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Fla. Stat. § 651.015 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 651 / Section 651.015
651.015 Administration; forms; fees; rules; fines.
Status: in_force

The administration of this chapter is vested in the commission, office, and department, which shall:

(1) Prepare and furnish all forms necessary under the provisions of this chapter in relation to applications for provisional certificates of authority, certificates of authority or renewals thereof, statements, examinations, and other required reports. The office is authorized to accept any application statement, report, or information submitted electronically or by facsimile to comply with requirements in this chapter or rules adopted under this section. The commission may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(2) Collect in advance, and the applicant shall pay in advance, the following fees: (a) At the time of filing an application for a certificate of authority, an application fee in the amount of $75 for each facility. (b) At the time of filing the annual report required by s. 651.026, a fee in the amount of $100 for each year or part thereof for each facility. (c) A late fee not to exceed $50 a day for each day of noncompliance. (d) A fee to cover the actual cost of a credit report and fingerprint processing. (e) At the time of filing an application for a provisional certificate of authority, a fee in the amount of $50.

(3) Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter.

(4) Impose administrative fines and penalties pursuant to this chapter.

(5) Deposit all fees and fines collected under the provisions of this chapter into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-323; s. 249, ch. 79-400; ss. 2, 25, ch. 81-292; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 2, 31, 33, 35, ch. 83-328; s. 1, ch. 87-136; s. 12, ch. 93-22; s. 3, ch. 97-229; s. 217, ch. 98-200; s. 1, ch. 2002-222; s. 1666, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 112.3213 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part III / Section 112.3213
112.3213 Legislative intent and purpose.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the operation of open and responsible government requires the fullest opportunity to be afforded to the people to petition their government for the redress of grievances and to express freely their opinions on executive branch action. Further, the Legislature finds that preservation of the integrity of the governmental decisionmaking process is essential to the continued functioning of an open government. Therefore, in order to preserve and maintain the integrity of the process and to better inform citizens of the efforts to influence executive branch action, the Legislature finds it necessary to require the public disclosure of the identity, expenditures, and activities of certain persons who attempt to influence actions of the executive branch in the areas of policy and procurement.

History: s. 5, ch. 93-121.
Fla. Stat. § 627.5515 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part V / Section 627.5515
627.5515 Out-of-state groups.
Status: in_force

(1) Any group life insurance policy issued or delivered outside this state under which a resident of this state is provided coverage shall comply with the provisions of this part in the same manner as group life policies issued in this state.

(2) This part does not apply to a group life insurance policy issued or delivered outside this state under which a resident of this state is provided coverage if: (a) The policy is issued to an employee group the composition of which is substantially as described in s. 627.552; a labor union group the composition of which is substantially as described in s. 627.554; a trustee group the composition of which is substantially as described in s. 627.555; a credit union group the composition of which is substantially as described in s. 627.556; an additional group complying with s. 627.5565; an association group the composition of which is substantially as described in s. 627.5567; an association group to cover persons associated in any other common group, which common group is formed primarily for purposes other than providing insurance; a group which is established primarily for the purpose of providing group insurance, provided the benefits are reasonable in relation to the premiums charged thereunder and issuance of the group policy has resulted, or will result, in economies of administration; or a group of insurance agents of an insurer, which insurer is the policyholder; (b) Certificates evidencing coverage under the policy are issued to residents of this state and contain in contrasting color and not less than 10-point type the following statement: “The benefits of the policy providing your coverage are governed primarily by the law of a state other than Florida.”; and (c) The policy provides the benefits specified in s. 627.566.

(3) Section 624.428 is not applicable when residents of this state are enrolled for coverage under a policy or certificate issued in accordance with subsection (2).

(4) Prior to solicitation in this state, a copy of the master policy and a copy of the form of the certificate evidencing coverage that will be issued to residents of this state shall be filed with the office for informational purposes.

(5) Prior to solicitation in this state, an officer of the insurer shall truthfully certify to the office that the policy and certificates evidencing coverage have been reviewed and approved by the state in which the group policy is issued.

(6) Any insurer who provides coverage under certificates of insurance issued to residents of this state shall designate one Florida-licensed resident agent as agent of record for the service of such certificates, unless the policy is issued to a group substantially as described in s. 627.552, s. 627.554, s. 627.555, s. 627.556, s. 627.5565, or s. 627.5567.

