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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part IV - Optional County Charters (Ss. 125.80-125.88) › 125.85 - County charters; executive responsibilities.

125.85 County charters; executive responsibilities.—The executive responsibilities and power of the county shall be assigned to, and vested in, the appropriate executive officer, pursuant to the optional form adopted under s. 125.83, and shall consist of the following powers and duties:
(1) Report annually, or more often if necessary, to the board of commissioners and to the citizens on the state of the county, the work of the previous year, recommendations for action or programs for improvement of the county, and the welfare of its residents;
(2) Prepare and submit to the board for its consideration and adoption an annual operating budget, a capital budget, and a capital program; establish the schedules and procedures to be followed by all county departments, offices, and agencies in connection therewith; and supervise and administer all phases of the budgetary process;
(3) Administer and carry out the directives and policies of the board of county commissioners and enforce all orders, resolutions, ordinances, and regulations of the board, the county charter, and all applicable general law, to assure that they are faithfully executed;
(4) Supervise the care and custody of all county property, institutions, and agencies;
(5) Supervise the collection of revenues, audit and control all disbursements and expenditures, and prepare a complete account of all expenditures;
(6) Review, analyze, and forecast trends of county services and finances and programs of all boards, commissions, agencies, and other county bodies and report and recommend thereon to the board;
(7) Develop, install, and maintain centralized budgeting, personnel, legal, and purchasing procedures as may be authorized by the administrative code;
(8) Negotiate contracts, bonds, or other instruments for the county, subject to board approval; make recommendations concerning the nature and location of county improvements; and execute services determined by the board;
(9) Assure that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the county or its inhabitants in any statute, franchise, or other contract are faithfully kept and performed;
(10) Supervise, direct, and control all county administrative departments;
(11) Appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, all appointed departmental heads, who shall serve at his or her pleasure, and employ, pursuant to appropriation and the administrative code, such personnel as necessary to administer county functions and services;
(12) Order, at his or her discretion, any agency under his or her jurisdiction as specified in the administrative code to undertake any task for any other agency on a temporary basis if he or she deems it necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the county government to do so; and
(13) Any other power or duty which may be assigned by county charter or by ordinance or resolution of the board.
History.—s. 2, ch. 74-193; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 824, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part IV - Optional County Charters (Ss. 125.80-125.88) › 125.86 - County charters; legislative responsibilities.

125.86 County charters; legislative responsibilities.—The legislative responsibilities and power of the county shall be assigned to, and vested in, the board of county commissioners and shall consist of the following powers and duties:
(1) Advise and consent to all appointments by the executive for which board confirmation is specified;
(2) Adopt or enact, in accordance with the procedures provided by general law, ordinances and resolutions it deems necessary and proper for the good governance of the county;
(3) Appoint a clerk to the board who shall serve at its pleasure and keep the records and minutes of the board;
(4) Approve the annual operating and capital budgets and any long-term capital or financial program;
(5) Conduct continuing studies in the operation of county programs and services and take action on programs for improvement of the county and the welfare of its residents;
(6) Adopt, and amend as necessary, a county administrative code to govern the operation of the county;
(7) Adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the charter, such ordinances of countywide force and effect as are necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents. It is the specific legislative intent to recognize that a county charter may properly determine that certain governmental areas are more conducive to uniform countywide enforcement and may provide the county government powers in relation to those areas as recognized and as may be amended from time to time by the people of that county; and
(8) All other powers of local self-government not inconsistent with general law as recognized by the Constitution and laws of the state and which have not been limited by the county charter.
History.—s. 2, ch. 74-193.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part IV - Optional County Charters (Ss. 125.80-125.88) › 125.87 - Administrative code; adoption and amendment.

125.87 Administrative code; adoption and amendment.—
(1) Following the organization of the first board of county commissioners elected pursuant to a charter, the board of commissioners shall adopt an administrative code organizing the administration of the county government and setting forth the duties and responsibilities and powers of all county officials and agencies pursuant to the provisions of the charter.
(2) The administrative code shall be effective upon adoption or as otherwise provided therein, and all existing agencies shall assume the form, perform the duties, and exercise the power granted them under the administrative code and shall do so in the manner prescribed.
History.—s. 2, ch. 74-193.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part IV - Optional County Charters (Ss. 125.80-125.88) › 125.88 - Civil service.

