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Fla. Stat. § 507.06 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 507 / Section 507.06
507.06 Delivery and storage of household goods.
Status: in_force

(1) A mover must relinquish household goods to a shipper and must place the goods inside a shipper’s dwelling or, if directed by the shipper, inside a storehouse or warehouse that is owned or rented by the shipper or the shipper’s agent, unless the shipper has not tendered payment in the amount specified in a written contract or estimate signed and dated by the shipper. A mover may not refuse to relinquish prescription medicines and goods for use by children, including children’s furniture, clothing, or toys, under any circumstances.

(2) A mover may not refuse to relinquish household goods to a shipper or fail to place the goods inside a shipper’s dwelling or, if directed by the shipper, inside a storehouse or warehouse that is owned or rented by the shipper or the shipper’s agent, based on the mover’s refusal to accept an acceptable form of payment.

(3) A mover that lawfully fails to relinquish a shipper’s household goods may place the goods in storage until payment is tendered; however, the mover must notify the shipper of the location where the goods are stored and the amount due within 5 days after receipt of a written request for that information from the shipper, which request must include the address where the shipper may receive the notice. A mover may not require a prospective shipper to waive any rights or requirements under this section.

History: s. 6, ch. 2002-53; s. 8, ch. 2006-4.
Fla. Stat. § 90.408 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.408
90.408 Compromise and offers to compromise.
Status: in_force

Evidence of an offer to compromise a claim which was disputed as to validity or amount, as well as any relevant conduct or statements made in negotiations concerning a compromise, is inadmissible to prove liability or absence of liability for the claim or its value.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 250.06 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 250 / Part I / Section 250.06
250.06 Commander in chief.
Status: in_force

(1) The Governor of Florida is the commander in chief of all the militia of the state.

(2) The Governor of Florida, as commander in chief, may alter, increase, divide, annex, consolidate, disband, organize, or reorganize an organization, department, corps, or staff, so as to conform as far as practicable to any organization, system, drill, instruction, corps or staff, uniform or equipment, or period of enlistment prescribed by the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Defense for the organization, armament, training, and discipline of the National Guard.

(3) The Governor may, in order to preserve the public peace, execute the laws of the state, suppress insurrection, repel invasion, respond to an emergency as defined in s. 252.34 or imminent danger thereof, or, in case of the calling of all or any portion of the militia of this state into the services of the United States, may increase the Florida National Guard and organize it in accordance with rules and regulations governing the Armed Forces of the United States. Such organization and increase may be pursuant to or in advance of any call made by the President of the United States. If the Florida National Guard is activated into service of the United States, another organization may not be designated as the Florida National Guard.

(4) The Governor may, in order to preserve the public peace, execute the laws of the state, enhance domestic security, respond to terrorist threats or attacks, respond to an emergency as defined in s. 252.34 or imminent danger thereof, or respond to any need for emergency aid to civil authorities as specified in s. 250.28, order into state active duty all or any part of the militia which he or she deems proper.

(5) The Governor may authorize all or any part of the Florida National Guard to participate in any parade, review, inspection, ceremony, or other public exercise; to serve for escort duty; to participate in training; to provide extraordinary support to law enforcement upon request; and to provide humanitarian relief in situations for which it is uniquely qualified. Such expenses incidental thereto and authorized by the Governor may be paid as provided for state active duty.

(6) The Governor may delegate the authority to convene a general court-martial to the Adjutant General.

History: ss. 7, 8, ch. 8502, 1921; CGL 2018, 2019; s. 1, ch. 25112, 1949; s. 3, ch. 73-93; s. 12, ch. 83-334; s. 101, ch. 95-148; s. 2, ch. 96-333; s. 6, ch. 2003-68; s. 97, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 709.2101 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 709 / Part II / Section 709.2101
709.2101 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part may be cited as the “Florida Power of Attorney Act.”

History: s. 3, ch. 2011-210.
Fla. Stat. § 1002.67 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1002 / Part V / Section 1002.67
1002.67 Performance standards and curricula.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department shall develop and adopt performance standards for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. The performance standards must address the age-appropriate progress of students in the development of: 1. The capabilities, capacities, and skills required under s. 1(b), Art. IX of the State Constitution; 2. Emergent literacy skills grounded in the science of reading, including oral communication, knowledge of print and letters, phonemic and phonological awareness, vocabulary and comprehension development, and foundational background knowledge designed to correlate with the content that students will encounter in grades K-12; and 3. Mathematical thinking and early math skills. (b) At least every 3 years, the department shall review and, if necessary, revise the performance standards established under this section and align the standards to the standards established by the state board for student performance on the statewide assessments administered pursuant to s. 1008.22.

