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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided August 28, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

Gerald Holley Washington County Attorney

J. L. Miner Clerk Circuit Court Chipley

QUESTIONS:

1. May a municipality enact an ordinance which creates offenses against the municipality for the same acts that constitute offenses against state criminal statutes, or by ordinance adopt state criminal or penal laws by specific or general reference thereto, and receive the fines and forfeitures and civil penalties generated from violations of such ordinances?

2. Is a municipality which created a city court immediately prior to the abolishment of such courts entitled to the fines and forfeitures and civil…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Waller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. State v. City of SunriseSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  3. City of Miami Beach v. Forte Towers, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1974
  4. Jaramillo v. City of HomesteadSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. City of Fort Lauderdale v. ByrdDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970

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