125.88 Civil service.—
(1) Upon adoption of an administrative code and also upon the adoption of a charter, all officers and employees in the classified service of the county shall be transferred to the department, division, or agency to which the functions, powers, and duties in which they were engaged are allocated under the administrative code. Such transfer shall be without examination or diminution of existing compensation, pension or retirement rights, privileges, or obligations of any such officer or employee existing immediately prior to the referendum at which the charter was adopted. It is the intent of the Legislature that the adoption of any plan required by the charter shall not adversely affect the civil service tenure, pension, seniority, or promotional rights of any county officer or employee in the classified service.
(2) The board of county commissioners of any county adopting a charter may, by ordinance, administer the merit system through a county department of civil service unless otherwise provided by the charter. Such administration shall include classification, recruitment, examination, establishment of eligibility lists, grievances, compensation, and other conditions of employment pursuant to law.
History.—s. 2, ch. 74-193.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part V - Children’s Services (Ss. 125.901, 125.902) › 125.902 - Children’s services council or juvenile welfare board incentive grants.

125.902 Children’s services council or juvenile welfare board incentive grants.—
(1) Subject to specific appropriations, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide incentives to encourage children’s services councils or juvenile welfare boards to provide support to local child welfare programs related to implementation of community-based care.
(a) A children’s services council or juvenile welfare board, as authorized in s. 125.901, may submit a request for funding or continued funding to the Department of Children and Families to support programs funded by the council or board for local child welfare services related to implementation of community-based care.
(b) The Department of Children and Families shall establish grant application procedures.
(2) The Department of Children and Families shall make award determinations no later than October 1 of each year. All applicants shall be notified by the department of its final action.
(3) Each council or board that is awarded a grant as provided for in this section shall submit performance and output information as determined by the Department of Children and Families.
History.—s. 75, ch. 2000-139; s. 40, ch. 2012-116; s. 36, ch. 2014-19.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part VI - Volunteers (Ss. 125.9501-125.9506) › 125.9501 - Definitions.

125.9501 Definitions.—As used in ss. 125.9501-125.9506:
(1) “Volunteer” means a person who, of his or her own free will, provides goods or services to any unit of county government or to any constitutional county officer without receiving monetary or material compensation.
(2) “Regular-service volunteer” means a person engaged in specific voluntary service activities on an ongoing or continual basis.
(3) “Occasional-service volunteer” means a person who offers to provide a one-time or occasional voluntary service.
(4) “Material donor” means a person who provides funds, materials, employment, or opportunities for clients of county government without receiving monetary or material compensation.
History.—s. 1, ch. 88-66; s. 826, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part VI - Volunteers (Ss. 125.9501-125.9506) › 125.9502 - Scope of ss. 125.9501-125.9506; status of volunteers.

125.9502 Scope of ss. 125.9501-125.9506; status of volunteers.—
(1) Each unit of county government and each constitutional county officer may recruit and accept, without regard to requirements of any civil service system, the services of volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, or material donors, to assist in programs administered by that unit of county government or constitutional county officer.
(2) Volunteers who are recruited, trained, or accepted by a unit of county government or constitutional county officer are not subject to any provisions of state law relating to public employment, to any collective bargaining agreement between the unit of county government or constitutional county officer and an employees’ association or union or to any laws relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave time, or employee benefits, except as provided under s. 125.9504. However, all volunteers must comply with applicable rules of the unit of county government or county constitutional officer.
(3) Each unit of county government or county constitutional officer who uses the services of volunteers may provide such incidental reimbursement generally consistent with the provisions of s. 125.9504, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, lodging, and subsistence, as the unit of county government or constitutional county officer deems necessary to assist volunteers in performing their functions.
(4) Persons working with a unit of county government or a constitutional county officer pursuant to ss. 125.9501-125.9506 are considered unpaid independent volunteers and are not entitled to reemployment assistance.
History.—s. 2, ch. 88-66; s. 44, ch. 2012-30.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part VI - Volunteers (Ss. 125.9501-125.9506) › 125.9503 - Responsibilities of units of county government and constitutional county officers.