History: ss. 422, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 98, ch. 83-216; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 30, ch. 99-3; s. 1138, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 101.5606 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 101 / Section 101.5606
101.5606 Requirements for approval of systems.
Status: in_force

No electronic or electromechanical voting system shall be approved by the Department of State unless it is so constructed that:

(1) It permits and requires voting in secrecy.

(2) It permits each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which the elector is lawfully entitled to vote, and no others; to vote for as many persons for an office as the elector is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon which the elector is entitled to vote.

(3) It immediately rejects a ballot where the number of votes for an office or measure exceeds the number which the voter is entitled to cast or where the tabulating equipment reads the ballot as a ballot with no votes cast.

(4) For systems using marksense ballots, it accepts a rejected ballot pursuant to subsection (3) if a voter chooses to cast the ballot, but records no vote for any office that has been overvoted or undervoted.

(5) It is capable of correctly counting votes.

(6) It permits each voter at a primary election to vote only for the candidates seeking nomination by the political party in which such voter is registered, for any candidate for nonpartisan office, and for any question upon which the voter is entitled to vote.

(7) At presidential elections it permits each elector, by one operation, to vote for all presidential electors of a party or for all presidential electors of candidates for President and Vice President with no party affiliation.

(8) It provides a method for write-in voting.

(9) It is capable of accumulating a count of the specific number of ballots tallied for a precinct, accumulating total votes by candidate for each office, and accumulating total votes for and against each question and issue of the ballots tallied for a precinct.

(10) It is capable of tallying votes from ballots of different political parties from the same precinct, in the case of a primary election.

(11) It is capable of automatically producing precinct totals in printed form.

(12) If it is of a type which registers votes electronically, it will permit each voter to change his or her vote for any candidate or upon any question appearing on the official ballot up to the time that the voter takes the final step to register his or her vote and to have the vote computed.

(13) It is capable of providing records from which the operation of the voting system may be audited.

(14) It uses a precinct-count tabulation system.

(15) It does not use an apparatus or device for the piercing of ballots by the voter.

History: s. 6, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 10, ch. 84-302; s. 10, ch. 89-348; s. 578, ch. 95-147; s. 17, ch. 99-318; s. 18, ch. 2001-40; s. 10, ch. 2002-17; s. 35, ch. 2005-277; s. 32, ch. 2011-40.
Fla. Stat. § 341.8225 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 341 / Section 341.8225
341.8225 Department of Transportation sole governmental entity to acquire, construct, or operate high-speed rail projects; exception.
Status: in_force

(1) No governmental entity other than the department may acquire, construct, maintain, or operate the high-speed rail system except upon specific authorization of the Legislature.

(2) Local governmental entities, as defined in s. 334.03(13), may negotiate with the department for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of any component of the high-speed rail system within areas of their respective jurisdictions or within counties with which they have interlocal agreements.

History: s. 14, ch. 2009-271; s. 92, ch. 2012-174.
Fla. Stat. § 376.77 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 376 / Section 376.77
376.77 Short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 376.77-376.85 may be cited as the “Brownfields Redevelopment Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 97-277; s. 1, ch. 98-75.
Fla. Stat. § 475.610 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part II / Section 475.610
475.610 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The Legislature deems it necessary in the interest of the public welfare to regulate real estate appraisers in this state.

History: ss. 9, 11, ch. 91-89; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 2000-332.
Fla. Stat. § 620.8104 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.8104
620.8104 Supplemental principles of law.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this act, the principles of law and equity supplement this act.

(2) If an obligation to pay interest arises under this act and the rate is not specified, the rate is that specified in s. 687.01.

History: s. 13, ch. 95-242.
Fla. Stat. § 350.0614 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.0614
350.0614 Public Counsel; compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The salaries and expenses of the Public Counsel and his or her employees shall be allocated by the committee only from moneys appropriated to the Public Counsel by the Legislature.

(2) The Legislature declares and determines that the Public Counsel is under the legislative branch of government within the intention of the legislation as expressed in chapter 216, and no power shall be in the Executive Office of the Governor or its successor to release or withhold funds appropriated to it, but the same shall be available for expenditure as provided by law.

