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Florida Laws: FL Statutes - Title XXX Chapter 418 Recreation

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Part I - Playgrounds and Recreation Centers(ss. 418.01-418.12)

  • §418.01   Scope of chapter; definition.
    This chapter shall apply to all cities, towns and counties of the state. The term "such municipality or county" as used in this chapter refers...
  • §418.02   Recreation centers; use and acquisition of land; equipment and maintenance.
    The governing body of any such municipality or county may dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds and recreation centers and other recreation purposes,...
  • §418.03   Supervision.
    The governing body of any such municipality or county may establish a system of supervised recreation and it may, by resolution or ordinance, vest the...
  • §418.04   Playground and recreation board.
    If the governing body of any such municipality or county shall determine that the power to provide, establish, conduct and maintain a recreation system as...
  • §418.05   Cooperation with other units and boards.
    Any two or more municipalities or counties may jointly provide, establish, maintain and conduct a recreation system and acquire property for and establish and maintain...
  • §418.06   Gifts, grants, devises, and bequests.
    (1)  A playground and recreation board or other authority in which is vested the power to provide, establish, maintain and conduct such supervised recreation system may...
  • §418.07   Issuance of bonds.
    The governing body of such municipality or county may, pursuant to law and in conformity with the constitution of this state, provide that the bonds...
  • §418.08   Petition for referendum.
    Whenever a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the qualified and registered electors in such municipality or county shall be filed with the...
  • §418.09   Resolution or ordinance providing for recreation system.
    Upon the adoption of such proposition by a majority of those voting on it at an election, the governing body of such municipality or county...
  • §418.10   Tax levy.
    The governing body of such municipality or county adopting the provisions of this chapter at an election and until revoked at an election by a...
  • §418.11   Payment of expenses and custody of funds.
    The cost and expense of the establishment, maintenance and conduct of a supervised recreation system of playgrounds, recreation centers and other recreational facilities and activities...
  • §418.12   Duties and functions of Division of Recreation and Parks.
    Among its functions, the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection shall: (1)  Study and appraise the recreation needs of the state...

Part II - Recreation Districts(ss. 418.20-418.309)

  • §418.20   Creation of recreation districts authorized.
    Each municipality and county in the state is authorized to create one or more recreation districts comprising the whole of or any part of the...
  • §418.21   Governing body.
    (1)  The governing body of a recreation district shall be determined by ordinance of the municipality or county that created the district and must be either:...
  • §418.22   Powers of recreation districts.
    The charter of a recreation district may grant to the recreation district the following powers and all further or additional powers as the governing body...
  • §418.23   Limitation on power of districts.
    The charter of any recreation district may contain such limitations and restrictions on any of the powers named in s. 418.22 as the governing body...
  • §418.24   Filing of ordinance.
    Any ordinance creating or amending the charter of a recreation district, upon being finally adopted, shall be filed in the minutes of the governing body...
  • §418.25   Actions by aggrieved parties.
    Any person feeling aggrieved by the adoption of an ordinance granting or amending the charter of a recreation district may bring, within the period hereinafter...
  • §418.26   Assessment records.
    The assessment records for the municipality or county in which a recreation district is located shall be the official assessment records for any recreation district...
  • §418.30   Creation of mobile home park recreation districts.
    Any municipality or county in the state is authorized to create one or more mobile home park recreation districts. Each such district shall be limited...
  • §418.302   Governing body of mobile home park recreation district.
    (1)  The governing body of a recreation district created pursuant to s. 418.30 shall consist of a nine-member board of trustees elected by the electors of...
  • §418.304   Powers of the mobile home park recreation district; recreation district tax.
    An ordinance creating or amending the charter of a mobile home park recreation district may grant to the recreation district the following powers: (1)  To sue...
  • §418.306   Bonds of the mobile home park recreation district.
    The trustees may construct, acquire, or improve real or personal property of the district and may issue refunding bonds or other obligations for such purposes...
  • §418.309   Abolishment of the mobile home park recreation district.
    The district created pursuant to this act may be abolished by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the district at an election called...

Last modified: March 26, 2010