Florida Statute 15.18 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title IV
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Chapter 15
SECRETARY OF STATE

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F.S. 15.18

15.18 International and cultural relations.—The Divisions of Arts and Culture, Historical Resources, and Library and Information Services of the Department of State promote programs having substantial cultural, artistic, and indirect economic significance that emphasize American creativity. The Secretary of State, as the head administrator of these divisions, shall hereafter be known as “Florida’s Chief Arts and Culture Officer.” As this officer, the Secretary of State is encouraged to initiate and develop relationships between the state and foreign cultural officers, their representatives, and other foreign governmental officials in order to promote Florida as the center of American creativity. The Secretary of State shall coordinate international activities pursuant to this section with the Department of Commerce and any other organization the secretary deems appropriate. For the accomplishment of this purpose, the Secretary of State shall have the power and authority to:

(1) Disseminate any information pertaining to the State of Florida which promotes the state’s cultural assets.

(2) Plan and carry out activities designed to cause improved cultural and governmental programs and exchanges with foreign countries.

(3) Plan and implement cultural and social activities for visiting foreign heads of state, diplomats, dignitaries, and exchange groups.

(4) Encourage and cooperate with other public and private organizations or groups in their efforts to promote the cultural advantages of Florida.

(5) Serve as the liaison with all foreign consular and ambassadorial corps, as well as international organizations, that are consistent with the purposes of this section.

(6) Provide, arrange, and make expenditures for the achievement of any or all of the purposes specified in this section.

History.—s. 1, ch. 80-159; s. 1, ch. 83-64; s. 1, ch. 86-163; s. 87, ch. 90-201; s. 30, ch. 91-5; s. 76, ch. 99-251; s. 5, ch. 2002-1; s. 12, ch. 2012-116; s. 2, ch. 2021-71; s. 7, ch. 2023-173.

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Total Results: 31

Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr.

907 F.3d 1324

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 29, 2018 | Docket: 8099571

Cited 228 times | Published

defendants to sit-out fines in jail, Ala. Code § 15-18-62 , so the judges did not exceed their subject-matter

McNair v. Allen

515 F.3d 1168, 2008 WL 227945

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 30, 2008 | Docket: 284257

Cited 142 times | Published

death by lethal injection. Id. (citing Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1 (2006 Cumulative Supp.)). By failing to choose

Dianne Mullinax v. E.B. McElhenney Clifford Sticher and Robert E. Keller

817 F.2d 711, 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 6687

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 26, 1987 | Docket: 808926

Cited 107 times | Published

attorney. Criminal investigations are not. O.C.G.A. § 15-18-6. Therefore, whether Keller and Sticher are entitled

Cunningham v. District Attorney's Office for Escambia County

592 F.3d 1237, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 231, 2010 WL 21180

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 6, 2010 | Docket: 1591938

Cited 89 times | Published

(effective Aug. 1, 2009), codified at Ala.Code § 15-18-200 (1975). That statute allows a capital defendant

Calvin Lewis Owens, Jr. v. Fulton County

877 F.2d 947, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 10435, 1989 WL 72249

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 20, 1989 | Docket: 689667

Cited 84 times | Published

circuit may supplement their salaries. O.C.G.A. § 15-18-10 (1982). In contrast, Texas district attorneys

Aaron Lee Jones v. Richard Allen

485 F.3d 635, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 9571, 2007 WL 1225393

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 27, 2007 | Docket: 398885

Cited 40 times | Published

would be lethal injection. See Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1 (2006 Cumulative Supp.). In 2004, the

Jeff Peppers v. Cobb County, Georgia

835 F.3d 1289, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 15691, 129 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 849, 2016 WL 4474679

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 25, 2016 | Docket: 4416431

Cited 24 times | Published

that section of Georgia’s code. Ga. Code Ann. § 15-18-20(a) (“The district attorney in each judicial

Williams v. Allen

496 F.3d 1210, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19836, 2007 WL 2368028

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 21, 2007 | Docket: 398971

Cited 23 times | Published

execution would be lethal injection. See Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1 (2006 Cumulative Supp.). On April 20, 2005

Darrell Grayson v. Richard Allen

491 F.3d 1318, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 16845, 2007 WL 2027903

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 16, 2007 | Docket: 398945

Cited 23 times | Published

electrocution instead. See Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1. Grayson did not elect electrocution and thus

Christopher Lee Price v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

920 F.3d 1317

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 10, 2019 | Docket: 14911077

Cited 18 times | Published

effective on June 1, 2018. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1 . The statute *1322 reads

Carey Dale Grayson v. Warden, Commissioner, Alabama DOC

869 F.3d 1204

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 1, 2017 | Docket: 6146851

Cited 15 times | Published

2002-492, 2002 Ala. Laws 1243 (codified at- Ala. Code § 15-18-82,1), A person sentenced to death in Alabama can

Anthony Boyd v. Warden,Holman Correctional Facility

856 F.3d 853, 2017 WL 1856071, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8238

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 9, 2017 | Docket: 6060125

Cited 15 times | Published

Majority correctly determines that, under Arthur, § 15-18-82.1 of the Alabama Code precludes Boyd from relying

City of Ormond Beach v. County of Volusia

535 So. 2d 302, 1988 WL 123678

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 23, 1988 | Docket: 1306125

Cited 11 times | Published

(Fla. 1984); 5 McQuillan, Municipal Corporations, § 15.18; 12 Fla.Jur.2d, Municipal Corporations, § 194.

