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Florida Laws: FL Statutes - Title XII Chapter 170 Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements
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- 170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited.
(1) Any municipality of this state may, by its governing authority: (a) Provide for the construction, reconstruction, repair, paving, repaving, hard surfacing, rehard surfacing, widening, guttering, and...
- 170.02 Method of prorating special assessments.
Special assessments against property deemed to be benefited by local improvements, as provided for in s. 170.01, shall be assessed upon the property specially benefited...
- 170.03 Resolution required to declare special assessments.
When the governing authority of any municipality may determine to make any public improvement authorized by s. 170.01 and defray the whole or any part...
- 170.04 Plans and specifications, with estimated cost of proposed improvement required before adoption of resolution.
At the time of the adoption of the resolution provided for in s. 170.03, there shall be on file with the town or city clerk,...
- 170.05 Publication of resolution.
Upon the adoption of the resolution provided for in s. 170.03, the municipality shall cause said resolution to be published one time in a newspaper...
- 170.06 Preliminary assessment roll.
Upon the adoption of the resolution aforesaid, the governing authority of the municipality shall cause to be made a preliminary assessment roll in accordance with...
- 170.07 Publication of preliminary assessment roll.
Upon the completion of said preliminary assessment roll, the governing authority of the municipality shall by resolution fix a time and place at which the...
- 170.08 Final consideration of special assessments; equalizing board to hear complaints and adjust assessments; rebate of difference in cost and assessment.
At the time and place named in the notice provided for in s. 170.07, the governing authority of the municipality shall meet and hear testimony...
- 170.09 Priority of lien; interest; and method of payment.
The special assessments shall be payable at the time and in the manner stipulated in the resolution providing for the improvement; shall remain liens, coequal...
- 170.10 Legal proceedings instituted upon failure of property owner to pay special assessment or interest when due; foreclosure; service of process.
Each annual installment provided for in s. 170.09 shall be paid upon the dates specified in said resolution, with interest upon all deferred payments, until...
- 170.11 Bonds may be issued to an amount not exceeding the amount of liens assessed for the cost of improvements to be paid by special assessment.
After the equalization, approval and confirmation of the levying of the special assessments for improvements as provided by s. 170.08 and as soon as a...
- 170.14 Governing authority of municipality required to make new assessments until valid assessment is made if special assessment is omitted or held invalid.
If any special assessment made under the provisions of this chapter to defray the whole or any part of the expense of any said improvement...
- 170.15 Expenditures for improvements.
The governing authority of any municipality may pay out of its general funds or out of any special fund that may be provided for that...
- 170.16 Assessment roll sufficient evidence of assessment and other proceedings of this chapter; variance not material unless party objecting materially injured thereby.
Any informality or irregularity in the proceedings in connection with the levy of any special assessment under the provisions of this chapter shall not affect...
- 170.17 Denomination of bonds; interest; place of payment; form; signatures; coupons; and delivery.
All bonds issued under this chapter shall be the denomination of $500, or some multiple thereof, and shall bear interest as provided in s. 215.84...
- 170.18 Notice required where no newspaper is published in county in which municipality is situated.
Where, by any of the provisions of this chapter, any notice is required to be given by publication in a newspaper, if there be no...
- 170.19 Construction and authority of chapter.
This chapter shall, without reference to any other law of Florida, be full authority for the issuance and sale of the bonds by this chapter...
- 170.20 Bonds negotiable.
Bonds issued under s. 170.11 shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity...
- 170.201 Special assessments.
(1) In addition to other lawful authority to levy and collect special assessments, the governing body of a municipality may levy and collect special assessments to...
- 170.21 Provisions of chapter supplemental, additional, and alternative procedure.
This chapter shall not repeal any other law relating to the subject matter hereof, but shall be deemed to provide a supplemental, additional, and alternative...
Last modified: March 26, 2010
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