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Fla. Stat. § 479.24 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 479 / Part I / Section 479.24
479.24 Compensation for signs; eminent domain; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Just compensation shall be paid by the department upon the department’s acquisition of a lawful conforming or nonconforming sign along any portion of the interstate or federal-aid primary highway system. This section does not apply to a sign that is illegal at the time of its removal. A sign loses its nonconforming status and becomes illegal at such time as it fails to be permitted or maintained in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations other than the provision that makes it nonconforming. A legal nonconforming sign under state law or rule does not lose its nonconforming status solely because it additionally becomes nonconforming under an ordinance or regulation of a local governmental entity passed at a later date. The department shall make every reasonable effort to negotiate the purchase of the signs to avoid litigation and congestion in the courts.

(2) The department is not required to remove any sign under this section if the federal share of the just compensation to be paid upon removal of the sign is not available to make such payment, unless an appropriation by the Legislature for such purpose is made to the department.

(3)(a) The department may use the power of eminent domain when necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) If eminent domain procedures are instituted, just compensation shall be made pursuant to the state’s eminent domain procedures, chapters 73 and 74.

History: s. 9, ch. 71-971; s. 5, ch. 75-202; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 19, 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 42, ch. 94-237; s. 19, ch. 2014-215; s. 40, ch. 2014-223.
Fla. Stat. § 101.252 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 101 / Section 101.252
101.252 Candidates entitled to have names printed on certain ballots; exception.
Status: in_force

(1) Any candidate for nomination who has qualified as prescribed by law is entitled to have his or her name printed on the official primary election ballot. However, when there is only one candidate of any political party qualified for an office, the name of the candidate shall not be printed on the primary election ballot, and such candidate shall be declared nominated for the office.

(2) Any candidate for party executive committee member who has qualified as prescribed by law is entitled to have his or her name printed on the primary election ballot. However, when there is only one candidate of any political party qualified for such an office, the name of the candidate shall not be printed on the primary election ballot, and such candidate shall be declared elected to the state or county executive committee.

History: s. 27, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 331; CGL 388; s. 3, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 1, ch. 63-99; s. 5, ch. 65-378; s. 16, ch. 77-175; s. 21, ch. 89-338; s. 561, ch. 95-147; s. 15, ch. 2005-286.
Fla. Stat. § 488.05 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.05
488.05 Driver school vehicle identification certificates.
Status: in_force

A motor vehicle owned or controlled by a driver school may not be used for the purpose of giving driving instructions until the licensee has obtained a school vehicle identification certificate from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which certificate shall be carried in such vehicle at all times. An application for an initial certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $15, which is not refundable. The fee for the annual renewal of a certificate is $10. A school vehicle certificate will not be issued by the department unless the vehicle is equipped in accordance with safety requirements established by the department.

History: s. 5, ch. 28142, 1953; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 10, 11, ch. 84-150; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 253.128 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.128
253.128 Enforcement; board or agency under special law.
Status: in_force

In any county where the Legislature by special law or general law with local application has heretofore or hereafter transferred or delegated to any county board or agency other than the board of county commissioners or the governing body of any municipality powers and duties over the establishment of bulkhead line or lines, dredging permits, fill permits, seawall construction or any other powers of a like nature such agency shall have jurisdiction under this law in lieu of the board of county commissioners or the governing body of any municipality as the case may be.

History: s. 8, ch. 57-362.
Fla. Stat. § 680.507 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part V / Section 680.507
680.507 Proof of market rent; time and place.
Status: in_force

(1) Damages based on market rent (s. 680.519 or s. 680.528) are determined according to the rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times specified in s. 680.519 or s. 680.528.

(2) If evidence of rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times or places described in this chapter is not readily available, the rent prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place or for a different lease term which in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any proper allowance for the difference, including the cost of transporting the goods to or from the other place.

(3) Evidence of a relevant rent prevailing at a time or place or for a lease term other than the one described in this chapter offered by one party is not admissible unless and until he or she has given the other party notice the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise.

