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Fla. Stat. § 738.502 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 738 / Section 738.502
738.502 Disbursement from principal.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 738.505, and except as otherwise provided in s. 738.601(3)(b), a fiduciary shall disburse all of the following from principal: (a) The balance of the disbursements described in s. 738.501(1) and (3), after application of s. 738.501(2). (b) The fiduciary’s compensation calculated on principal as a fee for acceptance, distribution, or termination. (c) A payment of an expense to prepare for or execute a sale or other disposition of property. (d) A payment on the principal of a trust debt. (e) A payment of an expense of an accounting, judicial or nonjudicial proceeding, or other matter that involves primarily principal, including a proceeding to construe the terms of the trust or protect property. (f) A payment of a premium for insurance, including title insurance, not described in s. 738.501(4) of which the fiduciary is the owner and beneficiary. (g) A payment of estate, inheritance, and other transfer taxes, including penalties, apportioned to the trust. (h) A payment related to environmental matters including: 1. Reclamation; 2. Assessing environmental conditions; 3. Remedying and removing environmental contamination; 4. Monitoring remedial activities and the release of substances; 5. Preventing future releases of substances; 6. Collecting amounts from persons liable or potentially liable for the costs of the activities described in subparagraphs 1.-5.; 7. Penalties imposed under environmental laws or regulations; 8. Other actions to comply with environmental laws or regulations; 9. Statutory or common law claims by third parties; and 10. Defending claims based on environmental matters. (i) A payment of a premium for insurance for matters described in paragraph (h).

(2) If a principal asset is encumbered with an obligation that requires income from the asset to be paid directly to a creditor, the fiduciary must transfer from principal to income an amount equal to the income paid to the creditor in reduction of the principal balance of the obligation.

History: s. 1, ch. 2002-42; s. 16, ch. 2012-49; s. 37, ch. 2024-216.
Fla. Stat. § 625.309 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part II / Section 625.309
625.309 State and Canadian public obligations.
Status: in_force

An insurer may invest in bonds, notes, warrants, and other securities not in default which are the direct obligations of any state of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or of the Government of Canada or any province thereof, or for which the full faith and credit of such state, district, government, or province has been pledged for the payment of principal and interest.

History: s. 134, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 122, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 489.134 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 489 / Part I / Section 489.134
489.134 Authority of licensed job scope.
Status: in_force

A licensee under this part need not have a license under part II to perform work within the scope of his or her license under this part.

History: s. 35, ch. 90-228; s. 11, ch. 91-201; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 488, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 381.95 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.95
381.95 Medical facility information maintained for terrorism response purposes; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(1) Any information identifying or describing the name, location, pharmaceutical cache, contents, capacity, equipment, physical features, or capabilities of individual medical facilities, storage facilities, or laboratories established, maintained, or regulated by the Department of Health as part of the state’s plan to defend against an act of terrorism as defined in s. 775.30 is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption is remedial in nature, and it is the intent of the Legislature that this exemption apply to information held by the Department of Health before, on, or after the effective date of this section.

(2) Information made exempt by this section may be disclosed by the custodial agency to another state or federal agency in order to prevent, detect, guard against, respond to, investigate, or manage the consequences of any attempted or actual act of terrorism, or to prosecute those responsible for such attempts or acts.

(3) The certification by the Governor of the sufficiency of any location, pharmaceutical cache, contents, capacity, equipment, physical features, or capabilities of individual medical facilities, storage facilities, or laboratories established, maintained, or regulated by the Department of Health as part of the state’s plan to defend against an act of terrorism is a public record.

History: s. 1, ch. 2001-363; s. 1, ch. 2006-108; s. 9, ch. 2017-37.
Fla. Stat. § 97.1031 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 97 / Part II / Section 97.1031
97.1031 Notice of change of residence, change of name, or change of party affiliation.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) When an elector changes his or her residence address, the elector must notify the supervisor of elections. Except as provided in paragraph (b), an address change must be submitted using a voter registration application. (b) If the address change is within the state and notice is provided to the supervisor of elections of the county where the elector has moved, the elector may do so by: 1. Contacting the supervisor of elections via telephone or electronic means, in which case the elector must provide his or her date of birth and the last four digits of his or her social security number, his or her Florida driver license number, or his or her Florida identification card number, whichever may be verified in the supervisor’s records; or 2. Submitting the change on a voter registration application or other signed written notice.

