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Fla. Stat. § 556.101 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 556 / Section 556.101
556.101 Short title; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter may be cited as the “Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act.”

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide access for excavating contractors and the public to provide notification to the system of their intent to engage in excavation or demolition. This notification system shall provide the member operators an opportunity to identify and locate their underground facilities. Under this notification system, Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., is not required or permitted to locate or mark underground facilities.

(3) It is the purpose of this chapter to: (a) Aid the public by preventing injury to persons or property and the interruption of services resulting from damage to an underground facility caused by excavation or demolition operations. (b) Create a not-for-profit corporation comprised of operators of underground facilities in this state to administer this chapter. (c) Fund the cost of administration through contributions from the member operators for services provided to the member operators and from charges made to others for services requested and provided, such as record searches, education or training, and damage prevention activities. (d) Reserve to the state the power to regulate any subject matter specifically addressed in this chapter. Municipalities, counties, districts, or other local governments may not adopt or enforce ordinances or rules that conflict with this chapter or that prescribe any of the following: 1. Require operators of underground facilities to obtain permits from local governments in order to identify underground facilities. 2. Require premarking or marking. 3. Specify the types of paint or other marking devices that are used to identify underground facilities. 4. Require removal of marks. (e) Permit any local law enforcement officer, local government code inspector, or code enforcement officer to enforce this chapter without the need to incorporate the provisions of this chapter into any local code or ordinance. (f) Foster the awareness of federal laws and regulations that promote safety with respect to underground facilities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended, the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, OSHA Standard 1926.651, and the National Electric Safety Code, ANSI C-2, by requiring and facilitating the advance notice of activities by those who engage in excavation or demolition operations.

(4) It is not the purpose of this chapter to amend or void any permit issued by a state agency for placement or maintenance of facilities in its right-of-way.

History: s. 1, ch. 93-240; s. 1, ch. 97-306; s. 1, ch. 2002-234; s. 1, ch. 2006-138; s. 1, ch. 2010-100.
Fla. Stat. § 243.73 — Florida Code / Title XVI / Chapter 243 / Part II / Section 243.73
243.73 Reports; audits.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall submit to the Governor and the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature, within 6 months after the end of its fiscal year, a complete and detailed report setting forth: (a) Its operations and accomplishments. (b) Its receipts and expenditures during its fiscal year in accordance with the categories or classifications established by the authority for its operating and capital outlay purposes. (c) Its assets and liabilities at the end of its fiscal year and the status of reserve, special, or other funds. (d) A schedule of its bonds outstanding at the end of its fiscal year, together with a statement of the principal amounts of bonds issued and redeemed during the fiscal year. (e) Any other information the authority deems appropriate.

(2) The authority shall submit, with the annual report required by this section, a copy of an annual financial audit of its accounts and records and an annual compliance audit of its programs conducted by an independent certified public accountant and performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards.

(3) The Auditor General may, pursuant to his or her own authority or at the direction of the Legislative Auditing Committee, conduct an audit of the authority or any programs or entities created by the authority.

History: s. 24, ch. 2001-79; s. 5, ch. 2023-92.
Fla. Stat. § 218.076 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 218 / Part I / Section 218.076
218.076 Reduction or waiver of certain permit processing fees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Environmental Protection shall waive processing fees for renewals of exemptions from the Class G-II ground water standards for sodium, odor, chloride, color, and total dissolved solids issued to any county, municipality, or independent special district, with reclaimed water land application facilities for wastewater effluent disposal when such exemptions were granted by the department by final agency action based upon findings that:

(1) The public will benefit from the land application due to the augmentation of the shallow water aquifer for irrigation use; and

(2) Compliance with the Class G-II ground water standard for sodium, chloride, color, and total dissolved solids is unnecessary for the protection of present and future potable water supplied; and

(3) The receiving water for the discharge is the local surficial aquifer used only for irrigation and allowed discharge will not impair such use; and

(4) The constituents for which the exemptions are granted are not expected to cause health-related problems at the projected discharge concentrations; and

(5) There is no reasonable relationship between economic, social, and environmental cost of compliance with the Class G-II ground water standards for sodium, chloride, odor, color, and total dissolved solids, and the economic, social, and environmental benefits of compliance; and

(6) The State of Florida provided the majority of the funds required to construct the wastewater treatment facility creating the discharge effluent; and

(7) The potential benefit of compliance is minor; and

(8) The applicant for the permit renewal has complied with all of the terms and conditions of the exemptions previously approved and which is (are) the subject of the renewal application.

