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Fla. Stat. § 501.0581 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part I / Section 501.0581
501.0581 Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; civil remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may bring a civil action in circuit court for temporary or permanent injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this act and may seek other appropriate civil relief, including a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for restitution and damages for injured customers, court costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees.

(2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may terminate any investigation or action upon agreement by the offender to pay a stipulated civil penalty, make restitution or pay damages to customers, or satisfy any other relief authorized herein and requested by the department.

(3) Remedies provided in this section shall be in addition to any other remedies provided by law.

History: s. 7, ch. 93-274.
Fla. Stat. § 626.266 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part I / Section 626.266
626.266 Printing of examinations or related materials to preserve examination security.
Status: in_force

A contract let for the development, administration, or grading of examinations or related materials by the department pursuant to the various agent, customer representative, or adjuster licensing and examination provisions of this code may include the printing or furnishing of these examinations or related materials in order to preserve security. Any such contract shall be let as a contract for a contractual service pursuant to s. 287.057.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-208; s. 79, ch. 87-224; s. 5, ch. 88-32; s. 32, ch. 90-268; ss. 37, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 15, ch. 98-199; s. 79, ch. 2003-1; s. 923, ch. 2003-261; s. 31, ch. 2004-390.
Fla. Stat. § 324.171 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 324 / Section 324.171
324.171 Self-insurer.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance from the department which may, in its discretion and upon application of such a person, issue said certificate of self-insurance when such person has satisfied the requirements of this section to qualify as a self-insurer under this section: (a) A private individual with private passenger vehicles shall possess a net unencumbered worth of at least $40,000. (b) A person, including any firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other person, other than a natural person, shall: 1. Possess a net unencumbered worth of at least $40,000 for the first motor vehicle and $20,000 for each additional motor vehicle; or 2. Maintain sufficient net worth, as determined annually by the department, pursuant to rules promulgated by the department, with the assistance of the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission, to be financially responsible for potential losses. The rules shall take into consideration excess insurance carried by the applicant. The department’s determination shall be based upon reasonable actuarial principles considering the frequency, severity, and loss development of claims incurred by casualty insurers writing coverage on the type of motor vehicles for which a certificate of self-insurance is desired. (c) The owner of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in s. 207.002 or s. 320.01, may qualify as a self-insurer subject to the standards provided for in subparagraph (b)2.

(2) The self-insurance certificate shall provide limits of liability insurance in the amounts specified under s. 324.021(7) or s. 627.7415 and shall provide personal injury protection coverage under s. 627.733(3)(b).

(3) The department may require annual reports from any self-insurer which reports must continue to demonstrate the applicable amount of unencumbered net worth. Whenever the department finds that any self-insurer does not possess the required amount of unencumbered net worth, it shall revoke the certificate of self-insurance.

History: s. 1, ch. 29963, 1955; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 85-320; s. 4, ch. 86-18; s. 46, ch. 87-198; s. 365, ch. 2003-261; s. 88, ch. 2013-160.
Fla. Stat. § 627.805 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XIV / Section 627.805
627.805 Regulation of variable and indeterminate value contracts; rules.
Status: in_force

The Department of Financial Services and the Office of Insurance Regulation shall regulate the issuance and sale of variable and indeterminate value contracts pursuant to their respective authority as conferred by state law. The Office of Financial Regulation shall regulate the sale of variable and indeterminate value contracts pursuant to its authority under chapter 517. The Department of Financial Services and, when applicable, the Financial Services Commission, may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this part.

History: s. 5, ch. 61-441; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-30; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 590, 593, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 204, ch. 98-200; s. 1213, ch. 2003-261; s. 11, ch. 2008-237.
Fla. Stat. § 679.902 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part IX / Section 679.902
679.902 Transitional provisions.
Status: in_force

Effective July 1, 2025, chapter 679 shall be amended by this act, including the transitional provisions for chapters 669 and 679, as amended by this act, as provided in part II of chapter 669.

History: s. 122, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 531.47 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 531 / Section 531.47
531.47 Information required on packages.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by rules adopted pursuant thereto, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:

(1) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container.

(2) The net quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count.

