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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.15 - County Hospitals; Procuring Lands for Hospital.

155.15 County hospitals; procuring lands for hospital.—If the board of hospital trustees and the owners of any property desired by them for hospital purposes, cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, they shall report the facts to the board of county commissioners and condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the said board of county commissioners and prosecuted in the name of the county by the attorney for the county commissioners of such county.
History.—s. 12, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.16 - County Hospitals; Residents; Nonresidents; Fees; Contagious Diseases; Etc.

155.16 County hospitals; residents; nonresidents; fees; contagious diseases; etc.—Every hospital established under this law shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of such county and of any person falling sick or being injured or maimed within its limits, but the board of hospital trustees may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of such county upon terms and conditions as such board of trustees may from time to time, by its rules and regulations, prescribe. Every such inhabitant or person who is not a pauper shall pay to such board or such officer as it shall designate, a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, and attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by the said board. Such hospital always shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said board may adopt in order to render the use of said hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said board may exclude from treatment and care any indigent or pay case having a communicable or contagious disease where such disease may be a detriment to the best interest of such hospital and a source of contagion or infection to the patient in its care, and all inhabitants and persons who shall willfully violate any rules and regulations of such hospital.
History.—s. 13, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.17 - County Hospitals; Rules for Physicians, Nurses, Etc.

155.17 County hospitals; rules for physicians, nurses, etc.—When such hospital is established, the physician, nurses, attendants, the person sick therein and all persons approaching or coming within the limits of same, and all furniture and other articles used or brought there shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said board of trustees may prescribe.
History.—s. 14, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.18 - County Hospitals; Discrimination Against Doctors; Etc.

155.18 County hospitals; discrimination against doctors; etc.—The board of trustees of any hospital organized under this chapter is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the granting and revoking of privileges to treat patients in the hospital. Such rules shall provide that only those persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery, i.e., medical doctors and osteopathic physicians, may be granted privileges to treat patients in the hospital. Such doctors and physicians may retain their privileges so long as they comply with the rules and regulations of the board of trustees.
History.—s. 15, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 1, ch. 61-378.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.19 - County Hospitals; Training School for Nurses.

155.19 County hospitals; training school for nurses.—The board of trustees may establish and maintain in connection with such hospital and as part thereof, a training school for nurses, and upon completion of the prescribed course of training shall give to such nurses who satisfactorily complete the said course, a diploma.
History.—s. 16, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.20 - County Hospitals; Charity Patients; Hospital Charges.

155.20 County hospitals; charity patients; hospital charges.—The board of hospital trustees shall have power to determine whether or not patients presented to such public hospital for treatment are subjects of charity, and shall fix the charges for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, and attendance, other than medical or surgical attendance, of those persons able to pay for same, as the board of trustees may deem just and proper, the receipts therefor to be paid by him or her to the hospital fund.
History.—s. 17, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 880, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.21 - County Hospitals; Donations; Etc.

155.21 County hospitals; donations; etc.—Any person or persons, firm, organization, corporation or society, public or private, desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of such hospital shall have the right to vest title of the money, personal property, or real estate so donated in said county, to be controlled when accepted by the board of hospital trustees of said hospital, according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such property.
History.—s. 18, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.22 - County Hospitals; Purposes Are Public.

155.22 County hospitals; purposes are public.—The purpose for which any county hospital established under the provisions of this law shall be used are hereby declared public purposes. Such purposes shall include the operation and maintenance of ambulance service in any county where the board of county commissioners so authorizes.
History.—s. 19, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 1, ch. 67-373.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.23 - County Hospitals; Federal Loans, Aid, Etc.

155.23 County hospitals; federal loans, aid, etc.—The board of county commissioners of any county desiring to establish and maintain a hospital under the provisions of this law shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and make agreements with any federal agency lending or granting money for the purpose of erecting public hospitals and may match any funds so loaned or granted by such federal agency for the purpose of establishing or constructing a public hospital under the provisions of this law.
History.—s. 20, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.24 - County Hospitals; Additional Funds.

