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Fla. Stat. § 257.02 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.02
257.02 State Library Council.
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be a State Library Council to advise and assist the division with planning, policy, and priorities related to the development of statewide information services. The council shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. Of the nine members, three members must represent Florida public libraries, two members must represent the Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network, one member must represent a multitype library cooperative, one member must represent a school library media center, one member must represent the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, and one member must represent a Florida library professional association. Members shall be appointed for 4-year terms. A vacancy on the council shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term. A person may not be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms as a member of the council. The secretary may remove from office any council member for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, or being found guilty of, a felony.

(2) Members of the council shall serve without compensation or honorarium but are entitled to receive reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. The council shall meet at the call of its chair, at the request of a majority of its membership, at the request of the division, or at such times as may be prescribed by its rules.

(3) The officers of the State Library Council shall be a chair, elected from the members thereof, and the State Librarian, who shall serve without voting rights as secretary of the council.

History: s. 2, ch. 10278, 1925; CGL 1688; s. 2, ch. 63-39; s. 19, ch. 63-400; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 21, ch. 69-353; s. 2, ch. 70-250; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 1, ch. 71-279; s. 2, ch. 74-228; s. 4, ch. 78-323; ss. 2, 3, 4, ch. 81-68; ss. 1, 4, ch. 82-46; s. 2, ch. 83-265; s. 14, ch. 86-163; s. 3, ch. 87-172; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 90-21; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 150, ch. 95-148; s. 2, ch. 2005-207; s. 2, ch. 2015-117; s. 1, ch. 2021-85.
Fla. Stat. § 364.335 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 364 / Section 364.335
364.335 Application for certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Each applicant for a certificate of authority shall: (a) Provide the following information: 1. The applicant’s official name and, if different, any name under which the applicant will do business. 2. The street address of the principal place of business of the applicant. 3. The federal employer identification number or the Department of State’s document number. 4. The name, address, and telephone number of an officer, partner, owner, member, or manager as a contact person for the applicant to whom questions or concerns may be addressed. 5. Information demonstrating the applicant’s managerial, technical, and financial ability to provide telecommunications service, including an attestation to the accuracy of the information provided. (b) File the application fee required by the commission in an amount not to exceed $500. Such fees shall be deposited in accordance with s. 350.113.

(2) The commission shall grant a certificate of authority to provide telecommunications service upon a showing that the applicant has sufficient technical, financial, and managerial capability to provide such service in the geographic area proposed to be served. The applicant shall ensure continued compliance with applicable business formation, registration, and taxation provisions of law.

(3) A certificate of authority may be terminated by the telecommunications company by submitting notice to the commission.

(4) Except as provided in s. 364.33, revocation, suspension, transfer, or amendment of a certificate shall be subject to the provisions of this section.

History: s. 27, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 5, ch. 82-51; s. 6, ch. 83-73; s. 1, ch. 85-327; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 32, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 21, ch. 95-403; s. 93, ch. 96-410; s. 18, ch. 2005-132; s. 12, ch. 2009-226; s. 31, ch. 2011-36.
Fla. Stat. § 455.2122 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.2122
455.2122 Education.
Status: in_force

A board, or the department where there is no board, shall approve distance learning courses as an alternative to classroom courses to satisfy prelicensure or postlicensure education requirements provided for in part VIII of chapter 468 or part I of chapter 475. A board, or the department when there is no board, may not require centralized examinations for completion of prelicensure or postlicensure education requirements for those professions licensed under part VIII of chapter 468 or part I of chapter 475.

History: s. 6, ch. 2010-106; s. 4, ch. 2010-176.
Fla. Stat. § 189.018 — Florida Code / Title XIII / Chapter 189 / Part I / Section 189.018
189.018 Fee schedule; Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

The department, by rule, shall establish a schedule of fees to pay one-half of the costs incurred by the department in administering this act, except that the fee may not exceed $175 per district per year. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund administered by the department. Any fee rule must consider factors such as the dependent and independent status of the district and district revenues for the most recent fiscal year as reported to the Department of Financial Services. The department may assess fines of not more than $25, with an aggregate total not to exceed $50, as penalties against special districts that fail to remit required fees to the department. It is the intent of the Legislature that general revenue funds will be made available to the department to pay one-half of the cost of administering this act.

