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Fla. Stat. § 106.0705 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.0705
106.0705 Electronic filing of campaign treasurer’s reports.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “electronic filing system” means an Internet system for recording and reporting campaign finance activity by reporting period.

(2)(a) Each individual who is required to file reports with the division pursuant to s. 106.07 or s. 106.141 must file such reports by means of the division’s electronic filing system. (b) Each political committee, electioneering communications organization, affiliated party committee, or state executive committee that is required to file reports with the division under s. 106.07, s. 106.0703, or s. 106.29, as applicable, must file such reports with the division by means of the division’s electronic filing system. (c) Each person or organization that is required to file reports with the division under s. 106.071 must file such reports by means of the division’s electronic filing system.

(3) Reports filed pursuant to this section shall be completed and filed through the electronic filing system not later than midnight of the day designated. Reports not filed by midnight of the day designated are late filed and are subject to the penalties under s. 106.07(8), s. 106.0703(7), or s. 106.29(3), as applicable.

(4) Each report filed pursuant to this section is considered to be under oath by the candidate and treasurer, the chair and treasurer, the treasurer under s. 106.0703, or the leader and treasurer under s. 103.092, whichever is applicable, and such persons are subject to the provisions of s. 106.07(5), s. 106.0703(4), or s. 106.29(2), as applicable. Persons given a secure sign-on to the electronic filing system are responsible for protecting such from disclosure and are responsible for all filings using such credentials, unless they have notified the division that their credentials have been compromised.

(5) The electronic filing system developed by the division must: (a) Be based on access by means of the Internet. (b) Be accessible by anyone with Internet access using standard web-browsing software. (c) Provide for direct entry of campaign finance information as well as upload of such information from campaign finance software certified by the division. (d) Provide a method that prevents unauthorized access to electronic filing system functions.

(6) The division shall adopt rules to administer this section and provide for the reports required to be filed pursuant to this section. Such rules shall, at a minimum, provide: (a) Alternate filing procedures in case the division’s electronic filing system is not operable. (b) For the issuance of an electronic receipt to the person submitting the report indicating and verifying that the report has been filed.

History: s. 19, ch. 2004-252; s. 45, ch. 2005-278; s. 8, ch. 2006-300; s. 24, ch. 2010-167; ss. 12, 30, ch. 2011-6; s. 61, ch. 2011-40; HJR 7105, 2011 Regular Session; s. 12, ch. 2013-37.
Fla. Stat. § 481.307 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 481 / Part II / Section 481.307
481.307 Fees.
Status: in_force

The board, by rule, may establish fees to be paid for applications, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, delinquency, reinstatement, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. The examination fee shall be in an amount that covers the costs of obtaining and administering the examination and shall be refunded if the applicant is found ineligible to sit for the examination. The application fee is nonrefundable. The combined fees for initial application and examination may not exceed $800 plus the actual per applicant cost to the department for purchase of portions of the examination from the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards or a similar national organization. The biennial renewal fee may not exceed $600. The delinquency fee may not exceed the biennial renewal fee established by the board for an active license. The board shall establish fees that are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the board and to fund the proportionate expenses incurred by the department which are allocated to the regulation of landscape architects. Fees shall be based on department estimates of the revenue required to implement this part and the provisions of law with respect to the regulation of landscape architects.

History: ss. 4, 18, ch. 79-407; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 80, ch. 83-329; s. 2, ch. 87-327; s. 26, ch. 88-205; ss. 5, 18, 19, ch. 88-347; s. 56, ch. 89-162; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 237, ch. 94-119.
Fla. Stat. § 839.16 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 839 / Section 839.16
839.16 Fraud of clerk in drawing jury.
Status: in_force

If the clerk of any court shall be guilty of any fraud, either by practicing on a jury box previous to a draft, or in drawing a juror, or in returning into the box any juror which had been lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in her or his stead, or in any other way in the drawing of jurors, the clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

