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Fla. Stat. § 607.05031 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.05031
607.05031 Change of name or address by registered agent.
Status: in_force

(1) If a registered agent changes its name or address, the agent may deliver to the department for filing a statement of change that provides the following: (a) The name of the corporation represented by the registered agent. (b) The name of the registered agent as currently shown in the records of the department for the corporation. (c) If the name of the registered agent has changed, its new name. (d) If the address of the registered agent has changed, the new address. (e) A statement that the registered agent has given the notice required under subsection (2).

(2) A registered agent shall promptly furnish notice of the statement of change and the changes made by the statement filed with the department to the represented corporation.

History: s. 34, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 348.0316 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 348 / Part I / Section 348.0316
348.0316 Eligibility for investments and security.
Status: in_force

Any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this part shall be and constitute legal investments for banks, savings banks, trustees, executors, administrators, and all other fiduciaries and for all state, municipal, and other public funds and shall also be and constitute securities eligible for deposit as security for all state, municipal, or other public funds, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or laws to the contrary.

History: s. 14, ch. 2019-169.
Fla. Stat. § 395.3027 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 395 / Part I / Section 395.3027
395.3027 Patient immigration status data collection.
Status: in_force

(1) Each hospital that accepts Medicaid must include a provision on its patient admission or registration forms for the patient or the patient’s representative to state or indicate whether the patient is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States or is not lawfully present in the United States. The inquiry must be followed by a statement that the response will not affect patient care or result in a report of the patient’s immigration status to immigration authorities.

(2) Each hospital must submit a quarterly report to the agency within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter which reports the number of hospital admissions or emergency department visits within the previous quarter which were made by a patient who indicated that he or she was a citizen of the United States or lawfully present in the United States, was not lawfully present in the United States, or declined to answer.

(3) By March 1 of each year, the agency shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes the total number of hospital admissions and emergency department visits for the previous calendar year for which the patient or patient’s representative reported that the patient was a citizen of the United States or lawfully present in the United States, was not lawfully present in the United States, or declined to answer. The report must also describe information relating to the costs of uncompensated care for aliens who are not lawfully present in the United States, the impact of uncompensated care on the cost or ability of hospitals to provide services to the public, hospital funding needs, and other related information.

(4) The agency may adopt rules relating to the format and information to be contained in quarterly reports and the acceptable formats for hospitals to use in requesting information regarding a patient’s immigration status on hospital admission or registration forms. The rules may not require the disclosure of patient names or any other personal identifying information to the agency.

History: s. 5, ch. 2023-40.
Fla. Stat. § 65.071 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 65 / Section 65.071
65.071 Quieting title; deeds without joinder of wife when separated for 30 years.
Status: in_force

An action in chancery may be brought to quiet title to land to preclude any wife from claiming dower or any heirs from claiming any interest to land when the following facts exist:

(1) When any husband and wife have not cohabited as husband and wife for 30 years or more and during this time the husband has conveyed land as a single man and the land has come into the hands of purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice that the husband was married at the time he conveyed the land, and the purchasers have relied on the acknowledgment to deeds by the husband that he was a single man, and it afterwards became known that he was a married man at the time he deeded the land and his marriage has never been dissolved and he refuses to voluntarily get a dissolution of marriage to clear the title to preclude his wife from claiming any inchoate dower therein and his heirs from claiming any interest therein and when the wife has never lived in the county where the land is located with the husband as his wife and has never asserted any inchoate right to dower in the land, the inchoate right to dower is divested and is a cloud on the title to the land and the purchaser of the land has the right to remove the cloud and to prevent the wife or heirs from claiming any dower or other interest from such purchasers and their successors in title.

(2) When these facts are proven, the court shall adjudge that the wife and heirs of the husband are forever barred and perpetually enjoined from claiming any interest in the land arising out of dower or otherwise, and that the wife did not join in the execution of the deeds by which the husband deeded the land as a single man under the facts above-stated is not effective to reserve an inchoate right of dower in the land held by such purchasers.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 19116, 1939; CGL 5011(1), (2); s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 73-300.
Fla. Stat. § 347.06 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 347 / Section 347.06
347.06 Certificate of license.
Status: in_force

Whenever an application is granted under s. 347.01, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall issue her or his certificate under seal, specifying the privileges therein granted, for which the clerk shall receive the fees prescribed by law for like services.