Grady Boutwell v. Eddie Nagle and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama

861 F.2d 1530, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 17200, 1988 WL 128451

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 21, 1988 | Docket: 279435

Cited 9 times | Published

board of corrections (penal system).” Ala.Code § 15-18-6 (1975) (emphasis added). By implication, the

Geoffrey West v. Commissioner, Alabama DOC

869 F.3d 1289

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 6, 2017 | Docket: 6148560

Cited 7 times | Published

2002-492, 2002 Ala. Laws 1243 (codified at Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1). Since that time, the State’s lethal injection

City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

114 So. 3d 924, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 322, 2013 WL 2096257, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1000

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 16, 2013 | Docket: 60232017

Cited 7 times | Published

to general state laws.” 5 McQuillin Mun. Corp. § 15:18 (3d ed. 2012). Although municipalities generally

Faye L. Roth Revocable Trust v. UBS Painewebber Inc.

323 F. Supp. 2d 1279, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11232, 2004 WL 1381697

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 30, 2004 | Docket: 2360236

Cited 7 times | Published

investors from liability under Section 12(a)(1) and Section 15[18] of the Act. Id. at 425. In that context, not

Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

840 F.3d 1268, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 19752, 2016 WL 6500595

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 2, 2016 | Docket: 4485142

Cited 6 times | Published

is not feasible and readily implemented because § 15-18-82.1 of the Alabama Code does not authorize the

Barnette v. Evans

673 F.2d 1250, 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19824, 8 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 1422, 6 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 475

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 26, 1982 | Docket: 66191595

Cited 6 times | Published

conviction under the criminal statute. See Ala.Code § 15-18-67 (1975). Acting on a complaint filed by Barnette

Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

915 F.3d 689

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 6, 2019 | Docket: 14537369

Cited 4 times | Published

relatives or friends of the condemned, Ala. Code § 15-18-83 (a) (emphasis added), the statute neither

General Motors Corp. v. Sanchez

16 So. 3d 883, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 9619, 2009 WL 2031284

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 15, 2009 | Docket: 1640855

Cited 4 times | Published

the Law, Remedies Damages and Attorney Fees, § 15:18 (Westlaw, updated through October 2008). The appellee

Straley v. Frank

585 So. 2d 334, 1991 WL 143768

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 31, 1991 | Docket: 271512

Cited 3 times | Published

prior case law. In Florida Dissolution of Marriage § 15.18 (3d ed. 1990), the author states that a spouse

Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

680 F. App'x 894

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 24, 2017 | Docket: 65964555

Cited 1 times | Published

phone case, *897we must first review Alabama Code § 15-18-83, which restricts who may be present and witness

James Edward Barber v. Governor of the State of Alabama

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 19, 2023 | Docket: 67614066

Published

Argued: Jul 17, 2023

available execution method. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1(a) (2018). Barber acknowledges that

Matthew Reeves v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 26, 2022 | Docket: 62629892

Published

5 (internal citations omitted). See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1(a). Inmates like Mr. Reeves, who were sentenced

Noel N. Chua, M.D. v. Andrew J. Ekonomou

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 15, 2021 | Docket: 59985364

Published

in the private practice of law.” Ga. Code Ann. § 15-18- 21(a). He also refers to a statute establishing

Nathaniel Woods v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 4, 2020 | Docket: 16928599

Published

default method of lethal injection. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82. For death-sentenced inmates such as Woods

Ray Cromartie v. Bradfield Shealy, Randa Wharton

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 30, 2019 | Docket: 16401486

Published

postconviction DNA testing statute. Ala. Code § 15-18-200. This Court has not yet addressed the constitutionality

Geoffrey West v. Commissioner, Alabama DOC

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 6, 2017 | Docket: 6148993

Published

electrocution instead of lethal injection. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1(a) (explaining “[a] person convicted and sentenced

Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

857 F.3d 1157, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9159, 2017 WL 2305461

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 25, 2017 | Docket: 65662529

Published

discussed in this Court’s panel opinion, Alabama Code § 15-18-83 restricts execution witnesses to relatives or

D'agastino v. the City of Miami

189 So. 3d 236, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 4024, 2016 WL 1051850

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 2016 | Docket: 3044891

Published

to general state laws.” 5 McQuillin Mun. Corp. § 15:18 (3d ed.2012). Although municipalities generally