CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 81236
...Section 4.07A of that manual sets forth the legal holidays to be observed by the courts, and specifically lists the "Friday after Thanksgiving" as a holiday to be observed by all Florida state courts, circuits, and support offices. These provisions are consistent with section
110.117(1)(g), Florida Statutes (1987), which defines "paid holidays" for state employees, and lists the "Friday after Thanksgiving" as a paid holiday to be "observed by all state branches and agencies." Section
683.01, Florida Statutes (1987), defines "legal holidays" in the sense of "public holidays" and sets Thanksgiving day as "the fourth Thursday in November"; but it is silent as to the Friday following Thanksgiving. The apparent inconsistency between section
683.01 and both section
110.117(1)(g) and section 4.07A of the supreme court's manual does not require a construction of rule 1.090(a) as embracing only the legal holidays described in section
683.01....
...One attacking an order granting a new trial has to meet the very heavy burden of showing that the judge's action was arbitrary, fanciful or unreasonable. Weems v. Dawson,
352 So.2d 1196 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. den.,
359 So.2d 1221 (Fla. 1977). In my opinion the trial court did not abuse its discretion. NOTES [1] Section
110.117, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1979, was not in effect at the time of the filing at issue in Flack....
...Had it been, the court undoubtedly would have observed that subsection (i) provides that if any of the listed holidays falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday. November 10, 1978, the date at issue in Flack, thus would have been considered a legal holiday pursuant to section 110.117(1)(i) because the designated holiday honoring Veteran's Day, November 11, fell on a Saturday that year....
CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 16945, 2003 WL 22513826
...a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. When the period of time allowed is less than 7 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. As used in these rules, legal holiday means those days designated in Section 110.117, F.S....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 487, 2012 WL 2848890, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2678
...(5) “Next Day” Defined. The “next day” is determined by continuing to count forward when the period is measured after an event and backward when measured before an event. (6) “Legal Holiday” Defined. “Legal holiday” means (A) the day set aside by section 110.117, Florida Statutes, for observing New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day, and (B) any da...
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1980).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
John W. McWhirter, Jr. Attorney for Hillsborough Community College Board of Trustees Tampa QUESTIONS: 1. Are employees of a community college district state employees for the purpose of s. 110.117 , F....
...S., which establishes paid holidays to be observed by state branches and agencies? 2. May a community college board of trustees take action without receiving and considering the recommendations of the community college president? SUMMARY: Until judicially or legislatively determined to the contrary, the provisions of s. 110.117 (1), F....
...AS TO QUESTION 1: Your first inquiry appears to have been prompted by a question raised during a meeting of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee whether employees of a community college district are state employees and thus limited to the holiday schedule prescribed in s. 110.117 (1), F. S. Section 110.117 (1) prescribes those holidays which `shall be paid holidays observed by all state branches and agencies.' You inquire whether community college districts are state agencies and their employees state employees for the purposes of this statute....
...es, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts and all other districts in this state.' Part I of ch. 110, F. S., generally relates to state employment or employment in state government. Section 110.117 , which establishes those holidays which shall be paid holidays observed by all state branches and agencies , was adopted by the 1979 Legislature; thus the parameters of this section have not yet been judicially determined....
...ollege which has been expressly designated by statute as a political subdivision of the state or the college district which is designated as an independent, separate, legal entity created for the operation of the community college. My examination of s. 110.117 failed to reveal any evidence that the Legislature intended the provisions of part I, ch....
...ate educational opportunities for all students, including recommending holidays and vacation periods for the college. Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that, until judicially or legislatively determined to the contrary, the provisions of s. 110.117 , F....
