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- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00001; Official census for apportionment; definitions.
(1) In accordance with s. 8(a), Art. X of the State Constitution, the United States Decennial Census of 2000 is the official census of ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00002; Representative districts.
For the election of members to the House of Representatives of this state, the state is divided into 120 consecutively numbered, single-member, representative districts ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00003; Senatorial districts.
For the election of members to the Senate of this state, the state is apportioned into 40 consecutively numbered, single-member senate districts of contiguous ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00004; Territory not specified for inclusion in any district.
Any portion of the state which is not stated in this joint resolution as being included in any district and which is entirely surrounded by ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00005; Territory specified for inclusion in one district that is entirely surrounded by other districts.
Any portion of the state which is stated in this joint resolution as being included in one district and which is entirely surrounded by another ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00006; Districts to constitute representative districts of state.
The districts created by this joint resolution constitute and form the representative districts of the state, and members of the Florida House of Representatives shall ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00007; Severability.
If any provision of this joint resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, or to any representative district established in this joint ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.00008; Applicability.
This joint resolution applies with respect to the qualification, nomination, and election of members of the Florida House of Representatives in the primary and general ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 10.001; Legislative representation.
Beginning with the general election held in the second year following each decennial census, the representation of the people of Florida in the Florida Legislature ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.011; Special session; convened by Legislature.
(1) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, by joint proclamation duly filed with the Department of State, may ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.02; Notice of special or local legislation or certain relief acts.
The notice required to obtain special or local legislation or any relief act specified in s. 11.065 shall be by publishing the identical notice ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.021; Evidence of publication of notice.
The evidence that such notice has been published shall be established in the Legislature before such bill shall be passed, and such evidence shall be ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.03; Proof of publication of notice.
(1) Affidavit of proof of publication of such notice of intention to apply therefor, may be made, in substantially the following general form, but such ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.031; Official census.
(1) All acts of the Florida Legislature based upon population and all constitutional apportionments shall be based upon the last federal decennial statewide census. (2) ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.0431; Legislative records; intent of legislation; exemption from public disclosure.
(1) It is the policy of the Legislature that every person has the right to inspect and copy records of the Senate and the House ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.044; Legislative intent and purpose.
The Legislature finds that the operation of open and responsible government requires the fullest opportunity to be afforded to the people to petition their government ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.045; Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and reporting; exemptions; penalties.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Committee" means the committee of each house charged by the presiding officer with ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.0451; Requirements for reinstitution of lobbyist registration after felony conviction.
A person convicted of a felony after January 1, 2006, may not be registered as a lobbyist pursuant to s. 11.045 or 2s. 112....
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.0455; Electronic filing of compensation reports and other information.
(1) As used in this section, the term "electronic filing system" means an Internet system for recording and reporting lobbying compensation and other required information ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.047; Contingency fees; prohibitions; penalties.
(1) "Contingency fee" means a fee, bonus, commission, or nonmonetary benefit as compensation which is dependent or in any way contingent on the enactment, defeat, ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.061; State, state university, and community college employee lobbyists; registration; recording attendance; penalty; exemptions.
(1) Any person employed by any executive, judicial, or quasi-judicial department of the state or community college or state university who seeks to encourage ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.062; Use of state funds for lobbying prohibited; penalty.
(1) No funds, exclusive of salaries, travel expenses, and per diem, appropriated to, or otherwise available for use by, any executive, judicial, or quasi-judicial ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.065; Claims against state; limitations; notice.
(1) No claims against the state shall be presented to the Legislature more than 4 years after the cause for relief accrued. Any claim presented ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.066; Suits seeking monetary damages against the state or its agencies; payment of judgments; appropriations required.
(1) As used in this section, the term "appropriation made by law" has the same meaning as in s. 1(c), Art. VII of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.07; Method of enrolling bills, etc.
(1) All bills and joint resolutions passed by the Senate and House of Representatives shall be duly enrolled, on paper, by the Secretary of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.111; Continuance of certain causes for term of Legislature and period of time prior and subsequent thereto and committee workdays.
Any proceeding before any court, municipality, or agency of government of this state shall stand continued, without the continuance being charged against any party, during ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.12; Salary, subsistence, and mileage of members and employees; expenses authorized by resolution; appropriation; preaudit.
(1) The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to pay the salary, subsistence, and mileage of the members of the Legislature as the same shall be ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.13; Compensation of members.
(1)(a) The annual salaries of members of the Senate and House of Representatives, payable in 12 equal monthly installments, shall be: 1. The President ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.131; Monetary supplements prohibited.
All laws or parts of laws, both general or local, which provide a monetary supplement to state legislators from county funds, either as a direct ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.135; Legislative committees, units, and offices; expenditures.
The Legislature hereby declares and determines that its standing and select committees and all units and offices of the legislative branch of government are not ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.143; Standing or select committees; powers.
