The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 171
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES

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F.S. 171.021

171.021 Purpose.—The purposes of this act are to set forth procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities through annexations or contractions of corporate limits and to set forth criteria for determining when annexations or contractions may take place so as to:

(1) Ensure sound urban development and accommodation to growth.

(2) Establish uniform legislative standards throughout the state for the adjustment of municipal boundaries.

(3) Ensure the efficient provision of urban services to areas that become urban in character.

(4) Ensure that areas are not annexed unless municipal services can be provided to those areas.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-190.

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Amendments to 171.021

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 171.021

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 171.021.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INCORPORATED, v. IRONSHORE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, v., 921 F.3d 522 (5th Cir. 2019)

. . . . § 171.021 ; Howell Crude Oil Co. v. Tana Oil & Gas Corp. , 860 S.W.2d 634, 639 (Tex. App. . . .

POOLE- WARD, v. AFFILIATES FOR WOMEN S HEALTH, P. A., 283 F. Supp. 3d 595 (S.D. Tex. 2017)

. . . CODE § 171.021 ; see, e.g. , G.T. Leach Builders, LLC v. . . .

Dr. A. NEWDOW v. RIO LINDA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, Dr. M. Dr. S. J., 597 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2010)

. . . . § 171.021 (Supp.2008); Mont. Code Ann. § 20-7-133 (2007); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 389.040 (2007); N.H. . . .

PINELLAS COUNTY, a v. CITY OF LARGO, a a, 964 So. 2d 847 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . . § 171.021; see also § 171.022 (stating that the purpose of the Act is to provide viable and usable . . . .2d 1148, 1150 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), the Cities posit that the purposes of the Act listed in section 171.021 . . . Reading sections 171.021, 171.022(1), and 171.044(4) together, we discern no implied preemption in the . . . of voluntary municipal annexation must be consistent with the Act’s purposes as expressed in section 171.021 . . .

COUNTY OF VOLUSIA, v. CITY OF DELTONA,, 925 So. 2d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . The County contends that the circuit court applied the incorrect law when it held that section 171.021 . . .

ASW ALLSTATE PAINTING CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. v. LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY,, 188 F.3d 307 (5th Cir. 1999)

. . . The Texas General Arbitration Act, in pertinent parts, provides: § 171.021. . . . Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 171.021 (West Supp.1999) § 171.098. . . . under this chapter or an order: (1) denying an application to compel arbitration made under Section 171.021 . . . Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 171.021. . . .

BURTON, v. CITY OF BELLE GLADE,, 178 F.3d 1175 (11th Cir. 1999)

. . . . §§ 171.021-.022 (West 1987)). . . . Section 171.021 provides: The purposes of this act are to set forth procedures for adjusting the boundaries . . . Ann. § 171.021. . " 'Compactness' means concentration of a piece of property in a single area and precludes . . .

MAY, Ft. a Ft. v. LEE COUNTY, a, 483 So. 2d 481 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Florida Statutes (1983), and that the land was not sufficiently urban in character, as defined by section 171.021 . . . We find no bar in section 171.021, Florida Statutes (1983) to the annexation of land located adjacent . . . On the contrary, such land is “urban in character” as that phrase is employed in section 171.021 and . . .

SCA SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. v. CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, a, 418 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . municipalities ... and to set forth criteria for determining when annexations . . . may take place . . . . ” § 171.021 . . .

SCA SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. v. CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, a TIMBERLANE SHOPS ON SQUARE, INC. v. CITY OF TALLAHASSEE,, 393 So. 2d 35 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Section 171.021, Fla.Stat. (1979); Section 171.0413(4), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .