Florida Statutes Title IV Chapter 20 - Organizational Structure

• 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 has...
• 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 Officer, and...
• 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 bear a...
• 20.05 - Heads Of Departments; Powers And Duties.
  (1) Each head of a department, subject to the allotment of executive power under Article IV of the State Constitution, and except as otherwise provided by...
• 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 and...
• 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...
• 20.055 - Agency Inspectors General.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Agency head” means the Governor, a Cabinet officer, or a secretary or executive director as those terms are defined...
• 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 Governor,...
• 20.058 - Citizen Support And Direct-support Organizations.
  (1) By August 1 of each year, a citizen support organization or direct-support organization created or authorized pursuant to law or executive order and created, approved,...
• 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...
• 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 be appointed...
• 20.104 - Clearing Funds Trust Fund.
  (1) The Clearing Funds Trust Fund is created within the Department of State.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to account...
• 20.105 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of State.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be...
• 20.106 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department Of State.
  (1) The Land Acquisition Trust Fund is created within the Department of State. The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds received...
• 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 General.History.—s. 11, ch. 69-106; ss. 1,...
• 20.111 - Operating Trust Fund.
  (1) The Operating Trust Fund is created within the Department of Legal Affairs.(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used...
• 20.112 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department Of Legal Affairs.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Legal Affairs.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to...
• 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 may also be...
• 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 Agriculture.(2) The following...
• 20.142 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services.
  (1) The Land Acquisition Trust Fund is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The trust fund is established for use as a depository...
• 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 Board of Education...
• 20.155 - Board Of Governors Of The State University System.
  (1) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—The Board of Governors of the State University System is established by the State Constitution under s. 7, Art. IX and, accordingly, is granted...
• 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 Business and...
• 20.166 - Florida Business Information Portal.
  (1) The Florida Business Information Portal is established within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.(2) By June 30, 2017, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation,...
• 20.181 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Economic Opportunity.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to...
• 20.19 - Department Of Children And Families.
  There is created a Department of Children and Families.(1) MISSION AND PURPOSE.—(a) The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with...
• 20.195 - Department Of Children And Families; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Children and Families:(1) Administrative Trust Fund.(a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust...
• 20.197 - Agency For Persons With Disabilities.
  There is created the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, housed within the Department of Children and Families for administrative purposes only. The agency shall be...
• 20.1971 - Agency For Persons With Disabilities; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities:(1) The Administrative Trust Fund.(a) Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall...
• 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 shall...
• 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 of the Department of Revenue...
• 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 be appointed...
• 20.221 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Management Services.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to...
• 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 of Transportation. The...
• 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 Governor and...
• 20.241 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department Of Highway Safety And Motor Vehicles.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository...
• 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 by the...
• 20.25501 - Department Of Environmental Protection; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Environmental Protection:(1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund.(a) The trust fund is established for use as a...
• 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 under the provisions of...
• 20.28 - State Board Of Administration.
  The State Board of Administration, continued by s. 4, Art. IV of the State Constitution, retains all of its powers, duties, and functions as prescribed...
• 20.29 - Department Of Citrus; Florida Citrus Commission; Executive Director.
  (1) The head of the Department of Citrus is the Florida Citrus Commission created under s. 601.04.(2) The executive director of the Department of Citrus shall be...
• 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 supervision of offenders...
• 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 be used for...
• 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 of Juvenile Justice. The...
• 20.3161 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department Of Juvenile Justice.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Juvenile Justice.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to...
• 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 the Lottery. The...
• 20.32 - Florida Commission On Offender Review.
  (1) The Parole and Probation Commission, authorized by s. 8(c), Art. IV, State Constitution of 1968, is continued and renamed the Florida Commission on Offender Review....
• 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. IV, grants...
• 20.3311 - Additional Powers Of Commission.
  (1) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is assigned all powers, duties, responsibilities, functions, positions, and property necessary for enforcement of the laws and rules governing:(a) Management,...
• 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 commission...
• 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...
• 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 shall be...
• 20.375 - Department Of Veterans’ Affairs; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs:(1) Federal Grants Trust Fund.(a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust...
• 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 by the...
• 20.415 - Department Of Elderly Affairs; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Elderly Affairs:(1) Administrative Trust Fund.(a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund...
• 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) The head of the department...
• 20.425 - Agency For Health Care Administration; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration:(1) Administrative Trust Fund.(a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust...
• 20.43 - Department Of Health.
  There is created a Department of Health.(1) The purpose of the Department of Health is to protect and promote the health of all residents and visitors...
• 20.435 - Department Of Health; Trust Funds.
  The following trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Health:(1) Administrative Trust Fund.(a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund shall...
• 20.506 - Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
  The Welfare Transition Trust Fund is created within the Department of Children and Families for the purposes of receiving federal funds under the Temporary Assistance...
• 20.60 - Department Of Economic Opportunity; Creation; Powers And Duties.
  (1) There is created the Department of Economic Opportunity.(2) The head of the department is the executive director, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to...
• 20.601 - Agency Review; Department Of Economic Opportunity.
  (1) Not later than July 1, 2016, the Department of Economic Opportunity shall provide the Legislature with a report on the department and Enterprise Florida, Inc.,...
• 20.605 - Administrative Trust Fund Of The Department Of Economic Opportunity.
  (1) The Administrative Trust Fund is created within the Department of Economic Opportunity.(2) Funds shall be used for the purpose of supporting the administrative functions of the...
• 20.61 - Agency For State Technology.
  The Agency for State Technology is created within the Department of Management Services. The agency is a separate budget program and is not subject to...

Last modified: September 23, 2016