(4) If the prevailing rent or value of any goods regularly leased in any established market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of that market are admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of the report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 717, ch. 97-102; s. 35, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 112.3124 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part III / Section 112.3124
112.3124 Enforcement and penalties for constitutional prohibition against lobbying by a former justice or judge.
Status: in_force

(1) Section 13(b), Art. V of the State Constitution applies to justices or judges who vacate their judicial position on or after December 31, 2022.

(2) For purposes of administrative enforcement, a violation of s. 13(b), Art. V of the State Constitution is deemed a violation of this part.

(3) If the commission finds that there has been a violation of s. 13(b), Art. V of the State Constitution, the commission must report its findings and recommendations for appropriate action to the Governor, who has the power to invoke any of the penalties under subsection (4).

(4) A violation of s. 13(b), Art. V of the State Constitution may be punished by one or more of the following: (a) Public censure and reprimand. (b) A civil penalty not to exceed $10,000. (c) Forfeiture of any pecuniary benefits received for conduct that violates this section. The amount of the pecuniary benefits must be paid to the General Revenue Fund.

(5) The Attorney General and Chief Financial Officer are independently authorized to collect any penalty imposed under this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 2022-141.
Fla. Stat. § 790.064 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 790 / Section 790.064
790.064 Firearm possession and firearm ownership disability.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who has been adjudicated mentally defective or who has been committed to a mental institution, as those terms are defined in s. 790.065(2), may not own a firearm or possess a firearm until relief from the firearm possession and firearm ownership disability is obtained.

(2) The firearm possession and firearm ownership disability runs concurrently with the firearm purchase disability provided in s. 790.065(2).

(3) A person may petition the court that made the adjudication or commitment, or that ordered that the record be submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement pursuant to s. 790.065(2), for relief from the firearm possession and firearm ownership disability.

(4) The person seeking relief must follow the procedures set forth in s. 790.065(2) for obtaining relief from the firearm purchase disability in seeking relief from the firearm possession and firearm ownership disability.

(5) The person may seek relief from the firearm possession and firearm ownership disability simultaneously with the relief being sought from the firearm purchase disability, if such relief is sought, pursuant to the procedure set forth in s. 790.065(2).

History: s. 10, ch. 2018-3.
Fla. Stat. § 337.409 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 337 / Section 337.409
337.409 Willfully or maliciously removing, damaging, destroying, altering, or appropriating benches, transit shelters, waste receptacles, or advertising displayed thereon; penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully or maliciously removes, damages, destroys, tampers with or alters in any way a bench, transit shelter, or waste receptacle, or advertising displayed thereon, when such structure and display has been installed and maintained pursuant to the provisions of s. 337.408, or any person who in any manner appropriates to her or his own use or to the use of another by painting, printing, placing, or affixing any advertisement or similar material upon any such structure, or upon advertising displayed thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 31, ch. 95-257; s. 14, ch. 97-96.
Fla. Stat. § 466.0281 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 466 / Section 466.0281
466.0281 Initial examination for orthodontic appliance.
Status: in_force

Before the initial diagnosis and correction of a malposition of human teeth or initial use of an orthodontic appliance, a dentist must perform an in-person examination of the patient or obtain records from an in-person examination within the previous 12 months and perform a review of the patient’s most recent diagnostic digital or conventional radiographs or other equivalent bone imaging suitable for orthodontia. The term “in-person examination” means an examination conducted by a dentist while the dentist is physically present in the same room as the patient.

History: s. 5, ch. 2024-214; s. 55, ch. 2025-6.
Fla. Stat. § 703.05 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 703 / Section 703.05
703.05 Service charge of clerk for furnishing abstract.
Status: in_force

When the records of the county have been abstracted, the service charge of the clerk for making an abstract shall be as provided in s. 28.24.

