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• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.01; Governor; residence; office; authority to protect life, liberty, and property.
  The Governor shall reside at the head of government, and the Governor's office shall be in the capitol. The Governor may have such other ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.02; Governor may preserve peace and order by military force.
  The Governor may, in cases of insurrection or rebellion, violence, disorder or insecurity of life, liberty and property, support and preserve the public peace and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.021; Governor; promulgation and enforcement of emergency rules and regulations.
  (1) The Governor of Florida is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and enforce such emergency rules and regulations as are necessary to prevent, control, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.022; Governor; emergency powers to quell violence.
  (1) The Governor of Florida is hereby authorized and empowered to take such measures and to do all and every act and thing which she ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.03; Governor's private secretary.
  The Governor of this state may appoint and commission a fit and proper person to hold office during the pleasure of the Governor, as private ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.055; Succession to office of Governor.
  Upon vacancy in the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor. Upon vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the Governor shall appoint ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.056; Succession as Acting Governor.
  Upon impeachment of the Governor and until completion of trial thereof, or during the Governor's physical or mental incapacity, the Lieutenant Governor shall become ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.057; Governor-elect; establishment of operating fund.
  (1) There is established an operating fund for the use of the Governor-elect during the period dating from the certification of his or her ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.058; Inauguration expense fund.
  There is established an inauguration expense fund for the use of the Governor-elect in planning and conducting the inauguration ceremonies. The Governor-elect shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.06; Governor authorized to employ clerical assistance for departments of state.
  The Governor of the state may employ clerical aid to work in any department of the state under the supervision and direction of the head ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.2001; Votes by Governor and Cabinet.
  Unless otherwise provided by law, in the event of a tie vote of the Governor and Cabinet acting in any capacity, the side on which ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.201; Executive Office of the Governor.
  There is created the Executive Office of the Governor. The head of the Executive Office of the Governor is the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.2015; Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development; creation; powers and duties.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is created within the Executive Office of the Governor. The director of the Office of Tourism, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.202; Administration Commission.
  There is created as part of the Executive Office of the Governor an Administration Commission composed of the Governor and Cabinet. The Governor is chair ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.23; State-Federal relations.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to establish mechanisms through which the legislative and executive branches of state government can work ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.24; Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
  (1) There is established in the Office of the Attorney General the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, consisting of 22 members. The Speaker ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.25; Florida State Commission on Hispanic Affairs.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a means by which the state may obtain a comprehensive and ongoing study relating to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.26; Citizen's Assistance Office.
  (1) There is created in the Executive Office of the Governor the Citizen's Assistance Office. The head of the Citizen's Assistance Office shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.27; Florida Commission on African-American Affairs.
  (1) There is established in the Executive Office of the Governor the Florida Commission on African-American Affairs. The commission shall consist of 15 members ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.28; Executive clemency.
  All records developed or received by any state entity pursuant to a Board of Executive Clemency investigation shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.29; Florida Commission on Community Service.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a means by which the state may develop a coordinated, unified plan in response to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.295; Florida Volunteer and Community Service Act of 2001.
  (1) This act may be cited as the "Florida Volunteer and Community Service Act of 2001." (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.31; Florida Faith-based and Community-based Advisory Council.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature finds that: (a) Compassionate groups of individuals have selflessly aided this state in serving our most vulnerable residents and our ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.32; Office of Chief Inspector General.
  (1) There is created in the Executive Office of the Governor the Office of Chief Inspector General. The Chief Inspector General shall be responsible for ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.325; Council on State Agency Inspectors General.
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "State agency" has the same meaning as defined in s. 20.055(1)(a). (b) "Council" means the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.33; Medal of Heroism.
  (1) The Governor may award a Medal of Heroism of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 14.34; Governor's Medal of Merit.
  (1) The Governor may present, in the name of the State of Florida, a medal to be known as the "Governor's Medal of Merit," ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.01; Duties.
  The Department of State shall have the custody of the constitution and Great Seal of this state, and of the original statutes thereof, and of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.012; State flag.
  The state flag shall conform with standard commercial sizes and be of the following proportions and description: The seal of the state, in diameter one-...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.02; Custodian of state flag; state papers; state laws and legislative documents.
  The Department of State shall have custody of the state flag; of all books, papers, files, and documents belonging to the office of Secretary of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.03; State seal.
  (1) The great seal of the state shall be of the size of the American silver dollar, having in the center thereof a view of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0301; State motto.
  "In God We Trust" is hereby designated and declared the official motto of the State of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.031; State tree.
