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Date: Sunday, March 1, 1998 
Question/Topic: Where can I find information about the incorporation of municipalities 
Answer/Pointer: There is a Florida Local Government web site at: http://www.state.fl.us/fgsd_html/local.html At that site, there are separate links to Miami and Miami Beach. When one clicks on those links, entirely different homepages come up for each, with different information one from the other. The Florida League of Cities 1997-98 Membership Directory has separate entries for Miami and for Miami Beach. The year of incorporation for Miami is 1896. The year of incorporation for Miami Beach is 1915. Establishment of municipalities is covered generally in the Florida Constitution Article 8, Section 2. The Florida Constitution is online at: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/citizen/documents/constitution/index.html The formation of municipalities is covered in the Florida Statutes in Chapter 165.011. Incorporation is dealt with in Chapter 165.041 and 165.061. Links to the Florida Statutes are online at the following web site: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/citizen/documents/statutes/index.html To look at the 1997 Florida Statutes, click on the link to Florida Statutes (full volume). You may also search the Florida Statutes by clicking on the link Search 1997 Florida Statutes (full volume). The incorporation of individual municipalities is accomplished by special acts of the legislature. The record of the incorporation of Miami in 1896 is found in the 1897 Laws of Florida, Special Acts, Chapter 4642 - [No. 128]. The record of the incorporation of Miami Beach in 1916 is found in the 1917 Laws of Florida, Special Acts, Chapter 7672 - [No. 414].  
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