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Fla. Stat. § 320.091 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.091
320.091 Vehicles held in trust; license plates.
Status: in_force

Any trust which provides the beneficial use of a vehicle registered to the trust to a person otherwise qualified for a special license plate pursuant to ss. 320.0807, 320.083, 320.084, 320.0842, 320.0843, 320.0845, 320.086, 320.0863, 320.089, 320.0893, and 320.0898, may purchase the special license plate for the vehicle used by the qualified individual. The trustee shall provide an affidavit as to the terms of the trust related to the motor vehicle.

History: s. 47, ch. 97-300.
Fla. Stat. § 605.1036 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.1036
605.1036 Effect of interest exchange.
Status: in_force

(1) When an interest exchange in which the acquired entity is a domestic limited liability company becomes effective: (a) The interests in a domestic company which are the subject of the interest exchange cease to exist or are converted or exchanged, and the members holding those interests are entitled only to the rights provided to them under the plan of interest exchange and to any appraisal rights they have under ss. 605.1006 and 605.1061-605.1072; (b) The acquiring entity becomes the interest holder of the interests in the acquired entity stated in the plan of interest exchange to be acquired by the acquiring entity; (c) The public organic record of the acquired entity is amended as provided in the articles of interest exchange; and (d) The provisions of the private organic rules of the acquired entity that are to be in a record, if any, are amended to the extent provided in the plan of interest exchange.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in the organic rules of the acquired limited liability company, the interest exchange does not give rise to any rights that a member, manager, or third party would have upon a dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the acquired entity.

(3) When an interest exchange becomes effective, a person who did not have interest holder liability with respect to a domestic-acquired limited liability company and who becomes subject to interest holder liability with respect to a domestic entity as a result of the interest exchange will have interest holder liability only to the extent provided by the organic law of the entity and only for those debts, obligations, and other liabilities that arise after the interest exchange becomes effective.

(4) When an interest exchange becomes effective, the interest holder liability of a person who ceases to hold an interest in a domestic-acquired limited liability company with respect to which the person had interest holder liability is as follows: (a) The interest exchange does not discharge any interest holder liability to the extent the interest holder liability arose before the interest exchange became effective. (b) The person does not have interest holder liability for any debt, obligation, or other liability that arises after the interest exchange becomes effective. (c) The organic law of the acquired entity’s jurisdiction of formation and any rights of contribution provided by such law, or under the organic rules of the acquired entity, continue to apply to the release, collection, or discharge of any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (a) as if the interest exchange had not occurred.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 960.18 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 960 / Section 960.18
960.18 Penalty for fraud.
Status: in_force

Any person who procures compensation under this chapter by any fraud, or any person who counsels another person to procure compensation under this chapter by any fraud, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Any moneys so procured shall be recoverable by the division, including punitive damages and costs of such action plus interest.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-452; s. 14, ch. 80-146.
Fla. Stat. § 718.119 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 718 / Part I / Section 718.119
718.119 Limitation of liability.
Status: in_force

(1) The liability of the owner of a unit for common expenses is limited to the amounts for which he or she is assessed for common expenses from time to time in accordance with this chapter, the declaration, and bylaws.

(2) The owner of a unit may be personally liable for the acts or omissions of the association in relation to the use of the common elements, but only to the extent of his or her pro rata share of that liability in the same percentage as his or her interest in the common elements, and then in no case shall that liability exceed the value of his or her unit.

(3) In any legal action in which the association may be exposed to liability in excess of insurance coverage protecting it and the unit owners, the association shall give notice of the exposure within a reasonable time to all unit owners, and they shall have the right to intervene and defend.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-222; s. 6, ch. 77-221; s. 5, ch. 77-222; s. 857, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 636.025 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part I / Section 636.025
636.025 Validity of noncomplying contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) Any prepaid limited health services contract rider, endorsement, attachment, or addendum otherwise valid which contains any condition or provision not in compliance with the requirements of this act is not thereby rendered invalid, but must be construed and applied in accordance with such conditions and provisions as they would have applied had such contract, rider, endorsement, attachment, or addendum been in full compliance with this act. If an organization issues or delivers any contract for an amount which exceeds any limitations otherwise provided in this act, such organization is liable to the subscriber or his or her beneficiary for the full amount stated in the contract in addition to any other penalties that may be imposed under this act.

