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Fla. Stat. § 727.109 — Florida Code / Title XLI / Chapter 727 / Section 727.109
727.109 Power of the court.
Status: in_force

The court shall have power to:

(1) Enforce all provisions of this chapter.

(2) Set, approve, or reconsider the amount of the assignee’s bond.

(3) Upon notice and a hearing, if requested, authorize the business of the assignor to be conducted by the assignee for longer than 45 calendar days, if in the best interest of the estate.

(4) Allow or disallow claims against the estate and determine their priority and establish a deadline, upon motion by the assignee, for the filing of all claims against the assignment estate arising on or after the date on which the assignor’s petition for assignment was filed with the court. The deadline may not occur less than 30 days before notice is received by mail of the order establishing the deadline.

(5) Determine any claims of exemption by the assignor, if disputed.

(6) Authorize the assignee to reject an unexpired lease of nonresidential real property or of personal property under which the assignor is the lessee pursuant to s. 727.108(5).

(7) Upon notice as provided under s. 727.111 to all creditors and consensual lienholders, hear and determine a motion brought by the assignee for approval of a proposed sale of assets of the estate other than in the ordinary course of business, or the compromise or settlement of a controversy, and enter an order granting such motion notwithstanding the lack of objection if the assignee reasonably believes that such order is necessary to proceed with the action contemplated by the motion.

(8) Hear and determine any of the following actions brought by the assignee, which she or he is empowered to maintain: (a) Enforce the turnover of assets of the estate pursuant to s. 727.106. (b) Determine the validity, priority, and extent of a lien or other interests in assets of the estate, or to subordinate or avoid an unperfected security interest pursuant to the assignee’s rights as a lien creditor under s. 679.3171. (c) Avoid any conveyance or transfer void or voidable by law.

(9) Approve the assignee’s final report and interim and final distributions to creditors.

(10) Approve reasonable fees and the reimbursement of expenses for the assignee and all professional persons retained by the assignee, upon objection of a party in interest or upon the court’s own motion.

(11) Hear and determine any motion brought by a party in interest or by the court to close the estate after the passage of 1 year from the date of filing of the petition.

(12) Discharge the assignee and the assignee’s surety from liability upon matters included in the assignee’s final report.

(13) Reopen estates for cause shown.

(14) Punish by contempt any failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any order of the court made pursuant to this chapter.

(15) Exercise any other powers that are necessary to enforce or carry out the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 9, ch. 87-174; s. 942, ch. 97-102; s. 146, ch. 2007-5; s. 7, ch. 2007-185; s. 4, ch. 2013-244; s. 163, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 642.0301 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 642 / Section 642.0301
642.0301 Filing, license, statement, and miscellaneous fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Every legal expense insurance corporation must pay to the office the following fees: (a) Certificate of authority of legal expense insurance corporation. Filing application for original certificate of authority, including all accompanying documents, filing fee .......... $250 (b) Annual license fee for legal expense insurance corporations .......... $300 (c) Statements of legal expense insurance corporation: 1. Annual statement .......... $100 2. Quarterly statement .......... $25

(2) For any service not described in subsection (1), the fee is that prescribed in s. 624.501.

History: ss. 5, 7, ch. 93-147; s. 1642, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 939.13 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 939 / Section 939.13
939.13 Power of Chief Financial Officer.
Status: in_force

The Chief Financial Officer may audit and approve or disapprove any claim or any item thereof against the state for costs, fees or expenses of criminal cases prosecuted in the name of the state, and for which the state is liable, if the Chief Financial Officer is satisfied that the same is legal, just, necessary and correct or otherwise, and may prescribe forms and methods for the same. The Chief Financial Officer shall not dispense with any of the requirements of law relative to the auditing and payment of such accounts, but may prescribe additional requirements.

History: s. 8, ch. 3702, 1887; RS 2995; GS 4069; RGS 6173; CGL 8487; s. 1594, ch. 97-102; s. 1926, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 205.191 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 205 / Section 205.191
205.191 Religious tenets; exemption.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not require a business tax receipt for practicing the religious tenets of any church.

History: s. 1, ch. 67-433; s. 21, ch. 2006-152.
Fla. Stat. § 552.26 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 552 / Section 552.26
552.26 Administration of chapter; personnel; fees to be deposited in Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The division is authorized to employ such persons as it may deem qualified and necessary, and incur such other expenses as may be required, in connection with the administration of this chapter.

