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Fla. Stat. § 197.592 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 197 / Section 197.592
197.592 County delinquent tax lands; method and procedure for sale by county; certain lands conveyed to municipalities; extinction of liens.
Status: in_force

(1) Lands acquired by any county of the state for delinquent taxes in accordance with law which have not been previously sold or dedicated by the board of county commissioners may, at its discretion, be conveyed to the record fee simple owner of such lands as of the date the county obtained title to the lands. However, before any conveyance shall be made, the former owner of the lands may file with the board of county commissioners a verified written application which shall show: (a) The description of the lands for which a conveyance is sought; (b) The name and address of the former owner; (c) The date title was acquired by the county; (d) The price of the lands as previously fixed by resolution of the board of county commissioners, if this has been done; (e) The use to which the lands were enjoyed by the record fee simple owner at the time of acquisition by the county; (f) A brief statement of the facts and circumstances upon which the former owner bases the request for restitution of the described property; (g) An offer to pay an amount equal to all taxes, including municipal taxes and liens, if any, which had become delinquent, together with interest and costs provided by law.

(2) In the event the described lands have not been assessed for taxes for the current year in which the petition is filed, the applicant shall pay, in addition, the taxes for current and omitted years, the latter amount to be determined by applicable millage for the omitted years and based on the last assessment of the described lands.

(3) Lands acquired by any county of the state for delinquent taxes in accordance with law which have not been previously sold, acquired for infill housing, or dedicated by the board of county commissioners, which the board of county commissioners has determined are not to be conveyed to the record fee simple owner in accordance with the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), and which are located within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality of the county shall be conveyed to the governing board of the municipality in which the land is located. Such lands conveyed to the municipality shall be freely alienable to the municipality without regard to third parties. Liens of record held by the county on such parcels conveyed to a municipality shall not survive the conveyance of the property to the municipality.

(4) Liens of record held by the county upon lands not conveyed in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) or subsection (3) shall not survive the conveyance of the property to the county.

History: s. 1, ch. 22870, 1945; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 23, ch. 73-332; s. 197, ch. 85-342; s. 7, ch. 86-141; s. 6, ch. 99-190.
Fla. Stat. § 719.105 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 719 / Part I / Section 719.105
719.105 Cooperative parcels; appurtenances; possession and enjoyment.
Status: in_force

(1) Each cooperative parcel has, as appurtenances thereto: (a) Evidence of membership, ownership of shares, or other interest in the association with the full voting rights appertaining thereto. Such evidence must include a legal description of each dwelling unit and must be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court as required by s. 201.02(3). (b) An undivided share in the assets of the association. (c) The exclusive right to use that portion of the common areas as may be provided by the cooperative documents. (d) An undivided share in the common surplus attributable to the unit. (e) Any other appurtenances provided for in the cooperative documents.

(2) Each unit owner is entitled to the exclusive possession of his or her unit. The unit owner is entitled to use the common areas in accordance with the purposes for which they are intended, but no use may hinder or encroach upon the rights of other unit owners.

(3) When a unit is leased, the tenant has all use rights in the association property available for use generally by the unit owner and the unit owner does not have such rights except as a guest. This subsection does not interfere with the access rights of the unit owner as a landlord pursuant to chapter 83. The association may adopt rules to prohibit dual usage by a unit owner and a tenant of cooperative property.

History: s. 2, ch. 76-222; s. 13, ch. 86-175; s. 11, ch. 92-32; s. 19, ch. 92-49; s. 876, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 243.68 — Florida Code / Title XVI / Chapter 243 / Part II / Section 243.68
243.68 Trust funds.
Status: in_force

All moneys received under ss. 243.50-243.77, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in ss. 243.50-243.77. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, the moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of the moneys and shall hold and apply them for the purposes of ss. 243.50-243.77, subject to the provisions of ss. 243.50-243.77 and the resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing the bonds.

History: s. 19, ch. 2001-79.
Fla. Stat. § 559.03 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part I / Section 559.03
559.03 Declared face value; redemption.
Status: in_force

No trading stamp company shall distribute trading stamps in this state or shall redeem trading stamps hereafter issued therein unless each stamp has legibly printed upon its face in cents or any fraction thereof a cash value determined by the company, and the rightful holders may, at their option, redeem the stamps in cash when duly presented to the company for redemption in a number having an aggregate cash value of not less than 25 cents.

