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Fla. Stat. § 55.204 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 55 / Section 55.204
55.204 Duration and continuation of judgment lien; destruction of records.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in this section, a judgment lien acquired under s. 55.202 lapses and becomes invalid 5 years after the date of filing the judgment lien certificate.

(2) Liens securing the payment of child support or tax obligations under s. 95.091(1)(b) lapse 20 years after the date of the original filing of the warrant or other document required by law to establish a lien. Liens securing the payment of reemployment assistance tax obligations lapse 10 years after the date of the original filing of the notice of lien. A second lien based on the original filing may not be obtained.

(3) At any time within 6 months before or 6 months after the scheduled lapse of a judgment lien under subsection (1), the judgment creditor may acquire a second judgment lien by filing a new judgment lien certificate. The effective date of the second judgment lien is the date and time on which the judgment lien certificate is filed. The second judgment lien is a new judgment lien and not a continuation of the original judgment lien. The second judgment lien permanently lapses and becomes invalid 5 years after its filing date, and additional liens based on the original judgment or any judgment based on the original judgment may not be acquired.

(4) A judgment lien continues only as to itemized property for an additional 90 days after lapse of the lien. Such judgment lien continues only if: (a) The property was itemized and its location described with sufficient particularity in the instructions for levy to permit the sheriff to act; (b) The instructions for the levy had been delivered to the sheriff before the date of lapse of the lien; and (c) The property was located in the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction at the time of delivery of the instruction for levy. Subsequent removal of the property does not defeat the lien. A court may order continuation of the lien beyond the 90-day period on a showing that extraordinary circumstances have prevented levy.

(5) The date of lapse of a judgment lien whose enforceability has been temporarily stayed or enjoined as a result of any legal or equitable proceeding is tolled until 30 days after the stay or injunction is terminated.

(6) If a second judgment lien is not filed, the Department of State shall maintain each judgment lien file and all information contained therein for a minimum of 1 year after the judgment lien lapses in accordance with this section. If a second judgment lien is filed, the department shall maintain both files and all information contained in such files for a minimum of 1 year after the second judgment lien lapses.

(7) This section does not extend the life of a judgment lien beyond the time that the underlying judgment, order, decree, or warrant otherwise expires or becomes invalid pursuant to law.

History: s. 11, ch. 2000-258; s. 4, ch. 2001-154; s. 3, ch. 2005-241; s. 3, ch. 2010-90; s. 1, ch. 2010-138; s. 34, ch. 2012-30.
Fla. Stat. § 391.301 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 391 / Part II / Section 391.301
391.301 Early Steps Program; establishment and goals.
Status: in_force

(1) The Early Steps Program is established within the department to serve infants and toddlers who are at risk of developmental disabilities based on a physical or mental condition and infants and toddlers with developmental delays by providing developmental evaluation and early intervention and by providing families with training and support services in a variety of home and community settings in order to enhance family and caregiver competence, confidence, and capacity to meet their child’s developmental needs and desired outcomes.

(2) The program may include screening and referral services at all hospitals providing Level II or Level III neonatal intensive care services, in order to promptly identify newborns with disabilities or with conditions associated with risks of developmental delays so that families may gain as early as possible the services and skills they need to support their infants’ development.

(3) The program must integrate information and coordinate services with other programs serving infants and toddlers, including, but not limited to, the Healthy Start program, the newborn screening program, and the Blind Babies Program.

(4) The program must: (a) Provide services to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities and delays. (b) Expand the recognition by health care providers, families, and the public of the significant brain development that occurs during a child’s first 3 years of life. (c) Maintain the importance of the family in all areas of the child’s development and support the family’s participation in early intervention services and decisions affecting the child. (d) Operate a comprehensive, coordinated interagency system of early intervention services and supports in accordance with part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (e) Ensure timely evaluation, individual planning, and early intervention services necessary to meet the unique needs of eligible infants and toddlers. (f) Build the service capacity and enhance the competencies of health care providers serving infants and toddlers with unique needs and abilities. (g) Ensure programmatic and fiscal accountability through establishment of a high-capacity data system, active monitoring of performance indicators, and ongoing quality improvement.

History: s. 12, ch. 89-379; s. 25, ch. 91-282; s. 7, ch. 94-140; s. 26, ch. 98-288; s. 51, ch. 2004-350; s. 6, ch. 2016-238.
Fla. Stat. § 171.212 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 171 / Part II / Section 171.212
171.212 Disputes regarding construction and effect of an interlocal service boundary agreement.
Status: in_force

If there is a question or dispute about the construction or effect of an interlocal service boundary agreement, a local government shall initiate and proceed through the conflict resolution procedures established in chapter 164. If there is a failure to resolve the conflict, no later than 30 days following the conclusion of the procedures established in chapter 164, the local government may file an action in circuit court. For purposes of this section, the term “local government” means a party to the interlocal service boundary agreement.

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-218.
Fla. Stat. § 531.44 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 531 / Section 531.44
531.44 Misrepresentation of pricing; verification procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold or offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of a fraction shall be prominently displayed, and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half the height and width of, the numerals representing the whole cent.