(2) When an elector seeks to change party affiliation, the elector shall notify his or her supervisor of elections or other voter registration official by submitting a voter registration application. When an elector changes his or her name by marriage or other legal process, the elector shall notify his or her supervisor of elections or other voter registration official by submitting a voter registration application.

(3) The voter registration official shall make the necessary changes in the elector’s records as soon as practical upon receipt of such notice of a change of address of legal residence, name, or party affiliation. The supervisor of elections shall issue the new voter information card.

History: s. 7, ch. 78-403; s. 5, ch. 80-292; s. 21, ch. 94-224; s. 29, ch. 97-13; s. 31, ch. 99-2; s. 3, ch. 2000-250; s. 5, ch. 2002-189; s. 14, ch. 2005-278; s. 5, ch. 2005-286; s. 8, ch. 2011-40; s. 9, ch. 2021-11.
Fla. Stat. § 255.043 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.043
255.043 Art in state buildings.
Status: in_force

(1) Each appropriation for the original construction of a state building which provides public access shall include an amount of up to 0.5 percent of the total appropriation for the construction of the building, not to exceed $100,000, to be used for the acquisition of works of art produced by, but not limited to, Florida artists or craftspersons. Those works of art acquired shall be displayed for viewing in public areas in the interior or on the grounds or the exterior of the building and not in private offices or areas with limited public access.

(2) The Department of Management Services or other state agencies receiving appropriations for original constructions shall notify the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the user agency of any construction project which is eligible under the provisions of this section. The Department of Management Services or other state agency shall determine the amount to be made available for purchase or commission of works of art for each project and shall report these amounts to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the user agency. Payments therefor shall be made from funds appropriated for fixed capital outlay according to law.

(3) The selection of artists or craftspersons shall be the responsibility of the user agency. The final approval of any recommendation for the purchase of or commissioning of works of art shall be consistent with the art selection process pursuant to rule promulgated by the Department of State. The approval of any invoice for payment for any purchase of or commissioning of works of art shall be the responsibility of the user agency.

(4) The Department of State shall be authorized to promulgate rules to implement this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 79-188; s. 125, ch. 83-217; s. 1, ch. 90-224; s. 13, ch. 90-267; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 175, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 147, ch. 95-148; s. 2, ch. 95-235; s. 1, ch. 2000-208; s. 31, ch. 2007-217; s. 38, ch. 2010-5.
Fla. Stat. § 334.24 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 334 / Section 334.24
334.24 Compilation, maintenance, and provision of information relating to roads and road building and repair.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) Collect data and information as to all roads in the state and, when practicable, have maps and plats thereof made.

(2) Investigate and collect data and information as to the best methods and materials for road building and repair.

(3) Investigate and gather information as to road building and repair in the different localities in the state.

(4) Compile all such data and information and furnish it to counties upon request.

(5) Keep on file at the department headquarters copies of such data and information as a public record.

History: s. 23, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 1, ch. 63-174; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 2, 3, ch. 73-57; s. 29, ch. 84-309.
Fla. Stat. § 784.0495 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 784 / Section 784.0495
784.0495 Mob intimidation.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for a person, assembled with two or more other persons and acting with a common intent, to use force or threaten to use imminent force, to compel or induce, or attempt to compel or induce, another person to do or refrain from doing any act or to assume, abandon, or maintain a particular viewpoint against his or her will.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) A person arrested for a violation of this section shall be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail in accordance with chapter 903.

History: s. 8, ch. 2021-6.
Fla. Stat. § 499.81 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 499 / Part III / Section 499.81
499.81 Administration and enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) This part is cumulative and shall be construed and applied as being in addition to and not in substitution for or limiting any powers, duties, or authority of the department under any other law of this state; except that, with respect to the regulation of medical gas, this part controls over any conflicting provisions.

(2) The department shall administer and enforce this part to prevent fraud, adulteration, misbranding, or false advertising in the manufacture and distribution of medical gases.

