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Fla. Stat. § 627.6561 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VII / Section 627.6561
627.6561 Preexisting conditions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Enrollment date” means, with respect to an individual covered under a group health policy, the date of enrollment of the individual in the plan or coverage or, if earlier, the first day of the waiting period of such enrollment. (b) “Late enrollee” means, with respect to coverage under a group health policy, a participant or beneficiary who enrolls under the policy other than during: 1. The first period in which the individual is eligible to enroll under the policy. 2. A special enrollment period, as provided under s. 627.65615. (c) “Waiting period” means, with respect to a group health policy and an individual who is a potential participant or beneficiary of the policy, the period that must pass with respect to the individual before the individual is eligible to be covered for benefits under the terms of the policy.

(2) Subject to the exceptions specified in subsection (4), an insurer that offers group health insurance coverage may, with respect to a participant or beneficiary, impose a preexisting condition exclusion only if: (a) Such exclusion relates to a physical or mental condition, regardless of the cause of the condition, for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received within the 6-month period ending on the enrollment date; (b) Such exclusion extends for a period of not more than 12 months, or 18 months in the case of a late enrollee, after the enrollment date; and (c) The period of any such preexisting condition exclusion is reduced by the aggregate of the periods of creditable coverage, as defined in s. 627.6562(3), applicable to the participant or beneficiary as of the enrollment date.

(3) Genetic information may not be treated as a condition described in paragraph (2)(a) in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to such information.

(4)(a) Subject to paragraph (b), an insurer that offers group health insurance coverage may not impose any preexisting condition exclusion in the case of: 1. An individual who, as of the last day of the 30-day period beginning with the date of birth, is covered under creditable coverage. 2. A child who is adopted or placed for adoption before attaining 18 years of age and who, as of the last day of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the adoption or placement for adoption, is covered under creditable coverage. This provision does not apply to coverage before the date of such adoption or placement for adoption. 3. Pregnancy. (b) Subparagraphs (a)1. and 2. do not apply to an individual after the end of the first 63-day period during all of which the individual was not covered under any creditable coverage.

History: s. 130, ch. 92-33; s. 2, ch. 95-364; s. 8, ch. 97-179; s. 1165, ch. 2003-261; s. 16, ch. 2016-194; s. 151, ch. 2020-2.
Fla. Stat. § 373.084 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part I / Section 373.084
373.084 District works, operation by other governmental agencies.
Status: in_force

The district may permit governing bodies of water conservation districts, drainage and other improvement districts, and federal, state and local governments, authorities or agencies to operate and maintain the works of the district under conditions which the governing board may deem advisable.

History: s. 4, ch. 29790, 1955; s. 25, ch. 73-190; s. 1, ch. 82-46; s. 25, ch. 88-242; ss. 1, 2, ch. 89-279; ss. 11, 12, ch. 90-217.
Fla. Stat. § 551.122 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 551 / Section 551.122
551.122 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 2005-362; s. 61, ch. 2022-7.
Fla. Stat. § 272.06 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 272 / Section 272.06
272.06 Authority to contract for utility services.
Status: in_force

The Department of Management Services may provide or enter into contracts to provide heating, power, lighting, cooling systems, and other necessary services or facilities for any or all of said buildings.

History: s. 6, ch. 25032, 1949; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 74, ch. 71-377; s. 2, ch. 75-70; s. 46, ch. 85-349; s. 202, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 47, ch. 98-279.
Fla. Stat. § 679.1101 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part I / Section 679.1101
679.1101 Security interests arising under chapter 672 or chapter 680.
Status: in_force

A security interest arising under s. 672.401, s. 672.505, s. 672.711(3), or s. 680.508(5) is subject to this chapter. However, until the debtor obtains possession of the goods:

(1) The security interest is enforceable, even if s. 679.2031(2)(c) has not been satisfied;

(2) Filing is not required to perfect the security interest;

(3) The rights of the secured party after default by the debtor are governed by chapter 672 or chapter 680; and

(4) The security interest has priority over a conflicting security interest created by the debtor.

History: s. 1, ch. 2001-198; s. 151, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 76.151 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 76 / Section 76.151
76.151 Writ; execution on property changing possession.
Status: in_force

If the property to be attached is in the possession of the defendant at the time of the issuance of the writ but passes into the possession of a third person before the execution of the writ, the sheriff holding the writ shall execute it on the property in the possession of the third person and shall serve the writ on the defendant and the third person. The action, with proper amendments, shall proceed against the third person.

