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QUESTION: Does the Captiva Fire Control District have the authority to borrow money to construct a firehouse building?

SUMMARY: There being no statutory provision which, either expressly or by necessary implication, authorizes the Captiva Fire Control District to borrow money to construct a firehouse building, the district is not authorized by law to do so. Your question is answered in the negative. It is a well-established principle that specially created districts possess only such powers as are expressly given or necessarily implied because essential to carry into effect those powers…