155.24 County hospitals; additional funds.—In addition to the tax which may be levied under the provisions of this law, the board of county commissioners may allocate to the hospital funds any other public moneys in possession of said board of county commissioners, not otherwise appropriated or allocated to other uses.
History.—s. 21, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.25 - Levy Authorized for County Hospital Purposes.

155.25 Levy authorized for county hospital purposes.—
(1) Whenever any board of county commissioners shall deem it necessary to erect, equip, or repair a public hospital in the county or erect and equip an addition or additions to any public hospital, they shall give notice at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in said county, or in some newspaper published in the judicial circuit, if there be none published in the county, that at the next regular meeting of the board after the publication of said notice, such question or questions will be acted upon by said board. If, at said meeting, a majority of said board shall determine that it is necessary to erect, equip, repair, or build an addition or additions to such public hospital, they may levy a hospital building, repair, and equipment tax not exceeding 5 mills per annum, for not more than 15 consecutive years. The tax shall be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other state and county taxes are levied and collected.
(2) The tax, levied, assessed, and collected as aforesaid, shall be accumulated from year to year until utilized and expended for the public hospital purposes aforesaid.
(3) The provisions hereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all the other provisions of this chapter, and nothing herein contained shall be held to repeal, alter, or amend any of the provisions of this chapter nor repeal, alter, or amend any of the provisions of any special or local law.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Okaloosa County nor shall the provisions hereof confer the authority hereinabove provided for upon or to the county commissioners of said county.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 57-393; s. 6, ch. 90-279.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.401 - Power of Special Taxing District to Appropriate Proceeds From Sale or Lease of Hospital or Health Care System to Economic Development Trust Fund.

155.401 Power of special taxing district to appropriate proceeds from sale or lease of hospital or health care system to economic development trust fund.—Notwithstanding any other general or special law, the purposes for which a special taxing district may appropriate funds from the sale or lease of a hospital or health care system to an economic development fund include the promotion and support of economic growth in such district and in the county in which such district is located and the furthering of the purposes of such district, as provided by law.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2012-66.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.4011 - Conflicts.

155.4011 Conflicts.—To the extent that any general or special law is inconsistent with or otherwise in conflict with ch. 2012-66, Laws of Florida, such conflicting provisions are specifically superseded by ch. 2012-66, Laws of Florida. A special tax district, public hospital, or municipal hospital is not exempt from ch. 2012-66, Laws of Florida.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2012-66.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.41 - Exceptions for Sales or Leases.

155.41 Exceptions for sales or leases.—Section 155.40(3), as created by this act, shall apply retroactively to all sales, leases, or other contracts entered into pursuant to this section prior to the effective date of this act, except for:
(1) Any not-for-profit corporation if the lease or financial support agreement has been declared invalid in a final, nonappealable court order entered prior to April 1, 1996;
(2) Any sale, lease, or contract that has been declared valid in a final, nonappealable court order entered prior to April 1, 1996; or
(3) Any public hospital leased by a not-for-profit corporation that filed for protection under the federal Bankruptcy Code prior to March 1, 1993.
History.—s. 2, ch. 96-304.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.45 - Retirement Annuities Authorized.

155.45 Retirement annuities authorized.—A hospital which provides retirement coverage under the Florida Retirement System and which is terminating coverage because the hospital is closing is authorized to purchase annuities for all personnel with 25 or more years of creditable service who have reached age 55 and who have applied for retirement under the Florida Retirement System. No such annuity shall provide for more than the total difference in retirement income between the retirement benefit based on average monthly compensation and creditable service as of the member’s early retirement date and the early retirement benefit. Hospitals as described in this section are authorized to invest funds, purchase annuities, or provide local supplemental retirement programs for purposes of providing annuities for their personnel. All retirement annuities shall comply with s. 14, Art. X of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 1, ch. 88-77.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.01 - Public Ditch, Drain or Canal.

