Florida Statute 68.098 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 68
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS

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F.S. 68.098

68.098 Limitations.—No funds received or allocated pursuant to this act shall be used to:

(1) Lobby or influence the passage or defeat of any legislation before any municipal, county, or state legislative or administrative body.

(2) Provide legal assistance or advice with respect to any criminal proceeding or any federal or state postconviction proceeding. For purposes of this subsection, “criminal proceeding” means an adversary judicial process prosecuted by a public officer and initiated by formal complaint, information, or indictment charging a person with an offense classified or denominated as criminal by applicable law and punishable by death, imprisonment, jail sentence, or criminal fine.

(3) Sue the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions.

(4) Sue any college or university.

(5) Initiate or participate in a class action suit.

(6) Provide legal assistance or advice with respect to any noncriminal infraction or any enforcement proceeding instituted by the state or its agencies or political subdivisions pursuant to chapter 316, chapter 318, chapter 320, or chapter 322.

(7) Contest any regulatory decision by any municipal, county, or state administrative or legislative body.

(8) File or assist in the filing of private causes of action under federal or state statutes enforced by federal or state agencies relating to or arising out of employment or the terms or conditions of employment.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-288.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 68.098

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 68.098.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 68.098

Total Results: 3

Wilson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-07-07

Citation: 547 So. 2d 215, 1989 WL 73837

Snippet: (Miss. 1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 816, 108 S.Ct. 68, 98 L.Ed.2d 32 (1987), the essential facts are as follows

Hughes v. Landers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-11-15

Citation: 215 So. 2d 773, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4869

Snippet: ALLEN, Acting Chief Judge. Appellant, plaintiff below, appeals a final judgment entered by the court below from a directed verdict in favor of appellee, defendant below. The appellant brought suit for the wrongful death of his minor daughter as a result of an automobile collision with a horse owned by appellee. The undisputed facts are found to be as follows. On June 24, 1966, at 10:20 P.M. the appellant’s 16 year old daughter, Eloise Hughes, was a passenger in an automobile being driven on East

Murphy v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-08-13

Citation: 213 So. 2d 275, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5101

Snippet: PEARSON, Judge. The appellant, plaintiff below, seeks reversal of a summary final judgment for the defendant insurance company. The appellant had prayed the court to order the appellee to issue a health and accident insurance policy and to determine the benefits he was entitled to under the policy. He claimed that an oral assurance by the soliciting agent for the appellee that he was insured and the acceptance by the agent of his check in payment of the premium on the policy bound the appellee company