History: s. 64, ch. 89-169; s. 41, ch. 93-120; s. 15, ch. 96-324; s. 3, ch. 2000-118; s. 31, ch. 2000-151; s. 169, ch. 2003-261; s. 68, ch. 2011-142; s. 47, ch. 2014-22.
Fla. Stat. § 910.15 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 910 / Section 910.15
910.15 Crimes facilitated by communication systems.
Status: in_force

(1) A person charged with committing a crime facilitated by communication through use of the mail, telephone, or newspaper or by radio, television, Internet, or another means of electronic data communication may be tried in the county in which the dissemination originated, in which the dissemination was made, or in which any act necessary to consummate the offense occurred.

(2) For purposes of this section, if a communication is made by or made available through the use of the Internet, the communication was made in every county within the state.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-25; s. 2, ch. 2001-99; s. 7, ch. 2007-143.
Fla. Stat. § 671.107 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 671 / Part I / Section 671.107
671.107 Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach.
Status: in_force

A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach can be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in a signed record.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 7, ch. 2007-134; s. 35, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 713.59 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part II / Section 713.59
713.59 Liens for labor in raising crops.
Status: in_force

In favor of any person performing any labor in, or managing or overseeing, the cultivation or harvesting of crops; upon the crops cultivated or harvested.

History: ch. 1899, 1872; s. 9, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1733; GS 2199; RGS 3506; CGL 5367; s. 36, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 934.215 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 934 / Section 934.215
934.215 Unlawful use of a two-way communications device.
Status: in_force

Any person who uses a two-way communications device, including, but not limited to, a portable two-way wireless communications device, to facilitate or further the commission of any felony offense commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 1, ch. 2001-114.
Fla. Stat. § 682.014 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 682 / Section 682.014
682.014 Effect of agreement to arbitrate; nonwaivable provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an arbitration proceeding may waive, or the parties may vary the effect of, the requirements of this chapter to the extent permitted by law.

(2) Before a controversy arises that is subject to an agreement to arbitrate, a party to the agreement may not: (a) Waive or agree to vary the effect of the requirements of: 1. Commencing a petition for judicial relief under s. 682.015(1); 2. Making agreements to arbitrate valid, enforceable, and irrevocable under s. 682.02(1); 3. Permitting provisional remedies under s. 682.031; 4. Conferring authority on arbitrators to issue subpoenas and permit depositions under s. 682.08(1) or (2); 5. Conferring jurisdiction under s. 682.181; or 6. Stating the bases for appeal under s. 682.20; (b) Agree to unreasonably restrict the right under s. 682.032 to notice of the initiation of an arbitration proceeding; (c) Agree to unreasonably restrict the right under s. 682.041 to disclosure of any facts by a neutral arbitrator; or (d) Waive the right under s. 682.07 of a party to an agreement to arbitrate to be represented by an attorney at any proceeding or hearing under this chapter, but an employer and a labor organization may waive the right to representation by an attorney in a labor arbitration.

(3) A party to an agreement to arbitrate or arbitration proceeding may not waive, or the parties may not vary the effect of, the requirements in this section or: (a) The applicability of this chapter, the Revised Florida Arbitration Code, under s. 682.013(1) or (4); (b) The availability of proceedings to compel or stay arbitration under s. 682.03; (c) The immunity conferred on arbitrators and arbitration organizations under s. 682.051; (d) A party’s right to seek judicial enforcement of an arbitration preaward ruling under s. 682.081; (e) The authority conferred on an arbitrator to change an award under s. 682.10(4) or (5); (f) The right to confirmation of an award as provided under s. 682.12; (g) The grounds for vacating an arbitration award under s. 682.13; (h) The grounds for modifying an arbitration award under s. 682.14; (i) The validity and enforceability of a judgment or decree based on an award under s. 682.15(1) or (2); (j) The validity of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act under s. 682.23; or (k) The effect of excluding from arbitration under this chapter disputes involving child custody, visitation, or child support under s. 682.25.

