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Fla. Stat. § 335.1825 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.1825
335.1825 Access permit required; authority to close unpermitted connections.
Status: in_force

(1) A connection may not be constructed or substantially altered without obtaining an access permit in accordance with this act in advance of such action. The department has the authority to restrict or deny access to the State Highway System, in accordance with the provisions of this act, at the location specified in the permit until the permittee constructs or alters the connection in accordance with the permit requirements.

(2) The cost of construction or alteration of a connection shall be borne by the permittee, except for alterations which are not required by law, but are made at the request of and for the convenience of the department. The permittee, however, shall bear the cost of alteration of any connection which is required by the department due to increased or altered traffic flows generated by changes in the facilities or nature of business conducted at the location specified in the permit, if the department establishes the need for such alteration.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, an unpermitted connection is subject to closure by the department which shall have the right to install barriers across or remove the connection. When the department determines that a connection is unpermitted and subject to closure, it shall provide reasonable notice of its impending action to the owner of property served by the connection. The department’s procedures for providing notice and preventing the operation of unpermitted connections shall be adopted by rule.

(4) The department may initiate injunctive proceedings as provided in s. 120.69 to enforce the provisions of this section or any rule or order issued or entered pursuant thereto.

History: s. 6, ch. 88-224; s. 3, ch. 89-232; s. 101, ch. 92-152.
Fla. Stat. § 383.307 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 383 / Section 383.307
383.307 Administration of birth center.
Status: in_force

(1) Each birth center shall have a governing body which is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of the birth center. (a) The governing body shall develop and display a table of organization which shows the structure of the birth center and identifies the governing body, the birth center director, the clinical director, the clinical staff, and the medical consultant. (b) The governing body shall develop and make available to staff, clinicians, consultants, and licensing authorities a manual which documents policies, procedures, and protocols, including the roles and responsibilities of all personnel.

(2) There shall be an adequate number of licensed personnel to provide clinical services needed by mothers and newborns and a sufficient number of qualified personnel to provide services for families and to maintain the birth center.

(3) All clinical staff members and consultants shall hold current licenses from this state to practice their respective disciplines.

(4) Clinical staff members and consultants shall adopt bylaws which are subject to the approval of the governing body and which shall include recommendations for clinical staff or consultation appointments, delineation of clinical privileges, and the organization of the clinical staff.

History: ss. 3, 7, 27, ch. 84-283; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 48, ch. 99-397.
Fla. Stat. § 680.215 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part II / Section 680.215
680.215 Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied.
Status: in_force

Warranties, whether express or implied, must be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if that construction is unreasonable, the intention of the parties determines which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention, the following rules apply:

(1) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description.

(2) A sample from an existing bulk displaces inconsistent general language of description.

(3) Express warranties displace inconsistent implied warranties other than an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 1007.233 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1007 / Part II / Section 1007.233
1007.233 Career pathways agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Each career center and Florida College System institution with overlapping service areas must annually submit to the Department of Education, on or before May 1, a regional career pathways agreement for each certificate program offered by the career center that is aligned with an associate degree offered by the Florida College System institution in the service area. Each career pathways agreement must guarantee college credit toward an aligned associate degree program for students who graduate from a career center with a career or technical certificate and meet specified requirements in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Regional agreements may not award less credit than the amount guaranteed through existing statewide articulation agreements.

(2) Each career pathways agreement must outline certificate program completion requirements and any licenses or industry certifications that must be earned before enrolling in an associate degree program. Articulated college credit must be awarded in accordance with the agreement upon initial enrollment in the associate degree program.

History: s. 24, ch. 2019-119.
Fla. Stat. § 769.01 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 769 / Section 769.01
769.01 Employers affected by fellow servant act.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply to persons engaged in the following hazardous occupations in this state; namely, railroading, operating street railways, generating and selling electricity, telegraph and telephone business, express business, blasting and dynamiting, operating automobiles for public use, boating, when boat is propelled by steam, gas or electricity.

