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Fla. Stat. § 97.022 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 97 / Part I / Section 97.022
97.022 Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The Office of Election Crimes and Security is created within the Department of State. The purpose of the office is to aid the Secretary of State in completion of his or her duties under s. 97.012(12) and (15) by: (a) Receiving and reviewing notices and reports generated by government officials or any other person regarding alleged occurrences of election law violations or election irregularities in this state. (b) Initiating independent inquiries and conducting preliminary investigations into allegations of election law violations or election irregularities in this state.

(2) The office may review complaints and conduct preliminary investigations into alleged violations of the Florida Election Code or any rule adopted pursuant thereto and any election irregularities.

(3) The secretary shall appoint a director of the office.

(4) The office shall be based in Tallahassee and shall employ nonsworn investigators to conduct any investigations. The positions and resources necessary for the office to accomplish its duties shall be established through and subject to the legislative appropriations process.

(5) The office shall oversee the department’s voter fraud hotline.

(6) This section does not limit the jurisdiction of any other office or agency of the state empowered by law to investigate, act upon, or dispose of alleged election law violations.

(7) By January 15 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives detailing information on investigations of alleged election law violations or election irregularities conducted during the prior calendar year. The report must include the total number of complaints received and independent investigations initiated and the number of complaints referred to another agency for further investigation or prosecution, including the total number of those matters sent to a special officer pursuant to s. 102.091. For each alleged violation or irregularity investigated, the report must include: (a) The source of the alleged violation or irregularity; (b) The law allegedly violated or the nature of the irregularity reported; (c) The county in which the alleged violation or irregularity occurred; (d) Whether the alleged violation or irregularity was referred to another agency for further investigation or prosecution and, if so, to which agency; and (e) The current status of the investigation or resulting criminal case.

History: s. 3, ch. 2022-73.
Fla. Stat. § 593.24 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 593 / Section 593.24
593.24 Technical assistance by Department of Health; health advisory committee.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health shall provide technical assistance to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services when the latter department is carrying out an emergency response to a plant pest infestation which involves the aerial application of a pesticide to an urbanized area and shall establish a health advisory committee. The committee shall consist of seven members and shall include the State Health Officer, the local health officer, the poison information center director, a toxicologist from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, a person representing a state teaching hospital, a physician practicing in the area, and an epidemiologist from the Department of Health. The duties of the health advisory committee are to serve as a resource, under the supervision of the Department of Health, to the Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in carrying out their duties under this act; duties of the health advisory committee include, but are not limited to, review of the aggregate information collected from physician and hotline calls.

History: s. 5, ch. 98-108.
Fla. Stat. § 633.418 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part IV / Section 633.418
633.418 Inservice training and promotion; participation.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The division shall by rule prescribe curricula and standards for advanced and specialized training courses and education in addition to those prescribed in ss. 633.408 and 633.412. (b) The standards provided by this section do not bind any fire service provider as to the requirements it may have for promoting personnel.

(2) A fire service provider participating under this section shall adhere to the standards and procedures established by the division.

History: ss. 12, 17, ch. 69-323; s. 1, ch. 70-110; ss. 1, 6, ch. 75-151; s. 6, ch. 81-205; s. 63, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1022 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1022
607.1022 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors.
Status: in_force

(1) A bylaw that increases a quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors may be amended or repealed: (a) If originally adopted by the shareholders, only by the shareholders, unless the bylaw otherwise provides; or (b) If originally adopted by the board of directors, either by the shareholders or by the board of directors.

(2) A bylaw adopted or amended by the shareholders that increases a quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors may provide that it may be amended or repealed only by a specified vote of either the shareholders or the board of directors.

(3) Action by the board of directors under subsection (1) to amend or repeal a bylaw that changes the quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors must meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote required to take action under the quorum and voting requirement then in effect or proposed to be adopted, whichever is greater.

History: s. 108, ch. 89-154; s. 130, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 678.4011 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 678 / Part IV / Section 678.4011
678.4011 Duty of issuer to register transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) If a certificated security in registered form is presented to an issuer with a request to register transfer or an instruction is presented to an issuer with a request to register transfer of an uncertificated security, the issuer shall register the transfer as requested if: (a) Under the terms of the security the person seeking registration of transfer is eligible to have the security registered in its name. (b) The indorsement or instruction is made by the appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person. (c) Reasonable assurance is given that the indorsement or instruction is genuine and authorized (s. 678.4021). (d) Any applicable law relating to the collection of taxes has been complied with. (e) The transfer does not violate any restriction on transfer imposed by the issuer in accordance with s. 678.2041. (f) A demand that the issuer not register transfer has not become effective under s. 678.4031, or the issuer has complied with s. 678.4031(2) but no legal process or indemnity bond is obtained as provided in s. 678.4031(4). (g) The transfer is in fact rightful or is to a protected purchaser.