(2) All fees collected for licenses and permits and competency examination filing fees required by this chapter shall be deposited in the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund and are appropriated for the use of the division in the administration of this chapter.

History: s. 11, ch. 29944, 1955; s. 6, ch. 65-59; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 24, ch. 77-84; s. 661, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 766.1015 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 766 / Section 766.1015
766.1015 Civil immunity for members of or consultants to certain boards, committees, or other entities.
Status: in_force

(1) Each member of, or health care professional consultant to, any committee, board, group, commission, or other entity shall be immune from civil liability for any act, decision, omission, or utterance done or made in performance of his or her duties while serving as a member of or consultant to such committee, board, group, commission, or other entity established and operated for purposes of quality improvement review, evaluation, and planning in a state-licensed health care facility. Such entities must function primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations relating to: (a) The duration of patient stays in health care facilities; (b) The professional services furnished with respect to the medical, dental, psychological, podiatric, chiropractic, or optometric necessity for such services; (c) The purpose of promoting the most efficient use of available health care facilities and services; (d) The adequacy or quality of professional services; (e) The competency and qualifications for professional staff privileges; (f) The reasonableness or appropriateness of charges made by or on behalf of health care facilities; or (g) Patient safety, including entering into contracts with patient safety organizations.

(2) Such committee, board, group, commission, or other entity must be established in accordance with state law, or in accordance with requirements of an applicable accrediting organization whose standards incorporate comparable regulations required by this state, established and duly constituted by one or more public or licensed private hospitals or behavioral health agencies, or established by a governmental agency. To be protected by this section, the act, decision, omission, or utterance may not be made or done in bad faith or with malicious intent.

History: s. 9, ch. 2003-416; s. 2, ch. 2004-7; s. 16, ch. 2013-93.
Fla. Stat. § 365.179 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 365 / Section 365.179
365.179 Direct radio communication between 911 public safety answering points and first responders.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “First responder agency” includes each law enforcement agency and fire service agency, other than a state agency, and each emergency medical services provider, that is designated as a primary first responder for the service area in which a 911 public safety answering point receives 911 calls. (b) “911 public safety answering point” or “PSAP” means a municipal or county emergency communications or 911 call center in this state that receives cellular, landline, or text-to-911 communications.

(2) Each sheriff, in collaboration with all first responder agency heads in his or her county, shall facilitate the development and execution of written interlocal agreements between all primary first responder agencies within the county. Each agreement must establish written protocols that outline circumstances and public safety emergencies under which a PSAP will directly provide notice by radio of an emergency to the on-duty personnel of a first responder agency for which the PSAP does not provide primary dispatch functions. Each agreement must require the PSAP to have direct radio contact with primary first responder agencies and their dispatchers, for whom the PSAP can reasonably receive 911 communications, without having to transfer a 911 communication to another PSAP or dispatch center for dispatch. The method of complying with this requirement shall be established by the first responder agency heads and set forth in each interlocal agreement.

(3) Each PSAP must be capable of immediately broadcasting 911 communications or public safety information over the primary radio dispatch channels of each first responder agency in the county it serves, except in those first responders service areas where the PSAP cannot reasonably receive 911 calls. If a county or jurisdiction has multiple PSAPs, each PSAP must have this capability.

(4) Unless technologically precluded due to radio incompatibility, upon written request from a law enforcement agency head, a law enforcement agency head in the same county or in an adjacent jurisdiction in another county must authorize the requesting agency to install the responding agency’s primary dispatch channel or channels in the requesting agency’s PSAP, dispatch center, or mobile or portable radios.

(5) Each primary first responder agency, PSAP, and dispatch center within each county shall train all applicable personnel regarding the procedures and protocols specified in the interlocal agreements made pursuant to this section. This training shall also include radio functionality and how to readily access the necessary dispatch channels in accordance with the interlocal agreements.

History: s. 3, ch. 2019-146; s. 20, ch. 2021-51.
Fla. Stat. § 112.47 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part V / Section 112.47
112.47 Hearing before Senate select committee; notice.
Status: in_force

The Senate shall afford each suspended official a hearing before a select committee or special magistrate, and shall notify such suspended official of the time and place of the hearing sufficiently in advance thereof to afford such official an opportunity fully and adequately to prepare such defenses as the official may be advised are necessary and proper, and all such defenses may be presented by the official or by the official’s attorney. In the furtherance of this provision the Senate shall adopt sufficient procedural rules to afford due process both to the Governor in the presentation of his or her evidence and to the suspended official, but in the absence of such adoption, this section shall afford a full and complete hearing, public in nature, as required by the State Constitution. However, nothing in this part shall prevent either the select committee or the Senate from conducting portions of the hearing in executive session if the Senate rules so provide.

