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Fla. Stat. § 672.611 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part VI / Section 672.611
672.611 Retraction of anticipatory repudiation.
Status: in_force

(1) Until the repudiating party’s next performance is due he or she can retract his or her repudiation unless the aggrieved party has since the repudiation canceled or materially changed position or otherwise indicated that he or she considers the repudiation final.

(2) Retraction may be by any method which clearly indicates to the aggrieved party that the repudiating party intends to perform, but must include any assurance justifiably demanded under the provisions of this chapter (s. 672.609).

(3) Retraction reinstates the repudiating party’s rights under the contract with due excuse and allowance to the aggrieved party for any delay occasioned by the repudiation.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 596, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 663.537 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 663 / Part IV / Section 663.537
663.537 Examination or investigation of a qualified limited service affiliate.
Status: in_force

The office may conduct an examination or investigation of a qualified limited service affiliate at any time that it deems necessary to determine whether the qualified limited service affiliate or financial institution-affiliated party thereof has violated, or is about to violate, any provision of this chapter, any applicable provision of the financial institutions codes, or any rule adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter or the financial institutions codes. The office shall conduct an examination of each qualified limited service affiliate at least once every 18 months to assess compliance with this part and the financial institutions codes. The office may conduct an examination, before or after qualification, of any person or entity that submits the written notice for qualification pursuant to s. 663.532 to confirm information provided in the written notice and to confirm the activities of the person or entity seeking qualification.

History: s. 48, ch. 2017-83.
Fla. Stat. § 651.117 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 651 / Section 651.117
651.117 Order of liquidation; duties of the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration.
Status: in_force

Whenever an order of liquidation has been entered against a provider, the receiver shall notify the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration by sending to the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration by certified mail a copy of the order of liquidation. Upon receipt of any such order or when requested by the receiver as being in the best interest of the residents of a facility, in addition to any other duty of the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration with respect to residents of a facility, the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration shall evaluate the status of the residents of the facility to determine whether they are eligible for assistance or for programs administered by the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall develop a plan of relocation with respect to residents requesting assistance regarding relocation, and shall counsel the residents regarding such eligibility and such relocation.

History: ss. 10, 12, ch. 86-209; s. 12, ch. 93-22; s. 276, ch. 99-8; s. 281, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 570.89 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part III / Section 570.89
570.89 Posting and notification.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each agritourism operator shall post and maintain signs that contain the notice of inherent risk specified in subsection (2). A sign shall be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism activity. The notice of inherent risk must consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter a minimum of 1 inch in height, with sufficient color contrast to be clearly visible. (b) Each written contract entered into by an agritourism operator for the provision of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, regardless of whether the contract involves agritourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the agritourism activity, must contain in clearly readable print the notice of inherent risk specified in subsection (2).

(2) The sign and contract required under subsection (1) must contain the following notice of inherent risk: WARNING Under Florida law, an agritourism operator is not liable for injury or death of, or damage or loss to, a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury, death, damage, or loss results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury, death, damage, or loss. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.

(3) Failure to comply with this section prevents an agritourism operator, his or her employer or employee, or the owner of the underlying land on which the agritourism occurs from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this section.

History: s. 4, ch. 2013-179; s. 130, ch. 2014-17; s. 115, ch. 2014-150.
Fla. Stat. § 689.09 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.09
689.09 Deeds under statute of uses.
Status: in_force

By deed of bargain and sale, or by deed of lease and release, or of covenant to stand seized to the use of any other person, or by deed operating by way of covenant to stand seized to the use of another person, of or in any lands or tenements in this state, the possession of the bargainor, releasor or covenantor shall be deemed and adjudged to be transferred to the bargainee, releasee or person entitled to the use as perfectly as if such bargainee, releasee or person entitled to the use had been enfeoffed by livery of seizin of the land conveyed by such deed of bargain and sale, release or covenant to stand seized; provided, that livery of seizin can be lawfully made of the lands or tenements at the time of the execution of the said deeds or any of them.