(3) For the purpose of an investigation or proceeding conducted by the department under this part, the department may administer oaths, take depositions, subpoena witnesses, and compel the production of books, papers, documents, or other records. Challenges to, and enforcement of, subpoenas and orders shall be handled as provided in s. 120.569.

(4) Each state attorney, county attorney, or municipal attorney to whom the department or its designated agent reports a violation of this part shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and prosecuted as required by law.

(5) This part does not require the department to report, for the purpose of instituting proceedings under this part, minor violations of this part when the department believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a written notice or warning.

History: s. 13, ch. 2014-89.
Fla. Stat. § 170.201 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 170 / Section 170.201
170.201 Special assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to other lawful authority to levy and collect special assessments, the governing body of a municipality may levy and collect special assessments to fund capital improvements and municipal services, including, but not limited to, fire protection, emergency medical services, garbage disposal, sewer improvement, street improvement, and parking facilities. Without limiting the foregoing, a municipality that has a population of fewer than 100 persons for the previous year’s taxing year may also levy and collect special assessments to fund special security and crime prevention services and facilities, including guard and gatehouse facilities for the current taxing year. However, if prior to the levy of the assessment, the cost of the services and facilities are funded by ad valorem taxes, the taxes shall be abated annually thereafter, in an amount equal to the full amount of the special assessment. The governing body of a municipality may apportion costs of such special assessments based on: (a) The front or square footage of each parcel of land; or (b) An alternative methodology, so long as the amount of the assessment for each parcel of land is not in excess of the proportional benefits as compared to other assessments on other parcels of land.

(2) Property owned or occupied by a religious institution and used as a place of worship or education; by a public or private preschool, elementary school, middle school, or high school; or by a governmentally financed, insured, or subsidized housing facility that is used primarily for persons who are elderly or disabled shall be exempt from any special assessment levied by a municipality to fund any service if the municipality so desires. As used in this subsection, the term “religious institution” means any church, synagogue, or other established physical place for worship at which nonprofit religious services and activities are regularly conducted and carried on and the term “governmentally financed, insured, or subsidized housing facility” means a facility that is financed by a mortgage loan made or insured by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under s. 8, s. 202, s. 221(d)(3) or (4), s. 232, or s. 236 of the National Housing Act and is owned or operated by an entity that qualifies as an exempt charitable organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As used in this subsection, the term “preschool” means any child care facility licensed under s. 402.305.

History: s. 30, ch. 96-324; s. 1, ch. 97-110; s. 5, ch. 98-167; s. 14, ch. 99-378; s. 26, ch. 2011-144; s. 1, ch. 2025-181.
Fla. Stat. § 585.20 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 585 / Part II / Section 585.20
585.20 Injection of pathogenic organisms into animals.
Status: in_force

No person shall inject or otherwise administer to any animal that may be used as food for humans or whose products may be used as food for humans any virus or other substance containing pathogenic or disease producing organisms of a kind that is virulent to humans or which would cause any disease listed by the department as a dangerous transmissible disease in animals, except with the written permission of the State Veterinarian.

History: s. 9, ch. 17273, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3323(9); s. 13, ch. 59-457; s. 24, ch. 90-321; s. 17, ch. 96-231; s. 1190, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 624.480 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.480
624.480 Filing, approval, and disapproval of forms.
Status: in_force

(1) A basic insurance policy or application form for which written application is required and is to be a part of the policy or contract or printed rider or endorsement form may not be issued by a self-insurance fund unless the form has been filed with and approved by the office.

(2) Every such filing shall be made not less than 30 days in advance of any such use or delivery. At the expiration of such 30 days, the form so filed shall be deemed approved unless prior thereto it has been affirmatively approved or disapproved by order of the office. The office may extend by not more than an additional 15 days the period within which it may so affirmatively approve or disapprove any such form, by giving notice of such extension before expiration of the initial 30-day period. At the expiration of any such period as so extended, and in the absence of such prior affirmative approval or disapproval, any such form must be deemed approved.

