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Fla. Stat. § 132.03 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.03
132.03 Interest; maturity; payment; right to redeem in advance.
Status: in_force

Such resolution or resolutions shall determine the rate or rates of interest to be paid, not exceeding 7.5 percent per annum, payable annually or at shorter intervals, and the maturity or maturities of the bonds which shall be at a time or times not exceeding 60 years from the date of the bonds (except that in the issuance of bonds of taxing districts where the maturities are fixed under the Constitution, then such maturities shall be in accordance with the maturities fixed in the constitutional provision), as well as determine the medium of payment and the place or places in Florida or any other state at which the principal and interest shall be payable. In the discretion of the governing body the right to redeem all or any of the bonds at par before maturity may be reserved upon terms and conditions to be fixed by resolution.

History: s. 3, ch. 15772, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 2383(3); s. 2, ch. 73-302.
Fla. Stat. § 636.206 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part II / Section 636.206
636.206 Examinations and investigations.
Status: in_force

(1) The office may examine or investigate the business and affairs of any discount plan organization. The office may order any discount plan organization or applicant to produce any records, books, files, advertising and solicitation materials, or other information and may take statements under oath to determine whether the discount plan organization or applicant is in violation of the law or is acting contrary to the public interest. The expenses incurred in conducting any examination or investigation must be paid by the discount plan organization or applicant. Examinations and investigations must be conducted as provided in chapter 624. For the duration of the agreement with a member, and for 5 years thereafter, a discount plan organization must maintain an accurate record of each member, including the membership materials provided to the member, the discount plan issued to the member, and the charges billed and paid by the member, in a form accessible to the office during an examination or investigation.

(2) Failure by the discount plan organization to pay the expenses incurred under subsection (1) is grounds for denial or revocation.

History: s. 31, ch. 2004-297; s. 4, ch. 2005-232; s. 5, ch. 2017-112.
Fla. Stat. § 15.051 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 15 / Section 15.051
15.051 Official Sports Hall of Fame.
Status: in_force

The Florida Sports Hall of Fame in Lake City, Columbia County, is designated as the Official Sports Hall of Fame for the state.

History: s. 1, ch. 88-415.
Fla. Stat. § 632.602 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 632 / Section 632.602
632.602 “Lodge system” defined.
Status: in_force

(1) A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules, and ritual. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the society.

(2) A society may, at its option, organize and operate lodges for children under the minimum age for adult membership. Initiation in lodges shall not be required of children, nor shall they have a voice or vote in the management of the society.

History: ss. 4, 6, ch. 86-140; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 101.5611 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 101 / Section 101.5611
101.5611 Instructions to electors.
Status: in_force

(1) The supervisor of elections shall provide instruction at each polling place regarding the manner of voting with the system. In instructing voters, no precinct official may favor any political party, candidate, or issue. Such instruction shall show the arrangement of candidates and questions to be voted on. Additionally, the supervisor of elections shall provide instruction on the proper method of casting a ballot for the specific voting system utilized in that jurisdiction. Such instruction shall be provided at a place which voters must pass to reach the official voting booth.

(2) The supervisor of elections shall have posted at each polling place a notice that reads: “A person who commits or attempts to commit any fraud in connection with voting, votes a fraudulent ballot, or votes more than once in an election can be convicted of a felony of the third degree and fined up to $5,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years.”

History: s. 11, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 581, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 98-129; s. 12, ch. 2002-17.
Fla. Stat. § 173.08 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 173 / Section 173.08
173.08 Judgment for complainant; amounts included; attorney’s fee.
Status: in_force

(1) In all cases where the cause may be decided for complainant, the judgment for delinquent taxes, tax certificates and special assessments against any parcel of land shall include the principal of, and interest and penalties on such taxes, tax certificates and special assessments, the costs of the suit and a reasonable attorney’s fee; such costs and attorney’s fee to be apportioned among and charged against the various parcels of land involved in proportion to the amount of taxes, tax certificates and special assessments adjudged against such respective parcels of land.

(2) In fixing the fees of complainant’s attorney the court shall take into consideration the use which the complainant has made of the privilege hereby given of including in one suit divers taxes, tax certificates and assessment liens, and if the court be of the opinion that there has been an unnecessary separation of causes of action on the same or different parcels of land which might have been joined in the same action, it shall not allow an attorney’s fee greater than would have been allowed if the action had been combined.