  (1) The sabal palmetto palm, which is also known as the cabbage palm, and sometimes as the cabbage palmetto, a tree native to Florida, is ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0315; State fruit.
  The orange (Citrus sinensis and hybrids thereof) is hereby designated the official fruit of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.032; State beverage.
  The juice obtained from mature oranges of the species Citrus sinensis and hybrids thereof is hereby adopted as the official beverage of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0325; Official citrus archive.
  The Florida Citrus Archives, dedicated to Thomas B. Mack and located at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, are designated as the official citrus archive of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.033; State shell.
  The horse conch, which is also known as Pleuroploca gigantea, and sometimes as the giant band shell, a shell native to the marine waters surrounding ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0336; State stone.
  Agatized coral, a chalcedony pseudomorph after coral, appearing as limestone geodes lined with botryoidal agate or quartz crystals and drusy quartz fingers, indigenous to Florida, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.034; State gem.
  The moonstone, a transparent or translucent feldspar of pearly or opaline luster, is hereby designated the Florida state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0345; Official state wildflower.
  The Coreopsis is hereby designated and declared the official Florida state wildflower, as species of this genus are found throughout the state and are used ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.035; Official state play.
  The historical pageant by Paul Green known as the "Cross and Sword," presented annually by the citizens of the City of St. Augustine, is hereby ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0353; Official state animal.
  The Florida panther is hereby designated and declared as the official Florida state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.036; Official state freshwater fish.
  The Florida largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus) is hereby designated and declared as the official Florida state freshwater ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.037; Official state saltwater fish.
  The Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) is hereby designated and declared as the official Florida state saltwater ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.038; State marine mammal and state saltwater mammal.
  (1) The manatee, also commonly known as the sea cow, is hereby designated the Florida state marine mammal. (2) The porpoise, also commonly known as ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0382; Official state butterfly.
  The Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonius) is designated the official state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0385; Official state reptile.
  The American alligator is hereby designated and declared as the official Florida state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.039; Official state air fair.
  The Central Florida Air Fair is hereby designated as the official Florida state air ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0391; Official state rodeo.
  The Silver Spurs Rodeo, a world class sporting event and the largest rodeo east of the Mississippi River, which is held biennially in Osceola County ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0395; Official festival.
  The festival "Calle Ocho-Open House 8," a Florida historical festival presented annually by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana and the Hispanic citizens of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0396; Official state moving image center and archive.
  The Louis Wolfson II Media History Center, Inc., in Miami, is hereby designated as an official state moving image center and archive of the State ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.041; Official litter control symbol.
  The official Keep Florida Beautiful, Incorporated, service mark, as registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, is hereby designated as the State of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.043; Official state pageant.
  The pageant "Indian River," a Florida historical pageant presented annually by the citizens of Brevard County, is hereby designated an official state pageant of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.044; Official state opera program.
  The Greater Miami Opera Association; the Orlando Opera Company, Incorporated; and the Florida State University School of Music, representing the professional and academic communities in ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0445; Official state renaissance festival.
  The Italian Renaissance Festival presented at Vizcaya by Renaissance Historical Society of Florida, Inc., a not-for-profit educational corporation, during the third week in ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.045; Official state railroad museums.
  (1) Prior to representing to the general public that it is a Florida state railroad museum, a railroad museum must be authorized under subsection (2) ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.046; Official state transportation museum.
  The Florida Museum of Transportation and History, located in Fernandina Beach, is hereby designated as the official state transportation ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.047; Official state soil.
  Myakka fine sand (sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Haplaquods) is hereby designated and declared as the official Florida state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.048; Official state fiddle contest.
  The fiddle contest held annually by the Florida State Fiddlers' Association in cooperation with the Department of State at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.049; Official state band.
  The St. Johns River City Band is hereby designated and declared as an official Florida state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.051; Official Sports Hall of Fame.
  The Florida Sports Hall of Fame in Lake City, Columbia County, is designated as the Official Sports Hall of Fame for the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.052; Official state pie.
  Key lime pie is designated as the official Florida state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.0525; Official state maritime museum.
  (1) The Admiral John H. Fetterman State of Florida Maritime Museum and Research Center, to be built in the City of Pensacola, is designated as ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.07; Acts and papers of the Legislature to be deposited with the Department of State.
  All original acts and resolutions passed by the Legislature, and all other original papers acted upon thereby, together with the Journal of the Senate, and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.08; Not to issue commission until tax therefor is paid.
  The Secretary of State is prohibited from affixing her or his signature and the seal of the state to the commission of any public officer ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.09; Fees.
