The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 125
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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F.S. 125.031

125.031 Lease or lease-purchases of property for public purposes.—Counties may enter into leases or lease-purchase arrangements relating to properties needed for public purposes for periods not to exceed 30 years at a stipulated rental to be paid from current or other legally available funds and may make all other contracts or agreements necessary or convenient to carry out such objective. The county shall have the right to enter into such leases or lease-purchase arrangements with private individuals, other governmental agencies, or corporations. When the term of such lease is for longer than 60 months, the rental shall be payable only from funds arising from sources other than ad valorem taxation. Such leases or lease-purchase arrangements shall be subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, and no such lease or lease-purchase contract shall be entered into without said approval. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a lease entered into by a county, as defined in s. 125.011(1), with the state or another governmental entity or authorized under the provisions of s. 125.01 is not subject to the 30-year lease term limitation of this section.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-240; s. 1, ch. 89-103; s. 1, ch. 2008-48.

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Amendments to 125.031

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 125.031

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 125.031.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION,, 908 So. 2d 459 (Fla. 2005)

. . . various project facilities such as toll roads, waterway facilities, dredging, utility agreements, etc.), 125.031 . . .

FRANKENMUTH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA,, 289 F.3d 723 (11th Cir. 2002)

. . . Stat. ch. 125.031 absent formal resolution, and, if so, what standards guide consideration of whether . . . Stat. ch. 125.031, a Board has ratified an agreement after the fact (“the Frankenmuth test”). . . . Stat. ch. 125.031: First, a board of county commissioners must have the power to approve the agreement . . . Stat. ch. 125.031. . . . Stat. ch. 125.031, and that Frankenmuth had satisfied its burden under the first prong of the ratification . . .

FRANKENMUTH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. MAGAHA,, 769 So. 2d 1012 (Fla. 2000)

. . . . § 125.031, WHICH REQUIRES APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR CERTAIN LEASE-PURCHASE . . . determine that a board of county commissioners may approve a lease-purchase agreement under section 125.031 . . . Therefore, the Legislature’s pronouncement in section 125.031 is controlling here, and Flowers did not . . . Section 125.031 does not define the term “approval” as used in the statute, nor does the legislative . . . As a result, we determine that the term “approval” as used in section 125.031 does not require a board . . .

MARTIN COUNTY v. ISAACS,, 43 Fla. Supp. 186 (Martin Cty. Cir. Ct. 1976)

. . . The board of county commissioners then decided to utilize the provisions of F.S. 125.031, which provide . . . F.S. 125.031 does not specifically define what is meant by “lease-purchase arrangements,” and no appellate . . . question is not a “lease-purchase arrangement” and therefore does not come under the provisions of F.S. 125.031 . . . Under the provisions of F.S. 125.031, Martin County had the legal authority to enter into such a “lease-purchase . . . Executive Plaza, Ltd., and Martin County” is a valid “lease-purchase arrangement” pursuant to F.S. 125.031 . . .