Protecting Municipalities Against Unnecessary State Infringement: The Unrealized Wake Of The Municipal Home Rule Powers Act And Temple Terrace

In 1976 the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. v. City of Temple Terrace,' wherein the issue was the extent to which the state or its agencies may ignore local zoning regulations in carrying out their proper functions, be they governmental or proprietary in nature.