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class="mw-parser-output"><table class="infobox" style="text-align: center;" width="125px"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><big><b><a href="/Florida_Constitution" title="Florida Constitution">Florida Constitution</a></b></big> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/File:750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" class="image"><img alt="750px-Flag of Florida.svg.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/d/db/750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png/125px-750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/d/db/750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png/188px-750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/d/db/750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png/250px-750px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><big><a href="/Preamble,_Florida_Constitution" title="Preamble, Florida Constitution">Preamble</a></big> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><big>Articles</big> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Article_I,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article I, Florida Constitution">I</a> • <a href="/Article_II,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article II, Florida Constitution">II</a> • <a href="/Article_III,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article III, Florida Constitution">III</a> • <a class="mw-selflink selflink">IV</a> • <a href="/Article_V,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article V, Florida Constitution">V</a> • <a href="/Article_VI,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article VI, Florida Constitution">VI</a> • <a href="/Article_VII,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article VII, Florida Constitution">VII</a> • <a href="/Article_VIII,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article VIII, Florida Constitution">VIII</a> • <a href="/Article_IX,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article IX, Florida Constitution">IX</a> • <a href="/Article_X,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article X, Florida Constitution">X</a> • <a href="/Article_XI,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article XI, Florida Constitution">XI</a> • <a href="/Article_XII,_Florida_Constitution" title="Article XII, Florida Constitution">XII</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="float:right; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; ;" class="toclimit-3"> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Section_1"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Section 1</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Amendments"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Section_2"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Section 2</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Amendments_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Section_3"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Section 3</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Amendments_3"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Section_4"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Section 4</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Amendments_4"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Section_5"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Section 5</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Amendments_5"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Section_6"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Section 6</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Section_7"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Section 7</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Amendments_6"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Section_8"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Section 8</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Amendments_7"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Section_9"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Section 9</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Amendments_8"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Section_10"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Section 10</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Amendments_9"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Section_11"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Section 11</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Amendments_10"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Section_12"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Section 12</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Amendments_11"><span class="tocnumber">12.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#Section_13"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Section 13</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Amendments_12"><span class="tocnumber">13.1</span> <span class="toctext">Amendments</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#Additional_reading"><span class="tocnumber">16</span> <span class="toctext">Additional reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">17</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p><b>Article IV</b> of the <a href="/Florida_Constitution" title="Florida Constitution">Florida Constitution</a> is entitled <b>Executive</b> It has 13 sections. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_1">Section 1</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 1:</b> <p><b>Governor</b> </p><p>(a) The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall be commander-in-chief of all military forces of the state not in active service of the United States. The governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, commission all officers of the state and counties, and transact all necessary business with the officers of government. The governor may require information in writing from all executive or administrative state, county or municipal officers upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. The governor shall be the chief administrative officer of the state responsible for the planning and budgeting for the state. </p><p>(b) The governor may initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state against any executive or administrative state, county or municipal officer to enforce compliance with any duty or restrain any unauthorized act. </p><p>(c) The governor may request