History: s. 5, ch. 2013-232; s. 1, ch. 2014-24.
Fla. Stat. § 581.201 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 581 / Section 581.201
581.201 Injunction.
Status: in_force

A single act in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be sufficient to authorize the issuance of an injunction. The department is not required to furnish bond when making a complaint for an injunction. The Department of Legal Affairs, the state attorneys, and all public prosecutors in each county shall represent the department when called upon to do so. The department in the discharge of its duties and in the enforcement of its powers may send for, or subpoena duces tecum, books, records, and papers, may administer oaths, and may hear witnesses, and the various sheriffs of the state shall serve all summonses and other papers upon request of the department.

History: s. 20, ch. 59-261; s. 7, ch. 61-409; ss. 11, 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 26, ch. 73-334; s. 3, ch. 85-153; s. 60, ch. 93-169.
Fla. Stat. § 601.01 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 601 / Section 601.01
601.01 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Florida Citrus Code.”

History: s. 1, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 4, ch. 2012-182.
Fla. Stat. § 252.61 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 252 / Part I / Section 252.61
252.61 List of persons for contact relating to release of toxic substances into atmosphere.
Status: in_force

The Division of Emergency Management shall maintain a list of contact persons.

History: s. 13, ch. 85-269; s. 3, ch. 85-277; s. 71, ch. 87-224; s. 105, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 455.2121 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.2121
455.2121 Education; accreditation.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, educational programs and institutions which are required by statute to be accredited, but which were accredited by an agency that has since ceased to perform an accrediting function, shall be recognized until such programs and institutions are accredited by a qualified successor to the original accrediting agency, an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the board, or the department when there is no board.

History: s. 4, ch. 94-119.
Fla. Stat. § 679.3041 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part III / Section 679.3041
679.3041 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) The local law of a bank’s jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that bank even if the transaction does not bear any relation to the bank’s jurisdiction.

(2) The following rules determine a bank’s jurisdiction for purposes of this part: (a) If an agreement between the bank and the debtor governing the deposit account expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction for purposes of this part, this chapter, or the Uniform Commercial Code, that jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction. (b) If paragraph (a) does not apply and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction. (c) If neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) applies and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the deposit account is maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction. (d) If none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the bank’s jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the office identified in an account statement as the office serving the customer’s account is located. (e) If none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the bank’s jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the chief executive office of the bank is located.

History: s. 3, ch. 2001-198; s. 82, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 634.346 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.346
634.346 Home warranty coverage requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A home warranty sold in this state may not exclude coverage because of the presence of rust or corrosion unless the rust or corrosion was a contributing cause of the mechanical breakdown or failure of a covered appliance, unit, or system.

(2) A home warranty contract providing coverage for wear and tear failures of components of an HVAC system, which contains an exclusion of replacement coverage for any other functional components of the HVAC system on the basis of operational compatibility or operational efficiency requirements as set by the manufacturer, must: (a) Set forth a disclosure in conspicuous boldfaced type that the home warranty contract does not cover replacement of functional components of HVAC systems for reasons of compatibility or efficiency requirements of the manufacturer unless additional coverage for such circumstance is purchased, and provide the website or telephone number for the consumer to contact to add such additional coverage to the home warranty contract; and (b) Provide consumers the option to purchase additional coverage, for an additional charge, for the replacement of otherwise functional components of an HVAC system necessary to maintain the compatibility and operating efficiency requirements of the manufacturer.

