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Fla. Stat. § 283.32 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 283 / Section 283.32
283.32 Recycled paper to be used by each agency; printing bids certifying use of recycled paper; percentage preference in awarding contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) Each agency shall purchase, when economical, recycled paper if and when recycled paper can be obtained that is of adequate quality for the purposes of the agency.

(2) Each agency shall require a vendor that submits a bid for a contract for printing to certify in writing the percentage of recycled content of the material used for such printing. Such vendor may certify that the material contains no recycled content.

(3) Upon evaluation of bids for each printing contract, the agency shall identify the lowest responsive bid and any other responsive bids in which it has been certified that the materials used in printing contain at least the minimum percentage of recycled content that is set forth by the department. If no vendors offer materials for printing that contain the minimum prescribed recycled content, the contract shall be awarded to the responsible vendor that submits the lowest responsive bid.

History: ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 4, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 72, ch. 98-279; s. 3, ch. 2002-207; s. 12, ch. 2010-151.
Fla. Stat. § 205.013 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 205 / Section 205.013
205.013 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Business Tax Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 72-306; s. 1, ch. 73-144; s. 1, ch. 2006-152.
Fla. Stat. § 328.35 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 328 / Part I / Section 328.35
328.35 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

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

History: s. 27, ch. 2019-76.
Fla. Stat. § 316.87 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.87
316.87 Nonemergency medical transportation services.
Status: in_force

(1) To ensure the availability of nonemergency medical transportation services throughout the state, a provider licensed by the county or operating under a permit issued by the county may not be required to use a vehicle that is larger than needed to transport the number of persons being transported or that is inconsistent with the medical condition of the individuals receiving the nonemergency medical transportation services. This subsection does not apply to the procurement, contracting, or provision of paratransit transportation services, directly or indirectly, by a county or an authority, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.

(2) Subject to compliance with state and federal Medicaid requirements, a transportation network company that: (a) Is under contract with a Medicaid managed care plan; (b) Is under contract with a transportation broker under contract with a Medicaid managed care plan; (c) Is under contract with a transportation broker under contract with the Agency for Health Care Administration; or (d) Receives referrals from a transportation broker under contract with a Medicaid managed care plan or the Agency for Health Care Administration, may provide nonemergency medical transportation services under ss. 409.905 and 409.973 to a Medicaid recipient if all drivers and prospective drivers are screened pursuant to the procedures set forth in s. 435.03 or functionally equivalent procedures, as determined by the Agency for Health Care Administration. By October 1, 2019, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall update its regulations, policies, or other guidance, including its Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Services Coverage Policy, as necessary, to reflect this authorization. Requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers may not exceed those imposed under s. 627.748, except as necessary to conform to other applicable state and federal Medicaid transportation requirements administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration.

(3) Subsection (2) may not be construed to: (a) Expand or limit the transportation benefits provided to Medicaid recipients or to require a Medicaid managed care plan to contract with a transportation network company or transportation broker. (b) Exempt any person, firm, corporation, association, or governmental entity that engages in the business or service of providing advanced life support or basic life support transportation services from the licensure requirements provided in s. 401.25.

History: s. 56, ch. 2016-239; s. 1, ch. 2019-72.
Fla. Stat. § 11.03 — Florida Code / Title III / Chapter 11 / Section 11.03
11.03 Proof of publication of notice.
Status: in_force

(1) Affidavit of proof of publication of such notice of intention to apply therefor, may be made, in substantially the following general form, but such form shall not be exclusive: STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF Before the undersigned authority personally appeared , who on oath does solemnly swear (or affirm) that she or he has knowledge of the matters stated herein; that a notice stating the substance of a contemplated law or proposed bill relating to (here identify bill) has been published at least 30 days prior to this date, by being printed in the issues of (here state day, month and year of issue or issues) of the , a newspaper or newspapers published in County or Counties, Florida (or) there being no newspaper, by being posted for at least 30 days prior to this date at three public places in County or Counties, one of which places was at the courthouse of said county or counties, where the matter or thing to be affected by the contemplated law is situated; that a copy of the notice that has been published as aforesaid and also this affidavit of proof of publication are attached to the proposed bill or contemplated law, and such copy of the notice so attached is by reference made a part of this affidavit. Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this day of , (year) , by (name of person making statement) . (Signature of Notary Public - State of Florida) (Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public) Personally Known OR Produced Identification Type of Identification Produced

(2) Such affidavit of proof of publication shall be attached to the contemplated law when it is introduced into the Legislature. A true copy of the notice published or posted shall also be attached to the bill when introduced, but it shall not be necessary to enter said published or posted notice, or proof thereof, in the journals. The fact that such notice was established in the Legislature shall in every case be recited upon the journals of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and the notice published and affidavit of publication thereof shall accompany the bill throughout the Legislature and be preserved as a part thereof in the Department of State.