157.01 Public ditch, drain or canal.—Whenever it shall be deemed necessary or expedient, for sanitary or agricultural purposes or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or public utility, or for the benefit of any lands that are low, wet, submerged or liable to become submerged, to establish a public ditch, drain or canal in any of the counties of this state by a majority of those owning the lands through which such proposed ditch, drain or canal shall run or by those owning the greater part of the lands through which such proposed ditch, drain or canal shall run, and by a majority of those owning lands or by those owning the greater part of the lands contiguous thereto, that are benefited by such ditch, drain or canal, the majority of those owning such lands or those owning the greater part of such lands as aforesaid, shall present a petition to the county commissioners of the county in which such ditch, drain or canal is to be located, with a plat of said lands, showing the general course of such proposed ditch, drain or canal, setting forth the cause for the same, its length and the lands to be benefited thereby. Upon filing such petition and plat with the county commissioners, they shall lay the same over until the next regular meeting and give notice by publication at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published in the county, of the date when they will consider said petition, citing all persons who may be interested to appear and present any reason why such petition should not be granted.
History.—s. 1, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 950; s. 1, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 1, ch. 6958, 1915; s. 1, ch. 7307, 1917; RGS 1734; CGL 2785; s. 7, ch. 90-279.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.02 - Action on Petition by County Commissioners.

157.02 Action on petition by county commissioners.—Should the county commissioners, when the petition mentioned in s. 157.01, has been considered, deem it improper to grant the same it shall then be denied, but should they deem it proper to grant the same, they shall then enter an order of record that the said petition be granted.
History.—s. 2, ch. 5035, 1901, GS 951; s. 2, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1735; CGL 2786.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.03 - Commissioners to Appoint Committee; Report of Plans and Estimate; Letting Contract; Right-of-Way for Drains.

157.03 Commissioners to appoint committee; report of plans and estimate; letting contract; right-of-way for drains.—When the county commissioners shall order that such ditch, drain or canal, shall be established, they shall appoint a committee of three disinterested freeholders who are citizens of the county, who may employ a surveyor, and shall cause an accurate survey to be made of the proposed ditch, drain or canal, and shall establish the commencement, route, and terminus of said ditch, drain or canal, the width, length, and depth thereof, and shall make and present to the county commissioners, at their next regular meeting, or at a meeting as soon thereafter as practicable, plans, specifications and profiles for said construction, together with an estimate of the approximate cost of said ditch, drain or canal, and the annual cost of its maintenance, and upon this report of the said committee, the board of county commissioners shall advertise once a week for 3 weeks, in a newspaper published in the said county, for bids for the construction of said ditch, drain or canal, and the same shall be given to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, the board of county commissioners may, if they deem it for the best interest of all concerned, reject all bids; and in case said bids are rejected they may advertise for further bids. Whenever the survey for any proposed ditch, drain or canal, shall run through the lands of anyone who shall object thereto, the board of county commissioners may proceed to condemn the right-of-way for such ditch, drain or canal, and pay therefor out of the funds arising from the levy and assessments hereinafter provided for.
History.—s. 3, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 952; s. 3, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1736; CGL 2787.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.04 - Bond Required Before Letting Contract.

157.04 Bond required before letting contract.—Before letting contract for the construction of any such ditch, drain or canal, the board of county commissioners shall require the contractor to give a good and sufficient bond payable to the Governor of the state, for the construction and completion of said work according to plans and specifications and the terms and provisions of the contract.
History.—s. 4, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 953; s. 4, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1737; CGL 2788.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.05 - Work Done Under Supervision of Committee; When Completed, Report to Commissioners; Payments.

157.05 Work done under supervision of committee; when completed, report to commissioners; payments.—The work shall be done under the supervision of the committee as hereinbefore provided, and when completed, the committee shall report the same to the board of county commissioners, who shall also inspect such work together with the engineer in charge, and approve the same before final payment is made to the contractor, and the report of said work, together with the approval of the work by the board of county commissioners and the said engineer, shall be entered upon the minutes of the board of county commissioners; provided, that the board of county commissioners may, during the progress of the said work, if they think proper to do so, make payment in installments on said work of not to exceed 80 percent of the value of the work so done, to be certified by the engineer in charge, reporting to the board of county commissioners. Such engineer shall be appointed by said committee subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners.
History.—s. 5, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 954; s. 5, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1738; CGL 2789.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.06 - Committee to View Land Before Letting Contract; Assessment; Hearing Complaints; Collection of Tax.