History: s. 5, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(6).
Fla. Stat. § 403.5185 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part II / Section 403.5185
403.5185 Law applicable to applications processed under ss. 403.501-403.518.
Status: in_force

Any application for electrical power plant certification filed pursuant to ss. 403.501-403.518 shall be processed under the provisions of the law applicable at the time the application was filed, except that the provisions relating to cancellation of the certification hearing under s. 403.508(6), the provisions relating to the final disposition of the application and issuance of the written order by the secretary under s. 403.509(1)(a), and notice of the cancellation of the certification hearing under s. 403.5115 may apply to any application for electrical power plant certification.

History: s. 42, ch. 2006-230.
Fla. Stat. § 112.193 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part I / Section 112.193
112.193 Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers’ commemorative service awards.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Employer” means a state board, commission, department, division, bureau, or agency or a county or municipality. (b) “Law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer” means any full-time, part-time, or auxiliary officer as defined in s. 943.10(14).

(2) Each employer that employs or appoints law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officers may present to each such employee who retires under any provision of a state or municipal retirement system, including medical disability retirement, or who is eligible to retire under any such provision but, instead, resigns from one employer to accept an elected public office, one complete uniform including the badge worn by that officer, the officer’s service handgun, if one was issued as part of the officer’s equipment, and an identification card clearly marked “RETIRED.”

(3) Upon the death of a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer, the employer may present to the spouse or other beneficiary of the officer, upon request, one complete uniform, including the badge worn by the officer. However, if a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer is killed in the line of duty, the employer may present, upon request, to the spouse or other beneficiary of the officer the officer’s service-issued handgun, if one was issued as part of the officer’s equipment. If the employer is not in possession of the service-issued handgun, the employer may, within its discretion, and upon written request of the spouse or other beneficiary, present a similar handgun. The provisions of this section shall also apply in that instance to a law enforcement or correctional officer who died before May 1, 1993. In addition, the officer’s service handgun may be presented by the employer for any such officer who was killed in the line of duty prior to this act becoming a law.

(4) Each uniform, badge, service handgun, and identification card presented under this section is to commemorate prior service and must be used only in such manner as the employer prescribes by rule. The provisions of this section shall also apply in that instance to a law enforcement officer who died before May 1, 1993.

History: s. 1, ch. 79-335; s. 3, ch. 89-22; s. 1, ch. 93-32; s. 4, ch. 93-149.
Fla. Stat. § 367.182 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 367 / Section 367.182
367.182 Saving clause.
Status: in_force

All certificates and authorizations valid on the effective date of chapter 80-99, Laws of Florida, shall remain in full force and effect. Henceforth, all certificates and authorizations shall be applied for in accordance with this act.

History: s. 24, ch. 80-99; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 24, 26, 27, ch. 89-353; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 11.131 — Florida Code / Title III / Chapter 11 / Section 11.131
11.131 Monetary supplements prohibited.
Status: in_force

All laws or parts of laws, both general or local, which provide a monetary supplement to state legislators from county funds, either as a direct salary supplement or as an expense allowance or as reimbursement for expenses, are hereby repealed. This act shall not be construed to repeal any laws or parts of laws which provide for salaries or expenses to legislative aides or assistants or for the maintenance of a legislative delegation office.

History: s. 1, ch. 67-602.
Fla. Stat. § 497.382 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part III / Section 497.382
497.382 Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.
Status: in_force

(1) Each funeral establishment, direct disposal establishment, cinerator facility, and centralized embalming facility shall record monthly on a form prescribed and furnished by the licensing authority the name of the deceased and such other information as may be required by rule with respect to each dead human body embalmed or otherwise handled by the establishment or facility. Such forms shall be signed monthly by the embalmer who performs the embalming, if the body is embalmed, and the funeral director in charge of the establishment or facility or by the direct disposer who disposes of the body and shall be maintained at the business premises of the establishment or facility for inspection by division staff. The licensing authority shall prescribe by rule the procedures for preparing and retaining such forms.

(2) Funeral directors performing disinterments shall record monthly on the form specified in subsection (1) and pursuant to procedures prescribed by rule the name of the deceased and such other information as may be required by rule with respect to each dead human body disinterred.

