Florida Statute 29.5 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 29
COURT SYSTEM FUNDING

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F.S. 29.005

29.005 State attorneys’ offices and prosecution expenses.—For purposes of implementing s. 14, Art. V of the State Constitution, the elements of the state attorneys’ offices to be provided from state revenues appropriated by general law are as follows:

(1) The state attorney of each judicial circuit and assistant state attorneys and other staff as determined by general law.

(2) Reasonable court reporting and transcription services necessary to meet constitutional or statutory requirements, including the cost of transcribing and copying depositions of witnesses and the cost of foreign language and sign-language interpreters and translators.

(3) Witnesses, including expert witnesses, summoned to appear for an investigation, preliminary hearing, or trial in a case when the witnesses are summoned by a state attorney, and any other expert witnesses required in a court hearing by law or whomever the state attorney deems necessary for the performance of his or her duties.

(4) Reasonable transportation services in the performance of constitutional and statutory responsibilities.

(5) Travel expenses reimbursable under s. 112.061 reasonably necessary in the performance of constitutional and statutory responsibilities.

(6) Reasonable library and electronic legal research services, other than a public law library.

(7) Reasonable pretrial consultation fees and costs.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2000-237; s. 41, ch. 2003-402; s. 26, ch. 2004-265; s. 15, ch. 2005-236; s. 7, ch. 2019-3.

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Total Results: 13

In Re May

12 B.R. 618, 1980 Bankr. LEXIS 4287

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Oct 16, 1980 | Docket: 348564

Cited 51 times | Published

see also, 1A Collier §§ 14.24, 14.47; 2A Collier § 29.05[2.1]. As stated by the court in Matter of Vecchione

McAden v. State

21 So. 2d 33, 155 Fla. 523, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 568

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 30, 1945 | Docket: 3265138

Cited 31 times | Published

compensation and salary of a court reporter. Section 29.05, Fla. Stats. 1941 (F.S.A.), makes it the duty

MacCabees Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Julie Dianne Morton, Karen Morton Sowell, Larry Lee Morton, Josephine Morton Roberts, Individually and Admin. Charles Edward Morton, Deceased, Julie Dianne Morton, Counter-Claimant v. MacCabees Mutual Life Insurance Company, Counter-Defendant. Karen Morton Sowell, Larry Lee Morton, Counter-Cross-Claimants, Josephine Morton Roberts, Counter-Cross-Claimant-Appellee v. MacCabees Mutual Life Insurance Company, Counter-Defendant, Julie Dianne Morton, Cross-Defendant-Appellant

941 F.2d 1181, 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 21300

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 12, 1991 | Docket: 1004964

Cited 10 times | Published

appointed. 26 Ga.Code Ann. § 29-5-8(b). A Georgia probate judge correctly testified

OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY v. Polites

904 So. 2d 527

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 25, 2005 | Docket: 1365400

Cited 8 times | Published

the State Attorney's Office is required by section 29.005(3), Florida Statutes (2004), to pay for expert

United States v. Kim H. Birge

830 F.3d 1229, 2016 WL 3997211

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 26, 2016 | Docket: 4114105

Cited 3 times | Published

the capacity to do so themselves. See O.C.G.A. § 29-5-l(a) (“The court may appoint a conservator for

Land-O-Sun Dairies, Inc. v. Williams Environmental Services, Inc. (In Re Finevest Foods, Inc.)

165 B.R. 949, 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 16, 1994 Bankr. LEXIS 482, 1994 WL 107949

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 1994 | Docket: 1770892

Cited 1 times | Published

entitled to a mechanic's lien under both § 29-5-10 and § 29-5-20 of the South Carolina Code and argues

Grimes v. Leon County School Bd.

518 So. 2d 327, 1987 WL 2665

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 15, 1987 | Docket: 1777745

Cited 1 times | Published

made up by the strength in the other. Larson, § 29, 5-354. Cf. Strother v. Morrison Cafeteria, 383 So

Russ v. Brooksville Health Care Center, LLC

109 So. 3d 1266, 2013 WL 1316776, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5440

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 3, 2013 | Docket: 60229488

Published

Philip J. Padovano, Florida Appellate Practice § 29:5, at 734-35 (2011 ed.) (“This standard [whether

Knox v. State

98 So. 3d 679, 2012 WL 4511310, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 16731

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 3, 2012 | Docket: 60312522

Published

various statutes allow for such payments. See § 29.005(3), Fla. Stat. (2010) (the expenses of state attorneys’

Williams v. Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement

678 So. 2d 1282, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 344, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 1426, 1996 WL 490183

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 29, 1996 | Docket: 64767064

Published

reporter being present at criminal proceedings. Section 29.05, Florida Statutes (1991), provides for payment

Williams v. State, Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement

647 So. 2d 317, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 12533, 1994 WL 704800

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 1994 | Docket: 64752949

Published

proceedings, and she was paid certain “fees” under Section 29.05, Florida Statutes, for preparing transcripts

Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance v. Morton

941 F.2d 1181

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 12, 1991 | Docket: 66266352

Published

innately would have known of the existence of section 29-5-8(b) and then would have interpreted its provisions

Orange West, Ltd. v. City of Winter Garden

528 So. 2d 84, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1609, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 2910, 1988 WL 68505

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 7, 1988 | Docket: 64635883

Published

mobile homes. Individual lots shall not be sold. Section 29-5, entitled "General Definitions,” provides: Mobile