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Florida Bar Journal – The New Constitutional Cabinet — “Florida’s Four” – The Florida Bar
April, 2008 Volume 82, No. 4
The New Constitutional Cabinet — “Florida’s Four”
by Kent J. Perez
By way of final example, when choosing the commissioner of insurance or the commissioner of financial regulation, the statute requires three affirmative votes with both the governor and the chief financial officer on the prevailing side.36
1	Edwin A. Bayo & Kent J. Perez, Florida’s Cabinet System Y2K and Beyond, 74 Fla. B. J. 68 (November 2000).
2	Recommendations of the 1998 Constitution Revision Commission were adopted by Florida voters and became effective in 2003.
3	Fla. Const. art. IV, §4(a), as revised in 1968 and subsequently amended in 2002.
4	William McCollum, The Florida Cabinet System — A Critical Analysis, 43 Fla. B. J. 156 (March 1969).
5	Allen Morris, The Florida Handbook (2005-2006).
6	William McCollum, The Florida Cabinet System — A Critical Analysis, 43 Fla. B. J. 156 (March 1969).
7	See, e.g., Fla. Stat. §14.202 (2001), as it existed prior to being amended in 2003.
8	See, e.g., Fla. Stat. §253.02(2), as it existed prior to being amended in 2003.
9	Fla. Const. art. IV, §4 (a), as revised in 1968 and subsequently amended in 2002.
10	Fla. Stat. §14.2001.
11	See the recommendations of the 1998 Constitution Revision Commission and the fascinating law review article by the Deborah K. Kearney, The Florida Cabinet in the Age of Aquarius, 52 Fla. L. Rev. 425 (2000). Deborah Kearney served as staff to the revision commission.
12	See, e.g., Fla. Stat. §253.02(2), as it existed prior to being amended in 2003.
13	H.B. 1627 of the 2003 legislative session.
14	Allen Morris, The Florida Handbook (2005-2006).
15	Governor Bush called a special meeting of the governor and cabinet, as did Governor Crist, necessary to put in place emergency rules related to insurance following the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 and to follow up on legislative changes made to insurance in the 2007 session.
16	Allen Morris, The Florida Handbook (2005-2006).
17	Fla. Stat. §120.525.
18	The official Web site is cabinet.myflorida.com.
19	Fla. Stat. §120.525.
20	2007 Government in the Sunshine Manual, Vol. 29.
21	See Fla. Stat §14.055, as it reads today and as it existed prior to its amendment in 2006 by Ch. Law 2006-53.
22	Allen Morris, The Florida Handbook (2005-2006).
23	Fla. Const. art. IV, §4 (e),(f), and (g), as revised in 1968 and subsequently amended in 2002.
24	The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corporation actually consists of the governor, the CFO, the attorney general, and the director of the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration, and the senior employee of the State Board of Administration responsible for operations of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. Fla. Stat. §215.555 (6)(d)2.b.
25	Fla. Const. art. IV, §4 as revised in 1968.
26	Fla. Stat. §20.121(3).
27	This model supposedly came about as a compromise to proposals put forth by the Honorable “General” Robert “Bob” Milligan who was the last elected public official to serve as Florida Comptroller and who expressed concerns about too much power being vested in one public official with regard to oversight and regulation of the insurance industry.
28	The commissioner of agriculture was added to this board in 2004. See Ch. Law 2004-390.
29	S.B. 1974, effective July 1, 2007.
30	S.B. 1974, effective July 1, 2007.
31	See, e.g., F.A.C. Rule 18 -21.0051, relating to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund staffed by the Department of Environmental Protection that delegate review and decision making authority of the board.
32	This is the essence of the executive collegial function and by example is referenced specifically by the Department of Environmental Protection in their role as staff to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. See F.A.C. Rule 18-21.0051(4).
33	See, e.g., the appointment of the executive director of FDLE and Veterans Affairs, and the secretary of DEP. In these cases the governor appoints with the unanimous approval of the cabinet. Contrast these with the appointment of the executive director of the Department of Revenue and the Department of Highway Safety Motor Vehicles, both of which are simply appointments by the governor and cabinet. This essentially gives the governor the ability to prevail in a tie vote scenario. See Fla. Stat. Ch. 20, Organizational Structure.
34	This appointment by the governor and cabinet appears to be unique in the sense that it is codified in the City of Miami Charter and Code. Section 14:52 states that an appointment of one of the Downtown Development Authority Board members is to be made by the governor and cabinet. Author found no general law that references this appointment.
35	See note 33. Another appointment example of a regular vote is the director of the Division of State Lands who is appointed by the secretary of DEP subject to confirmation by the governor and cabinet, allowing the governor to carry a tie vote. Fla. Stat. §20.255 (3)(h).
36	See Fla. Stat. §20.121(3), which also specifies that any action by the governor and cabinet shall be by majority vote consisting of three affirmative votes.
37	At the time of submission of this article, the governor, the attorney general, and the chief financial officer have been dealing with their responsibilities as trustees of the State Board of Administration (SBA) and the troubled Local Government Investment Pool or LGIP. This is a mechanism that was created by statute to allow the State Board of Administration to manage short-term investments of counties and municipalities as provided by the Investment of Local Government Surplus Funds Act, Part IV, of Fla. Stat. Ch. 218. After the trustees of the SBA approved a plan to restructure the pool, protecting it from potential losses indirectly connected to the collapse of the subprime housing market, they began a national search for a new executive director / chief investment officer of the SBA This is a critical appointment for an individual who will be responsible for primarily managing the state of Florida’s tremendously large and successful pension fund. The Florida Retirement Pension Fund is the fourth largest in the nation at an approximate asset value of 190 billion dollars.
38	Final Report of the Citizens Commission on Cabinet Reform, 1995, presented to the governor, cabinet, and Florida Legislature.
39	Proposed Revision number 8 by the 1998 Constitution Revision Commission, Restructuring the State Cabinet, appeared on the November 1998 ballot.
40	Fla. Const. art. IV, §1, as revised in 1968.