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Fla. Stat. § 381.0205 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0205
381.0205 Emergency medical services.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide for a statewide emergency medical services program pursuant to chapters 395 and 401.

History: s. 48, ch. 91-297.
Fla. Stat. § 252.357 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 252 / Part I / Section 252.357
252.357 Monitoring of nursing homes and assisted living facilities during disaster.
Status: in_force

The Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan shall permit the Agency for Health Care Administration, working from the agency’s offices or in the Emergency Operations Center, ESF-8, to make initial contact with each nursing home and assisted living facility in the disaster area. The agency, by July 15, annually, shall publish on the Internet an emergency telephone number that may be used by nursing homes and assisted living facilities to contact the agency on a schedule established by the agency to report requests for assistance. The agency may also provide the telephone number to each facility when it makes the initial facility call.

History: s. 18, ch. 2006-71; s. 19, ch. 2018-110.
Fla. Stat. § 132.42 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.42
132.42 Investment of escrow funds.
Status: in_force

Funds held in escrow by the escrow agent under an escrow agreement entered into pursuant to s. 132.41 may be held uninvested or may be invested only in direct obligations of the United States of America or in obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, which obligations shall mature or be subject to redemption at the option of the holder thereof in such amounts and on such dates as funds will be required to make payments in accordance with the refunding financial plan. Any moneys remaining in the custody of the escrow agent after the full satisfaction of all obligations to be paid from moneys held in escrow by the escrow agent under the escrow agreement shall be returned to the unit and, if any general obligation refunding bonds remain outstanding, shall be applied by the unit to the payment of the principal of or interest on such general obligation refunding bonds.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-181.
Fla. Stat. § 767.11 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 767 / Part II / Section 767.11
767.11 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) “Animal control authority” means an entity acting alone or in concert with other local governmental units and authorized by them to enforce the animal control laws of the city, county, or state. In those areas not served by an animal control authority, the sheriff shall carry out the duties of the animal control authority under this part.

(2) “Animal control officer” means any individual employed, contracted with, or appointed by the animal control authority for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this part or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensure of animals, control of animals, or seizure and impoundment of animals and includes any state or local law enforcement officer or other employee whose duties in whole or in part include assignments that involve the seizure and impoundment of an animal.

(3) “Dangerous dog” means a dog that according to the records of the appropriate authority: (a) Has aggressively bitten, attacked, or endangered or has inflicted severe injury on a human being on public or private property; (b) Has more than once severely injured or killed a domestic animal while off the owner’s property; or (c) Has, when unprovoked, chased or approached a person upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public grounds in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, provided that such actions are attested to in a sworn statement by one or more persons and dutifully investigated by the appropriate authority.

(4) “Owner” means a person, a firm, a corporation, or an organization possessing, harboring, keeping, or having control or custody of an animal or, if the animal is owned by a person under the age of 18, that person’s parent or guardian.

(5) “Proper enclosure” means, while on the owner’s property, a dog is securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the dog from escaping. The pen or structure must have secure sides and a secure top to prevent the dog from escaping over, under, or through the structure and must also provide protection from the elements.

(6) “Severe injury” means any physical injury that results in broken bones, multiple bites, or disfiguring lacerations requiring sutures or reconstructive surgery.

(7) “Unprovoked” means that the victim who has been conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully has been bitten or chased in a menacing fashion or attacked by a dog.

History: s. 2, ch. 90-180; s. 2, ch. 93-13; s. 1156, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 2011-211; s. 4, ch. 2025-61.
Fla. Stat. § 456.012 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.012
456.012 Board rules; final agency action; challenges.
Status: in_force

(1) The State Surgeon General shall have standing to challenge any rule or proposed rule of a board under its jurisdiction pursuant to s. 120.56. In addition to challenges for any invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, the administrative law judge, upon such a challenge by the State Surgeon General, may declare all or part of a rule or proposed rule invalid if it: (a) Does not protect the public from any significant and discernible harm or damages; (b) Unreasonably restricts competition or the availability of professional services in the state or in a significant part of the state; or (c) Unnecessarily increases the cost of professional services without a corresponding or equivalent public benefit. However, there shall not be created a presumption of the existence of any of the conditions cited in this subsection in the event that the rule or proposed rule is challenged.

(2) In addition, either the State Surgeon General or the board shall be a substantially interested party for purposes of s. 120.54(7). The board may, as an adversely affected party, initiate and maintain an action pursuant to s. 120.68 challenging the final agency action.

