Fla. Stat. 421.261
Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished; counties in excess of 400,000

Whenever a municipality in any county having a population in excess of 400,000 according to the most recent official census has been or hereafter shall be abolished, wherein at the time of such abolishment a housing authority of such municipality was or is in existence, such housing authority shall continue to function in all respects; provided, however, that the name of such housing authority shall thenceforth be such as may be determined by the county commissioners of the county wherein it functions. Each such housing authority and the commissioners thereof, within the area of operation of such housing authority as hereinafter defined, shall have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges provided for housing authorities created for cities. Each such housing authority shall continue to operate and prosecute all projects operated or initiated by it prior to the abolishment of the municipality, and shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges thereafter conferred upon housing authorities for cities. The commissioners of each such housing authority shall continue in office after the abolishment of the particular municipality for the remainder of their respective terms. Their successors shall be appointed by resolution of the commissioners of the county. As used in the Housing Authorities Law, the terms “mayor” and “governing body” shall be construed as meaning “county commissioners,” the term “city” as used therein shall be construed as meaning “county,” and the term “clerk” as used therein shall be construed as meaning “clerk of the circuit court of the county,” unless different meanings clearly appear from the contents. The area of operation of any such housing authority shall continue to be the same as that before the abolishment of the municipality, unless extended by resolution of the county commissioners, provided that no such extension shall include any territory lying within a city as defined in the Housing Authorities Law.

Source: Section 421.261 — Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished; counties in excess of 400,000, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0421.­261 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

421.01
Short title 421.001
State role in housing and urban development 421.02
Finding and declaration of necessity 421.03
Definitions 421.04
Creation of housing authorities 421.05
Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners 421.06
Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties 421.07
Removal of commissioners 421.08
Powers of authority 421.09
Operation not for profit 421.10
Rentals and tenant selection 421.11
Cooperation of authorities 421.12
Eminent domain 421.13
Planning, zoning and building laws 421.14
Debentures 421.15
Form and sale of debentures 421.16
Provisions of debentures and trust indentures 421.17
Validation of debentures and proceedings 421.18
Remedies of an obligee of authority 421.19
Additional remedies conferrable by authority 421.21
Aid from Federal Government 421.22
Reports 421.23
Liabilities of authority 421.24
Organization and establishment 421.25
Contracts and undertakings 421.26
Notes and bonds 421.27
Housing authorities in counties 421.28
Creation of regional housing authority 421.29
Area of operation of regional housing authority 421.30
Commissioners of regional authorities 421.31
Powers of regional housing authority 421.32
Rural housing projects 421.33
Housing applications by farmers 421.34
Additional definitions 421.35
Supplemental nature of sections 421.36
Short title 421.46
Organization and establishment of housing authorities validated 421.47
Contracts and undertakings of housing authorities validated 421.48
Notes and bonds of housing authorities validated 421.49
Area of operation of housing authorities for defense housing 421.50
Decreasing area of operation of regional authority 421.51
Authority for county excluded from regional authority 421.52
Authorities 421.091
Financial accounting and investments 421.101
False representations to obtain lower rent in housing accommodations 421.261
Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished 421.321
Execution of mortgages

Current through Fall 2025

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