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Fla. Stat. § 553.98 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part VII / Section 553.98
553.98 Development of building codes for radon-resistant buildings; funding; rules for radon-resistant passive construction standards; ordinances.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall be provided funds for activities incidental to the development and implementation of the building codes for radon-resistant buildings and for such other building code-related activities as directed by the Legislature.

(2) The rules for radon-resistant passive construction standards proposed by the department for residential buildings are hereby approved by the Legislature. The rules for radon-resistant commercial building standards shall be submitted by the department to the Legislature prior to becoming effective.

(3) Local jurisdictions may enact ordinances for radon-resistant building construction only pursuant to this subsection. A county governing authority and the governing bodies of the municipalities representing at least a majority of the county’s municipal population shall enter into an interlocal agreement to adopt by ordinance the department’s radon-resistant passive construction standards as a code for residential radon-resistant building construction. The standards shall apply uniformly to the entire jurisdictions that adopt the standards. No local jurisdiction may adopt any requirement for radon-resistant building construction other than the rules of the department, nor enact any other requirements relating to environmental radiation caused by the radon decay series other than the rules of the department.

History: s. 2, ch. 88-285; s. 20, ch. 93-120; s. 3, ch. 94-284; s. 3, ch. 95-339; s. 91, ch. 2013-15.
Fla. Stat. § 194.013 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 194 / Part I / Section 194.013
194.013 Filing fees for petitions; disposition; waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) If required by resolution of the value adjustment board, a petition filed pursuant to s. 194.011 shall be accompanied by a filing fee to be paid to the clerk of the value adjustment board in an amount determined by the board not to exceed $50 for each separate parcel of property, real or personal, covered by the petition and subject to appeal. However, such filing fee may not be required with respect to an appeal from the disapproval of homestead exemption under s. 196.151 or from the denial of tax deferral under s. 197.2425. Only a single filing fee shall be charged under this section as to any particular parcel of real property or tangible personal property account despite the existence of multiple issues and hearings pertaining to such parcel or account. For joint petitions filed pursuant to s. 194.011(3)(e), (f), or (g), a single filing fee shall be charged. Such fee shall be calculated as the cost of the special magistrate for the time involved in hearing the joint petition and shall not exceed $5 per parcel of real property or tangible property account. Such fee is to be proportionately paid by affected parcel owners.

(2) The value adjustment board shall waive the filing fee with respect to a petition filed by a taxpayer who demonstrates at the time of filing, by an appropriate certificate or other documentation issued by the Department of Children and Families and submitted with the petition, that the petitioner is then an eligible recipient of temporary assistance under chapter 414.

(3) All filing fees imposed under this section shall be paid to the clerk of the value adjustment board at the time of filing. If such fees are not paid at that time, the petition shall be deemed invalid and shall be rejected.

(4) All filing fees collected by the clerk shall be allocated and utilized to defray, to the extent possible, the costs incurred in connection with the administration and operation of the value adjustment board.

History: s. 19, ch. 83-204; s. 210, ch. 85-342; s. 2, ch. 86-175; s. 4, ch. 86-300; s. 2, ch. 88-146; s. 144, ch. 91-112; s. 55, ch. 96-175; s. 18, ch. 99-8; s. 3, ch. 2000-262; s. 70, ch. 2004-11; s. 55, ch. 2011-151; s. 41, ch. 2014-19; s. 2, ch. 2015-115; s. 8, ch. 2025-208.
Fla. Stat. § 642.024 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 642 / Section 642.024
642.024 Levy upon deposit.
Status: in_force

No judgment creditor or other claimant of a legal expense insurance corporation shall have the right to levy upon any of the assets or securities held in this state as a deposit under s. 642.023.

History: ss. 41, 52, ch. 85-321; ss. 6, 7, ch. 93-147.
Fla. Stat. § 413.202 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 413 / Part II / Section 413.202
413.202 Designated administrative unit.
Status: in_force

Effective on the effective date of this act, for the purposes of effecting compliance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is designated as the administrative unit.

History: s. 8, ch. 2002-22.
Fla. Stat. § 680.524 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part V / Section 680.524
680.524 Lessor’s right to identify goods to lease contract.
Status: in_force

(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 680.523(1) or (3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor may: (a) Identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the lessor learned of the default they were in the lessor’s or the supplier’s possession or control; and (b) Dispose of goods (s. 680.527(1)) that demonstrably have been intended for the particular lease contract even though those goods are unfinished.