History: s. 9, ch. 98-258.
Fla. Stat. § 409.9102 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part III / Section 409.9102
409.9102 A qualified state Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program in Florida.
Status: in_force

The Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Department of Children and Families, is directed to establish a qualified state Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program in Florida, in compliance with the requirements of s. 1917(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended.

(1) The program shall: (a) Provide incentives for an individual to obtain or maintain insurance to cover the cost of long-term care. (b) Provide a mechanism to qualify for coverage of the costs of long-term care needs under Medicaid without first being required to substantially exhaust his or her assets, including a provision for the disregard of any assets in an amount equal to the insurance benefit payments that are made to or on behalf of an individual who is a beneficiary under the program. (c) Alleviate the financial burden on the state’s medical assistance program by encouraging the pursuit of private initiatives.

(2) The Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Department of Children and Families, and in accordance with federal guidelines, shall create standards for long-term care partnership program information distributed to individuals through insurance companies offering approved long-term care partnership program policies.

(3) The Department of Children and Families, when determining eligibility for Medicaid long-term care services for an individual who is the beneficiary of an approved long-term care partnership program policy, shall reduce the total countable assets of the individual by an amount equal to the insurance benefit payments that are made to or on behalf of the individual.

History: s. 2, ch. 2005-252; ss. 1, 3, ch. 2006-254; s. 206, ch. 2014-19; s. 30, ch. 2015-4.
Fla. Stat. § 738.803 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 738 / Section 738.803
738.803 Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

History: s. 1, ch. 2002-42; s. 51, ch. 2024-216.
Fla. Stat. § 688.001 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 688 / Section 688.001
688.001 Short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 688.001-688.009 may be cited as the “Uniform Trade Secrets Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 88-254.
Fla. Stat. § 16.061 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 16 / Section 16.061
16.061 Initiative petitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General shall, within 30 days after receipt of a proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution by initiative petition from the Secretary of State, petition the Supreme Court, requesting an advisory opinion regarding the compliance of the text of the proposed amendment or revision with s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution, whether the proposed amendment is facially invalid under the United States Constitution, the compliance of the proposed ballot title and substance with s. 101.161, and the compliance of the financial impact statement with s. 100.371(16). The petition may enumerate any specific factual issues that the Attorney General believes would require a judicial determination.

(2) A copy of the petition shall be provided to the Secretary of State and the sponsor of the initiative petition.

(3) Any financial impact statement that the Supreme Court finds not to be in accordance with s. 100.371(16) must be remanded solely to the Financial Impact Estimating Conference for redrafting.

(4) If the Attorney General is notified by the Secretary of State pursuant to s. 15.21(2) that an initiative petition no longer qualifies for ballot placement for the ensuing general election, the Attorney General must withdraw his or her request for an advisory opinion if the Supreme Court has not yet fulfilled that request. If the Secretary of State subsequently resubmits the initiative petition if the criteria in s. 15.21(1) are again satisfied and the court has not issued its advisory opinion, the Attorney General must file a new petition seeking such advisory opinion.

History: s. 2, ch. 87-363; s. 2, ch. 2002-390; s. 2, ch. 2004-33; s. 2, ch. 2020-15; s. 2, ch. 2022-73; s. 3, ch. 2025-21.
Fla. Stat. § 121.045 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 121 / Part I / Section 121.045
121.045 Consolidation of liabilities and assets; existing systems.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective December 1, 1970, the existing systems and the Florida Retirement System shall be consolidated and the system shall assume: (a) All liabilities related to the payment of benefits to members and their beneficiaries; and (b) All obligations in regard to funding and administering benefits accrued for the benefit of members, beneficiaries, and survivors.

