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QUESTION:

Must the City of Hialeah receive referendum approval prior to the purchase of Hialeah Racetrack?

SUMMARY:

Premised upon described procedural and constitutional limitations and safeguards, the proposed purchase of Hialeah Racetrack by the City of Hialeah does not require a referendum pursuant to s. 7(b) of the Hialeah City Charter since the contractual and financial agreements relieving the city of any moral and/or legal responsibility and limiting any recourse to the property and to the lessee do not constitute the issuance of a true indebtedness within the meaning of said section.

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