Florida Statutes Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247)

• 154.201 - Short Title.
  This part shall be known and cited as the “Health Facilities Authorities Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-323.
• 154.203 - Findings And Declaration Of Necessity.
  It is declared that for the benefit of the people of this state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of...
• 154.205 - Definitions.
  The following terms, whenever used in this part, shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(1) “Areawide council” means an...
• 154.207 - Creation Of Health Facilities Authorities.
  (1) In each local agency there may be created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “  (name of local agency)   Health Facilities...
• 154.209 - Powers Of Authority.
  The purpose of the authority shall be to assist health facilities in the acquisition, construction, financing, and refinancing of projects in any incorporated or unincorporated...
• 154.211 - Payment Of Expenses.
  All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this part shall be payable solely from funds provided under the provisions of this part, and...
• 154.213 - Agreements Of Lease.
  In undertaking any project pursuant to this part, the authority shall first obtain a valid certificate of need evidencing need for the project and a...
• 154.215 - Construction Contracts.
  Contracts for the construction of any project shall be awarded by the authority upon a competitive or negotiated basis, as it determines will most effectively...
• 154.217 - Notes Of Authority.
  The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable notes for any corporate purposes and renew from time to time any notes...
• 154.219 - Revenue Bonds.
  (1) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the...
• 154.221 - Security Of Bondholders.
  In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of this part may be secured by a trust agreement by and between...
• 154.223 - Payment Of Bonds.
  Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the local agency or...
• 154.225 - Revenues.
  (1) The authority is hereby authorized to fix and to collect fees, rents, and charges for the use of any project or projects and any part...
• 154.227 - Trust Funds.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all money received pursuant to the provisions of this part, whether as proceeds from the sale...
• 154.229 - Remedies.
  Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this part or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust...
• 154.231 - Negotiability Of Bonds.
  All bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall have, and are hereby declared to have, all the qualities and incidents, including negotiability, of...
• 154.2331 - Tax Exemption.
  (1) The exercise of the powers granted by this part will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for the...
• 154.235 - Refunding Bonds.
  (1) The authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of refunding any of its revenue bonds then outstanding,...
• 154.237 - Legal Investment.
  Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this part are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the...
• 154.238 - Authorization To Deal With Financial Institution Which Employs A Member Of The Authority.
  Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, regulation, or ordinance to the contrary, including ss. 112.311-112.326, an authority may sell its bonds to a financial...
• 154.239 - Reports.
  Within the first 90 days of each calendar year, the authority shall make a report to the governing board of the county of its activities...
• 154.241 - Issuance Of Bonds.
  Bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall be validated in the manner prescribed by chapter 75.History.—s. 21, ch. 74-323.
• 154.243 - Alternate Means.
  This part shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as...
• 154.245 - Agency For Health Care Administration Certificate Of Need Required As A Condition To Bond Validation And Project Construction.
  Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, before any project authorized by this part and subject to review under ss. 408.031-408.045 is approved...
• 154.246 - Validation Of Certain Bonds And Proceedings.
  The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of chapter 78-115, Laws of Florida, is, in part, to clarify the original meaning of the Health...
• 154.247 - Financing Of Projects Located Outside Of Local Agency.
  Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, an authority may, if it finds that there will be a benefit or a cost savings...

Last modified: September 23, 2016