Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 951.061 (2025)
Designation of sheriff as chief correctional officer; duties.
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951.061 Designation of sheriff as chief correctional officer; duties.—
(1) Upon adoption of an ordinance by a majority of the county commission, the sheriff may be designated the chief correctional officer of the county correctional system, and the sheriff shall appoint such officers as he or she deems necessary.
(2) If designated, the sheriff or his or her designee shall enforce all existing state law concerning the operation and maintenance of county jails.
(3) The salaries for county correctional officers shall be paid from the general revenue fund of the county and shall be included by the sheriff, if designated as chief correctional officer of the county, in his or her proposed budget of expenditures for the maintenance and operation of the county correctional system as provided in s. 30.49.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1990–2014 · leading case: McRae v. Douglas, 644 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).
McRae v. Douglas, 644 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). “Thus, McRae maintains that a correctional officer, though appointed by the sheriff, falls within the statutory definition of correctional officer and is protected by the statute even though an "employing agency" means an agency "which employs law enforcement officers or…”
Perry v. State, 846 So. 2d 584 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “" In so arguing, the state points out that, under section 951.061, Florida Statutes, the sheriff is designated as chief correctional officer of the county correctional system.”
Dawes v. State, 135 So. 3d 420 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014). “See § 951.061, Fla. Stat. (2011). Moreover, because Florida defines a state correctional institution as “any prison .”
Hufford v. Rodgers, 912 F.2d 1338 (11th Cir. 1990). “(1987) (statute preserves the independence of sheriffs in matters “concerning the purchase of supplies and equipment, selection of personnel, and the hiring, firing and setting of salaries of such personnel”); § 951.061, Fla.Stat. (1987) (county may designate the sheriff as the…”
Feldman v. Brescher, 561 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). “…1986 a county commission can designate a sheriff as the chief correctional officer of the county correctional system. § 951.061(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986).”
— 951.061(1) — 1 case
Feldman v. Brescher, 561 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). “…1986 a county commission can designate a sheriff as the chief correctional officer of the county correctional system. § 951.061(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986).”
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