125.9503 Responsibilities of units of county government and constitutional county officers.—Each unit of county government and each constitutional county officer who uses the services of volunteers must:
(1) Take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to develop meaningful opportunities for volunteers involved in locally administered programs.
(2) Adopt rules governing the recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, use, and supervision of volunteers.
(3) Take such actions as are necessary to ensure that volunteers understand their duties and responsibilities.
(4) Take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to ensure a receptive climate for volunteers.
(5) Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered continuous and outstanding service to administered programs.
History.—s. 3, ch. 88-66.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part VI - Volunteers (Ss. 125.9501-125.9506) › 125.9504 - Volunteer benefits.

125.9504 Volunteer benefits.—
(1) Meals may be furnished without charge to a regular-service volunteer serving a unit of county government or constitutional county officer if the volunteer’s scheduled service extends over an established meal period, and to an occasional-service volunteer at the discretion of the head of the unit of county government or constitutional county officer.
(2) Lodging, if available, may be furnished temporarily, in case of an emergency, at no charge to a regular-service volunteer.
(3) Transportation reimbursement may be furnished to a volunteer whose presence is determined to be necessary by the unit of county government or constitutional county officer. Volunteers may use county vehicles in the performance of their county duties.
(4) Volunteers are covered by workers’ compensation in accordance with chapter 440, and ss. 125.9501-125.9506 do not limit any workers’ compensation rights or benefits.
(5) Volunteers may be furnished such other benefits, subsistence, or reimbursement of expenses as the unit of county government or constitutional county officer considers appropriate and necessary to further ss. 125.9501-125.9506.
History.—s. 4, ch. 88-66.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 125 - County Government › Part VI - Volunteers (Ss. 125.9501-125.9506) › 125.9506 - Construction.

125.9506 Construction.—Nothing in ss. 125.9501-125.9506 shall operate or be construed to limit any rights or benefits to which a volunteer would otherwise be entitled under state or federal law.
History.—s. 6, ch. 88-66.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 127 - Right of Eminent Domain to Counties › 127.01 - Counties Delegated Power of Eminent Domain; Recreational Purposes, Issue of Necessity of Taking; Compliance With Limitations.

127.01 Counties delegated power of eminent domain; recreational purposes, issue of necessity of taking; compliance with limitations.—
(1)(a) Each county of the state is delegated authority to exercise the right and power of eminent domain; that is, the right to appropriate property, except state or federal, for any county purpose. The absolute fee simple title to all property so taken and acquired shall vest in such county unless the county seeks to condemn a particular right or estate in such property.
(b) Each county is further authorized to exercise the eminent domain power granted to the Department of Transportation by s. 337.27(1), the transportation corridor protection provisions of s. 337.273, and the right of entry onto property pursuant to s. 337.274.
(2) However, no county has the right to condemn any lands outside its own county boundaries for parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, or other recreational purposes. In eminent domain proceedings, a county’s burden of showing reasonable necessity for parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, or other types of recreational purposes shall be the same as the burden in other types of eminent domain proceedings.
(3) A county shall strictly comply with the limitations set forth in ss. 73.013 and 73.014.
History.—s. 1, ch. 7338, 1917; RGS 1503; CGL 2281; s. 1, ch. 22802, 1945; s. 18, ch. 63-559; s. 5, ch. 73-299; s. 1, ch. 84-319; s. 17, ch. 85-80; s. 4, ch. 88-168; s. 1, ch. 91-141; s. 62, ch. 99-385; s. 4, ch. 2006-11.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 127 - Right of Eminent Domain to Counties › 127.02 - County Commissioners May Authorize Acquirement of Property by Eminent Domain.

127.02 County commissioners may authorize acquirement of property by eminent domain.—The board of county commissioners may not exercise its power of eminent domain unless the board adopts a resolution authorizing the acquisition of a property, real or personal, by eminent domain for any county use or purpose designated in such resolution, subject to the limitations set forth in ss. 73.013 and 73.014.
History.—s. 2, ch. 7338, 1917; RGS 1504; CGL 2282; s. 5, ch. 2006-11.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.011 - Consolidation of Funds.

129.011 Consolidation of funds.—
(1) In order to simplify and otherwise improve the accounting system provided by law and to facilitate a better understanding of the fiscal operation of the county by the general public, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution duly adopted, consolidate any of its separate budgetary funds into a single general fund, except that all revenue and expenditures of the county transportation trust fund established pursuant to s. 336.022 shall be shown as a separate budgetary fund.
(2) Subsequent to the consolidation of any budgetary funds as provided in subsection (1), the maximum permitted tax millage of the combined fund shall be the total amount authorized by law for the separate funds so consolidated.
(3) This section is deemed to be in the general public interests and it is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes contained herein.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 4, ch. 70-282; s. 2, ch. 77-165; s. 263, ch. 84-309; s. 19, ch. 87-224.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.021 - County Officer Budget Information.

