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Ordinances. The ordinances of the present Town of Fort Walton, Okaloosa County, State of
Florida, shall be and hereby are declared to be the ordinances of the City of Fort Walton Beach,
hereby organized and established, until altered, amended, modified or repealed by the city council,
except insofar as said ordinances may be modified, altered, amended or repealed by the provisions 1,
of -this charter.
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Section 63. Offices and employment continued.
All officers and employees of the Town of Fort Walton shall continue in their respective offices and
employment, after the effective date of this charter, until they are replaced by election or appointment
in accordance with the provisions of this charter.
Section 64. Construction.
a) Powers cumulative with state law.The enumeration of particular powers in this charter shall
not be termed or held to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers enumerated herein, implied
hereby, or applicable to the exercise thereof, which are now, or may hereafter be, possessed or
enjoyed by cities under the constitution and general laws of this state, and such powers shall be
cumulative and alternative powers to those herein granted and all the powers of the city, either
expressed or implied, shall be exercised and embraced in the manner prescribed by this charter, or
when not so prescribed, then in such manner as prescribed by ordinance or resolution of the council.
b) Severability. If any section or part of a section of this charter is invalid or unconstitutional, the
same shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section of this
charter, unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section is willingly and
necessarily dependent upon the section which is unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 67. Repealer.
All laws and parts of law in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 68. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately upon its becoming a law,
Section 73. Police jurisdiction over navigable waters.
The City of Fort Walton Beach is authorized to exercise police jurisdiction over all navigable water
within a distance of one -half ( 1/ 2) mile of the present city limits of the City of Fort Walton Beach,
provided, however, that no such distance shall extend beyond the half-way portion of any said body
of water.This charter shall not be construed to annex any portions of water at the present time or any
future date.
Section 74. Acquisition of recreational tracts.
The City of Fort Walton Beach is authorized to acquire property on Santa Rosa Island outside the
city limits of the City of Fort Walton Beach for recreational purposes, regardless of whether such
lands are contiguous to the present city limits, by passage of an ordinance of the city council without
regard to any general or special law of the state now existing.
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HISTORICAL NOTES & STATE LAW REFERENCES
Charter
Section Notes /State Law References
2 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
4 Ord. No. 755 2 -8 -83
9 166.041, Fla. Stats. 2004 ; Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
10 166.041, Fla. Stats. ( 2004); Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -7$
11 166.041, Fla. Stats. ( 2004); Ord. No. 687 3 -1478
24 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
25 Repealed, ursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
26 166.041, Fla. Stats. ( 20041; Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -7$
27 Repealed,
ealed, ursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
28 Repealed, _pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
29 -. Repealed, pursuant to. Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
30 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
31 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
32 Re ealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
33 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
34 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
35 Section 35 Contractual liability dependent on prior appropriation
was repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
35 Section 35 Accounts for specific appropriations was repealed,
pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
36 Repealed, Pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
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43. 1
44
Repeated, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
Re ealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
Re ealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
45 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
46 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
47 Re ealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
48 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
49 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78 See Fla. Cont. art. V § 20( d) C4)
50 Ord, No. 687 3 -14 -78
51 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
53 Ord. No. 687 ( 3- 14-78); Ord. No. 687.3 10 -26 -82
54 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -7$
59 98. 041, 166. 032, Fla. Stats ( 2004); Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
61 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
66 166. 141, Fla. Stats. ( 2004); Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
69 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
70 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
71 Ord. No. 687 3 -14 -78
72 Repealed, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Powers Act
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LAWS OF FLORIDA - SECTION
This table compares the Laws of Florida that have been incorporated into the
Charter and any amendments thereto.
Laws of Florida
Chapter I Section Charter Section
18539 ( 1937) City first created and
chartered as a municipal-
21247 ( 1941) City Reincorporated as
Town of Fort Walton
Beach
24529 1947 New charter
29092 1953 1 - 74 1 - 74
29093 1953 1
30070 1955 40
30770 1955 2
30771 1955 70
30772 1955 49
57 -1333 12
19
33
44
45
69
59 -1243 4
61 -2178 13
61 -2179 29
61 -2180 25
61 -2181 53
63 -1348 4
63 -1349 72
65 -1558 73
65 -1559 1- 2 74
Notes: Section 2 of the
law provided that the act
shall be interpreted as
giving the City of Fort
Walton Beach the right to
acquire land for recre-
ational purposes only and
shall not be construed or
interpreted in. any way to
incorporate or cause to
be incorporated any of
the said lands."
57 -1395 4
n 67 -1397 171
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Laws of Florida
Chapter Section Charter Section
71 -644 2
33
38 -43
43. 1
33
72 -544 33
92 -270 5
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SECTION - LAWS OF FLORIDA
This table compares Charter sections that have been incorporated or amended
by certain Laws of Florida.
Laws of Florida Section in
Charter Section Chapter Charter
1- 74 29092 ' 1953 1-- 74
1 29093 1953
2 30770 1955
2 71 -644
4 59 -1243
4 63 -1348
4 67 -1395
5 92 -270
12 57- 1333
13 61 -2178
19 57 -1333
25 61 -2180
29 61 -2179
33 57 -1333
33 71 -644
33 72 -544
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40
71- 644
30070 1955
41 71 -644
42 71- 644
43 71 -644
43. 1 71 -644
44 57 -1333
45 57 -1333
49 30772 1955
53 61 -2181
69 57 -1333
70 30771 1955
71 67 -1397
72 63 -1349
73 65 -1558
74 65 -1559 1- 2
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REFERENDA TO SECTION
This table shows the location within the Charter of measures approved at
referenda for which there are no ordinance numbers or chapters of the Laws of
Florida assigned.
Referendum of Section in Charter
5 -8 -79 6.
5 -12 -81 4
4A
60
65
11 - 2 -82 4
4B
Section 4A originally codified by Ord No. 723; new section
4A enacted by referendum; provisions concerning filling of
vacancies codified as new section 4B to avoid duplicate
