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Florida Statutes, Title XII

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Title XII, Municipalities

9 chapters · 292 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XII292 Ch 166, Municipalities64 Ch 177, Land Boundaries41 Ch 175, Firefighter Pensions39 Ch 185, Municipal Police Pensions38 Ch 171, Local Government Boundaries32 Ch 180, Municipal Public Works32 Ch 170, Supplemental and Alternative Method …20 Ch 173, Foreclosure of Municipal Tax and Spe…15 Ch 165, Formation of Local Governments11

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Fla. Stat. § 175.091 Creation and maintenance of fund
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) The firefighters’ pension trust fund in each municipality and in each special fire control district shall b…
Fla. Stat. § 175.101 State excise tax on property insurance premiums authorized; procedure
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) Each municipality or special fire control district in this state described and classified in s. 175.041, ha…
Fla. Stat. § 175.1015 Determination of local premium tax situs
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(1)(a) Any insurance company that is obligated to report and remit the excise tax on property insurance premiums imposed under s. 175.101 shall be held harmless from any liability, including, but not limited to, liability for taxes, interest, or penalties that would otherwise be …
Fla. Stat. § 175.111 Certified copy of ordinance or resolution filed; insurance companies’ annual report of premiums; duplicate files; book of accounts

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, whenever any municipality passes an ordinance or whenever any special fire control district passes a resolutio…

Fla. Stat. § 175.121 Department of Revenue and Division of Retirement to keep accounts of deposits; disbursements

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For any municipality or special fire control district having a chapter or local law plan established pursuant to this chapter:(1) The Department of Revenue shall keep a separate account of all moneys collected for each municipality and each special fire control district under the…

Fla. Stat. § 175.1215 Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund

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1The Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund is created, to be administered by the Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services. Funds credited to the trust fund, as provided in chapter 95-250, Laws of Florida, or similar legislation, shall be expended …

Fla. Stat. § 175.122 Limitation of disbursement

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any municipality or special fire control district participating in the firefighters’ pension trust fund pursua…

Fla. Stat. § 175.131 Funds received by municipality or special fire control district; deposit in firefighters’ pension trust fund

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, all state and other funds received by any municipality or special fire control district under the provisions o…

Fla. Stat. § 175.141 Payment of excise tax credit on similar state excise or license tax

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The tax herein authorized to be imposed by each municipality and each special fire control district shall in nowise be in addition to any similar state excise or license tax imposed by part IV of chapter 624, but the payor of the tax hereby authorized shall receive credit therefo…

Fla. Stat. § 175.151 Penalty for failure of insurers to comply with this act

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If any insurance company, corporation or other insurer fails to comply with the provisions of this act, on or before March 1 of each year as herein provided, the certificate of authority issued to said insurance company, corporation or other insurer to transact business in this s…

Fla. Stat. § 175.162 Requirements for retirement

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any firefighter who completes 10 or more years of creditable service as a firefighter and attains age 55, or c…

Fla. Stat. § 175.171 Optional forms of retirement income

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) In lieu of the amount and form of retirement income payable in the event of normal or early retirement as s…

Fla. Stat. § 175.181 Beneficiaries

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) Each firefighter may, on a form provided for that purpose, signed and filed with the board of trustees, des…

Fla. Stat. § 175.191 Disability retirement

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) A firefighter having 10 or more years of credited service or a firefighter who becomes totally and permanen…

Fla. Stat. § 175.195 False, misleading, or fraudulent statements made to obtain public retirement benefits prohibited; penalty

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(1) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist, conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written statement or withhold or conceal material information to obtain an…

Fla. Stat. § 175.201 Death prior to retirement; refunds of contributions; death benefits

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) If a firefighter dies before being eligible to retire, the heirs, legatees, beneficiaries, or personal repr…

Fla. Stat. § 175.211 Separation from service; refunds

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) If a firefighter leaves the service of the municipality or special fire control district before accumulatin…

Fla. Stat. § 175.221 Lump-sum payment of small retirement income

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, notwithstanding any provisions of the plan to the contrary, if the monthly retirement income payable to any pe…

