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Fla. Stat. § 624.468 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.468
624.468 Continuing requirements for certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

After issuance of its initial certificate of authority a commercial self-insurance fund shall thereafter meet the following requirements as a condition of maintaining its certificate of authority:

(1) Maintenance of competent and trustworthy persons to service the program, as further specified in s. 624.466(7). Written notice shall be provided to the office before changing the fund’s method of fulfilling its servicing requirements.

(2) Maintenance of a risk management program as further specified in s. 624.466(6).

(3) Maintenance of a deposit of cash or securities in the amount of $100,000, or a surety bond in lieu thereof, as further specified in s. 624.466(9).

(4) Maintenance of excess insurance in accordance with sound actuarial principles, unless waived by the office, as further specified in s. 624.466(10).

(5) Maintenance of a fidelity bond, as further specified in s. 624.466(11).

(6) Maintenance of appropriate funded loss reserves determined in accordance with sound actuarial principles satisfactory to the office.

(7) Any self-insurance fund which holds a certificate of authority on or after January 1, 1998, shall maintain surplus to policyholders in a positive amount.

(8) Each fund shall have and maintain its principal place of business in this state and shall therein make available to the office upon reasonable notice complete records of its assets, transactions, and affairs in accordance with such methods and systems as are customary for, or suitable to, the kind or kinds of business transacted.

(9) A fund shall file such reports with the office as are required by s. 624.470.

(10) A fund shall report to the office within 15 days of a determination that the actual premiums written or liability assumed or any other factor which substantially contributes to the financial condition of the plan deviates by more than 25 percent from the projections used in the most recent annual report, as required by s. 624.470 or, if the first annual report has not yet been filed, projections used in the initial plan of operation.

(11) Payment of the annual license tax provided for in s. 624.501(3).

(12) A fund shall maintain records which will confirm that membership in the fund is in accordance with the constitution or bylaws of the association as required by s. 624.462(3). The office may request from the fund, not more than annually, a certification which confirms that all members of the fund are members of the association and are in compliance with the constitution or bylaws of the association and may require that the fund submit a plan, acceptable to the office, to eliminate membership that does not comply with s. 624.462(3).

History: s. 29, ch. 86-160; s. 15, ch. 90-249; s. 5, ch. 90-366; s. 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 12, ch. 95-211; s. 5, ch. 97-262; s. 828, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 373.2235 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part II / Section 373.2235
373.2235 Effect of prior land acquisition on consumptive use permitting.
Status: in_force

The fact that any applicant has acquired, by the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise, any land for the specific purpose of serving as a site for a wellfield or right-of-way prior to obtaining a consumptive use permit from a water management district does not create any presumption of entitlement to a consumptive use permit. Evidence relating to such prior acquisition of land or right-of-way by any applicant is not admissible in any proceeding related to consumptive use permitting and has no bearing upon any water management district’s determination of reasonable beneficial use in the permitting process. In the event that any applicant elects to acquire land prior to obtaining a consumptive use permit from a water management district, such action shall be considered a voluntary risk assumed by the applicant, and the fact of such prior acquisition shall not be admissible in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to consumptive use permitting under this chapter, including any appeal taken from a water management district decision.

History: s. 85, ch. 83-310.
Fla. Stat. § 373.569 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part V / Section 373.569
373.569 Bond election.
Status: in_force

When required by the State Constitution, the governing board shall call an election of the freeholders in said district, in which said election the matter of whether or not said bonds shall be issued shall be decided as provided by law with respect to bond elections.

History: s. 37, ch. 25209, 1949; s. 25, ch. 73-190.
Fla. Stat. § 823.041 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 823 / Section 823.041
823.041 Disposal of bodies of dead animals; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner, custodian, or person in charge of domestic animals, upon the death of such animals due to disease, shall dispose of the carcasses of such animals by burning or burying at least 2 feet below the surface of the ground; provided, however, nothing in this section shall prohibit the disposal of such animal carcasses to rendering companies licensed to do business in this state.

(2) It is unlawful to dispose of the carcass of any domestic animal by dumping such carcass on any public road or right-of-way, or in any place where such carcass can be devoured by beast or bird.

(3) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(4) For the purposes of this act, the words “domestic animal” shall include any equine or bovine animal, goat, sheep, swine, dog, cat, poultry, or other domesticated beast or bird.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 61-359; s. 936, ch. 71-136; s. 66, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-24; s. 41, ch. 75-298.
Fla. Stat. § 810.0975 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 810 / Section 810.0975
810.0975 School safety zones; definition; trespass prohibited; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “school safety zone” means in, on, or within 500 feet of any real property owned by or leased to any public or private elementary, middle, or high school or school board and used for elementary, middle, or high school education.