(2) The department may adopt, by rule, sampling procedures for determining acceptable pricing practices. Sampling procedures for determining acceptable pricing practices may include, but are not limited to, those procedures adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-101; s. 27, ch. 97-220.
Fla. Stat. § 90.954 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.954
90.954 Admissibility of other evidence of contents.
Status: in_force

The original of a writing, recording, or photograph is not required, except as provided in s. 90.953, and other evidence of its contents is admissible when:

(1) All originals are lost or destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith.

(2) An original cannot be obtained in this state by any judicial process or procedure.

(3) An original was under the control of the party against whom offered at a time when that party was put on notice by the pleadings or by written notice from the adverse party that the contents of such original would be subject to proof at the hearing, and such original is not produced at the hearing.

(4) The writing, recording, or photograph is not related to a controlling issue.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 502, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 206.9943 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part III / Section 206.9943
206.9943 Pollutant tax license.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who is not otherwise licensed pursuant to this chapter and who produces, imports, or causes to be imported pollutants, or who is entitled to a refund under s. 206.9942, must apply for and receive from the department a pollutant tax license. Any person who produces, imports, or causes to be imported lead-acid batteries but no other pollutants is not required to be licensed pursuant to this section after October 1, 1989, unless such person seeks a refund pursuant to this part.

(2) To procure a pollutant tax license the person must file an application in such form and furnish such information as the department may require.

(3) The license must be renewed annually.

(4) A temporary pollutant tax license may be issued to a holder of a valid Florida temporary importer, temporary wholesaler, or temporary exporter license issued under s. 206.02. A temporary pollutant tax license is subject to the provisions set forth in s. 206.02(8).

History: s. 5, ch. 89-171; s. 17, ch. 2007-106; s. 17, ch. 2017-36.
Fla. Stat. § 494.0077 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 494 / Part III / Section 494.0077
494.0077 Other products and services.
Status: in_force

This part does not prohibit a mortgage lender from offering, for a fee or commission, products and services in addition to those offered in conjunction with making a mortgage loan.

History: ss. 49, 50, ch. 91-245; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 61, ch. 2009-241.
Fla. Stat. § 774.209 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 774 / Part II / Section 774.209
774.209 Miscellaneous provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) This act does not affect the scope or operation of any workers’ compensation law or veterans’ benefit program, affect the exclusive remedy or subrogation provisions of the law, or authorize any lawsuit which is barred by law.

(2) Nothing in this act is intended to, and nothing in this act shall be interpreted to: (a) Affect the rights of any party in bankruptcy proceedings; or (b) Affect the ability of any person who is able to make a showing that the person satisfies the claim criteria for compensable claims or demands under a trust established under a plan of reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. chapter 11, to make a claim or demand against that trust.

(3) It is the intent of the Legislature that this law render the utmost comity and respect to the constitutional prerogatives of the judiciary of this state, and nothing in this act should be construed as any effort to impinge upon those prerogatives. To that end, if the Florida Supreme Court enters a final judgment concluding or declaring that any provision of this act improperly encroaches on the authority of the court to adopt the rules of practice and procedure in the courts of this state, the Legislature intends that any such provision be construed as a request for a rule change under s. 2, Art. V of the State Constitution and not as a mandatory legislative directive.

(4) This act may not be interpreted to prevent any person from bringing or maintaining an asbestos claim based on nonoccupational exposure where such person would be otherwise able to bring or maintain a claim under this act.

(5) If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared severable.

History: s. 9, ch. 2005-274.
Fla. Stat. § 216.168 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.168
216.168 Governor’s amended revenue or budget recommendations; optional and mandatory.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time following submission of his or her budget recommendations and revenues recommendations, the Governor may amend his or her recommendations.

(2) The amended recommendations shall be furnished to the Legislature along with the reasons for the amended recommendations.

(3) The amended recommendations shall include the materials required in ss. 216.163 and 216.165; and the Executive Office of the Governor shall provide, within 3 days after the Governor amends his or her recommendations, the supporting information required under ss. 216.164 and 216.166.

(4) If the Governor determines, at any time after he or she has furnished the Legislature with his or her recommendations or amended recommendations, that the revenue estimates upon which the Governor’s recommendations were based are insufficient to fund these recommendations, the Governor shall amend his or her revenues or appropriations recommendations to bring the Governor’s recommended budget into balance.

History: s. 17, ch. 80-45; s. 13, ch. 83-49; s. 16, ch. 91-109; s. 1167, ch. 95-147; s. 27, ch. 2005-152.
Fla. Stat. § 682.032 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 682 / Section 682.032
682.032 Initiation of arbitration.
Status: in_force

(1) A person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice in a record to the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate in the agreed manner between the parties or, in the absence of agreement, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and obtained, or by service as authorized for the commencement of a civil action. The notice must describe the nature of the controversy and the remedy sought.

(2) Unless a person objects for lack or insufficiency of notice under s. 682.06(3) not later than the beginning of the arbitration hearing, the person by appearing at the hearing waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice.

