The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VII
EVIDENCE

Chapter 92
WITNESSES, RECORDS, AND DOCUMENTS

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F.S. 92.141

92.141 Law enforcement employees; travel expenses; compensation as witness.—Any employee of a law enforcement agency of a municipality or county or the state who appears as an official witness to testify at any hearing or law action in any court of this state as a direct result of his or her employment in the law enforcement agency is entitled to per diem and travel expenses at the same rate provided for state employees under s. 112.061, except that if the employee travels by privately owned vehicle he or she is entitled to such travel expenses for the actual distance traveled to and from court. In addition thereto, such employee is entitled to receive the daily witness pay, exclusive of the mileage allowance, provided by s. 92.142, except when the employee is appearing as a witness during time compensated as a part of his or her normal duties.

History.—s. 1, ch. 63-508; s. 1, ch. 67-427; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 43, ch. 81-259; s. 1, ch. 84-153; s. 505, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 90.141.

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Amendments to 92.141

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 92.141

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 92.141.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

DESBONNES, v. STATE, 846 So. 2d 565 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 92.141 . . .

WILLIAMSON, v. STATE, 681 So. 2d 688 (Fla. 1996)

. . . . § 92.141(5)(d), Fla. Stat. (1993). . § 921.141(5)(h), Fla. Stat. (1993). . § 921.141(5)(i), Fla. . . .

PERRY, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a, 427 So. 2d 295 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . declaration of their past and future entitlement to receive and retain the witness pay authorized by Sections 92.141 . . . Sections 92.141 and 92.142, Florida Statutes (1979) (formerly Sections 90.14 and 90.-141, Florida Statutes . . . (1977), provide: “92.141 Law enforcement officers; per diem, expenses; witnesses, pay. — Any law enforcement . . . declared that the Rule did not violate or deprive the appellants of any rights accorded them by Sections 92.141 . . . the Public Safety Department does not violate or deprive the officers of any rights under Sections 92.141 . . .