  (1) The fees, except as provided by law, to be collected by the Department of State, are: (a) For searching of papers or records, $3....
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.091; Processing fees; filing under chapter 679, Uniform Commercial Code.
  The nonrefundable processing fees for filing of any financing statement or other writing required or permitted to be filed by any provision of chapter 679 ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.092; Fees; exemption for state attorney.
  The Department of State shall provide, without charge, any state attorney or state attorney's designated representative: (1) Copies of any document or certificate under ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.13; Administration of certain laws.
  The Department of State shall have general supervision and administration of the election laws, corporation laws and such other laws as are placed under it ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.15; Publication of summaries of documents; charge.
  The Department of State may in its discretion publish summaries of all instruments, papers, or documents filed with it pursuant to any law and may ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.155; Legislative documents; Department of State to classify, number, and furnish copies of general laws, special acts, resolutions, and memorials.
  (1) Immediately after any act of the Legislature or any resolution or memorial is filed in the office of the Department of State, the department ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.16; Reproduction of records; admissibility in evidence; electronic receipt and transmission of records; certification; acknowledgment.
  (1) The Department of State may cause to be made copies of any records maintained by it by miniature photographic microfilming or microphotographic processes or ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.18; International and cultural relations.
  The Divisions of Cultural Affairs, Historical Resources, and Library and Information Services of the Department of State promote programs having substantial cultural, artistic, and indirect ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.182; International travel by state-funded musical, cultural, or artistic organizations; notification to Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
  (1) If a musical, cultural, or artistic organization that receives state funding is traveling internationally for a presentation, performance, or other significant public viewing, including ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 15.21; Initiative petitions; s. 3, Art. XI, State Constitution.
  The Secretary of State shall immediately submit an initiative petition to the Attorney General and to the Financial Impact Estimating Conference if the sponsor has: (...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.01; Residence, office, and duties of Attorney General.
  The Attorney General: (1) Shall reside at the seat of government and shall keep his or her office in the capitol. (2) Shall perform the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.015; Legal services; Department of Legal Affairs, other counsel.
  The Department of Legal Affairs shall be responsible for providing all legal services required by any department, unless otherwise provided by law. However, the Attorney ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.016; Payment of per diem, mileage, and other expense.
  Whenever the Department of Legal Affairs is called upon to represent any administrative agency or regulatory board, the agency or regulatory board so represented shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.02; Appointment of person to act in case of disability of Attorney General.
  In case of the disability of the Attorney General to perform any official duty devolving on him or her, by reason of interest or otherwise, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.061; Initiative petitions.
  (1) The Attorney General shall, within 30 days after receipt of a proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution by initiative petition from the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.07; Fee for defending offender prohibited.
  It shall be a misdemeanor in office for the Attorney General to take or receive any fee for defending any supposed offender in any of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.08; Superintendence and direction of state attorneys.
  The Attorney General shall exercise a general superintendence and direction over the several state attorneys of the several circuits as to the manner of discharging ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.09; Regulations as to the reports of state attorneys.
  The Attorney General shall prescribe the time and manner in which regular quarterly reports shall be made to him or her by state attorneys, and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.10; Receipt of Supreme Court reports for office.
  The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall deliver to the Attorney General a copy of each volume, or part of volume, of the decisions of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.101; Supreme Court reporter.
  The Attorney General shall be the reporter for the Supreme ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.52; Participation in preserving constitutional integrity of state.
  (1) In order to provide for independent action and cooperative participation by the state in a program of concerted action among the states, and independent ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.53; Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund, from which the Legislature may appropriate funds for the purpose of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.535; Legal Services Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Legal Services Trust Fund to be used by the Attorney General in providing legal services to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.54; Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute; revolving trust fund.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs the Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute, which shall be a comprehensive program of crime prevention ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.555; Crime Stoppers Trust Fund; rulemaking.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Department" shall mean the Department of Legal Affairs. (b) "Units of local government" shall mean the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.556; Crime Stoppers Trust Fund.
  The Crime Stoppers Trust Fund is created to be administered by the Department of Legal ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.56; Office of Statewide Prosecution.
  (1) There is created in the Department of Legal Affairs an Office of Statewide Prosecution. The office shall be a separate "budget entity" as that ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.57; Office of Civil Rights.
  There is created in the Department of Legal Affairs an Office of Civil Rights. The office may investigate and initiate actions authorized by chapter 760. ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.58; Florida Legal Resource Center.