(2)(a) Each principal or designee of each public or private school in this state shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency to prohibit any person from loitering in the school safety zone who does not have legitimate business in the school safety zone or any other authorization, or license to enter or remain in the school safety zone or does not otherwise have invitee status in the designated safety zone. (b)1. During the period from 1 hour prior to the start of a school session until 1 hour after the conclusion of a school session, it is unlawful for any person to enter the premises or trespass within a school safety zone or to remain on such premises or within such school safety zone when that person does not have legitimate business in the school safety zone or any other authorization, license, or invitation to enter or remain in the school safety zone. 2.a. Except as provided in sub-subparagraph b., a person who violates this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. b. A person who violates this subsection and who has been previously convicted of any offense contained in chapter 874 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. (c)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., a person who does not have legitimate business in the school safety zone or any other authorization, license, or invitation to enter or remain in the school safety zone who shall willfully fail to remove himself or herself from the school safety zone after the principal or designee, having a reasonable belief that he or she will commit a crime or is engaged in harassment or intimidation of students entering or leaving school property, requests him or her to leave the school safety zone commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 2. A person who violates subparagraph 1. and who has been previously convicted of any offense contained in chapter 874 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) This section does not abridge or infringe upon the right of any person to peaceably assemble and protest.

(4) This section does not apply to residents or persons engaged in the operation of a licensed commercial business within the school safety zone.

History: s. 1, ch. 2002-192; s. 1, ch. 2013-80.
Fla. Stat. § 273.05 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.05
273.05 Surplus property.
Status: in_force

(1) The custodian may classify as surplus any property in his or her custody that is obsolete or the continued use of which is uneconomical or inefficient or which serves no useful function as to any activity or location under his or her supervision.

(2) Each custodian shall appoint one or more review boards to examine and make recommendations on approval or disapproval of classification of property as surplus.

(3) Property determined to be surplus shall be certified as such by the custodian.

(4) Each custodian shall promulgate rules or guidelines regarding the certification of surplus property.

(5) The custodian shall maintain records of property that is certified as surplus with information indicating the value and condition of the property. Agency records for property certified as surplus shall comply with rules issued by the Chief Financial Officer.

History: s. 5, ch. 57-277; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 70-146; s. 216, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 27, ch. 94-226; s. 858, ch. 95-148; s. 6, ch. 2011-52.
Fla. Stat. § 609.051 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 609 / Section 609.051
609.051 Shares, personal property.
Status: in_force

Shares, however designated, in such trusts are declared for purposes of taxation, to be personal property, and not interest in land, notwithstanding the nature of the property of which the trust shall consist unless otherwise provided in the trust instrument.

History: s. 3, ch. 63-488.
Fla. Stat. § 679.602 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.602
679.602 Waiver and variance of rights and duties.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in s. 679.624, to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the rules stated in the following listed sections:

(1) Section 679.2071(2)(d)3., which deals with use and operation of the collateral by the secured party;

(2) Section 679.210, which deals with requests for an accounting and requests concerning a list of collateral and statement of account;

(3) Section 679.607(3), which deals with collection and enforcement of collateral;

(4) Sections 679.608(1) and 679.615(3) to the extent that they deal with application or payment of noncash proceeds of collection, enforcement, or disposition;

(5) Sections 679.608(1) and 679.615(4) to the extent that they require accounting for or payment of surplus proceeds of collateral;

(6) Section 679.609 to the extent that it imposes upon a secured party that takes possession of collateral without judicial process the duty to do so without breach of the peace;

(7) Sections 679.610(2), 679.611, 679.613, and 679.614, which deal with disposition of collateral;

(8) Section 679.615(6), which deals with calculation of a deficiency or surplus when a disposition is made to the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor;

(9) Section 679.616, which deals with explanation of the calculation of a surplus or deficiency;

(10) Sections 679.620, 679.621, and 679.622, which deal with acceptance of collateral in satisfaction of obligation;

(11) Section 679.623, which deals with redemption of collateral;

(12) Section 679.624, which deals with permissible waivers; and

(13) Sections 679.625 and 679.626, which deal with the secured party’s liability for failure to comply with this article.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198; s. 160, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 876.20 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 876 / Section 876.20
876.20 Wearing mask and placing exhibit to intimidate.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons while wearing a mask or any device whereby the face is so covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer to place, or to cause to be placed, at, on, or in any place any exhibit of any kind whatsoever.

