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Fla. Stat. § 313.22 — Florida Code / Title XXII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.22
313.22 Vessel movements; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or chapter 314, each port may regulate vessel movements within its jurisdiction, whether involving public or private facilities or areas, by: (a) Scheduling vessels for use of berths, anchorages, or other facilities at the port. (b) Ordering and enforcing a vessel, at its own expense and risk, to vacate or change position at a berth, anchorage, or facility, whether public or private, in order to facilitate navigation, commerce, protection of other vessels or property, or dredging of channels or berths. (c) Designating port facilities for the loading or discharging of vessels. (d) Assigning berths at wharves for arriving vessels.

(2) Each port may establish fees and compensation for the services described in subsection (1) that are provided by the port.

(3) Any vessel that unnecessarily delays in moving under an order to vacate or change position may be penalized in an amount not exceeding $1,000 for each hour or fraction thereof, plus 150 percent of the demurrage costs incurred by a waiting vessel, until the order is complied with. The penalty shall be imposed and collected by the port issuing the movement order.

History: s. 9, ch. 90-54; s. 1, ch. 91-198.
Fla. Stat. § 943.04353 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.04353
943.04353 Triennial study of sexual predator and sexual offender registration and notification procedures.
Status: in_force

The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall, every 3 years, perform a study of the effectiveness of Florida’s sexual predator and sexual offender registration process and community and public notification provisions. As part of determining the effectiveness of the registration process, OPPAGA shall examine the current practices of: the Department of Corrections, county probation offices, clerk of courts, court administrators, county jails and booking facilities, Department of Children and Families, judges, state attorneys’ offices, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Department of Law Enforcement, and local law enforcement agencies as they relate to: sharing of offender information regarding registered sexual predators and sexual offenders for purposes of fulfilling the requirements set forth in the registration laws; ensuring the most accurate, current, and comprehensive information is provided in a timely manner to the registry; ensuring the effective supervision and subsequent monitoring of sexual predators and offenders; and ensuring informed decisions are made at each point of the criminal justice and registration process. In addition to determining the effectiveness of the registration process, the report shall focus on the question of whether the notification provisions in statute are sufficient to apprise communities of the presence of sexual predators and sexual offenders. The report shall examine how local law enforcement agencies collect and disseminate information in an effort to notify the public and communities of the presence of sexual predators and offenders. If the report finds deficiencies in the registration process, the notification provisions, or both, the report shall provide options for correcting those deficiencies and shall include the projected cost of implementing those options. In conducting the study, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall consult with the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence and the Florida Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in addition to other interested entities that may offer experiences and perspectives unique to this area of research. The report shall be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2006.

History: s. 23, ch. 2005-28; s. 114, ch. 2006-1; s. 316, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 458.323 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.323
458.323 Itemized patient billing.
Status: in_force

Whenever a physician licensed under this chapter renders professional services to a patient, the physician is required, upon request, to submit to the patient, the patient’s insurer, or the administrative agency for any federal or state health program under which the patient is entitled to benefits an itemized statement of the specific services rendered and the charge for each, no later than the physician’s next regular billing cycle which follows the fifth day after the rendering of professional services. A physician may not condition the furnishing of an itemized statement upon prior payment of the bill.

History: s. 3, ch. 79-198; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 553.906 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part V / Section 553.906
553.906 Thermal efficiency standards for renovated buildings.
Status: in_force

Thermal designs and operations for renovated buildings for which building permits are obtained after March 15, 1979, must take into account insulation; windows; infiltration; and HVAC, service water heating, energy distribution, lighting, energy managing, and auxiliary systems design and equipment selection and performance. Such buildings are not required to meet standards more stringent than the provisions of the Florida Building Code-Energy Conservation. These standards apply only to those portions of the structure which are actually renovated.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-128; s. 1, ch. 78-625; s. 3, ch. 79-267; s. 2, ch. 80-193; s. 6, ch. 84-273; s. 4, ch. 88-213; s. 23, ch. 2013-193.
Fla. Stat. § 322.222 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.222
322.222 Right to review.
Status: in_force

A driver may request an administrative hearing to review a revocation under s. 322.221(3). The hearing must be held in accordance with the department’s administrative rules adopted under chapter 120.

History: s. 13, ch. 2001-196.
Fla. Stat. § 40.225 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.225
40.225 Jury selection plan.
Status: in_force

(1) Pursuant to s. 40.001, the chief judge of each circuit shall review and consent to the process for selecting juror candidates within his or her circuit. The clerk of court shall implement an automated electronic system in which the names of prospective jurors and other data pertinent thereto shall be maintained for the purpose of the drawing of juror candidates. This system shall be used as the exclusive method authorized by law for obtaining jury venires, if such drawing is by lot and at random and is approved by the Supreme Court as hereinafter provided. Subject to ss. 40.001 and 40.02, the clerk of the circuit court in each county shall have the administrative responsibility for developing the automated system of jury venire selection, obtaining approval for the juror candidate selection process, and operating and updating the system in accordance with this chapter and technical standards and procedures adopted by the Chief Justice.

