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Florida Statute 216.172 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 216.172 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 216.172 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
216.172 Meetings of legislative appropriations committees.—
(1) The appropriations committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, being in charge of appropriation measures, shall sit in open sessions while considering the budget. The committees may cause the attendance of agency heads or responsible representatives of the state agencies and the judicial branch to furnish such information and answer such questions as the committees shall require, and to these sessions shall be admitted, with the right to be heard, all persons interested in the estimates.
(2) Each member of the Cabinet and each department headed by the Governor and Cabinet, in addition to submitting their budget requests to the Governor, may submit their budget requests directly to the appropriate committees of the Legislature and may make presentations directly to the Legislature pertaining to such requests.
History.—s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 11, ch. 71-354; s. 56, ch. 92-142.

Cases Citing F.S. 216.172

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·United Fac. of Florida, Etc. v. Bd. of Regents, 365 So. 2d 1073 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 100 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2543

...(Section 216.162(1), Florida Statutes 1975) The Governor's recommended budget is required to include "[a] summary statement of the estimated revenues and the amount of appropriations requested by each state agency and as recommended by him." (Section 216.162(2)(d), Florida Statutes 1975) Section 216.172, Florida Statutes 1975, details the consideration of agency budget requests by the appropriations committees of the House and Senate, and Section 216.181(1), requires that: "On or before July 1, the chairmen of the legislative appropr...
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Cited as authorityChiles (1993)
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Cited as authorityMartinez (1989)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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