History: s. 10, ch. 26542, 1951.
Fla. Stat. § 465.035 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 465 / Section 465.035
465.035 Dispensing of medicinal drugs pursuant to facsimile of prescription.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it is lawful for a pharmacy to dispense medicinal drugs, including controlled substances authorized under subsection (2), based on reception of an electronic facsimile of the original prescription if all of the following conditions are met: (a) In the course of the transaction the pharmacy complies with laws and administrative rules relating to pharmacies and pharmacists. (b) Except in the case of the transmission of a prescription by a person authorized by law to prescribe medicinal drugs: 1. The facsimile system making the transmission provides the pharmacy receiving the transmission with audio communication via telephonic, electronic, or similar means with the person presenting the prescription. 2. At the time of the delivery of the medicinal drugs, the pharmacy has in its possession the original prescription for the medicinal drug involved. 3. The recipient of the prescription shall sign a log and shall indicate the name and address of both the recipient and the patient for whom the medicinal drug was prescribed.

(2) Controlled substances listed in Schedule II as defined in s. 893.03(2) may be dispensed as provided in this section to the extent allowed by 21 C.F.R. s. 1306.11.

History: s. 5, ch. 90-341; s. 59, ch. 91-137; s. 6, ch. 91-156; s. 8, ch. 91-201; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 94, ch. 97-264; s. 5, ch. 99-186.
Fla. Stat. § 957.07 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 957 / Section 957.07
957.07 Cost-saving requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may not enter into a contract or series of contracts unless the department determines that the contract or series of contracts in total for the facility will result in a cost savings to the state of at least 7 percent over the public provision of a similar facility. Such cost savings as determined and certified by the Auditor General must be based upon the actual costs associated with the construction and operation of similar facilities or services as determined by the department. The department shall calculate all of the cost components that determine the inmate per diem in correctional facilities of a substantially similar size, type, and location that are operated by the department, including administrative costs associated with central administration. Services that are provided to the department by other governmental agencies at no direct cost to the department shall be assigned an equivalent cost and included in the per diem.

(2) Reasonable projections of payments of any kind to the state or any political subdivision thereof for which the private entity would be liable because of its status as private rather than a public entity, including, but not limited to, corporate income and sales tax payments, shall be included as cost savings in all such determinations. In addition, the costs associated with the appointment and activities of each contract monitor shall be included in such determination.

(3) In counties where the department pays its employees a competitive area differential, the cost for the public provision of a similar correctional facility may include the competitive area differential paid by the department.

(4) The department shall provide a report detailing the state cost to design, finance, acquire, lease, construct, and operate a facility similar to the contractor-operated correctional facility on a per diem basis. This report shall be provided to the Auditor General in sufficient time that it may be certified to be included in the competitive solicitation.

History: s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 5, ch. 94-148; s. 58, ch. 96-312; s. 135, ch. 2001-266; s. 2, ch. 2001-379; s. 15, ch. 2004-248; s. 152, ch. 2005-2; s. 4, ch. 2006-32; s. 49, ch. 2010-117; s. 14, ch. 2023-268; s. 4, ch. 2024-84.
Fla. Stat. § 320.6405 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.6405
320.6405 Franchise agreements; obligations of manufacturer and its agent.
Status: in_force

Any parent, subsidiary, or common entity of a manufacturer; distributor; importer; or other entity, which by contractual arrangement or otherwise pursuant to the direction of the manufacturer, engages in the distribution in this state of line-make motor vehicles manufactured or substantially manufactured by such manufacturer, shall be deemed to be the agent of the manufacturer for the purposes of any franchise agreement entered into between such agent and a motor vehicle dealer engaged in business in this state and shall be bound by the terms and provisions of such franchise agreement as if it were the principal. A manufacturer of line-make motor vehicles which are offered for sale or lease in this state under any franchise agreement executed by an agent of such manufacturer is bound by the terms and provisions of such franchise agreement as if it and not the agent had executed the franchise agreement and, notwithstanding whether it is licensed pursuant to s. 320.61, said manufacturer shall be subject to all of the restrictions, limitations, remedies, and penalties of ss. 320.60-320.70 related to such franchise agreement, the performance thereof, or any cause of action pertaining thereto. The agency relationship established in this section is not intended to apply to a person or entity that engages in the distribution of motor vehicles in this state under its own brand name which are substantially manufactured by another person or entity, provided the distributing person or entity is substantially engaged in the manufacture of other line-make motor vehicles and is licensed in this state as a manufacturer.