157.06 Committee to view land before letting contract; assessment; hearing complaints; collection of tax.—If said ditch, drain or canal has been ordered, but before letting the contract therefor, the committee hereinbefore provided for shall view the lands to be benefited by such ditch, drain or canal, as shown by the petition and plat presented to the board of county commissioners, and, after the cost of construction is ascertained, they shall assess each parcel according and in proportion, as it shall be benefited by said ditch, drain or canal, for all expenses that may be incurred in the construction of said ditch, drain or canal, including the interest charges, the expenses of the committee and engineer, and for any condemnation proceedings, together with their estimate of the amount per acre for annual maintenance of said ditch, drain or canal, and shall file a report of the same with the board of county commissioners, who shall at once give notice by publishing in a newspaper published in said county, at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks prior to the next regular meeting, that they will, at their next regular meeting, hear complaints from the owners or agents of any lands affected, against the assessment so made, and the board of county commissioners may equalize the assessment so made, but cannot raise or lower the total amount of the assessment so made by the said committee. After hearing such complaints, if any, or equalizing the assessment, if they shall see fit to do so, they shall then turn over to the property appraiser the said assessment, with instructions to enter the same as the levy upon the lands in the regular tax assessment book; said assessment may be levied for 1 year or in yearly assessments for a period not to exceed 30 years, according as it may be deemed advisable, the manner in which the same is to be levied to be determined by the board of county commissioners and entered of record, when the same is turned over to the property appraiser. The same shall be collected by the tax collector in like manner as other taxes are collected, and made a special fund for the payment of the indebtedness incurred in the construction and annual maintenance of said ditch, drain or canal.
History.—s. 6, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 955; s. 6, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1739; CGL 2790; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 8, ch. 90-279.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.07 - Where Cost of Construction Exceeds Estimated Cost Commissioners to Assess Difference.

157.07 Where cost of construction exceeds estimated cost commissioners to assess difference.—Whenever any public drain or auxiliary thereto has been constructed, is now in process of construction, or may hereafter be constructed by the board of county commissioners, under the provisions of any law now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, and the actual cost of the construction of said drain or auxiliary shall have exceeded or may exceed the estimated cost thereof, said board of county commissioners shall assess against the lands benefited or to be benefited by said drain or auxiliary thereto, the difference between the estimated cost thereof and the actual cost thereof.
History.—s. 1, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1740; CGL 2791.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.08 - Assessments; Validation.

157.08 Assessments; validation.—After the special drainage district has been constituted and the assessments have been made and levied by the board of county commissioners, and before awarding the contract for the construction of any such ditch, drain or canal, the board of county commissioners shall, as soon as practicable, issue and sell district drainage bonds for the total amount of such assessments, less the interest charges. Said bonds shall bear interest not to exceed 7.5 percent per annum, payable semiannually, with interest coupons attached thereto, and shall be issued in denominations of not exceeding $1,000. The board of county commissioners shall, in issuing and selling said bonds, and in disbursing the proceeds thereof, act in substantial conformity with the provisions of these statutes applicable to the issue and sale of bonds for the purpose of constructing hard-surfaced highways or public buildings; with the exception, that the assessments for the payment of interest and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds shall be assessed and collected only upon the taxable property within the boundary of such special drainage district; and the bond trustees shall reside in the county, but not necessarily in the drainage district, but in no case shall district bonds be issued or sold against any drainage district for a greater amount than the assessment imposed upon lands in such district, and the bonds shall be issued in such maturities as will enable them to be paid in installments from time to time as fast as substantial amounts shall accumulate from the collection of the assessments. The validity of all bonds issued under this chapter may be determined and established in the manner provided by law for the validation of bonds issued by cities and municipalities.
History.—s. 7, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 956; s. 7, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 2, ch. 6958, 1915; RGS 1741; CGL 2792; s. 9, ch. 73-302.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.09 - Compensation of Committee.