(1) Each standing or select committee, or subcommittee thereof, is authorized to invite public officials and employees and private individuals to appear before the committee ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.1465; Services provided to Legislature.
The House of Representatives and the Senate shall be independently responsible for providing the following services to their respective members and committees: (1) Legal research ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.147; Office of Legislative Services.
(1) There is created the Office of Legislative Services to provide support services that are determined by the President of the Senate and the Speaker ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.151; Annual legislative appropriation to contingency fund for use of Senate President and House Speaker.
There is established a legislative contingency fund consisting of $20,000 for the President of the Senate and $20,000 for the Speaker of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.241; Permanent statutory revision plan created.
There is created a permanent statutory revision plan to be implemented and maintained under the supervision of the Office of Legislative ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.242; Powers, duties, and functions as to statutory revision.
The powers, duties, and functions of the Office of Legislative Services in the operation and maintenance of a statutory revision program shall be as follows: (...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.2421; Florida Statutes 2006 adopted.
The accompanying revision, consolidation, and compilation of the public statutes of 2005 of a general and permanent nature, excepting tables, rules, indexes, and other related ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.2422; Statutes repealed.
Every statute of a general and permanent nature enacted by the State or by the Territory of Florida at or prior to the 2005 regular ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.2423; Laws or statutes not repealed.
(1) No special or local statute, or statute, local, limited or special in its nature, shall be repealed by the Florida Statutes, now or hereafter ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.2424; Laws not repealed.
Laws enacted at the December 5-8, 2005, special session and the 2006 regular session are not repealed by the adoption and enactment of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.2425; Rights reserved under repealed statutes.
The repeal of any statute by the adoption and enactment of Florida Statutes 2006, by s. 11.2421, as amended, shall not affect any right ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.2427; Conflict of laws.
If any section in the civil part of the Florida Statutes, creating a crime or prescribing a punishment, conflicts with any section in the part ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.243; Publishing Florida Statutes; price, sale.
(1) The Office of Legislative Services shall continue the statutory revision system heretofore adopted in this state and shall bring the general acts of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.25; Salaries and expenditures not subject to control of executive agencies.
(1) The Legislature hereby declares and determines that the employees of the several offices, committees, and other divisions of the Legislature are and shall continue ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.26; Legislative employees; employment restrictions.
No employee of the Legislature shall: (1) Subject to the provisions of s. 11.0431, reveal to any person outside the area of the employee'...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.40; Legislative Auditing Committee.
(1) There is created a standing joint committee of the Legislature designated the Legislative Auditing Committee, composed of 10 members as follows: 5 members of ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.42; The Auditor General.
(1) The Auditor General appointed in this section is the auditor that is required by s. 2, Art. III of the State Constitution. (2) The ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.45; Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.
(1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in ss. 11.40-11.515, the term: (a) "Audit" means a financial audit, operational audit, or performance audit. (b) "County ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.47; Penalties; failure to make a proper audit or examination; making a false report; failure to produce documents or information.
(1) All officers whose respective offices the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability is authorized to audit or examine ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.51; Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.
(1) There is hereby created the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability as a unit of the Office of the Auditor General appointed ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.511; Director of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability; appointment; employment of staff; powers and duties.
(1)(a) The Legislative Auditing Committee shall appoint a director of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability by majority vote of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.513; Program evaluation and justification review.
(1) Each state agency shall be subject to a program evaluation and justification review by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability as ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.60; Administrative Procedures Committee; creation; membership; powers; duties.
(1) There is created a joint standing committee of the Legislature designated as the "Administrative Procedures Committee," composed of six members appointed as follows: three ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.62; Legislative review of proposed regulation of unregulated functions.
(1) This section may be cited as the "Sunrise Act." (2) It is the intent of the Legislature: (a) That no profession or occupation be ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.70; Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.
(1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Act." (2) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.-- (a) The Legislature finds and ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.80; Joint Legislative Committee on Everglades Oversight.
(1) A Joint Legislative Committee on Everglades Oversight is created to monitor the implementation of the Everglades Forever Act. The committee shall be comprised of ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.90; Legislative Budget Commission.
(1) There is created a standing joint committee of the Legislature designated the Legislative Budget Commission, composed of 14 members as follows: seven members of ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.9005; Government Efficiency Task Force.
(1) There is created the Government Efficiency Task Force. The task force shall convene no later than January 2007, and each 4th year thereafter. The ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.901; Short title.
Sections 11.901-11.920 may be cited as the "Florida Government Accountability ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.902; Definitions.
As used in ss. 11.901-11.920, the term: (1) "State agency" or "agency" means a department as defined in s. 20.03(2) ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.903; Legislative Sunset Advisory Committees.
