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Fla. Stat. § 216.141 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.141
216.141 Budget system procedures; planning and programming by state agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) The Executive Office of the Governor, in consultation with the appropriations committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and by utilizing the Florida Financial Management Information System management data and the Chief Financial Officer’s chart of accounts, shall prescribe a planning and budgeting system, pursuant to s. 215.94(1), to provide for continuous planning and programming and for effective management practices for the efficient operations of all state agencies and the judicial branch. The Legislature may contract with the Executive Office of the Governor to develop the planning and budgeting system and to provide services to the Legislature for the support and use of the legislative appropriations system. The contract shall include the policies and procedures for combining the legislative appropriations system with the planning and budgeting information system established pursuant to s. 215.94(1). At a minimum, the contract shall require the use of common data codes. The combined legislative appropriations and planning and budgeting information subsystem shall support the legislative appropriations and legislative oversight functions without data code conversion or modification.

(2) The Florida Management Information Board shall notify the Auditor General of any changes or modifications to the Florida Financial Management Information System and its functional owner information subsystems.

(3) The Chief Financial Officer, as chief fiscal officer, shall use the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem developed pursuant to s. 215.94(2) for account purposes in the performance of and accounting for all of his or her constitutional and statutory duties and responsibilities. However, state agencies and the judicial branch continue to be responsible for maintaining accounting records necessary for effective management of their programs and functions.

History: s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 69-82; s. 11, ch. 71-354; s. 1, ch. 77-10; s. 98, ch. 79-400; s. 1, ch. 80-46; s. 7, ch. 81-169; s. 8, ch. 83-49; s. 52, ch. 92-142; s. 26, ch. 97-286; s. 17, ch. 2000-371; s. 236, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 1010.81 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1010 / Part V / Section 1010.81
1010.81 Education Working Capital Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

The Education Working Capital Trust Fund shall be administered by the Department of Education as a depository for funds received by the department’s technology office, interest earnings, and cash advances from customer entities. Moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be used to fund the services provided by the department’s technology office.

History: s. 593, ch. 2002-387; s. 17, ch. 2013-45.
Fla. Stat. § 782.08 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 782 / Section 782.08
782.08 Assisting self-murder.
Status: in_force

Every person deliberately assisting another in the commission of self-murder shall be guilty of manslaughter, a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 9, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2385; GS 3210; RGS 5040; CGL 7142; s. 716, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 674.2131 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 674 / Part II / Section 674.2131
674.2131 Medium and time of settlement by bank.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to settlement by a bank, the medium and time of settlement may be prescribed by Federal Reserve regulations or circulars, clearinghouse rules, and the like, or agreement. In the absence of such prescription: (a) The medium of settlement is cash or credit to an account in a Federal Reserve bank of or specified by the person to receive settlement; and (b) The time of settlement, is: 1. With respect to tender of settlement by cash, cashier’s check, or teller’s check, when the cash or check is sent or delivered; 2. With respect to tender of settlement by credit in an account in a Federal Reserve bank, when the credit is made; 3. With respect to tender of settlement by a credit or debit to an account in a bank, when the credit or debit is made or, in the case of tender of settlement by authority to charge an account, when the authority is sent or delivered; or 4. With respect to tender of settlement by a funds transfer, when payment is made pursuant to s. 670.406(1) to the person receiving settlement.

(2) If the tender of settlement is not by a medium authorized by subsection (1) or the time of settlement is not fixed by subsection (1), no settlement occurs until the tender of settlement is accepted by the person receiving settlement.

(3) If settlement for an item is made by cashier’s check or teller’s check and the person receiving settlement, before its midnight deadline: (a) Presents or forwards the check for collection, settlement is final when the check is finally paid; or (b) Fails to present or forward the check for collection, settlement is final at the midnight deadline of the person receiving settlement.