History: s. 10, ch. 2013-232.
Fla. Stat. § 255.259 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.259
255.259 Florida-friendly landscaping on public property.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that water conservation and water quality protection and restoration are increasingly critical to the continuance of an adequate water supply and healthy surface and ground waters. The Legislature further finds that “Florida-friendly landscaping,” as defined in s. 373.185, can contribute significantly to water conservation and water quality protection and restoration. Finally, the Legislature finds that state government has the responsibility to promote Florida-friendly landscaping as a water conservation and water quality protection and restoration measure by using such landscaping on public property associated with publicly owned buildings or facilities.

(2) As used in this section, “publicly owned buildings or facilities” means construction projects under the purview of the Department of Management Services. The term does not include environmentally endangered land or roads and highway construction under the purview of the Department of Transportation.

(3) The Department of Management Services, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall adopt rules and guidelines for the required use of Florida-friendly landscaping on public property associated with publicly owned buildings or facilities constructed after June 30, 2009. The Department of Management Services shall also develop a 5-year program for phasing in the use of Florida-friendly landscaping on public property associated with publicly owned buildings or facilities constructed before July 1, 2009. In accomplishing these tasks, the Department of Management Services shall take into account the standards provided in s. 373.185. The Department of Transportation shall implement Florida-friendly landscaping pursuant to s. 335.167.

(4)(a) The Legislature finds that the use of Florida-friendly landscaping and other water use and pollution prevention measures to conserve or protect the state’s water resources serves a compelling public interest and that the participation of homeowners’ associations and local governments is essential to the state’s efforts in water conservation and water quality protection and restoration. (b) A deed restriction or covenant may not prohibit or be enforced so as to prohibit any property owner from implementing Florida-friendly landscaping on his or her land or create any requirement or limitation in conflict with any provision of part II of chapter 373 or a water shortage order, other order, consumptive use permit, or rule adopted or issued pursuant to part II of chapter 373. (c) A local government ordinance may not prohibit or be enforced so as to prohibit any property owner from implementing Florida-friendly landscaping on his or her land.

History: s. 1, ch. 91-41; s. 1, ch. 91-68; s. 182, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 89, ch. 94-356; s. 4, ch. 2001-252; s. 23, ch. 2009-243.
Fla. Stat. § 331.333 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 331 / Part II / Section 331.333
331.333 Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

Space Florida through its board may issue bonds to provide for the retirement or refunding of any bonds or obligations of Space Florida that at the time of such issuance are or subsequently thereto become due and payable, or that at the time of issuance have been called or are or will be subject to call for redemption within 10 years thereafter, or the surrender of which can be procured from the holders thereof at prices satisfactory to the board. Refunding bonds may be issued at any time when in the judgment of the board such issuance will be advantageous to Space Florida. The provisions of this act pertaining to bonds of Space Florida shall, unless the context otherwise requires, govern the issuance of refunding bonds, the form and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of the board with respect to the same.

History: ss. 37, 61, ch. 89-300; ss. 7, 8, ch. 90-192; s. 30, ch. 2006-60.
Fla. Stat. § 627.469 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part III / Section 627.469
627.469 Annuity contracts, pure endowment contracts; dividends.
Status: in_force

If a fixed-dollar annuity contract, variable annuity contract, or pure endowment contract is participating, the contract shall contain a provision that, beginning not later than the end of the third contract year, the insurer shall annually ascertain and apportion any divisible surplus accruing on the contract.

History: s. 496, ch. 59-205; s. 15, ch. 61-441; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 394, 404, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 491.0149 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.0149
491.0149 Display of license; use of professional title on promotional materials.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A person licensed under this chapter as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor, or certified as a master social worker shall conspicuously display the valid license issued by the department or a true copy thereof at each location at which the licensee practices his or her profession. (b)1. A licensed clinical social worker shall include the words “licensed clinical social worker” or the letters “LCSW” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the licensee. 2. A licensed marriage and family therapist shall include the words “licensed marriage and family therapist” or the letters “LMFT” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the licensee. 3. A licensed mental health counselor shall include the words “licensed mental health counselor” or the letters “LMHC” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the licensee.

(2)(a) A person registered under this chapter as a clinical social worker intern, marriage and family therapist intern, or mental health counselor intern shall conspicuously display the valid registration issued by the department or a true copy thereof at each location at which the registered intern is completing the experience requirements. (b) A registered clinical social worker intern shall include the words “registered clinical social worker intern,” a registered marriage and family therapist intern shall include the words “registered marriage and family therapist intern,” and a registered mental health counselor intern shall include the words “registered mental health counselor intern” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the registered intern.

(3)(a) A person provisionally licensed under this chapter as a provisional clinical social worker licensee, provisional marriage and family therapist licensee, or provisional mental health counselor licensee shall conspicuously display the valid provisional license issued by the department or a true copy thereof at each location at which the provisional licensee is providing services. (b) A provisional clinical social worker licensee shall include the words “provisional clinical social worker licensee,” a provisional marriage and family therapist licensee shall include the words “provisional marriage and family therapist licensee,” and a provisional mental health counselor licensee shall include the words “provisional mental health counselor licensee” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the provisional licensee.

History: ss. 15, 20, ch. 90-263; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 516, ch. 97-103; s. 19, ch. 97-198; s. 211, ch. 97-264.