History: s. 30, ch. 1628, 1868; RS 2575; GS 3491; RGS 5371; CGL 7505; s. 1026, ch. 71-136; s. 1326, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 945.0311 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 945 / Section 945.0311
945.0311 Employment of relatives.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Department” means the Department of Corrections. (b) “Relative” means an individual who is related to another as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister. (c) “Organizational unit” includes: 1. A unit of a state correctional institution such as security, medical, dental, classification, maintenance, personnel, or business. A work camp, boot camp, or other annex of a state correctional institution is considered part of the institution and not a separate unit. 2. An area of a regional office such as personnel, medical, administrative services, probation and parole, or community facilities. 3. A correctional work center, road prison, or work release center. 4. A probation and parole circuit office or a suboffice within a circuit. 5. A bureau of the Office of the Secretary or of any of the assistant secretaries. (d) “Line of authority” means any position having supervisory authority within the direct chain of command or supervisory path that organizationally links any position in the department to the secretary. (e) “Direct supervision” means being an employee’s immediate supervisor, or the rater or reviewer of the employee’s performance.

(2) In the interest of security and effective management, the department may adopt rules prohibiting the employment of relatives in the same organizational unit or in positions in which one employee would be in the line of authority over the other or under the direct supervision of the other.

History: s. 25, ch. 95-283.
Fla. Stat. § 189.076 — Florida Code / Title XIII / Chapter 189 / Part VII / Section 189.076
189.076 Financial allocations.
Status: in_force

(1) The government formed by merger of existing special districts shall assume all indebtedness of, and receive title to all property owned by, the preexisting special districts. The proposed charter shall provide for the determination of the proper allocation of the indebtedness so assumed and the manner in which said debt shall be retired.

(2) Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the dissolution of a special district government shall transfer the title to all property owned by the preexisting special district government to the local general-purpose government, which shall also assume all indebtedness of the preexisting special district.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to community development districts established pursuant to chapter 190 or to water management districts created and operated pursuant to chapter 373.

History: s. 11, ch. 89-169; s. 11, ch. 97-255; s. 25, ch. 2014-22.
Fla. Stat. § 626.789 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part III / Section 626.789
626.789 Military service; special provisions.
Status: in_force

Any person who obtains a license and appointment as a life agent who is in the Armed Forces of the United States shall maintain records, claim, and information facilities at a location readily accessible to the public at a location not attached to or on any military installation. Any such agent may not sell any insurance policies, contracts, or certificates to any active duty military person or the family of such person if the buyer or proposed insured is of a lower rank or pay grade.

History: s. 293, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 246, 257, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; s. 1, ch. 85-67; ss. 97, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.79 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part III / Section 1004.79
1004.79 Incubator facilities for small business concerns.
Status: in_force

(1) Each Florida College System institution established pursuant to s. 1000.21(5) may provide incubator facilities to eligible small business concerns. As used in this section, “small business concern” shall be defined as an independently owned and operated business concern incorporated in Florida which is not an affiliate or a subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operation, and which employs 25 or fewer full-time employees. “Incubator facility” shall be defined as a facility in which small business concerns share common space, equipment, and support personnel and through which such concerns have access to professional consultants for advice related to the technical and business aspects of conducting a commercial enterprise. The Florida College System institution board of trustees shall authorize concerns for inclusion in the incubator facility.

(2) Each Florida College System institution that provides an incubator facility shall provide the following: (a) Management and maintenance of the incubator facility. (b) Secretarial and other support personnel, equipment, and utilities. (c) Mechanisms to assist with the acquisition of technical, management, and entrepreneurial expertise to resident and other local small business concerns.

(3) The incubator facility and any improvements to the facility shall be owned or leased by the Florida College System institution. The Florida College System institution may charge residents of the facility all or part of the cost for facilities, utilities, and support personnel and equipment. No small business concern shall reside in the incubator facility for more than 5 calendar years. The state shall not be liable for any act or failure to act of any small business concern residing in an incubator facility pursuant to this section or of any such concern benefiting from the incubator facilities program.

(4) Florida College System institutions are encouraged to establish incubator facilities through which emerging small businesses supportive of spaceport endeavors and other high-technology enterprises may be served.