History: s. 5, ch. 5173, 1903; GS 2509; RGS 3852; CGL 5759; s. 33, ch. 70-134.
Fla. Stat. § 316.074 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.074
316.074 Obedience to and required traffic control devices.
Status: in_force

(1) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.

(2) No person shall drive any vehicle from a roadway to another roadway to avoid obeying the indicated traffic control indicated by such traffic control device.

(3) No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.

(4) Whenever official traffic control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(5) Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(6) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 94, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 680.1021 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part I / Section 680.1021
680.1021 Scope.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease and, in the case of a hybrid lease, applies to the extent provided in subsection (2).

(2) In a hybrid lease, both of the following apply: (a) If the lease-of-goods aspects do not predominate: 1. Only the provisions of this chapter which relate primarily to the lease-of-goods aspects of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply; 2. Section 608.209 applies if the lease is a finance lease; and 3. Section 608.407 applies to the promises of the lessee in a finance lease to the extent that the promises are consideration for the right to possession and use of the leased goods. (b) If the lease-of-goods aspects predominate, this chapter applies to the transaction, but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of other law to aspects of the lease which do not relate to the lease of goods.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 123, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 634.341 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.341
634.341 Penalty for violation of cease and desist order.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates a cease and desist order of the department or office under s. 634.339 while such order is in effect, after notice and hearing as provided in s. 634.338, is subject, at the discretion of the department or office, to any one or more of the following penalties:

(1) A monetary penalty of not more than $25,000 as to all matters determined in such hearing.

(2) The suspension or revocation of such person’s license or eligibility to hold a license.

History: s. 29, ch. 83-323; s. 1, ch. 84-94; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 1480, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 641.457 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part II / Section 641.457
641.457 Exemption for certain operational prepaid health clinics.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part do not apply to those prepaid health clinics providing the services defined in ss. 641.40-641.459, which clinics have been continuously engaged in providing such services since January 1, 1947, provided that any prepaid health clinic claiming an exemption under this section notified the former Department of Insurance of its claim on or before January 1, 1985. This exemption will terminate upon a change in controlling ownership of the organization.

History: ss. 10, 11, ch. 84-313; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1624, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 83.54 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part II / Section 83.54
83.54 Enforcement of rights and duties; civil action; criminal offenses.
Status: in_force

Any right or duty declared in this part is enforceable by civil action. A right or duty enforced by civil action under this section does not preclude prosecution for a criminal offense related to the lease or leased property.

History: s. 2, ch. 73-330; s. 7, ch. 2013-136.
Fla. Stat. § 709.2113 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 709 / Part II / Section 709.2113
709.2113 Agent’s acceptance of appointment.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an agent by exercising authority or performing duties as an agent or by any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance. The scope of an agent’s acceptance is limited to those aspects of the power of attorney for which the agent’s assertions or conduct reasonably manifests acceptance.

History: s. 15, ch. 2011-210.
Fla. Stat. § 270.18 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 270 / Section 270.18
270.18 Tax liens extinguished when lands revert to state; exception.
Status: in_force

Reinstatement of title in the state or its agency shall, by foreclosure or otherwise, operate to extinguish all liens for all taxes or assessments to which the lands would not have been subject had the title been in the state or its agency; provided, however, that any tax certificate or tax deed issued upon such lands or other property in the hands of a person, private firm or private corporation, shall represent a valid obligation against the said lands, and said certificate may be redeemed and paid for by the said state or its agency as provided by law in other cases for the purchase or redemption of tax certificates, and in case of deed, by paying to the holder the amount paid by him or her, plus interest at 6 percent per annum since the date of the said deed.

History: s. 3, ch. 15641, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1771(8); s. 183, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 721.071 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 721 / Part I / Section 721.071
721.071 Trade secrets.
Status: in_force

(1) If a developer or any other person filing material with the division pursuant to this chapter expects the division to keep the material confidential on grounds that the material constitutes a trade secret, as that term is defined in s. 812.081, the developer or other person shall file the material together with an affidavit of confidentiality. “Filed material” for purposes of this section shall mean material that is filed with the division with the expectation that the material will be kept confidential and that is accompanied by an affidavit of confidentiality. Filed material that is trade secret information includes, but is not limited to, service contracts relating to the operation of reservation systems.

