The CFO serves as one of three members of the Florida Cabinet.  The Governor and Cabinet serve as a board of directors, or agency heads governing:

• Finance Services Commission
• State Board of Executive Clemency
• State Board of Administration
• Division of Bond Finance
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• Department of Law Enforcement
• Department of Revenue
• Administration Commission
• Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission
• Electrical Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Board
• The Board of Trustees Internal Improvement Trust Fund
• Agency for Enterprise Information Technology

Financial Services Commission

The Governor and Cabinet officials also serve on the Financial Services Commission, which oversee the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) and the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR).

State Board of Executive Clemency

The Governor and Cabinet are empowered by the Constitution to deal with matters of clemency, and sit as the Clemency Board.

State Board of Administration

The State Board of Administration is a constitutionally created  body of three made up of the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Chief Financial Officer.  This board invests and manages the assets of the state pension fund and various trust accounts, while administering the debt service funds; investing agency trusts; and providing bond services to all state agencies.

Division of Bond Finance

As a Division within the State Board of Administration, the governing board of the division is made up of the entire Governor and Cabinet.  The division issues bonds on behalf of State of Florida agencies, the proceeds of which are used to finance schools, state office buildings, roads, bridges, pollution control facilities, water management projects, and to acquire land for recreational and environmental purposes. The Division also issues single family and multi-family housing bonds on behalf of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

The head of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs is the Governor and Cabinet. This department provides assistance to all former, present, and future members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their dependents.

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

The head of Highway Safety is the Governor and Cabinet.  This department consists of four divisions – The Division of Motor Vehicles, the Division of Administration, the Division of Driver Licenses and the Division of Florida Highway Patrol.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

The head of FDLE is the Governor and Cabinet. FDLE maintains a dual role of direct investigative and enforcement responsibilities along with assisting other state law enforcement agencies. It serves Florida as the primary investigative agency concerning organized, complex, and multi-jurisdictional crimes. FDLE provides support services and assistance to criminal justice agencies through all of its organizational divisions and delivers a comprehensive information system of investigative, intelligence, operational and management data.

Department of Revenue

The head of the Department of Revenue is the Governor and Cabinet. This department is responsible for collecting taxes according to the Florida Statutes and for enforcement activities including investigations for supervising ad valorem tax assessments, tax auditing activities, rendering advice to the public and to department personnel on tax matters and taxpayer registration, and receiving and processing tax returns.

Administration Commission

The Administration Commission is part of the Executive Office of the Governor and is composed of the Governor and Cabinet with the Governor as chairman. The responsibilities of the Commission include:

• Considering proceedings relating to comprehensive plans or plan amendments and land development regulations
• Revision and implementation of the State Comprehensive Plan
• Establishing guidelines and standards for developments of regional impact
• Designating areas of critical state concern
• Considering state agency funding issues and plans
• Resolving disputes relating to: budgets of County Sheriffs and Property Appraisers; distribution of Local Option Gas Taxes; and Military Base Reuse Plans
• Adopting rules to: implement provisions of law relating to the Administrative Procedures Act; grant or deny petitions for variances and waivers to the uniform rules; consider requests for exemption from the uniform rules; address the distribution of the premium tax and any penalties or interest collected; and, address certain state agency personnel matters
• Appointing the Charitable Campaign Steering Committee and the Director of the Division of Administrative Hearings
• Establishing surety bonds for geophysical exploration, drilling and production

Florida Land & Water Adjudicatory Commission

The Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission consists of the Administration Commission.  Responsibilities of the Commission include:

• Hearing appeals of local government actions relating to proposed regional development in areas of critical state concern
• Hearing appeals of certain orders or rules of water management districts and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to ensure consistency with provisions of law
• Forwarding appeal petitions to the Division of Administrative Hearings for assignment of an Administrative Law Judge and further proceedings
• Considering petitions to establish, amend, or contract community development districts with a size of 1,000 acres of more
• Adopting rules to implement provisions of law

Electrical Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Board

The Governor and Cabinet sit as the Siting Board and review applications for power plant and transmission line certification. The Department of Environmental Protection administers the Acts.

Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund

The Board of Trustees is vested and charged with the acquisition, administration, management, control, supervision, conservation, and disposition of all state lands, with some exceptions.  All state-owned land and proceeds from the sale of those lands is vested in the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund for the use and benefit of the people of the State.

Agency for Enterprise Information Technology

The head of the agency is the Governor and Cabinet. The agency has several responsibilities relating to enterprise information technology services. These include the development and implementation of strategies for the design, delivery, and management of the enterprise information technology services established in law as well as monitoring the delivery and management of these services.

Financial Services Commission

The Financial Services Commission composed of the Governor, the Attorney General, the Chief Financial Officer and the Commissioner of Agriculture.  The commission serves as the agency head of the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Office of Financial Regulation selecting the director of each of these offices and authorizing their organization and proposed rules.  Each of these offices is responsible for the state regulation and enforcement of these industries.