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Fla. Stat. § 20.10 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 20 / Section 20.10
20.10 Department of State.
Status: in_force

There is created a Department of State.

(1) The head of the Department of State is the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Secretary of State shall perform the functions conferred by the State Constitution upon the custodian of state records.

(2) The following divisions of the Department of State are established: (a) Division of Elections. (b) Division of Historical Resources. (c) Division of Corporations. (d) Division of Library and Information Services. (e) Division of Arts and Culture. (f) Division of Administration.

(3) The Department of State may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of law conferring duties upon the department.

History: s. 10, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-329; s. 3, ch. 71-355; s. 1, ch. 74-272; s. 15, ch. 75-22; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 77-122; s. 3, ch. 79-164; s. 1, ch. 80-391; s. 3, ch. 86-163; s. 4, ch. 2000-258; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2001-75; s. 2, ch. 2002-295; s. 3, ch. 2021-71.
Fla. Stat. § 490.006 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.006
490.006 Licensure by endorsement.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall license a person as a psychologist or school psychologist who, upon applying to the department, submitting to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135, and remitting the appropriate fee, demonstrates to the department or, in the case of psychologists, to the board that the applicant meets the requirements for licensure by endorsement under s. 456.0145.

(2) A person licensed as a psychologist in another state who is practicing pursuant to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact under s. 490.0075, and only within the scope provided therein, is exempt from the licensure requirements of this section.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 81-235; ss. 1, 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 5, 18, 19, ch. 87-252; s. 36, ch. 88-392; ss. 4, 12, 13, ch. 89-70; s. 10, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 95-279; s. 163, ch. 99-397; s. 42, ch. 2020-133; s. 6, ch. 2023-140; s. 36, ch. 2024-243; s. 20, ch. 2024-274.
Fla. Stat. § 765.2035 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 765 / Part II / Section 765.2035
765.2035 Designation of a health care surrogate for a minor.
Status: in_force

(1) A natural guardian as defined in s. 744.301(1), legal custodian, or legal guardian of the person of a minor may designate a competent adult to serve as a surrogate to make health care decisions for the minor. Such designation shall be made by a written document signed by the minor’s principal in the presence of two subscribing adult witnesses. If a minor’s principal is unable to sign the instrument, the principal may, in the presence of witnesses, direct that another person sign the minor’s principal’s name as required by this subsection. An exact copy of the instrument shall be provided to the surrogate.

(2) The person designated as surrogate may not act as witness to the execution of the document designating the health care surrogate.

(3) A document designating a health care surrogate may also designate an alternate surrogate; however, such designation must be explicit. The alternate surrogate may assume his or her duties as surrogate if the original surrogate is not willing, able, or reasonably available to perform his or her duties. The minor’s principal’s failure to designate an alternate surrogate does not invalidate the designation.

(4) If neither the designated surrogate or the designated alternate surrogate is willing, able, or reasonably available to make health care decisions for the minor on behalf of the minor’s principal and in accordance with the minor’s principal’s instructions, s. 743.0645(2) shall apply as if no surrogate had been designated.

(5) A natural guardian as defined in s. 744.301(1), legal custodian, or legal guardian of the person of a minor may designate a separate surrogate to consent to mental health treatment for the minor. However, unless the document designating the health care surrogate expressly states otherwise, the court shall assume that the health care surrogate authorized to make health care decisions for a minor under this chapter is also the minor’s principal’s choice to make decisions regarding mental health treatment for the minor.

(6) Unless the document states a time of termination, the designation shall remain in effect until revoked by the minor’s principal. An otherwise valid designation of a surrogate for a minor shall not be invalid solely because it was made before the birth of the minor.

(7) A written designation of a health care surrogate executed pursuant to this section establishes a rebuttable presumption of clear and convincing evidence of the minor’s principal’s designation of the surrogate and becomes effective pursuant to s. 743.0645(2)(a).

History: s. 10, ch. 2015-153.
Fla. Stat. § 401.117 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 401 / Part II / Section 401.117
401.117 Grant agreements; conditions.
Status: in_force

The department shall use the following guidelines in developing the procedures for grant disbursement:

(1) The need for emergency medical services and the requirements of the population to be served.

(2) All emergency vehicles and attendants must conform to state standards established by law or rule of the department.

(3) All vehicles shall contain minimum equipment and supplies as required by law or rule of the department.