(2) The clerk of the court, or the chief judge of the circuit if performing the duties of juror candidate selection as provided in s. 40.02, shall submit for approval a plan for the selection of juror candidates as required in this section to the Chief Justice. The plan must be reapproved whenever required by a change in the law, a change in the technical standards and procedures, or a change in the approved clerk-maintained hardware or software used in the automated system of jury venire selection. The proposed plan, if submitted by the clerk, must be approved by the chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the county is located, and must include a description of the equipment, methods, and mode of operation to be used, in a manner consistent with the technical standards and procedures established by the Chief Justice.

(3) The Chief Justice shall examine the proposed plan for compliance with applicable statutory requirements and with established technical standards and procedures. If the Chief Justice finds that the proposed plan is in compliance with applicable statutory requirements and established technical standards and procedures, will produce venires selected by lot and at random, and is otherwise feasible and practicable, an administrative order of approval of same shall be made and filed. Thereafter, the approved system for automated selection of jury venires shall be used in the county so authorized.

(4) This section does not require uniform equipment or methods throughout the state.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-52; s. 6, ch. 79-235; s. 11, ch. 2012-100.
Fla. Stat. § 627.803 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XIV / Section 627.803
627.803 Statement of value of benefits.
Status: in_force

Any contract or group certificate delivered or issued for delivery in this state which provides variable or indeterminate values shall contain a statement of the essential features of the procedure to be followed by the insurance company in determining the dollar amount of the benefits, values, or premiums and shall state in clear terms that the amount may decrease or increase according to such procedure. Any such contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state, and any such group certificate, shall contain on its first page, in a prominent position in contrasting color or boldfaced type, and in a type size as large as the type used in the text of the policy, a clear statement that the benefits, values, or premiums are on a variable basis and, if such is the fact, that the initial interest rate is guaranteed only for a limited period of time.

History: s. 3, ch. 61-441; s. 1, ch. 73-30; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 588, 593, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 1, ch. 84-93; s. 17, ch. 90-119; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 255.504 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.504
255.504 Use of facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Any facility which is acquired and approved pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution and financed under this act, and any facility in the pool shall be occupied to the extent that space is available, by agencies as authorized by the Department of Management Services.

(2) Any agency occupying space in facilities in the pool shall contract for such space and pay rental for such space at the rental rate applicable in accordance with the provisions of this act.

History: s. 6, ch. 85-349; s. 24, ch. 98-279; s. 26, ch. 2000-152.
Fla. Stat. § 488.045 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.045
488.045 Agents for commercial driving school; identification cards.
Status: in_force

A person may not serve in the capacity of an agent for a commercial driving school without first obtaining an agent identification card issued for such purpose by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. An application for a card shall be made in the form prescribed by the department. The fee for the initial application is $25, which is not refundable. The fee for the annual renewal of a card is $10. A card is valid for use only in connection with the business of the driver school or schools listed on the card by the department.

History: ss. 5, 11, ch. 84-150; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 717.112 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 717 / Section 717.112
717.112 Property held by agents and fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

(1) All intangible property and any income or increment thereon held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person, including property held by an attorney in fact or an agent, except as provided in ss. 717.1125 and 733.816, is presumed unclaimed unless the owner has within 5 years after it has become payable or distributable increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, communicated in writing concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the fiduciary.

(2) Funds in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established pursuant to the Internal Revenue laws of the United States are not payable or distributable within the meaning of subsection (1) unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.

(3) For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between said person and the business association provides otherwise.

(4) For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.

(5) All intangible property, and any income or increment thereon, issued by a government or governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, or public authority and held in an agency capacity for the governmental subdivision, agency, public corporation, or public authority for the benefit of the owner of record, is presumed unclaimed unless the owner has, within 1 year after such property has become payable or distributable, increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of the principal or income, communicated concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest in the property as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the fiduciary.

(6) This section does not relieve a fiduciary of his or her duties under applicable general law.

History: s. 13, ch. 87-105; s. 6, ch. 96-301; s. 13, ch. 2001-36; s. 3, ch. 2013-172; s. 44, ch. 2024-140.
Fla. Stat. § 334.61 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 334 / Section 334.61
334.61 Traffic lane repurposing.
Status: in_force

(1) When a governmental entity proposes any project that will repurpose one or more existing traffic lanes, the governmental entity shall include a traffic study to address any potential adverse impacts of the project, including, but not limited to, changes in traffic congestion and impacts on safety.

(2) If, following the study required by subsection (1), the governmental entity elects to continue with the design of the project, it must notify all affected property owners, impacted municipalities, and the counties in which the project is located at least 180 days before the design phase of the project is completed. The notice must provide a written explanation regarding the need for the project and information on how to review the traffic study required by subsection (1), and must indicate that all affected parties will be given an opportunity to provide comments to the proposing entity regarding potential impacts of the change.

(3) The governmental entity shall hold at least one public meeting, with at least 30 days prior notice, before completing the design phase of the project in the jurisdiction where the project is located. At the public meeting, the governmental entity shall explain the purpose of the project and receive public input, including possible alternatives, to determine the manner in which the project will affect the community.

(4) The governmental entity shall review all comments from the public meeting and take the comments and any alternatives presented during the meeting into consideration in the final design of the project.