History: s. 3, ch. 59-311.
Fla. Stat. § 243.39 — Florida Code / Title XVI / Chapter 243 / Part I / Section 243.39
243.39 Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This part, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.

History: s. 22, ch. 69-345.
Fla. Stat. § 620.8807 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.8807
620.8807 Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners.
Status: in_force

(1) In winding up a partnership’s business, the assets of the partnership, including the contributions of the partners required by this section, must be applied to discharge the partnership’s obligations to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, partners who are creditors. Any surplus must be applied to pay in cash the net amount distributable to partners in accordance with their right to distributions under subsection (2).

(2) Each partner is entitled to a settlement of all partnership accounts upon winding up the partnership business. In settling accounts among the partners, profits and losses that result from the liquidation of the partnership assets must be credited and charged to the partners’ accounts. The partnership shall make a distribution to a partner in an amount equal to any excess of the credits over the charges in the partner’s account but excluding from the calculation charges attributable to an obligation for which the partner is not personally liable under s. 620.8306. A partner shall contribute to the partnership an amount equal to any excess of the charges over the credits in the partner’s account.

(3) If a partner fails to contribute the full amount required under subsection (2), all of the other partners shall contribute, in the proportions in which those partners share partnership losses, the additional amount necessary to satisfy the partnership obligations for which they are personally liable under s. 620.8306. A partner or partner’s legal representative may recover from the other partners any contributions the partner makes to the extent the amount contributed exceeds that partner’s share of the partnership obligations for which the partner is personally liable under s. 620.8306.

(4) After the settlement of accounts, each partner shall contribute, in the proportion in which the partner shares partnership losses, the amount necessary to satisfy partnership obligations that were not known at the time of the settlement and for which the partner is personally liable under s. 620.8306.

(5) The estate of a deceased partner is liable for such partner’s obligation to contribute to the partnership.

(6) An assignee for the benefit of creditors of a partnership or a partner, or a person appointed by a court to represent creditors of a partnership or a partner, may enforce a partner’s obligation to contribute to the partnership.

History: s. 13, ch. 95-242; s. 18, ch. 99-285.
Fla. Stat. § 620.8308 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.8308
620.8308 Liability of purported partner.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person, by words or conduct, purports to be a partner, or consents to being represented by another as a partner, in a partnership or with one or more persons who are not partners, the purported partner is liable to a person to whom the representation is made if such person, relying on the representation, enters into a transaction with the actual or purported partnership. If the representation, either by the purported partner or by a person with the purported partner’s consent, is made in a public manner, the purported partner is liable to a person who relies upon the purported partnership even if the purported partner is not aware of being held out as a partner to the claimant. If partnership liability results, the purported partner is liable with respect to such liability as if the purported partner were a partner. If no partnership liability results, the purported partner is liable with respect to such liability jointly and severally with any other person consenting to the representation.

(2) If a person is thus represented to be a partner in an existing partnership, or with one or more persons who are not partners, the purported partner is an agent of persons consenting to the representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as if the purported partner were a partner, with respect to persons who enter into transactions in reliance upon the representation. If all of the partners of the existing partnership consent to the representation, a partnership act or obligation results. If fewer than all of the partners of the existing partnership consent to the representation, the person acting and the partners consenting to the representation are jointly and severally liable.

(3) A person is not liable as a partner merely because the person is named by another in a statement of partnership authority.

(4) A person does not continue to be liable as a partner merely because of a failure to file a statement of dissociation or to amend a statement of partnership authority to indicate the partner’s dissociation from the partnership.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (1) and (2), persons who are not partners as to each other are not liable as partners to other persons.

History: s. 13, ch. 95-242.
Fla. Stat. § 944.45 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 944 / Section 944.45
944.45 Mutiny, riot, strike; penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever instigates, contrives, willfully attempts to cause, assists, or conspires to cause any mutiny, riot, or strike in defiance of official orders, in any state correctional institution, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 5, ch. 57-313; s. 1174, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 429.917 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 429 / Part III / Section 429.917
429.917 Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; staff training requirements; certain disclosures.
Status: in_force

(1) The employees of an adult day care center licensed under this part must complete the training required under s. 430.5025.