(2) If the goods are unfinished, in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization, an aggrieved lessor or the supplier may either complete manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the lease contract or cease manufacture and lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of the goods for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 41, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 509.214 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 509 / Part I / Section 509.214
509.214 Notification of automatic gratuity charge.
Status: in_force

Every public food service establishment which includes an automatic gratuity or service charge in the price of the meal shall include on the food menu and on the face of the bill provided to the customer notice that an automatic gratuity is included.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-24; s. 1, ch. 88-16; ss. 21, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 2025-113.
Fla. Stat. § 812.1701 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 812 / Section 812.1701
812.1701 Short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 812.1701-812.175 may be cited as the “Convenience Business Security Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 92-103.
Fla. Stat. § 392.62 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 392 / Section 392.62
392.62 Hospitalization and placement programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall contract for operation of a program for the treatment of persons who have active tuberculosis in hospitals licensed under chapter 395 and may provide for appropriate placement of persons who have active tuberculosis in other health care facilities or residential facilities. The department shall require the contractor to use existing licensed community hospitals and other facilities for the care and treatment to cure of persons who have active tuberculosis or a history of noncompliance with prescribed drug regimens and require inpatient or other residential services.

(2) The program for control of tuberculosis shall provide funding for participating facilities and require any such facilities to meet the following conditions: (a) Admit patients voluntarily and under court order as appropriate for each particular facility; (b) Require that each patient pay the actual cost of care provided whether the patient is admitted voluntarily or by court order; (c) Provide for the care of patients in the program regardless of ability to pay; (d) Require a primary clinical diagnosis of active tuberculosis by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 before admitting the patient; provided that there may be more than one primary diagnosis; (e) Provide a method of notification to the county health department and to the patient’s family, if any, before discharging the patient from the hospital or other facility; (f) Provide for the necessary exchange of medical information to assure adequate community treatment to cure and followup of discharged patients, as appropriate; and (g) Provide for a method of medical care and counseling and for housing, social service, and employment referrals, if appropriate, for patients discharged from the hospital.

(3) A hospital may, pursuant to court order, place a patient in temporary isolation for a period of no more than 72 continuous hours. The department shall obtain a court order in the same manner as prescribed in s. 392.57. Nothing in this subsection precludes a hospital from isolating an infectious patient for medical reasons.

(4) Any person committed under s. 392.57 who leaves the tuberculosis hospital or residential facility without having been discharged by the designated medical authority, except as provided in s. 392.63, shall be apprehended by the sheriff of the county in which the person is found and immediately delivered to the facility from which he or she left.

History: s. 1, ch. 88-389; s. 1, ch. 88-398; s. 13, ch. 94-320; s. 1043, ch. 95-148; s. 97, ch. 97-101; s. 36, ch. 97-237; s. 83, ch. 2012-184.
Fla. Stat. § 810.061 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 810 / Section 810.061
810.061 Impairing or impeding telephone or power to a dwelling; facilitating or furthering a burglary; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “burglary” has the meaning ascribed in s. 810.02(1)(b).

(2) A person who, for the purpose of facilitating or furthering the commission or attempted commission of a burglary of a dwelling by any person, damages a wire or line that transmits or conveys telephone or power to that dwelling, impairs any other equipment necessary for telephone or power transmission or conveyance, or otherwise impairs or impedes such telephone or power transmission or conveyance commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 1, ch. 2003-84.
Fla. Stat. § 741.28 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 741 / Section 741.28
741.28 Domestic violence; definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 741.28-741.31:

(1) “Department” means the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

(2) “Domestic violence” means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or household member.

(3) “Family or household member” means spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who are parents of a child in common regardless of whether they have been married. With the exception of persons who have a child in common, the family or household members must be currently residing or have in the past resided together in the same single dwelling unit.

(4) “Law enforcement officer” means any person who is elected, appointed, or employed by any municipality or the state or any political subdivision thereof who meets the minimum qualifications established in s. 943.13 and is certified as a law enforcement officer under s. 943.1395.

History: s. 1, ch. 94-134; s. 1, ch. 94-135; s. 1, ch. 95-195; s. 4, ch. 97-155; s. 9, ch. 2002-55.
Fla. Stat. § 296.37 — Florida Code / Title XX / Chapter 296 / Part II / Section 296.37
296.37 Residents; contribution to support.
Status: in_force

(1) Every resident of the home who receives a pension, compensation, or gratuity from the United States Government, or income from any other source of more than $160 per month, shall contribute to his or her maintenance and support while a resident of the home in accordance with a schedule of payment determined by the administrator and approved by the director. The total amount of such contributions shall be to the fullest extent possible but may not exceed the actual cost of operating and maintaining the home.

