A chapter in the Florida Statutes represents all relevant statutory laws on a particular subject.
[1] While the legislature may create specific chapters, the Florida Office of Legislative Services' Division of Statutory Revision has the final authority to determine where the legislation will be codified and the location of the sections within the chapters.
[1] Some laws do not appear in the statutes where the bill identifies their placement.
[1] Before then, they were published biannually following each odd-year regular session, and a supplement was published following each even-year regular session.
[1] The practice of publishing the Florida Statutes every other year was a relic of when the Florida Legislature, prior to 1969, met only in odd-numbered years.