History: s. 12, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1954; GS 2455; RGS 3795; CGL 5668.
Fla. Stat. § 100.201 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.201
100.201 Referendum required before issuing bonds.
Status: in_force

Whenever any county, district, or municipality is by law given power to issue bonds which are required to be approved by referendum, such bonds shall be issued only after the same have been approved by the majority of votes cast by those persons eligible to vote in such referendum. The election costs of such referendum shall be paid in whole or in part, as the case may be, out of the county, district, or municipal treasury.

History: s. 1, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(1); s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 3, ch. 69-377; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 7, ch. 87-363.
Fla. Stat. § 630.131 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 630 / Section 630.131
630.131 Domestication procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon compliance with ss. 630.131-630.161, any alien insurer authorized to do business in this state which owns beneficially, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding capital stock of a domestic insurer may, with the prior written approval of the office and subject to the final approval of the office, domesticate its United States branch, if entered through this state, by entering into an agreement in writing with the domestic insurer providing for the acquisition by the domestic insurer of all the liabilities of the United States branch for no consideration other than the assumption of such liabilities; except that the agreement may further provide for additional consideration payable by the issuance by the acquiring domestic insurer of shares of its capital stock.

(2) Such shares of capital stock of the acquiring domestic insurer, or voting trust certificates representing such shares, as are held among the trusteed assets of the United States branch of the alien insurer or are held in a trust created by the alien insurer and of which the alien insurer is a beneficiary shall be deemed to be shares held beneficially, but indirectly, by an alien insurer.

(3) The acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities of the United States branch by the domestic insurer shall be effected by the filing with the office of an instrument of transfer and assumption in form satisfactory to the office and executed by the alien insurer and the domestic insurer.

(4) A domestic insurer may either be authorized to transact insurance in this state prior to entering into such domestication agreement or may, if the office so approves, be authorized effective with the consummation of the domestication agreement in accordance with the provisions of s. 630.161.

History: s. 713, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 685, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1338, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 373.146 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part I / Section 373.146
373.146 Publication of notices, process, and papers.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever in this chapter the publication of any notice, process, or paper is required or provided for, unless otherwise provided by law, the publication thereof as provided in chapter 50 is considered as being sufficient.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except in the case of emergency meetings, water management districts may provide reasonable notice of public meetings held to evaluate responses to solicitations issued by the water management district, by publication as provided in chapter 50, no less than 7 days before such meeting.

History: s. 44, ch. 25209, 1949; s. 27, part I, ch. 72-299; s. 25, ch. 73-190; s. 14, ch. 78-95; s. 35, ch. 99-247; s. 27, ch. 2021-17.
Fla. Stat. § 343.57 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 343 / Part I / Section 343.57
343.57 Pledge to bondholders not to restrict certain rights of authority.
Status: in_force

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this part that the state will not limit or restrict the rights vested in the authority to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate any project as defined in this part, to establish and collect such fees or other charges as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenues to meet the expenses of maintenance and operation of the system, and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of bonds authorized by this part. The state further pledges that it will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of such bonds until the bonds, together with interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged. Nothing in this section or in any agreement between the authority and the Department of Transportation shall be construed to require the Legislature to make or continue any appropriation of state funds to the authority, including, but not limited to, the amounts specified in s. 343.58(4), nor shall any holder of bonds have any right to require the Legislature to make or continue any appropriation of state funds.

History: s. 1, ch. 89-351; s. 7, ch. 2003-159; s. 66, ch. 2012-174.
Fla. Stat. § 125.9503 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 125 / Part VI / Section 125.9503
125.9503 Responsibilities of units of county government and constitutional county officers.
Status: in_force

Each unit of county government and each constitutional county officer who uses the services of volunteers must:

(1) Take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to develop meaningful opportunities for volunteers involved in locally administered programs.

(2) Adopt rules governing the recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, use, and supervision of volunteers.

(3) Take such actions as are necessary to ensure that volunteers understand their duties and responsibilities.

(4) Take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to ensure a receptive climate for volunteers.