  (1)(a) There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs the Florida Legal Resource Center, hereinafter referred to as the "center." (b) The resources ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.59; Medicaid fraud control.
  There is created in the Department of Legal Affairs the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which may investigate all violations of s. 409.920 and any ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.60; Public records mediation program within the Office of the Attorney General; creation; duties.
  (1) As used in this section, "mediation" means a process whereby a neutral third person, called the mediator, acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.61; Cybercrime Office.
  There is created in the Department of Legal Affairs the Cybercrime Office. This office may investigate violations of state law pertaining to the sexual exploitation ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 16.615; Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.
  (1) The Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys is established within the Department of Legal Affairs and shall consist of 19 ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.001; Chief Financial Officer.
  As provided in s. 4(c), Art. IV of the State Constitution, the Chief Financial Officer is the chief fiscal officer of the state and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.002; Definition.
  For the purposes of this chapter, the term "department" means the Department of Financial ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.011; Assistant Chief Financial Officer.
  The Chief Financial Officer of the state may appoint an assistant Chief Financial Officer to hold office during the pleasure of the Chief Financial ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.02; Place of residence and office.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall reside at the seat of government of this state and shall hold office in a room in the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.03; To audit claims against the state.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer of this state, using generally accepted auditing procedures for testing or sampling, shall examine, audit, and settle all accounts, claims, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.031; Security of Chief Financial Officer's office.
  The Chief Financial Officer may engage the full-time services of two law enforcement officers, with power of arrest, to prevent all acts of a ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.04; To audit and adjust accounts of officers and those indebted to the state.
  The Chief Financial Officer, using generally accepted auditing procedures for testing or sampling, shall examine, audit, adjust, and settle the accounts of all the officers ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.0401; Confidentiality of information relating to financial investigations.
  Except as otherwise provided by this section, information relative to an investigation conducted by the Division of Accounting and Auditing pursuant to s. 17.04, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.041; County and district accounts and claims.
  (1) It shall be the duty of the Chief Financial Officer to adjust and settle, or cause to be adjusted and settled, all accounts and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.0415; Transfer and assignment of claims.
  In order to facilitate their collection from third parties, the Chief Financial Officer may authorize the assignment of claims among the state, its agencies, and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.0416; Authority to provide services on a fee basis.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer, through the Department of Financial Services, may provide accounting and payroll services on a fee basis under contractual agreement with ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.05; Subpoenas; sworn statements; enforcement proceedings.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer may demand and require full answers on oath from any and every person, party or privy to any account, claim, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.075; Form of state warrants and other payment orders; rules.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to establish the form or forms of state warrants which are to be drawn by him or her ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.076; Direct deposit of funds.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "beneficiary" means any person who is drawing salary or retirement benefits from the state or who is ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.08; Accounts, etc., on which warrants drawn, to be filed.
  All accounts, vouchers, and evidence, upon which warrants have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, drawn upon the treasury by the Chief Financial Officer shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.09; Application for warrants for salaries.
  All public officers who are entitled to salaries in this state, shall make their application for warrants in writing, stating for what terms and the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.10; Record of warrants and of state funds and securities.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall cause to be entered in the warrant register a record of the warrants issued during the previous month, and shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.11; To report disbursements made.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall make in all his or her future annual reports an exhibit stated from the record of disbursements made during ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.12; Authorized to issue warrants to tax collector or sheriff for payment.
  Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer from examination of the books of his or her office that the tax ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.13; To duplicate warrants lost or destroyed.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer is required to duplicate any Chief Financial Officer's warrants that may have been lost or destroyed, or may hereafter ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.14; To prescribe forms.
  The Chief Financial Officer may prescribe the forms of all papers, vouchers, reports and returns and the manner of keeping the accounts and papers to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.16; Seal.
  The office of the Chief Financial Officer shall have an official seal by which its proceedings are ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.17; Examination by Governor and report.
  The office of Chief Financial Officer, and the books, files, documents, records, and papers shall always be subject to the examination of the Governor of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.20; Assignment of claims for collection.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall charge the state attorneys with the collection of all claims that are placed in their hands for collection of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.21; Not to allow any claim of state attorney against state until report made.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall not audit or allow any claim which any state attorney may have against the state for services who shall fail ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.22; Notice to Department of Legal Affairs.
  Whenever the Chief Financial Officer forwards any bond or account or claim for suit to any state attorney, he or she shall advise the Department ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.25; May certify copies.
  The Chief Financial Officer may certify, under his or her seal of office, copies of any record, paper, or document, by law placed in the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.26; Cancellation of state warrants not presented within 1 year.