Fla. Stat. § 175.231 Diseases of firefighters suffered in line of duty; presumption

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any condition or impairment of health of a firefighter caused by tuberculosis, hypertension, or heart disease …

Fla. Stat. § 175.241 Exemption from tax and execution

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the pensions, annuities, or other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under any chapter plan or local l…

Fla. Stat. § 175.261 Annual report to Division of Retirement; actuarial valuations

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the board of trustees for every chapter plan and local law plan shall submit the following reports to the divi…

Fla. Stat. § 175.301 Depository for pension funds

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, all funds of the firefighters’ pension trust fund of any chapter plan or local law plan under this chapter may…

Fla. Stat. § 175.311 Municipalities, special fire control districts, and boards independent of each other

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In the enforcement and interpretation of the provisions of this chapter for any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, each municipality and each special fir…

Fla. Stat. § 175.333 Discrimination in benefit formula prohibited; restrictions regarding designation of joint annuitants

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) No plan shall discriminate in its benefit formula based on color, national origin, sex, or marital status.(…

Fla. Stat. § 175.341 Duties of Division of Retirement; rulemaking authority; investments by State Board of Administration

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(1) The division shall be responsible for the daily oversight and monitoring for actuarial soundness of the firefighters’ pension plans, whether chapter or local law plans, established under this chapter, for receiving and holding the premium tax moneys collected under this chapt…

Fla. Stat. § 175.351 Municipalities and special fire control districts that have their own retirement plans for firefighters

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In order for a municipality or special fire control district that has its own retirement plan for firefighters, or for firefighters and police officers if both are included, to participate in the distribution of the tax fund established under s. 175.101, a local law plan must mee…

Fla. Stat. § 175.361 Termination of plan and distribution of fund

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the plan may be terminated by the municipality or special fire control district. Upon termination of the plan …

Fla. Stat. § 175.371 Transfer to another state retirement system; benefits payable

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) Any firefighter who has a vested right to benefits under a pension plan created pursuant to the provisions …

Fla. Stat. § 175.381 Applicability

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This act shall apply to all municipalities, special fire control districts, chapter plans, local law municipalities, local law special fire control districts, or local law plans presently existing or to be created pursuant to this chapter. Those plans presently existing pursuant …

Fla. Stat. § 175.401 Retiree health insurance subsidy

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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, under the broad grant of home rule powers under the State Constitution and chapter 166, municipalities have th…

Fla. Stat. § 175.411 Optional participation

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A municipality or special fire control district may revoke its participation under this chapter by rescinding the legislative act, ordinance, or resolution which assesses and imposes the taxes authorized in s. 175.101, and by furnishing a certified copy of such legislative act, o…

Fla. Stat. § 177.011 Purpose and scope of part I

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This part shall be deemed to establish consistent minimum requirements, and to create such additional powers in local governing bodies, as herein provided to regulate and control the platting of lands. This part establishes minimum requirements and does not exclude additional pro…

Fla. Stat. § 177.021 Legal status of recorded plats

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The recording of any plats made in compliance with the provisions of this part shall serve to establish the identity of all lands shown on and being a part of such plats, and lands may thenceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 98-20.

Fla. Stat. § 177.031 Definitions

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As used in this part:(1) “Alley” means a right-of-way providing a secondary means of access and service to abutting property.(2) “Block” includes “tier” or “group” and means a group of lots existing within well-defined and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by str…

Fla. Stat. § 177.041 Boundary survey and title opinion or property information report required

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Every plat or replat of a subdivision submitted to the approving agency of the local governing body must be accompanied by:(1) A boundary survey of the platted lands. However, a new boundary survey for a replat is required only when the replat affects any boundary of the previous…

Fla. Stat. § 177.051 Name and replat of subdivision

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(1) Every subdivision shall be given a name by which it shall be legally known. For the purpose of this section, that name is the “primary name.” The primary name shall not be the same or in any way so similar to any name appearing on any recorded plat in the same county as to co…

