entities in conflict agree, the assistance of a facilitator may be enlisted to assist them in conducting the meeting. In this meeting, the governing bodies of the primary conflicting governmental entities shall:(a) Consider the statement of issues prepared in the conflict assessment phase.(b) Seek an agreement.(c) Schedule additional meetings of the entities in conflict, or of their designees, to continue to seek resolution of the conflict.(2) If no agreement is reached, the primary conflicting governmental entities shall participate in mediation, the costs of which shall be equally divided between the primary conflicting governmental entities. The primary conflicting governmental entities shall endeavor in good faith to select a mutually acceptable mediator. If the primary conflicting governmental entities are unable to mutually agree on a mediator within 14 days after the joint public meeting, the primary conflicting governmental entities shall arrange for a mediator to be selected or recommended by an independent conflict resolution organization, such as the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium, and shall agree to accept the recommendation of that independent organization, or shall agree upon an alternate method for selection of a mediator, within 7 business days after the close of that 14-day period. Upon the selection of a mediator, the conflicting governmental entities shall schedule mediation to occur within 14 days, and shall issue a written agreement on the issues in conflict within 10 days of the conclusion of the mediation proceeding. The written agreement shall not be admissible in any court proceeding concerning the conflict, except for proceedings to award attorney’s fees under s. 164.1058, where the agreement may be used to demonstrate an entity’s refusal to participate in the process in good faith.History.—s. 8, ch. 99-279.
FL Stat § 164.1056 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1056 - Final Resolution.

164.1056 Final resolution.—If there is failure to resolve a conflict between governmental entities through the procedures provided by ss. 164.1053 and 164.1055, the entities participating in the dispute resolution process may avail themselves of any otherwise available legal rights.History.—s. 9, ch. 99-279.
FL Stat § 164.1057 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1057 - Execution of Resolution of Conflict.

164.1057 Execution of resolution of conflict.—Resolution of a conflict at any phase shall require passage of an ordinance, resolution, or interlocal agreement that reflects the terms or conditions of the resolution to the conflict.History.—s. 10, ch. 99-279.
FL Stat § 164.1058 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1058 - Penalty.

164.1058 Penalty.—If a primary conflicting governmental entity fails to participate in good faith in the conflict assessment meeting, mediation, or other remedies provided for in this act, the primary disputing governmental entity that failed to participate in good faith shall be required to pay the attorney’s fees and costs in that proceeding of the prevailing primary conflicting governmental entity.History.—s. 4, ch. 87-346; s. 11, ch. 99-279; s. 7, ch. 2006-218.Note.—Former s. 164.104.
FL Stat § 164.1061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1061 - Time Extensions.

164.1061 Time extensions.—Any of the time requirements set forth in this act may be extended to a date certain by mutual agreement, in writing, of the primary conflicting governmental entities. To the extent such agreement would cause any jurisdictional time requirements to run with regard to a particular claim, the agreement shall have the effect of extending any jurisdictional time requirements with regard to that claim for the period set forth in the agreement.History.—s. 12, ch. 99-279.
FL Stat § 164.1065 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 164 - Governmental Disputes|164.1065 - Applicability of Ch. 99-279.

164.1065 Applicability of ch. 99-279.—This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, but shall not be construed to abrogate any otherwise applicable agreements or requirements of any contracts, interlocal agreements, or other written instruments which are in existence as of the effective date of this act. To the extent that any contractual or other agreement provisions in existence on the effective date of this act conflict with the provisions of this act, the provisions in the written agreement shall control.History.—s. 14, ch. 99-279.
FL Stat § 165.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.011 - Short Title.

165.011 Short title.—This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Formation of Municipalities Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 35, ch. 89-169.
FL Stat § 165.021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.021 - Purpose.

165.021 Purpose.—The purpose of this act is to provide standards, direction, and procedures for the formation of municipalities in this state and the provision of municipal services so as to:(1) Allow orderly patterns of urban growth and land use.(2) Assure adequate quality and quantity of local public services.(3) Ensure financial integrity of municipalities.(4) Eliminate or reduce avoidable and undesirable differentials in fiscal capacity among neighboring local governmental jurisdictions.(5) Promote equity in the financing of municipal services.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 36, ch. 89-169.
FL Stat § 165.022 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.022 - Preemption; Effect on Special Laws.

