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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT co
BETWEEN
OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY, FIRST JUDICIAL CiRCUIT
; AND
OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR, FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WHEREAS, Revision 7 to Art. V, Fla. Const. and Sec. 29.004, Fla. Stat. establish the
parameters of the Florida court system, and
WHEREAS, Sec. 29.004, Fla. Stat. provides that the State of Florida is not responsible
for the funding of specialty (therapeutic) courts, and
WHEREAS, Sec. 29.008(2), Fla. Stat. provides that the counties are to pay for the
associated staff and expenses to operate these specialty courts, and
WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the parties to this Agreement to continue to staff and
operate the following specialty courts:
Escambia County Santa Rosa County Okaloosa County
Teen Court Teen Court Teen Court
Boys’ Court Truancy Court Domestic Violence Court
Girls’ Court Mental Health Court
Truancy Court
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The Office of State Attorney will provide the appropriate staffing and
administrative support for the above specialty courts.
2. Court Administration shall reimburse, quarterly, the Office of State Attorney
for services rendered in Specialty Courts as follows:
Escambia County $4,850
Santa Rosa County $ 703
Okaloosa County $2,197
3. Court Administration shall make payments to the State Attorney, by voucher,
in the amounts shown above.
4. The first payment shall be on December 31, 2005, and at the end of each
quarter thereafter.
5. The transfer of these funds is subject to the availability of funds generated
under Fla. Stat. 939.185(1)(a)l. Attached.
Executed this 27 day of zl . , 2005, at Escambia County, Florida.
- William E. Eddin ee ck
State Attomey Court Administrator