§ 9. General powers.

(a)

The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations, cities and towns by the Constitution and general laws of this state, including any subsequent amendments thereto, with all the powers granted.

(b)

The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any city purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interest may require and, except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state or restricted by this Charter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.

(c)

The enumeration of particular powers by this Charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers, expressed or implied, which under the Constitution and general laws of this state, it would be competent for this Charter to specifically enumerate.

(d)

That said municipal corporation of the State of Florida, by the name of the City of Lake Butler:

(1)

May sue, be sued, and defend, plead and be impleaded in all courts and places and in all matters and proceedings;

(2)

May have and use a corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(3)

May take, by devise, bequest, gift, donation or otherwise, any property real or personal in trust for public, charitable or other purposes, and to do all acts and things necessary or appropriate to effectuate such trusts, with power to manage, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of said property, in accordance with the terms of said trusts;

(4)

May use any of said real property, whether within or without the territorial limits of said municipality, for parks, golf courses, playgrounds, roads, cemeteries, and the erection, maintenance and operation of municipal buildings, works and constructions of every character, including municipal offices, schools, courthouses, fire and police stations, houses of detention and correction, hospitals, infirmaries, asylums, dispensaries, poorhouses, crematories, wharves, docks, bridges, markets, lighting and power plants and waterworks to supply light, power, and water for public purposes or to be sold for profit, and buildings, works and constructions for all other purposes that said municipality through its commission [council], may deem necessary or proper for the welfare of said municipality or the inhabitants thereof[;] and

(5)

May exercise all other powers herein conferred and conferred by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Florida.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 99-477, § 1)

State law reference

Municipal home rule powers, F.S. ch. 166.