129.021 County officer budget information.—Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the budgets of all county officers, as submitted to the board of county commissioners, must be in sufficient detail and contain such information as the board of county commissioners may require in furtherance of their powers and responsibilities provided in ss. 125.01(1)(q), (r), and (v), and (6) and 129.01(2)(c).
History.—s. 2, ch. 78-132; s. 6, ch. 2011-144; s. 3, ch. 2023-306.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.025 - County Budget Officer.

129.025 County budget officer.—
(1) Each board of county commissioners may designate a county budget officer to carry out the duties set forth in this chapter. Unless the board designates a different officer, the clerk of the circuit court or the county comptroller, if applicable, shall be the budget officer for the purposes of this chapter.
(2) The Legislature finds that the duties of county budget officer set forth in this chapter do not fall within the constitutional responsibilities performed by the several clerks of the circuit court as auditor and custodian of county funds. The position of county budget officer shall not constitute an office in the meaning of s. 5, Art. II of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 1, ch. 78-303.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.04 - Fiscal Year.

129.04 Fiscal year.—The fiscal year of each county of the state shall commence on October 1, and end on September 30 of each year, and whenever the word “year” appears in this chapter, it shall be construed as meaning the fiscal year as hereby established.
History.—s. 4, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 1527; CGL 2305.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.07 - Unlawful to Exceed the Budget.

129.07 Unlawful to exceed the budget.—The board of county commissioners may not expend or enter into a contract requiring expenditures in any fiscal year for more than the amount of appropriations in each fund’s budget, except as provided herein, and the total appropriations of any budget may not be exceeded, except as provided in s. 129.06. Any indebtedness contracted for any purpose against either of the funds enumerated in this chapter or for any purpose, which is chargeable to either of the funds, is null and void, and no suit may be prosecuted in any court in this state for the collection of such indebtedness. The members of the board of county commissioners voting and contracting for such indebtedness are liable for any excess indebtedness contracted for.
History.—s. 7, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 1530; CGL 2308; s. 6, ch. 26874, 1951; s. 3, ch. 78-157; s. 9, ch. 2011-144.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.08 - County Commissioner Voting to Pay Illegal Claim or for Excess Indebtedness.

129.08 County commissioner voting to pay illegal claim or for excess indebtedness.—Each member of the board of county commissioners who knowingly and willfully votes to incur an indebtedness against the county in excess of the expenditure allowed by law or county ordinance, or to pay an illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county not authorized by law or county ordinance shall be guilty of malfeasance in office and subject to suspension and removal from office as now provided by law, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, for each offense.
History.—s. 2, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 5332; CGL 7465; s. 4, ch. 71-14; s. 1, ch. 71-305.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 129 - County Annual Budget › 129.09 - County Auditor Not to Sign Illegal Warrants.

129.09 County auditor not to sign illegal warrants.—Any clerk of the circuit court, acting as county auditor, who shall sign any warrant for the payment of any claim or bill or indebtedness against any county funds in excess of the expenditure allowed by law, or county ordinance, or to pay any illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county not authorized by law, or county ordinance, shall be personally liable for such amount, and if he or she shall sign such warrant willfully and knowingly he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 2, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 5333; CGL 7466; s. 5, ch. 71-14; s. 78, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 71-305; s. 829, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.01 - Purposes for Which County Bonds May Issue.

130.01 Purposes for which county bonds may issue.—Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county shall deem it expedient, or to the best interests of such county, to issue the county bonds of their county, for the purpose of constructing paved, macadamized, or other hard-surfaced highways, or erecting a courthouse or jail, or other public buildings, and funding the outstanding indebtedness of the county, or for any of such purposes, they shall determine by resolution to be entered in their records, what amount of bonds is required for such purpose, the rate of interest to be paid thereon, and the time when the principal and interest of such bonds shall be due and when payable.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 591; s. 1, ch. 4711, 1899; GS 786; RGS 1531; CGL 2309.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.02 - Commissioners May Levy Tax.

