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Florida Statute 14.021 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 14.021 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 14.021 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
14.021 Governor; promulgation and enforcement of emergency rules and regulations.—
(1) The Governor of Florida is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and enforce such emergency rules and regulations as are necessary to prevent, control, or quell violence, threatened or actual, during any emergency lawfully declared by the Governor to exist. In order to protect the public welfare, persons and property of citizens against violence, public property damage, overt threats of violence, and to maintain peace, tranquillity, and good order in the state, these rules and regulations may control public parks, public buildings, or any other public facility in Florida and shall regulate the manner of use, the time of use, and persons using the facility during any emergency. These rules and regulations shall have the same force and effect as law during any emergency and shall affect such persons, public buildings, and public facilities as in the judgment of the Governor shall best provide a safeguard for protection of persons and property where danger, violence, and threats exist or are threatened among the citizens of Florida.
(2) Whenever the Governor shall promulgate emergency rules and regulations, such rules and regulations shall be published and posted during the emergency in the area affected, in addition to any other notice required by law.
(3) The Governor shall have emergency power to call upon the military forces of the state or any other law enforcement agency, state or county, to enforce the rules and regulations authorized by this law.
(4) The powers herein granted are supplemental to and in aid of powers now vested in the Governor of this state under the constitution, statutory laws, and police powers of said state.
(5) The provisions of this section shall continue in full force and effect until otherwise amended.
History.—ss. 1-4, 6, ch. 31389, 1956; s. 1, ch. 61-239; s. 1, ch. 65-95; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 18, ch. 78-95; s. 33, ch. 95-147.

Cases Citing F.S. 14.021

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·Lee Cnty. v. Exch. Nat. Bank of Tampa, 417 So. 2d 268 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

owner. See 4A Nichols, Law of Eminent Domain, § 14.21(1) at 14-53. *271 125 N.J. Super. at 35, 308 A
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·Florida Carry, Inc. & The Second etc. v. City of Tallahassee, Florida, etc., 212 So. 3d 452 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 465303, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1395

...used must be evaluated in determining the Legislature’s intent as to the word’s meaning. For instance, in certain circumstances, the Legislature has used the word “promulgate” in the context of creating or enacting rules and the like. See § 14.021(1), Fla....
...s differentiated between promulgation and publishing. See § 212.0305(3)(f), Fla. Stat. (“The department shall promulgate such rules and shall prescribe and publish such forms as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.”); § 14.021(2), Fla....
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Roy v. Roy, 123 So. 2d 692 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

299; 2 Nelson, Divorce and Annulment (2d ed.) § 14.21; Annotation, 1955, 43 A. L.R.2d 1387. HORTON, C

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