History: s. 2, ch. 3708, 1887; RS 67; GS 68; RGS 79; CGL 95; s. 1, ch. 13791, 1929; s. 1, ch. 21635, 1943; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 95-147; s. 11, ch. 98-246.
Fla. Stat. § 196.1999 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 196 / Section 196.1999
196.1999 Space laboratories and carriers; exemption.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a module, pallet, rack, locker, and any necessary associated hardware and subsystem owned by any person and intended to be used to transport or store cargo used for a space laboratory for the primary purpose of conducting scientific research in space is deemed to carry out a scientific purpose and is exempt from ad valorem taxation.

History: s. 32, ch. 2005-280.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.4471 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part II / Section 1004.4471
1004.4471 Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; affiliation with other universities.
Status: in_force

The corporation created pursuant to s. 1004.447(1) and any authorized and approved subsidiary of the corporation may enter into affiliation agreements similar to the agreement described in s. 1004.447(6) with the boards of trustees of other public or private universities.

History: s. 2, ch. 2003-294; s. 2, ch. 2025-161.
Fla. Stat. § 56.28 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 56 / Section 56.28
56.28 Executions; failure of officer to pay over moneys collected.
Status: in_force

If any officer collecting money under execution fails or refuses to pay it over within 30 days after it has been received by him or her, or within 10 days after demand by the levying creditor or the levying creditor’s attorney of record made in writing and delivered during regular business hours to the civil process bureau, the officer is liable to pay the same and 20 percent damages, to be recovered by motion in court.

History: s. 7, Feb. 17, 1853; RS 1207; GS 1637; RGS 2841; CGL 4528; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 308, ch. 95-147; s. 6, ch. 98-410; s. 17, ch. 2016-33.
Fla. Stat. § 790.169 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 790 / Section 790.169
790.169 Juvenile offenders; release of names and addresses.
Status: in_force

A law enforcement agency may release for publication the name and address of a child who has been convicted of any offense involving possession or use of a firearm.

History: s. 1, ch. 93-416.
Fla. Stat. § 499.63 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 499 / Part II / Section 499.63
499.63 Forms for applications for licenses and permits.
Status: in_force

(1) The forms for applications for ether licenses and permits shall be prescribed by the department.

(2) Each application for a license or permit required by the provisions of this part shall be filed in writing with the department. Each application shall require, as a minimum, the full name, date of birth, place of birth, social security number, physical description of the applicant, residence address and telephone number, and business address and telephone number of the applicant. Each application must be accompanied by an accurate and current photograph of the applicant and a complete set of fingerprints of the applicant taken by an authorized law enforcement officer; however, a set of fingerprints shall not be required if the applicant has possessed a valid Florida license or permit under this part during the prior license or permit year and such Florida license or permit has not lapsed or been suspended or revoked. If fingerprints are required, the set of fingerprints shall be submitted by the department to the Department of Law Enforcement for state processing and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for federal processing. If the application does not require a set of fingerprints, the department shall submit the name and other identifying data to the Department of Law Enforcement for processing. Each application shall be in such form as to provide that the data and other information set forth therein shall be sworn to by the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, by all officers of the corporation. The officers applying on behalf of a corporation shall provide all the data and other information required by this subsection and subsection (3), and shall meet all other requirements, which are required of a natural person.

(3) The department may require an applicant to furnish such other information or data not required by this section if the information or data is deemed necessary by the department.

History: ss. 10, 11, ch. 86-133; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 395.405 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 395 / Part II / Section 395.405
395.405 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt and enforce all rules necessary to administer ss. 395.401, 395.4015, 395.402, 395.4025, 395.403, 395.404, and 395.4045.