(3) Neither the Executive Office of the Governor nor the Department of Management Services or its successor shall have power to determine the number, or fix the compensation, of the employees of the Public Counsel or to exercise any manner of control over them.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the operating budget, as approved jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the moneys appropriated to the Public Counsel by the Legislature, constitutes the allocation under which the Public Counsel will manage the duties of his or her office. The Public Counsel: (a) Shall submit an annual budget request to the Legislature in the format, detail, and schedule determined by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (b) May employ technical and clerical personnel and retain additional counsel and experts, including expert witnesses. In employing such personnel, retaining additional counsel and experts, and exercising all other administrative duties of the office, the Public Counsel must follow applicable provisions of the most recent version of the Joint Policies and Procedures of the Presiding Officers. Any guidance for administrative issues not addressed by the Joint Policies and Procedures of the Presiding Officers requires consultation and joint agreement of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This subsection expires July 1, 2024.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-195; s. 120, ch. 79-190; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 6, ch. 87-50; s. 121, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 539, ch. 95-148; s. 7, ch. 2005-132; s. 36, ch. 2008-227; s. 30, ch. 2011-34; s. 71, ch. 2021-37; s. 90, ch. 2022-157; s. 80, ch. 2023-240.
Fla. Stat. § 295.019 — Florida Code / Title XX / Chapter 295 / Section 295.019
295.019 Children of servicemembers who died in U.S.S. Stark attack.
Status: in_force

(1) It is hereby declared to be state policy to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of those servicemembers killed in the Iraqi missile attack on the U.S.S. Stark in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, which servicemembers claimed Florida as their home of record on the date of the attack.

(2) The provisions of ss. 295.03-295.05 and 1009.40 shall apply.

History: s. 32, ch. 88-290; s. 18, ch. 90-302; s. 247, ch. 95-148; s. 953, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 458.3165 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.3165
458.3165 Public psychiatry certificate.
Status: in_force

The board shall issue a public psychiatry certificate to an individual who remits an application fee not to exceed $300, as set by the board, who is a board-certified psychiatrist, who is licensed to practice medicine without restriction in another state, and who meets the requirements in s. 458.311(1)(a)-(g) and (5). A recipient of a public psychiatry certificate may use the certificate to work at any public mental health facility or program funded in part or entirely by state funds.

(1) Such certificate shall: (a) Authorize the holder to practice only in a public mental health facility or program funded in part or entirely by state funds. (b) Be issued and renewable biennially if the State Surgeon General and the chair of the department of psychiatry at one of the public medical schools or the chair of the department of psychiatry at the accredited medical school at the University of Miami recommend in writing that the certificate be issued or renewed. (c) Automatically expire if the holder’s relationship with a public mental health facility or program expires. (d) Not be issued to a person who has been adjudged unqualified or guilty of any of the prohibited acts in this chapter.

(2) The board may take disciplinary action against a certificateholder for noncompliance with any part of this section or for any reason for which a regular licensee may be subject to discipline.

History: ss. 11, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 20, ch. 88-1; s. 22, ch. 89-162; s. 10, ch. 89-374; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 204, ch. 97-103; s. 150, ch. 97-237; s. 26, ch. 97-273; s. 221, ch. 99-8; s. 97, ch. 99-397; s. 72, ch. 2008-6.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1507 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1507
620.1507 Right to distribution.
Status: in_force

When a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the partner or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited partnership with respect to the distribution. However, the limited partnership’s obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset for any amount owed to the limited partnership by the partner or dissociated partner on whose account the distribution is made.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 732.2115 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part II / Section 732.2115
732.2115 Protection of payors and other third parties.
Status: in_force

Although a property interest is included in the decedent’s elective estate under s. 732.2035(3)-(9), a payor or other third party is not liable for paying, distributing, or transferring the property to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, or for taking any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of a governing instrument.

History: s. 11, ch. 99-343; s. 8, ch. 2017-121.
Fla. Stat. § 559.553 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part VI / Section 559.553
559.553 Registration of consumer collection agencies required; exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not engage in business in this state as a consumer collection agency or continue to do business in this state as a consumer collection agency without first registering in accordance with this part, and thereafter maintaining a valid registration.

(2) Each consumer collection agency doing business in this state shall register with the office and renew such registration annually as set forth in s. 559.555.

(3) This section does not apply to: (a) An original creditor. (b) A member of The Florida Bar. (c) A financial institution authorized to do business in this state and any wholly owned subsidiary and affiliate thereof. (d) A licensed real estate broker. (e) An insurance company authorized to do business in this state. (f) A consumer finance company and any wholly owned subsidiary and affiliate thereof. (g) A person licensed pursuant to chapter 520. (h) An out-of-state consumer debt collector who does not solicit consumer debt accounts for collection from credit grantors who have a business presence in this state. (i) An FDIC-insured institution or subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

(4) An out-of-state consumer debt collector as defined in s. 559.55(11) who is not exempt from registration by application of subsection (3) and who fails to register in accordance with this part shall be subject to an enforcement action by the state as specified in s. 559.565.

