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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title III
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; COMMISSIONS

Chapter 11
LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES, AND STAFFING

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F.S. 11.242

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:

(1) To conduct a systematic and continuing study of the statutes and laws of this state for the purpose of reducing their number and bulk, removing inconsistencies, redundancies, and unnecessary repetitions and otherwise improving their clarity and facilitating their correct and proper interpretation; and for the same purpose, to prepare and submit to the Legislature reviser’s bills and bills for the amendment, consolidation, revision, repeal, or other alterations or changes in any general statute or laws or parts thereof of a general nature and application of the preceding session or sessions which may appear to be subject to revision. Any revision, either complete, partial, or topical, prepared for submission to the Legislature shall be accompanied by revision and history notes relating to the same, showing the changes made therein and the reason for such recommended change.

(2) To carry on the arrangements and identification of the general statutes and laws of the state, as adopted in the Florida Statutes, and the contents of the same, by adding thereto, in the future and in proper place, all new matter belonging therein; this new material to be compiled, revised, and republished periodically in continuation of the present systems, matters, tables, and other material as contained in the Florida Statutes.

(3) Reviser’s bills shall not deal with nor carry forward into the Florida Statutes any statute of any of the following classes:

(a) Statutes relating to, for, or concerning only one or more counties or parts thereof, except in cases where the subject matter of the statute relates to the creation or jurisdiction of state or county courts.

(b) Statutes relating to, for, or concerning and operative in only a portion of the state, except in cases where the subject matter of the statute relates to the creation or jurisdiction of state or county courts.

(d) Statutes relating to, for or concerning only one or more designated individuals or corporations.

(e) Statutes incorporating a designated individual corporation or making a grant thereto.

(f) Road designation laws.

(4) The published edition of the Florida Statutes shall contain the following:

(a) The Florida Statutes, as adopted and enacted, together with the laws of a general nature enacted at any current session of the Legislature and directed to be embodied in said edition.

(b) The State Constitution.

(d) Such other matters, notes, data, and other material as may be deemed necessary or admissible by the Office of Legislative Services for reference, convenience, or interpretation.

(5) In carrying on the work of statutory revision and in preparing the Florida Statutes for publication:

(a) All amendments made to any section or chapter, or any part thereof, of the Florida Statutes or session laws of this state by any current session of the Legislature, whenever such amendments in express terms refer to sections or chapters of said statutes or session laws, shall be incorporated with the body of the text of the Florida Statutes.

(b) All sections, chapters, or titles of the Florida Statutes or session laws of this state which are expressly repealed by any current session of the Legislature shall be omitted.

(c) All laws of a general and permanent nature which are of general application throughout the state enacted by any current session of the Legislature shall be compiled and included, assigning thereto in all appropriate places such chapter and section identification, by the decimal system of numbering heretofore embodied in the Florida Statutes, as is appropriate and proper, but all chapters and sections so compiled shall be indicated with a history note, clearly showing that said section or chapter was not a part of the revision at the time of its adoption and giving the proper legislative session law chapter and section number. The matter included under the authority of this subsection shall be incorporated as enacted in any current session and shall be prima facie evidence of such law in all courts of the state.

(d) Any two or more sections, chapters, or laws, or parts thereof, may be consolidated.

(e) Any section, chapter, or law, or part thereof, may be transferred from one location to another.

(f) The form or arrangement of any section, chapter, or law, or part thereof, may be altered or changed by transferring, combining, or dividing the same.

(g) Subsections, sections, chapters, and titles may be renumbered and reference thereto may be changed to agree with such renumbering.

(h) Grammatical, typographical, and like errors may be corrected and additions, alterations, and omissions, not affecting the construction or meaning of the statutes or laws, may be freely made.

(i) All statutes and laws, or parts thereof, which have expired, become obsolete, been held invalid by a court of last resort, have had their effect or have served their purpose, or which have been repealed or superseded, either expressly or by implication, shall be omitted through the process of reviser’s bills duly enacted by the Legislature.

(j) All statutes and laws, or parts thereof, which grant duplicative, redundant, or unused rulemaking authority, shall be omitted through the process of reviser’s bills duly enacted by the Legislature. Rulemaking authority shall be deemed unused if the provision has been in effect for more than 5 years and no rule has been promulgated in reliance thereon.

(k) All statutes and laws general in form but of such local or limited application as to make their inclusion in the Florida Statutes or any revision or supplement thereof impracticable, undesirable, or unnecessary shall be omitted therefrom, without effecting a repeal thereof.

(l) All things relating to form, position, order, or arrangement of the revision, not inconsistent with the Florida Statutes system, which may be found desirable or necessary for the improvement, betterment, or perfection of same, may be done.

(6) To award contracts from time to time for editorial work in the preparation of copy and other necessary material, and for printing; and to pay for such other things as are authorized to be done and performed as part of a statutory revision program under the laws of this state.

