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Fla. Stat. § 465.185 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 465 / Section 465.185
465.185 Rebates prohibited; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to pay or receive any commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engage in any split-fee arrangement in any form whatsoever with any physician, surgeon, organization, agency, or person, either directly or indirectly, for patients referred to a pharmacy registered under this chapter.

(2) The department shall adopt rules which assess administrative penalties for acts prohibited by subsection (1). In the case of an entity licensed by the department, such penalties may include any disciplinary action available to the department under the appropriate licensing laws. In the case of an entity not licensed by the department, such penalties may include: (a) A fine not to exceed $1,000. (b) If applicable, a recommendation by the department to the appropriate regulatory agency that disciplinary action be taken.

History: s. 2, ch. 79-106; s. 326, ch. 81-259; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 26, 27, ch. 86-256; s. 59, ch. 91-137; s. 6, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 125, ch. 92-149.
Fla. Stat. § 943.327 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.327
943.327 Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “forensic investigative genetic genealogy” means the combined application of laboratory testing, genetic genealogy, and law enforcement investigative methods to develop investigative leads in unsolved violent crimes and provide investigative leads as to the identity of unidentified human remains. Such methods must be in accordance with department rule and compatible with multiple genealogical databases that are available for law enforcement use for the purposes described in this section. For purposes of the grant program created in this section, funding is intended to be used for developing genealogy DNA profiles consisting of 100,000 or more markers.

(2) There is created within the department the Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program to award grants to statewide and local law enforcement agencies and medical examiner’s offices to support those agencies and offices in the processing of DNA samples as specified under subsection (4).

(3) The department shall annually award to statewide and local law enforcement agencies and medical examiner’s offices any funds specially appropriated for the grant program to cover expenses related to using forensic investigative genetic genealogy methods to generate investigative leads for criminal investigations of violent crimes and to aid in the identification of unidentified human remains.

(4) Grants may be used in accordance with department rule for any of the following purposes: (a) The analysis of DNA samples collected under applicable legal authority using forensic investigative genetic genealogy methods for solving violent crimes. (b) The analysis of DNA samples of unidentified human remains.

(5) Each grant recipient shall provide to the executive director a report no later than 1 year after receipt of funding under the grant program. The report must include all of the following: (a) The amount of funding received. (b) The number and type of cases pursued using forensic investigative genetic genealogy methods. (c) The type of forensic investigative genetic genealogy methods used, including the name of the laboratory to which such testing was outsourced, if any, and the identity of the entity conducting any genetic genealogical research. (d) The result of the testing, such as decedent identification, perpetrator identification, or no identification. (e) The amount of time it took to make an identification or to determine no identification could be made.

(6) The department may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement and administer this section and to establish the process for the allocation of grant funds.

History: s. 1, ch. 2024-113.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1605 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1605
607.1605 Inspection rights of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) A director of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy the books, records, and documents of the corporation at any reasonable time to the extent reasonably related to the performance of the director’s duties as a director, including duties as a member of a board committee, but not for any other purpose or in any manner that would violate any duty to the corporation.

(2) The circuit court of the applicable county may order inspection and copying of the books, records, and documents at the corporation’s expense, upon application of a director who has been refused such inspection rights, unless the corporation establishes that the director is not entitled to such inspection rights. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.

(3) If an order is issued, the court may include provisions protecting the corporation from undue burden or expense and prohibiting the director from using information obtained upon exercise of the inspection rights in a manner that would violate a duty to the corporation, and may also order the corporation to reimburse the director for the director’s costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in connection with the application.

History: s. 40, ch. 2003-283; s. 222, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 373.566 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part V / Section 373.566
373.566 Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

The governing board shall have authority to issue refunding bonds to take up any outstanding bonds of said district falling due and becoming payable, when, in the judgment of said board, it shall be for the best interests of said district so to do. The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to issue refunding bonds to take up and refund all bonds of said district outstanding that are subject to call and termination, and all bonds of said district that are not subject to call or redemption, where the surrender of said bonds can be procured from the holder thereof at prices satisfactory to the board. Such refunding bonds may be issued at any time when in the judgment of said board it will be to the interest of the district financially or economically by securing a lower rate of interest on said bonds or by extending the time of maturity of said bonds, or for any other reason in the judgment of said board advantageous to said district.

