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 Bal Harbour
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER

  § 4. General powers.  

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  • The village shall have the right of perpetual succession; to use and alter at pleasure an official seal; to sue and be sued; to plead and be impleaded in all proper courts, including the right by action at law in the nature of debt and otherwise as may be appropriate in any court of competent jurisdiction to sue for and collect fines and penalties imposed by the village court; by bill in equity to aid and obtain enforcement of any legal, statutory or other rights of the said municipality; to levy on property of any person or corporation in the municipality and sell such property in the same manner as sales under execution are conducted, in order to collect fines or penalties due the municipality or to enforce a judgment of the village court; to contract and be contracted with; to incur debts, borrow and expend money and make evidences of indebtedness for lawful purposes of the municipality, providing that except when authorized by an affirmative vote of a majority of those voting at an election in said municipality, no debt shall be incurred which will result in the outstanding indebtedness being more in amount than fifty (50) per cent of the amount collected of taxes levied in and for the past preceding year, nor shall any debt be incurred for a longer time than one year unless authorized by a majority of those voting in such an election, but in any event in elections concerning bonds the Constitution of Florida shall control; provided that nothing herein shall abridge or affect in any way the powers granted to municipal corporations of the State of Florida under Chapter 17118 and Chapter 17119, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1935, Chapter 180, Florida Statutes 1941.

State law reference

Municipal home rule powers act, repeal of certain limitations, F.S. § 166.021.

Editor's note

This section has been editorially deleted as home rule powers of municipalities are derived from the state constitution and F.S. ch. 166 and the limitations on the exercise of home rule powers in a Charter adopted prior to July 1, 1973 have been repealed by operation of F.S. § 166.021(4).