(4) All vehicles shall have at a minimum a direct communications linkup with the operating base and hospital designated as the primary receiving facility.

(5) Emphasis shall be accorded to applications that contain one or more of the following provisions: (a) Services provided on a county, multicounty, or areawide basis. (b) A single provider, or a coordinated provider, method of delivering services. (c) Coordination of all communication links, including police, fire, emergency vehicles, and other related services.

History: s. 6, ch. 73-262; s. 247, ch. 77-147; s. 41, ch. 97-237.
Fla. Stat. § 951.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 951 / Section 951.04
951.04 Furnishing of transportation to discharged prisoners.
Status: in_force

When a prisoner is discharged by reasons of having served his or her sentence, or upon receiving a pardon or parole, he or she shall be furnished transportation, or its equivalent in money, back to the place from which the prisoner was sentenced.

History: s. 1, ch. 2090, 1877; RS 3032; GS 4109; s. 1, ch. 5705, 1907; s. 1, ch. 5963, 1909; RGS 6217; s. 1, ch. 7323, 1917; s. 1, ch. 9203, 1923; CGL 8549; s. 1, ch. 61-488; s. 1695, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 99-361.
Fla. Stat. § 768.22 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 768 / Part I / Section 768.22
768.22 Form of verdict.
Status: in_force

The amounts awarded to each survivor and to the estate shall be stated separately in the verdict.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-35.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1505 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1505
607.1505 Effect of a certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the department determines that an application for a certificate of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, the department shall, upon payment of all filing fees, authorize the foreign corporation to transact business in this state and file the application for certificate of authority.

(2) The filing by the department of an application for a certificate of authority means that the foreign corporation that filed the application to transact business in this state has obtained a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and is authorized to transact business in this state, subject, however, to the right of the department to suspend or revoke the certificate of authority as provided in this chapter.

History: s. 140, ch. 89-154; s. 202, ch. 2019-90; s. 58, ch. 2020-32.
Fla. Stat. § 369.320 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 369 / Part III / Section 369.320
369.320 Wastewater facility plan.
Status: in_force

(1) Local governments within the Wekiva Study Area shall develop a wastewater facility plan for joint planning areas and utility service areas where central wastewater systems are not readily available. The facility plan shall include: the delineation of areas within the utility service area that are to be served by central facilities within 5 years; a financially feasible schedule of improvements; an infrastructure work plan to build the facilities needed to implement the facility plan, including those needed to meet enhanced treatment standards adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection; and a phase-out of existing onsite septic tank systems where central facilities are available. The term available shall be interpreted consistent with the definition of s. 381.0065(2)(a). The facility plan shall also include a long-range component addressing service of the joint planning area or utility service area. In addition, local governments shall establish a water reuse program that allows for reuse of reclaimed water on a site-by-site basis for development over a size threshold to be determined by the local government or on a jurisdiction-wide basis to minimize pumpage of groundwater for nonpotable usage.

(2) Local governments shall update their wastewater facility plans required in subsection (1) where the Total Maximum Daily Loads Program requires reductions in point source pollutants for a basin or as required by legislation for enhanced treatment standards.

(3) For those local governments located partially within the Wekiva Study Area, this section applies only to that portion located within the Wekiva Study Area.

History: s. 1, ch. 2004-384; s. 3, ch. 2005-106.
Fla. Stat. § 943.6873 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.6873
943.6873 Active assailant response policy.
Status: in_force

For the protection of all persons in this state, it is necessary and required that every law enforcement agency in this state be prepared to respond to an active assailant event. To be adequately prepared, each law enforcement agency must create and maintain an active assailant response policy.

(1) By October 1, 2023, each law enforcement agency in this state shall have a written active assailant response policy that: (a) Is consistent with the agency’s response capabilities; and (b) Includes response procedures specifying the command protocol and coordination with other law enforcement agencies.

(2)(a) The department shall make the model active assailant response policy developed by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission available on its website. The department may also make available any other policies deemed appropriate by the executive director which may guide a law enforcement agency in developing its active assailant response policy. (b) Each law enforcement agency must review the model active assailant response policy developed by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission when developing its active assailant response policy.

(3) Each law enforcement agency shall ensure that all of its sworn personnel have been trained on the agency’s existing active assailant response policy, or that sworn personnel are trained within 180 days after enacting a new or revised policy. Each law enforcement agency must ensure that all of its sworn personnel receive, at minimum, annual training on the active assailant response policy.