(3) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, in the case of any package kept or offered or exposed for sale or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-101; s. 12, ch. 2005-210.
Fla. Stat. § 177.503 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 177 / Part III / Section 177.503
177.503 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 177.501-177.510, the following words and terms shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) “Professional surveyor and mapper” or “surveyor and mapper” means a person authorized to practice surveying and mapping under the provisions of chapter 472.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.

(3) “Corner” means a geographic position on the surface of the earth.

(4) “Monument” means a manmade or natural object that is presumed to occupy the corner or is a reference to the position of a corner.

(5) “Public land survey corner” means any corner actually established and monumented in the original public land survey or resurvey and those similar original corners subdividing Spanish land grants.

(6) “Corner accessory” means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. Accessories may be, but are not limited to, bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, blaze marks, steel or wooden stakes, or other such natural or manmade objects.

(7) “Reference monument” means a monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and which serves to witness the corner.

(8) “Township” has the meaning ascribed in 43 U.S.C. s. 751.

(9) “Certified corner record” means a document prepared by a surveyor and mapper when a public land survey corner is used as control in his or her survey or resurvey.

(10) “State cadastral surveyor” means the chief of the Bureau of Survey and Mapping, Division of State Lands of the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 83, ch. 79-400; s. 3, ch. 91-56; s. 108, ch. 94-119; s. 38, ch. 94-356; s. 1456, ch. 95-147; s. 30, ch. 2020-2.
Fla. Stat. § 253.512 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.512
253.512 Applicants for lease of gas, oil, or mineral rights; report as to lease holdings.
Status: in_force

Each applicant for a lease concerning oil, gas, or mineral exploitation or exploration in the state shall submit to the agency of the state issuing the lease a certified statement as to any lease holdings regarding oil, gas, or minerals the applicant has which were granted by the same or any other agency of the state. Such statement shall also include the number and identification of such leases issued and the state agency which issued the lease or leases.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-237.
Fla. Stat. § 831.28 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 831 / Section 831.28
831.28 Counterfeiting a payment instrument; possessing a counterfeit payment instrument; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “counterfeit” means the manufacture of or arrangement to manufacture a payment instrument, as defined in s. 560.103, without the permission of the financial institution, account holder, or organization whose name, routing number, or account number appears on the payment instrument, or the manufacture of any payment instrument with a fictitious name, routing number, or account number.

(2)(a) It is unlawful to counterfeit a payment instrument with the intent to defraud a financial institution, account holder, or any other person or organization or for a person to have any counterfeit payment instrument in such person’s possession with the intent to defraud a financial institution, an account holder, or any other person or organization. Any person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (b) The printing of a payment instrument in the name of a person or entity or with the routing number or account number of a person or entity without the permission of the person or entity to manufacture or reproduce such payment instrument with such name, routing number, or account number is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud.

(3) This section does not apply to a law enforcement agency that produces or displays counterfeit payment instruments for investigative or educational purposes.

History: s. 14, ch. 2001-115; s. 42, ch. 2019-167.
Fla. Stat. § 220.18775 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 220 / Part II / Section 220.18775
220.18775 Credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations for the Home Away From Home Tax Credit.
Status: in_force

(1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, there is allowed a credit of 100 percent of an eligible contribution made to an eligible charitable organization under s. 402.63 against any tax due for a taxable year under this chapter after the application of any other allowable credits by the taxpayer. An eligible contribution must be made to an eligible charitable organization on or before the date the taxpayer is required to file a return pursuant to s. 220.222. The credit granted by this section is reduced by the difference between the amount of federal corporate income tax, taking into account the credit granted by this section, and the amount of federal corporate income tax without application of the credit granted by this section.

(2) A taxpayer who files a Florida consolidated return as a member of an affiliated group pursuant to s. 220.131(1) may be allowed the credit on a consolidated return basis; however, the total credit taken by the affiliated group is subject to the limitation established under subsection (1).

(3) Section 402.63 applies to the credit authorized by this section.