  (1) If any state warrant issued by the Chief Financial Officer or Comptroller against any fund in the State Treasury is not presented for payment ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.27; Microfilming and destroying records and correspondence.
  (1) The Department of Financial Services may destroy general correspondence files and also any other records which the department may deem no longer necessary to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.28; Chief Financial Officer may authorize biweekly salary payments.
  The Chief Financial Officer may permit biweekly salary payments to personnel upon written request by a specific state agency. The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.29; Authority to prescribe rules.
  The Chief Financial Officer may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this chapter and duties assigned by statute ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.30; Dissemination of information.
  The Chief Financial Officer may disseminate, in any form or manner he or she considers appropriate, information regarding the Chief Financial Officer's official ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.32; Annual report of trust funds; duties of Chief Financial Officer.
  (1) On February 1 of each year, the Chief Financial Officer shall present to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.325; Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Chief Financial Officer.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall establish and operate a statewide toll-free telephone hotline to receive information or suggestions from the citizens of this ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.41; Department of Financial Services Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund.
  (1) The Department of Financial Services Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund is created within that department. (2) Funds to be credited to the Tobacco Settlement ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.43; Federal Equitable Sharing Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Equitable Sharing Trust Fund is created within the Department of Financial Services. The department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.51; Oath and certificate of Chief Financial Officer.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall, within 10 days before he or she enters upon the duties of office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.52; Moneys paid on warrants.
  The Division of Treasury shall pay all warrants on the treasury drawn by the Chief Financial Officer or Comptroller and other orders by the Chief ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.53; Chief Financial Officer to operate personal check-cashing service.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to operate a personal check-cashing service or a remote financial service unit at the capitol for the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.54; Annual report to Governor.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall make a report in detail to the Governor, with a copy to the President of the Senate and the Speaker ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.55; Examination by and monthly statements to the Governor.
  The office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the books, files, documents, records, and papers thereof, shall always be subject to the examination of the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.555; Division of Treasury to keep record of warrants and of state funds and securities.
  The Division of Treasury shall keep a record of the warrants or other orders of the Chief Financial Officer which the Division of Treasury pays ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.556; Legislative sessions; additional employees.
  (1) Hereafter during any period of time the Legislature of Florida may be in actual session, the Chief Financial Officer is empowered to employ additional ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.56; Division of Treasury to turn over to the Division of Accounting and Auditing all warrants paid.
  The Division of Treasury shall turn over to the Division of Accounting and Auditing all warrants drawn by the Chief Financial Officer or the Comptroller ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.57; Deposits and investments of state money.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer, or other parties with the permission of the Chief Financial Officer, shall deposit the money of the state or any ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.58; Deposits of public money outside the State Treasury; revolving funds.
  (1) All moneys collected by state agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and departments shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be deposited in the State ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.59; Safekeeping services.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall administer a collateral management service for all state agencies as defined in s. 216.011, or any county, city, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.60; Treasury Cash Deposit Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Treasury Cash Deposit Trust Fund. Cash deposits made pursuant to s. 17.59 shall be deposited ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.61; Chief Financial Officer; powers and duties in the investment of certain funds.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall invest all general revenue funds and all the trust funds and all agency funds of each state agency, and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.62; Interest on state moneys deposited; when paid.
  Interest on state moneys deposited in qualified public depositories under s. 17.57 shall be payable to the Chief Financial Officer ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.63; Chief Financial Officer not to issue evidences of indebtedness.
  It is not lawful for the Chief Financial Officer of this state to issue any treasury certificates, or any other evidences of indebtedness, for any ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.64; Division of Treasury to make reproductions of certain warrants, records, and documents.
  (1) Photographs, microphotographs, or reproductions on film of warrants, vouchers, or checks shall be deemed to be original records for all purposes; and any copy ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.65; Chief Financial Officer to prescribe forms.
  The Chief Financial Officer may prescribe the forms, and the manner of keeping the same, for all receipts, credit advices, abstracts, reports, and other papers ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 17.66; Securities in book-entry form.
  Any security that: (1)(a) Is eligible to be held in book-entry form on the books of the Federal Reserve Book-Entry System; or (...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 19.12; Collection and publication of statistics.
  The Commissioner of Agriculture shall arrange and adopt some plan for collecting and publishing agricultural, horticultural, pomological, and farm statistics in connection with the commissioner'...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 19.14; Oath of office.
  The Commissioner of Agriculture shall, before he or she enters upon the duties of office, take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 19.23; Residence and office.
