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Fla. Stat. § 379.2259 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part I / Section 379.2259
379.2259 Assent to federal acts.
Status: in_force

(1) The state hereby assents to the provisions of the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act of August 9, 1950, as amended. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall perform such activities as are necessary to conduct wildlife and sportfish restoration projects, as defined in such Act of Congress and in compliance with the act and rules adopted thereunder by the United States Department of the Interior. Furthermore, the commission shall develop and implement programs to manage, protect, restore, and conserve marine mammals and the marine fishery and shall develop and implement similar programs for wild animal life and freshwater aquatic life.

(2) Revenues from fees paid by hunters and sport fishers may not be diverted to purposes other than the administration of fish and wildlife programs by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Administration of the state fish and wildlife programs includes only those functions of fish and wildlife management as are the responsibility of and under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

(3) This section shall be construed in harmony with s. 379.2258.

History: s. 8, ch. 90-243; s. 247, ch. 94-356; s. 1004, ch. 95-148; s. 162, ch. 99-245; s. 42, ch. 2008-247.
Fla. Stat. § 258.11 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part I / Section 258.11
258.11 Land ceded for Royal Palm State Park; proviso.
Status: in_force

Section fifteen, and the north half of section twenty-two of township fifty-eight south, range thirty-seven east, situated in Miami-Dade County, is ceded to the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs and designated as the “Royal Palm State Park,” to be cared for, protected, and to remain in the full possession and enjoyment, with all the possessory rights and privileges thereunto, belonging to the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs, for the purpose of a state park, for the benefit and use of all the people of Florida, perpetually; provided, that the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs shall procure a deed to 960 acres of land in Miami-Dade County, in the vicinity of said state park, suitable for agricultural purposes, conveying to said Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs fee simple title thereto, said land to be used as an endowment for the perpetual use and benefit of the said park, its protection, improvement and the beautifying thereof, including the construction of roads and other improvements, either in kind or by the use of the rents and profits accruing therefrom, or the proceeds of sale thereof or any part of said endowment tract.

History: s. 1, ch. 6949, 1915; RGS 1210; CGL 1701; s. 49, ch. 2008-4.
Fla. Stat. § 112.60 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part VII / Section 112.60
112.60 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part may be cited as the “Florida Protection of Public Employee Retirement Benefits Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 78-170.
Fla. Stat. § 331.323 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 331 / Part II / Section 331.323
331.323 Cooperative agreements with the state, counties, and municipalities.
Status: in_force

(1) The state and the counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions, public bodies, and agencies thereof, or any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created, are authorized to aid and cooperate with Space Florida in carrying out any of the purposes and projects of Space Florida, to enter into cooperative agreements with Space Florida, to provide in any such cooperative agreement for the making of loans, gifts, grants, or contributions to Space Florida and the granting and conveyance to Space Florida of real or personal property of any kind or nature, or any interest therein, for the carrying out of the purpose and projects of Space Florida; to covenant in any such cooperative agreement to pay all or any part of the costs of acquisition, planning, development, construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, operation, and maintenance of any projects of Space Florida; and to pay all or any part of the principal and interest on any bonds of Space Florida.

(2) The state and the counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions, public bodies, and agencies thereof, or any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created, and Space Florida, are further authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to provide for the furnishing by Space Florida to the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public body, or agency thereof of any of the facilities and services of Space Florida, or by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public body, or agency thereof to Space Florida and to persons within the spaceport territory of facilities and services of the type that Space Florida is authorized to furnish or undertake, or such other facilities and services as may be determined necessary or desirable by the board for the carrying out of the purposes of this act. Without limitation of the foregoing, such cooperative agreements may provide for the furnishing by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of fire and police protection for Space Florida and persons and property within Space Florida, and for the providing to Space Florida of any services deemed necessary or desirable by the board for the proper functioning of Space Florida.

(3) Without limitation of the foregoing, the board may undertake and finance any of the projects of Space Florida, in whole or in part, jointly with any municipality or municipalities, now existing or hereafter created, or in any other manner combine the projects of Space Florida with the projects of such municipality or municipalities.

(4) Any agreement of the type authorized by this section may be made and entered into under this act for such time or times, not exceeding 40 years.