(4) If settlement for an item is made by giving authority to charge the account of the bank giving settlement in the bank receiving settlement, settlement is final when the charge is made by the bank receiving settlement if there are funds available in the account for the amount of the item.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 31, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 718.109 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 718 / Part I / Section 718.109
718.109 Legal description of condominium parcels.
Status: in_force

Following the recording of the declaration, a description of a condominium parcel by the number or other designation by which the unit is identified in the declaration, together with the recording data identifying the declaration, shall be a sufficient legal description for all purposes. The description includes all appurtenances to the unit concerned, whether or not separately described, including, but not limited to, the undivided share in the common elements appurtenant thereto.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-222.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0850 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0850
607.0850 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 607.0850-607.0859, the term:

(1) “Agent” includes a volunteer.

(2) “Corporation” includes, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a merger, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of a constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of a constituent corporation as a director or officer, member, manager, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise or entity, is in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have been with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

(3) “Director” or “officer” means an individual who is or was a director or officer, respectively, of a corporation or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director or officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or another enterprise or entity. A director or officer is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the corporation’s request if the individual’s duties to the corporation or such plan also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the individual to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. The term includes, unless the context otherwise requires, the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, and personal representatives of a director or officer.

(4) “Expenses” includes reasonable attorney fees and expenses, including those incurred in connection with any appeal.

(5) “Liability” means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan), or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding.

(6) “Party” means an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made, a defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(7) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal.

(8) “Serving at the corporation’s request” includes any service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation that imposes duties on such persons, including duties relating to an employee benefit plan and its participants or beneficiaries.

History: s. 93, ch. 89-154; s. 30, ch. 97-102; s. 107, ch. 2019-90; s. 22, ch. 2020-32.
Fla. Stat. § 456.067 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.067
456.067 Penalty for giving false information.
Status: in_force

In addition to, or in lieu of, any other discipline imposed pursuant to s. 456.072, the act of knowingly giving false information in the course of applying for or obtaining a license from the department, or any board thereunder, with intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his or her official duties, or the act of attempting to obtain or obtaining a license from the department, or any board thereunder, to practice a profession by knowingly misleading statements or knowing misrepresentations constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 71, ch. 97-261; s. 24, ch. 99-7; s. 86, ch. 2000-160; s. 27, ch. 2000-318.
Fla. Stat. § 570.451 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part II / Section 570.451
570.451 Agricultural Feed, Seed, and Fertilizer Advisory Council.
Status: in_force

(1) The Agricultural Feed, Seed, and Fertilizer Advisory Council is created within the department.

(2) The council is composed of the following 15 members appointed by the commissioner: (a) One representative of the department. (b) One representative of the dean for extension of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. (c) One representative each from the state’s beef cattle, poultry, aquaculture, field crops, citrus, vegetable, and dairy production industries. (d) Two representatives each from the state’s fertilizer, seed, and commercial feed industries. Each member shall be appointed for a term not to exceed 4 years and shall serve until his or her successor is appointed.

(3)(a) A majority of the council members constitutes a quorum for all purposes, and an act by a majority of such quorum at any meeting constitutes an official act of the council. The secretary shall keep a complete record of each meeting, which must show the names of members present and the actions taken. Such records must be kept on file with the department. (b) Members of the council shall meet and organize by electing a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary whose terms shall be for 2 years each. Council officers may not serve consecutive terms. (c) The council shall meet at the call of its chair, at the request of a majority of its members, at the request of the department, or at such time as an agricultural or environmental emergency arises, but not less than twice per year. (d) The meetings, powers and duties, procedures, and recordkeeping of the council shall be pursuant to s. 570.232.

(4) The council shall: (a) Receive reports of relevant enforcement activity conducted by the Division of Agricultural Environmental Services, including the number of inspections, the number of administrative actions, the number of complaints received and investigated, and the dispositions of complaints. (b) Provide advice to the department on the conduct of relevant enforcement activities. (c) Receive reports on disciplinary actions. (d) Make recommendations to the commissioner for actions to be taken with respect to the regulation of agricultural feed, seed, and fertilizer.