157.09 Compensation of committee.—The committee appointed by the county commissioners for the purpose aforesaid shall receive compensation for their services as may be agreed upon; provided, they shall not be paid more than $5 per day for time actually spent by each person.
History.—s. 9, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 958; s. 8, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1743; CGL 2794; s. 881, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.10 - Application to Lateral Ditches.

157.10 Application to lateral ditches.—The provisions of this chapter with reference to locating, surveying, cutting and maintaining the same, and every other provision of said chapter with reference to such public ditch, drain or canal, are made applicable to all lateral ditches and drains that may be deemed necessary or expedient for the drainage and benefit of lands lying in the vicinity of such public ditch, drain or canal, that may be reached, drained or benefited by lateral ditches or drains.
History.—s. 12, ch. 5201, 1903; GS 959; RGS 1744; CGL 2795.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.11 - Lateral Drains May Be Established; Commissioners May Enlarge District or Widen Any Drain; Cost; Proviso.

157.11 Lateral drains may be established; commissioners may enlarge district or widen any drain; cost; proviso.—Lateral drains may be established in like manner as main ditches, drains or canals. Such lateral ditches, drains or canals may be made a part of the original plat and survey of such main ditch, drain or canal, and may be in the original petition therefor, or may be established in like manner under the provisions of this chapter, at any time after the completion of such main ditch, drain or canal. Any drain or lateral that has been constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, under the provisions of this or any prior act, shall be and remain under the exclusive control and direction of the board of county commissioners, and no drain shall be connected therewith or cut into the same without the consent of the board of county commissioners first obtained in writing, stating how such connection shall be made, and the connection shall then be made in such manner as the said board shall direct; and any person failing to observe the direction of the board in making such connection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. The said board of county commissioners may enlarge or extend any drain and drainage district, or deepen or widen any drain, and assess the property benefited and raise the money and pay the cost thereof under the same conditions and procedure provided herein for the establishment and construction of drains; provided, that a drain may be deepened and widened upon the petition of one-fourth of the owners of property, or the owners of one-fourth of the property originally assessed for the construction thereof. Any mistake, oversight, miscalculation or error in any proceedings had under this chapter may be corrected, and shall thereafter be deemed and held as valid and binding as if the same had not occurred.
History.—s. 13, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 960; s. 9, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 3, ch. 6958, 1915; RGS 1745; CGL 2796; s. 81, ch. 71-136.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.12 - Duty of Bond Trustees to Borrow Money to Pay Interest on Bonds Until Collection of First Assessment; May Issue Notes; Notes and Bonds Lien Against Lands; Committee May Issue Notes.

157.12 Duty of bond trustees to borrow money to pay interest on bonds until collection of first assessment; may issue notes; notes and bonds lien against lands; committee may issue notes.—Whenever any drainage district has been constituted and district drainage bonds issued by the board of county commissioners, as provided in this chapter, the bond trustees shall borrow such money as shall be found necessary to pay the semiannual installments of interest on said bonds until the collection of the first assessment levied against the lands in the drainage district, and said trustees may issue their negotiable notes, bearing interest at not more than 8 percent per annum, as evidence of and security for such loan as they may procure, and should there not be money to the credit of said drainage fund to pay any future installment of interest at the maturity thereof, the same shall be provided by the trustees in like manner; and the owner and holder of any such note or notes shall have by virtue thereof a lien against the lands in the drainage district, and the moneys raised by the assessments levied thereon for the payment of said note or notes. Bonds issued under this chapter shall be a lien upon the lands embraced within such drainage district, and such lien shall be prior in dignity to all others except taxes. Should the committee, provided for in s. 157.03, find it necessary to raise money to meet any expense incurred in the discharge of its duties before funds shall be provided by issue and sale of bonds, as herein stipulated, then and in that event the said committee, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, may issue negotiable promissory notes for such amount as shall be found necessary, said notes to bear interest not to exceed 8 percent per annum, and the owner and holder thereof shall have a like lien and be afforded like protection as herein provided for the holder of notes issued by the bond trustees.
History.—s. 10, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 4, ch. 6958, 1915; RGS 1746; CGL 2797.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.13 - Use of Surplus of Bond Proceeds.

