Florida Statutes Part I - County Commissioners: Powers And Duties (Ss. 125.001-125.59)

• 125.001 - Board Meetings; Notice.
  Upon the giving of due public notice, regular and special meetings of the board may be held at any appropriate public place in the county.History.—s....
• 125.01 - Powers And Duties.
  (1) The legislative and governing body of a county shall have the power to carry on county government. To the extent not inconsistent with general or...
• 125.0101 - County May Contract To Provide Services To Municipalities And Special Districts.
  (1) It is the legislative intent of this act to permit counties to contract for services with municipalities and special districts as provided by s. 4,...
• 125.0102 - Sign Ordinances.
  Nothing in chapter 78-8, Laws of Florida, shall be deemed to supersede the rights and powers of municipalities and counties to establish sign ordinances; however,...
• 125.0103 - Ordinances And Rules Imposing Price Controls; Findings Required; Procedures.
  (1)(a) Except as hereinafter provided, no county, municipality, or other entity of local government shall adopt or maintain in effect an ordinance or a rule which...
• 125.0104 - Tourist Development Tax; Procedure For Levying; Authorized Uses; Referendum; Enforcement.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Option Tourist Development Act.”(2) APPLICATION; DEFINITIONS.—(a) Application.—The provisions contained in chapter 212 apply to...
• 125.01045 - Prohibition Of Fees For First Responder Services.
  (1) A county may not impose a fee or seek reimbursement for any costs or expenses that may be incurred for services provided by a first...
• 125.0105 - Service Fee For Dishonored Check.
  The governing body of a county may adopt a service fee not to exceed the service fees authorized under s. 832.08(5) or 5 percent of...
• 125.01055 - Affordable Housing.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may adopt and maintain in effect any law, ordinance, rule, or other measure that is adopted for...
• 125.0107 - Ordinances Relating To Possession Or Sale Of Ammunition.
  No county may adopt any ordinance relating to the possession or sale of ammunition. Any such ordinance in effect on June 24, 1983, is void.History.—s....
• 125.0108 - Areas Of Critical State Concern; Tourist Impact Tax.
  (1)(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, any county creating a land authority pursuant to s. 380.0663(1) is authorized to levy by ordinance, in the...
• 125.0109 - Family Day Care Homes; Local Zoning Regulation.
  The operation of a residence as a family day care home, as defined by law, registered or licensed with the Department of Children and Families...
• 125.011 - Definitions.
  As used in ss. 125.011-125.019:(1) “County” means any county operating under a home rule charter adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of...
• 125.012 - Project Facilities; General Powers And Duties.
  Any county and the board of county commissioners thereof shall have the power, in addition to the powers otherwise conferred:(1) To construct, acquire, establish, improve, extend,...
• 125.013 - General Obligation Bonds; Revenue Bonds.
  (1) The board of county commissioners of any such county is authorized to issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of the...
• 125.014 - Title Designation Of Authority.
  For administrative convenience, the board of county commissioners, in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred and those powers otherwise conferred, may be referred to...
• 125.015 - Acquisition Of Facilities From Municipalities.
  Any county coming within the provisions hereof shall have the power to acquire by purchase or condemnation the docks, wharves, warehouses, and other port facilities...
• 125.016 - Ad Valorem Tax.
  Annually an ad valorem tax of not exceeding 11/2 mills may be levied upon all property in the county, which shall be levied and collected...
• 125.0167 - Discretionary Surtax On Documents; Adoption; Application Of Revenue.
  (1) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 201.031, the governing authority in each county, as defined by s. 125.011(1), is authorized to levy a discretionary surtax...
• 125.0168 - Special Assessments Levied On Recreational Vehicle Parks Regulated Under Chapter 513.
  When a county levies a non-ad valorem special assessment on a recreational vehicle park regulated under chapter 513, the non-ad valorem special assessment shall not...
• 125.017 - Administrative Agents.
  The county may employ agents, clerks, or servants to administer any project under the rules, regulations, directions, and supervision of the county, and it may...
• 125.018 - Rules And Regulations.
  All rules and regulations promulgated and all impositions and exactions made by authority hereof shall be just and reasonable and consistent with public interest, and...
• 125.019 - Exemption From Taxation; Immunity.
  (1) All powers, acts, and deeds hereby conferred or authorized are found to be and made a county purpose. Each project financed under the provisions of...
• 125.022 - Development Permits.
  (1) When reviewing an application for a development permit that is certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877, a county may not request additional information...
• 125.025 - County-municipality Consolidated Governments; Additional Powers.
  Each county which operates under a government consolidated with that of one or more municipalities in the county shall have the power, in addition to...
• 125.031 - Lease Or Lease-purchases Of Property For Public Purposes.
  Counties may enter into leases or lease-purchase arrangements relating to properties needed for public purposes for periods not to exceed 30 years at a stipulated...
• 125.045 - County Economic Development Powers.
  (1) The Legislature finds and declares that this state faces increasing competition from other states and other countries for the location and retention of private enterprises...
• 125.15 - To Sue And Be Sued In The Name Of County.