(2)(a) Each private prekindergarten provider and public school may select or design the curriculum that the provider or school uses to implement the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, except as otherwise required for a provider or school that fails to meet the minimum change-in-ability established pursuant to s. 1002.68. (b) Each private prekindergarten provider’s and public school’s curriculum must be developmentally appropriate and must: 1. Be designed to prepare a student for early literacy and provide for instruction in early math skills; 2. Develop students’ background knowledge through a content-rich and sequential knowledge building early literacy curriculum; 3. Enhance the age-appropriate progress of students in attaining the performance standards adopted by the department under subsection (1); and 4. Support student learning gains through differentiated instruction that shall be measured by the coordinated screening and progress monitoring program under s. 1008.25(9). (c) The department shall adopt procedures for the review and approval of curricula for use by private prekindergarten providers and public schools that fail to meet the minimum change-in-ability scores established pursuant to s. 1002.68. The department shall administer the review and approval process and maintain a list of the curricula approved under this paragraph. Each approved curriculum must meet the requirements of paragraph (b).

History: s. 1, ch. 2004-484; s. 28, ch. 2010-210; s. 453, ch. 2011-142; s. 11, ch. 2011-175; s. 7, ch. 2012-133; s. 10, ch. 2013-252; s. 6, ch. 2021-9; s. 40, ch. 2021-10; s. 6, ch. 2022-16; s. 7, ch. 2023-108.
Fla. Stat. § 554.115 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.115
554.115 Disciplinary proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a certificate of operation upon proof that: (a) The certificate has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; (b) The boiler for which the certificate was issued cannot be operated safely; (c) The person who received the certificate willfully or deliberately violated the State Boiler Code, this chapter, or any other rule adopted pursuant to this chapter; or (d) The owner of a boiler: 1. Operated a boiler at a public assembly location without a valid certificate of operation for that boiler; 2. Used a certificate of operation for a boiler other than the boiler for which the certificate of operation was issued; 3. Gave false or forged information to the department, to an authorized inspection agency, or to another boiler inspector for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of operation; 4. Operated a boiler after the certificate of operation for the boiler expired, was not renewed, or was suspended or revoked; 5. Operated a boiler that is in an unsafe condition; or 6. Operated a boiler in a manner that is contrary to the requirements of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter.

(2) The department may deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a certificate of competency upon proof that: (a) The certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; (b) The inspector to whom the certificate was issued is no longer qualified under this chapter to inspect boilers; or (c) The boiler inspector: 1. Gave false or forged information to the department, to an authorized inspection agency, or to another boiler inspector for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of operation; or 2. Inspected any boiler regulated under this chapter without having obtained a valid certificate of competency.

(3) Each suspension of a certificate of operation or certificate of competency shall continue in effect until all violations have been corrected and, for boiler safety violations, until the boiler has been inspected by an authorized inspector and shown to be in a safe working condition.

(4) A revocation of a certificate of competency is permanent, and a revoked certificate of competency may not be reinstated or a new certificate of competency issued to the same person. A suspension of a certificate of competency continues in effect until all violations have been corrected.

History: s. 15, ch. 87-361; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 2000-370; s. 16, ch. 2017-175; s. 81, ch. 2018-110.
Fla. Stat. § 702.08 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 702 / Section 702.08
702.08 Effect of setting aside foreclosure decree.
Status: in_force

Whenever a decree of foreclosure has been so rescinded, vacated, and set aside and the foreclosure proceedings dismissed as provided in s. 702.07, the mortgage, together with its lien and the debt thereby secured, shall be, both in law and equity, completely relieved of all effects of any kind whatsoever resulting from or on account of the foreclosure proceedings and the decree of foreclosure and fully restored in all respects to the original status of the same as it existed prior to the foreclosure proceedings and the decree of foreclosure, and thereafter the same shall be for all purposes whatsoever legally of force and effect just as if foreclosure proceeding had never been instituted and a decree of foreclosure had never been made.

