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Fla. Stat. § 15.18 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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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·Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr., 907 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2018).

Cited 228 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

defendants to sit-out fines in jail, Ala. Code § 15-18-62 , so the judges did not exceed their subject-matter
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Cited as authorityPickard (2026)
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·McNair v. Allen, 515 F.3d 1168 (11th Cir. 2008).

Cited 142 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2008 WL 227945

death by lethal injection. Id. (citing Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1 (2006 Cumulative Supp.)). By failing to choose
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·Dianne Mullinax v. E.B. McElhenney Clifford Sticher & Robert E. Keller, 817 F.2d 711 (11th Cir. 1987).

Cited 107 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 6687

attorney. Criminal investigations are not. O.C.G.A. § 15-18-6. Therefore, whether Keller and Sticher are entitled
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Cited as authorityBrown (2026)
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·Cunningham v. Dist. Attorney's Off. for Escambia Cnty., 592 F.3d 1237 (11th Cir. 2010).

Cited 89 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 231, 2010 WL 21180

(effective Aug. 1, 2009), codified at Ala.Code § 15-18-200 (1975). That statute allows a capital defendant
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·Calvin Lewis Owens, Jr. v. Fulton Cnty., 877 F.2d 947 (11th Cir. 1989).

Cited 84 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 10435, 1989 WL 72249

circuit may supplement their salaries. O.C.G.A. § 15-18-10 (1982). In contrast, Texas district attorneys
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·Jeff Peppers v. Cobb Cnty., Georgia, 835 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2016).

Cited 24 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 15691, 129 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 849, 2016 WL 4474679

that section of Georgia’s code. Ga. Code Ann. § 15-18-20(a) (“The district attorney in each judicial
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·Carey Dale Grayson v. Warden, Comm'r, Alabama DOC, 869 F.3d 1204 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 15 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

2002-492, 2002 Ala. Laws 1243 (codified at- Ala. Code § 15-18-82,1), A person sentenced to death in Alabama can
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Called into doubtDoss (2024)
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·Darrell Grayson v. Richard Allen, 491 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2007).

Cited 23 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 16845, 2007 WL 2027903

electrocution instead. See Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1. Grayson did not elect electrocution and thus
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·Williams v. Allen, 496 F.3d 1210 (11th Cir. 2007).

Cited 23 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19836, 2007 WL 2368028

execution would be lethal injection. See Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1 (2006 Cumulative Supp.). On April 20, 2005
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·Christopher Lee Price v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr., 920 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2019).

Cited 18 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

effective on June 1, 2018. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1 . The statute *1322 reads
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·Anthony Boyd v. Warden,Holman Corr. Facility, 856 F.3d 853 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 15 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 WL 1856071, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8238

Majority correctly determines that, under Arthur, § 15-18-82.1 of the Alabama Code precludes Boyd from relying
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·Barnette v. Evans, 673 F.2d 1250 (11th Cir. 1982).

Cited 6 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19824, 8 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 1422, 6 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 475

conviction under the criminal statute. See Ala.Code § 15-18-67 (1975). Acting on a complaint filed by Barnette
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LimitedKoven (1995)
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LimitedIn re Invesco (1988)
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Declined to followIn re Van (1982)
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·Aaron Lee Jones v. Richard Allen, 485 F.3d 635 (11th Cir. 2007).

Cited 40 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 9571, 2007 WL 1225393

would be lethal injection. See Ala.Code § 15-18-82.1 (2006 Cumulative Supp.). In 2004, the
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·City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 114 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2013).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 322, 2013 WL 2096257, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1000

to general state laws.” 5 McQuillin Mun. Corp. § 15:18 (3d ed. 2012). Although municipalities generally
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·Geoffrey West v. Comm'r, Alabama DOC, 869 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 7 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

2002-492, 2002 Ala. Laws 1243 (codified at Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1). Since that time, the State’s lethal injection
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·City of Ormond Beach v. Cnty. of Volusia, 535 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 123678

...Nor do the opt-out ordinances appear to fall within an area of legitimate municipal concern. See State ex rel. Baker v. McCarthy, 122 Fla. 749, 166 So. 280 (1936); Tribune Co. v. Cannella, 458 So.2d 1075 (Fla. 1984); 5 McQuillan, Municipal Corporations, § 15.18; 12 Fla.Jur.2d, Municipal Corporations, § 194....
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·Grady Boutwell v. Eddie Nagle & the Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama, 861 F.2d 1530 (11th Cir. 1988).

