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1997 Florida Code
TITLE XI COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Chapter 164 Governmental Disputes  
164.106   Public hearing or meeting before settlement.

164.106  Public hearing or meeting before settlement.--

(1)  In any suit filed wherein the governing body of a county or municipality is a defendant, no settlement that requires the expenditure of public funds in excess of $5,000 shall be entered into unless the terms of the settlement have been the subject of a public hearing held after the county or municipality so sued gives due public notice.

(2)  A local government may settle a case that requires the expenditure of public funds in excess of $5,000 at a public meeting subject to s. 286.011 where it records in the minutes the reasons for which an emergency exists which preclude the local government from holding a public hearing on the settlement.

History.--ss. 6, 7, ch. 87-346; s. 38, ch. 91-45; s. 2, ch. 96-349.

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