History: s. 1, ch. 3300, 1881; RS 642; GS 915; RGS 1699; CGL 2750; s. 514, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 206.8741 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part II / Section 206.8741
206.8741 Dyeing and marking; notice requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt by rule dyeing and marking requirements for diesel fuel consistent with, and not more stringent than, the requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service.

(2) Notice is required with respect to dyed diesel fuel. A notice stating: “DYED DIESEL FUEL, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY, PENALTY FOR TAXABLE USE” shall be: (a) Provided by the terminal operator to any person that receives dyed diesel fuel at a terminal rack of that terminal operator. (b) Provided by any seller of dyed diesel fuel to its buyer if the diesel fuel is located outside the bulk transfer or terminal system and is not sold from a retail pump posted in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c). (c) Posted by a seller on any retail pump where it sells dyed diesel fuel for use by its buyer.

(3) All shipping papers, bills of lading, and invoices accompanying the sale or removal of tax-paid, undyed diesel fuel shall be stamped, typed, printed, or written in indelible ink with the following notice: “THIS DIESEL FUEL DOES NOT CONTAIN VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF DYE.”

(4) All shipping papers, bills of lading, and invoices accompanying the sale of tax-paid, undyed diesel fuel exempt from the tax imposed by this part pursuant to s. 206.8745(2) shall be stamped, typed, printed, or written in indelible ink with a notice that the price of the fuel does not include Florida state and local fuel taxes and does not contain visible evidence of dye.

(5) The form of notice required under paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) shall be provided by the time of the removal or sale and shall be stamped, typed, printed, or written in indelible ink on shipping papers, bills of lading, and invoices accompanying the sale or removal of the dyed diesel fuel.

(6) Any person who fails to provide or post the required notice with respect to any dyed diesel fuel is subject to a penalty of $2,500 for each month such failure occurs.

History: s. 76, ch. 95-417; s. 15, ch. 2020-10.
Fla. Stat. § 316.241 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.241
316.241 Selling or using lamps or equipment.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer or use upon any such vehicle any headlamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, which reflector is required hereunder, or parts of any of the foregoing, which tend to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to the department and approved. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to equipment in actual use when this section is adopted or replacement parts therefor.

(2) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer any lamp or device mentioned in this section which has been approved by the department unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved so as to be legible when installed.

(3) No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer any lamps mentioned in this section unless said lamps are mounted, adjusted, and aimed in accordance with instructions of the department.

(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 195, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 944.714 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 944 / Section 944.714
944.714 Quality assurance and standards of operation.
Status: in_force

(1) The level and quality of programs provided by a private vendor at a contractor-operated correctional facility must be at least equal to programs provided at a correctional facility operated by the department that houses similar types of inmates and must be at a cost that provides the state with a substantial savings, as determined by a private accounting firm selected by the Department of Corrections.

(2) All contractor-employed correctional officers employed by a private vendor must be certified, at the private vendor’s expense, as having met the minimum qualifications established for correctional officers under s. 943.13.

(3) Pursuant to the terms of the contract, a private vendor shall design, construct, and operate a contractor-operated correctional facility in accordance with the standards established by the American Correctional Association and approved by the department at the time of the contract. In addition, a contractor-operated correctional facility shall meet any higher standard mandated in the full or partial settlement of any litigation challenging the constitutional conditions of confinement to which the department is a named defendant. The standards required under a contract for operating a contractor-operated correctional facility may be higher than the standards required for accreditation by the American Correctional Association. A private vendor shall comply with all federal and state constitutional requirements; federal, state, and local laws; department rules; and all court orders.

History: s. 17, ch. 89-526; s. 12, ch. 2019-113; s. 28, ch. 2024-84.
Fla. Stat. § 112.656 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part VII / Section 112.656
112.656 Fiduciary duties; certain officials included as fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

(1) A fiduciary shall discharge his or her duties with respect to a plan solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan. Investment decisions must comply with s. 112.662.

