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Fla. Stat. § 27.15 (2025)
State attorneys to assist in other circuits.
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27.15 State attorneys to assist in other circuits.—
(1) The Governor of the state may for good and sufficient reasons require any state attorney in the state to proceed to any place in the state and assist the state attorney holding office in the circuit where such place is located in the discharge of any of the duties of such state attorney. Any state attorney in this state who shall be so directed by the Governor to go and assist any other state attorney in the discharge of his or her duties shall immediately proceed to the place designated and assist the state attorney of the circuit in which such place is located in the performance of duties.
(2) When any state attorney is required to go beyond the limits of the circuit in which he or she holds office to comply with this section or on other official business performed at the direction of the Governor, the expenses that would otherwise not have been incurred but for the executive assignment shall be borne by the state and shall be paid from the appropriation provided by the state for the state attorney who is being assisted in the discharge of his or her duties. Other costs attendant to the prosecution of such cases shall be paid by the entity obligated to pay the expense in the absence of an executive assignment.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 8571, 1921; CGL 4744, 4745; s. 24, ch. 57-1; s. 1, ch. 67-324; s. 2, ch. 69-1736; s. 124, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 2003-402.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1965–2000 · leading case: Finch v. Fitzpatrick, 254 So. 2d 203 (Fla. 1971).
Finch v. Fitzpatrick, 254 So. 2d 203 (Fla. 1971). “" Governor Askew then revoked the executive order of 1970, and pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 27.15 , F.S.A., ordered State Attorney Austin and his assistants "* * * to assist the State Attorney holding office in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida by representing the State of…”
Austin v. State Ex Rel. Christian, 310 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 1975). “Unquestionably, under Fla. Stat. § 27.15 , F.S.A., the Governor could have ordered Austin to assist the resident State Attorney of the Second Judicial Circuit in the discharge of his duties without limitation of time.”
State Ex Rel. Christian v. Austin, 302 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974). “(F.S.27.15) In assaying the legislative intent here, and the weight to be accorded that intent, the threshold question is whether these two statutes contain a grant of power by the legislative branch or an acknowledgment of power already resident in the executive branch.”
Stancel v. Schultz, 226 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969). “The only exception is where a local State Attorney has been specifically "directed by the governor to go and assist any other state attorney in the discharge of his duties", F.S. § 27.15, F.S.A., a prerequisite which admittedly did not exist here.”
Am. Fed'n of Musicians, Local 806 v. City of West Palm Beach, 179 So. 2d 134 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965). “The complaint goes on to quote in part section 27.15 of the licensing ordinance stating that it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any business within the city without a license “ ‘ * * * or imprisoned in the City Jail for a period not to exceed five days * * ” for…”
State v. Garcia, 774 So. 2d 21 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “Section 27.15(2) expressly provides that in cases such as the one before us, when the State Attorney is appointed to go beyond its jurisdiction, “the expenses incurred shall be borne by the state and shall be paid from the appropriation pro *23 vided by the state for circuit…”
— 27.15(2) — 1 case
State v. Garcia, 774 So. 2d 21 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “Section 27.15(2) expressly provides that in cases such as the one before us, when the State Attorney is appointed to go beyond its jurisdiction, “the expenses incurred shall be borne by the state and shall be paid from the appropriation pro *23 vided by the state for circuit…”
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