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Fla. Stat. § 339.09 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 339 / Section 339.09
339.09 Use of transportation tax revenues; restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) Funds available to the department shall not be used for any nontransportation purpose. However, the department shall construct and maintain roads, parking areas, and other transportation facilities adjacent to and within the grounds of state institutions, public community colleges, farmers’ markets, and wayside parks upon request of the proper authorities. The department is encouraged and permitted to use funds to construct and maintain noise mitigation facilities or walls upon request of the proper authorities.

(2) The department may, in cooperation with the Federal Government, expend transportation tax revenues pursuant to rules adopted by the department, for control of undesirable rodents, relocation assistance, and moving costs of persons displaced by highway construction and other related transportation projects to the extent, but only to the extent, required by federal law to be undertaken by the state to continue to be eligible for federal highway funds.

(3) The department may expend transportation tax revenues, pursuant to rules adopted by the department, on non-federal-aid projects which shall include relocation assistance and moving costs to persons displaced by transportation facilities or other related projects. Such rules shall, in no case, exceed the provisions of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. The department has the authority to carry out its responsibilities under this act; however, such authority does not extend to the power of eminent domain. Whenever possible, such costs shall be financed out of funds used for the principal project.

History: s. 140, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 1, ch. 63-385; s. 1, ch. 69-233; ss. 17, 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 70-239; s. 1, ch. 72-208; s. 70, ch. 72-221; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 1, ch. 77-174; ss. 57, 209, ch. 84-309; s. 1, ch. 89-209; s. 18, ch. 2000-266; s. 39, ch. 2007-196.
Fla. Stat. § 1001.30 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1001 / Part II / Section 1001.30
1001.30 District unit.
Status: in_force

Each county shall constitute a school district and shall be known as the school district of County, Florida. Each district shall constitute a unit for the control, organization, and administration of schools. The responsibility for the actual operation and administration of all schools needed within the districts in conformity with rules and minimum standards prescribed by the state, and also the responsibility for the provision of any desirable and practicable opportunities authorized by law beyond those required by the state, are delegated by law to the school officials of the respective districts.

History: s. 36, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 622.05 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 622 / Section 622.05
622.05 Annual reports.
Status: in_force

Every association shall comply with all requirements of law, including but not limited to the paying of all fees, taxes, and other charges, now or hereafter prescribed for the filing of annual reports by foreign corporations for profit qualified to transact business in this state, except railroad, pullman, telephone, telegraph, and insurance companies, and all laws heretofore or hereafter enacted with respect to such reports shall apply to and govern and control all associations.

History: s. 5, ch. 23897, 1947.
Fla. Stat. § 198.14 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 198 / Section 198.14
198.14 Failure to make return; extension of time for filing.
Status: in_force

To obtain an extension for filing a Florida return, the personal representative shall file with the department a copy of the federal extension request within 30 days after filing such request with the federal taxing authorities. If the federal taxing authorities grant an extension of time for filing a return, the department shall allow a like extension of time for filing if the personal representative files a copy of such federal extension with the department within 30 days after receiving an approved federal extension. An extension of time for filing a return shall not operate to extend the time for payment of the tax. If any person fails to file a return at the time prescribed by law or files, willfully or otherwise, a false or fraudulent return, the department shall make the return from its own knowledge and from such information as it can obtain through testimony or otherwise. Any such return so made by the department shall be prima facie good and sufficient for all legal purposes.

History: s. 7, ch. 16015, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1342(87); s. 3, ch. 29718, 1955; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 87-102.
Fla. Stat. § 945.43 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 945 / Section 945.43
945.43 Involuntary examination.
Status: in_force

(1) If there is reason to believe that an inmate has a mental illness and the inmate is in need of care and treatment, the inmate’s treating clinician may refer the inmate to a mental health treatment facility for an involuntary examination. Upon referral, the warden of the facility where the inmate is housed shall transfer the inmate to a mental health treatment facility.

(2) Upon arrival to the mental health treatment facility, the inmate shall be examined by a psychiatrist and a second psychiatrist or psychological professional to determine whether the inmate is in need of care and treatment.

(3) If, after the examination, the inmate is determined to be in need of care and treatment, the psychiatrist shall propose a recommended course of treatment that is essential to the care of the inmate and the warden shall initiate proceedings for placement of the inmate in the mental health treatment facility and for involuntary treatment of the inmate as specified in s. 945.44. If the inmate is not in need of care and treatment, he or she shall be transferred out of the mental health treatment facility and provided with appropriate mental health services.

(4) The involuntary examination and initiation of court proceedings for the placement and applicable involuntary treatment of the inmate in the mental health treatment facility shall be completed within 10 calendar days after arrival.

(5) The inmate may remain in the mental health treatment facility pending a hearing after the timely filing of a petition as described in s. 945.44. Pending a hearing, necessary emergency treatment may be provided in the mental health treatment facility upon the written order of a physician as provided in s. 945.48.