157.13 Use of surplus of bond proceeds.—Should there remain any of the proceeds of the sale of said special drainage district bonds after paying for the construction of the improvements for which said bonds were issued, such surplus shall be held by the bond trustees and paid out by them, upon the order of the board of county commissioners, for the repair and maintenance of the public ditches, drains or canals within said special drainage district.
History.—s. 11, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1747; CGL 2798.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.14 - Owner May Pay Whole Tax in One Sum; County Commissioners May Make New Assessments Where Former Assessments Found Illegal; Time in Which Assessments May Be Questioned in Collateral Proceedings.

157.14 Owner may pay whole tax in one sum; county commissioners may make new assessments where former assessments found illegal; time in which assessments may be questioned in collateral proceedings.—Any person owning lands assessed for the purposes hereinbefore specified, may, at any time, pay in full the total amount assessed against his or her property and obtain a release therefrom from the board of county commissioners, and the same shall be entered upon the minutes of the board of county commissioners, and the board of county commissioners shall instruct the property appraiser to thereafter omit the said property, so released, from further assessment for said purpose. In the event any of the assessments herein provided for shall be found to be irregular or illegal, the said board of county commissioners may make new and other assessments in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, correcting such irregularities, until the owners of the land assessed shall have paid the amount for which they are properly assessable; and in no case shall the validity of any assessment be questioned in any direct or collateral proceedings brought more than 3 months after the report of the committee assessing the lands benefited shall be filed with the board of county commissioners and equalized and approved by said board.
History.—s. 12, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 5, ch. 6958, 1915; RGS 1748; CGL 2799; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 882, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.15 - County Commissioners May Issue Bonds to Pay Scrip; Decrease of Assessment.

157.15 County commissioners may issue bonds to pay scrip; decrease of assessment.—The county commissioners may, with the consent of the holder of any scrip issued under the provisions of any existing law to raise money to pay for the construction or the deepening or widening of any ditch, drain or canal, issue bonds for a corresponding or longer period, and sell the same and pay the scrip, or exchange with the holder thereof, cancel the original scrip and lower the annual assessment in accordance with the longer time the bonds may run.
History.—s. 13, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 6, ch. 6958, 1915; RGS 1749; CGL 2800; s. 43, ch. 77-104.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.16 - Enlarging Drains and Assessing Cost.

157.16 Enlarging drains and assessing cost.—Whenever, heretofore or hereafter, a public drain or auxiliary thereto shall have been constructed by the board of county commissioners of any county under any law now in force, or that hereafter may be in force, the said board of county commissioners upon a petition of one-fourth of the owners of the property originally assessed for said drain, shall enlarge or deepen said drain or auxiliaries thereto and assess the cost of such enlargement or deepening of said drain or auxiliaries thereto against the lands benefited thereby.
History.—s. 2, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1753; CGL 2804.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.17 - Assessment to Maintain Drains.

157.17 Assessment to maintain drains.—Whenever any public drain or auxiliaries thereto shall have been constructed by the board of county commissioners of any county under any law now in force, or that may hereafter be in force, the said board of county commissioners may assess against the lands benefited by said drain or auxiliaries thereto the necessary cost of the maintenance and repair of said drain or auxiliaries thereto.
History.—s. 3, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1754; CGL 2805.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.18 - Awarding Contract for Enlarging or Repairing Drains.

157.18 Awarding contract for enlarging or repairing drains.—Whenever it shall become necessary in the opinion of the county commissioners to enlarge or deepen any drain or auxiliary thereto, heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed, or to contract for the maintenance or repair thereof, the contract for doing such work shall be let to the lowest bidder therefor, after public advertisement for such time as the county commissioners shall provide by resolution.
History.—s. 4, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1755; CGL 2806.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.19 - Where Actual Cost Exceeds Estimated Cost; Additional Work; Assessment for Same.

