Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...123 , 28 S.Ct. 441 , 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908), because he is not the "head" of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Bush, 214 F.Supp.2d at 1318 . Rather, the Governor and the cabinet are jointly responsible for the Department. Id.; Fla. Stat. § 20.24 ....

...e of the Department ? Respondent is the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles. The Division of Motor Vehicles is a division of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The "head" of the Department is the Governor and the Cabinet. (F.S. 20.24) The heads of the various departments of government are granted powers and duties by F.S....

...n of rulemaking requirements justify the grant of a section 120.56(4) petition. The threshold question in the present case is whether any of the policies at issue found *87 expression as agency statements (attributable to appellant's collegial head, § 20.24(1), Fla....

...n previous wills of the decedent which also excluded appellant was not by itself necessarily determinative of her lack of standing as an heir at law to contest the will. See Kelley, "Probate Litigation," Basic Practice Under the Florida Probate Code § 20.24 (1987) ("While it is normally considered that the doctrine of dependent relative revocation will reinstate the next prior will if the present will is determined to be invalid, contrary to popular belief, this is not an imperative.")....

...sis for malicious prosecution under Florida law. The Florida Division of Driver Licenses is a division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, part of the executive branch of the government of the State of Florida. Fla. Stat. § 20.24 As such, its proceedings are not judicial proceedings....

...Hearings before agency heads . . [H]earings before a member of an agency head ... * * *" § 120.52(3) states that agency head "means the person or collegial body in a department or other governmental unit statutorily responsible for final agency action." § 20.24(1), Florida Statutes (1975), provides: "The head of the department of highway safety and motor vehicles is the governor and cabinet." We were confronted with the same question in McCulley Ford, Inc....

..." (Emphasis supplied to show qualifying language.) The petition for rehearing is granted. Our previous opinion in this cause is vacated, and the order of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles is affirmed. MILLS and SMITH, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 20.24(1), Fla....

...on of the Act...." Governor Bush replies that Plaintiffs misrepresent that the governor is head of the Department. Instead, he argues that the "head of the Department is the Governor and Cabinet. " Reply at 2 (emphasis in pleading) citing Fla. Stat. § 20.24....

...erial so long as it exists. Id. (Emphasis added.) Plaintiffs claim that Governor Bush has the requisite connection by virtue of his position as "head of the Department." Plaintiffs' Response to Motion to Dismiss at 3. Plaintiffs cite Florida Statute § 20.24 and Rule 15-1.001 of the Florida Administrative Code in support of this proposition. These authorities provide that "[t]he head of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is the Governor and Cabinet." [1] Fla. Stat. § 20.24 (emphasis added)....

...(m) “Official” means any state judge or traffic magistrate authorized by law to preside over a court or at a hearing adjudicating traffic infractions. (n) “Department” shall means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in section 20.24, Florida Statutes, or the appropriate division thereof....

...If the DHSMV had properly entered the correct data, Mr. Moore would not have been stopped by the officer. At the time of Mr. Moore’s arrest, the DHSMV consisted of three divisions: (1) Division of the Florida Highway Patrol, (2) Division of Driver Licenses, and (3) Division of Motor Vehicles. See § 20.24(2), Fla....

...In 2011 the Florida Legislature revised these divisions for the purpose of consolidating the Division of Driver Licenses and the Division of Motor Vehicles into the newly added "Division of Motorist Services." See ch. 2011-66, § 2, at 966-67, Laws of Fla.; § 20.24, Fla....

Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in section 20.24, Florida Statutes, or the appropriate division

...these rules apply. (g) “Open court” means in a courtroom as provided or judge’s or traffic hearing officer’s chambers of suitable judicial decorum.“Department” means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in section 20.24, Florida Statutes, or the appropriate division thereof. (h) “Prosecutor” means any attorney who represents a state, county, city, town, or village in the prosecution of a defendant for the violation of a statute or...

...ractions.“Law” includes the constitutions of the United States and the State of Florida, statutes, ordinances, judicial decisions, and these rules. (m) “Department” means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in section 20.24, Florida Statutes, or the appropriate division thereof.“Oath” includes affirmations. (n) “Officer” means any enforcement officer charged with and acting under authority to arrest or cite persons suspected or known to be...

...441 , 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908), because he is not the “head” of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Bush, 214 F.Supp.2d at 1318 . Rather, the Governor and the cabinet are jointly responsible for the Department. Id.; Fla. Stat. § 20.24 ....

the Governmental Reorganization Act of 1969, Section 20.24, Florida Statutes. The “head” of the Department

Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in section 20.24, Florida Statutes, or the appropriate division

Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in section 20.24, of Florida Statutes, or the appropriate division