in writing the opinion of the justices of the supreme court as to the interpretation of any portion of this constitution upon any question affecting the governor's executive powers and duties. The justices shall, subject to their rules of procedure, permit interested persons to be heard on the questions presented and shall render their written opinion not earlier than ten days from the filing and docketing of the request, unless in their judgment the delay would cause public injury. </p><p>(d) The governor shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, execute the laws of the state, suppress insurrection, or repel invasion. </p><p>(e) The governor shall by message at least once in each regular session inform the legislature concerning the condition of the state, propose such reorganization of the executive department as will promote efficiency and economy, and recommend measures in the public interest. </p><p>(f) When not otherwise provided for in this constitution, the governor shall fill by appointment any vacancy in state or county office for the remainder of the term of an appointive office, and for the remainder of the term of an elective office if less than twenty-eight months, otherwise until the first Tuesday after the first Monday following the next general election.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Am. proposed by Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, Revision No. 1, 1992, filed with the Secretary of State May 7, 1992; adopted 1992 (<a href="/Florida_Budget_Accountability,_Amendment_4_(1992)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Budget Accountability, Amendment 4 (1992)">Florida Budget Accountability, Amendment 4 (1992)</a>); Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Miscellaneous_Matters_and_Technical_Revisions,_Amendment_13_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)">Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_2">Section 2</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 2:</b> <p><b>Lieutenant Governor</b> </p><p>There shall be a lieutenant governor, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of governor as shall be assigned by the governor, except when otherwise provided by law, and such other duties as may be prescribed by law.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_2">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Miscellaneous_Matters_and_Technical_Revisions,_Amendment_13_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)">Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_3">Section 3</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 3:</b> <p><b>Succession to Office of Governor; Acting Governor</b> </p><p>(a) Upon vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor. Further succession to the office of governor shall be prescribed by law. A successor shall serve for the remainder of the term. </p><p>(b) Upon impeachment of the governor and until completion of trial thereof, or during the governor's physical or mental incapacity, the lieutenant governor shall act as governor. Further succession as acting governor shall be prescribed by law. Incapacity to serve as governor may be determined by the supreme court upon due notice after docketing of a written suggestion thereof by three cabinet members, and in such case restoration of capacity shall be similarly determined after docketing of written suggestion thereof by the governor, the legislature or three cabinet members. Incapacity to serve as governor may also be established by certificate filed with the custodian of state records by the governor declaring incapacity for physical reasons to serve as governor, and in such case restoration of capacity shall be similarly established.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_3">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Ams. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision Nos. 8 and 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Restructuring_the_State_Cabinet,_Amendment_8_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)">Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)</a> and <a href="/Florida_Miscellaneous_Matters_and_Technical_Revisions,_Amendment_13_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)">Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_4">Section 4</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 4:</b> <p><b>Cabinet</b> </p><p>(a) There shall be a cabinet composed of an attorney general, a chief financial officer, and a commissioner of agriculture. In addition to the powers and duties specified herein, they shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. In the event of a tie vote of the governor and cabinet, the side on which the governor voted shall be deemed to prevail. </p><p>(b) The attorney general shall be the chief state legal officer. There is created in the office of the attorney general the position of statewide prosecutor. The statewide prosecutor shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to prosecute violations of criminal laws occurring or having occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a related transaction, or when any such offense is affecting or has affected two or more judicial circuits as provided by general law. The statewide prosecutor shall be appointed by the attorney general from not less than three persons nominated by the judicial nominating commission for the supreme court, or as otherwise provided by general law. </p><p>(c) The chief financial officer shall serve as the chief fiscal officer of the state, and shall settle and approve accounts against the state, and shall keep all state funds and securities. </p><p>(d) The commissioner of agriculture shall have supervision of matters pertaining to agriculture except as otherwise provided by law. </p><p>(e) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, and the attorney general shall constitute the state board of administration, which shall succeed to all the power, control, and authority of the state board of administration established pursuant to Article IX, Section 16 of the Constitution of 1885, and which shall continue as a body at least for the life of Article XII, Section 9(c). </p><p>(f) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall constitute the trustees of the internal improvement trust fund and the land acquisition trust fund as provided by law. </p><p>(g) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall constitute the agency head of the Department of Law Enforcement. The Office of Domestic Security and Counterterrorism is created within the Department of Law Enforcement. The Office of Domestic Security and Counterterrorism shall provide support for prosecutors and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies that investigate or analyze information relating to attempts or acts of terrorism or that prosecute terrorism, and shall perform any other duties that are provided by law.