The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 157
DRAINAGE BY COUNTIES

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F.S. 157.01

157.01 Public ditch, drain or canal.—Whenever it shall be deemed necessary or expedient, for sanitary or agricultural purposes or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or public utility, or for the benefit of any lands that are low, wet, submerged or liable to become submerged, to establish a public ditch, drain or canal in any of the counties of this state by a majority of those owning the lands through which such proposed ditch, drain or canal shall run or by those owning the greater part of the lands through which such proposed ditch, drain or canal shall run, and by a majority of those owning lands or by those owning the greater part of the lands contiguous thereto, that are benefited by such ditch, drain or canal, the majority of those owning such lands or those owning the greater part of such lands as aforesaid, shall present a petition to the county commissioners of the county in which such ditch, drain or canal is to be located, with a plat of said lands, showing the general course of such proposed ditch, drain or canal, setting forth the cause for the same, its length and the lands to be benefited thereby. Upon filing such petition and plat with the county commissioners, they shall lay the same over until the next regular meeting and give notice by publication at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published in the county, of the date when they will consider said petition, citing all persons who may be interested to appear and present any reason why such petition should not be granted.

History.—s. 1, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 950; s. 1, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 1, ch. 6958, 1915; s. 1, ch. 7307, 1917; RGS 1734; CGL 2785; s. 7, ch. 90-279.

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Amendments to 157.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 157.01

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 157.01.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

GRAVES, v. CITY OF POMPANO BEACH, CITY COMMISSION, a PPI, INC., 74 So. 3d 595 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . Pompano Beach, Fla., Code Ordinances § 157.01 (emphasis added). . . . Pompano Beach, Fla., Code Ordinances § 157.01 (2009). . . . plat approval “ha[s] the effect of permitting development,” see Pompano Beach, Fla., Code Ordinances § 157.01 . . . See Pompano Beaoh, Fla., Code Ordinances § 157.01 (“development permit” means “[a]ny building permit, . . .

M. PATTON v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,, 25 F.3d 1021 (Fed. Cir. 1994)

. . . On August 28, 1992, the special master awarded petitioners $16,-157.01 for attorneys’ fees and costs. . . .

M. PATTON v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,, 25 F.3d 1021 (Fed. Cir. 1994)

. . . On August 28, 1992, the special master awarded petitioners $16,-157.01 for attorneys’ fees and costs. . . .

M. PATTON v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,, 28 Fed. Cl. 532 (Fed. Cl. 1993)

. . . On August 28, 1992, the special master issued a decision awarding $16,-157.01 for attorney’s fees and . . .

SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL- CIO, v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, B., 736 F.2d 19 (2d Cir. 1984)

. . . Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, after a thorough consideration of the applicable laws cited in § 157.01 . . .

J. MILLER, v. FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT, a, 130 So. 2d 615 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961)

. . . . § 157.01 et seq., F.S.A., brought a petition in eminent domain to acquire a 50-foot right of way over . . . (F.S. § 157.01, F.S.A.). . . .