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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.25

27.25 State attorney authorized to employ personnel; funding formula.—

(1) The state attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ and establish, in such number as is authorized by the General Appropriations Act, assistant state attorneys and other staff pursuant to s. 29.005. The state attorneys of all judicial circuits shall jointly develop a coordinated classification and pay plan which shall be submitted on or before January 1 of each year to the Justice Administrative Commission, the office of the President of the Senate, and the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such plan shall be developed in accordance with policies and procedures of the Executive Office of the Governor established pursuant to s. 216.181.

(2) The state attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ an executive director. The salary of the executive director shall be set by the state attorney in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Executive Office of the Governor established pursuant to s. 216.181 and shall not exceed 90 percent of the state attorney’s salary. The duties of the executive director shall be as prescribed by the state attorney.

(3) In any judicial circuit where a court reporter is not available, any stenographer employed by a state attorney is authorized and may be required to perform the services of a court reporter and shall be entitled to receive the per diem and fees provided by law for such services.

(4) All payments for the salary of the state attorney and the necessary expenses of office, including salaries of deputies, assistants, and staff, shall be considered as being for a valid public purpose.

(5) The appropriations for the offices of state attorneys shall be determined by a funding formula based on population and such other factors as may be deemed appropriate in a manner to be determined by this section and the General Appropriations Act.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 17261, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4759(9); s. 1, ch. 18147, 1937; s. 1, ch. 18148, 1937; s. 1, ch. 22188, 1943; s. 1, ch. 22905, 1945; ss. 2, 3, ch. 25243, 1949; s. 1, ch. 29952, 1955; s. 1, ch. 57-301; s. 5, ch. 67-324; s. 4, ch. 69-212; s. 1, ch. 69-257; s. 2, ch. 72-326; s. 1, ch. 73-215; s. 2, ch. 79-344; s. 1, ch. 81-230; s. 1, ch. 87-85; s. 129, ch. 95-147; s. 9, ch. 2003-402.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 27.25

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 27.25.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 27.25

Total Results: 18

Siegel v. Siegel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-02-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 867 So. 2d 484, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 1546, 2004 WL 256712

Snippet: was awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of $863,027.25 (the first order). In the order awarding said fees…instead claimed an entitlement to execute on the $862,027.25 award of attorney’s fees. The husband responded

Hartline v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-09-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 743 So. 2d 90, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 12107, 1999 WL 729058

Snippet: the first degree. Hartline was then sentenced to 27.25 years in prison on count four, concurrent 15-year

Butler v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-06-04T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 735 So. 2d 556

Snippet: term should have been 21.15 months instead of the 27.25 months reflected on the scoresheet. Accordingly,

In Re Certification of Need for Additional Judges

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1999-02-17T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 728 So. 2d 730

Snippet: Request Certified Totals 27 25 Totals 17 6

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-12-14T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: #39;s 85-38 and 81-100. 5 Accord, AGO 85-38 (s. 27.25[1], F.S., grants the state attorneys the discretion

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1985-05-16T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: issues, they will be answered together. Section 27.25(1), F.S., provides express statutory authority and… developed by the state attorneys pursuant to s 27.25(1). My analysis of the provisions of Part I of Ch…classification or pay plan developed in accordance with s 27.25(1), F.S., except to the extent that s110.118, F.…appears that the state attorneys are authorized by s 27.25(1), F.S., to develop a classification and pay plan…in the classification and pay plan required by s 27.25(1) for administrative leave for their employees

State v. Martinez

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-07-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 433 So. 2d 1356, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19889

Snippet: as as legitimate investigative expense. See §§ 27.25(4), 27.-33(l)(h), Fla.Stat. (1981). We cannot agree

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1981-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: relate to the state attorney's office. See s. 27.25(1), F.S., which authorizes the state attorney to

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1979-07-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: transmitted to the state comptroller. See also s. 27.25, F. S., which provides in pertinent part that `[

State v. Hill

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1979-06-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 372 So. 2d 84

Snippet: , 57 (1947); Steele v. Freel, 157 Fla. 223, 226-27, 25 So.2d 501, 503 (1946); State ex rel. Buford v.

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1979-03-08T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: including investigatory functions, pursuant to ss. 27.25 and 27.33, F.S.; the sheriff is authorized to request

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1976-08-10T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: is also authorized to employ investigators, s. 27.25(1), whose powers and functions are spelled out in

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-04-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: said state attorney's office. Also see ss. 27.25, 27.33, 216.251, 216.321, and 216.331, F.S.

State v. Garrett

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1975-03-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 310 So. 2d 751, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 14072

Snippet: contained in Chapter 29, F.S. (1973). See also F.S. § 27.25(2) (1973) and Rule 1.035, F.R.C.P. 8. Mechanical

Eagan v. DeManio

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1974-05-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 294 So. 2d 639

Snippet: attorneys to employ investigators (Fla. Stat. § 27.25(1), F.S.A.), and authorizing such investigators

Rutas Aereas Nacionales, S.A. v. Cauley & Martin, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-02-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 160 So. 2d 168

Snippet: rel. Brooks v. Freeland, 103 Fla. 683, 138 So. 27; 25 Fla.Jur., Prohibition, § 40; 42 Am.Jur., Prohibition

Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. Wilkes, Et Ux.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1938-01-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 178 So. 161, 130 Fla. 492, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1304

Snippet: and 1935 for which the mortgagee had expended $27.25. Wilkes answered the bill of complaint wherein he

State ex rel. Buford v. Daniel

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1924-03-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 87 Fla. 270, 99 So. 804

Snippet: Ill. 449, 111 N. E. Rep. 580, Ann. Cas. 1917-A 27; 25 R. C. L. 854. The statute is not incongruous. The