(4) By October 1, 2023, each law enforcement agency shall provide written certification to the department from the head of the law enforcement agency verifying that the agency has officially adopted a written active assailant response policy.

(5) By January 1, 2024, the department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives identifying each law enforcement agency that has not complied with the requirements of this section.

History: s. 18, ch. 2023-18.
Fla. Stat. § 501.937 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part VI / Section 501.937
501.937 Industrial hygienists and safety professionals; use of professional titles; failure to comply.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person representing himself or herself as a “safety professional” or “industrial hygienist” must accurately disclose his or her credentials.

(2) A person may not represent himself or herself as a “certified safety professional,” “associate safety professional,” “certified occupational health and safety technologist,” “industrial hygienist in training,” or “certified industrial hygienist” unless he or she holds a current valid certificate in the field of safety or industrial hygiene from either the American Board of Industrial Hygiene or the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, or unless the Department of Business and Professional Regulation has, upon request, examined another certification program and has formally concluded that the certification standards of that certification program are substantially equivalent to the standards for certificates issued by those organizations; nor may the person mislead or deceive anyone by the unauthorized use of any certification mark that has been awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

(3)(a) A “safety professional” is a person having a baccalaureate degree in safety, engineering, chemistry, physics, or a closely related physical or biological science who has acquired competency in the field of safety. The studies and training necessary to acquire such competency should have been sufficient in all of the above cognate sciences to provide the abilities to anticipate, identify, and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices; to develop hazard control designs, methods, procedures, and programs; to implement, administer, and advise others on hazard controls and hazard control programs; and to measure, audit, and evaluate the effectiveness of hazard controls and hazard control programs. (b) An “industrial hygienist” is a person having a baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, or a closely related physical or biological science who has acquired competency in the field of industrial hygiene. The studies and training necessary to acquire such competency should have been sufficient in all of the above cognate sciences to provide the abilities to anticipate and recognize the environmental factors and stresses associated with work and work operations and to understand their effects on people and their well-being; to evaluate, on the basis of training and experience and with the aid of quantitative measurement techniques, the magnitude of these factors and stresses in terms of ability to impair human health and well-being; and to prescribe methods to eliminate, control, or reduce such factors and stresses when necessary to alleviate their effects.

(4) Failure to comply with this section constitutes a deceptive and unfair trade practice.

History: s. 51, ch. 98-419.
Fla. Stat. § 348.565 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 348 / Part II / Section 348.565
348.565 Revenue bonds for specified projects.
Status: in_force

The existing facilities that constitute the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway System are hereby approved to be refinanced by revenue bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution and the State Bond Act or by revenue bonds issued by the authority pursuant to s. 348.56(1)(b). In addition, the following projects of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority are approved to be financed or refinanced by the issuance of revenue bonds in accordance with this part and s. 11(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution:

(1) Brandon area feeder roads.

(2) Capital improvements to the expressway system, including safety and operational improvements and toll collection equipment.

(3) Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway System widening, and any extensions thereof.

(4) The connector highway linking the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway to Interstate 4.

(5) Capital projects that the authority is authorized to acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate, and maintain pursuant to this part, including, without limitation, s. 348.54(15), provided that any financing of such projects does not pledge the full faith and credit of the state.

History: s. 28, ch. 97-280; s. 58, ch. 2000-152; s. 92, ch. 2002-20; s. 31, ch. 2010-225; s. 51, ch. 2016-239.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.53 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part II / Section 1004.53
1004.53 Interdisciplinary Center for Brownfield Rehabilitation Assistance.
Status: in_force

The Center for Brownfield Rehabilitation Assistance in the Environmental Sciences and Policy Program is established in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida with the collaboration of other related disciplines such as business administration, environmental science, and medicine. The center shall work in conjunction with other state universities. The Center for Brownfield Rehabilitation Assistance shall:

(1) Conduct research relating to problems and solutions associated with rehabilitation and restoration of brownfield areas as defined in s. 376.79. The research must include identifying innovative solutions to removing contamination from brownfield sites to reduce the threats to drinking water supplies and other potential public health threats from contaminated sites.

(2) Provide public service to local, regional, and state agencies, units of government, and authorities by helping them to create workable mechanisms, partnerships with public and private sectors, and other techniques for rehabilitating brownfield areas.

(3) Conduct special research relating to risk-based corrective actions for rehabilitation of brownfield areas.

