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Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
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TITLE XIII. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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CHAPTER 189. UNIFORM SPECIAL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT |
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PART VII. MERGER AND DISSOLUTION |
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- 1(1) 2VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION.4-5If the governing body of an independent special district created and operating pursuant to a special act elects, by a majority vote plus one, to dissolve the district, the voluntary dissolution of an independent special district created and operating pursuant to a special act may be effectuated only by the Legislature unless otherwise provided by general law.62(2) 63OTHER DISSOLUTIONS.65-66(a) 67In order for the Legislature to dissolve an active independent special district created and operating pursuant to a special act, the special act dissolving the active independent special district must be approved by a majority of the resident electors of the district or, for districts in which a majority of governing body members are elected by landowners, a majority of the landowners voting in the same manner by which the independent special district’s governing body is elected. If a local general-purpose government passes an ordinance or resolution in support of the dissolution, the local general-purpose government must pay any expenses associated with the referendum required under this paragraph.175(b) 176If an independent special district was created by a county or municipality by referendum or any other procedure, the county or municipality that created the district may dissolve the district pursuant to a referendum or any other procedure by which the independent special district was created. However, if the independent special district has ad valorem taxation powers, the same procedure required to grant the independent special district ad valorem taxation powers is required to dissolve the district.253(3) 254INACTIVE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICTS.258-259An independent special district that meets any criteria for being declared inactive pursuant to s. 274189.062 275may be dissolved by special act without a referendum. If an inactive independent special district was created by a county or municipality through a referendum, the county or municipality that created the district may dissolve the district after publishing notice as described in s. 319189.062320.321(4) 322DEBTS AND ASSETS.325-326Financial allocations of the assets and indebtedness of a dissolved independent special district shall be pursuant to s. 344189.076345.
History.-s. 8, ch. 97-255; s. 1, ch. 98-320; s. 142, ch. 2001-266; s. 1, ch. 2012-16; s. 19, ch. 2014-22; s. 18, ch. 2016-22.
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Note.-Former s. 189.4042(3).