(5) Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered continuous and outstanding service to administered programs.

History: s. 3, ch. 88-66.
Fla. Stat. § 383.312 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 383 / Section 383.312
383.312 Prenatal care of birth center clients.
Status: in_force

(1) A birth center shall ensure that its clients have adequate prenatal care, as defined by the agency, and shall ensure that serological tests are administered as required by this chapter.

(2) Records of prenatal care shall be maintained for each client and shall be available during labor and delivery.

History: ss. 12, 27, ch. 84-283; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 12, ch. 98-171.
Fla. Stat. § 163.503 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 163 / Part IV / Section 163.503
163.503 Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Safe neighborhood improvement district,” “district,” or “neighborhood improvement district” means a district located in an area in which more than 75 percent of the land is used for residential purposes, or in an area in which more than 75 percent of the land is used for commercial, office, business, or industrial purposes, excluding the land area used for public facilities, and where there is a plan to reduce crime through the implementation of crime prevention through environmental design, environmental security, or defensible space techniques, or through community policing innovations. Nothing in this section shall preclude the inclusion of public land in a neighborhood improvement district although the amount of land used for public facilities is excluded from the land use acreage calculations.

(2) “Association” means a property owners’ association which is incorporated for the purpose of creating and operating a neighborhood improvement district.

(3) “Department” means the Department of Commerce.

(4) “Board” means the board of directors of a neighborhood improvement district, which may be the governing body of a municipality or county or the officers of a property owners’ association or the board of directors of a special neighborhood improvement district or community redevelopment neighborhood improvement district.

(5) “Environmental security” means an urban planning and design process which integrates crime prevention with neighborhood design and community development.

(6) “Crime prevention through environmental design” means the planned use of environmental design concepts such as natural access control, natural surveillance, and territorial reinforcement in a neighborhood or community setting which is designed to reduce criminal opportunity and foster positive social interaction among the legitimate users of that setting.

(7) “Defensible space” means an architectural perspective on crime prevention through physical design of the environment to create the ability to monitor and control the environment along individual perceived zones of territorial influence that result in a proprietary interest and a felt responsibility.

(8) “Enterprise zone” means an area designated pursuant to s. 290.0065.

(9) “Community policing innovation” means techniques or strategies as defined by s. 163.340.

History: s. 57, ch. 87-243; s. 24, ch. 88-381; s. 3, ch. 91-86; s. 61, ch. 94-136; s. 12, ch. 98-314; s. 3, ch. 2021-131; s. 30, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 450.271 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 450 / Part III / Section 450.271
450.271 State administration of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
Status: in_force

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Labor of the United States to authorize the department to administer within the State of Florida the provisions of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983, as amended.

History: s. 2, ch. 77-25; s. 43, ch. 79-7; s. 45, ch. 83-174; s. 1, ch. 85-243; s. 10, ch. 2004-64.
Fla. Stat. § 82.01 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 82 / Section 82.01
82.01 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Forcible entry” means entering into and taking possession of real property with force, in a manner that is not peaceable, easy, or open, even if such entry is authorized by a person entitled to possession of the real property and the possession is only temporary or applies only to a portion of the real property.

(2) “Real property” means land or any existing permanent or temporary building or structure thereon, and any attachments generally held out for the use of persons in possession of the real property.

(3) “Record titleholder” means a person who holds title to real property as evidenced by an instrument recorded in the public records of the county in which the real property is located.

(4) “Unlawful detention” means possessing real property, even if the possession is temporary or applies only to a portion of the real property, without the consent of a person entitled to possession of the real property or after the withdrawal of consent by such person.

(5) “Unlawful entry” means the entry into and possessing of real property, even if the possession is temporary or for a portion of the real property, when such entry is not authorized by law or consented to by a person entitled to possession of the real property.