  The Commissioner of Agriculture shall reside at the seat of government in this state, and shall keep his or her office in a room in ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 19.52; Stamps or tags.
  Whenever under the law, stamps are now required to be used in connection with inspection fees, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 19.54; Nathan Mayo Building.
  The name of the state chemistry building in Tallahassee, Florida, is designated and declared to be "The Nathan Mayo Building," in tribute to the Honorable ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.02; Declaration of policy.
  (1) The State Constitution contemplates the separation of powers within state government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government. The legislative branch ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.03; Definitions.
  To provide uniform nomenclature throughout the structure of the executive branch, the following definitions apply: (1) "Cabinet" means collectively the Attorney General, the Chief Financial ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.04; Structure of executive branch.
  The executive branch of state government is structured as follows: (1) The department is the principal administrative unit of the executive branch. Each department must ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.05; Heads of departments; powers and duties.
  (1) Each head of a department, except as otherwise provided by law, must: (a) Plan, direct, coordinate, and execute the powers, duties, and functions vested ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.051; Review of programs.
  (1) To achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness of government as intended by s. 6, Art. IV of the State Constitution, and to promote quality management ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.052; Advisory bodies, commissions, boards; establishment.
  Each advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or any other collegial body created by specific statutory enactment as an adjunct to an executive agency must ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.055; Agency inspectors general.
  (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "State agency" means each department created pursuant to this chapter, and also includes the Executive Office of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.057; Interagency agreements to delete duplication of inspections.
  (1) The Governor shall direct any department, the head of which is an officer or board appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.06; Method of reorganization.
  The executive branch of state government shall be reorganized by transferring the specified agencies, programs, and functions to other specified departments, commissions, or offices. Such ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.10; Department of State.
  There is created a Department of State. (1) The head of the Department of State is the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.11; Department of Legal Affairs.
  There is created a Department of Legal Affairs. The head of the Department of Legal Affairs is the Attorney ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.121; Department of Financial Services.
  There is created a Department of Financial Services. (1) DEPARTMENT HEAD.--The head of the Department of Financial Services is the Chief Financial Officer who ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.14; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  There is created a Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (1) The head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is the Commissioner of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.15; Department of Education.
  There is created a Department of Education. (1) STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.--In accordance with s. 2, Art. IX of the State Constitution, the State ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.165; Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
  There is created a Department of Business and Professional Regulation. (1) The head of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is the Secretary of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.18; Department of Community Affairs.
  There is created a Department of Community Affairs. (1) The head of the Department of Community Affairs is the Secretary of Community Affairs. The secretary ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.19; Department of Children and Family Services.
  There is created a Department of Children and Family Services. (1) MISSION AND PURPOSE.-- (a) The mission of the Department of Children and Family Services ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.195; Department of Children and Family Services Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
  (1) The Department of Children and Family Services Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund is created within that department. Funds to be credited to the trust fund ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.197; Agency for Persons with Disabilities.
  There is created the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, housed within the Department of Children and Family Services for administrative purposes only. The agency shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.1971; Agency for Persons with Disabilities; trust funds.
  The following trust funds are created and shall be administered by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities: (1) The Administrative Trust Fund. (a) Funds to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.201; Department of Law Enforcement.
  (1) There is created a Department of Law Enforcement. The head of the department is the Governor and Cabinet. The executive director of the department ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.21; Department of Revenue.
  There is created a Department of Revenue. (1) The head of the Department of Revenue is the Governor and Cabinet. (2)(a) The administrative responsibilities ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.22; Department of Management Services.
  There is created a Department of Management Services. (1) The head of the Department of Management Services is the Secretary of Management Services, who shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.23; Department of Transportation.
  There is created a Department of Transportation which shall be a decentralized agency. (1)(a) The head of the Department of Transportation is the Secretary ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.24; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
  There is created a Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. (1) The head of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.255; Department of Environmental Protection.
  There is created a Department of Environmental Protection. (1) The head of the Department of Environmental Protection shall be a secretary, who shall be appointed ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.2551; Citizen support organizations; use of property; audit; public records; partnerships.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section, a "citizen support organization" means an organization which is: (a) A Florida corporation not for profit incorporated ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.28; State Board of Administration.
  The State Board of Administration, continued by s. 9, Art. XII of the State Constitution, retains all of its powers, duties, and functions as prescribed ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.29; Department of Citrus.
  The State Citrus Commission, created under chapter 601, is continued and renamed the Department of Citrus. (1) The head of the Department of Citrus is ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.315; Department of Corrections.