History: s. 4, ch. 83-255.
Fla. Stat. § 216.0152 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.0152
216.0152 Inventory of state-owned facilities or state-occupied facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Management Services shall develop and maintain an automated inventory of all facilities owned, leased, rented, or otherwise occupied or maintained by a state agency, the judicial branch, or the water management districts. The inventory data shall be provided annually by July 1 by the owning or operating agency in a format prescribed by the department and must include the location, occupying agency, ownership, size, condition assessment, valuations, operating costs, maintenance record, age, parking and employee facilities, building uses, full-time equivalent occupancy, known restrictions or historic designations, leases or subleases, associated revenues, and other information as required by rule adopted by the department. The department shall use this data for determining maintenance needs, conducting strategic analyses, including, but not limited to, analyzing and identifying candidates for surplus, valuation, and disposition, and life-cycle cost evaluations of the facility. The inventory need not include a condition assessment or maintenance record of facilities not owned by a state agency, the judicial branch, or a water management district. The term “facility,” as used in this section, means buildings, structures, and building systems, but does not include transportation facilities of the state transportation system. (a) For reporting purposes, the Department of Transportation shall develop and maintain an inventory of the transportation facilities of the state transportation system. The Department of Transportation shall also identify and dispose of surplus property pursuant to ss. 337.25 and 339.04. (b) The Board of Governors of the State University System and the Department of Education, respectively, shall develop and maintain an inventory, in the manner prescribed by the Department of Management Services, of all state university and community college facilities and, by July 1 of each year, provide this inventory data in a format acceptable to the Department of Management Services.

(2) The Department of Management Services and the Department of Environmental Protection shall, by October 1 of each year, publish a complete report detailing the inventory of all state-owned facilities, including the inventories of the Board of Governors of the State University System, the Department of Education, and the Department of Transportation, excluding the transportation facilities of the state transportation system. The annual report of state-owned real property recommended for disposition required under s. 216.0153 must be included in this report.

(3) The Department of Management Services shall adopt rules to administer this section.

History: s. 4, ch. 84-321; s. 1, ch. 89-301; s. 33, ch. 92-142; s. 155, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 14, ch. 97-95; s. 4, ch. 2000-371; s. 25, ch. 2007-217; ss. 4, 10, ch. 2010-280; SJR 8-A, 2010 Special Session A; s. 1, ch. 2013-152.
Fla. Stat. § 429.44 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 429 / Part I / Section 429.44
429.44 Construction and renovation; requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The requirements for the construction and renovation of a facility shall comply with chapter 553 which pertains to building construction standards, including plumbing, electrical code, glass, manufactured buildings, accessibility for persons with disabilities, and the state minimum building code and with s. 633.206, which pertains to uniform firesafety standards.

(2) Upon notification by the local authority having jurisdiction over life-threatening violations which seriously threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident of a facility, the agency shall take action as specified in s. 429.14.

History: s. 17, ch. 75-233; s. 3, ch. 79-152; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 79, 83, ch. 83-181; ss. 30, 38, 39, ch. 93-216; s. 14, ch. 95-418; s. 7, ch. 98-148; ss. 2, 57, ch. 2006-197; s. 138, ch. 2013-183; s. 34, ch. 2015-4.
Fla. Stat. § 817.64 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part II / Section 817.64
817.64 Receipt of money, etc., obtained by fraudulent use of credit cards.
Status: in_force

A person who receives money, goods, services, or anything else of value obtained in violation of s. 817.61, knowing or believing that it was so obtained, violates this section and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 817.67(1). A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transportation company which was acquired in violation of s. 817.61 without reasonable inquiry to ascertain that the person from whom it was obtained had a legal right to possess it shall be presumed to know that such ticket was acquired under circumstances constituting a violation of s. 817.61.

History: s. 7, ch. 67-340.
Fla. Stat. § 163.02 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 163 / Part I / Section 163.02
163.02 Councils of local public officials.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing bodies of any two or more counties, municipalities, special districts, or other governmental subdivisions of this state, or any of them, herein referred to as member local governments, may, by resolution, enter into an agreement with each other for the establishment of a council of local public officials. Any council established under the authority of this section shall be a corporation not for profit.

(2) Representation on the council shall be in the manner provided in the agreement establishing the council. The representative from each member local government shall be the elected chief executive of said local government or, if such government does not have an elected chief executive, a member of its governing body chosen by such body to be its representative. Any member may withdraw from the council upon 60 days’ notice subsequent to formal action by its governing body.