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_4">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Am. H.J.R. 435, 1983; adopted 1984; Am. H.J.R. 386, 1985; adopted 1986 (<a href="/Florida_Statewide_Prosecutor_Appointment,_Amendment_1_(1986)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Statewide Prosecutor Appointment, Amendment 1 (1986)">Florida Statewide Prosecutor Appointment, Amendment 1 (1986)</a>); Ams. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision Nos. 8 and 13, 1998, filed with the</i> <i>Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Restructuring_the_State_Cabinet,_Amendment_8_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)">Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)</a> and <a href="/Florida_Miscellaneous_Matters_and_Technical_Revisions,_Amendment_13_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)">Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)</a>).</i></li> <li>Amended via voter approval of <a href="/Florida_Amendment_10,_State_and_Local_Government_Structure_Amendment_(2018)" title="Florida Amendment 10, State and Local Government Structure Amendment (2018)">Florida Amendment 10, State and Local Government Structure Amendment (2018)</a> on November 6, 2018.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_5">Section 5</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 5:</b> <p><b>Election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Cabinet Members; Qualifications; Terms</b> </p><p>(a) At a state-wide general election in each calendar year the number of which is even but not a multiple of four, the electors shall choose a governor and a lieutenant governor and members of the cabinet each for a term of four years beginning on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of the succeeding year. In primary elections, candidates for the office of governor may choose to run without a lieutenant governor candidate. In the general election, all candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall form joint candidacies in a manner prescribed by law so that each voter shall cast a single vote for a candidate for governor and a candidate for lieutenant governor running together. </p><p>(b) When elected, the governor, lieutenant governor and each cabinet member must be an elector not less than thirty years of age who has resided in the state for the preceding seven years. The attorney general must have been a member of the bar of Florida for the preceding five years. No person who has, or but for resignation would have, served as governor or acting governor for more than six years in two consecutive terms shall be elected governor for the succeeding term.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_5">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 11, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Amendment_11,_Nonpartisan_School_Board_Elections,_Ballot_Access_Requirements,_Public_Campaign_Financing,_and_Election_Processes_Amendment_(1998)" title="Florida Amendment 11, Nonpartisan School Board Elections, Ballot Access Requirements, Public Campaign Financing, and Election Processes Amendment (1998)">Florida Amendment 11, Nonpartisan School Board Elections, Ballot Access Requirements, Public Campaign Financing, and Election Processes Amendment (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_6">Section 6</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 6:</b> <p><b>Executive Departments</b> </p><p>All functions of the executive branch of state government shall be allotted among not more than twenty-five departments, exclusive of those specifically provided for or authorized in this constitution. The administration of each department, unless otherwise provided in this constitution, shall be placed by law under the direct supervision of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the governor and cabinet, a cabinet member, or an officer or board appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the governor, except: </p><p>(a) When provided by law, confirmation by the senate or the approval of three members of the cabinet shall be required for appointment to or removal from any designated statutory office. </p><p>(b) Boards authorized to grant and revoke licenses to engage in regulated occupations shall be assigned to appropriate departments and their members appointed for fixed terms, subject to removal only for cause.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_7">Section 7</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 7:</b> <p><b>Suspensions; Filling Office During Suspensions</b> </p><p>(a) By executive order stating the grounds and filed with the custodian of state records, the governor may suspend from office any state officer not subject to impeachment, any officer of the militia not in the active service of the United States, or any county officer, for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony, and may fill the office by appointment for the period of suspension. The suspended officer may at any time before removal be reinstated by the governor. </p><p>(b) The senate may, in proceedings prescribed by law, remove from office or reinstate the suspended official and for such purpose the senate may be convened in special session by its president or by a majority of its membership. </p><p>(c) By order of the governor any elected municipal officer indicted for crime may be suspended from office until acquitted and the office filled by appointment for the period of suspension, not to extend beyond the term, unless these powers are vested elsewhere by law or the municipal charter.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_6">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Ams. