General grant of power.
Tampa Related Laws, art. XXI, § 21.08
in effectSec. 21.08. - General grant of power.
The City of Tampa, Florida, is hereby authorized and empowered:
(a) to construct enlargements, improvements and extensions of the waterworks system of said City, either inside or outside or partly inside and partly outside of the corporate limits of said City;
(b) to issue water revenue bonds of said City, payable solely from water revenues, to pay the cost of such construction; and provided however, that the aggregate principal amount of such water revenue bonds which may be issued under provisions of this Act [division] shall not exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000); and
(c) to fix and collect rates and other charges for the water furnished by said waterworks system, provided however, that the prevailing water rates maintained by said City of Tampa shall not be increased unless and until the Board of Representatives [City Council] of the City of Tampa shall by ordinance provide for the submission of any proposed increase in rates to the voters of the City of Tampa and at such election, the proposal to increase such water rates shall receive a majority vote of such voters.
(Laws of Fla. 1941, Ch. 21593, § 1; Laws of Fla. 1943, Ch. 22487, § 1; Compiled Charter 1958, § 775)
Source: City of Tampa, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/tampa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHRELA_PTBRELA_ARTXXIUTATSY_DIV2COFU_S21.08GEGRPOFetched: 10/28/2026