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Fla. Stat. § 20.11 (2025)

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20.11 Department of Legal Affairs.There is created a Department of Legal Affairs. The head of the Department of Legal Affairs is the Attorney General.
History.s. 11, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 77-105.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1976–1993 · leading case: ST. v. Falls Chase Spec. Taxing Dist., 424 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).
ST. v. Falls Chase Spec. Taxing Dist., 424 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). · cites it 2× “Davis, Administrative Law Treatise § 20.11 at 279-80 (1982 Supp.): Since 1975 the [federal] law of exhaustion has become even more disorderly than it previously was.”
State of Florida Ex Rel. Robert L. Shevin, Attorney Gen., Plaintiff v. Exxon Corp., 526 F.2d 266 (5th Cir. 1976). “Fla.Stat.Ann. § 20.11 (1974 Supp.). But that statute merely transfers the Attorney General’s powers, including all those “prescribed by law,” and provides that each board “of which the attorney general is a member” may retain other counsel.”
Smith v. Willis, 415 So. 2d 1331 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “Davis, Administrative Law Treatise § 20.11 at 279-80 (1982 Supp.). The circuit court did not exceed its jurisdiction or depart from the essential requirements of law in denying a motion to dismiss this complaint seeking a declaration that section 380.”
Dixon v. State, 616 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). “§§ 20.11, 20.27 (1988). We decline to treat the appeal as a petition for certiorari.”
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