Florida Statute 27.425 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.425

27.425 Due process service rates; expenditure limitation; approval of uniform contract forms and procedures.—

(1) The maximum compensation rates for state-funded due process service providers in cases in which the court has appointed private counsel or declared a person indigent for costs shall be specified annually in the General Appropriations Act. For purposes of this section, due process compensation rates do not include attorney’s fees for legal representation of the client.

(2) The total amount expended for providers of due process services in eligible cases may not exceed the amount budgeted in the General Appropriations Act for the particular due process service.

(3) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve uniform contract forms for use in procuring due process services and uniform procedures for use by a due process provider, or a private attorney on behalf of a due process provider, in support of billing for due process services to demonstrate completion of the specified services.

History.—s. 3, ch. 2007-62; s. 6, ch. 2010-162.

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Cases Citing Statute 27.425

Total Results: 4

Dale Glenn Middleton v. State of Florida – Revised Opinion

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-06-01

Snippet: 2011-69, § 4, at 126, Laws of Fla; see also § 27.425, Fla. Stat. (indicating that the rate specified

Dale Glenn Middleton v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-09

Citation: 220 So. 3d 1152, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 624, 2017 WL 930925, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 1210

Snippet: 2011-69, § 4, at 126, Laws of Fla,; see also § 27.425, Fla. Stat. (indicating that the rate specified

Dale Glenn Middleton v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-10-22

Snippet: 2011-69, § 4, at 126, Laws of Fla; see also § 27.425, Fla. Stat. (indicating that the rate specified

Justice Administrative Commission v. Official Reporters, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-05-27

Citation: 61 So. 3d 1269, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 7746

Snippet: Laws of Fla. (eliminating the language in section 27.425 authorizing the chief judge to recommend compensation