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision Nos. 8 and 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Restructuring_the_State_Cabinet,_Amendment_8_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)">Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)</a> and <a href="/Florida_Miscellaneous_Matters_and_Technical_Revisions,_Amendment_13_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)">Florida Miscellaneous Matters and Technical Revisions, Amendment 13 (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_8">Section 8</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 8:</b> <p><b>Clemency</b> </p><p>(a) Except in cases of treason and in cases where impeachment results in conviction, the governor may, by executive order filed with the custodian of state records, suspend collection of fines and forfeitures, grant reprieves not exceeding sixty days and, with the approval of two members of the cabinet, grant full or conditional pardons, restore civil rights, commute punishment, and remit fines and forfeitures for offenses. </p><p>(b) In cases of treason the governor may grant reprieves until adjournment of the regular session of the legislature convening next after the conviction, at which session the legislature may grant a pardon or further reprieve; otherwise the sentence shall be executed. </p><p>(c) There may be created by law a parole and probation commission with power to supervise persons on probation and to grant paroles or conditional releases to persons under sentences for crime. The qualifications, method of selection and terms, not to exceed six years, of members of the commission shall be prescribed by law.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_7">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.—Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 8, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Restructuring_the_State_Cabinet,_Amendment_8_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)">Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet, Amendment 8 (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_9">Section 9</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 9:</b> <p><b>Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission</b> </p><p>There shall be a fish and wildlife conservation commission, composed of seven members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate for staggered terms of five years. The commission shall exercise the regulatory and executive powers of the state with respect to wild animal life and fresh water aquatic life, and shall also exercise regulatory and executive powers of the state with respect to marine life, except that all license fees for taking wild animal life, fresh water aquatic life, and marine life and penalties for violating regulations of the commission shall be prescribed by general law. The commission shall establish procedures to ensure adequate due process in the exercise of its regulatory and executive functions. The legislature may enact laws in aid of the commission, not inconsistent with this section, except that there shall be no special law or general law of local application pertaining to hunting or fishing. The commission's exercise of executive powers in the area of planning, budgeting, personnel management, and purchasing shall be as provided by law. Revenue derived from license fees for the taking of wild animal life and fresh water aquatic life shall be appropriated to the commission by the legislature for the purposes of management, protection, and conservation of wild animal life and fresh water aquatic life. Revenue derived from license fees relating to marine life shall be appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of management, protection, and conservation of marine life as provided by law. The commission shall not be a unit of any other state agency and shall have its own staff, which includes management, research, and enforcement. Unless provided by general law, the commission shall have no authority to regulate matters relating to air and water pollution.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_8">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Am. C.S. for H.J.R. 637, 1973; adopted 1974 (<a href="/Florida_Game_and_Fresh_Water_Fish_Commission,_Amendment_4_(1974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Amendment 4 (1974)">Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Amendment 4 (1974)</a>); Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 5, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998;</i> <i>adopted 1998 (<a href="/Florida_Natural_Resources_Conservation_and_Fish_and_Wildlife_Conservation_Commission,_Amendment_5_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Natural Resources Conservation and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Amendment 5 (1998)">Florida Natural Resources Conservation and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Amendment 5 (1998)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_10">Section 10</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 10:</b> <p><b>Attorney General</b> </p><p>The attorney general shall, as directed by general law, request the opinion of the justices of the supreme court as to the validity of any initiative petition circulated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XI. The justices shall, subject to their rules of procedure, permit interested persons to be heard on the questions presented and shall render their written opinion no later than April 1 of the year in which the initiative is to be submitted to the voters pursuant to Section 5 of Article XI.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_9">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Added, H.J.R. 71, 1986; adopted 1986 (<a href="/Florida_Supreme_Court_Opinion_on_Proposed_Initiatives,_Amendment_4_(1986)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Supreme Court Opinion on Proposed Initiatives, Amendment 4 (1986)">Florida Supreme Court Opinion on Proposed Initiatives, Amendment 4 (1986)</a>); Am. S.J.R. 2394, 2004; adopted 2004 (<a href="/Florida_Initiative_Requirements,_Amendment_2_(2004)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Initiative Requirements, Amendment 2 (2004)">Florida Initiative Requirements, Amendment 2 (2004)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_11">Section 11</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 11:</b> <p><b>Department of Veterans Affairs</b> </p><p>The legislature, by general law, shall provide for a Department of Veterans’ Affairs and prescribe its duties. The head of the department is the governor and cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_10">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Added, C.S. for H.J.R. 290, 1988; adopted 1988 (<a href="/Florida_Departments_of_Veteran_Affairs_and_Elderly_Affairs,_Amendment_9_(1988)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Departments of Veteran Affairs and Elderly Affairs, Amendment 9 (1988)">Florida Departments of Veteran Affairs and Elderly Affairs, Amendment 9 (1988)</a>).