(2) If an issuer is under a duty to register a transfer of a security, the issuer is liable to a person presenting a certificated security or an instruction for registration or to the person’s principal for loss resulting from unreasonable delay in registration or failure or refusal to register the transfer.

History: s. 4, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 472.0135 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 472 / Section 472.0135
472.0135 Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements; accreditation; consultation.
Status: in_force

(1) If the board requires a student to complete a specific number of clock hours of classroom instruction for initial licensure purposes, the board shall establish the minimal competencies that such student must demonstrate in order to be licensed. The demonstration of such competencies may be substituted for specific classroom clock-hour requirements established in statute or rule which are related to instructional programs for licensure purposes. Student demonstration of the established minimum competencies shall be certified by the educational institution.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, educational programs and institutions which are required by statute to be accredited, but which were accredited by an agency that has since ceased to perform an accrediting function, shall be recognized until such programs and institutions are accredited by a qualified successor to the original accrediting agency, an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the board.

(3) The board shall consult with the Commission for Independent Education, the Board of Governors of the State University System, and the State Board of Education prior to adopting any changes to training requirements relating to entry into the profession. This consultation must allow the educational board to provide advice regarding the impact of the proposed changes in terms of the length of time necessary to complete the training program and the fiscal impact of the changes. The educational board must be consulted only when an institution offering the training program falls under its jurisdiction.

History: s. 12, ch. 2009-66.
Fla. Stat. § 677.505 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 677 / Part V / Section 677.505
677.505 Indorser not guarantor for other parties.
Status: in_force

The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by a bailee does not make the indorser liable for any default by the bailee or previous indorsers.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 49, ch. 2010-131.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.385 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part II / Section 1004.385
1004.385 Florida International University College of Medicine.
Status: in_force

A college of medicine, as approved by the Board of Governors on March 23, 2006, is authorized at Florida International University.

History: s. 8, ch. 2006-58.
Fla. Stat. § 206.23 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.23
206.23 Tax; must be stated separately.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person engaged in selling motor fuel shall add the amount of the fuel tax to the price of the motor fuel sold by him or her and shall state the tax separately from the price of the motor fuel on all invoices. All taxes due pursuant to this part shall be separately stated and identified as Florida fuel tax and as a local option fuel tax imposed by a specific county, as applicable. However, this section shall not apply to retail sales by a retail service station.

(2) A person engaged in any activity taxable under this chapter may not advertise or hold out to the public, in any manner, directly or indirectly, that he or she will absorb all or any part of the tax, or that he or she will relieve the purchaser of the payment of all or any part of the tax, or that the tax will not be added to the selling price of the property or services sold or released or, when added, that it or any part thereof will be refunded either directly or indirectly by any method whatsoever. A person who violates this provision with respect to advertising or refund commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A second or subsequent offense constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) Any person who has purchased, received, or otherwise acquired motor fuel for sale, use, or storage outside a terminal facility in this state who cannot prove that tax was charged by and paid to his or her supplier shall be liable for the payment to the department of tax, penalty, and interest imposed pursuant to this part on such fuel.

History: s. 22, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(82); s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 97, ch. 85-342; s. 1073, ch. 95-147; s. 35, ch. 95-417.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.976 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part IV / Section 1012.976
1012.976 Remuneration of state university employees; limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) DEFINITIONS. — As used in this section, the term: (a) “Cash-equivalent compensation” means any benefit that may be assigned an equivalent cash value. (b) “Public funds” means funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, funds appropriated from state trust funds, or tuition and fees. (c) “Remuneration” means salary, bonuses, and cash-equivalent compensation paid to a state university employee by his or her employer for work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement benefits.

(2) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION. — Notwithstanding any other law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a state university employee may not receive more than $250,000 in remuneration annually from public funds. Only compensation, as such term is defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a state university employee may be used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.

(3) EXCEPTIONS. — This section does not prohibit any party from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds that are not public funds to a state university employee in excess of the limit in subsection (2). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a state university employee as permitted under this subsection, public funds may not be used to fulfill such obligation. This section does not apply to university teaching faculty in instructional programs classified as Computer Information Sciences and Support Services; Engineering; Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields; Florida Mental Health Institute; Health Professions and Related Programs; Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting, and Related Fields; Mathematics; Nursing; or Physical Sciences; or to medical school faculty or staff.

History: s. 42, ch. 2011-63; s. 41, ch. 2012-134; s. 24, ch. 2013-45; s. 7, ch. 2021-46; s. 88, ch. 2022-4; s. 7, ch. 2023-95.
Fla. Stat. § 655.044 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 655 / Section 655.044
655.044 Accounting practices; bad debts ineligible to be carried as assets.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a state financial institution shall observe United States generally accepted accounting principles. The commission may authorize exceptions to such accounting principles by rule.

