State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Hartsfield

ERVIN, Chief Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals from a declaratory judgment which found that appel-lee, Paul F. Hartsfield, as Clerk of the Circuit Court for Leon County, was required to charge HRS for the copying of court documents necessary in proceedings instituted by HRS pursuant to Chapter 409, Florida Statutes, despite the provisions of section 409.2571, which exempt HRS from charges for “necessary services” in such proceedings. HRS contends the trial court erred in concluding that although the copying of some documents amounts to a necessary…