, including
Lake George State Forest in
Volusia County. The
Florida Constitution of 1868 provided for the creation of the
Office of Commissioner of Immigration, whose duties consisted of attracting settlers to engage in agriculture. The
Florida Constitution was amended in 1871 to consolidate the offices of Surveyor General and Commissioner of Immigration as the new
Commissioner of Lands and Immigration. In 1885, the Constitution was revised and the Commissioner of Lands and Immigration post was renamed
Commissioner of Agriculture. The duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture were revised to include supervision of the
state prisons. (A
Division of Corrections was created in 1957 and state prisons were removed from the list of Commissioner of Agriculture responsibilities). , are inspected for accuracy by the Division of Standards' Bureau of Weights and Measures. The Agricultural Services Reorganization Act (ASRA) was passed in 1959 and became effective January 15, 1961. This
state law abolished some independent boards and bureaus, which were assigned to the Department of Agriculture's divisions. These included: Administration, Animal Industry, Dairy Industry, Fruit and Vegetable Inspection, Marketing, Plant Industry, Inspection and Standards. The State Chemist, a position that existed since 1891, was moved to the new Division of Chemistry. The Legislature created the Office of Consumer Services in 1967. The Executive Reorganization Act of 1969 renamed the Office of Consumer Services the Division of Consumer Services and the Florida Forest Service the
Division of Forestry. The Department of Agriculture was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). The 1992 Legislature passed Chapter 92-291 of the Laws of Florida, which formally organized the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services into the following divisions:
Administration,
Agricultural Environmental Services (AES),
Animal Industry,
Plant Industry,
Marketing and Development,
Dairy Industry,
Food Safety,
Fruit and
Vegetables,
Consumer Services,
Forestry, Standards,
Aquaculture, and
Licensing. In addition to the above divisions, the FDACS includes separate offices for
Agricultural Law Enforcement, Agricultural Water Policy, Agricultural Emergency Preparedness, the
Inspector General, as well as for the Commissioner of Agriculture. Division of Forestry was renamed back to the Florida Forest Service in 2011 to emphasize its role in history. . ==Organization==