Florida Statutes Part I - Municipal Annexation Or Contraction (Ss. 171.011-171.094)
- 171.011 - Short Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal Annexation or Contraction Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-190.
- 171.021 - Purpose.
The purposes of this act are to set forth procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities through annexations or contractions of corporate limits and to...
- 171.022 - Preemption; Effect On Special Laws.
(1) It is further the purpose of this act to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities in...
- 171.031 - Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings unless some other meaning is plainly indicated:(1) “Annexation” means the adding of...
- 171.0413 - Annexation Procedures.
Any municipality may annex contiguous, compact, unincorporated territory in the following manner:(1) An ordinance proposing to annex an area of contiguous, compact, unincorporated territory shall be...
- 171.042 - Prerequisites To Annexation.
(1) Prior to commencing the annexation procedures under s. 171.0413, the governing body of the municipality shall prepare a report setting forth the plans to provide...
- 171.043 - Character Of The Area To Be Annexed.
A municipal governing body may propose to annex an area only if it meets the general standards of subsection (1) and the requirements of either...
- 171.044 - Voluntary Annexation.
(1) The owner or owners of real property in an unincorporated area of a county which is contiguous to a municipality and reasonably compact may petition...
- 171.045 - Annexation Limited To A Single County.
In order for an annexation proceeding to be valid for the purposes of this chapter, the annexation must take place within the boundaries of a...
- 171.046 - Annexation Of Enclaves.
(1) The Legislature recognizes that enclaves can create significant problems in planning, growth management, and service delivery, and therefore declares that it is the policy of...
- 171.051 - Contraction Procedures.
Any municipality may initiate the contraction of municipal boundaries in the following manner:(1) The governing body shall by ordinance propose the contraction of municipal boundaries, as...
- 171.052 - Criteria For Contraction Of Municipal Boundaries.
(1) Only those areas which do not meet the criteria for annexation in s. 171.043 may be proposed for exclusion by municipal governing bodies. If the...
- 171.061 - Apportionment Of Debts And Taxes In Annexations Or Contractions.
(1) The area annexed to a municipality shall be subject to the taxes and debts of the municipality upon the effective date of the annexation. However,...
- 171.062 - Effects Of Annexations Or Contractions.
(1) An area annexed to a municipality shall be subject to all laws, ordinances, and regulations in force in that municipality and shall be entitled to...
- 171.071 - Effect In Miami-dade County.
Municipalities within the boundaries of Miami-Dade County shall adopt annexation or contraction ordinances pursuant to methods established by the home rule charter established pursuant to...
- 171.081 - Appeal On Annexation Or Contraction.
(1) Any party affected who believes that he or she will suffer material injury by reason of the failure of the municipal governing body to comply...
- 171.091 - Recording.
Any change in the municipal boundaries through annexation or contraction shall revise the charter boundary article and shall be filed as a revision of the...
- 171.093 - Municipal Annexation Within Independent Special Districts.
(1) The purpose of this section is to provide an orderly transition of special district service responsibilities in an annexed area from an independent special district...
- 171.094 - Effect Of Interlocal Service Boundary Agreements Adopted Under Part II On Annexations Under This Part.
(1) An interlocal service boundary agreement entered into pursuant to part II is binding on the parties to the agreement, and a party may not take...
Last modified: September 23, 2016