157.19 Where actual cost exceeds estimated cost; additional work; assessment for same.—Whenever during the construction of any drain or auxiliary thereto, and before the completion thereof, it shall be made evident to the board of county commissioners that the actual cost thereof will exceed the estimated cost thereof, or that further or additional work is necessary to complete said drain or auxiliary not covered or provided for in the original contract of construction, the said board of county commissioners may enter into any or all additional contracts for the additional work necessary to complete said drain or auxiliary thereto without advertising for bids thereon, and they shall make the best contract they can for the interests of the property owners, whose lands have been and will further be assessed to construct said ditch or auxiliary, and said board of county commissioners, shall make all further and necessary assessments against the lands already assessed to pay all necessary costs and charges for the full completion of said drain or auxiliary.
History.—s. 5, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1756; CGL 2807.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.20 - Appointment of Committee to View Work and Make Assessments; Report to Commissioners; Form of Assessment.

157.20 Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment.—Whenever it shall become necessary to raise money for any of the purposes set out in ss. 157.07 and 157.19 the board of county commissioners shall appoint three competent and disinterested persons who are citizens of the county who shall view the work and all lands benefited by said drain or auxiliaries thereto, both those lands lying immediately along said drain or auxiliaries and those adjacent thereto, and shall assess against each parcel of land according and in proportion as each shall be benefited, its proportionate share of such additional cost of such drain or auxiliary above the estimated cost thereof, which said assessment shall be reported to the county commissioners at a regular meeting of said board, which said assessment shall show each parcel of land so assessed, the amount of said assessment and the names of the several owners, unless the said owners by diligent inquiry cannot be ascertained, when the names shall be given as unknown.
History.—s. 6, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1757; CGL 2808.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.21 - Enlargement of Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Letting Contract; Contractor’s Bond; Payments; Assessment.

157.21 Enlargement of drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; letting contract; contractor’s bond; payments; assessment.—Whenever the board of county commissioners shall have determined upon a petition, filed as provided in s. 157.16, to enlarge or deepen any drain, they shall appoint a committee of the three competent and disinterested persons who are citizens of the county, who shall cause an accurate survey to be made of the proposed work, and shall establish the depth or width to which the same shall be deepened and shall make and present to the county commissioners at their next regular meeting, an estimate of the cost of said work, and upon the report of said committee to them, said county commissioners shall advertise not less than 2 weeks in a newspaper published in the county, for bids on said work, to be given to the lowest responsible bidder, with the privilege of rejecting all bids that may be offered, should the same be considered unreasonable; and in case the said bids are rejected, they may again advertise for further bids. The said board of county commissioners shall require of the person whose bid is accepted for said work a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of said contract, which said work shall be done under the supervision of the committee appointed as aforesaid. When the work shall be completed the committee shall certify the same to the board of county commissioners who shall also inspect such work before final payment is made to the contractor, and such confirmation with the report of the committee that the work has been done according to contract, shall be made a matter of record; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall prevent the county commissioners from making payments in installments during the progress of the work, if deemed expedient. Before letting such contract, the committee appointed by the commissioners shall view the lands to be benefited by the enlargement or deepening of said drain or auxiliary and assess each parcel according and in proportion as each shall be benefited, both those lands lying immediately along such ditch, drain or canal, and those adjacent thereto, for all the expenses that may be incurred in the enlarging or deepening of said drain and keeping the same in repair from year to year, and shall file a report of the same with the board of county commissioners, which said report shall show the several tracts of lands assessed and the names of the owners thereof, and the amounts assessed against each tract; provided, however, that if the owners of any tract cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, said tract shall be assessed as unknown.
History.—s. 7, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1758; CGL 2809.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.22 - Repairing Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Contract; Bond; Assessment.