History: s. 5, ch. 2024-57.
Fla. Stat. § 76.14 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 76 / Section 76.14
76.14 Writ; effect of levy.
Status: in_force

The levy of a writ of attachment does not operate to dispossess the tenant of any lands or tenements, but a levy on real or personal property binds the property attached, except against preexisting liens. Levies on the same property under successive attachments have precedence as liens in the order in which they are made. A levy binds real estate as against subsequent creditors or purchasers only from the time of the record by the clerk of the circuit court of a notice of the levy and a description of the property levied on.

History: s. 9, Feb. 17, 1833; RS 1651; GS 2115; RGS 3416; CGL 5269; s. 26, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 843.01 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 843 / Section 843.01
843.01 Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation officer; personnel or representative of the Department of Law Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful execution of any legal duty, by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer or legally authorized person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes a police canine or police horse as defined in s. 843.19(1)(a), working at the direction of or in tandem with any officer or legally authorized person listed in subsection (1), by offering or doing violence to the police canine or police horse, 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. 3276, 1881; RS 2580; GS 3500; RGS 5385; CGL 7524; s. 1, ch. 28118, 1953; s. 1, ch. 61-66; s. 1, ch. 63-234; s. 1, ch. 63-433; ss. 1, chs. 65-198, 65-226; s. 3, ch. 67-2207; ss. 20, 25, 33, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1034, ch. 71-136; s. 32, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 78-116; s. 20, ch. 79-3; s. 26, ch. 79-8; s. 1, ch. 79-149; s. 5, ch. 85-87; s. 40, ch. 88-122; s. 1, ch. 88-373; s. 50, ch. 88-381; s. 43, ch. 89-526; s. 18, ch. 2014-191; s. 1, ch. 2023-110.
Fla. Stat. § 695.28 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 695 / Section 695.28
695.28 Validity of recorded electronic documents.
Status: in_force

(1) A document that is otherwise entitled to be recorded and that was or is submitted to the clerk of the court or county recorder by electronic or other means and accepted for recordation is deemed validly recorded and provides notice to all persons notwithstanding: (a) That the document was received and accepted for recordation before the Department of State adopted standards implementing s. 695.27; (b) Any defects in, deviations from, or the inability to demonstrate strict compliance with any statute, rule, or procedure relating to electronic signatures, electronic witnesses, electronic notarization, or online notarization, or for submitting or recording an electronic document in effect at the time the electronic document was executed or was submitted for recording; (c) That the document was signed, witnessed, or notarized electronically, and that the document was notarized by an online notary public outside the physical presence of the signer through audio-video communication technology, as defined in s. 117.201, or that witnessing may have been done outside the physical presence of the notary public or principal through such audio-visual communication; or (d) That the document recorded was a certified printout of a document to which one or more electronic signatures have been affixed.

(2) This section does not alter the duty of the clerk or recorder to comply with s. 28.222, s. 695.27, or any rules adopted pursuant to those sections.

(3) This section does not preclude a challenge to the validity or enforceability of an instrument or electronic record based upon fraud, forgery, impersonation, duress, incapacity, undue influence, minority, illegality, unconscionability, or any other basis not in the nature of those matters described in subsection (1).

History: s. 1, ch. 2011-173; s. 26, ch. 2019-71.
Fla. Stat. § 468.408 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part VII / Section 468.408
468.408 Bond required.
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be filed with the department for each talent agency license a bond in the form of a surety by a reputable company engaged in the bonding business and authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be for the penal sum of $5,000, with one or more sureties to be approved by the department, and be conditioned that the applicant conform to and not violate any of the duties, terms, conditions, provisions, or requirements of this part. (a) If any person is aggrieved by the misconduct of any talent agency, the person may maintain an action in his or her own name upon the bond of the agency in any court having jurisdiction of the amount claimed. All such claims shall be assignable, and the assignee shall be entitled to the same remedies, upon the bond of the agency or otherwise, as the person aggrieved would have been entitled to if such claim had not been assigned. Any claim or claims so assigned may be enforced in the name of such assignee. (b) The bonding company shall notify the department of any claim against such bond, and a copy of such notice shall be sent to the talent agency against which the claim is made.

(2) Any remedies provided in this section shall not be exclusive of any other remedy. This relief shall be cumulative to any other remedies the aggrieved person may have.

History: ss. 8, 15, ch. 86-292; s. 63, ch. 91-137; s. 13, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 309, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 741.24 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 741 / Section 741.24
741.24 Civil action against parents; willful destruction or theft of property by minor.
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipal corporation, county, school district, or department of Florida; any person, partnership, corporation, or association; or any religious organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall be entitled to recover damages in an appropriate action at law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, from the parents of any minor under the age of 18 years, living with the parents, who maliciously or willfully destroys or steals property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging to such municipal corporation, county, school district, department of the state, person, partnership, corporation, association, or religious organization.

(2) The recovery shall be limited to the actual damages in addition to taxable court costs.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 31400, 1956; s. 40, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 67-404; s. 1, ch. 77-366; s. 280, ch. 79-400; s. 36, ch. 88-381.