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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided February 23, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

QUESTION:

Should H.B. 76, filed for consideration in the 1977 Legislative Session, which upon passage would abolish the Tampa Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority as created and established under and pursuant to part IV of Ch. 163, F. S., be considered as a general law or as a special law?

SUMMARY:

Proposed H.B. 76 abolishing the Tampa Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority should be considered as a special law falling within the purview of the constitutional restrictions requiring publication of notice of intent to seek enactment of special legislation or a referendum of the electors within the affected…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Sun Insurance Office, Limited v. ClaySupreme Court of Florida · 1961
  2. State ex rel. Buford v. DanielSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
  3. State v. Board of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
  4. State Ex Rel. Gray v. StoutamireSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  5. State Ex Rel. Cunningham v. DavisSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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