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In 1934, the Florida Constitution was amended to give the Florida Legislature the “power to establish, alter or abolish, a Municipal corporation to be known as the City of Jacksonville, extending territorially throughout the present limits of Duval County," [1] but for many years thereafter, the Legislature did not exercise the power.
The city of Jacksonville is home to the Duval County Courthouse. The previous courthouse was constructed in 1958, and the county's population has grown by more than 50% in the past forty years. A new $190 million Duval County Courthouse was a key component of the Better Jacksonville Plan, approved by voters in 2000.
The Jacksonville City Council is the legislative governing body of the city of Jacksonville, Florida and of Duval County, [1] with which the City of Jacksonville consolidated in 1968. The council meets in its chambers at Jacksonville City Hall, 117 W. Duval St.
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When legislative districts were reconfigured in 2012, McBurney remained in the 16th District, the composition of which did not significantly change. He won re-election without any opposition in the Republican primary or the general election. In 2013, McBurney sponsored and the Legislature passed a rewrite of Florida’s limited liability ...
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The district covers central Duval County and Downtown Jacksonville, as well as the western half of the Arlington neighborhood. The district is located entirely within Jacksonville, though it only contains part of the city center. [2] As of the 2010 Census, the district's population is 158,781. This district is majority-minority. [3]
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