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Fla. Stat. § 735.301 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 735 / Part II / Section 735.301
735.301 Disposition without administration.
Status: in_force

(1) No administration shall be required or formal proceedings instituted upon the estate of a decedent leaving only personal property exempt under the provisions of s. 732.402, personal property exempt from the claims of creditors under the State Constitution, and nonexempt personal property the value of which does not exceed the sum of the amount of preferred funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last 60 days of the last illness.

(2) Upon informal application by affidavit, letter, or otherwise by any interested party, and if the court is satisfied that subsection (1) is applicable, the court, by letter or other writing under the seal of the court, may authorize the payment, transfer, or disposition of the personal property, tangible or intangible, belonging to the decedent to those persons entitled.

(3) Any person, firm, or corporation paying, delivering, or transferring property under the authorization shall be forever discharged from liability thereon.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 111, ch. 75-220; s. 50, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 275, ch. 79-400; s. 52, ch. 98-421; s. 184, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 320.8285 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.8285
320.8285 Onsite inspection.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county or municipality in this state shall be responsible for the onsite inspection of each mobile home installation located within the jurisdiction of such entity. The onsite inspection shall ensure compliance with the department’s uniform installation standards set forth in this chapter and in department rules.

(2) Each county or municipality may designate the persons who are to perform the onsite inspection. If a county or municipality does not so designate, the department shall designate the persons who are to perform the onsite inspection. A person may not be designated to perform onsite inspections unless that person is competent in the area of mobile home installation.

(3) The county or municipality issuing a permit for the installation of a mobile home shall issue such permit only to a licensed mobile home installer or to a licensed mobile home dealer or manufactured home owner if the dealer or owner demonstrates on the face of the application that a licensed installer will be performing the actual work. In the case of issuance to an owner, the permit must reflect the name and the license number of the licensed installer performing the work.

(4) Pursuant to the onsite inspection, each mobile home shall be issued a certificate of occupancy if the mobile home complies with department rules regarding the installation of mobile homes.

(5) Fees for onsite inspections and certificates of occupancy of mobile homes shall be reasonable for the services performed. A guideline for fee schedules shall be issued by the department.

(6) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall enforce every provision of this section and the rules adopted pursuant hereto, except that local land use and zoning requirements, fire zones, building setback and side and rear yard requirements, site development and property line requirements, subdivision control, and onsite installation inspection requirements, as well as review and regulation of architectural and aesthetic requirements, are hereby specifically and entirely reserved to local jurisdictions. However, any architectural or aesthetic requirement imposed on the mobile home structure itself may pertain only to roofing and siding materials. Such local requirements and regulations for manufactured homes must be reasonable, uniformly applied, and enforced without distinctions as to whether such housing is manufactured, located in a mobile home park or a mobile home subdivision, or built in a conventional manner. No local jurisdiction shall prohibit siting or resiting of used mobile homes based solely on the date the unit was manufactured.

(7) Park trailers are subject to inspection in the same manner as are mobile homes pursuant to this section.

History: s. 6, ch. 74-169; s. 10, ch. 75-203; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 12, ch. 82-66; s. 4, ch. 84-182; ss. 19, 20, ch. 88-147; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 92-148; s. 68, ch. 94-306; s. 49, ch. 97-300; s. 6, ch. 2004-283.
Fla. Stat. § 17.08 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 17 / Section 17.08
17.08 Accounts, etc., on which warrants drawn, to be filed.
Status: in_force

All accounts, vouchers, and evidence, upon which warrants have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, drawn upon the treasury by the Chief Financial Officer shall be filed and deposited in the office of Chief Financial Officer or the office of the Chief Financial Officer’s designee, in accordance with requirements established by the Secretary of State.

History: ch. 351, 1851; RS 100; GS 104; RGS 117; CGL 147; s. 4, ch. 95-312; s. 2, ch. 97-96; s. 25, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 817.51 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.51
817.51 Obtaining groceries, retail poultry, dairy, bakery, and other retail products; intent to defraud.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall obtain any items from retail grocery establishments, or retail poultry, dairy, bakery or any other retail dealers with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payments.

History: s. 1, ch. 61-206; s. 1, ch. 67-513; s. 877, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 440.077 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.077
440.077 When a corporate officer rejects chapter, effect.
Status: in_force

An officer of a corporation who is permitted to elect an exemption under this chapter and who elects to be exempt from the provisions of this chapter may not recover benefits under this chapter.