History: ss. 23, 61, ch. 89-300; ss. 7, 8, ch. 90-192; s. 22, ch. 2006-60.
Fla. Stat. § 319.235 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 319 / Section 319.235
319.235 Encumbrance of co-owned motor vehicle or mobile home.
Status: in_force

When a motor vehicle or mobile home is registered in the names of two or more persons as co-owners in the alternative by the use of the word “or,” whether or not the co-owners are husband and wife, each co-owner shall be deemed to have granted to any other co-owner the absolute right to place a lien or encumbrance on the motor vehicle or mobile home; and the signature of one co-owner shall constitute proper execution of the notice of lien. When a motor vehicle or mobile home is registered in the names of two or more persons as co-owners in the conjunctive by the use of the word “and,” the signature of each co-owner shall be required in order to place a lien or encumbrance on the motor vehicle or mobile home.

History: s. 8, ch. 82-134.
Fla. Stat. § 475.04 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part I / Section 475.04
475.04 Duty of commission to educate members of profession.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall foster the education of brokers, broker associates, sales associates, and instructors concerning the ethical, legal, and business principles which should govern their conduct.

(2) For the purpose of performing its duty under subsection (1) to educate persons holding a license or permit, the commission may conduct, offer, sponsor, prescribe, or approve real estate educational courses for all persons licensed or permitted by the department as brokers, broker associates, sales associates, or instructors; and the cost and expense of such courses shall be paid as provided in s. 475.125.

(3) The commission may also publish and sell, at a reasonable price intended to cover costs, a handbook on this chapter and other publications intended to be textbooks or guidelines for study and guidance of students, applicants, licensees, certificateholders, and permitholders, and members of the general public, copyright of which shall be the property of the state.

History: s. 5, ch. 12223, 1927; CGL 4066; s. 1, ch. 59-200; s. 1, ch. 75-184; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 6, 42, 43, ch. 79-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 8, 38, ch. 82-1; ss. 4, 28, 30, ch. 88-20; s. 11, ch. 90-228; s. 11, ch. 90-341; s. 14, ch. 90-345; s. 4, ch. 91-89; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 25, ch. 2003-164.
Fla. Stat. § 316.516 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.516
316.516 Width, height, and length; inspection; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any law enforcement officer, as prescribed in s. 316.640, or any weight inspector of the Department of Transportation, as prescribed in s. 316.545(1), who has reason to believe that the width, height, or length of a vehicle or combination of vehicles and the load thereon is not in conformance with s. 316.515 is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit such vehicle and load to measurement of its width, height, or length.

(2) Whenever an officer, upon measuring a vehicle or combination of vehicles and the load thereon, determines that such vehicle exceeds the dimensional criteria established in s. 316.515 and that no valid special permit exists for such vehicle or vehicles, the officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and leave it standing until either: (a) A special permit is obtained in accordance with s. 316.550; or (b) All offending irregularities are corrected.

(3) Special permit fees and civil penalties that may be incurred pursuant to the requirements of this section are in addition to the citation for a nonmoving violation and the penalties that may be imposed under chapter 318.

(4) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, penalties for violation of the maximum limits for width, height, and length provided for in s. 316.515 are as follows: (a) Two hundred and fifty dollars per foot of violation or any portion thereof for width and height limit violations. (b)1. Forty dollars for length limit violations not exceeding 2 feet over the length limit; 2. One hundred dollars for length limit violations of greater than 2 feet but not exceeding 10 feet over the length limit; or 3. Two hundred and fifty dollars for length limit violations of greater than 10 feet, plus $250 for every additional foot or any portion thereof that exceeds 11 feet over the length limit. (c) No individual penalty issued under the provisions of this subsection shall exceed $1,000 for each width, height, or length violation.

(5) All penalties imposed for violations of this section shall be assessed, collected, and deposited in accordance with the provisions of s. 316.545(6).