130.02 Commissioners may levy tax.—When any county bonds shall have been issued by the county commissioners of any county of the state, under authority of law, for the purpose of erecting a courthouse, jail, armory, or other county buildings, it shall be the duty of such county commissioners to levy annually, by tax upon taxable property in the county, a sum sufficient to pay the interest upon the said bonds, and also a sum sufficient to raise the amount annually required as a sinking fund to meet the principal of the bonds, which sinking fund shall be provided for by resolution of the board of county commissioners before the issuing of any of the said bonds.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4286, 1893; GS 787; RGS 1532; CGL 2310.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.03 - Election Required Before Issuance of Bonds.

130.03 Election required before issuance of bonds.—Bonds shall be issued only after the same shall have been approved by the majority of the votes cast in an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in such county shall participate, which election shall be called and held, and the result thereof declared and recorded, in the manner prescribed by ss. 100.201-100.221, 100.241, 100.261-100.341, and 100.351, and said election or any subsequent elections for the same purpose shall be subject to all the provisions of chapter 100.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 593; GS 789; RGS 1534; CGL 2312; s. 1, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(1); s. 64, ch. 77-175.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.04 - Sale of Bonds.

130.04 Sale of bonds.—In case the issuing of bonds shall be authorized by the result of such election, the county commissioners shall sell the bonds in the manner provided in s. 218.385.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 596; s. 1, ch. 5200, 1903; GS 792; RGS 1537; s. 1, ch. 8551, 1921; CGL 2315; s. 1, ch. 61-113; s. 1, ch. 63-118; s. 9, ch. 2004-305.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.05 - Security May Be Required of Bidders.

130.05 Security may be required of bidders.—The county commissioners may require of all bidders for said bonds that they give security by bond, running to the county commissioners, with sureties, that the bidder will comply with the terms of the bid, and any bidder whose bid shall be accepted shall, with his or her sureties, be liable to the county for all damages on account of the nonperformance of the terms of his or her bid.
History.—s. 8, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 597; GS 793; RGS 1538; CGL 2316; s. 831, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.06 - Form of Bids.

130.06 Form of bids.—All bids for bonds shall specify the amount of bonds bid for, the denomination required and the time when the bidder will comply with his or her bid, and shall also specify whether the bid is in current money or in evidences of indebtedness against the county.
History.—s. 9, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 598; GS 794; RGS 1539; CGL 2317; s. 832, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.07 - Form of Bonds.

130.07 Form of bonds.—The county commissioners may prescribe the form and the denominations of the bonds to be issued, and such bonds may be issued with or without interest coupons, as may be deemed expedient.
History.—s. 7, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 599; GS 795; RGS 1540; CGL 2318.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.08 - Disposition of Proceeds.

130.08 Disposition of proceeds.—The proceeds of all bonds sold for money shall be paid over to the county trustees, or to the other officials or boards to whom may have been transferred by law the duties and obligations formerly devolving upon said county trustees, to be distributed by them for the purposes for which such bonds were sold, and for no other purposes.
History.—s. 10, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 600; GS 796; RGS 1541; CGL 2319.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.09 - Cancellation of Exchanged Evidences of Indebtedness.

130.09 Cancellation of exchanged evidences of indebtedness.—When such bonds shall be sold or exchanged for the evidence of indebtedness of the county, such evidence shall be canceled in such manner that the same cannot again be used, and memorandum of all such evidences of indebtedness shall be made in the minutes of the board, so that the same may be identified. Such canceled vouchers shall be sealed in an enclosure and filed for future reference.
History.—s. 11, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 601; GS 797; RGS 1542; CGL 2320.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.10 - Tax for Interest and Sinking Fund.

130.10 Tax for interest and sinking fund.—When any county bonds shall have been issued in pursuance of this chapter, the county commissioners shall levy annually by tax upon the taxable property in the county a sum sufficient to pay the interest of said bonds, and also a sum sufficient to meet the amount annually required to be raised as a sinking fund to meet the principal of the bonds, which sinking fund shall be provided for by resolution of the board of county commissioners before the issuing of any of the said bonds.
History.—s. 12, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 602; GS 798; RGS 1543; CGL 2321.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.11 - Bond Trustees.

