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Fla. Stat. § 620.8802 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.8802
620.8802 Partnership continues after dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its business. The partnership is terminated when the winding up of its business is completed.

(2) At any time after the dissolution of a partnership before the winding up of partnership business is completed, all of the partners, including any dissociating partner other than a wrongfully dissociating partner, may waive the right to have the partnership’s business wound up and the partnership terminated. In that event: (a) The partnership resumes carrying on its business as if dissolution had never occurred, and any liability incurred by the partnership or a partner after the dissolution and before the waiver is determined is as if the dissolution had never occurred; and (b) The rights of a third party accruing under s. 620.8804(1) or arising out of conduct in reliance on the dissolution before the third party knew or received a notification of the waiver may not be adversely affected.

History: s. 13, ch. 95-242.
Fla. Stat. § 46.015 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 46 / Section 46.015
46.015 Release of parties.
Status: in_force

(1) A written covenant not to sue or release of a person who is or may be jointly and severally liable with other persons for a claim shall not release or discharge the liability of any other person who may be liable for the balance of such claim.

(2) At trial, if any person shows the court that the plaintiff, or his or her legal representative, has delivered a written release or covenant not to sue to any person in partial satisfaction of the damages sued for, the court shall set off this amount from the amount of any judgment to which the plaintiff would be otherwise entitled at the time of rendering judgment.

(3) The fact that a written release or covenant not to sue exists or the fact that any person has been dismissed because of such release or covenant not to sue shall not be made known to the jury.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 80-144; s. 265, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 2000-336.
Fla. Stat. § 633.217 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part II / Section 633.217
633.217 Influencing a firesafety inspector; prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not influence a firesafety inspector by: (a) Threatening, coercing, tricking, or attempting to threaten, coerce, or trick the firesafety inspector into violating any provision of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this chapter. (b) Offering any compensation to the firesafety inspector to induce a violation of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this chapter.

(2) A firesafety inspector may not knowingly and intentionally request, solicit, accept, or agree to accept compensation offered as described in paragraph (1)(b).

History: s. 26, ch. 2021-113.
Fla. Stat. § 446.041 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 446 / Section 446.041
446.041 Duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) Administer ss. 446.011-446.092.

(2) Administer the standards established by the department.

(3) Register in accordance with this chapter any apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program, regardless of affiliation, which meets standards established by the department.

(4) Investigate complaints concerning the failure of any registered program to meet the standards established by the department.

(5) Cancel the registration of any program that fails to comply with the standards and policies of the department or that unreasonably fails or refuses to cooperate with the department in monitoring and enforcing compliance with the standards.

(6) Develop and encourage apprenticeship programs.

(7) Lead and coordinate outreach efforts to educate veterans about apprenticeship and career opportunities.

(8) Cooperate with and assist local apprenticeship sponsors in the development of their apprenticeship standards and training requirements.

(9) Encourage registered apprenticeship programs to grant consideration and credit to individuals completing registered preapprenticeship programs.

(10) Monitor registered apprenticeship programs to ensure that they are being operated in compliance with all applicable standards.

(11) Supervise all apprenticeship programs that are registered with the department.

(12) Ensure that minority and gender diversity are considered in administering this program.

(13) Adopt rules required to administer ss. 446.011-446.092.

History: s. 4, ch. 23934, 1947; s. 3, ch. 28037, 1953; s. 1, ch. 63-153; s. 19, ch. 63-400; ss. 17, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 168, ch. 71-377; s. 3, ch. 72-113; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 56, ch. 73-338; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 11, ch. 78-95; s. 32, ch. 79-7; s. 4, ch. 79-397; s. 21, ch. 83-174; s. 5, ch. 85-75; s. 10, ch. 95-345; s. 17, ch. 97-98; s. 36, ch. 97-307; s. 21, ch. 98-58; s. 115, ch. 2000-165; s. 4, ch. 2004-322; s. 5, ch. 2018-7; s. 15, ch. 2021-164.
Fla. Stat. § 180.13 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 180 / Section 180.13
180.13 Administration of utility; rate fixing and collection of charges.
Status: in_force

(1) The city council, or other legislative body of the municipality, by whatever name known, may create a separate board or may designate certain officers of said municipality to have the supervision and control of the operation of the works constructed under the authority of this chapter, which said board or designated officers may make all necessary rules or regulations governing the use, control and operation of said works; subject, however, to the approval of the city council, or other legislative body, by whatever name known.

(2) The city council, or other legislative body of the municipality, by whatever name known, may establish just and equitable rates or charges to be paid to the municipality for the use of the utility by each person, firm or corporation whose premises are served thereby; and provided further, that if the charges so fixed are not paid when due, such sums may be recovered by the said municipality by suit in a court having jurisdiction of said cause or by discontinuance of service of such utility until delinquent charges for services thereof are paid, including charge covering any reasonable expense for reconnecting such service after such delinquencies are paid, or any other lawful method of enforcement of the payment of such delinquencies.

History: s. 7, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(12).
Fla. Stat. § 607.0623 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0623
607.0623 Share dividends.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, shares may be issued pro rata and without consideration to the corporation’s shareholders or to the shareholders of one or more classes or series of shares. An issuance of shares under this subsection is a share dividend.