(3) The local government council shall have the power to: (a) Study such area governmental problems as it deems appropriate, including but not limited to matters affecting health, safety, welfare, education, economic conditions, and area development; (b) Promote cooperative arrangements and coordinate action among its members; and (c) Make recommendations for review and action to the members and other public agencies that perform local functions and services within the area.

(4) The council shall adopt bylaws designating the officers of the council and providing for the conduct of its business. The council may employ a staff, consult and retain experts, and purchase or lease or otherwise provide for such supplies, materials, equipment and facilities as it deems desirable and necessary.

(5)(a) The governing bodies of the member governments may appropriate funds to meet the necessary expenses of the council. Services of personnel, use of equipment and office space, and other necessary services may be accepted from members as part of their financial support. (b) The council may accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from the state, from any other governmental unit, whether participating in the council or not, from the Government of the United States, and from private and civic sources. (c) The council shall make an annual public report of its activities to each of the member local governments, and shall have its accounts audited annually.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ch. 69-69.
Fla. Stat. § 908.12 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 908 / Section 908.12
908.12 Transnational crime organizations; reclassification.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “transnational crime organization” means an organization that routinely facilitates the international trafficking of drugs, humans, or weapons or the international smuggling of humans.

(2) The penalty for any misdemeanor or felony may be reclassified if the commission of such misdemeanor or felony was for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a transnational crime organization. The reclassification is as follows: (a) A misdemeanor of the second degree is reclassified to a misdemeanor of the first degree. (b) A misdemeanor of the first degree is reclassified to a felony of the third degree. (c) A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a felony of the second degree. (d) A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a felony of the first degree. (e) A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a life felony.

History: s. 2, ch. 2024-8.
Fla. Stat. § 338.228 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 338 / Section 338.228
338.228 Bonds not debts or pledges of credit of state.
Status: in_force

Turnpike revenue bonds issued under the provisions of ss. 338.22-338.241 are not debts of the state or pledges of the faith and credit of the state. Such bonds are payable exclusively from revenues pledged for their payment. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the state is not obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon, except from the revenues pledged for their payment, and that the faith and credit of the state is not pledged to the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds. The issuance of turnpike revenue bonds under the provisions of ss. 338.22-338.241 does not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatsoever, or to make any appropriation for their payment. Except as provided in ss. 338.223, 338.2275, and 339.65, state funds may not be used on any turnpike project or to pay the principal or interest of any bonds issued to finance or refinance any portion of the turnpike system, and all such bonds shall contain a statement on their face to this effect.

History: s. 13, ch. 28128, 1953; s. 194, ch. 84-309; s. 7, ch. 88-286; s. 15, ch. 90-136; s. 129, ch. 99-13; s. 94, ch. 99-385; s. 49, ch. 2012-174.
Fla. Stat. § 733.206 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 733 / Part II / Section 733.206
733.206 Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.
Status: in_force

(1) If a will of any person who dies a resident of this state is admitted to probate in any other state or country through inadvertence, error, or omission before probate in this state, the will may be admitted to probate in this state if the original could have been admitted to probate in this state.

(2) An authenticated copy of the will, foreign proof of the will, the foreign order of probate, and any letters issued shall be filed instead of the original will and shall be prima facie evidence of its execution and admission to foreign probate.

(3) Any interested person may oppose the probate of the will or may petition for revocation of the probate of the will, as in the original probate of a will in this state.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 56, ch. 75-220; s. 90, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.45 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part III / Section 1012.45
1012.45 School bus drivers; requirements and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) Each school bus driver must be of good moral character, of good vision and hearing, able-bodied, free from communicable disease, mentally alert, and sufficiently strong physically to handle the bus with ease, and he or she must possess other qualifications prescribed by the Commissioner of Education, including those qualifications described in 49 C.F.R. s. 391, relating to physical qualifications and examinations, and 49 C.F.R. part 40 and part 382, relating to controlled substance and alcohol use and testing, and he or she must hold a valid commercial driver license with a passenger endorsement.

(2) Each school bus driver has the authority and responsibility to control students during the time students are on the school bus pursuant to s. 1006.10.

(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules outlining requirements that school bus drivers must meet before they are employed by district school boards.

(4) Each district school board may provide a school bus driver training program and may make this program available to private school bus drivers by contract.

(5) Each district school board may implement a safe driver toll-free telephone hotline for motorists or others who observe improper driving or operation by a school bus driver to report such violations to the district school board for investigation and corrective or disciplinary action by the school board.