130.11 Bond trustees.—
(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, when the county commissioners shall have issued bonds, as aforesaid, they shall appoint by resolution of their board, to be recorded in the minutes, a financial committee of three persons, who shall be resident freeholders of the county, to be styled “trustees of county bonds,” who shall each give bond running to the chair of the board of county commissioners and the chair’s successors in office, with sufficient securities, in such sums as may be required by the county commissioners, conditioned that the said trustee shall faithfully discharge the trust confided to him or her, and shall pay over and duly account for all such sums of money as may come into his or her hands by virtue of such trust, which said bonds shall be approved as to the form and the sufficiency of sureties by the board of county commissioners; and the county commissioners may, from time to time, as circumstances may require, demand additional security from any such trustees; or
(2) The commissioners may in like manner appoint a responsible trust company, organized and qualified to do business, under the laws of the state, with its principal place of business in such county, which shall be styled, “trustee for county bonds,” and which shall give bond running to the chair of the board of county commissioners and the chair’s successors in office, with sufficient securities in such sum as may be required by the county commissioners, conditioned that the said trustee shall faithfully discharge the trust confided to it and shall pay over and duly account for all such sums of money as may come into its hands, by virtue of such trust, which said bond shall be approved as to form and the sufficiency of sureties by the county commissioners and the county commissioners may from time to time, as circumstances may require, demand additional security from any such trustee.
(3) The county commissioners may, if they so elect, by resolution recorded in the minutes of said board, waive the requirement of a bond of such trust company, when appointed trustee of county bonds, and take and accept in lieu thereof a bond in the usual form conditioned upon the proper accounting for all moneys deposited in said trust company and the moneys received by said trust company as trustee of county bonds shall be held by it as money deposited in any other county depository and the bond required of it as such depository shall secure the proper accounting for said moneys, which bond shall be approved by the board of county commissioners as to form, amount and sufficiency of sureties.
History.—s. 13, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 603; GS 799; s. 1, ch. 7337, 1917; RGS 1544; s. 1, ch. 12425, 1927; CGL 2322; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 833, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.12 - Collector to Pay Taxes to Trustees or Other Officials or Boards.

130.12 Collector to pay taxes to trustees or other officials or boards.—All money collected to pay the interest, or for a sinking fund of said bonded debt, shall be paid over by the tax collector, or person receiving the same on account of taxes collected or property sold therefor, to the said trustees, or to the other officials or boards to whom may have been transferred by law the duties and obligations formerly devolving upon said trustees, and the said trustees, or the said other officials or boards to whom may have been transferred by law the duties and obligations formerly devolving upon said trustees, are required to pay out of the moneys so received the interest of said county bonds, and to invest the residue in the bonds aforesaid, or if the said bonds cannot be had at par or at such premium as to said trustees or to the said other officials or boards to whom may have been transferred by law the duties and obligations formerly devolving upon said trustees, may seem reasonable and just, then such residue may be invested in United States, state, county or municipal bonds bearing interest; or in the event such bonds cannot be acquired to advantage, such funds shall be deposited in the savings department of national banks or state banks of the state, or savings banks organized and existing under the laws of this state, at the prevailing rate of interest, to be held as an accumulating fund for the ultimate redemption of said county bonds.
History.—s. 14, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 604; GS 800; s. 1, ch. 6473, 1913; RGS 1545; CGL 2323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.13 - Annual Report of Trustees.

130.13 Annual report of trustees.—The said trustees shall annually on such day as may be required by the board of county commissioners render a report to the said board, in which they shall state the amounts of money received and for what purposes and from what sources, severally, and when received, and where and how the same has been invested, and enumerating the kind and amount of securities held therefor, describing the same separately, and such other matters as may be required by the board in order to have a full understanding; which said report shall be published at length by order of the board.
History.—s. 15, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 605; GS 801; RGS 1546; CGL 2324.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.14 - Resignation and Removal of Trustees.

130.14 Resignation and removal of trustees.—The said trustees, or either of them, may resign at any time by a communication in writing to the board of county commissioners, and any number of said trustees may be removed for cause by the judge of the circuit court of the circuit in which the county is situated, upon petition signed by any bondholder or taxpayer, setting forth the cause of complaint; but no trustee shall be removed without notice, and an opportunity to be publicly heard, unless it appears that the accused trustee has absented himself or herself so that notice could not be served.
History.—s. 16, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 606; GS 802; RGS 1547; CGL 2325; s. 834, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.15 - Filling of Vacancies in Board of Trustees.