History: s. 7, ch. 89-275; s. 17, ch. 89-283; s. 2, ch. 90-187; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 8, ch. 90-284; ss. 43, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 6, ch. 2000-189; s. 36, ch. 2009-223.
Fla. Stat. § 561.111 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.111
561.111 Payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation may require a person who manufactures or distributes alcoholic beverages within the state to remit by electronic funds transfer any tax imposed under chapter 563, chapter 564, or chapter 565 if the taxpayer is subject to tax and if the total of such taxes he or she paid in the prior year amounted to $50,000 or more.

History: s. 6, ch. 89-153; s. 30, ch. 89-356; s. 214, ch. 94-218; s. 840, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 946.5025 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 946 / Part II / Section 946.5025
946.5025 Authorization of corporation to enter into contracts.
Status: in_force

The corporation established under this part may enter into contracts to operate correctional work programs with any county or municipal authority that operates a correctional facility or with a contractor authorized under chapter 944 or chapter 957 to operate a contractor-operated correctional facility. The corporation has the same powers, privileges, and immunities in carrying out such contracts as it has under this chapter.

History: s. 7, ch. 91-298; s. 2, ch. 96-270; s. 2, ch. 2001-242; s. 40, ch. 2024-84.
Fla. Stat. § 238.021 — Florida Code / Title XVI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.021
238.021 Teachers’ Retirement System; plans.
Status: in_force

The Teachers’ Retirement System shall be deemed to be divided into five plans to be designated plans A, B, C, D, and E and ss. 238.01 to 238.181, inclusive, shall control with respect to plans A through E and membership therein, except as provided for under s. 238.31.

History: s. 4, ch. 61-301; s. 2, ch. 63-554.
Fla. Stat. § 331.335 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 331 / Part II / Section 331.335
331.335 Lien of pledges.
Status: in_force

All pledges of revenues made pursuant to this act shall be valid and binding from the time when such pledges are made. All such revenues so pledged and thereafter collected shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledges without any physical delivery thereof or further action, and the lien of such pledges shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against Space Florida, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof.

History: ss. 39, 61, ch. 89-300; ss. 7, 8, ch. 90-192; s. 32, ch. 2006-60; s. 6, ch. 2020-105.
Fla. Stat. § 633.322 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part III / Section 633.322
633.322 County, municipal, and special district powers; effect of ch. 75-240.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not limit the power of a municipality, county, or special district to regulate the quality and character of work performed by contractors through a system of permits, fees, and inspections which are designed to secure compliance with, and aid in the implementation of, state and local building laws or to enforce other local laws for the protection of the public health and safety.

(2) This chapter does not limit the power of a municipality, county, or special district to adopt any system of permits requiring submission to and approval by the municipality, county, or special district of plans and specifications for work to be performed by contractors before commencement of the work, except that a municipality, county, or special district may not require a fire protection system contractor’s shop drawings to be sealed by a professional engineer.

(3) An official authorized to issue building or other related permits shall ascertain that the applicant contractor is duly certified before issuing the permit. The evidence shall consist only of the exhibition to him or her of evidence of current certification.

(4) The State Fire Marshal shall inform each county and municipal building department, prior to November 1 of each year, of the names of the certified contractors and the type of certificate held.

History: s. 16, ch. 75-240; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 8, ch. 78-141; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 2, ch. 85-128; s. 34, ch. 89-233; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 449, ch. 97-102; s. 3, ch. 98-35; s. 42, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 76.21 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 76 / Section 76.21
76.21 Claims of third parties to attached property.
Status: in_force

If any attachment is levied on property claimed by any person other than defendant, such person may replevy it or interpose a claim in the manner provided in case of execution.

History: s. 8, Feb. 15, 1834; s. 1, Mar. 15, 1843; RS 1665; GS 2129; RGS 3430; CGL 5283; s. 26, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 766.113 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 766 / Section 766.113
766.113 Settlement agreements; prohibition on restricting disclosure to Division of Medical Quality Assurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Each final settlement agreement relating to medical negligence shall include the following statement: “The decision to settle a case may reflect the economic practicalities pertaining to the cost of litigation and is not, alone, an admission that the insured failed to meet the required standard of care applicable to the patient’s treatment. The decision to settle a case may be made by the insurance company without consulting its client for input, unless otherwise provided by the insurance policy.”