(3) No board created within the department shall have standing to challenge a rule or proposed rule of another board. However, if there is a dispute between boards concerning a rule or proposed rule, the boards may avail themselves of the provisions of s. 456.011(5).

History: s. 46, ch. 97-261; s. 44, ch. 2000-160; s. 63, ch. 2008-6.
Fla. Stat. § 625.333 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part II / Section 625.333
625.333 Real estate, in general.
Status: in_force

An insurer shall not directly or indirectly acquire or hold real estate except as authorized in this section.

(1) An insurer may acquire and hold: (a) Land and buildings thereon used or acquired for use as its principal home office and branch offices for the convenient transaction of its own business. (b) Real property acquired in satisfaction in whole or in part of loans, mortgages, liens, judgments, decrees, or debts previously owing to the insurer, in the course of its business. (c) Real property acquired in part payment of the consideration on the sale of other real property owned by it, if such transaction effects a net reduction in the insurer’s investment in real estate. (d) Real property acquired by gift or devise or through merger, consolidation, or bulk reinsurance of another insurer under this code. (e) Additional real property and equipment incident to real property, if necessary or convenient for the enhancement of the marketability or sale value of real property previously acquired or held by it under paragraphs (b)-(d), but subject to the prior written approval of the office.

(2) An insurer may acquire and hold real property for the purposes of investment subject to the following conditions: (a) The amount shall not exceed 5 percent of the insurer’s admitted assets. (b) The amount in any one property shall not exceed 1 percent of the insurer’s admitted assets. (c) The amount in unimproved land shall not exceed 0.5 percent of the insurer’s admitted assets. (d) There shall be no time limit for the disposal of investment real estate.

(3) The amount in real property acquired and held by an insurer shall not exceed 15 percent of the insurer’s admitted assets, but the office may grant permission to the insurer to invest in real property in such increased amount as it may deem proper.

History: s. 158, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 115, 122, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 890, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 626.301 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part I / Section 626.301
626.301 Form and contents of licenses, in general.
Status: in_force

Each license issued by the department shall be in such form as the department may designate and contain the licensee’s name, lines of authority the licensee is authorized to transact, the licensee’s personal identification number, the date of issuance, and any other information the department deems necessary to fully identify the licensee and the authority being granted. The department may by rule require photographs of applicants as a part of the licensing process.

History: s. 209, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 173, 217, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; s. 19, ch. 82-386; ss. 30, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 15, ch. 2002-206; s. 930, ch. 2003-261; s. 36, ch. 2004-390.
Fla. Stat. § 715.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 715 / Section 715.02
715.02 Prohibiting recovery from seller of forfeited deposit or down payment made by check, draft, or obligation refused through no fault of seller.
Status: in_force

In any action by any person against the seller of real property for any share of a forfeited deposit or down payment by a prospective purchaser, no check, draft, or other obligation of such prospective purchaser shall be construed to be a deposit and the action shall not be maintained by any person against the seller by reason thereof, if payment of said check, draft, or obligation is refused through no fault of the seller, notwithstanding any recitation of a receipt of said deposit in any written agreement.

History: s. 1, ch. 24304, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949.
Fla. Stat. § 627.191 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part I / Section 627.191
627.191 Adherence to filings; workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurances.
Status: in_force

No insurer or employee thereof, and no agent, shall make or issue a contract or policy of workers’ compensation or employer’s liability insurance except in accordance with the filings which are in effect for such insurer, as provided in the applicable provisions of this part, or in accordance with s. 627.171.

History: s. 429, ch. 59-205; s. 11, ch. 67-9; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 102, ch. 79-40; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 357, 806, ch. 82-243; s. 49, ch. 82-386; ss. 9, 10, ch. 87-124; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 381.4021 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.4021
381.4021 Student loan repayment programs reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) For the student loan repayment programs established in ss. 381.4019 and 381.402, the department shall annually provide a report, beginning July 1, 2024, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which, at a minimum, details all of the following: (a) The number of applicants for loan repayment. (b) The number of loan payments made under each program. (c) The amounts for each loan payment made. (d) The type of practitioner to whom each loan payment was made. (e) The number of loan payments each practitioner has received under either program. (f) The practice setting in which each practitioner who received a loan payment practices.

