§ 27.5301, Fla. Stat. · Part III. PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND OTHERCOURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL
Salaries of public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant regional counsel.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) The salaries of public defenders shall be as provided in the General Appropriations Act and shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
(2) The salary for each assistant public defender shall be set by the public defender of the same judicial circuit in an amount not to exceed 100 percent of that public defender’s salary and shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose. Assistant public defenders who serve in less than a full-time capacity shall be compensated for services performed in an amount to be in proportion to the salary allowed for full-time services.
(3) The salary of the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be as provided in the General Appropriations Act and shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
(4) The salary for each assistant regional counsel shall be set by the regional counsel in an amount not to exceed 100 percent of the regional counsel’s salary and shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose. Assistant regional counsel who serve in less than a full-time capacity shall be compensated for services performed in an amount that is in proportion to the salary allowed for full-time services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
ss. 3, 7, ch. 72-327; s. 5, ch. 80-376; s. 4, ch. 81-230; s. 18, ch. 2003-402; s. 9, ch. 2007-62.
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