History: s. 1, ch. 6521, 1913; RGS 4971; CGL 7058.
Fla. Stat. § 153.75 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 153 / Part II / Section 153.75
153.75 Annual reports of district board.
Status: in_force

The district board shall cause to be made at least once each year a comprehensive report of its water system or sewer system or both including all matters relating to rates, revenues, expenses of maintenance, repair and operation and renewals and capital replacements, principal and interest requirements and the status of all funds and accounts. Copies of such report shall be filed with the district clerk and shall be open to public inspection.

History: s. 26, ch. 59-466.
Fla. Stat. § 731.302 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 731 / Part III / Section 731.302
731.302 Waiver and consent by interested person.
Status: in_force

Subsequent to the filing of a petition for administration, an interested person, including a guardian ad litem, administrator ad litem, guardian of the property, personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary, or a sole holder or all coholders of a power of revocation or a power of appointment, may waive, to the extent of that person’s interest or the interest which that person represents, subject to the provisions of ss. 731.303 and 733.604, any right or notice or the filing of any document, exhibit, or schedule required to be filed and may consent to any action or proceeding which may be required or permitted by this code.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 6, ch. 75-220; s. 4, ch. 77-87; s. 267, ch. 79-400; s. 3, ch. 84-106; s. 25, ch. 2003-154.
Fla. Stat. § 625.329 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part II / Section 625.329
625.329 Chattel mortgages.
Status: in_force

(1) In connection with a mortgage loan on the security of real estate designed and used primarily for residential purposes only, which mortgage loan was acquired pursuant to s. 625.327, an insurer may lend or invest an amount not exceeding 20 percent of the amount loaned on or invested in such real estate mortgage on the security of a chattel mortgage to be amortized by regular periodic payments within a term of not more than 5 years, and representing a first and prior lien, except for taxes not then delinquent, on personal property constituting durable equipment owned by the mortgagor and kept and used in the mortgaged premises.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “durable equipment” includes only mechanical refrigerators, air-conditioning equipment, mechanical laundering machines, heating and cooking stoves and ranges, and, in addition, in the case of apartment houses and hotels, room furniture and furnishings.

(3) Prior to the acquisition of a chattel mortgage hereunder, items of property to be included therein shall be separately appraised by a qualified appraiser and the fair market value thereof determined. No such chattel mortgage loan shall exceed in amount the same ratio of loan to the value of the property as is applicable to the companion loan on the real property.

(4) This section shall not prohibit an insurer from taking liens on personal property as additional security for any investment otherwise eligible under this part.

History: s. 154, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 122, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 195.0995 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 195 / Section 195.0995
195.0995 Use of sales transactions data; qualification; review.
Status: in_force

(1) For each sales transaction disqualified by a property appraiser, the property appraiser shall document the reason for disqualification of the sale in a manner prescribed by the department.

(2) The department shall randomly sample all sales in the county to determine whether those sales were properly qualified or disqualified. If the department finds that more than 10 percent of sales qualification decisions do not fall within the applicable criteria, the department shall issue a postaudit notification of defects and shall follow the procedures set forth in s. 195.097.

(3) Chapter 120 shall not apply to this section.

History: s. 4, ch. 93-132; s. 1, ch. 2005-185.
Fla. Stat. § 924.14 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 924 / Section 924.14
924.14 Stay of execution when defendant appeals.
Status: in_force

An appeal by a defendant from either the judgment or sentence shall stay execution of the sentence, subject to the provisions of s. 924.065.

History: s. 293a, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(303); s. 151, ch. 70-339.
Fla. Stat. § 330.325 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 330 / Section 330.325
330.325 Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

The department may institute a civil action for injunctive relief in the appropriate circuit court to prevent the violation of any provision of this chapter.

History: s. 5, ch. 84-205.
Fla. Stat. § 29.007 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 29 / Section 29.007
29.007 Court-appointed counsel.
Status: in_force

For purposes of implementing s. 14, Art. V of the State Constitution, the elements of court-appointed counsel to be provided from state revenues appropriated by general law are as follows:

(1) Private attorneys appointed by the court to handle cases where the defendant is indigent and cannot be represented by the public defender or the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel.

(2) When the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel has a conflict of interest, private attorneys appointed by the court to represent indigents or other classes of litigants in civil proceedings requiring court-appointed counsel in accordance with state and federal constitutional guarantees and federal and state statutes.