History: s. 8, ch. 69-277; s. 716, ch. 95-147; s. 62, ch. 2004-11.
Fla. Stat. § 106.355 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.355
106.355 Nonparticipating candidate exceeding limits.
Status: in_force

Whenever a candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who has elected not to participate in election campaign financing under the provisions of ss. 106.30-106.36 exceeds the applicable expenditure limit provided in s. 106.34, all opposing candidates participating in such election campaign financing are, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 106.33 or any other provision requiring adherence to such limit, released from such expenditure limit to the extent the nonparticipating candidate exceeded the limit, are still eligible for matching contributions up to such limit, and shall not be required to reimburse any matching funds provided pursuant thereto. In addition, the Department of State shall, within 7 days after a request by a participating candidate, provide such candidate with funds from the 1 Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund equal to the amount by which the nonparticipating candidate exceeded the expenditure limit, not to exceed twice the amount of the maximum expenditure limits specified in s. 106.34(1)(a) and (b), which funds shall not be considered matching funds.

History: s. 24, ch. 91-107; ss. 1, 6, ch. 2024-116.
Fla. Stat. § 154.314 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 154 / Part IV / Section 154.314
154.314 Certification of the State of Florida.
Status: in_force

(1) In the event payment for the costs of services rendered by a participating hospital or a regional referral hospital is not received from the responsible county within 90 days of receipt of a statement for services rendered to a qualified indigent who is a certified resident of the county, or if the payment is disputed and said payment is not received from the county determined to be responsible within 60 days of the date of exhaustion of all administrative and legal remedies, the hospital shall certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount owed by the county.

(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall have no longer than 45 days from the date of receiving the hospital’s certified notice to forward the amount delinquent to the appropriate hospital from any funds due to the county under any revenue-sharing or tax-sharing fund established by the state, except as otherwise provided by the State Constitution. The Chief Financial Officer shall provide the Governor and the fiscal committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate with a quarterly accounting of the amounts certified by hospitals as owed by counties and the amount paid to hospitals out of any revenue or tax sharing funds due to the county.

History: s. 9, ch. 77-455; s. 15, ch. 88-294; s. 11, ch. 98-191; s. 155, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 673.4151 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part IV / Section 673.4151
673.4151 Obligation of indorser.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), and (4) and to s. 673.4191(4), if an instrument is dishonored, an indorser is obliged to pay the amount due on the instrument: (a) According to the terms of the instrument at the time it was indorsed; or (b) If the indorser indorsed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in ss. 673.1151 and 673.4071. The obligation of the indorser is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to a subsequent indorser who paid the instrument under this section.

(2) If an indorsement states that it is made “without recourse” or otherwise disclaims liability of the indorser, the indorser is not liable under subsection (1) to pay the instrument.

(3) If notice of dishonor of an instrument is required by s. 673.5031 and notice of dishonor complying with that section is not given to an indorser, the liability of the indorser under subsection (1) is discharged.

(4) If a draft is accepted by a bank after an indorsement is made, the liability of the indorser under subsection (1) is discharged.

(5) If an indorser of a check is liable under subsection (1) and the check is not presented for payment, or given to a depositary bank for collection, within 30 days after the day the indorsement was made, the liability of the indorser under subsection (1) is discharged.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 255.28 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.28
255.28 Department authority to acquire land with or for facility thereon.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) “Agency” means any state board, commission, department, division, or bureau. (b) “Party” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity which is licensed by the Department of State to do business in the state. (c) “Building” or “facility” means those construction projects under the purview of the Department of Management Services. It shall not include environmentally endangered land, recreational land, or roads and highway construction under the purview of the Department of Transportation. (d) “Department” means the Department of Management Services.

(2) The department may acquire lands by gift, donation, or dedication or otherwise enter into agreements with any person, the Federal Government, or any other agency for acquiring such lands for constructing a building or other state facility thereon. Lands shall be acquired by the department in accordance with acquisition procedures for state lands provided for in s. 253.025.

(3) In administering such authority, the department may enter into a contract with a party who shall be authorized to assist in the purchase of land containing, or to be used for constructing, a building or other facility thereon.