165.022 Preemption; effect on special laws.—It is the purpose of this act to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for forming and dissolving municipalities in lieu of any procedure or standards now provided by general or special law. The provisions of this act shall be the exclusive procedure pursuant to general law for forming or dissolving municipalities in this state, except in those counties operating under a home rule charter which provides for an exclusive method as specifically authorized by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution. Any provisions of a general or special law existing on July 1, 1974, in conflict with the provisions of this act shall not be effective to the extent of such conflict.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 23, ch. 82-154; s. 66, ch. 89-169.
FL Stat § 165.0225 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.0225 - Counties Prohibited From Requiring Consideration for Allowing Incorporation.

165.0225 Counties prohibited from requiring consideration for allowing incorporation.—Notwithstanding s. 165.022, any municipality formed after January 1, 2000, and any municipality formed on or after July 1, 2007, shall not be required to pay any charge, assessment, tax, fee, or other consideration as a condition for allowing the citizens of an area to incorporate and govern themselves.History.—s. 1, ch. 2007-26.
FL Stat § 165.031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.031 - Definitions.

165.031 Definitions.—The following terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:(1) “County” means a political subdivision of the state established pursuant to s. 1, Art. VIII of the State Constitution.(2) “Formation” means any one of the following activities:(a) “Incorporation”—The establishment of a municipality.(b) “Dissolution”—The dissolving of the corporate status of a municipality.(c) “Merger”—The merging of two or more municipalities with each other and with any unincorporated areas authorized pursuant to this act to form a new municipality; the merging of one or more municipalities or special districts, in any combination thereof, with each other; or the merging of one or more counties with one or more special districts.(3) “Municipality” means a municipality created pursuant to general or special law authorized or recognized pursuant to s. 2 or s. 6, Art. VIII of the State Constitution.(4) “Newspaper of general circulation” means a newspaper printed in the language most commonly spoken in the area within which it circulates, which is readily available for purchase by all inhabitants in its area of circulation, but does not include a newspaper intended primarily for members of a particular professional or occupational group, a newspaper the primary function of which is to carry legal notices, or a newspaper that is given away primarily to distribute advertising.(5) “Parties affected” means any person owning property or residing in a municipality proposing a formation or in the territory that is proposed for a formation or any governmental unit with jurisdiction over such area.(6) “Qualified voter” means any person registered to vote in accordance with law.(7) “Special district” means a local unit of special government, as defined in s. 189.012. This term includes dependent special districts, as defined in s. 189.012, and independent special districts, as defined in s. 189.012. All provisions of s. 200.001(8)(d) and (e) shall be considered provisions of this chapter.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 11, ch. 81-167; s. 71, ch. 81-259; s. 24, ch. 82-154; s. 11, ch. 83-55; s. 37, ch. 89-169; s. 481, ch. 2011-142; s. 1, ch. 2012-121; s. 65, ch. 2014-22.
FL Stat § 165.043 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.043 - Official County or Municipal Seal.

165.043 Official county or municipal seal.—The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance, designate an official county or municipal seal. The manufacture, use, display, or other employment of any facsimile or reproduction of the county or municipal seal, except by county or municipal officials or employees in the performance of their official duties, without the express approval of the governing body is a second degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.History.—s. 1, ch. 91-59.
FL Stat § 165.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.051 - Dissolution Procedures.

165.051 Dissolution procedures.—(1) The charter of any existing municipality may be revoked and the municipal corporation dissolved by either:(a) A special act of the Legislature; or(b) An ordinance of the governing body of the municipality, approved by a vote of the qualified voters.(2) If a vote of the qualified voters is required, the governing body of the municipality or, if the municipal governing body does not act within 30 days, the governing body of the county or counties in which the municipality is located, shall set the date of the election, which shall be the next regularly scheduled election or a special election held prior to such election, if approved by a majority of the members of the governing body of each governmental unit affected, but no sooner than 30 days after passage of the ordinance. Notice of the election shall be published at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks prior to the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 39, ch. 89-169; s. 13, ch. 90-279.
FL Stat § 165.071 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.071 - Financial Allocations.

165.071 Financial allocations.—(1) The law incorporating a new municipality in previously unincorporated lands may provide a procedure for establishing the distributive share of local option gas tax moneys in counties where such tax is levied when appropriate under the provisions of s. 336.025(4)(b). The law shall also provide for assumption of the existing governmental indebtedness or property specially benefiting that area, if any, the fair value of such and the manner of transfer and financing.(2) The government formed by merger of existing municipalities shall assume all indebtedness of, and receive title to all property owned by, the preexisting municipalities. The proposed charter shall provide for the determination of the proper allocation of the indebtedness so assumed and the manner in which said debt shall be retired.(3) The dissolution of a municipal government shall transfer the title to all property owned by the preexisting municipal government to the county, which shall also assume all indebtedness of the preexisting municipality, unless otherwise provided in the dissolution plan. The county is specifically authorized to levy and collect ad valorem taxes in the same manner as other county taxes from the area of the preexisting municipality for repayment of any assumed indebtedness through a special district created for such purpose in accordance with chapter 189.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 45, ch. 86-152; s. 42, ch. 89-169.
FL Stat § 165.081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 165 - Formation of Local Governments|165.081 - Judicial Review.