(2) The administrator may, if there is room, admit to residency in the home a veteran who has sufficient means for his or her own support, but is otherwise eligible to become a resident of the home, on payment of the full cost of his or her support, which cost and method of collection shall be fixed from time to time by the administrator.

History: s. 14, ch. 92-80; s. 17, ch. 98-16; s. 11, ch. 2014-53; s. 22, ch. 2015-222; s. 47, ch. 2016-62; s. 4, ch. 2017-157; s. 31, ch. 2018-10; s. 9, ch. 2018-111; s. 47, ch. 2019-116; s. 37, ch. 2020-114; s. 1, ch. 2021-41; s. 1, ch. 2023-243.
Fla. Stat. § 411.2035 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 411 / Part I / Section 411.2035
411.2035 Dangers of shaking infants and young children; requirements for distributing brochures.
Status: in_force

(1) Every hospital, birthing facility, and provider of home birth which has maternity and newborn services shall provide to the parents of a newborn, before they take their newborn home from the hospital or birthing facility, written information with an explanation concerning the dangers of shaking infants and young children.

(2) The Department of Health shall prepare a brochure that describes the dangers of shaking infants and young children. The description must include information concerning the grave effects of shaking infants and young children, information concerning appropriate ways to manage the causes that can lead a person to shake infants and young children, and a discussion of ways to reduce the risks that can lead a person to shake infants and young children.

(3) This section does not preclude a hospital, birthing facility, or a home birth provider from providing the notice required under this section as an addendum to, or in connection with, any other required information.

(4) A cause of action does not accrue against the state or any subdivision or agency thereof or any hospital birthing facility or home-birth provider for failure to give or receive the information required under this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 2002-174.
Fla. Stat. § 265.0031 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 265 / Section 265.0031
265.0031 Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor and Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden.
Status: in_force

(1) To recognize and honor those military veterans who have made significant contributions to the state through their service to the United States, the Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor and the Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden are established.

(2) The Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor and the Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden shall be administered by the direct-support organization of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs without funding from the state. However, donations made to the Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor and the Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden shall be credited to the direct-support organization of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and used solely to support and maintain the Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor, the Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden, and other efforts of the direct-support organization.

(3) The Department of Management Services, in consultation with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the direct-support organization of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, shall make space available on the Capitol Complex grounds for the construction of the Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor and the Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden.

History: s. 5, ch. 2014-1.
Fla. Stat. § 812.055 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 812 / Section 812.055
812.055 Physical inspection of junkyards, scrap metal processing plants, salvage yards, licensed motor vehicle or vessel dealers, repair shops, parking lots, public garages, towing and storage facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Any law enforcement officer shall have the right to inspect any junkyard; scrap metal processing plant; motor vehicle or vessel salvage yard; licensed motor vehicle or vessel dealer’s lot; motor vehicle, vessel, or outboard repair shop; parking lot; public garage; towing and storage facility; or other establishment dealing with salvaged motor vehicle, vessel, or outboard parts.

(2) Such physical inspection shall be conducted during normal business hours and shall be for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors; investigating the titling and registration of vehicles or vessels; inspecting vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors wrecked or dismantled; or inspecting records required in ss. 319.30 and 713.78.

History: s. 7, ch. 78-412; s. 4, ch. 83-102; s. 10, ch. 90-283.
Fla. Stat. § 377.605 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 377 / Part II / Section 377.605
377.605 Use of existing information.
Status: in_force

The department may utilize to the fullest extent possible any existing energy information already prepared for state or federal agencies. Every state, county, and municipal agency shall cooperate with the department and shall submit any information on energy to the department upon request.

History: s. 5, ch. 74-186; s. 2, ch. 78-25; s. 8, ch. 91-113; s. 51, ch. 2008-227; s. 509, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 49.31 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 49 / Section 49.31
49.31 Appointment of ad litem.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “ad litem” means an attorney, administrator, or guardian ad litem.

