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Florida Statutes, Title X

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Title X, Public Officers, Employees, and Records

13 chapters · 495 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title X495 Ch 112, Public Officers and Employees: Gener…164 Ch 110, State Employment86 Ch 121, Florida Retirement System68 Ch 120, Administrative Procedure Act39 Ch 122, State and County Officers and Employ…33 Ch 117, Notaries Public26 Ch 116, Powers and Duties of Officers21 Ch 119, Public Records20 Ch 115, Leaves of Absence to Officials and E…14 Ch 111, Public Officers: General Provisions9 Ch 113, Commissions8 Ch 114, Vacating Office5 Ch 118, Civil-law Notaries2

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Fla. Stat. § 119.10 Violation of chapter; penalties
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(1) Any public officer who:(a) Violates any provision of this chapter commits a noncriminal infraction, punishable by fine not exceeding $500.(b) Knowingly violates the provisions of s. 119.07(1) is subject to suspension and removal or impeachment and, in addition, commits a misd…
Fla. Stat. § 119.105 Protection of victims of crimes or accidents
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Police reports are public records except as otherwise made exempt or confidential. Every person is allowed to examine nonexempt or nonconfidential police reports. A person who comes into possession of exempt or confidential information contained in police reports may not use that…
Fla. Stat. § 119.11 Accelerated hearing; immediate compliance
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(1) Whenever an action is filed to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the court shall set an immediate hearing, giving the case priority over other pending cases.(2) Whenever a court orders an agency to open its records for inspection in accordance with this chapter, the age…
Fla. Stat. § 119.12 Attorney fees
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(1) If a civil action is filed against an agency to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the court shall assess and award the reasonable costs of enforcement, including reasonable attorney fees, against the responsible agency if the court determines that:(a) The agency unlawfu…

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Fla. Stat. § 119.15 Legislative review of exemptions from public meeting and public records requirements

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(1) This section may be cited as the “Open Government Sunset Review Act.”(2) This section provides for the review and repeal or reenactment of an exemption from s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution and s. 119.07(1) or s. 286.011. This act does not apply to an exemption that:(a…

Fla. Stat. § 120.50 Exception to application of chapter

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This chapter shall not apply to:(1) The Legislature.(2) The courts.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-310; s. 3, ch. 77-468; s. 1, ch. 78-162.

Fla. Stat. § 120.51 Short title

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This chapter may be known and cited as the “Administrative Procedure Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-310.

Fla. Stat. § 120.515 Declaration of policy

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This chapter provides uniform procedures for the exercise of specified authority. This chapter does not limit or impinge upon the assignment of executive power under Article IV of the State Constitution or the legal authority of an appointing authority to direct and supervise tho…

Fla. Stat. § 120.52 Definitions

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As used in this act:(1) “Agency” means the following officers or governmental entities if acting pursuant to powers other than those derived from the constitution:(a) The Governor; each state officer and state department, and each departmental unit described in s. 20.04; the Boar…

Fla. Stat. § 120.525 Meetings, hearings, and workshops

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(1) Except in the case of emergency meetings, each agency shall give notice of public meetings, hearings, and workshops by publication in the Florida Administrative Register and on the agency’s website not less than 7 days before the event. The notice shall include a statement of…

Fla. Stat. § 120.53 Maintenance of agency final orders

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(1) In addition to maintaining records contained in s. 119.021(3), each agency shall also electronically transmit a certified text-searchable copy of each agency final order listed in subsection (2) rendered on or after July 1, 2015, to a centralized electronic database of agency…

Fla. Stat. § 120.533 Coordination of the transmittal, indexing, and listing of agency final orders by Department of State

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The Department of State shall:(1) Coordinate the transmittal, indexing, management, preservation, and availability of agency final orders that must be transmitted, indexed, or listed pursuant to s. 120.53.(2) Provide guidelines for indexing agency final orders. More than one syst…

Fla. Stat. § 120.536 Rulemaking authority; repeal; challenge

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(1) A grant of rulemaking authority is necessary but not sufficient to allow an agency to adopt a rule; a specific law to be implemented is also required. An agency may adopt only rules that implement or interpret the specific powers and duties granted by the enabling statute. No…

Fla. Stat. § 120.54 Rulemaking

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(1) GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL RULES OTHER THAN EMERGENCY RULES.—(a) Rulemaking is not a matter of agency discretion. Each agency statement defined as a rule by s. 120.52 shall be adopted by the rulemaking procedure provided by this section as soon as feasible and pract…

Fla. Stat. § 120.541 Statement of estimated regulatory costs

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(1)(a) Within 21 days after publication of the notice required under s. 120.54(3)(a), a substantially affected person may submit to an agency a good faith written proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative to a proposed rule which substantially accomplishes the objectives o…

