Terms Used In Florida Statutes 159.287

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or of any special act, any commission, council, board, or authority created by special act with the authority to issue bonds for the purpose of promoting economic development throughout a county shall be deemed to have been created for the purpose of issuing bonds on behalf of the county in which jurisdiction or under or by the authority of which such commission, council, board, or authority is located or is acting; and any bonds issued by such commission, council, board, or authority are subject to the approval or disapproval of the county commission of such county pursuant to s. 125.01(1)(z).
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or of any special act, any commission, council, board, or authority created by special act with the authority to issue bonds for the purpose of promoting economic development within a municipality shall be deemed to have been created for the purpose of issuing bonds on behalf of the municipality in which which jurisdiction or under or by the authority of which such commission, council, board, or authority is located or is acting; and any bonds issued by such commission, council, board, or authority are subject to the approval or disapproval of the governing authority of such municipality.
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