(2) Each retirement system or plan shall have one or more named fiduciaries with authority to control and manage the administration and operation of the retirement system or plan. However, the plan administrator, and any officer, trustee, and custodian, and any counsel, accountant, and actuary of the retirement system or plan who is employed on a full-time basis, shall be included as fiduciaries of such system or plan.

(3) A retirement system or plan may purchase insurance for its named fiduciary to cover liability or losses incurred by reason of act or omission of the fiduciary.

History: s. 18, ch. 79-183; s. 724, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2023-28.
Fla. Stat. § 627.669 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VII / Section 627.669
627.669 Optional coverage required for substance abuse impaired persons; exception.
Status: in_force

(1) Insurers, health maintenance organizations, and nonprofit health care services plans transacting group health insurance or providing prepaid health care in this state shall make available to the policyholder as part of the application for any such policy of insurance issued or delivered in this state or contract executed or operative in this state the level of benefits specified in subsection (2) for the necessary care and treatment of substance abuse impaired persons, subject to the right of the applicant for a group policy or contract to select any alternative benefits or level of benefits as may be offered by the insurer, health maintenance organization, or plan. For the purposes of this section, the term “substance abuse impaired” has the same meaning ascribed in s. 397.311.

(2) Inpatient benefits or outpatient benefits shall consist of: (a) Basic benefit. — Intensive treatment program for the treatment of substance abuse impaired persons. (b) Limitations. — 1. Benefits shall be available only to covered individuals in a group health plan. 2. There shall be a minimum lifetime benefit of $2,000. 3. There shall be allowable a maximum of 44 outpatient visits. 4. The maximum benefit payable for an outpatient visit shall not exceed $35. 5. Detoxification shall not be considered as a benefit under the outpatient program.

(3) The benefits provided under this section are applicable only if treatment is provided by, or under the supervision of, or is prescribed by, a licensed physician or licensed psychologist and if services are provided in a program that is accredited by an accrediting organization whose standards incorporate comparable regulations required by this state or that is approved by this state.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 79-392; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 522, 523, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 83-216; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 35, ch. 93-39; s. 13, ch. 2013-93.
Fla. Stat. § 605.2608 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.2608
605.2608 Application of s. 605.2404 after merger.
Status: in_force

(1) A creditor’s right that existed under s. 605.2404 immediately before a merger under that section may be enforced after the merger in accordance with the following provisions: (a) A creditor’s right that existed immediately before the merger against the surviving company, a continuing protected series, or a relocated protected series continues without change after the merger. (b) A creditor’s right that existed immediately before the merger against a non-surviving company: 1. May be asserted against an asset of the non-surviving company which vested in the surviving company as a result of the merger; and 2. Does not otherwise change. (c) Subject to subsection (2), the following provisions apply: 1. In addition to the remedy stated in paragraph (b), a creditor with a right conferred under s. 605.2404 which existed immediately before the merger against a non-surviving company or a relocated protected series may assert the right against: a. An asset of the surviving company, other than an asset of the non-surviving company which vested in the surviving company as a result of the merger; b. An asset of a continuing protected series; c. An asset of a protected series established by the surviving company as a result of the merger; d. If the creditor’s right was against an asset of the non-surviving company, an asset of a relocated protected series; or e. If the creditor’s right was against an asset of a relocated protected series, an asset of another relocated protected series. 2. In addition to the remedy stated in paragraph (b), a creditor with a right that existed immediately before the merger against the surviving company or a continuing protected series may assert the right against: a. An asset of a relocated protected series; or b. An asset of a non-surviving company which vested in the surviving company as a result of the merger.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) and s. 605.2404(2)(a)1., (b)1., and (c)1., the incurrence date is deemed to be the date on which the merger becomes effective.

(3) A merger under s. 605.2604 does not affect the manner in which s. 605.2404 applies to a liability incurred after the merger becomes effective.

History: s. 38, ch. 2025-162.
Fla. Stat. § 760.37 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 760 / Part II / Section 760.37
760.37 Interference, coercion, or intimidation; enforcement by administrative or civil action.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise of, or on account of her or his having exercised, or on account of her or his having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise of any right granted under ss. 760.20-760.37. This section may be enforced by appropriate administrative or civil action.

