Florida Statutes Title XII Chapter 165 - Formation Of Local Governments

• 165.011 - Short Title.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Formation of Municipalities Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 35, ch. 89-169.
• 165.021 - Purpose.
  The purpose of this act is to provide standards, direction, and procedures for the formation of municipalities in this state and the provision of municipal...
• 165.022 - Preemption; Effect On Special Laws.
  It is the purpose of this act to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for forming and dissolving municipalities in lieu of...
• 165.0225 - Counties Prohibited From Requiring Consideration For Allowing Incorporation.
  Notwithstanding s. 165.022, any municipality formed after January 1, 2000, and any municipality formed on or after July 1, 2007, shall not be required to...
• 165.031 - Definitions.
  The following terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly...
• 165.041 - Incorporation; Merger.
  (1)(a) A charter for incorporation of a municipality, except in case of a merger which is adopted as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), shall...
• 165.043 - Official County Or Municipal Seal.
  The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance, designate an official county or municipal seal. The manufacture, use, display, or other employment...
• 165.051 - Dissolution Procedures.
  (1) The charter of any existing municipality may be revoked and the municipal corporation dissolved by either:(a) A special act of the Legislature; or(b) An ordinance of the...
• 165.061 - Standards For Incorporation, Merger, And Dissolution.
  (1) The incorporation of a new municipality, other than through merger of existing municipalities, must meet the following conditions in the area proposed for incorporation:(a) It must...
• 165.0615 - Municipal Conversion Of Independent Special Districts Upon Elector-initiated And Approved Referendum.
  (1) The qualified electors of an independent special district may commence a municipal conversion proceeding by filing a petition with the governing body of the independent...
• 165.071 - Financial Allocations.
  (1) The law incorporating a new municipality in previously unincorporated lands may provide a procedure for establishing the distributive share of local option gas tax moneys...
• 165.081 - Judicial Review.
  Any special law or ordinance enacted, and any dismissal of petition made, pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewable by certiorari. No appeal may be...

Last modified: September 23, 2016