Gidman v. Bureau’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Does Section 7.06 of the Charter of the City of Boca Raton, which provides that [n]o city funds shall be expended in any manner whatsoever to accrue either directly or indirectly to the benefit of any religious, charitable, benevolent, civic or service organization prohibit the City Council from contracting with the State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, pursuant to which the City is obligated to contribute public funds to the Department to match State and Federal funds to be used in the operation of a child day care center such as the Florence Fuller Child Development Center described in this case?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 440 So. 2d 1277 - City of Boca Raton v. Gidman

2. “The Court concludes that a functional test should be applied in transactions of this nature and that test should be determined in light of whether or not the service which is being performed on a contractual basis is, in fact, a municipal service of which the City under the Constitution of the State of Florida and its Charter is permitted to engage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 440 So. 2d 1277 - City of Boca Raton v. Gidman

3. “Art. VIII, § 2(b), Fla. Const. The court said that in this case the law provides a limitation, the city charter. In addition, The Municipal Home Rule Powers Act provides that the legislature intends to extend to municipalities the exercise of powers for municipal purposes”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 440 So. 2d 1277 - City of Boca Raton v. Gidman