(4) If a taxpayer applies and is approved for a credit under s. 402.63 after timely requesting an extension to file under s. 220.222(2): (a) The credit does not reduce the amount of tax due for purposes of the department’s determination as to whether the taxpayer was in compliance with the requirement to pay tentative taxes under ss. 220.222 and 220.32. (b) The taxpayer’s noncompliance with the requirement to pay tentative taxes will result in the revocation and rescindment of any such credit. (c) The taxpayer will be assessed for any taxes, penalties, or interest due from the taxpayer’s noncompliance with the requirement to pay tentative taxes.

History: s. 64, ch. 2025-208.
Fla. Stat. § 7.34 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.34
7.34 Lafayette County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Lafayette County are as follows: Beginning at a point where township line between townships seven and eight south intersects and crosses the Suwannee River; thence west on said township line to the southeast corner of section thirty-one, township seven south, range ten east; thence north on the east line of said section thirty-one and other sections to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section seven, township seven south, range ten east; thence due west to the range line dividing ranges nine and ten east; thence north on said range line to the northwest corner of township three south, range ten east; thence east on the township line dividing townships two and three south, to where same intersects the Suwannee River; thence southerly following the thread of said river to the place of beginning.

History: s. 2, ch. 806, 1856; s. 1, ch. 921, 1858; ch. 3470, 1883; ch. 3625, 1885; s. 1, ch. 3766, 1887; RS 26; GS 24; s. 1, ch. 6246, 1911; RGS 26; s. 1, ch. 8514, 1921; CGL 28.
Fla. Stat. § 213.06 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 213 / Section 213.06
213.06 Rules of department; circumstances requiring emergency rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Revenue has the authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement provisions of the revenue laws.

(2) The executive director of the department may adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54 on behalf of the department when the effective date of a legislative change occurs sooner than 60 days after the close of a legislative session in which enacted and the change affects a tax rate or a collection or reporting procedure which affects a substantial number of dealers or persons subject to the tax change or procedure. The Legislature finds that such circumstances qualify as an exception to the prerequisite of a finding of immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare as set forth in s. 120.54(4)(a) and qualify as circumstances requiring an emergency rule.

History: s. 6, ch. 63-253; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 82-75; s. 76, ch. 83-217; s. 13, ch. 86-152; s. 22, ch. 89-356; s. 38, ch. 96-410; s. 22, ch. 98-200.
Fla. Stat. § 392.53 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 392 / Section 392.53
392.53 Reporting required.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person who makes a diagnosis of tuberculosis or who treats a person with tuberculosis and each laboratory that performs a test on a specimen that reveals the presence of the tubercule bacilli shall report or cause to be reported such facts to the department in addition to other facts that the department requires by rule to be reported, within a time specified by rule of the department, which period must not exceed 72 hours after the presence of tuberculosis is discovered.

(2) The department shall adopt rules specifying the information that must be included in a report of tuberculosis, the time within which the report must be filed, and where the report must be filed. The department shall consider the need for information, protection of the privacy and confidentiality of the patient, and the practical ability of persons and laboratories to report in a reasonable fashion. Rules adopted by the department may provide for telephonic, electronic, and written reporting and may establish different time periods and content for each method of reporting.

(3) A person who reports to the department the name of a person who has tuberculosis is not liable for damages caused by such report, unless the report is made with knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard of the truthfulness of the report.

(4) A person who violates this section or the rules adopted under this section may be fined by the department, in the manner prescribed in s. 392.67. The department shall report each violation of this section to the regulatory agency that is responsible for licensing the person or laboratory that commits the violation.

History: s. 1, ch. 88-389; s. 1, ch. 88-398; s. 2, ch. 93-264; s. 4, ch. 94-320.
Fla. Stat. § 627.70153 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part X / Section 627.70153
627.70153 Consolidation of residential property insurance actions.
Status: in_force

Each party that is aware of ongoing multiple actions involving coverage provided under the same residential property insurance policy for the same property with the same owners must provide written notice to the court of the multiple actions. Upon notification of any party, the court may order that the actions be consolidated and transferred to the court having jurisdiction based on the total amount in controversy of all consolidated claims. If multiple cases are pending in circuit courts, the cases may be consolidated based on the date on which the first case was filed.