157.22 Repairing drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; contract; bond; assessment.—Whenever it shall become known to the board of county commissioners that it is necessary to repair any public drain or auxiliary thereto the said board of county commissioners shall appoint a committee of three competent and disinterested persons who are citizens of the county who shall ascertain the amount necessary for the repair of said work, and who shall report the same to the board of county commissioners at their next regular meeting, and upon the report of said committee to them they shall advertise not less than 30 days in a newspaper published in the county for bids on said work to be given to the lowest responsible bidder. Before letting the contract for the work, the said county commissioners shall require a sufficient bond from the contractor for the faithful performance of said work; when the work shall be completed the committee shall certify the same to the board of county commissioners who shall also inspect said work before final payment is made to the contractor, and such confirmation with the report of the committee that the work has been done according to contract shall be made a matter of record. Before letting such contract the committee appointed by the commissioners shall view the lands benefited by such drain or auxiliary and shall assess each parcel according and in proportion as each may be benefited, both those lands lying immediately along the drain or auxiliary thereto and those adjacent thereto for all the expenses that may be incurred in the repair of such drain, and shall file a report of the same with the board of county commissioners. Said report shall show each tract and parcel of land assessed, the amount of said assessment, and the names of the several owners, unless the owner cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, when the same may be assessed as unknown.
History.—s. 8, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1759; CGL 2810.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.23 - Objections to Report of Committee Fixing Assessments; Notice; Hearing; Equalization; Assessments; Collection by Tax Collector.

157.23 Objections to report of committee fixing assessments; notice; hearing; equalization; assessments; collection by tax collector.—Whenever the report of any committee appointed under the provisions of this chapter, showing the amount of assessment against any lands for work done, or to be done, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have been filed with the board of county commissioners, they shall at once give notice by publishing in a newspaper published in said county, at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks prior to a regular meeting that they will at their next regular meeting hear complaints from the owner or agent of any real estate against the assessment so made against said property and the said county commissioners shall have the full power to equalize the assessments so made against said real estate, but cannot raise or lower the entire assessment so made by the committee so appointed by them to make said assessment and said assessment when equalized shall, by the county commissioners when they are satisfied that such assessments are just and proper, be turned over to the property appraiser with instructions to levy such assessment upon such parcels of land as aforesaid; provided, that when the assessment shall have been made under s. 157.07, s. 157.17 or s. 157.19, the notice published by the county commissioners shall only be required to contain the name of the drain or auxiliary thereto and the total amount of the assessment; and provided further, that when the assessment is made under s. 157.16, if no other lands are assessed than those assessed for the original construction of the drain or auxiliary thereto, then the notice given by the county commissioners need not contain anything but the name of said drain or auxiliary and the total amount of said assessment, but if the assessment is made under s. 157.16 and any other lands are assessed than those assessed for the original cost of the drain or auxiliary then the notice given by the county commissioners shall, in addition to the name of the drain and the total amount of the assessment give the several additional tracts of land so assessed, the owners thereof and the amount of assessment against such additional tracts of land. Said assessments may be levied for 1 year or in yearly assessments for 2, 3, 4, or 6 years, according as it may be deemed advisable and for the best interests of those concerned, and shall be collected by the tax collector in like manner as other taxes are collected, and made a special fund for the cancellation or redemption of the indebtedness incurred in the construction of said drain or auxiliary as aforesaid.
History.—s. 9, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1760; CGL 2811; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 9, ch. 90-279.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties › 157.24 - Commissioners May Issue Interest-Bearing Scrip Against Land to Borrow Money or Pay for Work; Lien on Land Assessed.

157.24 Commissioners may issue interest-bearing scrip against land to borrow money or pay for work; lien on land assessed.—When any assessments under the provision of this chapter have been ordered by the county commissioners they may issue scrip bearing 6 percent interest against the lands assessed, redeemable in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 years, as the case may be, upon which they may borrow money with which to pay for the work aforesaid, or shall have the right to pay said scrip when issued for the cost of the work contracted for, direct to the contractor at its face value, and such scrip shall be a lien upon the lands assessed as aforesaid until such scrip shall be redeemed, and the indebtedness fully satisfied; provided, that no lien shall lie or be enforced against any tract of land for more than the amount so assessed against said tract.
History.—s. 10, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1761; CGL 2812; s. 43, ch. 77-104.