(2) A state financial institution, subsidiary, or service corporation may not carry as an asset any note, obligation, or security which it does not own absolutely or which is known by the state financial institution to be fraudulent or otherwise worthless; and a state financial institution may not carry as an asset, in any report to the office or in any published report, any note or other obligation which is past due or upon which no interest has been paid for 1 year or longer or which has been determined by the office to be a loss. However, past due paper may be carried to the extent of the reasonable value of any lien or other collateral given to secure such obligation; and, if the obligation is in the process of collection, it may be carried at its reasonable value as determined by the board of directors. The office may order the revision of any value so determined hereunder.

(3) A financial institution shall keep at its main office correct and complete books of accounts, membership or stockholder records, and minutes of the proceedings of members, stockholders, directors, and the executive committee. Complete records of all business transacted at the main office shall be maintained at the main office. Control records of all business transacted at each branch office shall be accessible to the main office. Accessibility may be provided by physical retention of records or by electronic or other means.

(4) Each branch office of a financial institution shall keep detailed records of all transactions at that office and shall furnish full control records to the main office. Records of such transactions may be furnished by electronic or other means.

(5) The fiscal year of a financial institution shall end on the last day of December.

History: s. 8, ch. 84-216; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 23, ch. 92-303; s. 1716, ch. 2003-261; s. 3, ch. 2005-181; s. 4, ch. 2011-194.
Fla. Stat. § 658.20 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 658 / Section 658.20
658.20 Investigation by office.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of an application, the office shall make an investigation of: (a) The character, reputation, financial standing, business experience, and business qualifications of the proposed officers and directors. (b) The need for bank or trust facilities or additional bank or trust facilities, as the case may be, in the primary service area where the proposed bank or trust company is to be located or the need for the target market that the bank or trust company intends to engage with in business. (c) The ability of the primary service area or target market to support the proposed bank or trust company and all other existing bank or trust facilities that serve the same primary service area or target market.

(2) The office is authorized to obtain criminal record information from the National Crime Information Center or from the Department of Law Enforcement as a part of its investigation pursuant to this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 28016, 1953; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 73-119; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 10, 151, 152, ch. 80-260; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 21, 50, 51, ch. 84-216; ss. 27, 58, ch. 85-82; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 105, ch. 92-303; s. 1764, ch. 2003-261; s. 21, ch. 2011-194; s. 10, ch. 2022-178.
Fla. Stat. § 698.09 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 698 / Section 698.09
698.09 Extension of period of notice.
Status: in_force

The effect as to third persons of the filing of any such instrument for record, may, in all respects, including the preservation of priority thereof, be extended for successive additional periods, each not exceeding 7 years from the date of the filing in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, wherein any such instrument is recorded, upon the filing by the owner or holder thereof, of an affidavit identifying such instrument, stating her or his interest therein and the nature and amount unpaid on the obligation still secured thereby. Provided, however, that where a mortgage or other security instrument has been amended or supplemented one or more times and an identifying affidavit is so filed for record by the owner or holder thereof with respect to the original mortgage or other security instrument and mention is made in such affidavit of any instrument or instruments amendatory or supplemental thereto such identifying affidavit need not be filed with respect to such amendatory or supplemental instrument or instruments so mentioned therein and the effect of such amendatory or supplemental instrument or instruments and the preservation of any lien or priority thereof shall be extended along with the original mortgage or other security instrument as to which affidavit or affidavits have been filed in accordance with the requirements of this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 17112, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5727(8); s. 1, ch. 28083, 1953; s. 781, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 817.5621 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.5621
817.5621 Unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person who is not a party to a lease contract, conditional sale contract, or security agreement which transfers any right or interest in a motor vehicle to: (a) Obtain or exercise control over the motor vehicle and then sell, transfer, assign, or lease the motor vehicle to another person without first obtaining written authorization from the secured creditor, lessor, or lienholder for the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease if he or she receives compensation or other consideration for the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the motor vehicle; or (b) Assist, cause, or arrange the actual or purported sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the motor vehicle to another person without first obtaining written authorization from the secured creditor, lessor, or lienholder for the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease if he or she receives compensation or other consideration for assisting, causing, or arranging the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the motor vehicle.

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) Notwithstanding any other remedy or relief to which a person is entitled, anyone suffering damage as a result of a violation of this section may bring an action to recover or obtain actual damages, equitable relief, including, but not limited to, an injunction or restitution of money and property, punitive damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, and any other relief the court deems proper.

History: s. 2, ch. 88-407; s. 1266, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 671.213 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 671 / Part II / Section 671.213
671.213 Subordinated obligations.
Status: in_force

An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.

History: s. 19, ch. 2007-134.
Fla. Stat. § 10.205 — Florida Code / Title III / Chapter 10 / Section 10.205
10.205 Territory specified for inclusion in one district which is noncontiguous.
Status: in_force

If any district described in this joint resolution is composed of noncontiguous territory, the noncontiguous portion that has the least population shall be included in the district that is contiguous to such portion and that has the least population; however, if every district contiguous to such portion has an equal population, such portion shall be included within the lowest-numbered district that is contiguous to such portion.

History: s. 5, CS for SJR 100, 2022 Regular Session.