  There is created a Department of Corrections. (1) PURPOSE.--The purpose of the Department of Corrections is to protect the public through the incarceration and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.3151; Administrative Trust Fund.
  (1) The Administrative Trust Fund is created within the Department of Corrections. (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.316; Department of Juvenile Justice.
  There is created a Department of Juvenile Justice. (1) SECRETARY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.-- (a) The head of the Department of Juvenile Justice is the Secretary ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.317; Department of the Lottery.
  There is created a Department of the Lottery. (1)(a) The head of the Department of the Lottery is the Secretary of the Department of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.32; Parole Commission.
  (1) The Parole and Probation Commission, authorized by s. 8(c), Art. IV, State Constitution of 1968, is continued and renamed the Parole Commission. The ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.331; Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  (1) RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.--The Legislature, recognizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as being specifically authorized by the State Constitution under s. 9, Art. ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.3315; Florida Forever Program Trust Fund of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  (1) There is created a Florida Forever Program Trust Fund within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to carry out the duties of the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.34; Governmental Reorganization Act of 1969; effect on rules.
  Except when it is inconsistent with the other provisions of this chapter, all rules and regulations of the agencies involved in this reorganization that are ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.37; Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  There is created a Department of Veterans' Affairs. (1) The head of the department is the Governor and Cabinet. The executive director of the department ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.41; Department of Elderly Affairs.
  There is created a Department of Elderly Affairs. (1) The head of the department is the Secretary of Elderly Affairs. The secretary must be appointed ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.42; Agency for Health Care Administration.
  (1) There is created a department that, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 20.04(1), shall be called the Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.425; Agency for Health Care Administration Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
  (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund is created within the agency. Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.43; Department of Health.
  There is created a Department of Health. (1) The purpose of the Department of Health is to promote and protect the health of all residents ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.435; Department of Health; trust funds.
  (1) The following trust funds are hereby created, to be administered by the Department of Health: (a) Administrative Trust Fund. 1. Funds to be credited ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.50; Agency for Workforce Innovation.
  There is created the Agency for Workforce Innovation within the Department of Management Services. The agency shall be a separate budget entity, as provided in ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.505; Administrative Trust Fund of the Agency for Workforce Innovation.
  (1) The Administrative Trust Fund is created within the Agency for Workforce Innovation. (2) Funds shall be used for the purpose of supporting the administrative ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 20.506; Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
  (1) The Welfare Transition Trust Fund is created within the Department of Children and Family Services for the purposes of receiving federal funds under the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.01; Short title.
  Sections 22.01-22.10 shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.02; Declaration of policy.
  Because of the existing possibility of attack upon the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and in order, in the event of such an ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.03; Definitions.
  Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, as used in ss. 22.01-22.10: (1) "Unavailable" means either that a vacancy in office exists ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.05; Enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices.
  With respect to local offices, for which the legislative bodies of cities, towns, villages, townships, and counties may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.06; Emergency interim successors for local officers.
  The provisions of this section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions (including, but not limited to, cities, towns, villages, townships, and counties, as ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.07; Formalities of taking office.
  At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.08; Period in which authority may be exercised.
  Officials authorized to act as Governor pursuant to ss. 22.01-22.10, emergency interim successors, and special emergency judges are empowered to exercise the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.09; Removal of designees.
  Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors or special emergency judges are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.10; Disputes.
  Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under ss. 22.01-22.09 with respect to an office in the executive branch of the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.15; Seat of government; emergency temporary location.
  (1) Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 22.20; Emergency continuity of government; political subdivision.
  (1) Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.12; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Florida Mutual Aid ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.121; Policy and purpose.
  (1) Because of the existing and continuing possibility of the occurrence of natural or manmade disasters or emergencies and other major law enforcement problems, including ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.1225; Mutual aid agreements.
  (1) The term "mutual aid agreement," as used in this part, refers to one of the following types of agreement: (a) A voluntary cooperation written ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.1231; Florida Mutual Aid Plan; powers and duties.
  (1) The Florida Mutual Aid Plan must prepare for the distribution and allocation of state resources, including the Florida National Guard, in support of the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.127; Powers, privileges, and immunities.
  (1) Any employee of any Florida law enforcement agency who renders aid outside the employee's jurisdiction but inside this state pursuant to the written ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.20; Legislative intent with respect to paperwork reduction.
  The Legislature finds that: (1) The paperwork burden associated with collecting information from individuals, private-sector organizations, and local governments may have a significant economic ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.21; Definitions.