History: s. 12, ch. 83-221; s. 9, ch. 89-321; s. 1142, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 92.30 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 92 / Section 92.30
92.30 Presumption of death; official findings.
Status: in_force

A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such findings, pursuant to the 1 Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and Pub. L. No. 408, Ch. 371, 2d Sess. 78th Cong.; 50 U.S.C. App. Supp. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances, and place of the person’s disappearance.

History: s. 1, ch. 22866, 1945; s. 22, ch. 77-104; s. 514, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 283.425 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 283 / Section 283.425
283.425 Acceptance for printing; penalty for defective printing.
Status: in_force

No printing may be accepted as in compliance with the contract when the printing is not of the grade of workmanship which is usually employed by professional printers on printing of such class, or when the printing is not of the full quantity or acceptable quality for which it has been contracted. If immediate necessity and lack of time to procure printing elsewhere compel the use of defective printing furnished by a contractor, it shall be accepted without approval, and one-half of the contract price thereon shall be deducted as liquidated damages for breach of contract. The agency which contracted for printing shall notify the contractor within a reasonable time after delivery of said printing as to acceptance or nonacceptance, and such reasonable time shall be specified in the contract. The contract shall also provide that a contractor has a reasonable time to correct any defects if delivery is made by a date specified in the contract, unless such a provision is not practicable because of time constraints.

History: ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 8, 44, ch. 90-335.
Fla. Stat. § 711.504 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 711 / Section 711.504
711.504 Origination of registration in beneficiary form.
Status: in_force

A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form when the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners.

History: s. 3, ch. 94-216.
Fla. Stat. § 860.13 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 860 / Section 860.13
860.13 Operation of aircraft while intoxicated or in careless or reckless manner; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person: (a) To operate an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water while under the influence of: 1. Alcoholic beverages; 2. Any substance controlled under chapter 893; 3. Any chemical substance set forth in s. 877.111; or (b) To operate an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another.

(2) In any prosecution charging careless or reckless operation of aircraft in violation of this section, the court, in determining whether the operation was careless or reckless, shall consider the standards for safe operation of aircraft as prescribed by federal statutes or regulations governing aeronautics.

(3) Violation of this section shall constitute a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(4) It shall be the duty of any court in which there is a conviction for violation of this statute to report such conviction to the Federal Aviation Administration for its guidance and information with respect to the pilot’s certificate.

History: ss. 1-4, ch. 25259, 1949; s. 1096, ch. 71-136; ss. 1, 2A, ch. 71-282; s. 32, ch. 73-331; s. 5, ch. 83-187; s. 15, ch. 2010-117.
Fla. Stat. § 603.011 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 603 / Part I / Section 603.011
603.011 Fruit and vegetable inspection fees; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each person receiving inspection services pursuant to s. 570.48 shall pay to the department an inspection fee. This fee shall cover the cost of providing the inspection service and shall be set annually by the department by rule. (b) All fees collected by the department to cover the cost of providing the inspection service for farms or greenhouses growing tomatoes or for tomato packinghouses and repackers shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund and shall be used for tomato-related inspections, education, and research.

(2) All fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited into the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund, except that fees collected pursuant to paragraph (1)(b) and s. 570.48(3) shall be deposited in the General Inspection Trust Fund.

(3) The department may terminate inspection services upon a 3-day written notice if inspection fees are not paid.

History: s. 10, ch. 92-151; s. 26, ch. 93-169; s. 13, ch. 2007-67; s. 90, ch. 2014-150; s. 38, ch. 2022-5.
Fla. Stat. § 493.6112 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 493 / Part I / Section 493.6112
493.6112 Notification to Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of changes of partner or officer or employees.
Status: in_force

(1) After filing the application, unless the department declines to issue the license or revokes it after issuance, an agency shall, within 5 working days of the withdrawal, removal, replacement, or addition of any or all partners or officers, notify and file with the department complete applications for such individuals. The agency’s good standing under this chapter shall be contingent upon the department’s approval of any new partner or officer.

(2) Each agency shall, upon the employment or termination of employment of a licensee, report such employment or termination within 15 calendar days to the department and, in the case of a termination, report the reason or reasons therefor. The report shall be submitted electronically in a manner prescribed by the department.

History: ss. 2, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 8, ch. 2002-295; s. 14, ch. 2017-85.