Florida Statute 943.36 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 943
DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 943.36

943.36 Submission of annual budget.—

(1) For the purpose of providing state funding, each laboratory designated in s. 943.35 shall submit to the Department of Law Enforcement, on or before October 15 of each year, a written report containing the following:

(a) The actual operating costs of the immediate prior fiscal year.

(b) The operating budget approved by the county commission for the fiscal year in progress.

(c) Workload data, including, but not limited to, the volume of casework received and completed by type and sources of workload by law enforcement agency.

(2) Prior year actual and current operating cost data shall include an itemization of the eligible expenditures required for the laboratory submitting it. The report shall indicate the portion of operating expenses funded by local or federal funds and specify the amount of the local appropriation to be used as the basis for computing the state’s maximum 75 percent funding contribution.

(3) The form of such reports shall be prescribed by the Department of Law Enforcement.

(4) The department shall provide for an annual audit process of the actual operating expenditures to verify their accuracy and compliance with excluded functions and provisions specified in s. 943.35(2) and to ensure that local laboratories are serving the needs of criminal justice agencies within their jurisdiction.

(5) Laboratories which are partially funded by the state shall continue to be locally operated but shall provide services when possible to any law enforcement official upon request.

History.—s. 7, ch. 74-362; s. 145, ch. 79-190; s. 6, ch. 88-324; s. 2, ch. 2004-249.

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Amendments to 943.36

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 943.36

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 943.36.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 943.36

Total Results: 3

Bionetics Corp. v. Kenniasty

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2011-02-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 69 So. 3d 943, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 69, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 338, 2011 WL 446205

Snippet: Quince, Polston, Perry 10 February 2011 69 So. 3d 943, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 69, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 338, 2011

Knight v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 705 So. 2d 127, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 545, 1998 WL 23266

Snippet: court erred by imposing $2 pursuant to section 943.36(13), Florida Statutes (1993), because it is a discretionary

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-04-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: itemized estimate. See s. 7(1), Ch. 74-362, supra [s. 943.36(1), F.S. (1974 Supp.)], providing that the report