(1) The Senate and House of Representatives may, pursuant to the rules of each house, appoint one or more standing or select committees as a ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.904; Staff.
The Senate and the House of Representatives may each employ staff to work for the chair and vice chair of the committee on matters related ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.905; Schedule for reviewing state agencies and advisory committees.
The following state agencies, including their advisory committees, or the following advisory committees of agencies shall be reviewed according to the following schedule: (1) Reviewed ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.9055; Abolition of state agencies and advisory committees.
(1) An agency subject to review by the Legislative Committee on Sunset Review shall be abolished on June 30 following the date of review specified ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.906; Agency report to committee.
Not later than January 1 of the year preceding the year in which a state agency and its advisory committees are scheduled to be reviewed, ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.907; Legislative review.
Upon receipt of an agency report pursuant to s. 11.906, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall conduct a program evaluation ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.908; Committee duties.
No later than March 1 of the year in which a state agency or its advisory committees are scheduled to be reviewed, the committee shall: (...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.910; Criteria for review.
The committee shall consider the following criteria in determining whether a public need exists for the continuation of a state agency or its advisory committees ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.911; Recommendations.
In its report on a state agency, the committee shall: (1) Make recommendations on the abolition, continuation, or reorganization of each state agency and its ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.917; Procedure after termination.
(1) Any unobligated and unexpended appropriations of an abolished agency or advisory committee shall revert on the date of abolition. (2) Except as provided in ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.918; Subpoena power.
Any Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee may take under investigation any matter within the scope of a sunset review either completed or then being conducted by ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.919; Assistance of and access to state agencies.
(1) The committee may request the assistance of state agencies and officers. When assistance is requested, a state agency or officer shall assist the committee. (...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 11.920; Saving provision.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, abolition of a state agency does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, civil ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.01; Commission on Interstate Cooperation.
(1) There is hereby established the Florida Commission on Interstate Cooperation. This commission shall be composed of 20 members, namely: (a) The members of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.02; Senate Committee on Interstate Cooperation created.
There is hereby established a standing committee of the Senate of this state, to be officially known as the Senate Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.03; House of Representatives Committee on Interstate Cooperation.
There is hereby established a similar standing committee of the House of Representatives of this state, to be officially known as the House Committee on ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.04; House and Senate committees; terms; functions.
The said standing committee of the Senate and the said standing committee of the House of Representatives shall function during the regular sessions of the ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.05; Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation.
(1) There is established a committee of administrative officials of this state to be officially known as the Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.06; Designation.
The committees and the commission established by ss. 13.01-13.09 shall be informally known, respectively, as the Senate Cooperation Committee, the House Cooperation ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.07; Functions of commission.
It shall be the function of this commission: (1) To carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the Council of State ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.08; Powers and duties of commission.
(1) The Commission on Interstate Cooperation shall establish such committees as it deems advisable, in order that they may confer and formulate proposals concerning effective ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.09; Council of State Governments as joint governmental agency.
The Council of State Governments is hereby declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state and of the other states which cooperate through ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.10; Commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
(1) The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, three commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Such appointed ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.90; Establishment.
The Florida Legislative Law Revision Council is hereby ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.91; Members.
The council shall be composed of 12 members. The President of the Senate shall appoint four members, at least two of whom shall be members ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.92; Term.
Each of the legislative members appointed by the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature shall serve for a term of 2 years commencing ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.93; Reappointment of members.
All members of the council are eligible for ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.94; Chair.
Members of the council shall elect a chair and vice chair who shall serve for terms of 2 years and shall be eligible to succeed ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.95; Compensation of members.
The members of the council shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed for expenses pursuant to s. 112....
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.96; Functions.
The council shall: (1) Examine the common law, constitution and statutes of the state and current judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.97; Receipt of suggested reforms.
The council shall receive and consider and may prepare comments and recommendations on proposed changes in the law recommended by any public official, organization, or ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.98; Report to Legislature.
The council shall submit a report of its actions to each regular session of the Legislature at the beginning of the session with any legislative ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.99; Personnel.
The council shall appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The council shall appoint such additional personnel as are ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.992; Powers.
The council may procure temporary and intermittent professional services and render compensation therefor within the amount appropriated for the work of the council. The council ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.993; Procurement of information from public agencies and officers.
The council may procure information and assistance from the state or any subdivision or municipal corporation or public officer or governmental department or agency thereof. ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.994; Rules and regulations.
The council may make rules and regulations for the conduct of its business and to carry out the purposes of this ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.995; Appropriations and use of funds.
At each regular session of the Legislature an appropriation shall be made to carry out the purpose of this act. Funds appropriated for the purposes ...
- Florida Legislative Branch; Commissions Code Section 13.996; Revision of criminal laws.
The first duty of the council shall be to initiate, supervise and complete a revision of the criminal laws of this state, either in bulk ...
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