History: s. 2, ch. 11881, 1927; CGL 5753.
Fla. Stat. § 767.03 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 767 / Part I / Section 767.03
767.03 Good defense for killing dog.
Status: in_force

In any action for damages or of a criminal prosecution against any person for killing or injuring a dog, satisfactory proof that said dog had been or was killing any animal included in the definitions of “domestic animal” and “livestock” as provided by s. 585.01 shall constitute a good defense to either of such actions.

History: s. 1, ch. 4978, 1901; GS 3144; RGS 4959; CGL 7046; s. 1, ch. 79-315; s. 2, ch. 94-339; s. 49, ch. 2024-137.
Fla. Stat. § 682.012 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 682 / Section 682.012
682.012 Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person gives notice to another person by taking action that is reasonably necessary to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person acquires knowledge of the notice.

(2) A person has notice if the person has knowledge of the notice or has received notice.

(3) A person receives notice when it comes to the person’s attention or the notice is delivered at the person’s place of residence or place of business, or at another location held out by the person as a place of delivery of such communications.

History: s. 3, ch. 2013-232.
Fla. Stat. § 921.09 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 921 / Section 921.09
921.09 Fees of physicians who determine sanity at time of sentence.
Status: in_force

The court shall allow reasonable fees to physicians appointed by the court to determine the mental condition of a defendant who has alleged insanity as a cause for not pronouncing sentence. The fees shall be paid by the county in which the indictment was found or the information or affidavit filed.

History: s. 255, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(264); s. 121, ch. 70-339.
Fla. Stat. § 320.015 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.015
320.015 Taxation of mobile homes.
Status: in_force

(1) A mobile home, as defined in s. 320.01(2), regardless of its actual use, shall be subject only to a license tax unless classified and taxed as real property. A mobile home is to be considered real property only when the owner of the mobile home is also the owner of the land on which the mobile home is situated and said mobile home is permanently affixed thereto. Any prefabricated or modular housing unit or portion thereof not manufactured upon an integral chassis or undercarriage for travel over the highways shall be taxed as real property once it is permanently affixed to real property. This subsection does not apply to a display home or other inventory being held for sale by a manufacturer or dealer of modular housing units.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), any mobile home classified by a seller or a lender as personal property at the time a security interest was granted therein to secure an obligation shall continue to be so classified for all purposes relating to the loan and security interest, at least as long as any part of such obligation, or any extension or renewal thereof, remains outstanding. Classification of a mobile home as personal property by a seller or a lender shall not prohibit the owner from having the mobile home classified and taxed as real property under subsection (1).

History: Former s. 13, Art IX of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended; converted to statutory law by s. 10, Art. XII of the State Constitution as revised in 1968; s. 2, ch. 70-391; s. 2, ch. 72-339; s. 3, ch. 85-155; s. 6, ch. 87-225; s. 27, ch. 2006-290.
Fla. Stat. § 50.021 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 50 / Section 50.021
50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.
Status: in_force

When any law, or order or decree of court, directs advertisements to be made in a county and there is no newspaper published in the county, the advertisement may be published on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311 or made by posting three copies thereof in three different places in the county, one of which shall be at the front door of the courthouse, and by publication in the nearest county in which a newspaper qualified under this chapter is published.

History: RS 1297; GS 1728; RGS 2943; CGL 4667; s. 6, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 2021-17; s. 2, ch. 2022-103.
Fla. Stat. § 430.207 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 430 / Section 430.207
430.207 Confidentiality of information.
Status: in_force

Information about functionally impaired elderly persons who receive services under ss. 430.201-430.2053 and 430.902 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, by the department or by authorized departmental employees, by persons who volunteer services, or by persons who provide services to functionally impaired elderly persons under ss. 430.201-430.2053 and 430.902 through contracts with the department is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). Such information may not be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to identify a functionally impaired elderly person, unless that person or his or her legal guardian provides written consent.