History: ss. 5, 13, ch. 93-275; s. 678, ch. 2003-261; s. 2, ch. 2014-116.
Fla. Stat. § 90.608 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.608
90.608 Who may impeach.
Status: in_force

Any party, including the party calling the witness, may attack the credibility of a witness by:

(1) Introducing statements of the witness which are inconsistent with the witness’s present testimony.

(2) Showing that the witness is biased.

(3) Attacking the character of the witness in accordance with the provisions of s. 90.609 or s. 90.610.

(4) Showing a defect of capacity, ability, or opportunity in the witness to observe, remember, or recount the matters about which the witness testified.

(5) Proof by other witnesses that material facts are not as testified to by the witness being impeached.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 14, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379; s. 1, ch. 90-174; s. 488, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 520.13 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part I / Section 520.13
520.13 Waiver.
Status: in_force

Any waiver of the provisions of ss. 520.01-520.10, s. 520.12, s. 520.13, s. 520.993, s. 520.994, or s. 520.995 shall be unenforceable and void.

History: s. 12, ch. 57-799; s. 3, ch. 61-117; s. 36, ch. 69-353; s. 6, ch. 69-370; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 9, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 627.567 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part V / Section 627.567
627.567 Conversion on termination of policy.
Status: in_force

A group life insurance policy shall provide that, if the group policy terminates or is amended so as to terminate the insurance of any class of insured persons, every person insured thereunder at the date of such termination whose insurance terminates, including the insured dependent of a covered person, and who has been so insured for at least 5 years prior to such termination date is entitled to have issued to her or him by the insurer an individual policy of life insurance, subject to the same conditions and limitations as are provided by s. 627.566, except that the group policy may provide that the amount of such individual policy shall not exceed the smaller of:

(1) The amount of the person’s life insurance protection ceasing because of the termination or amendment of the group policy, less the amount of any life insurance for which she or he is or becomes eligible under any group policy issued or reinstated by the same or another insurer within 31 days after such termination; or

(2) Ten thousand dollars.

History: s. 540, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 438, 448, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 337, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 397.4104 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 397 / Part II / Section 397.4104
397.4104 Record of recovery residences used by service providers.
Status: in_force

(1) By July 1, 2022, a service provider shall record in the department’s Provider Licensure and Designations System the name and location of each recovery residence that the service provider has referred patients to or received patients from and update the record with any changes that occur. A service provider must update such record within 30 business days after the change.

(2) Beginning July 1, 2022, a licensed service provider that violates this section is subject to an administrative fine of $1,000 per occurrence. The department may suspend or revoke a service provider’s license pursuant to s. 397.415 for repeat violations of this section.

History: s. 3, ch. 2022-31.
Fla. Stat. § 629.141 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 629 / Section 629.141
629.141 Action on bond.
Status: in_force

Action on the attorney’s bond or to recover against any such deposit made in lieu thereof may be brought at any time by one or more subscribers suffering loss through a violation of its conditions or by a receiver or liquidator of the insurer. Amounts recovered on the bond shall be deposited in and become part of the insurer’s funds. The total aggregate liability of the surety shall be limited to the amount of the penalty of such bond.

History: s. 684, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 681, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 210.151 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 210 / Part I / Section 210.151
210.151 Initial temporary cigarette permits.
Status: in_force

When a person has filed a completed application which does not on its face disclose any reason for denying a cigarette permit under s. 210.15, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall issue a temporary initial permit of the same type and series for which the application has been submitted, which is valid for all purposes under this chapter.

(1) A temporary initial permit shall be valid for up to 90 days and may be extended by the division for up to an additional 90 days for good cause. The division may at any time during such period grant or deny the permit applied for, notwithstanding s. 120.60.

(2) A temporary initial permit expires and may not be continued or extended beyond the date the division denies the permit applied for; beyond 14 days after the date the division approves the permit applied for; beyond the date the applicant pays the permit fee and the division issues the permit applied for; or beyond the date the temporary permit otherwise expires by law, whichever date occurs first.

(3) Each applicant seeking a temporary initial cigarette permit shall pay to the division for such permit a fee of $100.

(4) Any fee or penalty collected under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 91-131; s. 15, ch. 94-218; s. 2, ch. 2000-323.