Fla. Stat. § 177.061 Qualification and statement required

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Every plat offered for recording pursuant to the provisions of this part must be prepared by a professional surveyor and mapper. The plat must be signed and sealed by that professional surveyor and mapper, who must state on the plat that the plat was prepared under his or her dir…

Fla. Stat. § 177.071 Administrative approval of plats or replats by designated county or municipal official

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(1)(a) A plat or replat submitted under this part must be administratively approved and no further action or approval by the governing body of a county or municipality is required if the plat or replat complies with the requirements of s. 177.091. The governing body of the county…

Fla. Stat. § 177.073 Expedited approval of residential building permits before a final plat is recorded

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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Applicant” means a homebuilder or developer who files an application with the local governing body to identify the percentage of planned homes, or the number of building permits, that the local governing body must issue for a residential…

Fla. Stat. § 177.081 Dedication and approval

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(1) Prior to approval by the appropriate governing body, the plat shall be reviewed for conformity to this chapter by a professional surveyor and mapper either employed by or under contract to the local governing body, the costs of which shall be borne by the legal entity offerin…

Fla. Stat. § 177.085 Platted streets; reversionary clauses

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(1) When any owner of land subdivides the land and dedicates streets, other roadways, alleys or similar strips on the map or plat, and the dedication contains a provision that the reversionary interest in the street, roadway, alley or other similar strip is reserved unto the dedi…

Fla. Stat. § 177.086 Installation of cul-de-sacs

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In the event a municipality or county installs a cul-de-sac on a street or road under its jurisdiction and thereby discontinues use of any existing street or road right-of-way, such discontinuance shall not operate to abandon or vacate the unused right-of-way unless the governing…

Fla. Stat. § 177.091 Plats made for recording

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Every plat of a subdivision offered for recording shall conform to the following:(1) It must be:(a) An original drawing made with black permanent drawing ink; or(b) A nonadhered scaled print on a stable base film made by photographic processes from a film scribing tested for resi…

Fla. Stat. § 177.101 Vacation and annulment of plats subdividing land

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(1) Whenever it is discovered, after the plat has been recorded in the public records, that the developer has previously caused the lands embraced in the second plat to be differently subdivided under and by virtue of another plat of the same identical lands, and the first plat w…

Fla. Stat. § 177.107 Closing and abandonment of roads; optional conveyance to a community development district; traffic control jurisdiction

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(1) The governing body of a municipality or county may abandon the roads and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential subdivision plat and simultaneously convey the municipality’s or county’s interest in such roads, rights-of-way, and appurtenant drainage facilities to a…

Fla. Stat. § 177.111 Instructions for filing plats or replats

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After the approval by the appropriate administrative authority required by s. 177.071, the plat or replat must be recorded by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer upon submission thereto of such approved plat or replat. The circuit court clerk or other recording off…

Fla. Stat. § 177.121 Misdemeanor to molest monument or deface or destroy map or plat

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It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person to molest any monuments established according to this part or to deface or destroy any map or plat placed on public record.History.—s. 1A, ch. 71-339; s. 10, ch. 98-20.

Fla. Stat. § 177.131 Recordation of the Department of Transportation official right-of-way maps and other governmental right-of-way maps

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(1) The circuit court clerk of a county shall record in the public land records of the county any map prepared and adopted by the Department of Transportation or any other governmental entity as its official right-of-way map after the same has been approved by the appropriate gov…

Fla. Stat. § 177.132 Preservation of unrecorded maps

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(1) The clerk of the circuit court of a county may receive and copy, as unrecorded maps, otherwise unrecorded plats and maps, including sales maps, which describe or illustrate the boundaries and subdivision of parcels of land, but which do not necessarily indicate proper metes a…

Fla. Stat. § 177.141 Affidavit confirming error on a recorded plat

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In the event an error or omission in the data shown on any plat duly recorded under the provisions of this part is detected by subsequent examination or revealed by a retracement of the original survey of the lands shown on such recorded plat, the professional surveyor and mapper…