DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE v. OKALOOSA COUNTY

No. 1D12-3929.

113 So.3d 1074 (2013)

DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, State of Florida, Appellant, v. OKALOOSA COUNTY and Nassau County, Petitioners, and Bay County and Pinellas County, Intervenors, and Miami-Dade County, Intervenor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Milla and Michael J. Wheeler , Assistant General Counsels, Department of Juvenile Justice, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Carly J. Schrader , Gregory T. Stewart , and Lynn M. Hoshihara of Nabors Giblin & Nickerson, Tallahassee; John R. Dowd , General Counsel, Okaloosa County Commissioners, Shalimar; David A. Hallman , Yulee; Terrell Arline , Panama City; Linda Brehmer-Lanosa , Orlando; Jennifer Wintrode Shuler , Assistant County Attorney, Panama City; Carl Edward Brody and Christy Donovan Pemberton , Assistant County Attorneys, Clearwater, for Appellees.


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) seeks review of an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) Final Order. The Final Order declared certain DJJ rules relating to cost sharing for secure detention invalid exercises of DJJ's authority; specifically, DJJ's interpretations of "final court disposition" and "actual costs." We find the ALJ correctly determined that DJJ's interpretations were improper.

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