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Record Group Number: 000150
Series/Collection Number: .S 1356
Creator: Florida. Administrative Code, Register and Laws Section.
Title, Dates: Executive orders, 1977-2021.
Amount: 26 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
Restrictions: Restricted:  Some of the Executive Orders are Confidential and access is restricted by F.S. 27.151.
Terms Governing Use:
Biographical/Historical:     Executive orders reflect the routine appointments, transfers, and disqualifications of appointed State judges and attorneys, and the sometimes-controversial reprieves of criminals. Governors also issue executive orders to establish states of emergency, create committees or commissions, and to address management and administrative issues.
Summary:     This series contains copies and originals of the governors' executive orders filed with the Secretary of State since 1977 under the provisions of Chapter 14.022 Florida Statutes. The executive orders reflect routine appointments, transfers, and disqualifications of appointed State judges and attorneys. Originals and copies are interfiled throughout the series with the exception of Boxes 18-20 (dated 2009-2013) which contain only original orders. Some of the orders are confidential and access is restricted by F.S. 27.151; these are sealed and labeled "Confidential."   

    The series also contains numerical and subject indexes to the executive orders; the indexes are interfiled in the collection.  From 1845 to 1976, executive orders were interfiled with Proclamations (Series 13).
Finding Aids: Box listing available. 0
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Associated Materials: Proclamations and executive orders are also located in two other series: Series S13 contains proclamations from 1845 to 2014 and executive orders from 1845 to 1976; Series S509 contains proclamations from 1971-1999 and 2001-2009 and executive orders from 1936-1977 and 2002-2007 along with supplemental materials (affidavits, clippings, correspondence).
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Subject Access Fields: Governors Florida
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Added Entries Florida. Division of Library and Information Services.
Florida. Division of Elections.