History: s. 36, ch. 25209, 1949; s. 25, ch. 73-190.
Fla. Stat. § 386.03 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 386 / Part I / Section 386.03
386.03 Notice to remove nuisances; authority of Department of Health and local health authorities.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Health, upon determining the existence of anything or things herein declared to be nuisances by law, shall notify the person or persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining the same, to remove or cause to be removed, the same within 24 hours, or such other reasonable time as may be determined by the department, after such notice be duly given.

(2) If the sanitary nuisance condition is not removed by such person or persons within the time prescribed in said notice, the department, its agents or deputies or local health authorities, may within the county where the nuisance exists, remove, cause to remove, or prevent the continuing sanitary nuisance condition in the following manner: (a) Undertake required correctional procedures, including the removal of same if necessary; the cost or expense of such removal or correctional procedures shall be paid by the person or persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining such nuisances; and if the said cost and expense thus accruing shall not be paid within 10 days after such removal, the same shall be collected from the person or persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining such nuisances, by suit at law; but this paragraph shall not authorize the department to alter, change, demolish, or remove any machinery, equipment, or facility designed or used for the processing or disposing of liquid or smoke effluent of a manufacturing plant. (b) Institute criminal proceedings in the county court in the jurisdiction of which the condition exists against all persons failing to comply with notices to correct sanitary nuisance conditions as provided in this chapter. (c) Institute legal proceedings authorized by the department as set forth in s. 381.0012. (d) Institute administrative proceedings authorized by the department as set forth in s. 381.0061.

History: s. 12, ch. 4346, 1895; GS 1155; RGS 2159; CGL 3388; s. 1, ch. 63-64; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 149, ch. 77-147; s. 5, ch. 80-351; s. 53, ch. 91-297; s. 76, ch. 97-101.
Fla. Stat. § 620.2117 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.2117
620.2117 Notice of intent to demand payment.
Status: in_force

(1) If a proposed appraisal event is submitted to a vote at a partners’ meeting, or is submitted to a partner pursuant to a consent vote, a limited partner who is entitled to and who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of limited partner interests: (a) Must deliver to a general partner of the limited partnership before the vote is taken, or within 20 days after receiving the notice pursuant to s. 620.2116(3) if action is to be taken without a partner meeting, written notice of such person’s intent to demand payment if the proposed appraisal event is effectuated. (b) Must not vote, or cause or permit to be voted, any limited partner interests of such class or series in favor of the appraisal event.

(2) A person who may otherwise be entitled to appraisal rights, but who does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1), is not entitled to payment under ss. 620.2113-620.2124.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 985.56 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 985 / Part X / Section 985.56
985.56 Indictment of a juvenile.
Status: in_force

(1) A child of any age who is charged with a violation of state law punishable by death or by life imprisonment is subject to the jurisdiction of the court as set forth in s. 985.0301(2) unless and until an indictment on the charge is returned by the grand jury. When such indictment is returned, the petition for delinquency, if any, must be dismissed and the child must be tried and handled in every respect as an adult: (a) On the offense punishable by death or by life imprisonment; and (b) On all other felonies or misdemeanors charged in the indictment which are based on the same act or transaction as the offense punishable by death or by life imprisonment or on one or more acts or transactions connected with the offense punishable by death or by life imprisonment.

(2) An adjudicatory hearing may not be held until 21 days after the child is taken into custody and charged with having committed an offense punishable by death or by life imprisonment, unless the state attorney advises the court in writing that he or she does not intend to present the case to the grand jury, or has presented the case to the grand jury and the grand jury has not returned an indictment. If the court receives such a notice from the state attorney, or if the grand jury fails to act within the 21-day period, the court may proceed as otherwise authorized under this part.