(2) A center licensed under this part which claims that it provides special care for persons who have Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders must disclose in its advertisements or in a separate document those services that distinguish the care as being especially applicable to, or suitable for, such persons. The center must give a copy of all such advertisements or a copy of the document to each person who requests information about the center and must maintain a copy of all such advertisements and documents in its records. The agency shall examine all such advertisements and documents in the center’s records as part of the license renewal procedure. An adult day care center may not claim to be licensed or designated to provide specialized Alzheimer’s services unless the adult day care center’s license has been designated as such pursuant to s. 429.918.

History: s. 4, ch. 93-105; s. 3, ch. 2003-271; s. 4, ch. 2006-197; s. 1, ch. 2012-43; s. 11, ch. 2023-278.
Fla. Stat. § 516.221 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 516 / Section 516.221
516.221 Liability when acting upon order, declaratory statement, or rule.
Status: in_force

No person or licensee hereunder shall be deemed to be in violation of this chapter nor shall such person or licensee be subject to any civil or criminal liability for any act or omission to act in good faith in reliance upon a subsisting order, declaratory statement, or rule issued by the office or commission, notwithstanding a subsequent decision by a court of competent jurisdiction invalidating the order, declaratory statement, or rule.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-242; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 16, 17, ch. 88-342; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 578, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 316.1939 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.1939
316.1939 Refusal to submit to testing; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who has refused to submit to a chemical or physical test of his or her breath or urine, as described in s. 316.1932, and: (a) Who the arresting law enforcement officer had probable cause to believe was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in this state while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substances; (b) Who was placed under lawful arrest for a violation of s. 316.193 unless such test was requested pursuant to s. 316.1932(1)(c); (c) Who was informed that, if he or she refused to submit to such test, his or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle would be suspended for a period of 1 year or, in the case of a second or subsequent refusal, for a period of 18 months; (d) Who was informed that a refusal to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath or urine is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, or if his or her driving privilege has been previously suspended or if he or she has previously been fined under s. 327.35215 for a prior refusal to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath, urine, or blood as required under this chapter or chapter 327, that a refusal to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath or urine is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, in addition to any other penalties provided by law; and (e) Who, after having been so informed, refused to submit to any such test when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer or correctional officer commits a misdemeanor of the second degree for a first refusal or a misdemeanor of the first degree for a second or subsequent refusal, and is subject to punishment as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) The disposition of any administrative proceeding that relates to the suspension of a person’s driving privilege does not affect a criminal action under this section.

(3) The disposition of a criminal action under this section does not affect any administrative proceeding that relates to the suspension of a person’s driving privilege. The department’s records showing that a person’s license has been previously suspended for a prior refusal to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath, urine, or blood shall be admissible and shall create a rebuttable presumption of such suspension.

History: s. 5, ch. 2002-263; s. 2, ch. 2021-184; s. 4, ch. 2025-121.
Fla. Stat. § 197.103 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 197 / Section 197.103
197.103 Deputy tax collectors; appointment.
Status: in_force

Tax collectors may appoint deputies to act in their behalf in carrying out the duties prescribed by law.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-366; s. 9, ch. 81-284; s. 128, ch. 85-342.
Fla. Stat. § 1002.225 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1002 / Part II / Section 1002.225
1002.225 Education records of students in public postsecondary educational institutions; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “education records” means education records as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, and the federal regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(2) All public postsecondary educational institutions shall comply with the FERPA with respect to the education records of students. A public postsecondary educational institution may charge fees for furnishing copies of education records that are requested under this section. Such fees may not exceed the actual cost incurred by the institution for producing such copies and may not include the costs of searching for or retrieving the education records.

(3) If any public postsecondary educational institution refuses to comply with this section, the aggrieved student has an immediate right to bring an action in circuit court to enforce his or her rights by injunction. Any aggrieved student who brings such action and whose rights are vindicated may be awarded attorney’s fees and court costs.