History: s. 1, ch. 1630, 1868; RS 1687; GS 2152; RGS 3456; CGL 5309; s. 33, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 2018-94.
Fla. Stat. § 166.0443 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 166 / Part I / Section 166.0443
166.0443 Certain local employment registration prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as authorized by law, no county or municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, policy, or other action which requires the registration or background screening of any individual engaged in or applying for a specific type or category of employment in the county or municipality or requires the carrying of an identification card issued as a result of such registration or screening, whether or not such requirement is based upon the residency of the person. However, an ordinance that regulates any business, institution, association, profession, or occupation by requiring background screening, which may include proof of certain skills, knowledge, or moral character, is not prohibited by this section, provided that such regulation: (a) Is not preempted to the state or is not otherwise prohibited by law; (b) Is a valid exercise of the police power; (c) Is narrowly designed to offer the protection sought by the county or municipality; and (d) Does not unfairly discriminate against any class of individuals.

(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit any employer, including a local government, from investigating the background of employees or prospective employees or from requiring employees to carry an identification card or registration card.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 86-259.
Fla. Stat. § 258.034 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part I / Section 258.034
258.034 State Park Trust Fund created.
Status: in_force

There is created a “State Park Trust Fund” to which shall be credited all money deposited in the State Treasury by appropriations, or from any other source, whether in trust, by gift, devise, fees, rentals, and charges, together with any unexpended balance of any appropriation heretofore made for the expenditure of public funds toward the support, maintenance, and preservation of any monument, memorial, or historic site which under this chapter comes under the jurisdiction of the Division of Recreation and Parks, to be expended by the division for the administration, improvement, and maintenance of state parks and historic memorials by this chapter placed under the jurisdiction of the division and for the acquisition and development of lands hereafter acquired for state park purposes.

History: s. 11, ch. 25353, 1949; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 636.224 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part II / Section 636.224
636.224 Notice of change of name or address of discount plan organization.
Status: in_force

Each discount plan organization must provide the office at least 30 days’ advance notice of any change in the discount plan organization’s name, address, principal business address, or mailing address.

History: s. 31, ch. 2004-297; s. 24, ch. 2017-112.
Fla. Stat. § 559.936 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part XI / Section 559.936
559.936 Civil penalties; remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover any penalties or damages allowed in this part and for injunctive relief to enforce compliance with this part.

(2) The department may seek a civil penalty in the Class II category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each violation of this part.

(3) The department may seek a civil penalty in the Class III category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each act or omission in violation of s. 559.9335(21) or (22).

(4) The department may bring an action for restitution for and on behalf of any purchaser of travel services aggrieved or injured by a violation of this part.

(5) Any provision in a travel contract, certificate, vacation package, or other brochure or travel material from a seller of travel that purports to waive, limit, restrict, or avoid any of the duties, obligations, or prescriptions of the seller of travel, as herein provided, is void and unenforceable and against public policy, unless it is necessitated by contractual arrangements with travel service suppliers and fully disclosed.

(6) The remedies provided in this part are in addition to any other remedies available for the same conduct.

(7) Upon motion of the department in any action brought under this part, the court may make appropriate orders, including appointment of a general or special magistrate or receiver or sequestration of assets, to reimburse consumers found to have been damaged, to carry out a consumer transaction in accordance with the consumer’s reasonable expectations, or to grant other appropriate relief.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 88-363; s. 6, ch. 89-296; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 88, ch. 92-291; s. 1, ch. 93-107; s. 5, ch. 95-314; s. 91, ch. 2004-11; s. 8, ch. 2008-214; s. 58, ch. 2014-150; s. 36, ch. 2016-166.
Fla. Stat. § 849.33 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 849 / Section 849.33
849.33 Judgment and collection of money; execution.
Status: in_force

Any judgment recovered in such a suit shall adjudge separately the amounts recovered for the use of the state, and the plaintiff shall not have execution therefor, and such amounts shall not be paid to the plaintiff, but shall be payable to the state attorney, who shall promptly transmit the sums collected by him or her to the Chief Financial Officer. The state attorney shall diligently seek the collection of such amounts and may cause a separate execution to issue for the collection thereof.

History: s. 8, ch. 26543, 1951; s. 1376, ch. 97-102; s. 1914, ch. 2003-261.