Jacksonville Charter pt. A, art. 1, ch. 1 — CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT | Charter of the City of Jacksonville (Supp. No. 6, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 2026-492-E, enacted July 28, 2026) — City of Jacksonville

Jacksonville Charter, art. 1, § 1.101 Consolidated government.

Section 1.101. - Consolidated government. (a) The county government of Duval County, the municipal government of the City of Jacksonville, the Duval County Air Improvement Authority, the east Duval County Mosquito Control District, the northeast Duval County Mosquito Control District, and all boards, bodies, and officers thereof were and are consolidated into a single body politic and corporate pursuant to the power granted by former s. 9 of Article VIII of the Constitution of 1885, as amended, of the State of Florida, which section was continued by and remains in full force and effect under s. of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida. The name of the consolidated government is City of Jacksonville (herein called "city" or "consolidated government"). The consolidated government succeeds to and possesses all the properties (of whatever nature), rights, capacities, privileges, powers, franchises, immunities, liabilities, obligations, and duties of the former governments and former special districts named in the first sentence of this subsection, without including or affecting the existence, properties, rights, capacities, privileges, powers, franchises, immunities, liabilities, obligations, and duties of the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin. The consolidated government shall have perpetual existence and shall have only such officers, departments, and other agencies as are provided in this charter or as may be established by the council. (b) The consolidated government has and shall have jurisdiction as a chartered county government and extend territorially throughout Duval County, and has and shall have jurisdiction as a municipality throughout Duval County except in the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin. (Laws of Fla., Ch. 78-536, § 1; Laws of Fla., Ch. 92-341, § 1; Ord. 2010-616-E, § 1)

Jacksonville Charter, art. 1, § 1.102 Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and Town of Baldwin.

Section 1.102. - Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and Town of Baldwin. (a) The territories of the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin were and are also consolidated into the territory of the consolidated government. The Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin shall each continue to exist and have and retain the same local governmental structure, boards, bodies, officers, laws, municipal charters, and special acts which existed in those areas on September 30, 1968, unless changed in accordance with law. The persons who were officers and members of boards and bodies of the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin on September 30, 1968, continued after that date to occupy the same position and were entitled to the same compensation therefor, unless changed in accordance with law. All such boards, bodies, and officers continue since October 1, 1968, to be elected at the times, in the manner, and for the terms which were provided under their respective municipal charters and continue to have the same powers and duties which they had under those charters, unless changed in accordance with law. All municipal charters and special and general laws which applied to the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin on September 30, 1968, continue to apply to the respective governments, boards, bodies, and officers unless changed in accordance with law. These Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin each continue to be entitled to own, acquire, encumber, and transfer property in its own name, by the duly authorized action of its boards, bodies, and officers. The Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin are continued as municipalities having all governmental, corporate, and proprietary powers to enable them to conduct municipal government, perform municipal functions, and render municipal services, and shall be treated, considered, and dealt with as municipalities under the Constitution and laws of the State of Florida and shall be entitled to exercise the same functions, powers, and duties granted to municipalities under the general laws and Constitution of the State of Florida. (b) The Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin shall not be subject to the provisions of section 5.11, article 14, article 16, article 17, or article 19. The council may provide for management or fiscal audits by the council auditor of the second, third, fourth, and fifth urban services districts or their boards, bodies, or officers. (Laws of Fla., Ch. 78-536, § 1; Laws of Fla., Ch. 92-341, § 1; Ord. 2010-616-E, § 1)