History: s. 2, ch. 2019-87.
Fla. Stat. § 265.005 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 265 / Section 265.005
265.005 Florida Holocaust Memorial.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and commemorate the millions of people, including six million Jews, murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators before and during World War II in Europe and to honor the survivors of the Holocaust through the establishment of the Florida Holocaust Memorial.

(2) There is established the Florida Holocaust Memorial. (a) The memorial is administered by the Department of Management Services. (b) The Department of Management Services shall set aside an appropriate public area for the memorial on the premises of the Capitol Complex, as defined in s. 281.01, but not including the State Capital Circle Office Complex. The department shall construct and place the Florida Holocaust Memorial after it has considered the recommendations of the Florida Historical Commission as required pursuant to ss. 265.111 and 267.0612(9) and coordinated with the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State regarding the memorial’s design and placement.

History: s. 1, ch. 2016-191.
Fla. Stat. § 207.013 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 207 / Section 207.013
207.013 Suits for collection of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.
Status: in_force

Upon demand of the department, the Department of Legal Affairs or the state attorney for a judicial circuit shall bring appropriate actions, in the name of the state or in the name of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in the capacity of its office, for the recovery of taxes, penalties, and interest due under this chapter; and judgment shall be rendered for the amount so found to be due together with costs. However, if it shall be found as a fact that such claim for, or grant of, an exemption or credit was willful on the part of any motor carrier, retail dealer, or distributor of diesel fuel or motor fuel, judgment shall be rendered for double the amount of the tax found to be due with costs. The department may employ an attorney at law to institute and prosecute proper proceedings to enforce payment of the taxes, penalties, and interest provided for by this chapter and may fix the compensation for the services of such attorney at law.

History: s. 2, ch. 80-415; s. 1, ch. 81-151; s. 10, ch. 87-198; s. 107, ch. 95-417.
Fla. Stat. § 376.207 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 376 / Section 376.207
376.207 Traps impregnated with pollutants prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person shall, within the territorial limits of the state, impregnate with a pollutant any lobster trap or other trap used to take saltwater products. After July 31, 1996, no person shall deposit into the waters of the state any trap that has been impregnated with a pollutant.

History: s. 14, ch. 96-263.
Fla. Stat. § 420.6015 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 420 / Part VI / Section 420.6015
420.6015 Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

In addition to the findings and declarations in ss. 420.0002, 420.502, 421.02, 422.02, and 423.01, which are hereby reaffirmed, the Legislature finds that:

(1) Decent, safe, and sanitary housing for persons of very low income, low income, and moderate income are a critical need in the state.

(2) New and rehabilitated housing must be provided at a cost affordable to such persons in order to alleviate this critical need.

(3) The private sector housing construction industry primarily produces housing units for middle-income households and upper-income households and often has limited experience in housing development which provides quality housing for low-income persons in economically declining or distressed areas.

(4) Among other things, the high cost of project financing tends to restrict the development of housing affordable to very-low-income persons, low-income persons, and moderate-income persons.

(5) For these reasons, private capital and existing state housing programs do not provide an adequate remedy to this situation.

(6) Special programs are needed to stimulate private enterprise to build and rehabilitate housing in order to help eradicate slum conditions and provide housing for very-low-income persons, low-income persons, and moderate-income persons as a matter of public purpose.

(7) Public-private partnerships are an essential means of bringing together resources to provide affordable housing.

(8) The department shall facilitate the mobilization of public and private resources to provide affordable housing through its responsibilities in the areas of housing, comprehensive planning, and community assistance.

History: s. 3, ch. 86-192; s. 28, ch. 92-317; s. 6, ch. 2000-342; s. 20, ch. 2004-243.
Fla. Stat. § 582.295 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 582 / Section 582.295
582.295 Automatic dissolution of districts.
Status: in_force

(1) If the governing body of a district fails to meet as required under s. 582.195, the district shall be automatically dissolved as of January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the governing body failed to meet. All assets and liabilities of the district shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(2) Sections 189.076 and 582.30-582.32 do not apply to dissolution of a district under this section.

History: s. 5, ch. 2022-191.