130.15 Filling of vacancies in board of trustees.—In all cases where vacancies shall occur, they shall be filled by nomination by the trustees, and the confirmation by the board of county commissioners; and in case the said trustees do not, within 15 days after written notice of the existence of such vacancy, nominate a suitable person to fill such vacancy, the board of county commissioners shall nominate a suitable person to fill such vacancy, whose nomination shall be confirmed by an order of the circuit court, and the person so appointed as trustee shall give security as hereinbefore provided.
History.—s. 17, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 607; GS 803; RGS 1548; CGL 2326.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.16 - Compensation of Trustees.

130.16 Compensation of trustees.—The said trustees shall have such compensation for their services as follows: For receiving the first $10,000, 1.5 percent; for all over $10,000, 0.5 percent; for disbursements, the same as allowed for receiving, to be paid out of the county treasury.
History.—s. 18, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 608; GS 804; RGS 1549; CGL 2327.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.17 - Building Bridges Over Navigable Streams; Determination of Amount of Bonds Required.

130.17 Building bridges over navigable streams; determination of amount of bonds required.—Whenever a majority of the members of any board of county commissioners, in either of the counties of the state, shall vote to acquire any property, or right, or to double-deck, or parallel, or build any bridge, authorized in the transportation code; or when a petition signed by 10 percent of the duly qualified electors of any county is presented to the board of county commissioners of such county and praying any bridge be acquired, or double-decked or built, authorized by the transportation code, then such board of county commissioners shall immediately employ thoroughly competent and reliable experts who shall perform such service and give such information as required and shall be paid for such service out of the general revenue fund of such county; and such board of county commissioners shall then promptly determine the amount of county bonds required for such purposes, the rate of interest to be paid thereon, and the time when the principal and interest of such bonds shall become due and where payable.
History.—s. 3, ch. 6536, 1913; RGS 1553; CGL 2347; ss. 2, 3, ch. 73-59.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.18 - Calling and Conduct of Election for Bonds to Build Bridges Over Navigable Streams.

130.18 Calling and conduct of election for bonds to build bridges over navigable streams.—Bonds shall be issued only after the same shall have been approved by the majority of the votes cast in an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in such county shall participate, which election shall be called and held, and the result thereof declared and recorded, in the manner prescribed by ss. 100.201-100.221, 100.241, 100.261-100.341, and 100.351, and said election or any subsequent elections for the same purpose shall be subject to all the provisions of chapter 100.
History.—s. 4, ch. 6536, 1913; RGS 1554; CGL 2348; s. 1, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(1); s. 64, ch. 77-175.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.19 - Result of Election; Issuance and Sale of Bonds.

130.19 Result of election; issuance and sale of bonds.—If the election shall result “FOR BONDS” then the board of county commissioners of such county shall forthwith proceed and provide for the payment of the interest and principal of such bonds, and for the issuance, sale, disposition thereof, expenditure of proceeds realized therefrom, and for trustees therefor unless otherwise provided by law, as provided by ss. 130.03-130.16.
History.—s. 5, ch. 6536, 1913; RGS 1555; CGL 2349.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.20 - Time Warrants in Newly Created Counties.

130.20 Time warrants in newly created counties.—The board of county commissioners of any newly created county may, at any time within 6 months after the date at which the law creating the county shall become effective, issue interest-bearing time warrants in an aggregate sum not exceeding the amount of one half of 1 percent of the total tax assessed valuation of such county; provided, that where such time warrants shall come within the purview of s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution, the said time warrants shall be issued only after the same shall have been approved by the majority of the votes cast in an election in which a majority of the owners of freeholds not wholly exempt from taxation who are qualified electors residing in such county, shall participate, which said election shall be called and held, and the result thereof declared and recorded, in the manner prescribed by chapter 102, and said election shall be subject to all the provisions of said chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 8518, 1921; CGL 2350; s. 1, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(1); s. 15, ch. 69-216.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.21 - Time Warrants in Newly Created Counties; Interest and Date of Maturity.

130.21 Time warrants in newly created counties; interest and date of maturity.—Such warrants shall bear interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum, payable annually, and shall mature on or before a date 5 years after the date of the issue of such warrants.
History.—s. 2, ch. 8518, 1921; CGL 2351.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.22 - Time Warrants in Newly Created Counties; Distribution and Use of Proceeds.