(2) Any prepaid limited health services contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state covering a subscriber, which subscriber pursuant to the provisions of this act the organization may not lawfully cover under the contract, is cancelable at any time by the organization, any provision of the contract to the contrary notwithstanding, and the organization must promptly cancel the contract in accordance with the request of the office therefor. No such illegality or cancellation may be deemed to relieve the organization of any liability incurred by it under the contract while in force or to prohibit the organization from retaining the pro rata earned premium or rate thereon. This subsection does not relieve the organization from any penalty otherwise incurred by the organization under this act for any such violation.

History: s. 20, ch. 93-148; s. 487, ch. 97-102; s. 1532, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 159.821 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part VII / Section 159.821
159.821 Short title.
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Taxable Bond Act of 1987.”

History: s. 1, ch. 87-237.
Fla. Stat. § 315.15 — Florida Code / Title XXII / Chapter 315 / Section 315.15
315.15 Additional and alternative method.
Status: in_force

This law shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by any other law, either general, special or local, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any power now existing. Bonds may be issued and any other action may be taken hereunder notwithstanding that any other law, either general, special or local, may provide for the issuance of bonds for a like purpose or for the taking of like action and without regard to the requirements, restrictions or procedural provisions contained in any other law, either general, special or local.

History: s. 15, ch. 59-411; s. 1, ch. 67-499.
Fla. Stat. § 153.954 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 153 / Part IV / Section 153.954
153.954 Local Government Utilities Assistance Program; state assistance.
Status: in_force

The Local Government Utilities Assistance Program is established in the department. The department may award financial assistance to a local government in the form of a grant for the purpose of acquiring privately owned water-wastewater utilities. A local government may qualify for financial assistance if the local government documents to the department that the privately owned water-wastewater utility the local government intends to acquire meets the following criteria:

(1) The quality of water or wastewater service provided by the privately owned water-wastewater utility is consistently inadequate to meet public health or water quality standards.

(2)(a) The privately owned water-wastewater utility cannot make the improvements necessary to alleviate the public health or water quality threats through its own resources without increasing its rates for services to an amount beyond that which is commensurate with community standards; (b) Operation of the privately owned water-wastewater utility represents a public health or water quality threat that would be more effectively addressed through public management or ownership, as demonstrated through a feasibility determination provided by the applicant for financial assistance to the department, that takes into account economic, managerial, and administrative considerations; or (c) The private utility desires to sell.

History: s. 4, ch. 2001-229.
Fla. Stat. § 159.827 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part VII / Section 159.827
159.827 Pledging credit.
Status: in_force

(1) The issuance of taxable bonds by a governmental unit for any purpose permitted under the statutes under authority of which such taxable bonds are issued is declared to constitute a lawful and public purpose. So long as the payment of such taxable bonds is not secured by a pledge of any ad valorem taxing power of the governmental unit issuing such taxable bonds or by any revenues of such governmental unit derived other than from the sale, operation, or leasing of the project financed with such taxable bonds or from the investment or reinvestment of proceeds of such taxable bonds, such taxable bonds shall not constitute on the part of any such governmental unit a lending or using of its taxing power or credit to or for the benefit of any corporation, association, partnership, or person.

(2) When the governing body of the governmental unit issuing the bonds finds and determines that the issuance of the bonds serves a public purpose, the issuance of the bonds shall be deemed to be for a paramount public purpose and the investment of bond proceeds, moneys from which such bonds are payable, and moneys pledged as security therefor in securities and obligations of any corporation, association, partnership, or person shall be deemed to be merely incidental to the paramount public purpose of the borrowing.

History: s. 1, ch. 87-237.
Fla. Stat. § 377.602 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 377 / Part II / Section 377.602
377.602 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 377.601-377.608:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(2) “Energy resources” includes, but shall not be limited to: (a) Energy converted from solar radiation, wind, hydraulic potential, tidal movements, biomass, geothermal sources, and other energy resources the department determines to be important to the production or supply of energy. (b) Propane, butane, motor gasoline, kerosene, home heating oil, diesel fuel, other middle distillates, aviation gasoline, kerosene-type jet fuel, naphtha-type jet fuel, residual fuels, crude oil, and other petroleum products and hydrocarbons as may be determined by the department to be of importance. (c) All natural gas, including casinghead gas, all other hydrocarbons not defined as petroleum products in paragraph (b), and liquefied petroleum gas as defined in s. 527.01. (d) All types of coal and products derived from its conversion and used as fuel. (e) All types of nuclear energy, special nuclear material, and source material, as defined in former s. 290.07. (f) All electrical energy.