(5) Florida College System institutions are encouraged to establish incubator facilities through which emerging small businesses supportive of development of content and technology for digital broadband media and digital broadcasting may be served.

History: s. 230, ch. 2002-387; s. 62, ch. 2011-5; s. 178, ch. 2020-2; s. 163, ch. 2023-8.
Fla. Stat. § 320.535 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.535
320.535 Airport vehicles and equipment; definition; exemption.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “airport fuel trucks and equipment” means trucks, trailers, containers, and other vehicles or equipment used for transporting aviation fuel.

(2) Airport fuel trucks and equipment shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter which require the registration of motor vehicles, the payment of license taxes, and the display of license plates when operated or used for the purpose of transporting aviation fuel within the airport facility of any public-use airport of this state.

(3) The incidental operation of airport fuel trucks or equipment on the roads of this state within the airport facility while being operated for the purposes described in subsection (2) shall not deprive such vehicles of the exemption otherwise provided for in this section.

History: s. 48, ch. 97-300.
Fla. Stat. § 589.28 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.28
589.28 County commissions or municipalities authorized to cooperate with Florida Forest Service.
Status: in_force

County commissions or municipalities are authorized to cooperate with the Florida Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in providing assistance in forestry and forest-related knowledge and skills to stimulate the production of timber wealth through the proper use of forest land and to protect and improve the beauty of urban and suburban areas by helping to create in them an attractive and healthy environment through the proper use of trees and related plant associations. County commissions or municipalities are hereby authorized to appropriate funds and enter into cooperative agreements with the Florida Forest Service under the terms and conditions set forth in ss. 589.28-589.34.

History: s. 1, ch. 20899, 1941; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 71-183; s. 49, ch. 2012-7.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1113 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1113
620.1113 Dual capacity.
Status: in_force

A person may be both a general partner and a limited partner. A person that is both a general and limited partner has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations provided by this act and the partnership agreement in each of those capacities. When the person acts as a general partner, the person is subject to the obligations, duties, and restrictions under this act and the partnership agreement for general partners. When the person acts as a limited partner, the person is subject to the obligations, duties, and restrictions under this act and the partnership agreement for limited partners.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 631.715 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part III / Section 631.715
631.715 Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a nonprofit legal entity to be known as the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. All member insurers shall be and remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this state, and, further, as a condition of such authority, an insurer shall agree to reimburse the association for all claim payments the association makes on said insurer’s behalf if such insurer is subsequently rehabilitated. The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under the provisions of s. 631.721 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under the provisions of s. 631.716.

(2)(a) For purposes of administration and assessment, the association shall maintain three accounts: 1. The health insurance account; 2. The life insurance account; and 3. The annuity account. (b) Borrowing between accounts for payment of policyholder and contract holder claims and other obligations of the association is authorized at the discretion of the board of directors, provided that the amounts so borrowed are restored to the appropriate accounts not less than annually.

(3) The association shall come under the immediate supervision of the department and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state.

History: s. 5, ch. 79-189; s. 433, ch. 81-259; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 15, ch. 89-360; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 11, ch. 92-328.
Fla. Stat. § 445.002 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 445 / Section 445.002
445.002 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Commerce.

(2) “For cause” includes, but is not limited to, engaging in fraud or other criminal acts, incapacity, unfitness, neglect of duty, official incompetence and irresponsibility, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, gross mismanagement, waste, or lack of performance.

(3) “Services and one-time payments” or “services,” when used in reference to individuals who are not receiving temporary cash assistance, means nonrecurrent, short-term benefits designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need and other services; work subsidies; supportive services such as child care and transportation; services such as counseling, case management, peer support, and child care information and referral; transitional services, job retention, job advancement, and other employment-related services; nonmedical treatment for substance abuse or mental health problems; teen pregnancy prevention; two-parent family support, including noncustodial parent employment; court-ordered supervised visitation, and responsible fatherhood services; and any other services that are reasonably calculated to further the purposes of the welfare transition program. Such terms do not include assistance as defined in federal regulations at 45 C.F.R. s. 260.31(a).