History: s. 3, ch. 2009-239.
Fla. Stat. § 450.191 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 450 / Part II / Section 450.191
450.191 Executive Office of the Governor; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The Executive Office of the Governor is authorized and directed to: (a) Advise and consult with migrant and seasonal workers and their employers as to the ways and means of improving living and working conditions of migrant and seasonal workers. (b) Cooperate with the Department of Health in establishing minimum standards of preventive and curative health and of housing and sanitation in migrant labor camps and in making surveys to determine the adequacy of preventive and curative health services available to occupants of migrant labor camps. (c) Provide coordination for the enforcement of ss. 381.008-381.0088 and ss. 450.27-450.38. (d) Cooperate with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in coordinating and enforcing all applicable labor laws, including, but not limited to, those relating to private employment agencies, child labor, wage payments, wage claims, and farm labor contractors. (e) Cooperate with the Department of Education to provide educational facilities for the children of migrant laborers. (f) Cooperate with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish minimum standards for the transporting of migrant laborers. (g) Cooperate with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct an education program for employers of migrant laborers pertaining to the standards, methods, and objectives of the office. (h) Cooperate with the Department of Children and Families in coordinating all public assistance programs as they may apply to migrant laborers. (i) Coordinate all federal, state, and local programs pertaining to migrant laborers. (j) Cooperate with the Department of Commerce in the recruitment and referral of migrant laborers and other persons for the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of agricultural crops in Florida.

(2) The office shall arrange, through the Department of Health, for the provision of the supplementary services set forth in paragraph (1)(b) to the extent of available appropriations. Such services may be provided through the use of one or more traveling dispensaries, or by contract with physicians, dentists, hospitals, or clinics, or in such manner as may be recommended by the Department of Health.

History: s. 18, ch. 69-106; s. 155, ch. 77-104; s. 141, ch. 79-190; s. 40, ch. 81-169; s. 54, ch. 91-297; s. 218, ch. 99-8; s. 142, ch. 2000-165; s. 62, ch. 2002-194; s. 6, ch. 2004-64; s. 401, ch. 2011-142; s. 267, ch. 2014-19; s. 222, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 673.4061 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part IV / Section 673.4061
673.4061 Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection.

(2) Under subsection (1), if the person asserting the preclusion fails to exercise ordinary care in paying or taking the instrument and that failure substantially contributes to loss, the loss is allocated between the person precluded and the person asserting the preclusion according to the extent to which the failure of each to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss.

(3) Under subsection (1), the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person asserting the preclusion. Under subsection (2), the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person precluded.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 1001.41 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1001 / Part II / Section 1001.41
1001.41 General powers of district school board.
Status: in_force

The district school board, after considering recommendations submitted by the district school superintendent, shall exercise the following general powers:

(1) Determine policies and programs consistent with state law and rule deemed necessary by it for the efficient operation and general improvement of the district school system.

(2) Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of law conferring duties upon it to supplement those prescribed by the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education.

(3) Prescribe and adopt standards and policies to provide each student the opportunity to receive a complete education program, including language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, physical education, foreign languages, and the arts, as defined by the state academic standards. The standards and policies must emphasize integration and reinforcement of reading, writing, and mathematics skills across all subjects, including career awareness, career exploration, and career and technical education.

(4) Contract, sue, and be sued. The district school board shall constitute the contracting agent for the district school system.

(5) Perform duties and exercise those responsibilities that are assigned to it by law or by rules of the State Board of Education or the Commissioner of Education and, in addition thereto, those that it may find to be necessary for the improvement of the district school system in carrying out the purposes and objectives of the education code.

(6) Assign students to schools.

(7) Enter into agreements for accepting credit card, charge card, and debit card payments as compensation for goods, services, tuition, and fees, as authorized by law.

History: s. 54, ch. 2002-387; s. 10, ch. 2006-74; s. 4, ch. 2023-13.
Fla. Stat. § 632.601 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 632 / Section 632.601
632.601 “Fraternal benefit society” defined.
Status: in_force

Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of s. 632.637(1)(b), whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and which makes provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a “fraternal benefit society.”

History: ss. 4, 6, ch. 86-140; s. 4, ch. 91-429.