(4) Develop a base of informational and financial support from the private sector for the activities of the center.

History: s. 200, ch. 2002-387; s. 9, ch. 2025-116.
Fla. Stat. § 216.081 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.081
216.081 Data on legislative and judicial branch expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) In sufficient time to be included in the Governor’s recommended budget, estimates of the financial needs of the legislative branch and the judicial branch during the ensuing fiscal year shall be furnished to the Governor pursuant to chapter 11.

(2) All of the data relative to the legislative branch and to the judicial branch shall be for information and guidance in estimating the total financial needs of the state for the ensuing fiscal year; none of these estimates shall be subject to revision or review by the Governor, and they must be included in the Governor’s recommended budget.

(3) If the Governor does not receive timely estimates of the financial needs of the legislative branch, the Governor’s recommended budget shall include the amounts appropriated and budget entity structure established in the most recent General Appropriations Act.

History: s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 9, ch. 71-354; s. 8, ch. 77-352; s. 61, ch. 87-548; s. 10, ch. 91-109; s. 46, ch. 92-142; s. 1159, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 2000-371; s. 20, ch. 2005-152.
Fla. Stat. § 394.4995 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 394 / Part III / Section 394.4995
394.4995 Conversion of specified facilities to children’s behavioral crisis units; not required.
Status: in_force

Nothing in 1 s. 394.499 shall be construed to require an existing crisis stabilization unit or juvenile addictions receiving facility to convert to a children’s behavioral crisis unit.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-171; s. 2, ch. 2001-191.
Fla. Stat. § 751.03 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 751 / Section 751.03
751.03 Petition for temporary or concurrent custody; contents.
Status: in_force

Each petition for temporary or concurrent custody of a minor child must be verified by the petitioner, who must be an extended family member, and must contain statements, to the best of the petitioner’s knowledge and belief, providing:

(1) The name, date of birth, and current address of the child.

(2) The names and current addresses of the child’s parents.

(3) The names and current addresses of the persons with whom the child has lived during the past 5 years.

(4) The places where the child has lived during the past 5 years.

(5) Information concerning any custody proceeding in this or any other state with respect to the child.

(6) The residence and post office address of the petitioner.

(7) The petitioner’s relationship to the child.

(8) If concurrent custody is being requested: (a) The time periods during the last 12 months that the child resided with the petitioner; (b) The type of document, if any, provided by the parent or parents to enable the petitioner to act on behalf of the child; (c) The services or actions that the petitioner is unable to obtain or undertake without an order of custody; and (d) Whether each parent has consented in writing to the entry of an order of concurrent custody. A copy of the written consent and any documents provided by the parent to assist the petitioner in obtaining services must be attached to the petition.

(9) If temporary custody is being requested, the consent of the child’s parents, or the specific acts or omissions of the parents which demonstrate that the parents have abused, abandoned, or neglected the child as defined in chapter 39.

(10) Any temporary or permanent orders for child support, the court entering the order, and the case number.

(11) Any temporary or permanent order for protection entered on behalf of or against either parent, the petitioner, or the child; the court entering the order; and the case number.

(12) That it is in the best interest of the child for the petitioner to have custody of the child.

(13) The period of time for which the petitioner is requesting temporary custody, including a statement of the reasons supporting that request.

(14) Any other provisions that are related to the best interest of the child, including, but not limited to, a reasonable plan for transitioning custody.

History: s. 4, ch. 93-104; s. 4, ch. 2006-167; s. 5, ch. 2010-30; s. 4, ch. 2020-146.
Fla. Stat. § 379.2292 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part I / Section 379.2292
379.2292 Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.
Status: in_force

(1) There is established within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program, to be funded from the Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund. The commission may post rewards to persons responsible for providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons illegally killing or wounding or wrongfully possessing any of the endangered and threatened species listed on the official Florida list of such species maintained by the commission or the arrest and conviction of persons who violate s. 379.4115. Additional funds may be provided by donations from interested individuals and organizations. The reward program is to be administered by the commission. The commission shall establish a schedule of rewards.

(2) The commission may expend funds only for the following purposes: (a) The payment of rewards to persons, other than law enforcement officers, commission personnel, and members of their immediate families, for information as specified in subsection (1); or (b) The promotion of public recognition and awareness of the Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.

History: s. 2, ch. 79-217; s. 29, ch. 83-218; s. 18, ch. 94-265; s. 49, ch. 99-245; s. 49, ch. 2008-247.