130.22 Time warrants in newly created counties; distribution and use of proceeds.—The proceeds derived from the sale of such warrants shall be distributed by the board of county commissioners between the several funds of the county in such proportion as the county commissioners may deem expedient, and shall be used to pay the current expenses of the county, which are proper to be paid from such funds.
History.—s. 3, ch. 8518, 1921; CGL 2352.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.23 - Time Warrants in Newly Created Counties; Payment of Interest and Creation of Sinking Fund.

130.23 Time warrants in newly created counties; payment of interest and creation of sinking fund.—The board of county commissioners of each county issuing such interest-bearing time warrants may pay from the general revenue fund of such county each year the accrued interest on such interest-bearing time warrants to the holders thereof, and they shall set aside from the general revenue fund of such county such sum each year as a sinking fund, which together with accrued interest thereon will be sufficient to pay at least one-fifth of the amount due and required to pay off the said warrants at the end of the said 5-year period, thereby creating a sinking fund during the said period of 5 years sufficient to pay off the entire obligation at the end of the said 5-year period.
History.—s. 4, ch. 8518, 1921; CGL 2353.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 130 - County Bonds › 130.24 - Obligations Valid When Signed by Officers Who Retire Before Delivery.

130.24 Obligations valid when signed by officers who retire before delivery.—All bonds, notes, coupons or other obligations, signed by the duly authorized officers of any county, municipality, political subdivision or any public body, board or agency of the state, shall be valid and binding obligations, although before the date of delivery, the persons signing such bonds, notes, coupons or other obligations shall have ceased to be officers of the county, municipality, political subdivision, public body, board or agency issuing the same.
History.—s. 1, ch. 8552, 1921; CGL 2354.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 132 - General Refunding Law › 132.01 - How Chapter May Be Cited.

132.01 How chapter may be cited.—This chapter may be cited as the “General Refunding Law.”
History.—s. 1, ch. 15772, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 2383(1).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 132 - General Refunding Law › 132.02 - Taxing Units May Refund Obligations.

132.02 Taxing units may refund obligations.—
(1) Each county, municipality, school district, or other taxing district in this state, herein sometimes called a unit, may issue, pursuant to a resolution or resolutions of the governing body thereof (meaning thereby the board or body vested with the power of determining the amount of tax levies required for taxing the taxable property of such unit for the purpose of such unit) and either with or without the approval of such bonds at an election, except as may be required by the Constitution of the state, bonds of such unit for the purpose of refunding any or all bonds, coupons, or interest on any such bonds, now or hereafter outstanding, or any other funded debt, all of which are herein referred to as bonds, whether such unit created such indebtedness or has assumed, or may become liable therefor.
(2) In the event any such unit having outstanding bonded or other funded debt shall have been, or shall hereafter be, abolished otherwise than by annexation to, or consolidation with, a like political subdivision or district, the territory within such unit shall be deemed to be a taxing district within the meaning of this chapter, and the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such abolished unit, or any part thereof, is situate, or the governmental authority having power or authority to levy a tax for the retirement of the indebtedness to be refunded, shall be the governing body thereof, and may issue refunding bonds in behalf of such unit for the purpose of refunding its outstanding indebtedness, and may provide for the annual levy of ad valorem taxes without limitation as to rate or amount fully sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such refunding bonds, the tax to be levied on the same property which would have been taxable for payment of the outstanding indebtedness had such taxing unit not been abolished or dissolved.
(3) If the territory of such abolished unit lies in more than one county, the territory in each county shall be deemed to be a taxing district in such county and the board of county commissioners of each county within which any of such territory is situate, or the governmental authority having power or authority to levy a tax for the retirement of the indebtedness to be refunded, may issue refunding bonds as herein provided for the purpose of refunding such portion of the indebtedness of the abolished unit as shall be chargeable against the territory in said county; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall affect or limit the powers of the State Board of Administration in the issuance of refunding bonds under s. 16, Art. IX of the State Constitution of 1885 as adopted by the State Constitution or under s. 9, Art. XII of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 2, ch. 15772, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 2383(2); s. 1, ch. 22001, 1943; s. 18, ch. 69-216; s. 10, ch. 2004-305.