(2)(a) The department shall contract with an independent third party to develop and conduct a design study to evaluate the impact of the student loan repayment programs established in ss. 381.4019 and 381.402, including, but not limited to, the effectiveness of the programs in recruiting and retaining health care professionals in geographic and practice areas experiencing shortages. The department shall begin collecting data for the study by January 1, 2025, and shall submit the results of the study to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2030. (b) The department shall participate in a provider retention and information system management multistate collaborative that collects data to measure outcomes of education debt support-for-service programs.

(3) This section is repealed on July 1, 2034.

History: s. 3, ch. 2024-15.
Fla. Stat. § 410.601 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 410 / Section 410.601
410.601 Short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 410.601-410.606 may be cited as “The Community Care for Disabled Adults Act.”

History: s. 5, ch. 88-350.
Fla. Stat. § 943.0575 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.0575
943.0575 Public access to records.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict or condition public access to records as provided by s. 119.07.

History: s. 16, ch. 80-409.
Fla. Stat. § 713.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part I / Section 713.02
713.02 Types of lienors and exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Persons performing the services described in s. 713.03 shall have rights to a lien on real property as provided in that section.

(2) Persons performing services or furnishing materials for subdivision improvements as described in s. 713.04 shall have rights to a lien on real property as provided in that section.

(3) Persons who are in privity with an owner and who perform labor or services or furnish materials constituting an improvement or part thereof shall have rights to a lien on real property as provided in s. 713.05.

(4) Persons who are not in privity with an owner and who perform labor or services or furnish materials constituting a part of an improvement under the direct contract of another person shall have rights to a lien on real property as provided in s. 713.06.

(5) Any improvement for which the direct contract price is $2,500 or less shall be exempt from all other provisions of this part except the provisions of s. 713.05.

(6) The owner and contractor may agree that the contractor shall furnish a payment bond as provided in s. 713.23, and upon receipt of the bond the owner is exempt from the other provisions of this part as to that direct contract, but this does not exempt the owner from the lien of the contractor who furnishes the bond. If the bond is provided, it shall secure all liens subsequently accruing under this part as provided in s. 713.23.

(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no lien shall exist in favor of any contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor who is unlicensed as provided in s. 489.128 or s. 489.532. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if a contract is rendered unenforceable by an unlicensed contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor pursuant to s. 489.128 or s. 489.532, such unenforceability shall not affect the rights of any other persons to enforce contract, lien, or bond remedies and shall not affect the obligations of a surety that has provided a bond on behalf of the unlicensed contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor. It shall not be a defense to any claim on a bond or indemnity agreement that the principal or indemnitor is unlicensed as provided in s. 489.128 or s. 489.532.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 1, ch. 67-210; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 7, ch. 69-97; ss. 2, 17, ch. 77-353; s. 1, ch. 78-397; s. 2, ch. 87-74; s. 15, ch. 87-310; s. 3, ch. 88-397; s. 801, ch. 97-102; s. 5, ch. 2001-211; s. 3, ch. 2003-257; s. 6, ch. 2005-227; s. 5, ch. 2007-221.
Fla. Stat. § 440.01 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.01
440.01 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Workers’ Compensation Law.”

History: s. 1, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(1); s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 1, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.
Fla. Stat. § 689.06 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.06
689.06 How trust estate conveyed.
Status: in_force

All grants, conveyances, or assignments of trust or confidence of or in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, shall be by deed signed and delivered, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, by the party granting, conveying, or assigning, or by the party’s attorney or agent thereunto lawfully authorized, or by last will and testament duly made and executed, or else the same shall be void and of no effect.

History: s. 3, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1952; GS 2453; RGS 3792; CGL 5665; s. 1, ch. 80-219; s. 755, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 253.80 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.80
253.80 Murphy Act lands; costs and attorney fees for quieting title.
Status: in_force

No costs or attorney fees of any party adverse to the state may be charged to the state in any proceeding to quiet title in any person to lands the title to which vested in the state under the provisions of chapter 18296, Laws of Florida, 1937.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 1, ch. 75-269; s. 52, ch. 77-104; s. 89, ch. 79-400; s. 1, ch. 84-197.
Fla. Stat. § 586.161 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 586 / Section 586.161
586.161 Honeybee Technical Council.
Status: in_force

(1) COMPOSITION. — The Honeybee Technical Council is created in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall be composed of seven members to be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture of which there shall be five representatives of the honeybee industry, one representative of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and one representative of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services who shall serve as secretary of the council.