(2) The affidavit that must accompany filed material pursuant to subsection (1) shall contain a general claim of confidentiality; describe the filed materials; identify the basis upon which the claim of confidentiality is made; and contain supporting argument, precedent, legal citation, or other supporting documentation to enable the division to satisfy itself that the claim of confidentiality is not merely specious. The division shall have no duty to inquire into the legal or technical sufficiency of a claim of confidentiality that meets the minimum requirements of this subsection.

(3) In the event that the division is satisfied as to the facial validity of the claim of confidentiality, the division shall keep confidential the affidavit and supporting documentation as well as the filed material and shall not disclose such affidavit, documentation, or filed material to any third party except upon administrative order pursuant to chapter 120 or upon circuit court order.

(4) In the event of any administrative or circuit court proceeding relating to any third party attempt to compel disclosure of filed material or to challenge the confidentiality thereof, the developer or other person who filed the material shall be granted leave to appear as amicus curiae before the administrative law judge or the court. The prevailing party in any such attempt to compel disclosure shall be entitled to recover his or her reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from the losing party.

(5) In the event that an administrative law judge or court determines that the filed material is not trade secret information, this subsequent disclosure by the division of the filed material pursuant to s. 119.07(1) shall not be construed as a commission of an offense against intellectual property within the meaning of s. 815.04, nor shall the prior refusal of the division to disclose the filed material subject the division to penalty or attorney’s fees under chapter 119.

History: s. 6, ch. 95-274; s. 301, ch. 96-410; s. 1777, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 2014-208; s. 3, ch. 2016-5; s. 40, ch. 2022-5.
Fla. Stat. § 206.49 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.49
206.49 Invoice to show whether or not tax paid; liability.
Status: in_force

(1) Each terminal supplier or importer, when selling to any other terminal supplier or importer any of the products taxed under this part, shall render an invoice of such sale to the purchaser, and upon such invoice the terminal supplier or importer rendering such invoice shall plainly state thereon whether or not the tax required will be reported and paid by him or her, and the purchaser buying and receiving such products may fully rely upon the statement made in such invoice.

(2) In the event that a seller and purchaser of motor fuel have been convicted of conspiring to defraud the state of tax imposed under this chapter, the seller and purchaser may be held jointly and severally liable for the tax, interest, and penalties.

History: s. 13, ch. 15659, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(28); s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 109, ch. 85-342; s. 1080, ch. 95-147; s. 53, ch. 95-417.
Fla. Stat. § 110.113 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part I / Section 110.113
110.113 Pay periods for state officers and employees; salary payments by direct deposit.
Status: in_force

(1) The normal pay period for salaries of state officers and employees shall be 1 month. The Department of Financial Services shall issue either monthly or biweekly salary payments by state warrants or by direct deposit pursuant to s. 17.076 or make semimonthly salary payments by direct deposit pursuant to s. 17.076, as requested by the head of each state agency and approved by the Executive Office of the Governor and the Department of Financial Services.

(2) As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in state government is required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 17.076. An employee may request an exemption from the provisions of this subsection when such employee can demonstrate a hardship or when such employee is in an other-personal-services position.

History: s. 20, ch. 79-190; s. 25, ch. 95-312; s. 4, ch. 96-310; s. 7, ch. 2001-43; s. 113, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 486.172 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 486 / Section 486.172
486.172 Application of s. 456.021.
Status: in_force

The provisions of s. 456.021 shall also be applicable to the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 7, ch. 78-278; s. 2, ch. 79-116; s. 366, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 24, ch. 83-86; ss. 17, 18, ch. 86-31; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 145, ch. 98-166; s. 204, ch. 2000-160.