(3) If the child is found to have committed the offense punishable by death or by life imprisonment, the child shall be sentenced as an adult. If the juvenile is not found to have committed the indictable offense but is found to have committed a lesser included offense or any other offense for which he or she was indicted as a part of the criminal episode, the court may sentence under s. 985.565.

(4)(a) Once a child has been indicted pursuant to this section and has been found to have committed any offense for which he or she was indicted as a part of the criminal episode, the child shall be handled thereafter in every respect as if an adult for any subsequent violation of state law, unless the court imposes juvenile sanctions under s. 985.565. (b) When a child has been indicted pursuant to this section, the court shall immediately transfer and certify to the adult circuit court all felony cases pertaining to the child, for prosecution of the child as an adult, which have not yet resulted in a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or in which a finding of guilt has not been made. If the child is acquitted of all charged offenses or lesser included offenses contained in the indictment case, all felony cases that were transferred to adult court pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the same penalties such cases were subject to before being transferred to adult court.

History: s. 33, ch. 97-238; s. 35, ch. 99-284; s. 38, ch. 2001-64; s. 71, ch. 2006-120.
Fla. Stat. § 290.042 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 290 / Section 290.042
290.042 Definitions relating to Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 290.0401-290.048, the term:

(1) “Administrative closeout” means the notification of a grantee by the department that all applicable administrative actions and all required work of the grant have been completed with the exception of the final audit.

(2) “Administrative costs” has the same meaning as defined in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and applicable federal regulations.

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

(4) “Eligible activities” means those community development activities authorized in s. 105(a) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and applicable federal regulations.

(5) “Eligible local government” means any local government which qualifies as eligible to participate in the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program in accordance with s. 102(a)(7) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and applicable federal regulations, and any eligibility requirements which may be imposed by this act or by department rule.

(6) “Person of low or moderate income” means any person who meets the definition established by the department in accordance with the guidelines established in Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.

(7) “Service area” means the total geographic area to be directly or indirectly served by a community development block grant project where at least 51 percent of the residents are low-income and moderate-income persons.

History: s. 3, ch. 83-205; s. 70, ch. 85-80; s. 3, ch. 85-223; s. 1, ch. 90-275; s. 217, ch. 2011-142; s. 38, ch. 2012-5; s. 3, ch. 2021-25; s. 82, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 744.21031 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part II / Section 744.21031
744.21031 Public records exemption.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Agency” has the same meaning as provided in s. 119.011. (b) “Employee with fiduciary responsibility” means an employee of a public guardian who has the ability to direct any transactions of a ward’s funds, assets, or property; who, under the supervision of a guardian, manages the care of a ward; or who makes any health care decision as defined in s. 765.101 on behalf of a ward. (c) “Telephone numbers” has the same meaning as provided in s. 119.071(4)(d)1.c.

(2) The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of current or former public guardians and employees with fiduciary responsibility; photographs of former public guardians and employees with fiduciary responsibility; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of the spouses and children of current or former public guardians and employees with fiduciary responsibility who are not themselves current or former public guardians or employees with fiduciary responsibility; and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to information held by an agency before, on, or after July 1, 2018. An agency that is the custodian of the information specified in this section shall maintain the exempt status of that information only if the current or former public guardians and employees with fiduciary responsibility submit to the custodial agency a written request for maintenance of the exemption.

History: s. 1, ch. 2018-16; s. 1, ch. 2023-263; s. 59, ch. 2024-2.
Fla. Stat. § 379.233 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part I / Section 379.233
379.233 Release of balloons.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that the release into the atmosphere of large numbers of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gases poses a danger and nuisance to the environment, particularly to wildlife and marine animals.

(2) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to intentionally release, organize the release of, or intentionally cause to be released balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air except for any of the following: (a) Balloons released by a person on behalf of a governmental agency or pursuant to a governmental contract for scientific or meteorological purposes. (b) Hot air balloons recovered after launching. (c) Balloons released indoors.

(3) Any person who violates subsection (2) commits a noncriminal littering infraction, punishable as provided in s. 403.413(6)(a).

(4) This section does not apply to a person 6 years of age or younger.