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; s. 339, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 29, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 74, ch. 94-119; s. 8, ch. 98-298; s. 87, ch. 2004-301; s. 18, ch. 2013-138.
Fla. Stat. § 651.051 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 651 / Section 651.051
651.051 Maintenance of assets and records in state.
Status: in_force

All records and assets of a provider must be maintained or readily accessible in this state or, if the provider’s corporate office is located in another state, such records must be electronically stored in a manner that will ensure that the records are readily accessible to the office. No records or assets may be removed from this state by a provider unless the office consents to such removal in writing before such removal. Such consent must be based upon the provider’s submitting satisfactory evidence that the removal will facilitate and make more economical the operations of the provider and will not diminish the service or protection thereafter to be given the provider’s residents in this state. Before such removal, the provider shall give notice to the president or chair of the facility’s residents’ council. If such removal is part of a cash management system which has been approved by the office, disclosure of the system must meet the notification requirements. The electronic storage of records on a web-based, secured storage platform by contract with a third party is acceptable if the records are readily accessible to the office.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-323; s. 25, ch. 81-292; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 9, 31, 33, 35, ch. 83-328; s. 12, ch. 93-22; s. 10, ch. 97-229; s. 1678, ch. 2003-261; s. 19, ch. 2019-160.
Fla. Stat. § 28.001 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 28 / Section 28.001
28.001 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Official records” means each instrument that the clerk of the circuit court is required or authorized to record in one general series called “Official Records” as provided for in s. 28.222.

(2) “Public records” has the same meaning as in s. 119.011 and includes each official record.

History: s. 1, ch. 94-348; s. 1, ch. 99-259.
Fla. Stat. § 633.116 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part I / Section 633.116
633.116 Agents; powers to make arrests, conduct searches and seizures, serve summonses, and carry firearms.
Status: in_force

Agents of the State Fire Marshal shall have the same authority to serve summonses, make arrests, carry firearms, and make searches and seizures, as the sheriff or her or his deputies, in the respective counties where such investigations, hearings, or inspections may be held; and affidavits necessary to authorize any such arrests, searches, or seizures may be made before any trial court judge having authority under the law to issue appropriate processes.

History: s. 1, ch. 21847, 1943; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 70-299; s. 428, ch. 97-102; s. 12, ch. 2004-11; s. 9, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 740.08 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 740 / Section 740.08
740.08 Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsection (3), this chapter applies to: (a) A fiduciary acting under a will, trust, or power of attorney executed before, on, or after July 1, 2016; (b) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2016; (c) A guardian appointed through a guardianship proceeding, whether pending in a court or commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2016; and (d) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2016.

(2) This chapter applies to a custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.

(3) This chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.

History: s. 18, ch. 2016-46.
Fla. Stat. § 253.38 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.38
253.38 Riparian rights not affected.
Status: in_force

Nothing in ss. 253.36 and 253.37 shall be construed as in anywise affecting the riparian rights now or heretofore existing under the laws of this state; but it is expressly provided that the provisions of said sections shall apply only to such lands as the Department of the Interior has declined to convey to the state, or which have become permanently reclaimed; and in making sales thereof, the board of trustees may provide for a complete system of reclamation as part of the consideration thereof, or contract for such permanent reclamation in the manner it deems advisable.

History: s. 3, ch. 7891, 1919; CGL 1427; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 333.15 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 333 / Section 333.15
333.15 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this chapter.

History: s. 10, ch. 2021-186.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.797 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part III / Section 1012.797
1012.797 Notification of certain charges against employees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 985.04(7) or any other law to the contrary, a law enforcement agency shall, within 48 hours, notify the appropriate district school superintendent, charter school governing board, private school owner or administrator, president of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, or university lab schools director or principal, as applicable, when its employee is arrested for a felony or a misdemeanor involving an offense listed in s. 435.04(2), the abuse of a minor child, or the sale or possession of a controlled substance. The notification must include the specific charge for which the employee of the school district was arrested. Notwithstanding ss. 1012.31(3)(a)1. and 1012.796(4), within 24 hours after such notification, the school principal or designee shall notify parents of enrolled students who had direct contact with the employee and include, at a minimum, the name and specific charges against the employee.

History: s. 759, ch. 2002-387; s. 130, ch. 2006-120; s. 12, ch. 2021-138; s. 3, ch. 2025-56.
Fla. Stat. § 616.165 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 616 / Part I / Section 616.165
616.165 Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter.

History: ss. 3, 26, ch. 83-239; ss. 41, 44, ch. 93-168; s. 196, ch. 98-200.
Fla. Stat. § 373.543 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part V / Section 373.543
373.543 Land held by Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; areas not taxed.
Status: in_force

(1) Land comprising part of the principal of the State School Trust Fund declared by the constitution to be “sacred and inviolate,” or other real estate, title to which is in the State Board of Education, shall not be subject to the district tax nor shall there be liability therefor upon any state agency.