Cited 9 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 17200, 1988 WL 128451

board of corrections (penal system).” Ala.Code § 15-18-6 (1975) (emphasis added). By implication, the
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Cited as authorityRusso (2001)
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Cited as authorityBeauchamp (1994)
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·Faye L. Roth Revocable Trust v. UBS Painewebber Inc., 323 F. Supp. 2d 1279 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 7 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11232, 2004 WL 1381697

investors from liability under Section 12(a)(1) and Section 15[18] of the Act. Id. at 425. In that context, not
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Cited as authorityKing (2020)
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Cited as authorityIn Re Enron Corp. Securities, Derivative & Erisa Lit. (2011)
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·Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr., 915 F.3d 689 (11th Cir. 2019).

Cited 4 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

relatives or friends of the condemned, Ala. Code § 15-18-83 (a) (emphasis added), the statute neither
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·Gen. Motors Corp. v. Sanchez, 16 So. 3d 883 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 9619, 2009 WL 2031284

the Law, Remedies —Damages and Attorney Fees, § 15:18 (Westlaw, updated through October 2008). The appellee
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·Arthur v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr., 840 F.3d 1268 (11th Cir. 2016).

Cited 6 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 19752, 2016 WL 6500595

is not feasible and readily implemented because § 15-18-82.1 of the Alabama Code does not authorize the
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·Arthur v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr., 680 F. App'x 894 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

phone case, *897we must first review Alabama Code § 15-18-83, which restricts who may be present and witness
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Cited as authorityMills (2024)
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Cited as authorityDavis (2022)
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·Straley v. Frank, 585 So. 2d 334 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 143768

...Surely, if the Florida Legislature had intended such a significant change in the domestic law of Florida, it would have done so in an explicit and unmistakable fashion. That is not the case. Several treatises have considered the effect of the statute on prior case law. In Florida Dissolution of Marriage § 15.18 (3d ed....
...1990), the author states that a spouse seeking to prove a special equity in property obtained prior to the marriage will presumably have to go through the same process as under prior law, citing to Ball, and notes that Ball is still cited as the standard for determining a special equity. §§ 15.18, 16.9....
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·Noel N. Chua, M.D. v. Andrew J. Ekonomou (11th Cir. 2021).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

in the private practice of law.” Ga. Code Ann. § 15-18- 21(a). He also refers to a statute establishing
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·Nathaniel Woods v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr. (11th Cir. 2020).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

default method of lethal injection. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82. For death-sentenced inmates such as Woods
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·Ray Cromartie v. Bradfield Shealy, Randa Wharton (11th Cir. 2019).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

postconviction DNA testing statute. Ala. Code § 15-18-200. This Court has not yet addressed the constitutionality
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·James Edward Barber v. Governor of the State of Alabama (11th Cir. 2023).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Jul 17, 2023

available execution method. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1(a) (2018). Barber acknowledges that
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·Arthur v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr., 857 F.3d 1157 (11th Cir. 2017).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9159, 2017 WL 2305461

discussed in this Court’s panel opinion, Alabama Code § 15-18-83 restricts execution witnesses to relatives or
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·D'agastino v. the City of Miami, 189 So. 3d 236 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 4024, 2016 WL 1051850

to general state laws.” 5 McQuillin Mun. Corp. § 15:18 (3d ed.2012). Although municipalities generally
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Geoffrey West v. Comm'r, Alabama DOC (11th Cir. 2017).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

electrocution instead of lethal injection. See Ala. Code § 15-18-82.1(a) (explaining “[a] person convicted and sentenced
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·Matthew Reeves v. Comm'r, Alabama Dep't of Corr. (11th Cir. 2022).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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