Florida Statute 20.052 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 20
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

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F.S. 20.052

20.052 Advisory bodies, commissions, boards; establishment.—Each advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or any other collegial body created by specific statutory enactment as an adjunct to an executive agency must be established, evaluated, or maintained in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) It may be created only when it is found to be necessary and beneficial to the furtherance of a public purpose.

(2) It must be terminated by the Legislature when it is no longer necessary and beneficial to the furtherance of a public purpose. The executive agency to which the advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body is made an adjunct must advise the Legislature at the time the advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body ceases to be essential to the furtherance of a public purpose.

(3) The Legislature and the public must be kept informed of the numbers, purposes, memberships, activities, and expenses of advisory bodies, commissions, boards of trustees, and other collegial bodies established as adjuncts to executive agencies.

(4) An advisory body, commission, board of trustees, and other collegial body may not be created or reestablished unless:

(a) It meets a statutorily defined purpose;

(b) Its powers and responsibilities conform with the definitions for governmental units in s. 20.03;

(c) Its members, unless expressly provided otherwise in the State Constitution, are appointed for 4-year staggered terms; and

(d) Its members, unless expressly provided otherwise by specific statutory enactment, serve without additional compensation or honorarium, and are authorized to receive only per diem and reimbursement for travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.

(5)(a) The private citizen members of an advisory body that is adjunct to an executive agency must be appointed by the Governor, the head of the department, the executive director of the department, or a Cabinet officer.

(b) The private citizen members of a commission or board of trustees that is adjunct to an executive agency must be appointed by the Governor unless otherwise provided by law, must be confirmed by the Senate, and must be subject to the dual-office-holding prohibition of s. 5(a), Art. II of the State Constitution.

(c) Unless an exemption is otherwise specifically provided by law, all meetings of an advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body adjunct to an executive agency are public meetings under s. 286.011. Minutes, including a record of all votes cast, must be maintained for all meetings.

(d) If an advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body that is adjunct to an executive agency is abolished, its records must be appropriately stored, within 30 days after the effective date of its abolition, by the executive agency to which it was adjunct, and any property assigned to it must be reclaimed by the executive agency. The advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body may not perform any activities after the effective date of its abolition.

(6) This section does not affect the right to institute or prosecute any cause of action by or against an abolished advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body that was adjunct to an executive agency if the cause of the action accrued before the date it was abolished. Any cause of action pending on the date the advisory body, commission, board of trustees, or other collegial body is abolished, or instituted thereafter, must be prosecuted or defended in the name of the state by the Department of Legal Affairs.

(7) To comply with subsection (3), each executive agency that has an adjunct advisory body must annually upload a report by August 15 to the website maintained by the Executive Office of the Governor pursuant to s. 215.985(5). The report must include all of the following information:

(a) The statutory authority pursuant to which each advisory body is created.

(b) A brief description of the purpose or objective of each advisory body.

(c) A list indicating the membership of each advisory body, the appointing authority for each member position, whether the member positions are filled or vacant, the term of each member position, and, if vacant, when the vacancy occurred.

(d) A list of the meeting dates and times of each advisory body for the preceding 3 fiscal years.

(e) A brief summary of the work plan for each advisory body for the current fiscal year and the next 2 fiscal years.

(f) The amount of appropriated funds and staff time used in each fiscal year to support each advisory body.

(g) A recommendation by the agency, with supporting rationale, to continue, terminate, or modify each advisory body.

(8) A law creating, or authorizing the creation of, an advisory body must provide for the repeal of the advisory body on October 2 of the 3rd year after enactment unless the law is reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History.—s. 6, ch. 94-235; s. 1, ch. 2024-87.