History: s. 13, ch. 2021-77.
Fla. Stat. § 377.606 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 377 / Part II / Section 377.606
377.606 Records of the department; limits of confidentiality.
Status: in_force

The information or records of individual persons, as defined in this section, obtained by the department as a result of a report, investigation, or verification required by the department shall be open to the public, except such information the disclosure of which would be likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person providing such information and which is requested to be held confidential by the person providing such information. Such proprietary information is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). Information reported by entities other than the department in documents or reports open to public inspection shall under no circumstances be classified as confidential by the department. Divulgence of proprietary information as is requested to be held confidential, except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or except to an officer of the state entitled to receive the same in his or her official capacity, shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 775.083. This section does not prohibit the publication or divulgence by other means of data so classified as to prevent identification of particular accounts or reports made to the department in compliance with s. 377.603 or to prohibit the disclosure of such information to properly qualified legislative committees. The department shall establish a system which permits reasonable access to information developed.

History: ss. 6, 7, ch. 74-186; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 78-25; s. 10, ch. 89-117; s. 112, ch. 90-360; s. 9, ch. 91-113; s. 632, ch. 95-148; s. 179, ch. 96-406; s. 52, ch. 2008-227; s. 510, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 648.52 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 648 / Section 648.52
648.52 Administrative fine.
Status: in_force

(1) If, pursuant to the procedure described in s. 648.46, the department finds that one or more causes exist for the suspension of, revocation of, or refusal to renew or continue any license or appointment issued under this chapter, the department may, in its discretion, in lieu of or in addition to such suspension, revocation, or refusal, and except on a second offense, impose upon the licensee an administrative penalty in an amount up to $5,000 or, if the department has found willful misconduct or willful violation on the part of the licensee, $20,000. The administrative penalty may, in the discretion of the department, be increased by an amount equal to any commissions or other pecuniary benefits received by or accruing to the credit of the licensee in connection with any transaction related to the grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal.

(2) The department may allow the licensee a reasonable period, not to exceed 30 days, within which to pay to the department the amount of the penalty so imposed. If the licensee fails to pay the penalty in its entirety to the department within the period so allowed, the licenses or appointments of the licensee shall stand suspended, revoked, or renewal or continuation refused, as the case may be, upon expiration of such period.

History: s. 22, ch. 61-406; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 30, ch. 65-269; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 177, ch. 70-339; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 31, 71, 72, ch. 82-175; ss. 33, 50, 51, ch. 84-103; s. 5, ch. 87-321; ss. 39, 46, 47, ch. 90-131; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 26, ch. 2002-260.
Fla. Stat. § 520.78 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part V / Section 520.78
520.78 Finance charge limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) The maximum finance charge included in a home improvement contract payable in substantially equal successive monthly installments beginning 1 month from the date the finance charge accrues shall not exceed $12 per $100 per annum. Such finance charge shall be computed on the principal amount financed on the contract, notwithstanding that the time balance is required to be paid in installments. The finance charge shall not accrue over a longer period than one which commences on the date of substantial completion of the contract and ends on the date when the final installment is payable. For a period less or greater than 12 months or for amounts less or greater than $100, the amount of the maximum finance charge shall be increased or decreased proportionately. A fractional monthly period of 15 days or more may be considered a full month. If the finance charge computed as above provided is less than $25, a minimum finance charge of $25 may be made.

(2) When a contract is payable other than in substantially equal successive monthly installments, as when payable in irregular or unequal installments either in amount or periods or in regular installments followed by or interspersed with an irregular, unequal, or larger installment or installments or if the finance charge accrues from a date more than 1 month before the first installment is payable, the finance charge may not exceed an amount which, having due regard for the schedule of installment payments, will provide the same yield as if the home improvement contract were payable in accordance with the standard payment terms stated in subsection (1).

(3) If amounts for debt consolidation are included in the home improvement contract, the finance charge shall be computed as in subsections (1) and (2), but the charge computed on the principal amount advanced for debt consolidation shall not exceed 10 percent simple interest or the rate for simple interest set in the general usury statute, chapter 687.

(4) The buyer may be charged for, and there may be collected from him or her, reasonable fees and costs actually to be paid for construction authorizations and similar permits issued by public agencies and for title search, title insurance, and services of an attorney relating to any real property mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance taken, granted, or reserved pursuant to the contract.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-44; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-149; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 19, 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 27, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 696, ch. 97-103.