(2) The administrator or trustees, where there may be a conflict in law, of the respective trust fund or funds held under the existing systems shall, as of December 1, 1970, cause to be transferred to the system trust funds all assets, including moneys, securities, and other property accumulated to date, as well as all liabilities and obligations connected therewith. Upon such transfer of assets, liabilities, and obligations, the administrator shall become the trustee of any trust fund or funds transferred to this system.

History: s. 4, ch. 70-112.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1403 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1403
617.1403 Articles of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the corporation may dissolve by delivering to the Department of State for filing articles of dissolution setting forth: (a) The name of the corporation; (b) If the corporation has members entitled to vote on dissolution, the date of the meeting of members at which the resolution to dissolve was adopted, a statement that the number of votes cast for dissolution was sufficient for approval, or a statement that such a resolution was adopted by written consent and executed in accordance with s. 617.0701; and (c) If the corporation has no members or if its members are not entitled to vote on dissolution, a statement of such fact, the date of the adoption of such resolution by the board of directors, the number of directors then in office, and the vote for the resolution.

(2) A corporation is dissolved upon the effective date of its articles of dissolution.

History: s. 77, ch. 90-179.
Fla. Stat. § 732.605 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part VI / Section 732.605
732.605 Change in securities; accessions; nonademption.
Status: in_force

(1) If the testator intended a specific devise of certain securities rather than their equivalent value, the specific devisee is entitled only to: (a) As much of the devised securities as is a part of the estate at the time of the testator’s death. (b) Any additional or other securities of the same entity owned by the testator because of action initiated by the entity, excluding any acquired by exercise of purchase options. (c) Securities of another entity owned by the testator as a result of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other similar action initiated by the entity. (d) Securities of the same entity acquired as a result of a plan of reinvestment.

(2) Distributions before death with respect to a specifically devised security, whether in cash or otherwise, which are not provided for in subsection (1) are not part of the specific devise.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220; s. 53, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 336.505 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 336 / Section 336.505
336.505 Default in bonds or interest coupons issued by special road and bridge district; receivership; bondholder claims.
Status: in_force

(1) If any bond or interest coupon on a bond issued by a special road and bridge district is not paid within 60 days after it matures, a receiver may be appointed in the same manner as in s. 298.51. The qualifications, duties, and powers of the receiver shall be the same as those provided in s. 298.51. Pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the receiver may, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations, levy, assess, and collect any tax or special assessment which the commissioners may levy, assess, and collect for special road and bridge district purposes.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 197.552, if a tax deed is issued on any property within the district after a receiver has been appointed under subsection (1), the claim of a person holding a bond or interest coupon on a bond described in subsection (1) shall survive the issuance of such tax deed.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-195; s. 214, ch. 85-342; s. 17, ch. 87-225.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.582 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part III / Section 1012.582
1012.582 Continuing education and inservice training for teaching students with developmental and emotional or behavioral disabilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Education shall develop recommendations to incorporate instruction regarding autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, other developmental disabilities, and emotional or behavioral disabilities into continuing education or inservice training requirements for instructional personnel. These recommendations shall address: (a) Early identification of, and intervention for, students who have autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, other developmental disabilities, or emotional or behavioral disabilities. (b) Curriculum planning and curricular and instructional modifications, adaptations, and specialized strategies and techniques. (c) The use of available state and local resources. (d) The use of positive behavior interventions and supports to de-escalate problem behaviors. (e) The use of restraint techniques, positive behavior interventions and supports, and effective classroom behavior management strategies.

(2) In developing the recommendations, the commissioner shall consult with the State Surgeon General, the Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, representatives from the education community in the state, and representatives from entities that promote awareness about autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, other developmental disabilities, and emotional or behavioral disabilities and provide programs and services to persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, regional autism centers pursuant to s. 1004.55.

(3) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, the Department of Education shall incorporate the course curricula recommended by the Commissioner of Education, pursuant to subsection (1), into existing requirements for the continuing education or inservice training of instructional personnel. The requirements of this section may not add to the total hours required for continuing education or inservice training as currently established by the department.

(4) The State Board of Education may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this section.

(5) The commissioner shall review the curricula in continuing education or inservice education of instructional personnel based on recommendations required under this section. No later than December 1, 2025, the commissioner shall report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on findings and recommendations for updates to instruction.