History: s. 3, ch. 91-2; s. 5, ch. 2003-412.
Fla. Stat. § 636.059 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part I / Section 636.059
636.059 Unfair methods of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of defining unfair methods of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices, the provisions of s. 641.3903 apply to a prepaid limited health service organization.

History: s. 48, ch. 93-148.
Fla. Stat. § 35.15 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.15
35.15 Decisions to be filed; copies to be furnished.
Status: in_force

All decisions and opinions delivered by the district courts of appeal, or any judge thereof, relating to any action or proceeding pending in such court must be filed in the office of the clerk and maintained in the control of the clerk. Such decisions and opinions may not be taken from the clerk’s maintenance or control except by order of the court; however, the clerk must furnish certified copies of such opinions and decisions to any person who makes such a request, upon receiving any required fees.

History: s. 1, ch. 57-248; s. 200, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 2021-230.
Fla. Stat. § 710.115 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 710 / Section 710.115
710.115 Powers of custodian.
Status: in_force

(1) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only.

(2) This section does not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of s. 710.114.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-95.
Fla. Stat. § 588.16 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 588 / Section 588.16
588.16 Authority to impound livestock running at large or strays.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the sheriff or her or his deputies or designees, or any other law enforcement officer of the county, the county animal control center, or state highway patrol officers, where livestock is found to be running at large or straying, to take up, confine, hold, and impound any such livestock, to be disposed of as hereinafter provided.

History: s. 5, ch. 25236, 1949; s. 2, ch. 77-200; s. 944, ch. 97-103; s. 33, ch. 99-391.
Fla. Stat. § 713.66 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part II / Section 713.66
713.66 Liens for feed, etc., for racehorses, polo ponies and race dogs.
Status: in_force

In favor of any person who shall furnish corn, oats, hay, grain or other feed or feedstuffs or straw or bedding material to or upon the order of the owner, or the agent, bailee, lessee, or custodian of the owner, of any racehorse, polo pony or race dog, for the unpaid portion of the price of such supplies upon every racehorse, polo pony, or race dog which consumes any part of such supplies. All racehorses and race dogs of such owner which are accustomed to consume supplies of the character delivered, which are at the time of the delivery of such supplies upon the premises to which delivery is made, shall be deemed prima facie to have consumed such supplies. Such lien shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of 1 year from the dates of the respective deliveries of such corn, oats, hay, grain, feed or feedstuffs, or straw; and such liens are to be enforced in the manner provided for the enforcement of other liens on personal property in this state. Said liens shall be superior to any and all claims, liens and mortgages, whether recorded or unrecorded, including, but not limited to, any lessor’s or vendor’s lien, and any chattel mortgage, which theretofore may have been or thereafter may be created against such racehorse, polo pony or race dog, and to the claims of any and all purchases thereof.

History: s. 1, ch. 17092, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5373(1); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 36, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 588.25 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 588 / Section 588.25
588.25 Application; limitation.
Status: in_force

The provisions of ss. 588.12-588.25 shall not apply to counties having special laws or general laws of local application requiring the confinement and restraint of livestock; provided, however, where the provisions of such special laws or general laws of local application do not prohibit livestock from running upon or straying upon the public highways, or the provisions of such special laws or general laws of local application do not provide for liability of owners of livestock for damages and injuries caused by such livestock, or provide less severe penalties than imposed by s. 588.24, the provisions of this act shall apply in each such case as if the provisions hereof were inserted in full in any such special law or general law of local application. Provided, further, that if any such special law or general law of local application is found unconstitutional or in any way inoperative, then this act shall be in full force and effect in the county, or counties, affected.

History: s. 14, ch. 25236, 1949.
Fla. Stat. § 943.63 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.63
943.63 Arrest by the Capitol Police.
Status: in_force

A person arrested by an officer of the Capitol Police shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county in which the arrest takes place unless a notice to appear is issued.

History: s. 17, ch. 2002-21.
Fla. Stat. § 458.3485 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.3485
458.3485 Medical assistant.
Status: in_force

(1) DEFINITION. — As used in this section, “medical assistant” means a professional multiskilled person dedicated to assisting in all aspects of medical practice under the direct supervision and responsibility of a physician. This practitioner assists with patient care management, executes administrative and clinical procedures, and often performs managerial and supervisory functions. Competence in the field also requires that a medical assistant adhere to ethical and legal standards of professional practice, recognize and respond to emergencies, and demonstrate professional characteristics.