History: s. 21, ch. 2012-190; s. 92, ch. 2013-15; s. 89, ch. 2014-150.
Fla. Stat. § 631.1521 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part I / Section 631.1521
631.1521 Actions by and against the receiver.
Status: in_force

(1) An allegation by the receiver of improper or fraudulent conduct against any person may not be the basis of a defense by a third party to the enforcement of a contractual obligation owed to the insurer. This section does not bar a third party from the right to raise a defense that the conduct was materially and substantially related to the contractual obligation for which enforcement is sought.

(2) A prior wrongful or negligent action of any present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee, or agent of the insurer may not be asserted as a defense to a claim by the receiver under a theory of estoppel, comparative fault, intervening cause, proximate cause, reliance, mitigation of damages, or otherwise. However, the affirmative defense of fraud in the inducement may be asserted against the receiver in a claim based on a contract; and a principal under a surety bond or a surety undertaking is entitled to credit for the value of any property pledged to secure the reimbursement obligation against any reimbursement obligation to the receiver, to the extent that the receiver has possession or control of the property, or that the insurer or its agents misappropriated such property, which includes, but is not limited to, the commingling of such property. Evidence of fraud in the inducement is admissible only if it is contained in the records of the insurer.

(3) An action or inaction by an insurance regulatory authority may not be asserted as a defense to a claim by the department.

History: s. 7, ch. 2017-143.
Fla. Stat. § 605.2104 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.2104
605.2104 Powers and duration of protected series.
Status: in_force

(1) A protected series of a series limited liability company has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3) and (4), a protected series of a series limited liability company has the same powers and purposes as the series limited liability company.

(3) A protected series of a series limited liability company ceases to exist not later than when the series limited liability company completes its winding up.

(4) A protected series of a series limited liability company may not be or do, as applicable, any of the following: (a) Be a member of the series limited liability company; (b) Establish a protected series; or (c) Except as permitted by the laws of this state other than this chapter, have a purpose or power, or take an action, that the laws of this state other than this chapter prohibit a limited liability company from having or doing.

History: s. 8, ch. 2025-162.
Fla. Stat. § 679.3151 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part III / Section 679.3151
679.3151 Secured party’s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and in s. 672.403(2): (a) A security interest or agricultural lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition thereof unless the secured party authorized the disposition free of the security interest or agricultural lien; and (b) A security interest attaches to any identifiable proceeds of collateral.

(2) Proceeds that are commingled with other property are identifiable proceeds: (a) If the proceeds are goods, to the extent provided by s. 679.336; and (b) If the proceeds are not goods, to the extent that the secured party identifies the proceeds by a method of tracing, including application of equitable principles, that is permitted under law other than this chapter with respect to commingled property of the type involved.

(3) A security interest in proceeds is a perfected security interest if the security interest in the original collateral was perfected.

(4) A perfected security interest in proceeds becomes unperfected on the 21st day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds unless: (a) The following conditions are satisfied: 1. A filed financing statement covers the original collateral; 2. The proceeds are collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the office in which the financing statement has been filed; and 3. The proceeds are not acquired with cash proceeds; (b) The proceeds are identifiable cash proceeds; or (c) The security interest in the proceeds is perfected other than under subsection (3) when the security interest attaches to the proceeds or within 20 days thereafter.

(5) If a filed financing statement covers the original collateral, a security interest in proceeds which remains perfected under paragraph (4)(a) becomes unperfected at the later of: (a) When the effectiveness of the filed financing statement lapses under s. 679.515 or is terminated under s. 679.513; or (b) The 21st day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds.