(2) There shall be excluded from district taxes all bodies of navigable water and unreclaimed water areas meandered by the public surveys, all rights-of-way of said district, all areas devoted or dedicated to the use of and for the works of the district, rights-of-way of state and county highways, and streets within the limits of incorporated towns, and property owned by a public agency open to the use of the public or for the public benefit not leased to or operated by a private agency.

History: s. 30, ch. 25209, 1949; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 25, ch. 73-190; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 231, ch. 81-259.
Fla. Stat. § 634.309 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.309
634.309 Procedure to suspend or revoke license.
Status: in_force

Except when a hearing is expressly not required under s. 120.60 or s. 634.308, no order suspending or revoking a home warranty association’s license shall be effective unless made after notice and hearing pursuant to chapter 120.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-339; s. 3, ch. 81-148; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 32, 33, 34, ch. 83-323; s. 1, ch. 84-94; s. 20, ch. 93-195.
Fla. Stat. § 7.42 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.42
7.42 Marion County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Marion County are as follows: Beginning in the thread of the Withlacoochee River, at the range line dividing ranges seventeen and eighteen east; thence north to the township line dividing townships fourteen and fifteen south; thence east on said township line to the middle of township fourteen south, range nineteen east; thence north to the line dividing townships eleven and twelve south; thence east on said township line to Orange Lake; thence down said lake along its southern margin to Orange Creek; thence northerly and easterly down the thread of said creek to its junction with the Oklawaha River; thence northeasterly down the south side of the Oklawaha River at low-water mark to a point on the south side of the Oklawaha River at low-water mark, where the range line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five east in township eleven south, crosses said river; thence south on said range line to where it intersects the township line dividing townships eleven and twelve south; thence east on said township line to where it intersects the section line dividing sections two and three, in township twelve south, of range twenty-five east; thence south on said section line and other section lines to the southwest corner of section twenty-three of said township twelve south, of range twenty-five east; thence east on the section line dividing sections twenty-three and twenty-six and other section lines to the range line dividing ranges twenty-five and twenty-six east; thence south on said range line to the southwest corner of section seven, township thirteen south, range twenty-six east; thence east on the section line dividing sections seven and eighteen, township thirteen south, range twenty-six east, and other section lines to the west shore of Lake George; thence southwardly along the shore of Lake George to the mouth of Sulphur Spring; thence along the western bank of Lake George until it arrives at range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven east; thence south on said range line to township line dividing townships seventeen and eighteen south; thence due west on the said township line to the thread of the Withlacoochee River; thence northwesterly down the thread of said last mentioned river to the place of beginning.

History: s. 1, Mar. 14, 1844; s. 1, ch. 106, 1846; s. 1, ch. 548, 1853; s. 1, ch. 923, 1859; s. 1, ch. 3060, 1877; s. 1, ch. 3767, 1887; RS 39; GS 37; RGS 40; CGL 42.
Fla. Stat. § 622.07 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 622 / Section 622.07
622.07 Powers.
Status: in_force

Every association shall have power and authority to transact business and acquire, hold, and dispose of property and sue and be sued in this state; provided that such association shall file with the Department of State a sworn statement setting forth the name under which such association is authorized to transact business and acquire, hold, and dispose of property, and the style by which it is prescribed that such association shall sue and be sued, under the law or laws under which it shall have been created and shall be existing.

History: s. 7, ch. 23897, 1947; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 90.610 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.610
90.610 Conviction of certain crimes as impeachment.
Status: in_force

(1) A party may attack the credibility of any witness, including an accused, by evidence that the witness has been convicted of a crime if the crime was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of 1 year under the law under which the witness was convicted, or if the crime involved dishonesty or a false statement regardless of the punishment, with the following exceptions: (a) Evidence of any such conviction is inadmissible in a civil trial if it is so remote in time as to have no bearing on the present character of the witness. (b) Evidence of juvenile adjudications are inadmissible under this subsection.

(2) The pendency of an appeal or the granting of a pardon relating to such crime does not render evidence of the conviction from which the appeal was taken or for which the pardon was granted inadmissible. Evidence of the pendency of the appeal is admissible.

(3) Nothing in this section affects the admissibility of evidence under s. 90.404 or s. 90.608.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 16, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379; s. 489, ch. 95-147.