History: s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 75, ch. 85-62; s. 4, ch. 96-422; s. 1860, ch. 97-102; s. 20, ch. 2000-161; s. 103, ch. 2004-11; s. 12, ch. 2008-250; s. 14, ch. 2010-64; s. 10, ch. 2025-81.
Fla. Stat. § 215.198 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.198
215.198 Operating Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Operating Trust Fund is created within the Department of Revenue.

(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by program revenues. Funds shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.

History: s. 1, ch. 2007-15; s. 2, ch. 2011-28; s. 23, ch. 2012-5.
Fla. Stat. § 27.35 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 27 / Part II / Section 27.35
27.35 Salaries of state attorneys.
Status: in_force

Each state attorney shall receive as salary the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act.

History: ss. 3, 6, ch. 72-326; s. 11, ch. 2003-402.
Fla. Stat. § 166.031 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 166 / Part I / Section 166.031
166.031 Charter amendments.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, or the electors of a municipality may, by petition signed by 10 percent of the registered electors as of the last preceding municipal general election, submit to the electors of said municipality a proposed amendment to its charter, which amendment may be to any part or to all of said charter except that part describing the boundaries of such municipality. The governing body of the municipality shall place the proposed amendment contained in the ordinance or petition to a vote of the electors at the next general election held within the municipality or at a special election called for such purpose.

(2) Upon adoption of an amendment to the charter of a municipality by a majority of the electors voting in a referendum upon such amendment, the governing body of said municipality shall have the amendment incorporated into the charter and shall file the revised charter with the Department of State. All such amendments are effective on the date specified therein or as otherwise provided in the charter.

(3) A municipality may amend its charter pursuant to this section notwithstanding any charter provisions to the contrary. This section shall be supplemental to the provisions of all other laws relating to the amendment of municipal charters and is not intended to diminish any substantive or procedural power vested in any municipality by present law. A municipality may, by ordinance and without referendum, redefine its boundaries to include only those lands previously annexed and shall file said redefinition with the Department of State pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2).

(4) There shall be no restrictions by the municipality on any employee’s or employee group’s political activity, while not working, in any referendum changing employee rights.

(5) A municipality may, by unanimous vote of the governing body, abolish municipal departments provided for in the municipal charter and amend provisions or language out of the charter which has been judicially construed, either by judgment or by binding legal precedent from a decision of a court of last resort, to be contrary to either the State Constitution or Federal Constitution.

(6) Each municipality shall, by ordinance or charter provision, provide procedures for filling a vacancy in office caused by death, resignation, or removal from office. Such ordinance or charter provision shall also provide procedures for filling a vacancy in candidacy caused by death, withdrawal, or removal from the ballot of a qualified candidate following the end of the qualifying period which leaves fewer than two candidates for an office.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-129; s. 1, ch. 86-95; s. 1, ch. 90-106; s. 43, ch. 90-315; s. 45, ch. 94-136.
Fla. Stat. § 627.575 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part V / Section 627.575
627.575 Extension of benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) Every group life policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this state or under which benefits are altered, modified, or amended shall provide a reasonable provision for extension of benefits for those individuals who become totally disabled while insured under the policy and who continue to be totally disabled at the date of discontinuance of the policy, as required by subsection (2).

(2) A reasonable provision for extension of benefits in the case of a group life plan is either premium waiver extension, extended death benefit for a period of at least 12 months in the event of total disability, or payment of income for a specified period during total disability. The discontinuance of the group policy shall not operate to terminate such extension.

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 79-179; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 447, 448, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 468.713 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part XIII / Section 468.713
468.713 Responsibilities of athletic trainers.
Status: in_force

(1) An athletic trainer shall practice under the direction of a physician licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or otherwise authorized by Florida law to practice medicine. The physician shall communicate his or her direction through oral or written prescriptions or protocols as deemed appropriate by the physician for the provision of services and care by the athletic trainer. An athletic trainer shall provide service or care in the manner dictated by the physician.

(2) An athletic trainer shall work within his or her allowable scope of practice as specified by board rule under s. 468.705. An athletic trainer may not provide, offer to provide, or represent that he or she is qualified to provide any care or services that he or she lacks the education, training, or experience to provide or that he or she is otherwise prohibited by law from providing.

History: s. 8, ch. 95-388; s. 8, ch. 2015-116; s. 4, ch. 2020-29; s. 34, ch. 2020-133.
Fla. Stat. § 322.23 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.23
322.23 Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions.
Status: in_force

(1) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state, given to a nonresident, shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the department in the same manner and for the same cause as a license issued by the department may be suspended or revoked.

(2) The department is authorized, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this state of a nonresident driver, of any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this state, to forward a certified copy of such record to the motor vehicle administrator in the state wherein the person so convicted is a resident.

History: s. 35, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(649); s. 35, ch. 20451, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 633.226 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part II / Section 633.226
633.226 Exemptions; farm outbuildings; standpipe systems installed by plumbing contractors.
Status: in_force

(1) This act does not apply to owners of property who are building or improving farm outbuildings.

(2) A licensed plumbing contractor is not required to be certified under this act to install standpipe systems and the following items connected thereto: overhead and underground water mains, fire hydrants and hydrant mains, hose connections, tanks and pumps; including sprinkler heads in trash chutes and in trash rooms, having no connection to an automatic sprinkler.