History: s. 1, ch. 89-113; s. 186, ch. 99-245; s. 53, ch. 2008-247; s. 1, ch. 2024-263.
Fla. Stat. § 125.81 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 125 / Part IV / Section 125.81
125.81 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “County charter” means the charter by which county government in this state may exercise all powers of local self-government not inconsistent with general law and as adopted by a vote of the electors of the county.

(2) “Form of county government” is that form adopted by the electors providing for the operation of a county government operating under a charter which shall be provided in the charter.

(3) “Officer” means all officials of county government operating under a charter which shall be provided in the charter.

History: s. 2, ch. 74-193.
Fla. Stat. § 211.3108 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 211 / Part II / Section 211.3108
211.3108 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The following solid minerals shall not be subject to the tax imposed by this part:

(1) Solid minerals which are sold to governmental agencies in this state, including cities and counties.

(2) Solid minerals, except phosphate rock and heavy minerals, upon which the sales tax is ultimately paid to the state under chapter 212.

(3) Solid minerals which are extracted by the owner of the site of severance for the purpose of improving the site of severance, provided the site of severance is subject to a restoration or reclamation program which has been approved by the appropriate state or local governmental entity.

(4) Solid minerals, except phosphate rock, which are severed solely for direct application in agricultural uses.

History: s. 3, ch. 81-35.
Fla. Stat. § 933.19 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 933 / Section 933.19
933.19 Searches and seizures of vehicles carrying contraband or illegal intoxicating liquors or merchandise.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of the opinion rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925, in that certain cause wherein George Carroll and John Kiro were plaintiffs in error and the United States was defendant in error, reported in 267 United States Reports, beginning at page 132, relative to searches and seizures of vehicles carrying contraband or illegal intoxicating liquors or merchandise, and construing the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, are adopted as the statute law of the state applicable to searches and seizures under s. 12, Art. I of the State Constitution, when searches and seizures shall be made by any duly authorized and constituted bonded officer of this state exercising police authority in the enforcement of any law of the state relative to the unlawful transportation or hauling of intoxicating liquors or other contraband or illegal drugs or merchandise prohibited or made unlawful or contraband by the laws of the state.

(2) The same rules as to admissibility of evidence and liability of officers for illegal or unreasonable searches and seizures as were laid down in said case by the Supreme Court of the United States shall apply to and govern the rights, duties and liabilities of officers and citizens in the state under the like provisions of the State Constitution relating to searches and seizures.

(3) All points of law decided in the aforesaid case relating to the construction or interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States relative to searches and seizures of vehicles carrying contraband or illegal intoxicating liquors or merchandise shall be taken to be the law of the state enacted by the Legislature to govern and control such subject.

History: s. 1, ch. 12257, 1927; CGL 7644; s. 2, ch. 69-216.
Fla. Stat. § 456.046 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.046
456.046 Practitioner profiles; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Any patient name or other information that identifies a patient which is in a record obtained by the Department of Health or its agent for the purpose of compiling a practitioner profile pursuant to s. 456.041 is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Other data received by the department or its agent as a result of its duty to compile and promulgate practitioner profiles are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until the profile into which the data are incorporated or with respect to which the data are submitted is made public pursuant to the requirements of s. 456.041. Any information or record that the Department of Health obtains from the Agency for Health Care Administration or any other governmental entity for the purpose of compiling a practitioner profile or substantiating other information or records submitted for that purpose which is otherwise exempt from public disclosure shall remain exempt as otherwise provided by law.

History: s. 1, ch. 97-175; s. 71, ch. 2000-160; s. 1, ch. 2002-198.
Fla. Stat. § 104.26 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 104 / Section 104.26
104.26 Penalty for destroying ballot or booth, etc.
Status: in_force

Any person who wrongfully, during or before an election, removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any ballot, booth, compartment, or other convenience provided for the purpose of enabling the elector to prepare his or her ballot, or any card for the instruction of the voter, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 8, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 46, ch. 71-136; s. 35, ch. 77-175; s. 626, ch. 95-147.