165.081 Judicial review.—Any special law or ordinance enacted, and any dismissal of petition made, pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewable by certiorari. No appeal may be brought after the effective date of an incorporation or dissolution.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 3, ch. 78-95.
FL Stat § 170.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 170 - Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements|170.02 - Method of Prorating Special Assessments.

170.02 Method of prorating special assessments.—Special assessments against property deemed to be benefited by local improvements, as provided for in s. 170.01, shall be assessed upon the property specially benefited by the improvement in proportion to the benefits to be derived therefrom, said special benefits to be determined and prorated according to the foot frontage of the respective properties specially benefited by said improvement, or by such other method as the governing body of the municipality may prescribe.History.—s. 2, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3023.
FL Stat § 170.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 170 - Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements|170.03 - Resolution Required to Declare Special Assessments.

170.03 Resolution required to declare special assessments.—When the governing authority of any municipality may determine to make any public improvement authorized by s. 170.01 and defray the whole or any part of the expense thereof by special assessments, said governing authority shall so declare by resolution stating the nature of the proposed improvement, designating the street or streets or sidewalks to be so improved, the location of said sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and drains, the location of said water mains, water laterals, and other water distribution facilities, the location of the utilities, the location of the recreational facilities, the location of the seawalls, the location of the drainage project, or the location of the retail or wholesale business districts or nationally recognized historic districts to be improved, and the part or portion of the expense thereof to be paid by special assessments, the manner in which said assessments shall be made, when said assessments are to be paid, what part, if any, shall be apportioned to be paid from the general improvement fund of the municipality; and said resolution shall also designate the lands upon which the special assessments shall be levied, and in describing said lands it shall be sufficient to describe them as “all lots and lands adjoining and contiguous or bounding and abutting upon such improvements or specially benefited thereby and further designated by the assessment plat hereinafter provided for.” Such resolution shall also state the total estimated cost of the improvement. Such estimated cost may include the cost of construction or reconstruction, the cost of all labor and materials, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for 1 year after completion of construction, discount on the sale of special assessment bonds, cost of plans and specifications, surveys of estimates of costs and of revenues, cost of engineering and legal services, and all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such construction or reconstruction, administrative expense, and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized.History.—s. 3, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3024; s. 2, ch. 59-396; s. 2, ch. 67-552; s. 1, ch. 78-330; s. 2, ch. 87-103; s. 40, ch. 91-45; s. 2, ch. 92-156; s. 3, ch. 94-344.
FL Stat § 170.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 170 - Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements|170.04 - Plans and Specifications, With Estimated Cost of Proposed Improvement Required Before Adoption of Resolution.

170.04 Plans and specifications, with estimated cost of proposed improvement required before adoption of resolution.—At the time of the adoption of the resolution provided for in s. 170.03, there shall be on file with the town or city clerk, or like officer, of the municipality adopting said resolution, an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed, with plans and specifications, and an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement, which assessment plat, plans and specifications and estimate shall be open to the inspection of the public.History.—s. 4, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3025; s. 3, ch. 59-396.
FL Stat § 170.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 170 - Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements|170.05 - Publication of Resolution.

170.05 Publication of resolution.—Upon the adoption of the resolution provided for in s. 170.03, the municipality shall cause said resolution to be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation published in said municipality, and if there be no newspaper published in said municipality, the governing authority of said municipality shall cause said resolution to be published once a week for a period of 2 weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which said municipality is located.History.—s. 5, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3026.
FL Stat § 170.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 170 - Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements|170.06 - Preliminary Assessment Roll.

170.06 Preliminary assessment roll.—Upon the adoption of the resolution aforesaid, the governing authority of the municipality shall cause to be made a preliminary assessment roll in accordance with the method of assessment provided for in said resolution, which assessment roll shall be completed as promptly as possible; said assessment roll shall show the lots and lands assessed and the amount of the benefit to and the assessment against each lot or parcel of land, and, if said assessment is to be paid in installments, the number of annual installments in which the assessment is divided shall also be entered and shown upon said assessment roll.History.—s. 6, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3027; s. 3, ch. 67-552; s. 4, ch. 87-103.