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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 20
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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F.S. 20.10
20.10 Department of State.—There is created a Department of State.
(1) The head of the Department of State is the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Secretary of State shall perform the functions conferred by the State Constitution upon the custodian of state records.
(2) The following divisions of the Department of State are established:
(a) Division of Elections.
(b) Division of Historical Resources.
(c) Division of Corporations.
(d) Division of Library and Information Services.
(e) Division of Arts and Culture.
(f) Division of Administration.
(3) The Department of State may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of law conferring duties upon the department.
History.—s. 10, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-329; s. 3, ch. 71-355; s. 1, ch. 74-272; s. 15, ch. 75-22; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 77-122; s. 3, ch. 79-164; s. 1, ch. 80-391; s. 3, ch. 86-163; s. 4, ch. 2000-258; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2001-75; s. 2, ch. 2002-295; s. 3, ch. 2021-71.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 20.10
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Total Results: 10

Advisory Opinion to the Governor Re: Implementation of Amendment 4, The Voting Restoration Amendment

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-01-16

Snippet: constitutional executive authority of the Governor”); § 20.10, Fla. Stat. (creating the Department of State, headed

Added to database: 2025-08-29 19:27:29

Kenneth J. Detzner, etc. v. Harry Lee Anstead

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-10-17

Citation: 256 So. 3d 820

Snippet: Secretary Detzner is a state officer. See § 20.10(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) ("The head of the Department

Added to database: 2025-08-29 19:27:29

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2015-01

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-09-24

Snippet: Welfare Fraud – Receiving Unauthorized Payments; 20.10 – Welfare Fraud – Filing Without Crediting; 20.11

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In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report No. 2015-01

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-09-24

Citation: 175 So. 3d 782, 2015 WL 5601467

Snippet: Welfare Fraud — Receiving Unauthorized Payments; 20.10 — Welfare Fraud — Filing Without Crediting; 20.11

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In re Amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar—Florida Registered Paralegal Program

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-11-15

Citation: 969 So. 2d 360, 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 712, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 2175, 2007 WL 3377120

Snippet: staff and counsel assisting a committee. SUBCHAPTER 20-10 AMENDMENTS. The sole rule in this subchapter provides

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Winkler v. Moore

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-04-25

Citation: 831 So. 2d 63, 2002 WL 717819

Snippet: 20 10/12/1988 20 10/20/1988

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In Re Lupola

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-04-17

Citation: 293 So. 2d 354

Snippet: approved a lump sum settlement pursuant to § 440.20(10), F.S. On August 10, 1972 the claimant expired,

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Lupola v. Lindsley Lumber Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-04-17

Citation: 293 So. 2d 354, 1974 Fla. LEXIS 4197

Snippet: approved a lump sum settlement pursuant to § 440.20(10), F.S. On August 10, 1972 the claimant expired,

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Pennsylvania National Insurance Group v. Mel

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-05-17

Citation: 199 So. 2d 273, 1967 Fla. LEXIS 3907

Snippet: unfamiliar with the provision of the statute, Sec. 440.20(10), F.S.A., that settlements in lump sums are not

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STATE EX REL. IOWA NAT. MUT. INS. CO. v. Florida Industrial Commission

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-04-03

Citation: 151 So. 2d 636

Snippet: interpretation of the second sentence of section 440.20(10), Florida Statutes, F.S.A., as relates to a lump

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