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Fla. Stat. § 198.33 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 198 / Section 198.33
198.33 Discharge of estate, notice of lien, limitation on lien, etc.
Status: in_force

(1) Where no receipt for the payment of taxes, or no affidavit or certificate of nonliability for taxes has been issued or recorded as provided for in this chapter, the property constituting the estate of the decedent in this state shall be deemed fully acquitted and discharged of all liability for estate and inheritance taxes under this chapter after a lapse of 10 years from the date of the filing with the department of an estate tax return, unless the department shall make out and file and have recorded in the public records of the county wherein any part of the estate of the decedent may be situated in this state, a notice of lien against the property of the estate, specifying the amount or approximate amount of taxes claimed to be due to the state under this chapter, which notice of lien shall continue said lien in force for an additional period of 5 years or until payment is made. Such notice of lien shall be filed and recorded in the book of deeds in the office of the clerk of the circuit court; provided, where no receipt for the payment of taxes, or no affidavit or certificate of nonliability for taxes, has been issued or recorded as provided for in this chapter, the property constituting the estate of the decedent in this state, if said decedent was a resident of this state at the time of death, shall be deemed fully acquitted and discharged of all liability for tax under this chapter after a lapse of 10 years from the date of the death of the decedent, unless the department shall make out and file and have recorded notice of lien as herein provided, which notice shall continue said lien in force against such property of the estate as is situate in the county wherein said notice of lien was recorded for an additional period of 5 years or until payment is made.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section or this chapter, no lien for estate and inheritance taxes under this chapter shall continue for more than 20 years from the date of death of the decedent, whether the decedent be a resident or nonresident of this state.

History: s. 26, ch. 16015, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1342(106); s. 6, ch. 28031, 1953; s. 10, ch. 29718, 1955; s. 2, ch. 57-108; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1043, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 99-208.
Fla. Stat. § 82.101 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 82 / Section 82.101
82.101 Effect of judgment.
Status: in_force

No judgment rendered either for the plaintiff or the defendant bars any action of trespass for injury to the real property or ejectment between the same parties respecting the same real property. A judgment is not conclusive as to the facts therein in any future action for trespass, ejectment, or quiet title. A judgment rendered either for the plaintiff or the defendant pursuant to this chapter may be superseded, in whole or in part, by a subsequent judgment in an action for trespass for injury to the real property, ejectment, or quiet title involving the same parties with respect to the same real property.

History: s. 20, ch. 1630, 1868; RS 1703; GS 2168; RGS 3472; CGL 5325; s. 33, ch. 67-254; s. 9, ch. 2018-94.
Fla. Stat. § 328.60 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 328 / Part II / Section 328.60
328.60 Military personnel; registration; penalties.
Status: in_force

Any military personnel on active duty in this state operating, using, or storing a vessel on the waters of this state that has a registration number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state or by the United States Coast Guard in a state without a federally approved numbering system, or a federally documented vessel with a valid registration in full force and effect from another state shall not be required to register his or her vessel in this state while such certificate of registration remains valid; but, at the expiration of such registration certificate, all registration and titling shall be issued by this state. In the case of a federally documented vessel, the issuance of a title is not required by this chapter.

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 67-586; s. 302, ch. 71-136; s. 6, ch. 84-184; s. 452, ch. 95-148; s. 58, ch. 96-413; s. 17, ch. 99-289; s. 26, ch. 2009-86.
Fla. Stat. § 944.485 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 944 / Section 944.485
944.485 Subsistence fees with respect to certain prisoners; time of adoption; requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) In recognition of the fact that many prisoners in the correctional system have sources of income and assets outside of the correctional system, which may include bank accounts, inheritances, real estate, social security payments, veteran’s payments, and other types of financial resources, and in recognition of the fact that the daily subsistence cost of incarcerating prisoners in the correctional system is a great burden on the taxpayers of the state, each prisoner in the state correctional system, except those who have entered into an agreement under s. 947.135 prior to October 1, 1978: (a) Shall disclose all revenue or assets as a condition of parole or other release eligibility. (b) Shall pay from such income and assets, except where such income is exempt by state or federal law, all or a fair portion of the prisoner’s daily subsistence costs, based upon the inmate’s ability to pay, the liability or potential liability of the inmate to the victim or the guardian or the estate of the victim, and the needs of his or her dependents.

