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Fla. Stat. § 20.201 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
20.201 Department of Law Enforcement.—
(1) There is created a Department of Law Enforcement. The head of the department is the Governor and Cabinet. The executive director of the department shall be appointed by the Governor subject to a majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor on the prevailing side. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. The executive director may establish a command, operational, and administrative services structure to assist, manage, and support the department in operating programs and delivering services.
(2) The following programs of the Department of Law Enforcement are established:
(a) Criminal Justice Investigations and Forensic Science Program.
(b) Criminal Justice Information Program.
(c) Criminal Justice Professionalism Program.
(d) Capitol Police.
History.—ss. 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, ch. 74-386; s. 11, ch. 77-104; s. 2, ch. 77-111; s. 1, ch. 78-347; s. 19, ch. 81-24; s. 2, ch. 87-30; s. 5, ch. 89-3; s. 1, ch. 98-94; s. 1, ch. 2002-21; s. 1, ch. 2022-14.

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·Support Working Animals, Inc. v. Governor of Florida (11th Cir. 2021).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...8A, the plaintiffs may well face civil and criminal penalties should they 4 Contrary to the plaintiffs’ assertions, the Attorney General is not the head of FDLE—by virtue of her membership in the Florida Cabinet, she is one of several heads of the FDLE. Fla. Stat. § 20.201 (“There is created a Department of Law Enforcement....
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