Fla. Stat. § 165.011
Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Formation of Municipalities Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 165 — FORMATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
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Fla. Stat. § 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 services so as to:(1) Allow orderly patterns of urban growth and land use.(2) Assure adequate quality and quantity of local public services.(3) Ensure financial int…
Fla. Stat. § 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 any procedure or standards now provided by general or special law. The provisions of this act shall be the exclusive procedure pursuant to general law for forming or disso…
Fla. Stat. § 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 pay any charge, assessment, tax, fee, or other consideration as a condition for allowing the citizens of an area to incorporate and govern themselves.
Fla. Stat. § 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 indicates a different meaning:(1) “County” means a political subdivision of the state established pursuant to s. 1, Art. VIII of the State Constitution.(2) “Formation” m…
Fla. Stat. § 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 be adopted only by a special act of the Legislature upon determination that the standards herein provided have been met.(b) To inform the Legislature on the feasibili…
Fla. Stat. § 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 of any facsimile or reproduction of the county or municipal seal, except by county or municipal officials or employees in the performance of their official…
Fla. Stat. § 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 governing body of the municipality, approved by a vote of the qualified voters.(2) If a vote of the qualified voters is required, the governing bo…
Fla. Stat. § 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 be compact and contiguous and amenable to separate municipal government.(b) It must have a total population, as determined in the lates…
Fla. Stat. § 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 in counties where such tax is levied when appropriate under the provisions of s. 336.025(4)(b). The law shall also provide for assumption of the…
Fla. Stat. § 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 brought after the effective date of an incorporation or dissolution.