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Cases Citing Statute 20.052

Total Results: 18

JOHN-CHARLES ALLAIRE v. BARBARA SILVA ALLAIRE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-09-15

Snippet: Florida due to COVID-19. See Fla. Exec. Ord. No. 20-52 (Mar. 9, 2020). On March 30, 2020, he issued Executive

AMANDA HEINE and JHAYLA STREADY v. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-04-26

Snippet: nationwide, Florida’s Governor issued Executive Order 20-52 on March 9, 2020, declaring a Florida State of Emergency

DOMINGO SACRAMENTO v. CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-06-22

Snippet: of the COVID-19 pandemic. Exec. Order No. 20-52. On March 25, 2020, the Eleventh Judicial

In Re: Amendments to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.510

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-02-10

Snippet: re Amends. to Fam. Law Rule of Proc. 12.510, at 20:52 (Dec. 7, 2021), https://wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/viewcase

RUSSELL SIMPSON AS DIRECTOR OF THE DISSOLVED FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATON AWA-USA, INC. v. 2699 INDUSTRIAL LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-04-07

Snippet: isolation or quarantines.”); Fla. Exec. Order No. 20-52 (Mar. 9, 2020). The Florida Supreme Court then

ELIZABETH SNYDER, as the Daughter and Authorized Agent of Judith Goldstein v. MERIDIAN PARK VILLAGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-03-03

Snippet: Florida’s Governor issued Executive Order 20-52 and the Division of Emergency Management entered

JOSIE MACHOVEC v. PALM BEACH COUNTY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-01-27

Snippet: “mitigation measures.” See Fla. Exec. Order No. 20-52 (March 9, 2020). Thus, we cannot say that Appellants

Hunt v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-04-13

Citation: 429 So. 2d 811

Snippet: 89 So. 807 (Fla. 1921); Hinson v. State, 59 Fla. 20, 52 So. 194 (Fla. 1910). The state's argument that

Mansur v. Eubanks

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-07-30

Citation: 401 So. 2d 1328

Snippet: annotations; Godbrecht v. Beckwith, 82 N.H. 415, 135 A. 20, 52 A.L.R. 858, and annotations. The district court

Lewis v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-11-01

Citation: 377 So. 2d 640

Snippet: contention, appellant cites Hinson v. State, 59 Fla. 20, 52 So. 194 (1910), which enunciates the principle

Wingard v. McDonald

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-06-24

Citation: 348 So. 2d 573

Snippet: annotations; Gobrecht v. Beckwith, 82 N.H. 415, 135 A. 20, 52 A.L.R. 858, and annotations." (Emphasis supplied

Miranda v. Fidelity National Bank of South Miami

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-06-22

Citation: 334 So. 2d 74, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14553

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Bernardo Miranda appeals a $3,020.52 final judgment entered for Fidelity National Bank of

McDonald v. Wingard

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-03-14

Citation: 309 So. 2d 192

Snippet: annotations; Gobrecht v. Beckwith, 82 N.H. 415, 135 A. 20, 52 A.L.R. 858, and annotations." (25 So.2d at pages

Sherwood v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-12-19

Citation: 271 So. 2d 21, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 5656

Snippet: 162 So. 701, 703, and Hinson v. State, 59 Fla. 20, 52 So. 194, 195. A further matter upon which counsel

Eubanks v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-10-21

Citation: 179 So. 2d 256, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3754

Snippet: of these witnesses. See Hinson v. State, 59 Fla. 20, 52 So. 194; also Herring v. State, 114 Fla. 156, 154

Brooks v. Peters

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1946-03-05

Citation: 25 So. 2d 205, 157 Fla. 141, 1946 Fla. LEXIS 682

Snippet: annotations; Godbrecht v. Beckwith, 82 N.H. 415, 135 A. 20, 52 A.L.R. 858, and annotations. Affirmed. TERRELL

Herring v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1934-03-05

Citation: 154 So. 187, 114 Fla. 156, 1934 Fla. LEXIS 1801

Snippet: stricken. This was error. In Hinson v. State,59 Fla. 20, 52 So. 194, we said: "While a witness is not competent

Hinson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1911-06-15

Citation: 62 Fla. 63

Snippet: January term, A. D. 1910, and is reported in 59 Fla. 20, 52 South. Rep. 194. An information was filed in the