History: ss. 4, 13, ch. 84-69; ss. 10, 20, 21, ch. 88-395; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 2017-187.
Fla. Stat. § 939.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 939 / Section 939.04
939.04 Execution for costs in other cases.
Status: in_force

In all cases less than capital, wherein the defendant may be adjudged to pay costs, a capias may be issued, as is provided for the collection of fines and forfeitures.

History: s. 5, ch. 217, 1849; RS 2986; GS 4060; RGS 6164; CGL 8478.
Fla. Stat. § 7.02 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.02
7.02 Baker County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Baker County are as follows: Beginning at a point at center of township four south, on range line dividing ranges eighteen and nineteen east; thence north on said range line to the Georgia line; thence easterly on said Georgia line to the St. Marys River, and then down said river, concurrent with the boundary line between the States of Georgia and Florida, to where the said river intersects with range line dividing ranges twenty-two and twenty-three east; thence south on said range line to the center line of township four south; and then west on said township line to the point of beginning.

History: s. 1, Feb. 4, 1832; s. 1, Mar. 15, 1844; s. 3, ch. 895, 1858; ch. 1039, 1859; s. 1, ch. 1185, 1861; RS 31; GS 29; s. 1, ch. 6244, 1911; RGS 31; CGL 33.
Fla. Stat. § 605.2503 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.2503
605.2503 Effects of reinstatement of series limited liability company; revocation of voluntary dissolution.
Status: in_force

If a series limited liability company that has been administratively dissolved is reinstated, or if a series limited liability company that voluntarily dissolved revokes its articles of dissolution before filing a statement of termination, both of the following apply:

(1) Each protected series of the series limited liability company ceases winding up.

(2) Section 605.0708 applies to the series limited liability company and to each protected series of the company, in accordance with s. 605.2108.

History: s. 30, ch. 2025-162.
Fla. Stat. § 330.40 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 330 / Section 330.40
330.40 Aircraft fuel tanks.
Status: in_force

In the interests of the public welfare, it is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association to install, maintain, or possess any aircraft which has been equipped with, or had installed in its wings or fuselage, fuel tanks, bladders, drums, or other containers which will hold fuel if such fuel tanks, bladders, drums, or other containers do not conform to federal aviation regulations or have not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by inspection or special permit. This provision also includes any pipes, hoses, or auxiliary pumps which when present in the aircraft could be used to introduce fuel into the primary fuel system of the aircraft from such tanks, bladders, drums, or containers. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 4, ch. 83-272; s. 15, ch. 85-81; s. 22, ch. 87-243; s. 1, ch. 93-258.
Fla. Stat. § 631.927 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part V / Section 631.927
631.927 Assumption of liability.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 631.913, the corporation shall assume the liability for the payment of the workers’ compensation indemnity and medical benefits that are due to claimants covered by the Certified Pulpwood Dealers Self-Insurers Fund. The corporation shall assess the former members of the Certified Pulpwood Dealers Self-Insurers Fund pursuant to the provisions of this act.

History: s. 20, ch. 97-262.
Fla. Stat. § 634.3051 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.3051
634.3051 Levy upon deposit limited.
Status: in_force

No judgment creditor or other claimant of a home warranty association shall have the right to levy upon any of the assets or securities held in this state as a deposit under s. 634.305.

History: ss. 37, 52, ch. 85-321; s. 20, ch. 93-195.
Fla. Stat. § 155.01 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 155 / Section 155.01
155.01 County commissioners may act as trustees of stock of hospitals.
Status: in_force

Whenever the owners of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of a corporation created for and engaged solely in the operation of a hospital shall execute a trust deed, or deeds, conveying a majority of the capital stock of such corporation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such hospital is located, in trust to be held and administered by such board of county commissioners as trustees with authority to vote said stock at all meetings of the stockholders of such corporation and to expend all dividends declared upon such stock in the hospitalization of the indigent citizens of the county who need hospital treatment, with provisions that should the properties of such corporation cease for a period of 6 months to be used primarily for hospital purposes or should the hospital so maintained be not maintained open to the practice of all duly licensed physicians and surgeons resident in the county where the same is located that the trust shall then, but not before, be terminated and the ownership of the stock so placed in trust shall revert to the respective persons executing the trust deed, or deeds, their heirs, legatees or assigns; the board of county commissioners may accept such trust and act as trustee thereunder.

History: s. 1, ch. 17834, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 2934(28).