Florida Statutes § 1013.24 — Right of eminent domain.
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Part II — USE AND MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
There is conferred upon the district school boards in the state the authority and right to take private property for any public school purpose or use when, in the opinion of the school board, such property is needed in the operation of any or all of the public schools within the district, including property needed for any school purpose or use in any school district or districts within the county. The absolute fee simple title to all property so taken and acquired shall vest in the district school board, unless the school board seeks to appropriate a particular right or estate in such property.
History
History.—s. 818, ch. 2002-387.
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