(2)(a) Any prisoner who is directed to pay all or a fair portion of daily subsistence costs is entitled to reasonable advance notice of the assessment and shall be afforded an opportunity to present reasons for opposition to the assessment. (b) An order directing payment of all or a fair portion of a prisoner’s daily subsistence costs may survive against the estate of the prisoner.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-441; s. 1, ch. 92-298; s. 1652, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 6.07 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.07
6.07 Congress may legislate concerning state lands acquired for national forests.
Status: in_force

Congress may pass such laws and make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations, of both a civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment therefor, as in its judgment may be necessary for the administration, control, and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by the United States under the provisions of s. 6.06.

History: s. 2, ch. 8564, 1921; CGL 10.
Fla. Stat. § 196.071 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 196 / Section 196.071
196.071 Homestead exemptions; claims by members of armed forces.
Status: in_force

Every person who is entitled to homestead exemption in this state and who is serving in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall file a claim for such exemption as required by law, either in person, or, if by reason of such service he or she is unable to file such claim in person he or she may file such claim through his or her next of kin or through any other person he or she may duly authorize in writing to file such claim.

History: s. 1, ch. 28199, 1953; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 992, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 257.29 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.29
257.29 Compliance with local laws.
Status: in_force

No city, town, county, library system, library district, or other political subdivision of this state shall be party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to Art. III, subdivision (c)7. of the compact, pledge its credit in support of such a library, or contribute to the capital financing thereof except after compliance with any laws applicable to such cities, towns, counties, library systems, library districts, or other political subdivisions relating to or governing capital outlay and the pledging of credit.

History: s. 2, ch. 72-157.
Fla. Stat. § 446.44 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 446 / Section 446.44
446.44 Duties of Rural Workforce Services Program.
Status: in_force

It shall be the direct responsibility of the Rural Workforce Services Program to promote and deliver employment and workforce services and resources to the rural undeveloped and underdeveloped counties of the state in an effort to:

(1) Slow down out-migration of untrained rural residents to the state’s overcrowded large metropolitan centers.

(2) Improve the economic status of the impoverished rural residents.

(3) Provide present and new industry with the workforce training resources necessary for them to train the untrained rural workforce toward gainful employment.

(4) Develop rural workforce programs that will be evaluated, planned, and implemented through communications and planning with appropriate: (a) Departments of state and federal governments. (b) Agencies and organizations of the public and private sectors at the state, regional, and local levels.

History: s. 5, ch. 72-398; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 125, ch. 2000-165; s. 136, ch. 2023-173.
Fla. Stat. § 159.44 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part III / Section 159.44
159.44 Definitions; industrial development authorities.
Status: in_force

The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall have the following meaning:

(1) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means the bonds authorized to be issued by any authority under this act, which may consist of a single bond. The term “bonds” or “revenue bonds” shall also include a single bond, a promissory note or notes, or other debt obligations evidencing an obligation to repay borrowed money.

(2) “Project” means any project as defined in the Florida Industrial Development Financing Act.

(3) “Authority,” “authorities,” or “industrial development authority” means any of the public corporations created pursuant to ss. 159.44-159.53.

(4) “Commission” means the board of county commissioners or other body charged with governing the county.

(5) “Cost” as applied to a project shall embrace the cost of construction; land or rights in land; other property, both real and personal; machinery and equipment; financing charges, including interest; and all other costs necessary for placing the project in operation as defined in the Florida Industrial Development Financing Act. “Cost” shall also include the cost of financial consultants, accountants, legal services, engineering and architectural services, feasibility studies; and services by other consultants and such experts as may be selected by the lessee of any such project if the cost thereof shall be paid by the lessee or be included as a cost of the project and reimbursed from proceeds of any bonds issued to finance the cost of such project.

(6) “Florida Industrial Development Financing Act” means ss. 159.25-159.43 and any amendments thereto, and the definitions contained therein shall also be applicable to ss. 159.44-159.53 and to any bonds issued pursuant thereto.

History: s. 3, ch. 70-229; s. 12, ch. 80-287.
Fla. Stat. § 626.855 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part VI / Section 626.855
626.855 “Independent adjuster” defined.
Status: in_force

An “independent adjuster” means a person licensed as an all-lines adjuster who is self-appointed or appointed and employed by an independent adjusting firm or other independent adjuster, and who undertakes on behalf of an insurer to ascertain and determine the amount of any claim, loss, or damage payable under an insurance contract or undertakes to effect settlement of such claim, loss, or damage.

