The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXI
DRAINAGE

Chapter 298
DRAINAGE AND WATER CONTROL

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F.S. 298.71

298.71 Department may issue notes; suit by holder; judgment.—The Department of Environmental Protection may issue its promissory note or notes, or other written obligations, or evidence of indebtedness, for the repayment of such loans at such times and upon such terms and at such rates of interest as the said department may deem advisable; and if upon the maturity of such promissory notes, or written obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness, the same are not redeemed or paid, the said department may be sued by the holder or holders thereof, and any judgment obtained thereon shall be satisfied out of the proceeds of the drainage tax provided by law to be assessed on the lands embraced in the district.

History.—s. 2, ch. 6454, 1913; RGS 1156; CGL 1526; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 30, ch. 79-5; s. 131, ch. 94-356.

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Amendments to 298.71

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 298.71

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 298.71.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In M. WRIGHT, M. M. WRIGHT, M. v. MID- PENN CONSUMER DISCOUNT CO., 127 B.R. 766 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 1991)

. . . distributed in the transaction indicate that the City was paid only $479.67 and the Debtors received $298.71 . . .

In DUNGENESS TIMBER CO., 50 F. Supp. 370 (W.D. Wash. 1942)

. . . Minnesota attorney, after retaining his fee, transmitted the balance of the proceeds, amounting to $298.71 . . .