(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.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 20 - Organizational Structure
20.02 - Declaration of Policy.
20.04 - Structure of Executive Branch.
20.05 - Heads of Departments; Powers and Duties.
20.052 - Advisory Bodies, Commissions, Boards; Establishment.
20.055 - Agency Inspectors General.
20.057 - Interagency Agreements to Delete Duplication of Inspections.
20.058 - Citizen Support and Direct-Support Organizations.
20.06 - Method of Reorganization.
20.104 - Clearing Funds Trust Fund.
20.105 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.106 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department of State.
20.11 - Department of Legal Affairs.
20.111 - Operating Trust Fund.
20.112 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Legal Affairs.
20.121 - Department of Financial Services.
20.14 - Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
20.142 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
20.15 - Department of Education.
20.155 - Board of Governors of the State University System.
20.165 - Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
20.166 - Florida Business Information Portal.
20.181 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.19 - Department of Children and Families.
20.195 - Department of Children and Families; Trust Funds.
20.197 - Agency for Persons With Disabilities.
20.1971 - Agency for Persons With Disabilities; Trust Funds.
20.201 - Department of Law Enforcement.
20.21 - Department of Revenue.
20.22 - Department of Management Services.
20.221 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.23 - Department of Transportation.
20.24 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
20.241 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
20.255 - Department of Environmental Protection.
20.25501 - Department of Environmental Protection; Trust Funds.
20.2551 - Citizen Support Organizations; Use of Property; Audit; Public Records; Partnerships.
20.28 - State Board of Administration.
20.29 - Department of Citrus; Florida Citrus Commission; Executive Director.
20.315 - Department of Corrections.
20.3151 - Administrative Trust Fund.
20.316 - Department of Juvenile Justice.
20.3161 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Juvenile Justice.
20.317 - Department of the Lottery.
20.32 - Florida Commission on Offender Review.
20.331 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
20.3311 - Additional Powers of Commission.
20.34 - Governmental Reorganization Act of 1969; Effect on Rules.
20.37 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
20.375 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Trust Funds.
20.41 - Department of Elderly Affairs.
20.415 - Department of Elderly Affairs; Trust Funds.
20.42 - Agency for Health Care Administration.
20.425 - Agency for Health Care Administration; Trust Funds.
20.435 - Department of Health; Trust Funds.
20.506 - Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
20.60 - Department of Economic Opportunity; Creation; Powers and Duties.
20.601 - Agency Review; Department of Economic Opportunity.
20.605 - Administrative Trust Fund of the Department of Economic Opportunity.