(4) The department shall prescribe, by administrative rule, procedures for adequate public notice concerning all acquisitions of land or construction of a building or facility by any state agency.

History: ss. 6, 7, ch. 75-243; s. 11, ch. 79-255; s. 183, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
Fla. Stat. § 476.214 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 476 / Section 476.214
476.214 Grounds for suspending, revoking, or refusing to grant license or certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall have the power to revoke or suspend any license, registration card, or certificate of registration issued pursuant to this act, or to reprimand, censure, deny subsequent licensure of, or otherwise discipline any holder of a license, registration card, or certificate of registration issued pursuant to this act, for any of the following causes: (a) Gross malpractice or gross incompetency in the practice of barbering; (b) Practice by a person knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease; or (c) Commission of any of the offenses described in s. 476.194.

(2) The board shall keep a record of its disciplinary proceedings against holders of licenses or certificates of registration issued pursuant to this act.

(3) The department shall not issue or renew a license or certificate of registration under this chapter to any person against whom or barbershop against which the board has assessed a fine, interest, or costs associated with investigation and prosecution until the person or barbershop has paid in full such fine, interest, or costs associated with investigation and prosecution or until the person or barbershop complies with or satisfies all terms and conditions of the final order.

History: ss. 21, 28, ch. 78-155; ss. 11, 13, 15, 25, 30, 34, 62, ch. 80-406; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 19, 20, ch. 85-297; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 98-323; s. 48, ch. 2015-4.
Fla. Stat. § 620.8204 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.8204
620.8204 When property is partnership property.
Status: in_force

(1) Property is partnership property if acquired in the name of: (a) The partnership; or (b) One or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership but without an indication of the name of the partnership.

(2) Property is acquired in the name of the partnership by a transfer to: (a) The partnership in its name; or (b) One or more partners in their capacity as partners in the partnership, if the name of the partnership is indicated in the instrument transferring title to the property.

(3) Property is presumed to be partnership property if purchased with partnership assets, even if not acquired in the name of the partnership or of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership.

(4) Property acquired in the name of one or more of the partners, without an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership and without use of partnership assets, is presumed to be separate property, even if used for partnership purposes.

History: s. 13, ch. 95-242.
Fla. Stat. § 603.201 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 603 / Part II / Section 603.201
603.201 Short title.
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Florida Tropical Fruit Policy Act.”

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 90-277; s. 45, ch. 91-201; s. 5, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 130.08 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 130 / Section 130.08
130.08 Disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all bonds sold for money shall be paid over to the county trustees, or to the other officials or boards to whom may have been transferred by law the duties and obligations formerly devolving upon said county trustees, to be distributed by them for the purposes for which such bonds were sold, and for no other purposes.

History: s. 10, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 600; GS 796; RGS 1541; CGL 2319.
Fla. Stat. § 526.07 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 526 / Part I / Section 526.07
526.07 Assisting another in illegal storage or other violation of chapter prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person shall aid or assist any other person in violating any of the provisions of this chapter, by depositing or delivering into any tank, pump, receptacle, or other container, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases or other like products, other than those intended to be stored therein, as indicated by the name of the manufacturer or distributor, or the trademark, trade name, name or other distinguishing mark of the product displayed on the container itself or on the pump or other distributing device used in connection therewith, or shall by any other means aid or assist another in the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 7, ch. 16083, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7315(8).
Fla. Stat. § 63.053 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 63 / Section 63.053
63.053 Rights and responsibilities of an unmarried biological father; legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(1) In enacting the provisions contained in this chapter, the Legislature prescribes the conditions for determining whether an unmarried biological father’s actions are sufficiently prompt and substantial so as to require protection of a constitutional right. If an unmarried biological father fails to take the actions that are available to him to establish a relationship with his child, his parental interest may be lost entirely, or greatly diminished, by his failure to timely comply with the available legal steps to substantiate a parental interest.

(2) The Legislature finds that the interests of the state, the mother, the child, and the adoptive parents described in this chapter outweigh the interest of an unmarried biological father who does not take action in a timely manner to establish and demonstrate a relationship with his child in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. An unmarried biological father has the primary responsibility to protect his rights and is presumed to know that his child may be adopted without his consent unless he strictly complies with this chapter and demonstrates a prompt and full commitment to his parental responsibilities.

(3) The Legislature finds that a birth mother and a birth father have a right of privacy.

History: s. 10, ch. 2003-58; s. 9, ch. 2012-81.