History: s. 19, ch. 75-240; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 8, ch. 78-141; s. 5, ch. 80-342; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 84-107; ss. 1, 2, ch. 85-128; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 31, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0747 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0747
607.0747 Applicability to foreign corporations.
Status: in_force

In any derivative proceeding in the right of a foreign corporation brought in the courts of this state, the matters covered by ss. 607.0741-607.0747 shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the foreign corporation except for ss. 607.0743, 607.0745, and 607.0746.

History: s. 79, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 710.114 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 710 / Section 710.114
710.114 Care of custodial property.
Status: in_force

(1) A custodian shall: (a) Take control of custodial property; (b) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and (c) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.

(2) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries. If a custodian has a special skill or expertise or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise. However, a custodian, in the custodian’s discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor’s estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.

(3) A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on the life of the minor only if the minor or the minor’s estate is the sole beneficiary, or on the life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor’s estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian is the irrevocable beneficiary.

(4) A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor’s interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: “as a custodian for (name of minor) under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.”

(5) A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor’s tax returns, and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-95.
Fla. Stat. § 196.021 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 196 / Section 196.021
196.021 Tax returns to show all exemptions and claims.
Status: in_force

In making tangible personal property tax returns under this chapter it shall be the duty of the taxpayer to completely disclose and claim any and all lawful or constitutional exemptions from taxation to which the taxpayer may be entitled or which he or she may desire to claim in respect to taxable tangible personal property. The failure to disclose and include such exemptions, if any, in a tangible personal property tax return made under this chapter shall be deemed a waiver of the same on the part of the taxpayer and no such exemption or claim thereof shall thereafter be allowed for that tax year.

History: s. 14, ch. 20723, 1941; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 991, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 723.0861 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 723 / Section 723.0861
723.0861 Attorney’s fees and costs.
Status: in_force

The prevailing party in any action brought to enforce the provisions of 1 this section shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

History: s. 19, ch. 92-148.
Fla. Stat. § 130.23 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 130 / Section 130.23
130.23 Time warrants in newly created counties; payment of interest and creation of sinking fund.
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county issuing such interest-bearing time warrants may pay from the general revenue fund of such county each year the accrued interest on such interest-bearing time warrants to the holders thereof, and they shall set aside from the general revenue fund of such county such sum each year as a sinking fund, which together with accrued interest thereon will be sufficient to pay at least one-fifth of the amount due and required to pay off the said warrants at the end of the said 5-year period, thereby creating a sinking fund during the said period of 5 years sufficient to pay off the entire obligation at the end of the said 5-year period.

History: s. 4, ch. 8518, 1921; CGL 2353.
Fla. Stat. § 327.40 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 327 / Section 327.40
327.40 Uniform waterway markers.
Status: in_force

(1) Waters of this state shall be marked only in conformity with the United States Aids to Navigation System, 33 C.F.R. part 62.

(2)(a) Application for marking inland lakes and state waters and any navigable waters under concurrent jurisdiction of the Coast Guard and the division shall be made to the division, accompanied by a map locating the approximate placement of markers, a list of the markers to be placed, a statement of the specification of the markers, a statement of the purpose of marking, and the names of persons responsible for the placement and upkeep of such markers. The division will assist the applicant to secure the proper permission from the Coast Guard where required, make such investigations as needed, and issue a permit. The division shall furnish the applicant with the information concerning the system adopted and the rules existing for placing and maintaining the markers. The division shall keep records of all approvals given and counsel with individuals, counties, municipalities, motorboat clubs, or other groups desiring to mark waterways for safety and navigation purposes in Florida. (b)1. No person or municipality, county, or other governmental entity shall place any uniform waterway marker in, on, or over the waters or shores of the state without a permit from the division. 2. The placement of information markers by counties, municipalities, or other governmental entities on inland lakes and their associated canals are exempt from permitting under this section. (c) The commission is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 120 to implement this section.

(3) The placement under this section or s. 327.41 of any uniform waterway marker on state submerged lands does not subject such lands to the lease requirements of chapter 253.

History: s. 6, ch. 63-105; s. 1, ch. 65-361; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 90-219; s. 14, ch. 2000-362; s. 1, ch. 2005-217; s. 10, ch. 2009-86.
Fla. Stat. § 627.417 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.417
627.417 Underwriters’ and combination policies.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more authorized insurers may jointly issue, and shall be jointly and severally liable on, an underwriters’ policy bearing their names. Any one insurer may issue a policy in the name of an underwriter’s department, and such policy shall plainly show the true name of the insurer.

(2) Two or more authorized insurers may, with the approval of the office, issue a combination policy which shall contain provisions substantially as follows: (a) That the insurers executing the policy shall be severally liable for the full amount of any loss or damage, according to the terms of the policy, or for specified percentages or amounts thereof, aggregating the full amount of insurance under the policy; and (b) That service of process, or of any notice or proof of loss required by such policy, upon any of the insurers executing the policy, shall constitute service upon all such insurers.

(3) This section does not apply to cosurety obligations.

History: s. 466, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1119, ch. 2003-261.