(3) The office shall disapprove any form or withdraw any previous approval thereof only, if the form: (a) Is in any respect in violation of, or does not comply with, this code. (b) Contains or incorporates by reference, when such incorporation is otherwise permissible, any inconsistent, ambiguous, or misleading clauses, or any exceptions and conditions which deceptively affect the risk purported to be assumed in the general coverage of the contract. (c) Has any title, heading, or other indication of its provisions which is misleading. (d) Is printed or otherwise reproduced in such manner as to render any material provision of such form substantially illegible.

History: s. 36, ch. 86-160; s. 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 86, ch. 93-415; s. 834, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 475.10 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part I / Section 475.10
475.10 Seal.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records, and acts of the commission, and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning such proceedings, records, and acts, signed by the chair, the custodian of such records, or another person authorized to make such certification and authenticated by such seal, shall be prima facie evidence thereof in all the courts of this state.

History: s. 11, ch. 12223, 1927; CGL 4072; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 8, 42, 43, ch. 79-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 38, ch. 82-1; ss. 19, 45, ch. 82-179; s. 92, ch. 83-218; ss. 28, 30, ch. 88-20; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 364, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 193.018 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 193 / Part I / Section 193.018
193.018 Land owned by a community land trust used to provide affordable housing; assessment; structural improvements, condominium parcels, and cooperative parcels.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “community land trust” means a nonprofit entity that is qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has as one of its purposes the acquisition of land to be held in perpetuity for the primary purpose of providing affordable homeownership.

(2) A community land trust may convey structural improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels, that are located on specific parcels of land that are identified by a legal description contained in and subject to a ground lease having a term of at least 99 years, for the purpose of providing affordable housing to natural persons or families who meet the extremely-low-income, very-low-income, low-income, or moderate-income limits specified in s. 420.0004, or the income limits for workforce housing, as defined in s. 420.5095(3). A community land trust shall retain a preemptive option to purchase any structural improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels on the land at a price determined by a formula specified in the ground lease which is designed to ensure that the structural improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels remain affordable.

(3) In arriving at just valuation under s. 193.011, a structural improvement, condominium parcel, or cooperative parcel providing affordable housing on land owned by a community land trust, and the land owned by a community land trust that is subject to a 99-year or longer ground lease, shall be assessed using the following criteria: (a) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller for the land is limited to an amount commensurate with the terms of the ground lease that restricts the use of the land to the provision of affordable housing in perpetuity. (b) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller for resale-restricted improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels is limited to the amount determined by the formula in the ground lease. (c) If the ground lease and all amendments and supplements thereto, or a memorandum documenting how such lease and amendments or supplements restrict the price at which the improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels may be sold, is recorded in the official public records of the county in which the leased land is located, the recorded lease and any amendments and supplements, or the recorded memorandum, shall be deemed a land use regulation during the term of the lease as amended or supplemented.

History: s. 16, ch. 2009-96; s. 2, ch. 2011-15; s. 35, ch. 2020-27.
Fla. Stat. § 501.1738 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part I / Section 501.1738
501.1738 Anonymous age verification.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “anonymous age verification” means a commercially reasonable method used by a government agency or a business for the purpose of age verification which is conducted by a nongovernmental, independent third party organized under the laws of a state of the United States which: (a) Has its principal place of business in a state of the United States; and (b) Is not owned or controlled by a company formed in a foreign country, a government of a foreign country, or any other entity formed in a foreign country.

(2) A third party conducting anonymous age verification pursuant to this section: (a) May not retain personal identifying information used to verify age once the age of an account holder or a person seeking an account has been verified. (b) May not use personal identifying information used to verify age for any other purpose. (c) Must keep anonymous any personal identifying information used to verify age. Such information may not be shared or otherwise communicated to any person. (d) Must protect personal identifying information used to verify age from unauthorized or illegal access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure through reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the personal information.

History: s. 3, ch. 2024-42.
Fla. Stat. § 316.007 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.007
316.007 Provisions uniform throughout state.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter covered by this chapter unless expressly authorized. However, this section shall not prevent any local authority from enacting an ordinance when such enactment is necessary to vest jurisdiction of violation of this chapter in the local court.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 2, ch. 71-982.