(3) “Person” means producer, refiner, wholesaler, marketer, consignee, jobber, distributor, storage operator, importer, exporter, firm, corporation, broker, cooperative, public utility as defined in s. 366.02, rural electrification cooperative, municipality engaged in the business of providing electricity or other energy resources to the public, pipeline company, person transporting any energy resources as defined in subsection (2), and person holding energy reserves for further production; however, “person” does not include persons exclusively engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products.

History: s. 2, ch. 74-186; s. 122, ch. 77-104; s. 2, ch. 78-25; s. 123, ch. 79-190; s. 5, ch. 91-113; s. 12, ch. 2004-243; s. 47, ch. 2008-227; s. 506, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 683.3342 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 683 / Section 683.3342
683.3342 Revive Awareness Day.
Status: in_force

(1) June 6 of each year is designated as “Revive Awareness Day.”

(2) The Governor may issue an annual proclamation designating June 6 as “Revive Awareness Day.”

(3) The Department of Health is encouraged to hold events to raise awareness of the dangers of opioid overdose and the availability and safe use of opioid antagonists as an effective way to rapidly reverse the effects of opioid overdose.

History: s. 2, ch. 2024-67.
Fla. Stat. § 710.112 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 710 / Section 710.112
710.112 Single custodianship.
Status: in_force

A transfer may be made only for one minor, and only one person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under this act by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-95.
Fla. Stat. § 285.01 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 285 / Part I / Section 285.01
285.01 Lands set aside; description.
Status: in_force

The following described lands in the County of Monroe, are set aside and given to the Seminole Indians of Florida as a reservation, to wit:

(1) All of the lands now belonging to the state in township fifty-six south of range thirty-two east, being all of sections seven to fifteen, inclusive, and seventeen to thirty-six, inclusive, containing 18,560 acres, more or less.

(2) Also, all of sections one to four, inclusive; ten to fifteen, inclusive; twenty-two to twenty-four, inclusive, and sections thirty-five and thirty-six, in township fifty-seven south of range thirty-two east, containing 9,600 acres, more or less.

(3) Also, all of sections one to three, inclusive; ten to fourteen, inclusive; twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-five and thirty-six, of township fifty-eight south of range thirty-two east, containing 7,680 acres, more or less.

(4) Also, all of sections seven to fifteen, inclusive, and seventeen to thirty-six, inclusive, of township fifty-six south of range thirty-three east, containing 18,560 acres, more or less.

(5) Also, all of sections one to fifteen, inclusive, and seventeen to thirty-six, inclusive, of township fifty-seven south of range thirty-three east, containing 22,400 acres, more or less.

(6) Also, all of sections one to fifteen, inclusive, and seventeen to thirty-six, inclusive, of township fifty-eight south of range thirty-three east, containing 22,400 acres, more or less.

History: s. 1, ch. 7310, 1917; RGS 1313; CGL 1994; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.
Fla. Stat. § 941.24 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.24
941.24 Costs and expenses.
Status: in_force

The costs and expenses of confinement of persons convicted in this state after extradition shall be paid as now or hereafter provided by law.

History: s. 24, ch. 20460, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 715.106 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 715 / Section 715.106
715.106 Form of notice concerning abandoned property to owner other than former tenant.
Status: in_force

(1) A notice which is in substantially the following form given to a person who is not the former tenant and whom the landlord reasonably believes to be the owner of any of the abandoned personal property satisfies the requirements of s. 715.104: Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned Property To: (Name) (Address) When (name of former tenant) vacated the premises at (address of premises, including room or apartment number, if any) , the following personal property remained: (insert description of personal property) . If you own any of this property, you may claim it at (address where property may be claimed) . Unless you pay the reasonable costs of storage and advertising, if any, and take possession of the property to which you are entitled, not later than (insert date not fewer than 10 days after notice is personally delivered or, if mailed, not fewer than 15 days after notice is deposited in the mail) , this property may be disposed of pursuant to s. 715.109. (Insert here the statement required by subsection (2)) Dated: (Signature of landlord) (Type or print name of landlord) (Telephone number) (Address)

(2) The notice set forth in subsection (1) shall also contain one of the following statements: (a) “If you fail to reclaim the property, it will be sold at a public sale after notice of the sale has been given by publication. You have the right to bid on the property at this sale. After the property is sold and the costs of storage, advertising, and sale are deducted, the remaining money will be paid over to the county. You may claim the remaining money at any time within 1 year after the county receives the money.” (b) “Because this property is believed to be worth less than $500, it may be kept, sold, or destroyed without further notice if you fail to reclaim it within the time indicated above.”