Fla. Stat. § 120.542 Variances and waivers

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(1) Strict application of uniformly applicable rule requirements can lead to unreasonable, unfair, and unintended results in particular instances. The Legislature finds that it is appropriate in such cases to adopt a procedure for agencies to provide relief to persons subject to …

Fla. Stat. § 120.5435 Agency review of rules

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(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “rule” means the rule number assigned by the Department of State.(2)(a) By July 1, 2030, each agency, in coordination with the committee, shall review all existing rules adopted by the agency before July 1, 2025, in accordance with t…

Fla. Stat. § 120.545 Committee review of agency rules

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(1) As a legislative check on legislatively created authority, the committee shall examine each proposed rule, except for those proposed rules exempted by s. 120.81(1)(e) and (2), each emergency rule, each rule reviewed under s. 120.5435, and may examine any existing rule, and an…

Fla. Stat. § 120.55 Publication

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(1) The Department of State shall:(a)1. Through a continuous revision and publication system, compile and publish electronically, on a website managed by the department, the “Florida Administrative Code.” The Florida Administrative Code must contain all rules adopted by each agen…

Fla. Stat. § 120.555 Summary removal of published rules no longer in force and effect

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When, as part of the continuous revision system authorized in s. 120.55(1)(a)1. or as otherwise provided by law, the Department of State is in doubt whether a rule published in the official version of the Florida Administrative Code is still in full force and effect, the procedur…

Fla. Stat. § 120.56 Challenges to rules

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(1) GENERAL PROCEDURES.—(a) Any person substantially affected by a rule or a proposed rule may seek an administrative determination of the invalidity of the rule on the ground that the rule is an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority.(b) The petition challenging the…

Fla. Stat. § 120.565 Declaratory statement by agencies

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(1) Any substantially affected person may seek a declaratory statement regarding an agency’s opinion as to the applicability of a statutory provision, or of any rule or order of the agency, as it applies to the petitioner’s particular set of circumstances.(2) The petition seeking…

Fla. Stat. § 120.569 Decisions which affect substantial interests

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(1) The provisions of this section apply in all proceedings in which the substantial interests of a party are determined by an agency, unless the parties are proceeding under s. 120.573 or s. 120.574. Unless waived by all parties, s. 120.57(1) applies whenever the proceeding invo…

Fla. Stat. § 120.57 Additional procedures for particular cases

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(1) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO HEARINGS INVOLVING DISPUTED ISSUES OF MATERIAL FACT.—(a) Except as provided in ss. 120.80 and 120.81, an administrative law judge assigned by the division shall conduct all hearings under this subsection, except for hearings before agency h…

Fla. Stat. § 120.573 Mediation of disputes

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Each announcement of an agency action that affects substantial interests shall advise whether mediation of the administrative dispute for the type of agency action announced is available and that choosing mediation does not affect the right to an administrative hearing. If the ag…

Fla. Stat. § 120.574 Summary hearing

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(1)(a) Within 5 business days following the division’s receipt of a petition or request for hearing, the division shall issue and serve on all original parties an initial order that assigns the case to a specific administrative law judge and provides general information regarding…

Fla. Stat. § 120.595 Attorney’s fees

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(1) CHALLENGES TO AGENCY ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.57(1).—(a) The provisions of this subsection are supplemental to, and do not abrogate, other provisions allowing the award of fees or costs in administrative proceedings.(b) The final order in a proceeding pursuant to s. 120…

Fla. Stat. § 120.60 Licensing

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(1) Upon receipt of a license application, an agency shall examine the application and, within 30 days after such receipt, notify the applicant of any apparent errors or omissions and request any additional information the agency is permitted by law to require. An agency may not …

Fla. Stat. § 120.62 Agency investigations

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(1) Every person who responds to a request or demand by any agency or representative thereof for written data or an oral statement shall be entitled to a transcript or recording of his or her oral statement at no more than cost.(2) Any person compelled to appear, or who appears v…

Fla. Stat. § 120.63 Exemption from act

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(1) Upon application of any agency, the Administration Commission may exempt any process or proceeding governed by this act from one or more requirements of this act:(a) When the agency head has certified that the requirement would conflict with any provision of federal law or ru…

Fla. Stat. § 120.65 Administrative law judges

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(1) The Division of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Management Services shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the Administration Commission and confirmed by the Senate. The director, who shall also serve as the chief administrative law judge, an…

Fla. Stat. § 120.651 Designation of two administrative law judges to preside over actions involving department or boards

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The Division of Administrative Hearings shall designate at least two administrative law judges who shall specifically preside over actions involving the Department of Health or boards within the Department of Health. Each designated administrative law judge must be a member of Th…

Fla. Stat. § 120.655 Withholding funds to pay for administrative law judge services to school boards