(2) DUTIES. — Under the direct supervision and responsibility of a licensed physician, a medical assistant may undertake the following duties: (a) Performing clinical procedures, to include: 1. Performing aseptic procedures. 2. Taking vital signs. 3. Preparing patients for the physician’s care. 4. Performing venipunctures and nonintravenous injections. 5. Observing and reporting patients’ signs or symptoms. (b) Administering basic first aid. (c) Assisting with patient examinations or treatments. (d) Operating office medical equipment. (e) Collecting routine laboratory specimens as directed by the physician. (f) Administering medication as directed by the physician. (g) Performing basic laboratory procedures. (h) Performing office procedures including all general administrative duties required by the physician. (i) Performing dialysis procedures, including home dialysis.

(3) CERTIFICATION. — To obtain the designation of a certified medical assistant, the medical assistant must receive certification from a certification program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, a national or state medical association, or an entity approved by the board.

History: s. 7, ch. 84-543; s. 7, ch. 84-553; ss. 21, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 28, ch. 97-264; s. 113, ch. 2007-5; s. 1, ch. 2016-67; s. 4, ch. 2017-50.
Fla. Stat. § 576.085 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 576 / Section 576.085
576.085 Minimum plant nutrient content.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish, by rule, a minimum plant nutrient content.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-348; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 76-35; ss. 8, 19, ch. 92-143; s. 11, ch. 97-6.
Fla. Stat. § 206.025 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.025
206.025 Application by person whose license has been canceled; procedure.
Status: in_force

In the event that any application for a license to transact business in the state shall be filed by any person whose license at any time theretofore shall have been canceled for cause by the department, or in case the department is of the opinion that such application was not filed in good faith or that such application was filed by some person as a subterfuge for the real person in interest whose license or registration theretofore shall have been canceled for cause by said department, the department may refuse to issue to such person a license to transact business in the state.

History: s. 2, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(63); s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 54, ch. 78-95; s. 77, ch. 85-342.
Fla. Stat. § 945.73 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 945 / Section 945.73
945.73 Inmate training program operation.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, subject to specific legislative appropriation, develop and implement training programs for eligible inmates which include, but are not limited to, marching drills, calisthenics, a rigid dress code, work assignments, physical training, training in decisionmaking and personal development, drug counseling, education, and rehabilitation.

(2) Only inmates eligible for control release pursuant to s. 947.146 shall be permitted to participate in the training program.

(3) The inmate training program shall provide a short incarceration period of rigorous training to inmates who require a greater degree of supervision than is provided for those on community control or probation. The inmate training program is not intended to divert offenders away from probation or community control, but to divert them from long periods of incarceration when a short “shock” incarceration could produce the same deterrent effect.

(4) Upon an inmate’s completion of the inmate training program, the department shall submit a report to the releasing authority that describes the inmate’s performance. If the performance has been satisfactory, the releasing authority shall establish a release date which is within 30 days following program completion. As a condition of release, the inmate shall be placed on community supervision as provided in chapter 947, and shall be subject to the conditions established therefor.

(5) If an inmate in the training program becomes unmanageable, the department may place the inmate in the general inmate population to complete the remainder of his or her sentence. Any period of time in which the inmate is unable to participate in the inmate training program activities may be excluded from the specified time requirements in the inmate training program. The portion of the sentence served prior to placement in the inmate training program shall not be counted toward program completion.

(6) The department shall work cooperatively with the Control Release Authority, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, or such other authority as may exist or be established in the future which is empowered by law to effect the release of an inmate who has successfully completed the requirements established by ss. 945.71-945.74.

(7) The department shall provide a special training program for staff selected to operate the inmate training program.

History: s. 26, ch. 92-310; s. 1665, ch. 97-102; s. 114, ch. 2013-18; s. 39, ch. 2014-191.
Fla. Stat. § 220.31 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 220 / Part IV / Section 220.31
220.31 Payments; due date.
Status: in_force

(1) Every taxpayer required to file a return under this code or a notification under s. 220.23(2) shall, without assessment, notice, or demand, pay any tax due thereon to the department at the place fixed for filing, including payment to such depository institutions throughout the state as the department may by regulation designate, on or before the date fixed for filing such return, determined without regard to any extension of time for filing the return, or notification, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the department.