(2) The court may appoint an ad litem for any party, whether known or unknown, upon whom service of process by publication under this chapter has been properly made and who has failed to file or serve any paper in the action within the time required by law. A court may not appoint an ad litem to represent an interest for which a personal representative, guardian of property, or trustee is serving. (a) If the court has appointed an ad litem and the ad litem discovers that a personal representative, guardian of property, or trustee is serving who represents the interest for which the ad litem was appointed, the ad litem must promptly report that finding to the court and must file a petition for discharge as to any interest for which the personal representative, guardian of property, or trustee is serving. (b) If the court has appointed an ad litem to represent an interest and the ad litem discovers that the person whose interest he or she represents is deceased and there is no personal representative, guardian of property, or trustee to represent the decedent’s interest, the ad litem must make a reasonable attempt to locate any spouse, heir, devisee, or beneficiary of the decedent, must report to the court the name and address of all such persons whom the ad litem locates, and must petition for discharge as to any interest of the person located.

(3) The court may not require an ad litem to post a bond or designate a resident agent in order to serve as an ad litem.

(4) The court shall discharge the ad litem when the final judgment is entered or as otherwise ordered by the court.

(5) The ad litem is entitled to an award of a reasonable fee for services rendered and costs, which shall be assessed against the party requesting the appointment of the ad litem, or as otherwise ordered by the court. State funds may not be used to pay fees for services rendered by the ad litem unless state funds would have been expended for such services in the same circumstance before July 1, 2015.

(6) In all cases adjudicated in which the court appointed an ad litem, a proceeding may not be declared ineffective solely due to lack of statutory authority to appoint an ad litem.

(7) This section does not abrogate a court’s common law authority to appoint an ad litem.

History: s. 1, ch. 2015-95.
Fla. Stat. § 941.11 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.11
941.11 Penalty for noncompliance with s. 941.10.
Status: in_force

Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his or her custody under the Governor’s warrant, in willful disobedience to s. 941.10, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 11, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 1165, ch. 71-136; s. 77, ch. 95-211; s. 1602, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 456.0495 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.0495
456.0495 Reporting adverse incidents occurring in planned out-of-hospital births.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term “adverse incident” means an event over which a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a nurse midwife certified under part I of chapter 464, or a midwife licensed under chapter 467 could exercise control and which is associated with an attempted or completed planned out-of-hospital birth, and results in one or more of the following injuries or conditions: (a) A maternal death that occurs during delivery or within 42 days after delivery; (b) The transfer of a maternal patient to a hospital intensive care unit; (c) A maternal patient experiencing hemorrhagic shock or requiring a transfusion of more than 4 units of blood or blood products; (d) A fetal or newborn death, including a stillbirth, associated with an obstetrical delivery; (e) A transfer of a newborn to a neonatal intensive care unit due to a traumatic physical or neurological birth injury, including any degree of a brachial plexus injury; (f) A transfer of a newborn to a neonatal intensive care unit within the first 72 hours after birth if the newborn remains in such unit for more than 72 hours; or (g) Any other injury as determined by department rule.

(2) Beginning July 1, 2018, a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a nurse midwife certified under part I of chapter 464, or a midwife licensed under chapter 467 who performs an attempted or completed planned out-of-hospital birth must report an adverse incident, along with a medical summary of events, to the department within 15 days after the adverse incident occurs.

(3) The department shall review each incident report and determine whether the incident involves conduct by a health care practitioner which is subject to disciplinary action under s. 456.073. Disciplinary action, if any, must be taken by the appropriate regulatory board or by the department if no such board exists.

(4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section and shall develop a form to be used for the reporting of adverse incidents.

History: s. 1, ch. 2018-21.
Fla. Stat. § 216.313 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.313
216.313 Contract appropriation; requirements.
Status: in_force

An executive or judicial branch public officer or employee may not enter into any contract or agreement on behalf of the state or judicial branch which binds the state or its executive agencies or the judicial branch for the purchase of services or tangible personal property in excess of $5 million unless the contract identifies the specific appropriation of state funds from which the state will make payment under the contract in the first year of the contract, unless the Legislature expressly authorizes the agency or the judicial branch to enter into such contract absent a specific appropriation of funds.

History: s. 3, ch. 2011-45.
Fla. Stat. § 489.525 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 489 / Part II / Section 489.525
489.525 Report to local building officials.
Status: in_force

The department may report to all building officials the contents of this part and the contents of the rules of the board. Any information that is available through the Internet or other electronic means may be excluded from the report.

History: ss. 11, 17, ch. 79-272; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 21, 23, ch. 88-149; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 44, ch. 98-419.