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If a district school board fails to make a timely payment for the services provided by an administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings as provided annually in the General Appropriations Act, the Commissioner of Education shall withhold, from any general rev…

Fla. Stat. § 120.66 Ex parte communications

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(1) In any proceeding under ss. 120.569 and 120.57, no ex parte communication relative to the merits, threat, or offer of reward shall be made to the agency head, after the agency head has received a recommended order, or to the presiding officer by:(a) An agency head or member o…

Fla. Stat. § 120.665 Disqualification of agency personnel

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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 112.3143, any individual serving alone or with others as an agency head may be disqualified from serving in an agency proceeding for bias, prejudice, or interest when any party to the agency proceeding shows just cause by a suggestion file…

Fla. Stat. § 120.68 Judicial review

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(1)(a) A party who is adversely affected by final agency action is entitled to judicial review.(b) A preliminary, procedural, or intermediate order of the agency or of an administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings is immediately reviewable if review of th…

Fla. Stat. § 120.69 Enforcement of agency action

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(1) Except as otherwise provided by statute:(a) Any agency may seek enforcement of an action by filing a petition for enforcement, as provided in this section, in the circuit court where the subject matter of the enforcement is located.(b) A petition for enforcement of any agency…

Fla. Stat. § 120.695 Notice of noncompliance; designation of minor violation of rules

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(1) It is the policy of the state that the purpose of regulation is to protect the public by attaining compliance with the policies established by the Legislature. Fines and other penalties may be provided in order to assure compliance; however, the collection of fines and the im…

Fla. Stat. § 120.72 Legislative intent; references to chapter 120 or portions thereof

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Unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference in any section of the Florida Statutes to chapter 120 or to any section or sections or portion of a section of chapter 120 includes, and shall be understood as including, all subsequent amendments to chapter 120 or to the reference…

Fla. Stat. § 120.73 Circuit court proceedings; declaratory judgments

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal any provision of the Florida Statutes which grants the right to a proceeding in the circuit court in lieu of an administrative hearing or to divest the circuit courts of jurisdiction to render declaratory judgments under the pr…

Fla. Stat. § 120.74 Agency annual rulemaking and regulatory plans; reports

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(1) REGULATORY PLAN.—By October 1 of each year, each agency shall prepare a regulatory plan.(a) The plan must include a listing of each law enacted or amended during the previous 12 months which creates or modifies the duties or authority of the agency. If the Governor or the Att…

Fla. Stat. § 120.80 Exceptions and special requirements; agencies

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(1) DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.—(a) Division as a party.—Notwithstanding s. 120.57(1)(a), a hearing in which the division is a party may not be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned by the division. An attorney assigned by the Administration Commission shall …

Fla. Stat. § 120.81 Exceptions and special requirements; general areas

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(1) EDUCATIONAL UNITS.—(a) Notwithstanding s. 120.536(1) and the flush left provisions of s. 120.52(8), district school boards may adopt rules to implement their general powers under s. 1001.41.(b) The preparation or modification of curricula by an educational unit is not a rule …

Fla. Stat. § 120.82 Keep Our Graduates Working Act

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(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Keep Our Graduates Working Act of 2020.”(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this act is to ensure that Floridians who graduate from an accredited college or university can maintain their occupational licenses, as defined in subsection (3…

Fla. Stat. § 121.011 Florida Retirement System

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(1) SHORT TITLE.—This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Florida Retirement System Act.”(2) CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING SYSTEMS AND LAWS.—(a) Any officer or employee who is elected, appointed, or employed by the state or any subdivision thereof on or after December 1, 1970, s…

Fla. Stat. § 121.012 Inclusive provisions

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The provisions of part I of this chapter shall be applicable to parts II and III to the extent such provisions are not inconsistent with, or duplicative of, the provisions of parts II and III.History.—s. 1, ch. 2012-222.

Fla. Stat. § 121.021 Definitions

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The following words and phrases as used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:(1) Gender-specific language whenever used in this chapter includes the other gender.(2) “Existing systems” means the State…

Fla. Stat. § 121.025 Administrator; powers and duties

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The secretary of the Department of Management Services shall be the administrator of the retirement and pension systems assigned or transferred to the Department of Management Services by law and shall have the authority to sign the contracts necessary to carry out the duties and…

Fla. Stat. § 121.031 Administration of system; appropriation; oaths; actuarial studies; public records

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(1) The Department of Management Services has the authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of law conferring duties upon the department and to adopt rules as are necessary for the effective and efficient administration of this sys…

Fla. Stat. § 121.0312 Review; actuarial valuation report; contribution rate determination process

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The Governor, Chief Financial Officer, and Attorney General, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration, shall review the actuarial valuation report prepared in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall review the process by which …