(3) Reasonable court reporting and transcription services necessary to meet constitutional or statutory requirements, including the cost of transcribing and copying depositions of witnesses and the cost of foreign language and sign-language interpreters and translators.

(4) Witnesses, including expert witnesses, summoned to appear for an investigation, preliminary hearing, or trial in a case when the witnesses are summoned on behalf of an indigent, and any other expert witnesses approved by the court.

(5) Mental health professionals appointed pursuant to s. 394.473 and required in a court hearing involving an indigent, mental health professionals appointed pursuant to s. 916.115(2) and required in a court hearing involving an indigent, and any other mental health professionals required by law for the full adjudication of any civil case involving an indigent person.

(6) Reasonable pretrial consultation fees and costs.

(7) Travel expenses reimbursable under s. 112.061 reasonably necessary in the performance of constitutional and statutory responsibilities.

Subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) apply when court-appointed counsel is appointed; when the court determines that the litigant is indigent for costs; or when the litigant is acting pro se and the court determines that the litigant is indigent for costs at the trial or appellate level. This section applies in any situation in which the court appoints counsel to protect a litigant’s due process rights. The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve uniform contract forms for use in processing payments for due process services under this section. In each case in which a private attorney represents a person determined by the court to be indigent for costs, the attorney shall execute the commission’s contract for private attorneys representing persons determined to be indigent for costs.

History: s. 7, ch. 2000-237; s. 43, ch. 2003-402; s. 16, ch. 2005-236; s. 18, ch. 2007-62.
Fla. Stat. § 250.18 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 250 / Part I / Section 250.18
250.18 Commissioned officers and warrant officers; clothing and uniform allowance.
Status: in_force

Each commissioned officer and warrant officer of the Florida National Guard must provide his or her own uniform, as prescribed under Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force regulations for commissioned or warrant officers of the National Guard or officers of the Army or Air Force of the United States, of like grade and office.

History: s. 41, ch. 8502, 1921; s. 6, ch. 9337, 1923; s. 4(e), ch. 12089, 1927; CGL 2053(e); s. 4, ch. 14761, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 2039(1); s. 1, ch. 25112, 1949; s. 1, ch. 91-139; s. 16, ch. 2003-68.
Fla. Stat. § 450.155 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 450 / Part I / Section 450.155
450.155 Funding of the Child Labor Law program.
Status: in_force

(1) Child Labor Law program appropriations made by the Legislature shall be used to carry out the proper responsibilities of administering the Child Labor Law, to protect the working youth of the state, and to provide education about the Child Labor Law to employers, public school employees, the general public, and working youth.

(2) Moneys for the administration of the child labor program shall be transferred to the Professional Regulation Trust Fund from the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund of the Department of Financial Services pursuant to nonoperating transfers.

History: s. 17, ch. 91-147; s. 501, ch. 2003-261; s. 25, ch. 2004-234.
Fla. Stat. § 578.12 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 578 / Section 578.12
578.12 Stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold orders.
Status: in_force

When agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, or shrub seed is being offered or exposed for sale or held in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the department, through its authorized representative, may issue and enforce a stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order to the owner or custodian of said seed ordering it to be held at a designated place until the law has been complied with and said seed is released in writing by the department or its authorized representative. If seed is not brought into compliance with this law it shall be destroyed within 30 days or disposed of by the department in such a manner as it shall by regulation prescribe.

History: s. 8, ch. 19364, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(597); s. 7, ch. 20251, 1941; s. 7, ch. 21942, 1943; s. 7, ch. 22694, 1945; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 9, ch. 69-144; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 46, ch. 2018-84.
Fla. Stat. § 413.36 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 413 / Part II / Section 413.36
413.36 Duties of other agencies and officials regarding this part.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all officials in charge of state or county agencies whose official duties enable them to know the need for vocational rehabilitation of persons who have disabilities to report to the division the names of such persons who come to their attention and who appear eligible for vocational rehabilitation services provided under this part. Such officials shall cooperate with the division in carrying out the purpose of this part insofar as their duties and facilities permit, but the division may not delegate any of its duties and responsibilities under this part to any other agency or individual except with respect to persons for whom a vocational rehabilitation plan has been approved by the division or by a member of its staff to whom it has delegated authority to approve individual vocational rehabilitation plans. However, nothing in this part shall be so construed as to prevent other agencies from rendering services to persons who have disabilities, which services are not designed especially for the purpose of vocationally rehabilitating such persons or services to which such persons might be entitled without regard to their disabilities.

