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The 2025 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.
(c) Statutes relating to, for, or concerning only a certain municipal corporation.
(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.
(c) Complete indexes of all the material in the statutes.
(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: 19

State Ex Rel. Dept. of General Serv. v. Willis

344 So. 2d 580

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 1977 | Docket: 1517778

Cited 86 times | Published

Statutes (Supp. 1974). Chapter 74-310, Section 4; Section 11.242, Florida Statutes (1973). The 1975 Act did

Carter v. Sparkman

335 So. 2d 802

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 5, 1976 | Docket: 1306356

Cited 72 times | Published

co-defendant." However, apparently pursuant to Section 11.242(5), the Statutory Revision Division transferred

State v. Bussey

463 So. 2d 1141

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 7, 1985 | Docket: 302188

Cited 37 times | Published

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

Bankston v. Brennan

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

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 21, 1987 | Docket: 459954

Cited 34 times | Published

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

Shuman v. State

358 So. 2d 1333

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 25, 1978 | Docket: 1311872

Cited 28 times | Published

the law as enacted by the legislature. See Section 11.242(5)(c), Florida Statutes (1975); McCulley Ford

Vargas v. Enterprise Leasing Co.

993 So. 2d 614, 2008 WL 4756388

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 31, 2008 | Docket: 470003

Cited 19 times | Published

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

McCulley Ford, Inc. v. Calvin

308 So. 2d 189

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 31, 1974 | Docket: 2298572

Cited 11 times | Published

evidence of the law in all courts of the state. See § 11.242(6)(d). During the period a provision is characterized

Sepro Corporation v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection

839 So. 2d 781, 2003 WL 291002

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 2003 | Docket: 1707875

Cited 9 times | Published

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

Coulter Electronics, Inc. v. Dept. of Revenue

365 So. 2d 806, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 17150

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 29, 1978 | Docket: 1691912

Cited 7 times | Published

legislative enactment. [2] Florida Statutes of 1973, § 11.242(5)(c): "All laws of a general and permanent nature

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

862 So. 2d 1, 2003 WL 21471801

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 27, 2003 | Docket: 1762913

Cited 5 times | Published

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

State v. Camil

279 So. 2d 832

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 20, 1973 | Docket: 1522116

Cited 5 times | Published

legislative service bureau under the provisions of § 11.242, together with corrections, changes and amendments

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

442 So. 2d 1050

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 1983 | Docket: 469087

Cited 4 times | Published

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

High Point Condominium Resorts v. Day

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 14, 1986 | Docket: 452288

Cited 2 times | Published

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

Dadd v. Houde

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 9, 2015 | Docket: 2757118

Cited 1 times | Published

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

Dockery v. Hood

922 So. 2d 258, 2006 WL 176942

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 2006 | Docket: 1683424

Cited 1 times | Published

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

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

262 So. 3d 755

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 28, 2018 | Docket: 8338767

Published

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

TRA Farms, Inc. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

932 F. Supp. 2d 1251, 2013 WL 1196626, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47631

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 18, 2013 | Docket: 65989739

Published

Division of Statutory Revisions3 pursuant to section 11.242, Florida Statutes. See id. Therefore, it would

State v. Ingleton

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1995 | Docket: 64755475

Published

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

Dade County v. American Hospital of Miami, Inc.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 3, 1984 | Docket: 64609836

Published

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