(4) “State board” means the state workforce development board established pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, Title I, s. 101. The state board is the board of directors of CareerSource Florida, Inc., which works at the direction of the state board in consultation with the department as required by this chapter.

(5) “Welfare transition services” means those workforce services provided to current or former recipients of temporary cash assistance under chapter 414.

History: s. 2, ch. 2000-165; s. 380, ch. 2011-142; s. 10, ch. 2020-30; s. 4, ch. 2021-164; s. 202, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 256.11 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.11
256.11 Public auditoriums; display of the United States flag.
Status: in_force

(1) Each publicly supported and controlled auditorium within a separate building shall display daily the flag of the United States upon a suitable flagstaff upon the grounds of the auditorium except when the weather does not permit such display, and each publicly supported and controlled auditorium within a part of a building shall display daily the flag of the United States inside of the auditorium whenever the auditorium is open.

(2) It is the duty of the person responsible for the administration of such auditorium to provide a suitable flag and cause it to be displayed in the manner provided in subsection (1). If any person willfully causes the flag to fail to be so displayed, except for the cleaning, repair, or replacement of such flag, such person is guilty of a noncriminal violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-99; s. 2, ch. 99-276.
Fla. Stat. § 679.514 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part V / Section 679.514
679.514 Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party’s power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a secured party of record may assign of record all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which: (a) Identifies, by its correct file number and the secured party of record, the initial financing statement to which it relates; (b) Provides the names of the assignor and debtor; and (c) Provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.

(3) An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a real property mortgage that is effective as a fixture filing under s. 679.5021(3) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by s. 701.02.

History: s. 6, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 487.156 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 487 / Part I / Section 487.156
487.156 Governmental agencies.
Status: in_force

All governmental agencies shall be subject to the provisions of this part and rules adopted under this part. Public applicators using or supervising the use of restricted-use pesticides shall be subject to examination as provided in s. 487.044.

History: s. 7, ch. 74-247; s. 11, ch. 79-210; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 14, 15, ch. 82-167; ss. 26, 37, ch. 92-115; s. 21, ch. 94-233; s. 28, ch. 2000-154; s. 40, ch. 2004-64; s. 86, ch. 2025-22.
Fla. Stat. § 751.04 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 751 / Section 751.04
751.04 Notice and opportunity to be heard.
Status: in_force

Before a decree is made under this chapter, reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard must be given to the parents of the minor child by service of process, either personal or constructive.

History: s. 5, ch. 93-104; s. 6, ch. 2010-30.
Fla. Stat. § 943.137 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.137
943.137 Establishment of qualifications and standards above the minimum.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing herein may be construed to preclude an employing agency from establishing qualifications and standards for employment, appointment, training, or promotion of officers that exceed the minimum requirements set by ss. 943.13 and 943.17, including establishing tobacco-use standards.

(2) The qualifications of an employing agency that exceed the minimum employment or basic recruit training course established by the commission are binding on individuals affected and shall be recognized by the commission.

History: s. 10, ch. 84-258; s. 8, ch. 86-187; s. 2, ch. 86-286; ss. 5, 6, ch. 87-186; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 2007-27; s. 5, ch. 2019-113.
Fla. Stat. § 513.121 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 513 / Section 513.121
513.121 Obtaining accommodations in a recreational vehicle park with intent to defraud; penalty; rules of evidence.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who obtains accommodations in a recreational vehicle park which have a value of less than $300 on a transient basis, with intent to defraud the operator of the park, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; if such accommodations have a value of $300 or more, such person is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) In a prosecution under subsection (1), proof that the accommodations were obtained by false pretense; by false or fictitious show of property; by absconding without paying, or offering to pay, for such accommodations; or by surreptitiously removing, or attempting to remove, a recreational vehicle, park trailer, or tent constitutes prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent. If the operator of the park has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that any person has obtained accommodations at the park with intent to defraud the operator of the park, the failure to make payment upon demand for payment, there being no dispute as to the amount owed, constitutes prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent.

History: s. 13, ch. 84-182; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 131, ch. 91-224; s. 36, ch. 92-78; s. 22, ch. 93-150.