(7) To exchange Florida Statutes, and other available publications, with the officers, boards, and agencies of other states and of the United States, and with other governments.

(8) To exercise all other powers, duties, and functions necessary or convenient for properly carrying out the provisions of this law and all other laws relating to statutory revision.

History.—s. 3, ch. 67-472; s. 14, ch. 68-35; ss. 23, 29, 30, ch. 69-52; s. 1, ch. 70-169; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 2, ch. 71-355; s. 7, ch. 72-178; s. 4, ch. 81-259; s. 27, ch. 90-335; s. 14, ch. 98-136; s. 2, ch. 99-2; s. 3, ch. 2012-51; s. 9, ch. 2012-116.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 11.242

Total Results: 20

BROWN & BROWN, INC. v. JAMES T. GELSOMINO and ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-28

Citation: 262 So. 3d 755

Snippet: related session laws reflecting its enactment. See § 11.242(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (requiring amendments passed

Dadd v. Houde

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-09-09

Citation: 176 So. 3d 347, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13450, 2015 WL 5245138

Snippet: one location to another.” See § 11.242(5)(e), Fla. Stat. (1973). ■

Roberts v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-11-30

Citation: 100 So. 3d 74, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18971, 2011 WL 5964571

Snippet: Legislative Services under the provisions of s. 11.242, together with corrections, changes and amendments

In Re Amendments to Florida Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-09-28

Citation: 73 So. 3d 213

Snippet: Testimony and Attendance of Minor Child(ren) (09/11) *242 INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED

Vargas v. Enterprise Leasing Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-31

Citation: 993 So. 2d 614, 2008 WL 4756388

Snippet: is responsible for Chapter and Statute titles. § 11.242(5)(c), Fla. Stat. (2008). Ergo, the legislative

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-12-15

Citation: 951 So. 2d 860, 2006 WL 3686484

Snippet: Florida's Structural Pest Control Act, §§ 482.011-.242, Florida Statutes (2001), proscribes unfair, deceptive

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-06-30

Citation: 932 So. 2d 1172, 2006 WL 1791705

Snippet: Florida's Structural Pest Control Act, §§ 482.011-.242, Florida Statutes (2001), proscribes unfair, deceptive

Dockery v. Hood

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-01-26

Citation: 922 So. 2d 258, 2006 WL 176942

Snippet: however, do not comprise statutory law. Section 11.242(4) clearly distinguishes footnotes from substantive

Department of Revenue v. Val-Pak Direct Marketing Systems, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-06-27

Citation: 862 So. 2d 1, 2003 WL 21471801

Snippet: Management Committee of the Florida Legislature. § 11.242, Fla. Stat. (1983). The classification of a law

Sepro Corporation v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-02-12

Citation: 839 So. 2d 781, 2003 WL 291002

Snippet: of the rationale the statute articulates. See § 11.242(5)(e), Fla. Stat. (2002) ("Any section... may be

State v. Ingleton

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-31

Citation: 653 So. 2d 443, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3309, 1995 WL 137070

Snippet: Revision Division under the authority of section 11.242, Florida Statutes. We find no indication of legislative

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1992-12-29

Snippet: would appear to be of limited application. 18 See, 11.242, F.S. 19 See, s. 944.277(1)(f), F.S. (1992 Supp

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1988-11-29

Snippet: Management Committee of the Florida Legislature. s. 11.242, Fla.Stat. (1983). The classification of a law

Bankston v. Brennan

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-05-21

Citation: 507 So. 2d 1385, 55 U.S.L.W. 2679

Snippet: Legislative Management Committee, authorized by section 11.242(5)(e) to transfer acts, to alter the substance

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1987-03-11

Snippet: included in the 1985 Florida Statutes. See, s. 11.242(5)(j), F.S., which states that all statutes and

Enslein v. Gere

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-11-12

Citation: 497 So. 2d 705, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2357

Snippet: We hold it does not. See Sections 11.2421 and 11.242(5)(c) and 11.244, as well as Shuman v. State, 358

High Point Condominium Resorts v. Day

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-08-14

Citation: 494 So. 2d 508, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1812, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9400

Snippet: authority of, the legislative direction in section 11.242, Florida Statutes, the Joint Legislative Management

State v. Bussey

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-02-07

Citation: 463 So. 2d 1141

Snippet: Management Committee of the Florida Legislature. § 11.242, Fla. Stat. (1983). The classification of a law

Dade County v. American Hospital of Miami, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-04-03

Citation: 463 So. 2d 232, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 520, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12565

Snippet: Statutes 1981 includes the constitution, see § 11.242(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (1981), which contains the provision

Peck v. PALM BEACH CTY. BD. OF CTY. COMM'RS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-12-16

Citation: 442 So. 2d 1050

Snippet: carried out pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.242(1), Florida Statutes (1979), for the purpose of