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...nent records of all county officers be located at the county seat and section
138.09 requires the county commissioners to erect a courthouse and a jail at the county seat as soon as the county seat has been decided upon by the electors, we note that section
138.12, Florida Statutes (1981), [5] permits county commissioners to expand the geographical area of county seats without expanding the boundaries of the municipality named as the county seat. If the Volusia County Council exercises its authority under section
138.12 and expands the county seat to include the Indian Lake Road location, the new jail lawfully could be the "county jail" of Volusia County....
...I agree with the majority that Volusia County may build the proposed new jail outside the municipal boundaries of its county seat without violating article VIII, section 1(k), Florida Constitution, and section
138.09, Florida Statutes (1981). It could accomplish this by expanding the geographic area of DeLand as provided by section
138.12, Florida Statutes (1981)....
...al facilities, the Indian Lake Road location eventually would include the sheriff's offices, criminal courtrooms, judges' chambers, clerk's offices, state attorney and public defender offices, court reporters' offices, and other related offices. [5] Section 138.12 provides: The board of county commissioners of any county may expand the geographical area of the county seat of its county beyond the corporate limits of the municipality named as the county seat by adopting a resolution to that effect at any regular or special meeting of the board....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1991).
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be limited by s. 138.10, F.S. QUESTION ONE: Section
138.12, F.S., provides: The board of county commissioners
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1999).
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relocation of county seats. With the exception of section
138.12, Florida Statutes, the entire chapter addresses