History: s. 11, ch. 83-151; s. 4, ch. 2001-179.
Fla. Stat. § 215.855 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.855
215.855 Investment manager external communication.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Governmental entity” means a state, regional, county, municipal, special district, or other political subdivision whether executive, judicial, or legislative, including, but not limited to, a department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority, district, or agency thereof, or a public school, Florida College System institution, state university, or associated board. (b) “Investment manager” means a private sector company that offers one or more investment products or services to a governmental entity and that has the discretionary investment authority for direct holdings. (c) “Public funds” means all moneys under the jurisdiction of a governmental entity and includes all manner of pension and retirement funds and all other funds held, as trust funds or otherwise, for any public purpose, subject to investment.

(2) Any contract between a governmental entity and an investment manager must contain the following provisions: (a) That any written communication made by the investment manager to a company in which such manager invests public funds on behalf of a governmental entity must include the following disclaimer in a conspicuous location if such communication discusses social, political, or ideological interests; subordinates the interests of the company’s shareholders to the interest of another entity; or advocates for the interest of an entity other than the company’s shareholders: The views and opinions expressed in this communication are those of the sender and do not reflect the views and opinions of the people of the State of Florida. (b) That the contract may be unilaterally terminated at the option of the governmental entity if the investment manager does not include the disclaimer required in paragraph (a).

(3) This section applies to contracts between a governmental entity and an investment manager executed, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2023.

History: s. 12, ch. 2023-28.
Fla. Stat. § 373.1725 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part I / Section 373.1725
373.1725 Notice of intent by publication.
Status: in_force

In addition to rulemaking procedures required pursuant to chapter 120, the water management districts, when proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule, shall provide notice of intent by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area. The publication notice shall summarize the proposed rule and shall occur at least 14 days prior to the intended action.

History: s. 12, ch. 91-288.
Fla. Stat. § 475.274 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part I / Section 475.274
475.274 Scope of coverage.
Status: in_force

The authorized brokerage relationships described in ss. 475.2755 and 475.278 apply in all brokerage activities as defined in s. 475.01(1)(a). The disclosure requirements of s. 475.278 apply only to residential sales as defined in s. 475.278(5)(a).

History: s. 3, ch. 97-42; s. 9, ch. 98-250; s. 6, ch. 99-384.
Fla. Stat. § 27.562 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 27 / Part III / Section 27.562
27.562 Disposition of funds.
Status: in_force

All funds collected pursuant to s. 938.29 shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund administered by the Justice Administrative Commission pursuant to s. 27.525. The Justice Administrative Commission shall account for funds deposited into the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund by circuit. Appropriations from the fund shall be proportional to each circuit’s collections. All judgments entered pursuant to this part shall be in the name of the state.

History: s. 3, ch. 77-264; s. 11, ch. 79-400; s. 4, ch. 96-232; s. 8, ch. 97-107; s. 29, ch. 97-271; s. 22, ch. 2003-402; s. 13, ch. 2004-265; s. 5, ch. 2008-111; s. 3, ch. 2009-61.
Fla. Stat. § 373.41495 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part IV / Section 373.41495
373.41495 Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund; bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) The Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the South Florida Water Management District. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as provided in s. 373.41492, to be used for the purposes set forth therein.

(2) The South Florida Water Management District may issue revenue bonds pursuant to s. 373.584, payable from revenues from the Lake Belt Mitigation fee imposed under s. 373.41492.

(3) Net proceeds from the Lake Belt Mitigation fee and any revenue bonds issued under subsection (2) shall be deposited into the trust fund and, together with any interest earned on such moneys, shall be applied to Lake Belt mitigation projects as provided in s. 373.41492.

(4) The Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund is a trust fund as described in s. 19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, and therefore is not subject to termination pursuant to s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 98-260; s. 1, ch. 99-297; s. 4, ch. 2015-141.