(2) STAGGERED TERMS. — Members shall be appointed to 4-year staggered terms. Effective July 1, 1993, two members shall be appointed to a term of 4 years, two members shall be appointed to a term of 3 years, two members shall be appointed to a term of 2 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 1 year.

(3) MEETINGS; POWERS AND DUTIES; PROCEDURES; RECORDS. — The meetings, powers and duties, procedures, and recordkeeping of the Honeybee Technical Council shall be pursuant to s. 570.232.

History: s. 14, ch. 86-62; s. 1, ch. 87-50; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 78, ch. 93-169; s. 28, ch. 94-335; s. 53, ch. 2011-206; s. 143, ch. 2014-150.
Fla. Stat. § 335.09 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.09
335.09 Uniform erection and maintenance of traffic control devices.
Status: in_force

The department shall erect and maintain a uniform system of signs, signals, markings, and other traffic control devices for the regulation, control, guidance, and protection of traffic on the State Highway System. Such system shall conform to the department’s uniform system of traffic control devices adopted pursuant to s. 316.0745.

History: s. 33, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 2, ch. 59-96; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 42, ch. 84-309; s. 14, ch. 85-180.
Fla. Stat. § 714.11 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 714 / Section 714.11
714.11 Collection and turnover of receivership property.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the court orders otherwise, on demand by a receiver: (a) A person that owes a debt that is receivership property and is matured or payable on demand or on order shall pay the debt to or on the order of the receiver, except to the extent the debt is subject to setoff or recoupment; and (b) Subject to subsection (3), a person that has possession, custody, or control of receivership property shall turn the property over to the receiver.

(2) A person that has notice of the appointment of a receiver and owes a debt that is receivership property may not satisfy the debt by payment to the owner.

(3) If a creditor has possession, custody, or control of receivership property and the validity, perfection, or priority of the creditor’s lien on the property depends on the creditor’s possession, custody, or control, the creditor may retain possession, custody, or control until the court orders adequate protection of the creditor’s lien.

(4) Unless a bona fide dispute exists about a receiver’s right to possession, custody, or control of receivership property, the court may sanction as civil contempt a person’s failure to turn the property over when required by this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 2020-106.
Fla. Stat. § 403.0873 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part I / Section 403.0873
403.0873 Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account.
Status: in_force

The “Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account” is established as a nonlapsing account within the Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Pollution Control Trust Fund. All license fees paid pursuant to s. 403.0872(11) shall be deposited in such account and must be used solely by the department and approved local programs under the advice and consent of the Legislature to pay the direct and indirect costs required to develop and administer the major stationary source air-operation permit program. Any approved local pollution control program that accepts funds from the department as reimbursement for services it performs in the implementation of the major source air-operation permit program, receives delegation from the department or the United States Environmental Protection Agency for implementation of the major source air-operation permit program, or performs functions, duties, or activities substantially similar to or duplicative of the services performed by the department or the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the implementation of the major source air-operation permit program is prohibited from collecting additional fees attributable to such services from any source permitted under s. 403.0872.

History: s. 5, ch. 92-132; s. 3, ch. 94-321; s. 363, ch. 94-356.
Fla. Stat. § 943.055 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.055
943.055 Records and audit.
Status: in_force

(1) Criminal justice agencies disseminating criminal justice information derived from a Department of Law Enforcement criminal justice information system shall maintain a record of dissemination in accordance with the user agreements in s. 943.0525.

(2) The Criminal Justice Information Program shall arrange for any audits of state and local criminal justice and noncriminal justice agencies necessary to ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations, this chapter, and rules of the Department of Law Enforcement pertaining to the establishment, operation, security, and maintenance of criminal justice information systems.

History: s. 7, ch. 80-409; s. 11, ch. 98-94; s. 22, ch. 2013-116.
Fla. Stat. § 112.62 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part VII / Section 112.62
112.62 Application.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part are applicable to any and all units, agencies, branches, departments, boards, and institutions of state, county, special district, and municipal governments which participate in, operate, or administer a retirement system or plan for public employees, funded in whole or in part by public funds. The provisions of this part supplement and, to the extent there are conflicts, prevail over the provisions of existing laws and local ordinances relating to such retirement systems or plans.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-170.
Fla. Stat. § 605.0501 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.0501
605.0501 Nature of transferable interest.
Status: in_force

A transferable interest is personal property.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.