History: s. 3, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 947.10 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 947 / Section 947.10
947.10 Business and political activity upon part of members and full-time employees of commission.
Status: in_force

No member of the commission and no full-time employee thereof shall, during her or his service upon or under the commission, engage in any other business or profession or hold any other public office, nor shall she or he serve as the representative of any political party, or any executive committee or other governing body thereof, or as an executive officer or employee of any political committee, organization, or association or be engaged on the behalf of any candidate for public office in the solicitation of votes or otherwise. However, this shall not be deemed to exclude the appointment of the Secretary of Corrections to the commission under the terms and conditions set forth in this chapter.

History: s. 7, ch. 20519, 1941; s. 32, ch. 74-112; s. 85, ch. 77-120; s. 103, ch. 79-3; s. 34, ch. 83-131; ss. 30, 37, ch. 86-183; ss. 60, 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 1670, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 680.211 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part II / Section 680.211
680.211 Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement.
Status: in_force

(1) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee’s enjoyment of its leasehold interest.

(2) Except in a finance lease, there is in a lease contract by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like.

(3) A lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 465.0266 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 465 / Section 465.0266
465.0266 Common database.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to prohibit the dispensing by a pharmacist licensed in this state or another state of a prescription contained in a common database, and such dispensing does not constitute a transfer as defined in s. 465.026(1)-(6), provided that the following conditions are met:

(1) All pharmacies involved in the transactions pursuant to which the prescription is dispensed are under common ownership and utilize a common database.

(2) All pharmacies involved in the transactions pursuant to which the prescription is dispensed and all pharmacists engaging in dispensing functions are properly licensed, permitted, or registered in this state or another state.

(3) The common database maintains a record of all pharmacists involved in the process of dispensing a prescription.

(4) The owner of the common database maintains a policy and procedures manual that governs its participating pharmacies, pharmacists, and pharmacy employees and that is available to the board or its agent upon request. The policy and procedures manual must include the following information: (a) A best practices model detailing how each pharmacy and each pharmacist accessing the common database will comply with applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. (b) The procedure for maintaining appropriate records for regulatory oversight for tracking a prescription during each stage of the filling and dispensing process, identifying the pharmacists involved in filling and dispensing the prescription and counseling the patient, and responding to any requests for information made by the board under s. 465.0156. (c) The policy and procedure for providing adequate security to protect the confidentiality and integrity of patient information. (d) A quality assurance program designed to objectively and systematically monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and appropriateness of patient care through the use of the common database.

Any pharmacist dispensing a prescription has at all times the right and obligation to exercise his or her independent professional judgment. Any pharmacist properly dispensing an alternative medication prescribed for the treatment of COVID-19 is not subject to disciplinary action by the board or the department based solely on such dispensing. Notwithstanding this section, a pharmacist licensed in this state dispensing a prescription pursuant to this section is not responsible for the acts and omissions of another person participating in the dispensing process provided such person is not under the direct supervision and control of the pharmacist licensed in this state.

History: s. 2, ch. 2006-243; s. 7, ch. 2023-43.
Fla. Stat. § 486.023 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 486 / Section 486.023
486.023 Board of Physical Therapy Practice.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created within the department the Board of Physical Therapy Practice, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate.

(2) Five board members shall be licensed physical therapists in good standing in this state who are residents of this state and who have been engaged in the practice of physical therapy for at least 4 years immediately prior to their appointment. One licensed physical therapist board member may be a full-time faculty member teaching in a physical therapy curriculum in an educational institution in this state. The two remaining members shall be residents of this state who have never been licensed health care practitioners.

(3) As the terms of the members expire, the Governor shall appoint successors for terms of 4 years, and such members shall serve until their successors are appointed.

(4) All provisions of chapter 456 relating to activities of the board shall apply.

(5) The board shall appoint an individual to serve as the state’s delegate on the Physical Therapy Compact Commission, as required under s. 486.112.

History: ss. 3, 17, ch. 89-124; s. 24, ch. 90-228; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 182, ch. 94-218; s. 176, ch. 97-264; s. 143, ch. 98-166; s. 202, ch. 2000-160; s. 63, ch. 2024-15.