History: s. 6, ch. 2010-224; s. 3, ch. 2021-140; s. 9, ch. 2025-95.
Fla. Stat. § 945.47 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 945 / Section 945.47
945.47 Discharge of inmate from mental health treatment.
Status: in_force

(1) An inmate who has been placed in a mental health treatment facility for the purpose of mental health treatment shall be discharged from treatment by the warden under the following conditions: (a) If the inmate is no longer in need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42, he or she may be transferred out of the mental health treatment facility and provided with appropriate mental health services; or (b) If the inmate’s sentence expires during his or her treatment, but he or she is no longer in need of care and treatment as an inpatient, the inmate may be released with a recommendation for outpatient treatment, pursuant to ss. 945.40-945.49.

(2) At any time that an inmate who has received mental health treatment while in the custody of the department becomes eligible for release under supervision or upon end of sentence, a record of the inmate’s mental health treatment may be provided to the Florida Commission on Offender Review and to the Department of Children and Families to arrange postrelease aftercare placement and to prospective recipient inpatient health care or residential facilities upon request. The record shall include, at a minimum, a summary of the inmate’s diagnosis, length of stay in treatment, clinical history, prognosis, prescribed medication, treatment plan, and recommendations for aftercare services.

History: s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 59, ch. 88-122; s. 8, ch. 96-422; s. 1863, ch. 97-102; s. 318, ch. 99-8; s. 24, ch. 2000-161; s. 16, ch. 2008-250; s. 327, ch. 2014-19; s. 38, ch. 2014-191; s. 14, ch. 2025-81.
Fla. Stat. § 727.106 — Florida Code / Title XLI / Chapter 727 / Section 727.106
727.106 Turnover.
Status: in_force

Any person or entity in possession, custody, or control of assets of the estate, other than a creditor holding a lien or a right of setoff or recoupment with respect to the subject assets, shall, upon notice by the assignee of the assignment proceeding, promptly turn such assets over to the assignee or the assignee’s duly authorized representative.

History: s. 6, ch. 87-174; s. 940, ch. 97-102; s. 4, ch. 2023-219.
Fla. Stat. § 631.733 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part III / Section 631.733
631.733 Stay of proceedings.
Status: in_force

All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party in any court in this state shall be stayed 60 days from the date an order of liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation is final to permit proper legal action by the association on any matters germane to its powers or duties.

History: s. 17, ch. 79-189; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 259.1052 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 259 / Section 259.1052
259.1052 Babcock Crescent B Ranch Florida Forever acquisition; conditions for purchase.
Status: in_force

(1) The acquisition of the state’s portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund is a conservation acquisition under the Florida Forever program created in s. 259.105, with a goal of sustaining the ecological and economic integrity of the property being acquired while allowing the business of the ranch to operate and prosper.

(2) The Babcock Crescent B Ranch constitutes a unique land mass that has significant scientific, cultural, historical, recreational, ecological, wildlife, fisheries, and productive values. The property is part of a potential greenway of undeveloped land extending from Lake Okeechobee to the east and Charlotte Harbor to the west. The natural beauty and abundant resources of the ranch provide numerous public recreational opportunities such as hiking, fishing, camping, horseback riding, and hunting.

(3) The Legislature recognizes that the acquisition of the state’s portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch represents a unique opportunity to assist in preserving the largest private and undeveloped single-ownership tract of land in Charlotte County. The Legislature further recognizes Lee County as a partner in the acquisition of the ranch. Upon the termination or expiration of the management agreement, Lee County will retain ownership and assume responsibility for management of the Lee County portion of the acquisition. Lee County and the lead manager may enter into an agreement for management of the Lee County property.

(4) This section authorizes the acquisition of the state’s portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch in order to protect and preserve for future generations the scientific, scenic, historic, and natural values of the ranch, including rivers and ecosystems; to protect and preserve the archaeological, geological, and cultural resources of the ranch; to provide for species recovery; and to provide opportunities for public recreation compatible with the working ranch and agricultural activities conducted on the property.

(5) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall, with the cooperation of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, be the lead managing agency responsible for the management of Babcock Crescent B Ranch.

History: s. 7, ch. 2006-231; s. 2, ch. 2013-226; s. 25, ch. 2016-233.