  For purposes of this part: (1) "Department" means a principal administrative unit within the executive branch of state government, as defined in chapter 20, and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.22; Paperwork reduction; activities of departments.
  (1) In order to reduce the amount of paperwork associated with the collection of information from individuals, private-sector organizations, and local governments and to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 23.30; Florida Customer Service Standards Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Florida Customer Service Standards Act." (2) PURPOSE.--It is the purpose of this section to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.101; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Florida Public Education Lottery ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.102; Purpose and intent.
  (1) The purpose of this act is to implement s. 15, Art. X of the State Constitution in a manner that enables the people of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.103; Definitions.
  As used in this act: (1) "Department" means the Department of the Lottery. (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department. (3) "Person" means any ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.104; Department; purpose.
  The purpose of the department is to operate the state lottery as authorized by s. 15, Art. X of the State Constitution so as to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.105; Powers and duties of department.
  The department shall: (1) Have the authority to sue or be sued in the corporate name of the department and to adopt a corporate seal ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.1055; Prohibition against sale of lottery tickets to minors; posting of signs; penalties.
  (1) No person who is less than 18 years of age may purchase a lottery ticket by means of a machine or otherwise. (2) Any ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.107; Advertising and promotion of lottery games.
  (1) The Legislature recognizes the need for extensive and effective advertising and promotion of lottery games. It is the intent of the Legislature that such ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.108; Division of Security; duties; security report.
  (1) The secretary shall appoint a director of the Division of Security who is qualified by training and experience in law enforcement or security to ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.109; Administrative procedure.
  (1) The department may at any time adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54. The Legislature finds that such emergency rulemaking power is necessary ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.110; Venue.
  The venue for all civil or administrative actions against the department shall be in Leon ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.111; Vendors; disclosure and contract requirements.
  (1) The department may enter into contracts for the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of such goods or services as are necessary for effectuating the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.112; Retailers of lottery tickets.
  (1) The department shall promulgate rules specifying the terms and conditions for contracting with retailers who will best serve the public interest and promote the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.113; Minority participation.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department encourage participation by minority business enterprises as defined in s. 288.703. Accordingly, 15 ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.114; Bank deposits and control of lottery transactions.
  (1) All moneys received by each retailer from the operation of the state lottery, including, but not limited to, all ticket sales, interest, gifts, and ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.115; Payment of prizes.
  (1) The department shall promulgate rules to establish a system of verifying the validity of tickets claimed to win prizes and to effect payment of ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.1153; Assignment of prizes payable in installments.
  (1) The right of any person to receive payments under a prize that is paid in installments over time by the department may be voluntarily ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.116; Unlawful purchase of lottery tickets; penalty.
  (1) No person who is less than 18 years of age may purchase a lottery ticket; however, this shall not prohibit the purchase of a ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.117; Unlawful sale of lottery tickets; penalty.
  Any person who knowingly: (1) Sells a state lottery ticket when not authorized by the department or this act to engage in such sale; (2) ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.118; Other prohibited acts; penalties.
  (1) UNLAWFUL EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT.--Any retailer who extends credit or lends money to a person for the purchase of a lottery ticket is guilty ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.119; Use of word "lottery" in corporate name.
  The corporate name of a corporation shall not contain the word "lottery" unless the Department of the Lottery approves such name in ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.120; Financial matters; Administrative Trust Fund; interagency cooperation.
  (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Administrative Trust Fund to be administered in accordance with chapters 215 and 216 by the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.121; Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for public education.
  (1) Variable percentages of the gross revenue from the sale of on-line and instant lottery tickets shall be returned to the public in the ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.1211; Maturity of public school construction bonds issued pursuant to ch. 97-384.
  After considering relevant factors in providing the most cost-effective plan for financing public school construction and in order to minimize amounts paid in interest ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.1215; Duty to inform public of lottery's significance to education.
  The Department of the Lottery shall inform the public about the significance of lottery funding to the state's overall system of public ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.122; Exemption from taxation; state preemption; inapplicability of other laws.
  (1) This act shall not be construed to authorize any lottery except the lottery operated by the department pursuant to this act. (2) No state ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.123; Annual audit of financial records and reports.
  (1) The Legislative Auditing Committee shall contract with a certified public accountant licensed pursuant to chapter 473 for an annual financial audit of the department. ...
• Florida Executive Branch Code Section 24.124; Responsibility for ticket accuracy; department, retailer, and vendor liability.
  (1) Purchasers of on-line games tickets shall be responsible for verifying the accuracy of their tickets, including the number or numbers printed on the ...

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