History: s. 4, ch. 83-298; s. 3, ch. 85-81; s. 1, ch. 85-87; s. 2, ch. 90-177; s. 5, ch. 95-247; s. 33, ch. 96-350; s. 34, ch. 97-300; s. 12, ch. 2011-66.
Fla. Stat. § 559.13 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part II / Section 559.13
559.13 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever either individually or as an officer, director or employee of a person, firm, corporation or association, violates the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 4, ch. 59-345; s. 553, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 660.42 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 660 / Section 660.42
660.42 Establishment of common trust funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Any trust company or trust department may establish one or more common trust funds for the exclusive purpose of furnishing investments to itself as fiduciary, including estates, guardianships, managing agencies, and all other fiduciary relationships, now in existence or hereafter created, requiring or authorizing investment of funds held as fiduciary including managing agencies, or to itself and others, as cofiduciaries. It may, as such fiduciary or cofiduciary, invest funds which it lawfully holds for investment in interests in such common trust funds if such investment is not prohibited by the instrument, judgment, decree, or order creating such fiduciary relationship and if, in the case of cofiduciaries, the trust company or trust department procures the consent of its cofiduciary or cofiduciaries to such investment, which consent such cofiduciary is hereby authorized to grant. The full management of the fund shall at all times be in full charge of such trust company or trust department, and no cofiduciary shall have any right to interfere in the management of such common trust funds.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “trust company or trust department” includes two or more trust companies or trust departments which are members of the same affiliated group as defined in s. 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, of which any of such trust companies or trust departments is trustee or of which two or more of such trust companies or trust departments are cotrustees. The fiduciary relationship that exists between an individual trust company or trust department and its customer is not altered due to the fact of the enactment of this subsection.

History: s. 3, ch. 28016, 1953; s. 1, ch. 67-365; s. 3, ch. 76-168; ss. 1, 2, ch. 77-42; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 140, 151, 152, ch. 80-260; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 148, ch. 92-303.
Fla. Stat. § 636.218 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part II / Section 636.218
636.218 Annual reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Each discount plan organization shall file with the office, within 3 months after the end of each fiscal year, an annual report.

(2) Such reports must be on forms prescribed by the commission and must include: (a) Audited financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles certified by an independent certified public accountant, including the organization’s balance sheet, income statement, and statement of changes in cash flow for the preceding year. An organization that is a subsidiary of a parent entity that is publicly traded and that prepares audited financial statements reflecting the consolidated operations of the parent entity and the organization may petition the office to accept, in lieu of the audited financial statement of the organization, the audited financial statement of the parent entity and a written guaranty by the parent entity that the minimum capital requirements of the organization required by this part will be met by the parent entity. (b) If different from the initial application or the last annual report, a list of the names and residence addresses of all persons responsible for the conduct of the organization’s affairs, together with a disclosure of the extent and nature of any contracts or arrangements between such persons and the discount plan organization, including any possible conflicts of interest. (c) The number of discount plan members in the state. (d) Such other information relating to the performance of the discount plan organization as is reasonably required by the commission or office.

(3) Every discount plan organization that fails to file an annual report in the form and within the time required by this section shall forfeit up to $500 for each day for the first 10 days during which the neglect continues and shall forfeit up to $1,000 for each day after the first 10 days during which the neglect continues; and, upon notice by the office to that effect, the organization’s authority to enroll new members or to do business in this state ceases while such default continues. The office shall deposit all sums collected by the office under this section to the credit of the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund. The office may not collect more than $50,000 for each report.

History: s. 31, ch. 2004-297; s. 11, ch. 2005-232; s. 20, ch. 2017-112.
Fla. Stat. § 159.10 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part I / Section 159.10
159.10 Revenues of projects.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body shall fix and revise from time to time rates, fees, rentals, tolls or other charges for the use of each project or for the services and facilities furnished thereby and charge and collect the same. Such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, or other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of rates, fees, rentals, tolls, or other charges from the project or projects for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, together with any other special funds pledged therefor as provided in this part, to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating such project or projects and the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds as the same shall become due and reserves for such purposes and all such other payments required by the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds. Such rates, fees, rentals, tolls and other charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau or agency.

(2) All or a sufficient amount of the revenues derived from a project or projects for which revenue bonds have been issued shall be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to and charged with the payment of the principal and interest upon such bonds as the same shall become due, any premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase as herein provided, and for reserves therefor, and to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the project or projects and reserves therefor, all in the order of priority and manner as shall be provided in such ordinance or resolution or trust agreement. The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in such trust agreement, but, except as may otherwise be provided in such ordinance or resolution or such trust agreement, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all bonds without distinction or priority of one over another.

(3) If any county, city or town or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof elects to avail itself of the services and facilities afforded by a project financed by it under the provisions of this part, it shall pay for the same at the established rates as the charges therefor accrue, and the revenues so received shall be deemed to be a part of the revenues of such project.