(2) Except as to estimated tax payments under s. 220.33, the payment required under this section shall be the balance of tax remaining due after giving effect to the following: (a) Any amount of tentative tax or estimated tax paid by a taxpayer for a taxable year pursuant to s. 220.32 or s. 220.33 shall be deemed to have been paid on account of the tax imposed by this code for such taxable year; and (b) Any amount of a tax overpayment which is credited against the taxpayer’s liability for the taxable year under s. 220.721 shall be deemed to have been paid on account of the tax imposed by this code for such taxable year.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-984; s. 95, ch. 91-112.
Fla. Stat. § 373.123 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part I / Section 373.123
373.123 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person, real or artificial, that shall construct or enlarge, or cause to be constructed or enlarged, a canal or shall enlarge or deepen a natural stream in such a manner as to permit salt water to move inland of an established saltwater barrier line, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083. Each day such movement of salt water shall continue, shall constitute a separate offense of the provisions of this law.

History: s. 3, ch. 63-210; s. 324, ch. 71-136; s. 25, ch. 73-190.
Fla. Stat. § 1006.68 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1006 / Part II / Section 1006.68
1006.68 HIV and AIDS policy.
Status: in_force

Each Florida College System institution and state university shall develop a comprehensive policy that addresses the provision of instruction, information, and activities regarding human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Such instruction, information, or activities shall emphasize the known modes of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, signs and symptoms, associated risk factors, appropriate behavior and attitude change, and means used to control the spread of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

History: s. 338, ch. 2002-387; s. 84, ch. 2011-5.
Fla. Stat. § 628.802 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 628 / Part IV / Section 628.802
628.802 Injunction.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever it appears to the office that any insurer or any director, officer, or employee thereof, or appears to the department that any agent thereof has committed or is about to commit a violation of this part or of any rule or order issued by the commission, office, or department pursuant to this part, the office or department may apply to the circuit court in and for Leon County for an order enjoining the insurer, director, officer, employee, or agent from violating or continuing to violate this part or the rule or order and for other equitable relief as the nature of the case and the interest of the insurer’s policyholders, creditors, and shareholders or the public may require.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of this part the situs of the ownership of the securities of domestic insurers shall be deemed to be in this state.

History: s. 9, ch. 85-214; s. 1, ch. 86-286; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1310, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 218.411 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 218 / Part IV / Section 218.411
218.411 Authorization for state technical and advisory assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The board is authorized, upon request, to assist local governments in investing funds that are temporarily in excess of operating needs by: (a) Explaining investment opportunities to such local governments through publication and other appropriate means. (b) Acquainting such local governments with the state’s practice and experience in investing short-term funds. (c) Providing, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, technical assistance to local governments in investment of surplus funds.

(2) The board may establish fees to cover the cost of such services, which shall be paid by the unit of local government requesting such service. Such fees shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation or appropriations from which the costs of providing the services have been paid or are to be charged.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-394; s. 20, ch. 81-167; s. 18, ch. 83-55; s. 6, ch. 2008-59; s. 26, ch. 2012-96; s. 55, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 723.046 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 723 / Section 723.046
723.046 Capital costs of utility improvements.
Status: in_force

In the event that the costs for capital improvements for a water or sewer system are to be charged to or to be passed through to the mobile home owners or if such expenses shall be required of mobile home owners in a mobile home park owned all or in part by the residents, any such charge exceeding $200 per mobile home owner may, at the option of the mobile home owner, be paid in full within 60 days from the notification of the assessment, or amortized with interest over the same duration and at the same rate as allowed for a single-family home under the local government ordinance. If no amortization is provided for a single house, then the period of amortization by the municipality, county, or special district shall be not less than 8 years. The amortization requirement established herein shall be binding upon any municipality, county, or special district serving the mobile home park.

History: s. 11, ch. 92-148.
Fla. Stat. § 338.04 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 338 / Section 338.04
338.04 Acquisition of property and property rights for limited access facility and service roads.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorities may acquire private or public property and property rights for limited access facilities and service roads in the same manner as they are authorized to acquire property or property rights for highways, roads, and streets within their respective jurisdictions.

(2) In acquiring property or property rights for any limited access facility or service road, the authorities may acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land if the interests of the public will be best served by the authorities’ doing so, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.

History: s. 114, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 175, ch. 84-309.