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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided August 16, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

Philip A. DeLaney Counsel for Cedar Key Special Water and Sewerage District Gainesville

QUESTION:

Are the elective commissioners of a special district whose elective terms of office have expired required to hold over and continue in office when no one has qualified to succeed any of them in office?

SUMMARY:

The elective commissioners of the Cedar Key Water and Sewerage District whose two-year elective terms in office have expired are not required under the terms of s. 5(b), Art. II, State Const., to hold over and continue in office when no one has qualified to succeed them in office, as that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State, Ex Rel. v. Bird and VineySupreme Court of Florida · 1935
  2. State Ex Rel. Hawthorne v. WiseheartSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
  3. Town of Palm Beach v. City of West Palm BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
  4. State v. Ocean Shore Improvement DistrictSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
  5. Bair v. Central and Southern Florida Flood Control DistrictSupreme Court of Florida · 1962

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