History: s. 318, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 81-282; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 293, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 27, ch. 2012-209.
Fla. Stat. § 409.9134 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part III / Section 409.9134
409.9134 Agency to distinguish certain services as to skilled home health services; prohibited from requiring home health agencies to meet certain requirements for Medicaid participation.
Status: in_force

The Agency for Health Care Administration shall distinguish private duty nursing services and attendant nursing care services from skilled home health services in its Medicaid provider enrollment process. As of October 1, 2021, the agency may not require a home health agency that does not provide Medicaid-skilled home health services and provides only attendant nursing care services or private duty nursing services, or both, to meet the requirements of Medicare certification or its accreditation equivalents for participation in the Medicaid program.

History: s. 7, ch. 2023-243.
Fla. Stat. § 456.054 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.054
456.054 Kickbacks prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “kickback” means a remuneration or payment, by or on behalf of a provider of health care services or items, to any person as an incentive or inducement to refer patients for past or future services or items, when the payment is not tax deductible as an ordinary and necessary expense.

(2) It is unlawful for any health care provider or any provider of health care services to offer, pay, solicit, or receive a kickback, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, for referring or soliciting patients.

(3)(a) It is unlawful for any person or any entity to pay or receive, directly or indirectly, a commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate from, or to engage in any form of a split-fee arrangement with, a dialysis facility, health care practitioner, surgeon, person, or entity for referring patients to a clinical laboratory as defined in s. 483.803. (b) It is unlawful for any clinical laboratory to: 1. Provide personnel to perform any functions or duties in a health care practitioner’s office or dialysis facility for any purpose, including for the collection or handling of specimens, directly or indirectly through an employee, contractor, independent staffing company, lease agreement, or otherwise, unless the laboratory and the practitioner’s office, or dialysis facility, are wholly owned and operated by the same entity. 2. Lease space within any part of a health care practitioner’s office or dialysis facility for any purpose, including for the purpose of establishing a collection station where materials or specimens are collected or drawn from patients.

(4) Violations of this section shall be considered patient brokering and shall be punishable as provided in s. 817.505.

History: s. 8, ch. 92-178; s. 2, ch. 96-152; s. 79, ch. 97-261; s. 8, ch. 99-204; s. 78, ch. 2000-160; s. 6, ch. 2006-305; s. 91, ch. 2018-24.
Fla. Stat. § 473.318 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 473 / Section 473.318
473.318 Ownership of working papers.
Status: in_force

All statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a certified public accountant or firm or her or his employee incident to, or in the course of, professional services to a client, except the reports submitted by the certified public accountant or firm to the client and except for records which are part of the client’s records, shall be and remain the property of the certified public accountant or firm in the absence of an express agreement between the certified public accountant or firm and the client to the contrary.

History: ss. 17, 25, ch. 79-202; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 11, ch. 85-9; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 351, ch. 97-103; s. 16, ch. 2009-54.
Fla. Stat. § 316.240 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.240
316.240 Standards for lights on highway maintenance and service equipment.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to headlamps, clearance lamps, and identification and other lamps on highway maintenance and service equipment when operated on state roads and county road system of this state in lieu of the lamps otherwise required on motor vehicles by this chapter. Such standards and specifications may permit the use of flashing lights for purposes of identification on highway maintenance and service equipment when in service upon the highways. The standards and specifications for lamps referred to in this section shall correlate with, and as far as possible conform with, those approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.

(2) It is unlawful to operate any highway maintenance and service equipment on any highway as described heretofore unless the lamps thereon comply with and are lighted when and as required by the standards and specifications adopted as provided in this section.

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

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 194, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 395.4015 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 395 / Part II / Section 395.4015
395.4015 State regional trauma planning; trauma regions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish a state trauma system plan. As part of the state trauma system plan, the department shall establish trauma regions that cover all geographical areas of the state and have boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of the regional domestic security task forces established under s. 943.0312. These regions may serve as the basis for the development of department-approved local or regional trauma plans. However, the delivery of trauma services by or in coordination with a trauma agency established before July 1, 2004, may continue in accordance with public and private agreements and operational procedures entered into as provided in s. 395.401.

(2) The department shall consider the advice and recommendations of any affected local or regional trauma agency in developing the state trauma system plan.

(3) The department shall use the state trauma system plan as the basis for establishing a statewide inclusive trauma system.

