Florida Statute 20.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 20
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

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F.S. 20.04

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 title beginning with the words “State of Florida” and continuing with “Department of .”

(2) For field operations, departments may establish district or area offices that combine division, bureau, section, and subsection functions.

(3) For their internal structure, all departments, except for the Department of Financial Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Management Services, the Department of Revenue, and the Department of Transportation, must adhere to the following standard terms:

(a) The principal unit of the department is the “division.” Each division is headed by a “director.”

(b) The principal unit of the division is the “bureau.” Each bureau is headed by a “chief.”

(d) If further subdivision is necessary, sections may be divided into “subsections,” which are headed by “supervisors.”

(4) Within the Department of Children and Families there are organizational units called “circuits” and “regions.” Each circuit is aligned geographically with each judicial circuit, and each region comprises multiple circuits which are in geographical proximity to each other.

(5) Within the Department of Corrections the principal policy and program development unit of the department is the “office.” Each “office” is headed by a director.

(6) Within the Department of Transportation the principal policy and program development unit of the department is the “office.” Each “office” is headed by a director.

(7)(a) Unless specifically authorized by law, the head of a department may not reallocate duties and functions specifically assigned by law to a specific unit of the department. Those functions or agencies assigned generally to the department without specific designation to a unit of the department may be allocated and reallocated to a unit of the department at the discretion of the head of the department.

(b) Within the limitations of this subsection, the head of the department may recommend the establishment of additional divisions, bureaus, sections, and subsections of the department to promote efficient and effective operation of the department. However, additional divisions, or offices in the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Transportation, may be established only by specific statutory enactment. New bureaus, sections, and subsections of departments may be initiated by a department and established as recommended by the Department of Management Services and approved by the Executive Office of the Governor, or may be established by specific statutory enactment.

(c) For the purposes of such recommendations and approvals, the Department of Management Services and the Executive Office of the Governor, respectively, must adopt and apply specific criteria for assessing the appropriateness of all reorganization requests from agencies. The criteria must be applied to future agency requests for reorganization and must be used to review the appropriateness of bureaus currently in existence. Any current bureau that does not meet the criteria for a bureau must be reorganized into a section or other appropriate unit.

(8) The Executive Office of the Governor must maintain a current organizational chart of each agency of the executive branch, which must identify all divisions, bureaus, units, and subunits of the agency. Agencies must submit such organizational charts in accordance with guidelines established by the Executive Office of the Governor.

History.—s. 4, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-384; s. 1, ch. 75-48; s. 5, ch. 75-49; s. 1, ch. 75-275; s. 2, ch. 77-147; s. 2, ch. 78-95; s. 1, ch. 79-3; ss. 28, 61, ch. 79-190; s. 1, ch. 83-230; s. 11, ch. 85-318; s. 1, ch. 88-215; s. 1, ch. 88-235; s. 1, ch. 88-290; s. 2, ch. 91-158; s. 7, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 3, ch. 94-235; ss. 1, 15, ch. 95-272; ss. 2, 3, ch. 96-403; s. 1, ch. 97-287; s. 2, ch. 97-296; s. 3, ch. 99-155; s. 1, ch. 2000-139; s. 1, ch. 2002-404; s. 67, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2012-84; ss. 7, 8, 56, ch. 2012-119; s. 18, ch. 2021-25; s. 7, ch. 2024-6.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 20.04

Total Results: 20

Palm Beach County School District v. Josaphat

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-12

Snippet: work accident after the 120- day period in § 440.20(4), particularly where, as here, it has accepted the

Daniel Murphy v. Polk County Board of County Commissioners, and Commercial Risk Management

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-05

Snippet: 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (en banc) (“[S]ection 440.20(4) does not preclude the E/C from challenging the

DEANGELO GEORGE ROBINSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-02-02

Snippet: and firearms charges. He was sentenced to serve 20.4 months in prison. Two days before the end of that

Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Braden

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-12-13

Snippet: compensable, filing a “120-day” letter under section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes, reserving its right to pay and

In Re: Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms 12.980(a), 12.980(f), 12.980(n), 12.980(q), and 12.980(t)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-08-24

Snippet: -20- 4. Physical description of Respondent:

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY v. MIAMI GARDENS SQUARE ONE, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-11-04

Snippet: with CO 27-20 and CO 30-20. 4 A preemption challenge

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms – 12.948(a)-(e)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-07-09

Snippet: Responsibility During Deployment (07/20) -4- Decisionmaking authority

Publix Risk Management and Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. Teresa Carter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-07-29

Snippet: 120-day-rule argument for affirming this appeal, see § 440.20(4), Fla. Stat., because the workplace injury did not

La Rosa v. Cheney Bros., Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-09

Citation: 267 So. 3d 453

Snippet: failing to find waiver by the E/C under section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes. We disagree and affirm. See

La Rosa v. Cheney Bros., Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-09

Citation: 267 So. 3d 453

Snippet: failing to find waiver by the E/C under section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes. We disagree and affirm. See

Julio De La Rosa v. Cheney Brothers, Inc., and Clarendon National Insurance Company

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-09

Snippet: failing to find waiver by the E/C under section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes. We disagree and affirm. See

Nicole Payne v. Allstaff Inc/Summit

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-03-13

Snippet: the pay-and-investigate provisions of section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes (2016). In early March 2017,

William Rente v. Orange County BOCC and Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-02-11

Citation: 263 So. 3d 294

Snippet: the analysis required by case law and section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes (2015). He further erred in excluding

Troike v. Troike

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-01-30

Citation: 271 So. 3d 1069

Snippet: imputed income added up to $ 1,667 per month or $ 20,004 on an annualized basis. The May 31, 2018 order

Troike v. Troike

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-01-30

Citation: 271 So. 3d 1069

Snippet: imputed income added up to $ 1,667 per month or $ 20,004 on an annualized basis. The May 31, 2018 order

Andrew Michael Gosciminski v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-20

Citation: 262 So. 3d 47

Snippet: hair from shower floor in master bathroom (item 20) 4. FPPD-19, hair from base of statute (exhibit

St. Lucie FCRD and PGCS v. FMIT, Florida Municipal etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-10

Citation: 259 So. 3d 992

Snippet: the Florida Workers’ Compensation Law, section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes. PGCS later (within 120 days)

Samuel Howard v. City of Tallahassee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-10-15

Citation: 257 So. 3d 568

Snippet: preventing the Claimant from asserting that section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes (2003) (commonly called the “120-day

Bruce Fuller v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-09-24

Citation: 257 So. 3d 521

Snippet: 20 (4) In a criminal prosecution, once a prima

Harbor Freight Tools, Inc. v. Whitehead

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-05-18

Citation: 244 So. 3d 410

Snippet: challenge compensability within 120 days. See § 440.20(4), Fla. Stat. (2015) ; see also Sierra v. Metropolitan