  The county commissioners shall sue and be sued in the name of the county of which they are commissioners. A change in the persons composing...
• 125.17 - Clerk.
  The clerk of the circuit court for the county shall be clerk and accountant of the board of county commissioners. He or she shall keep...
• 125.221 - Holding Of Court And Meeting Of Grand Jury; Place Other Than Courthouse.
  In the event there is not suitable available space in the courthouse due to construction or reconstruction, destruction or other good reasons, for the holding...
• 125.222 - Auxiliary County Offices, Court Proceedings.
  All proceedings, except trial by jury, had in any of the several counties of this state in connection with any civil, equity or criminal action...
• 125.27 - Countywide Forest Fire Protection; Authority Of The Florida Forest Service; State Funding; County Fire Control Assessments; Disposition; Equipment Donations.
  (1) The Florida Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall...
• 125.271 - Emergency Medical Services; County Emergency Medical Service Assessments.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “county” means:(a) A county that is within a rural area of opportunity as designated by the Governor pursuant to...
• 125.275 - Countywide Air Quality Protection; Authority Of Counties Designated As Nonattainment Areas; Preemption Of Municipal Ordinances.
  (1) The board of county commissioners of any county which is designated, in whole or in part, as a nonattainment area for air quality pursuant to...
• 125.325 - Loans To Public Agencies Authorized.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 163.01, a legal entity created pursuant to interlocal agreement under s. 163.01, the membership of which entity consists of at...
• 125.3401 - Purchase, Sale, Or Privatization Of Water, Sewer, Or Wastewater Reuse Utility By County.
  No county may purchase or sell a water, sewer, or wastewater reuse utility that provides service to the public for compensation, or enter into a...
• 125.35 - County Authorized To Sell Real And Personal Property And To Lease Real Property.
  (1)(a) The board of county commissioners is expressly authorized to sell and convey any real or personal property, and to lease real property, belonging to the...
• 125.355 - Proposed Purchase Of Real Property By County; Confidentiality Of Records; Procedure.
  (1)(a) In any case in which a county, pursuant to the provisions of this section, seeks to acquire by purchase any real property for a public...
• 125.37 - Exchange Of County Property.
  Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, the county holds and possesses any real property, not needed for county purposes, and such...
• 125.379 - Disposition Of County Property For Affordable Housing.
  (1) By July 1, 2007, and every 3 years thereafter, each county shall prepare an inventory list of all real property within its jurisdiction to which...
• 125.38 - Sale Of County Property To United States, Or State.
  If the United States, or any department or agency thereof, the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or any municipality of this state,...
• 125.39 - Nonapplicability To County Lands Acquired For Specific Purposes.
  The provisions of this law shall not be construed to cover the sale or disposition of any land conveyed to any county for a specific...
• 125.411 - Conveyance Of Land By County.
  (1) Deeds of conveyance of lands, the title to which is held by any county or in the name of its board of county commissioners, may...
• 125.42 - Water, Sewage, Gas, Power, Telephone, Other Utility, And Television Lines Along County Roads And Highways.
  (1) The board of county commissioners, with respect to property located without the corporate limits of any municipality, is authorized to grant a license to any...
• 125.421 - Telecommunications Services.
  A telecommunications company that is a county or other entity of local government may obtain or hold a certificate required by chapter 364, and the...
• 125.485 - Utility Services; Nonpayment Of Charges By Former Occupant Of Rental Unit; County Action Limited.
  Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no county may refuse services, or discontinue utility, water, sewer, or wastewater reuse services, to the...
• 125.56 - Enforcement And Amendment Of The Florida Building Code And The Florida Fire Prevention Code; Inspection Fees; Inspectors; Etc.
  (1) The board of county commissioners of each of the several counties of the state may enforce the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention...
• 125.561 - Amateur Radio Antennas; Construction In Conformance With Federal Requirements.
  (1) No county shall enact or enforce any ordinance or regulation which fails to conform to the limited preemption entitled “Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2d...
• 125.563 - Abatement Of Water Pollution And Shore Erosion Of Inland Lakes.
  (1)(a) It is declared to be the legislative intent to provide for a speedy and effective procedure whereby property owners of land abutting or constituting the...
• 125.568 - Conservation Of Water; Florida-friendly Landscaping.
  (1)(a) The Legislature finds that Florida-friendly landscaping contributes to the conservation, protection, and restoration of water. In an effort to meet the water needs of this...
• 125.5801 - Criminal History Record Checks For Certain County Employees And Appointees.
  (1) Notwithstanding chapter 435, a county may require, by ordinance, state and national criminal history screening for:(a) Any position of county employment or appointment, whether paid, unpaid,...
• 125.581 - Certain Local Employment Registration Prohibited.
  (1) Except as authorized by law, no county or municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, policy, or other action which requires the...
• 125.585 - Employee Assistance Programs; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) As used in this section, “employee assistance program” means a counseling, therapeutic, or other professional treatment program provided by a county to assist any county...
• 125.59 - Special Grand Jury Fund.
  (1) The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties are hereby authorized to budget and expend county funds for the creation and use of a...

Last modified: September 23, 2016