History: s. 10, ch. 28045, 1953; s. 6, ch. 67-550.
Fla. Stat. § 738.804 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 738 / Section 738.804
738.804 Application.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in the terms of the trust or this chapter, this chapter shall apply to any receipt or expense received or incurred and any disbursement made after January 1, 2025, by any trust or estate, whether established before or after January 1, 2025, and whether the asset involved was acquired by the trustee or personal representative before or after January 1, 2025. Receipts or expenses received or incurred and disbursements made before January 1, 2025, must be governed by the law of this state in effect at the time of the event, except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of the trust or in this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 2002-42; s. 52, ch. 2024-216.
Fla. Stat. § 25.077 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 25 / Section 25.077
25.077 Negligence case settlements and jury verdicts; case reporting.
Status: in_force

Through the state’s uniform case reporting system, the clerk of court shall report to the Office of the State Courts Administrator information from each settlement or jury verdict and final judgment in negligence cases as defined in s. 768.81(1)(c), as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives deem necessary from time to time. The information shall include, but need not be limited to: the name of each plaintiff and defendant; the verdict; the percentage of fault of each; the amount of economic damages and noneconomic damages awarded to each plaintiff, identifying those damages that are to be paid jointly and severally and by which defendants; and the amount of any punitive damages to be paid by each defendant.

History: s. 10, ch. 99-225; s. 3, ch. 2012-5; s. 4, ch. 2019-3.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0826 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0826
607.0826 Submission of matters for a shareholder vote.
Status: in_force

A corporation may agree to submit a matter to a vote of its shareholders even if, after approving the matter, the board of directors determines it no longer recommends the matter.

History: s. 98, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 129.025 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 129 / Section 129.025
129.025 County budget officer.
Status: in_force

(1) Each board of county commissioners may designate a county budget officer to carry out the duties set forth in this chapter. Unless the board designates a different officer, the clerk of the circuit court or the county comptroller, if applicable, shall be the budget officer for the purposes of this chapter.

(2) The Legislature finds that the duties of county budget officer set forth in this chapter do not fall within the constitutional responsibilities performed by the several clerks of the circuit court as auditor and custodian of county funds. The position of county budget officer shall not constitute an office in the meaning of s. 5, Art. II of the State Constitution.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-303.
Fla. Stat. § 316.425 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.425
316.425 Lamps on parked motorcycles.
Status: in_force

(1) Every motorcycle must comply with the provisions of s. 316.229 regarding lamps on parked vehicles and the use thereof.

(2) Motor-driven cycles need not be equipped with parking lamps or otherwise comply with the provisions of s. 316.229.

(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 226, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 601.99035 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 601 / Section 601.99035
601.99035 Annual travel report of Department of Citrus.
Status: in_force

The department shall, at the end of each fiscal year, publish an annual travel report that states, for each department staff member and each commission member who has traveled during that year, the name of the person, the person’s position title, the date on which a claim for reimbursement was submitted, the dates of travel, the destinations, the purpose of the travel, and all expenditures that resulted from the travel.

History: s. 3, ch. 2003-144; s. 68, ch. 2012-182.
Fla. Stat. § 634.431 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part III / Section 634.431
634.431 Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this part, any person who knowingly makes a false or otherwise fraudulent application for license or registration under this part, or who knowingly violates any provision hereof, in addition to being subject to any applicable denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew or continue any license or registration, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Each instance of violation shall be considered a separate offense.

History: s. 5, ch. 78-255; s. 3, ch. 81-148; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 36, 37, 38, ch. 83-322; s. 162, ch. 91-224; s. 20, ch. 93-195.
Fla. Stat. § 932.62 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 932 / Section 932.62
932.62 Date for arraignment upon transfer; petitioner not incarcerated.
Status: in_force

If the person whose case is transferred is at liberty on bond or on his or her own recognizance, the appearance date for arraignment to the court to which the cause has been transferred shall be within 45 days from the date of transfer, and, if the defendant is on his or her own recognizance, the defendant shall sign an agreement to appear before the court to which the case is transferred as a part of his or her petition to transfer. If the defendant is at liberty on a cash or property bond, the clerk of the transferring court shall endorse the new returnable date on its face prior to transfer.

History: s. 1, ch. 70-372; s. 1566, ch. 97-102.