History: s. 720, ch. 2002-387; s. 3, ch. 2015-101.
Fla. Stat. § 373.306 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part III / Section 373.306
373.306 Scope.
Status: in_force

No person shall construct, repair, abandon, or cause to be constructed, repaired, or abandoned, any water well contrary to the provisions of this part and applicable rules and regulations. This part shall not apply to equipment used temporarily for dewatering purposes or to the process used in dewatering.

History: s. 2, part III, ch. 72-299; s. 15, ch. 73-190.
Fla. Stat. § 548.07 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 548 / Section 548.07
548.07 Suspension of license or permit by commissioner; hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission, the executive director, or the executive director’s designee may issue an emergency suspension order pursuant to s. 120.60(6) suspending the license of a person or entity licensed under this chapter who poses an immediate, serious danger to the health, safety, and welfare of the public or the participants in a match.

(2) The department’s Office of General Counsel shall review the grounds for each emergency suspension order issued and, if sufficient, shall file an administrative complaint against the licensee within 21 days after the issuance of the emergency suspension order.

(3) After service of the administrative complaint pursuant to the procedure provided in s. 455.275, the disciplinary process shall proceed pursuant to chapter 120.

History: ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 16, ch. 88-365; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 776, ch. 97-103; s. 14, ch. 2014-128.
Fla. Stat. § 627.313 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part I / Section 627.313
627.313 Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Plan; audit requirements.
Status: in_force

The Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association is subject to the Florida Single Audit Act, as provided in s. 215.97, if the association expends a total amount of state financial assistance equal to or in excess of $300,000 in any fiscal year. Such audit reports shall be submitted to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor pursuant to s. 215.97.

History: s. 4, ch. 2004-266.
Fla. Stat. § 216.1815 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.1815
216.1815 Agency incentive and savings program.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to provide an incentive for agencies and the judicial branch to re-engineer business processes and otherwise increase operating efficiency, it is the intent of the Legislature to allow agencies and the judicial branch to retain a portion of the savings produced by internally generated agency or judicial branch program efficiencies and cost reductions.

(2) To be eligible to retain funds, an agency or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court must submit a plan and an associated request to amend its approved operating budget to the Legislative Budget Commission specifying: (a) The modifications to approved programs resulting in efficiencies and cost savings; (b) The amount and source of the funds and positions saved; (c) The specific positions, rate, amounts, and sources of funds the agency or the judicial branch wishes to include in its incentive expenditures; (d) How the agency or the judicial branch will meet the goals and objectives established in its long-range program plan; (e) How the agency or the judicial branch will meet performance standards, including those in its long-range program plan; and (f) Any other incentive expenditures which the agency or the judicial branch believes will enhance its performance.

(3) Notwithstanding the 14-day notice requirement contained in s. 216.177(2)(a), all plans and budget amendments submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to this section shall be delivered at least 30 days prior to the date of the commission meeting at which the request will be considered.

(4) In determining the amount the agency or the judicial branch will be allowed to retain, the commission shall consider the actual savings projected for the current budget year and the annualized savings.

(5) The amount to be retained by the agency or the judicial branch shall be no less than 5 percent and no more than 25 percent of the annual savings and may be used by the agency or the judicial branch for salary increases or other expenditures specified in the agency’s or the judicial branch’s plan if the salary increases or other expenditures do not create a recurring cost to the state in excess of the recurring savings achieved by the agency or the judicial branch in the plan.

(6) Each agency or judicial branch allowed to retain funds pursuant to this section shall submit in its next legislative budget request a schedule showing how it used such funds.

History: s. 8, ch. 2001-56; s. 32, ch. 2006-122.
Fla. Stat. § 15.0326 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 15 / Section 15.0326
15.0326 State anthem.
Status: in_force

The song “Florida, Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky,” music and lyrics written by Jan Hinton, is designated as the official anthem of the State of Florida.

History: s. 1, ch. 2008-233.
Fla. Stat. § 627.780 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XIII / Section 627.780
627.780 Illegal dealings in premium.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not knowingly quote, charge, accept, collect, or receive a premium for title insurance other than the premium adopted by the commission, except as provided in s. 626.9541(1)(h)3.b.

(2) A title insurer may not knowingly accept, collect, or receive any sum as premium for title insurance, if the title insurance is not then provided or is not to be provided, subject to acceptance of the risk, in due course, unless the title insurer promptly enters the sum on its books of account as premium collected in advance.

History: s. 6, ch. 65-359; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 577, 584, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; ss. 94, 114, ch. 92-318; s. 10, ch. 99-286; s. 1203, ch. 2003-261; s. 4, ch. 2007-44.