The Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal (commonly referred to as State Treasurer) is a former statewide constitutional officer of

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. The office was abolished following the

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reforms of 1998 which took effect in 2003. A statewide office, with a seat in the Cabinet, the official handled the duties of the

State Treasurer In the state governments of the United States, 48 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer. New York abolished the position in 1926; duties were transferred to New York State Comptroller. Texas abolished the position of Texas ...

, Commissioner of Insurance, and

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. These duties included payroll, pensions, tax collection, state finances, insurance regulation, and the investigation of fires. The most visible responsibility of the officeholder was as Insurance Commissioner. Following the Cabinet reform, the office was merged with that of the state Comptroller to create the new office of

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, which oversees the

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. The new department contains many of the functions of the previous offices, but has less direct control over insurance regulation than the previous office did. This was done to lessen the control of one person over financial services regulation in the state.

Tom Gallagher C. Thomas Gallagher III (born February 3, 1944) is an American politician, financier, and insurance agent from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected ...

was the last Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal and the first CFO. Other persons who held the office included U.S. Senator

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and William D. Gunter, Jr.

Officeholders

Territorial Era (1821-1845) Charles H Austin, Sr. - 1833 - 1835 (died 1837) Thomas Hall Austin - ? 1838 - 1840 - ? Henry Livingston Rutgers - 4-Feb-1843-Statehood (see Senate Journal of 4-Feb-1843)

References

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