</i></li> <li>Amended via voter approval of <a href="/Florida_Amendment_10,_State_and_Local_Government_Structure_Amendment_(2018)" title="Florida Amendment 10, State and Local Government Structure Amendment (2018)">Florida Amendment 10, State and Local Government Structure Amendment (2018)</a> on November 6, 2018.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_12">Section 12</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 12:</b> <p><b>Department of Elderly Affairs</b> </p><p>The legislature may create a Department of Elderly Affairs and prescribe its duties. The provisions governing the administration of the department must comply with Section 6 of Article IV of the State Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_11">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Added, C.S. for H.J.R. 290, 1988; adopted 1988 (<a href="/Florida_Departments_of_Veteran_Affairs_and_Elderly_Affairs,_Amendment_9_(1988)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Departments of Veteran Affairs and Elderly Affairs, Amendment 9 (1988)">Florida Departments of Veteran Affairs and Elderly Affairs, Amendment 9 (1988)</a>).</i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Section_13">Section 13</span></h2> <table style="width:60%; background:#F2F2F2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Text of Section 13:</b> <p><b>Revenue Shortfalls</b> </p><p>In the event of revenue shortfalls, as defined by general law, the governor and cabinet may establish all necessary reductions in the state budget in order to comply with the provisions of Article VII, Section 1(d). The governor and cabinet shall implement all necessary reductions for the executive budget, the chief justice of the supreme court shall implement all necessary reductions for the judicial budget, and the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall implement all necessary reductions for the legislative budget. Budget reductions pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the provisions of Article III, Section 19(h).<sup id="cite_ref-fl_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Amendments_12">Amendments</span></h3> <ul><li><i>History.--Proposed by Taxation and Budget Reform Commission Revision No. 1, 1992, filed with the Secretary of State May 7, 1992; adopted 1992 (<a href="/Florida_Budget_Accountability,_Amendment_4_(1992)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Budget Accountability, Amendment 4 (1992)">Florida Budget Accountability, Amendment 4 (1992)</a>).</i></li></ul> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/File:State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png" class="image"><img alt="State Constitutions Ballotpedia.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e6/State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png/175px-State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="175" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e6/State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png/263px-State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e6/State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png/350px-State_Constitutions_Ballotpedia.png 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="713" /></a></div> <ul><li><a href="/State_constitution" title="State constitution">State constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/Constitutional_article" title="Constitutional article">Constitutional article</a></li> <li><a href="/Constitutional_amendment" title="Constitutional amendment">Constitutional amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/Constitutional_revision" title="Constitutional revision">Constitutional revision</a></li> <li><a href="/Constitutional_convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional convention">Constitutional convention</a></li> <li><a href="/Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Amendment">Amendments</a> <ul><li><a href="/Initiated_constitutional_amendment" title="Initiated constitutional amendment">Initiated constitutional amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/Legislatively-referred_constitutional_amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment">Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/Publication_requirements_for_proposed_state_constitutional_amendments" title="Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments">Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments</a></li> <li><a href="/Rules_about_constitutional_conventions_in_state_constitutions" title="Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions">Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions</a></li> <li><a href="/State_constitutional_articles_governing_state_legislatures" title="State constitutional articles governing state legislatures">State constitutional articles governing state legislatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <div style="float:right; border:1px solid #00008B; margin:1px;"> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:145px; background:#transparent;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:45px; height:45px; background:#transparent; text-align:center; font-size:13pt; color:black;"><b> <div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="/Ballotpedia:Submit_a_link" title="Ballotpedia:Submit a link"><img alt="BP-Initials-UPDATED.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/0/0c/BP-Initials-UPDATED.png/50px-BP-Initials-UPDATED.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/0/0c/BP-Initials-UPDATED.png/75px-BP-Initials-UPDATED.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/0/0c/BP-Initials-UPDATED.png/100px-BP-Initials-UPDATED.png 2x" data-file-width="975" data-file-height="675" /></a></div></div> </b> </td> <td style="font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:black;"><b><a href="/Ballotpedia:Submit_a_link" title="Ballotpedia:Submit a link">Suggest a link</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Constitution">Florida Constitution</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/Constitution/">Florida's Early Constitutions</a> - The Florida Constitutions of 1838, 1861, 1865, 1868, and 1885.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Additional_reading">Additional reading</span></h2> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/Florida-Constitution-Oxford-Commentaries-Constitutions/dp/0199778833">D'Alemberte, Talbot. 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