(2) A settlement agreement involving a claim for medical negligence shall not prohibit any party to the agreement from discussing with or reporting to the Division of Medical Quality Assurance the events giving rise to the claim.

History: s. 49, ch. 88-277; s. 53, ch. 2003-416.
Fla. Stat. § 985.652 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 985 / Part XI / Section 985.652
985.652 Participation of certain programs in the State Risk Management Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to s. 284.30, the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services is authorized to insure a private agency, individual, or corporation operating a state-owned training school under a contract to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of any program of the department. The coverage authorized herein shall be under the same general terms and conditions as the department is insured for its responsibilities under chapter 284.

History: s. 69, ch. 97-238; s. 26, ch. 2000-122; s. 1941, ch. 2003-261; s. 89, ch. 2006-120.
Fla. Stat. § 624.302 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part II / Section 624.302
624.302 Offices.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and maintain offices at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, and in such other places throughout the state as it designates. The Office of Insurance Regulation shall establish and maintain offices in Tallahassee and in such other places throughout the state as it designates.

History: s. 17, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 37, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 759, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 674.402 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 674 / Part IV / Section 674.402
674.402 Bank’s liability to customer for wrongful dishonor; time of determining insufficiency of account.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a payor bank wrongfully dishonors an item if it dishonors an item that is properly payable, but a bank may dishonor an item that would create an overdraft unless it has agreed to pay the overdraft.

(2) A payor bank is liable to its customer for damages proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor of an item. Liability is limited to actual damages proved and may include damages for an arrest or prosecution of the customer or other consequential damages. Whether any consequential damages are proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor is a question of fact to be determined in each case.

(3) A payor bank’s determination of the customer’s account balance on which a decision to dishonor for insufficiency of available funds is based may be made at any time between the time the item is received by the payor bank and the time that the payor bank returns the item or gives notice in lieu of return, and no more than one determination need be made. If, at the election of the payor bank, a subsequent balance determination is made for the purpose of reevaluating the bank’s decision to dishonor the item, the account balance at that time is determinative of whether a dishonor for insufficiency of available funds is wrongful.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 39, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 678.2071 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 678 / Part II / Section 678.2071
678.2071 Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners.
Status: in_force

(1) Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificated security in registered form or of an instruction requesting registration of transfer of an uncertificated security, the issuer or indenture trustee may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to vote, receive notifications, and otherwise exercise all the rights and powers of an owner.

(2) This chapter does not affect the liability of the registered owner of a security for a call, assessment, or the like.

History: s. 2, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 616.185 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 616 / Part I / Section 616.185
616.185 Trespass upon grounds or facilities of public fair; penalty; arrests.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, trespass upon the grounds of the Florida State Fair Authority or any other fair association permitted under s. 616.15 means: (a) Entering and remaining upon any grounds or facilities owned, operated, or controlled by the Florida State Fair Authority or any other association permitted under s. 616.15 and committing any act that disrupts the orderly conduct of any authorized activity of the fair association in charge, or its lessees, licensees, or the general public on those grounds or facilities; or (b) Entering and remaining on those grounds or facilities after being directed not to enter or to leave them by the executive director of the authority, chief administrative officer of the fair association, or any employee or agent of the association designated by the executive director or administrator to maintain order on those grounds and facilities, after a determination by the executive director, administrator, employee, or agent that the entering or remaining on those grounds or facilities is in violation of the rules and regulations of the Florida State Fair Authority or permitted fair association or is disrupting the orderly conduct of any authorized activity of the fair association in charge, or its lessees, licensees, or the general public on those grounds or facilities.

(2) Any person committing the offense of trespass upon the grounds of the Florida State Fair Authority or any other fair association permitted under s. 616.15 commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) A law enforcement officer may arrest any person on or off the premises, without a warrant, if the officer has probable cause for believing such person has committed the offense of trespass upon the grounds of the Florida State Fair Authority or any fair association permitted under s. 616.15. Such an arrest does not render the law enforcement officer criminally or civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, or unlawful detention.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-427; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 83-239; s. 152, ch. 91-224; ss. 40, 44, ch. 93-168; s. 16, ch. 2012-204.