History: s. 5, ch. 87-399; s. 2, ch. 88-186; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 5, ch. 89-275; ss. 36, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 3, ch. 2000-189; s. 5, ch. 2004-259.
Fla. Stat. § 662.142 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 662 / Section 662.142
662.142 Revocation of license.
Status: in_force

(1) Any of the following acts constitute grounds for the revocation by the office of the license of a licensed family trust company: (a) The company is not a family trust company as defined in this chapter. (b) A violation of s. 662.1225, s. 662.123(1)(a), s. 662.125(2), s. 662.126, s. 662.127, s. 662.128, s. 662.130, s. 662.131, s. 662.134, or s. 662.144. (c) A violation of chapter 896, relating to financial transactions offenses, or a similar state or federal law or related rule or regulation. (d) A violation of any rule of the commission. (e) A violation of any order of the office. (f) A breach of any written agreement with the office. (g) A prohibited act or practice under s. 662.131. (h) A failure to provide information or documents to the office upon written request. (i) An act of commission or omission that is judicially determined to be a breach of trust or fiduciary duty.

(2) If the office finds that a licensed family trust company has committed any of the acts specified in subsection (1), the office may enter an order suspending the company’s license and provide notice of its intention to revoke the license and of the opportunity for a hearing pursuant to ss. 120.569 and 120.57.

(3) If a hearing is not timely requested pursuant to ss. 120.569 and 120.57 or if a hearing is held and it has been determined that the licensed family trust company has committed any of the acts specified in subsection (1), the office may enter an order revoking the company’s license. A licensed family trust company has 90 days to wind up its affairs after license revocation. If after 90 days the company is still in operation, the office may seek an order from the circuit court for the annulment or dissolution of the company.

History: s. 29, ch. 2014-97; s. 12, ch. 2016-35.
Fla. Stat. § 83.805 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part III / Section 83.805
83.805 Lien.
Status: in_force

The owner of a self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit and the owner’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a lien upon all personal property, whether or not owned by the tenant, located at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit for rent, labor charges, or other charges, present or future, in relation to the personal property and for expenses necessary for its preservation or expenses reasonably incurred in its sale or other disposition pursuant to ss. 83.801-83.809. The lien provided for in this section attaches as of the date that the personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility or as of the date the tenant takes possession of the self-contained storage unit, and the priority of this lien shall be the same as provided in s. 83.08; however, in the event of default, the owner must give notice to persons who hold perfected security interests under the Uniform Commercial Code in which the tenant is named as the debtor.

History: s. 1, ch. 79-404; s. 3, ch. 82-151; s. 19, ch. 83-217; s. 2, ch. 93-238; s. 453, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 672.505 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part V / Section 672.505
672.505 Seller’s shipment under reservation.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the seller has identified goods to the contract by or before shipment: (a) His or her procurement of a negotiable bill of lading to his or her own order or otherwise reserves in him or her a security interest in the goods. His or her procurement of the bill to the order of a financing agency or of the buyer indicates in addition only the seller’s expectation of transferring that interest to the person named. (b) A nonnegotiable bill of lading to himself or herself or his or her nominee reserves possession of the goods as security but except in a case of conditional delivery (s. 672.507(2)) a nonnegotiable bill of lading naming the buyer as consignee reserves no security interest even though the seller retains possession or control of the bill of lading.

(2) When shipment by the seller with reservation of a security interest is in violation of the contract for sale it constitutes an improper contract for transportation within the preceding section but impairs neither the rights given to the buyer by shipment and identification of the goods to the contract nor the seller’s powers as a holder of a negotiable document of title.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 581, ch. 97-102; s. 11, ch. 2010-131.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1604 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1604
617.1604 Court-ordered inspection.
Status: in_force

(1) If a corporation does not, within a reasonable time, allow a member to inspect and copy any record, and the member complies with any prerequisites to inspection and copying imposed by this section, the member may apply to the circuit court in the county where the corporation’s principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited summary basis.

(2) If the court orders inspection or copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation and the custodian of the particular records demanded to pay the member’s costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, reasonably incurred to obtain the order and enforce its rights under this section unless the corporation, or the officer, director, or agent, as the case may be, provides that it or he or she refused inspection in good faith because it or he or she had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect or copy the records demanded.

(3) If the court orders inspection or copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding member.

History: s. 72, ch. 93-281; s. 5, ch. 97-93; s. 102, ch. 97-102.