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ALACHUA COUNTY v. WATSON

No. SC19-2016.

333 So.3d 162 (2022)

ALACHUA COUNTY, Florida, etc., Petitioner, v. Clovis WATSON, Jr., etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 27, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia H. Walbolt of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and James Parker-Flynn of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; and Robert C. Swain , County Attorney, Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida, for Petitioner.

Jacob Rush of Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Gainesville, Florida, for Respondent.

Thomas W. Poulton of DeBevoise & Poulton, P.A, Winter Park, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Sheriffs Association.

Laura Youmans of Florida Association of Counties, Tallahassee, Florida; and Alicia Lobeiras and Annika E. Ashton of Broward County Attorney's Office, Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Amici Curiae Florida Association of Counties, Inc., Florida Association of County Attorneys, Inc., and Broward County, Florida.

In this case, we decide how two statutes divide between a county and its sheriff the power to make changes to the sheriff's budget. Specifically, the parties ask us to determine a sheriff's authority to transfer money within the sheriff's budget at a certain level of detail—what is called the "object" level—under chapters...

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