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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 951
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONERS
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F.S. 951.061
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.
History.s. 3, ch. 86-183; s. 30, ch. 96-312; s. 1879, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 951.061


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 951.061
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 951.061.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

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STANLEY, v. ISRAEL,, 843 F.3d 920 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . See id. at § 951.061(1). . . . This was not the case until § 951.061 was enacted in .1986; before then, Florida sheriffs had “no inherent . . . whether to assign that position to a person who functions solely as the CCO, to the sheriff pursuant to § 951.061 . . . Id. at § 951.061(1). . . . sheriffs who are also CCOs to include their deputies’ salaries in their county budgets, see id. at § 951.061 . . .

DAWES, v. STATE, 135 So. 3d 420 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . See § 951.061, Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .

ABUSAID, Jr. a. k. a. v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, s a s, 405 F.3d 1298 (11th Cir. 2005)

. . . . § 951.061(2); see also, e.g., id. § 30.60 (“A county sheriff ... may establish neighborhood crime watch . . .

PERRY, v. STATE, 846 So. 2d 584 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . In so arguing, the state points out that, under section 951.061, Florida Statutes, the sheriff is designated . . .

D. McRAE, v. DOUGLAS,, 644 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Section 30.07, Florida Statutes, gives the sheriff authority to appoint deputies, and section 951.061 . . . See § 951.061, Fla. Stat. . . .

J. HUFFORD, A. a v. RODGERS,, 912 F.2d 1338 (11th Cir. 1990)

. . . equipment, selection of personnel, and the hiring, firing and setting of salaries of such personnel”); § 951.061 . . .

FELDMAN v. A. BRESCHER,, 561 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . . § 951.061(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986). . . .