History: s. 15, ch. 25364, 1949; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 314, ch. 77-147; s. 116, ch. 79-164; s. 10, ch. 87-227; s. 20, ch. 94-324.
Fla. Stat. § 379.2424 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part II / Section 379.2424
379.2424 Retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season; commission authority.
Status: in_force

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to implement a trap retrieval program for retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps remaining in the water during the closed season for each species. The commission is authorized to contract with outside agents for the program operation.

History: s. 4, ch. 87-116; s. 4, ch. 87-120; s. 230, ch. 94-356; s. 246, ch. 99-245; s. 2, ch. 2004-72; s. 13, ch. 2007-223; s. 71, ch. 2008-247.
Fla. Stat. § 112.511 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part V / Section 112.511
112.511 Members of special district governing bodies; suspension; removal from office.
Status: in_force

(1) A member of the governing body of a special district, as defined in s. 189.012, who exercises the powers and duties of a state or a county officer, is subject to the Governor’s power under s. 7(a), Art. IV of the State Constitution to suspend such officers.

(2) A member of the governing body of a special district, as defined in s. 189.012, who exercises powers and duties other than that of a state or county officer, is subject to the suspension and removal procedures under s. 112.51.

History: s. 4, ch. 2014-22.
Fla. Stat. § 20.29 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 20 / Section 20.29
20.29 Department of Citrus; Florida Citrus Commission; executive director.
Status: in_force

(1) The head of the Department of Citrus is the Florida Citrus Commission created under s. 601.04.

(2) The executive director of the Department of Citrus shall be appointed by a majority vote of, and serves at the pleasure of, the Florida Citrus Commission. The Florida Citrus Commission shall fix the executive director’s compensation and, in addition to any powers and duties assigned to the executive director by law, shall assign the executive director’s powers and duties.

History: s. 29, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 79-10; s. 1, ch. 2009-112; s. 1, ch. 2012-182.
Fla. Stat. § 744.1097 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part I / Section 744.1097
744.1097 Venue.
Status: in_force

(1) The venue in proceedings for declaration of incapacity shall be where the alleged incapacitated person resides or is found. The provisions of this section do not apply to veterans.

(2) The venue in proceedings for the appointment of a guardian shall be: (a) If the incapacitated person is a resident of this state, in the county where the incapacitated person resides. (b) If the incapacitated person is not a resident of this state, in any county in this state where property of the incapacitated person is located. (c) If the incapacitated person is not a resident of this state and owns no property in this state, in the county where any debtor of the incapacitated person resides. (d) If the incapacitated person is a child or young adult under the jurisdiction of a dependency court, in the county where the child or young adult resides or in the county having jurisdiction of the dependency case.

(3) When the residence of an incapacitated person is changed to another county, the guardian shall petition to have the venue of the guardianship changed to the county of the acquired residence, except in cases where venue was established under paragraph (2)(d) or as provided in s. 744.1098.

(4) If an incapacitated person is a resident of this state and is found in a county other than the county of residence, the venue for declaration of incapacity and for the appointment of a guardian may be the county where the incapacitated person is found. Upon transfer of the incapacitated person to the county of residence, the guardian may have the venue of the guardianship changed to the county of residence and a successor guardian may be appointed.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 5, ch. 75-222; s. 15, ch. 89-96; s. 7, ch. 90-271; s. 33, ch. 95-401; s. 3, ch. 96-354; s. 6, ch. 2016-40; s. 1, ch. 2019-10.
Fla. Stat. § 948.032 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 948 / Section 948.032
948.032 Condition of probation; restitution.
Status: in_force

If a defendant is placed on probation, any restitution ordered under s. 775.089 shall be a condition of the probation. The court may revoke probation if the defendant fails to comply with the order. In determining whether to revoke probation, the court shall consider the defendant’s employment status, earning ability, and financial resources; the willfulness of the defendant’s failure to pay; and any other special circumstances that may have a bearing on the defendant’s ability to pay.

History: s. 5, ch. 84-363; s. 11, ch. 93-37.