(2) Shares of one class or series may not be issued as a share dividend in respect of shares of another class or series unless: (a) The articles of incorporation so authorize, (b) A majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued approves the issue, or (c) There are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued.

(3) The board of directors may fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend, but the date may not be retroactive. If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend, the record date is the date the board of directors authorizes the share dividend.

History: s. 40, ch. 89-154; s. 44, ch. 2019-90; s. 11, ch. 2020-32.
Fla. Stat. § 409.402 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part I / Section 409.402
409.402 Financial responsibility for child.
Status: in_force

Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of state laws fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked.

History: s. 2, ch. 74-317.
Fla. Stat. § 379.2258 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part I / Section 379.2258
379.2258 Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.
Status: in_force

(1) The state hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and for other purposes,” approved September 2, 1937 (Pub. L. No. 415, 75th Congress), and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative wildlife restoration projects, as defined in said Act of Congress, in compliance with said act and rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture thereunder.

(2) From and after the passage of this section it shall be unlawful to divert any funds accruing to the state from license fees paid by hunters for any purpose other than the administration of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of the state.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 20223, 1941; s. 161, ch. 99-245; s. 41, ch. 2008-247.
Fla. Stat. § 14.01 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 14 / Section 14.01
14.01 Governor; residence; office; authority to protect life, liberty, and property.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall reside at the head of government, and the Governor’s office shall be in the capitol. The Governor may have such other offices within the state as he or she may deem necessary. The Governor may employ as many persons as he or she, in his or her discretion, may deem necessary to procure and secure protection to life, liberty, and property of the inhabitants of the state, also to protect the property of the state.

History: ch. 1660, 1868; RS 68; GS 69; RGS 83; CGL 104; s. 1, ch. 65-54; s. 32, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 320.408 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.408
320.408 Departmental warrant for collection of unpaid taxes and penalties due from motor carriers.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the determination of the amount of unpaid taxes and penalties due from a motor carrier, the department may issue a warrant, under its official seal, directed to the sheriff of any county of the state, commanding the sheriff to levy upon and sell the goods and chattels of such motor carrier found within the sheriff’s jurisdiction for the payment of the amount of such delinquency, with the added penalties and interest and the cost of executing the warrant and conducting the sale, and to return such warrant to the department and pay the department the money collected by virtue thereof. However, any surplus resulting from such sale after all payments of costs, penalties, and delinquent taxes have been made shall be returned to the defaulting motor carrier.

(2) The sheriff to whom any such warrant is directed shall proceed upon the same in the same manner as prescribed by law in respect to executions issued against goods and chattels upon judgment by the several circuit courts, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(3) In the event there is a contest or claim of any kind with reference to the property levied upon or the amount of taxes, costs, or penalties due, such contest or claim shall be tried in the circuit court in and for the county in which the warrant was executed, as nearly as may be in the same manner and means as such contest or claim would have been tried in such court had the warrant originally issued upon a judgment rendered by such court. The warrant issued as provided in this section shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount of taxes, interest, and penalties due to the state by the motor carrier, and the burden of proof shall be upon the motor carrier to show that the amounts or penalties were incorrect.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as forfeiting or waiving any rights to collect such taxes or penalties by an action upon any bonds that may be filed with the department under the provisions of this chapter or by suit or otherwise; in case such suit, action, or other proceeding is instituted for the collection of the tax, such suit, action, or other proceeding shall not be construed as waiving any other right herein provided. Any civil proceeding under this chapter shall not be construed as a waiver or as an estoppel in any criminal proceeding against a motor carrier under this chapter.

History: s. 35, ch. 87-198; s. 364, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 1011.621 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1011 / Part II / Section 1011.621
1011.621 Adjustments for interdistrict transfers of students in Department of Juvenile Justice detention facilities within a survey period.
Status: in_force

The Department of Education, upon request by a school district and verification by the Department of Juvenile Justice, shall direct a school district that receives Florida Education Finance Program funds attributed to a membership survey for children in secure detention care pursuant to chapter 985 to transfer a pro rata share of the funds to another district that served the same students during the same survey period but was unable to report the students for funding. The amount of the funds transfer shall be based on the percentage of the survey period in which the students were served by each district.

History: s. 34, ch. 2011-55.
Fla. Stat. § 252.64 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 252 / Part I / Section 252.64
252.64 Protection of religious institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term “religious institution” has the same meaning as in s. 496.404.

(2) An emergency order authorized by this part may not directly or indirectly prohibit a religious institution from conducting regular religious services or activities. However, a general provision in an emergency order which applies uniformly to all entities in the affected jurisdiction may be applied to a religious institution if the provision is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

History: s. 1, ch. 2022-208.
Fla. Stat. § 849.21 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 849 / Section 849.21
849.21 Injunction to restrain violation.
Status: in_force

An action to enjoin any nuisance as herein defined may be brought by any person in the courts of equity in this state. If it is made to appear by affidavit or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the court, or judge in vacation, that such nuisance exists, a temporary writ of injunction shall forthwith issue restraining the defendant from conducting or permitting the continuance of such nuisance until the conclusion of the action. Upon application of the complainant in such a proceeding, the court or judge may also enter an order restraining the defendant and all other persons from removing, or in any way interfering with the machines or devices or other things used in connection with the violation of ss. 849.15-849.23 constituting such a nuisance. No bond shall be required in instituting such proceedings.