History: s. 9, ch. 91-71; s. 35, ch. 95-418; s. 279, ch. 96-406; s. 1047, ch. 97-103; s. 109, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 617.221 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.221
617.221 Membership associations.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “membership association” means a not-for-profit corporation, including a department or division of such corporation, the majority of whose board members are constitutional officers who, pursuant to s. 1001.32(2), operate, control, and supervise public entities that receive annual state appropriations through a statutorily defined formulaic allocation that is funded and prescribed annually in the General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill implementing the annual appropriations act. The term does not include a labor organization as defined in s. 447.02 or an entity funded through the Justice Administrative Commission.

(2) Dues paid to a membership association which are paid with public funds shall be assessed for each elected or appointed public officer and may be paid to a membership association. If a public officer elects not to join the membership association, the dues assessed to that public officer may not be paid to the membership association.

History: s. 1, ch. 2016-237.
Fla. Stat. § 468.1315 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part I / Section 468.1315
468.1315 Saving clauses.
Status: in_force

(1) No judicial or administrative proceeding pending pursuant to part I of chapter 468, Florida Statutes, 1989, on October 1, 1990, shall be abated as a result of the repeal of ss. 468.139, 468.140, 468.141, 468.142, 468.1425, 468.143, 468.144, 468.145, 468.146, 468.147, 468.148, and 468.149. In any such unabated proceeding, the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the department shall be deemed parties in interest and shall be made parties to the proceeding.

(2) Certificates of registration and provisional registration issued pursuant to part I of chapter 468, Florida Statutes 1989, which are in effect on September 30, 1990, shall remain in effect pursuant to the provisions of this part.

History: ss. 21, 31, ch. 90-134; s. 21, ch. 90-341; ss. 1, 10, ch. 90-345; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 132, ch. 94-218.
Fla. Stat. § 110.1522 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part I / Section 110.1522
110.1522 Model rule establishing family support personnel policies.
Status: in_force

The Department of Management Services shall develop a model rule establishing family support personnel policies for all executive branch agencies, excluding the State University System. “Family support personnel policies,” for purposes of ss. 110.1521-110.1523, means personnel policies affecting employees’ ability to both work and devote care and attention to their families and includes policies on flexible hour work schedules, compressed time, job sharing, part-time employment, maternity or paternity leave for employees with a newborn or newly adopted child, and paid and unpaid family or administrative leave for family responsibilities.

History: s. 4, ch. 91-184; s. 27, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 27, ch. 96-399.
Fla. Stat. § 373.41365 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part IV / Section 373.41365
373.41365 Adoption and modification of rules to ensure financial assurances for long-term management of mitigation under ss. 373.4136 and 373.414.
Status: in_force

The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt and modify rules adopted pursuant to ss. 373.4136 and 373.414 to ensure that required financial assurances are equivalent and sufficient to provide for the long-term management of mitigation permitted under ss. 373.4136 and 373.414. The department, in consultation with the water management districts, shall include the rulemaking required by this section in existing active rulemaking, or shall complete rule development by June 30, 2023.

History: s. 3, ch. 2022-215.
Fla. Stat. § 219.05 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 219 / Section 219.05
219.05 Depositories.
Status: in_force

(1) Public money, as defined in this act, may be deposited in a depository qualified under the provisions of chapter 136. Such deposits shall be made sufficiently often to keep the amount of the money in the office within the insurance coverage; provided, that any public money may be paid directly to the officer, person, or fund entitled to receive it, without first depositing it in the depository, if a receipt is taken and the transaction is properly recorded in the cash book.

(2) The title of each depository account shall include the name of the office, the name of the county, and such other suitable designation as may be required or desired; and withdrawals shall be made only by checks signed with the title of the account, by such officer, or by his or her duly authorized and bonded deputy or employee, by warrants or as otherwise provided in s. 136.06.

(3) Whenever a county office is vacated by any officer who carries a depository account carried under this act, the retiring officer shall transfer each of his or her official depository accounts to the incoming officer, and if the retiring officer should fail to do so, the depository shall transfer such account or accounts to the person succeeding to the office, upon his or her written request, and exhibition to the said depository of his or her commission.

(4) No handling or service charges shall be deducted by the depository from the amounts deposited. Any handling or service charges which are authorized by the depository agreement or by applicable federal law shall be billed to the board of county commissioners and paid by the said board from the general fund of the county.

History: s. 5, ch. 57-349; s. 7, ch. 59-23; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 78-406; s. 4, ch. 82-104; s. 1183, ch. 95-147; s. 36, ch. 95-312.