History: s. 8, ch. 18143, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151 (405-g).
Fla. Stat. § 631.731 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part III / Section 631.731
631.731 Liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation proceedings; distributions.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to the termination of any liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation proceeding, the court may take into consideration the contributions of the respective parties, including the association, the shareholders and policyowners of the insolvent insurer, and any other party with a bona fide interest, in making an equitable distribution of the ownership rights of such insolvent insurer. In such a determination, consideration shall be given to the welfare of the policyholders of the continuing or successor insurer.

(2) No distribution to stockholders, if any, of an impaired or insolvent insurer shall be made until and unless the total amount of valid claims of the association for funds expended in carrying out its powers and duties under s. 631.717 with respect to such insurer has been fully recovered by the association.

History: s. 13, ch. 79-189; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 839.05 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 839 / Section 839.05
839.05 Municipal officers not to speculate in municipal scrip.
Status: in_force

Any mayor, marshal, treasurer, clerk, tax collector or other officer of any incorporated city or town, or any deputy of such officer, who buys up at a discount, or in any manner, directly or indirectly, speculates in any scrip or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the municipal corporation of which she or he is an officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and shall be removed from office.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 3464, 1883; RS 2559; GS 3466; RGS 5335; CGL 7468; s. 1015, ch. 71-136; s. 242, ch. 77-104; s. 1318, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 559.06 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part I / Section 559.06
559.06 Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083, and the circuit court shall have jurisdiction in equity on the complaint of any interested person to restrain and enjoin the violation of any of said provisions.

History: s. 6, ch. 59-311; s. 552, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 810.11 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 810 / Section 810.11
810.11 Placing signs adjacent to highways; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) All persons are prohibited from placing, posting, or erecting signs upon land or upon trees upon land adjacent to or adjoining all public highways of the state, without the written consent of the owner of such land, or the written consent of the attorney or agent of such owner.

(2) Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 13801, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 7433(1); s. 892, ch. 71-136; s. 37, ch. 74-383; s. 24, ch. 75-298; s. 188, ch. 91-224.
Fla. Stat. § 30.074 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 30 / Section 30.074
30.074 Regular appointee status.
Status: in_force

When a deputy sheriff to whom the provisions of this act apply has served for a period of 1 calendar year, such deputy sheriff shall have attained regular deputy status in the office of the sheriff. Any deputy who is required to serve a probationary period attendant to a promotion shall retain regular status in the office of the sheriff, but may be returned to his or her prior rank during such probationary period without the right of appeal.

History: s. 5, ch. 94-143; s. 1327, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 265.284 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 265 / Section 265.284
265.284 Chief cultural officer; director of division; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The Secretary of State is the chief cultural officer of the state.

(2) The division is the state arts administrative agency and shall be headed by a director who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

(3) The division shall directly administer and oversee all of the programs authorized by this act. In furtherance thereof, the division shall: (a) Accept and administer state and federal funds appropriated by the Legislature or funds received from other public or private sources. (b) Advance funds for grants on a quarterly basis. (c) Enter into agreements for awarding grants or other contracts with any person, firm, performing arts company, educational institution, arts organization, corporation, or governmental agency as may be necessary or advisable to carry out its functions under this act. (d) Upon request, or at its own initiative, consult with and advise other individuals, groups, organizations, or state agencies and officials, particularly the Governor and the Cabinet, concerning the acquisition by gift or purchase of fine art works, the appropriate use and display of state-owned art treasures for maximum public benefit, and the suitability of any structures or fixtures, including framing, primarily intended for ornamental or decorative purposes in the interior of public buildings. (e) Accept on behalf of the state donations of money, property, art objects, and antiquities. Such donations of money and any cash income may be received from the disposal of any donations of property, art objects, or antiquities, which shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund and are hereby appropriated for use by the division for the purposes authorized in this act. (f) Sponsor performances and exhibits; promote and encourage the study and appreciation of arts and culture; and collect, publish, and print pamphlets, papers, newsletters, and other materials related to arts and cultural programs available throughout the state. (g) Conduct and support cultural programs and cultural exchanges by coordinating with the appropriate state agencies and other organizations. (h) Accept funding and other forms of support for the purposes in this act. (i) Notwithstanding s. 287.022 or s. 287.025(1)(e), enter into contracts to insure museum collections, artifacts, relics, and fine arts to which it holds title or which are on loan to the division. (j) Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this subsection.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 80-319; s. 1, ch. 92-61; s. 194, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 5, ch. 95-282; s. 2, ch. 95-333; s. 52, ch. 98-200; s. 48, ch. 2001-61; s. 4, ch. 2003-401; s. 7, ch. 2005-207; s. 6, ch. 2009-72; s. 2, ch. 2010-20.