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Fla. Stat. § 104.0515 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 104 / Section 104.0515
104.0515 Voting rights; deprivation of, or interference with, prohibited; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) All citizens of this state who are otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in this state or in any district, county, city, town, municipality, school district, or other subdivision of this state shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections without distinction according to race, color, or previous condition of servitude, notwithstanding any law, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage to the contrary.

(2) No person acting under color of law shall: (a) In determining whether any individual is qualified under law to vote in any election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedures applied under law to other individuals within the same political subdivision who have been found to be qualified to vote; or (b) Deny the right of any individual to vote in any election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under law to vote in such election. This paragraph shall apply to vote-by-mail ballots only if there is a pattern or history of discrimination on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude in regard to vote-by-mail ballots.

(3) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or not to vote as that person may choose, or for the purpose of causing such other person to vote for, or not vote for, any candidate for any office at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate.

(4) No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, and no standard, practice, or procedure, shall be imposed or applied by any political subdivision of this state to deny or abridge the right of any citizen to vote on account of race or color.

(5) Any person who violates the provisions 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. 1, ch. 82-59; s. 26, ch. 83-217; s. 5, ch. 91-224; s. 615, ch. 95-147; s. 28, ch. 98-129; s. 37, ch. 2016-37.
Fla. Stat. § 252.934 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 252 / Part IV / Section 252.934
252.934 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part may be cited as the “Florida Accidental Release Prevention and Risk Management Planning Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 98-193.
Fla. Stat. § 627.241 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part I / Section 627.241
627.241 Notice of changes.
Status: in_force

Every rating organization shall notify the office promptly of every change in:

(1) Its constitution, its articles of agreement or association, or its certificate of incorporation, and its bylaws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business;

(2) Its list of members and subscribers; and

(3) The name and address of the resident of this state designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the office or process affecting such rating organization may be served.

History: s. 434, 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. 357, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; ss. 49, 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1092, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 697.10 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 697 / Section 697.10
697.10 Liability for error in mortgage deed or note.
Status: in_force

In any action relating to real property, if the court shall find that any person has prepared an instrument which due to an inaccurate or improper legal description impairs another person’s title to real property, the court may award to the prevailing party all costs incurred by her or him in such action, including reasonable attorney’s fees, and in addition thereto may award to the prevailing party all actual damages that she or he may have sustained as a result of such impairment of title.

History: s. 2, ch. 84-52; s. 2, ch. 86-39; s. 776, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 440.60 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.60
440.60 Application of laws.
Status: in_force

(1) Chapter 79-40, Laws of Florida, shall apply to all claims for injury arising out of accidents occurring on or after August 1, 1979.

(2) Sections 6-20, chapter 79-312, Laws of Florida, shall apply to all claims for injury arising out of accidents occurring on or after August 1, 1979.

(3) All acts or proceedings performed by or on behalf of the former Division of Workers’ Compensation of the 1 Department of Labor and Employment Security or the employer, or in which the division or the employer was a party under s. 440.15(1) and (3) between October 1, 1974, and July 10, 1987, are ratified and validated in all respects if such acts or proceedings would have been valid if chapter 87-330, Laws of Florida, had been in effect at the time such acts or proceedings were performed.

History: s. 127, ch. 79-40; ss. 23, 25, ch. 79-312; s. 10, ch. 87-330; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1; s. 69, ch. 2004-5.
Fla. Stat. § 679.624 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.624
679.624 Waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) A debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to notification of disposition of collateral under s. 679.611 only by an agreement to that effect entered into and signed after default.

(2) A debtor may waive the right to require disposition of collateral under s. 679.620(5) only by an agreement to that effect entered into and signed after default.

(3) Except in a consumer-goods transaction, a debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to redeem collateral under s. 679.623 only by an agreement to that effect entered into and signed after default.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198; s. 117, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 870.047 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 870 / Section 870.047
870.047 Duration and termination of emergency.
Status: in_force

A state of emergency established under ss. 870.041-870.046 shall commence upon the declaration thereof by the public official and shall terminate at the end of a period of 72 consecutive hours thereafter unless, prior to the end of such 72-hour period, the public official, the Governor, county commission, or city council shall have terminated such state of emergency. Any extension of the 72-hour time limit must be accomplished by request from the public official and the concurrence of the county commission or city council by duly enacted ordinance or resolution in regular or special session.

History: s. 8, ch. 70-990.
Fla. Stat. § 620.2120 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.2120
620.2120 Limited partner’s acceptance of limited partnership’s offer.
Status: in_force

(1) If the limited partner states on the form provided in s. 620.2118(1) that the limited partner accepts the offer of the limited partnership to pay the limited partnership’s estimated fair value for the limited partner interest, the limited partnership shall make such payment to the limited partner within 90 days after the limited partnership’s receipt of the items required by s. 620.2119(1).

(2) Upon payment of the agreed value, the limited partner shall cease to have any interest in the partnership interests.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267; s. 77, ch. 2006-1.
Fla. Stat. § 483.919 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 483 / Part III / Section 483.919
483.919 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

This part does not apply to:

(1) Commissioned medical officers of the United States Armed Forces or the United States Public Health Service while on active duty or while acting within the scope of their military or public health responsibilities.

(2) A health care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001, other than a genetic counselor licensed under this part, who is practicing within the scope of his or her training, education, and licensure and who is doing work of a nature consistent with such training, education, and licensure.

History: s. 1, ch. 2021-133.
Fla. Stat. § 683.13 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 683 / Section 683.13
683.13 State observance of national day of mourning.
Status: in_force

Observance by the state of any day of mourning, as proclaimed by the Governor in response to the designation of a national day of mourning by the President of the United States, may be by declaring that the following Sunday shall be observed as the day of mourning.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-16.
Fla. Stat. § 946.25 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 946 / Part I / Section 946.25
946.25 Sale of hobbycrafts by prisoners.
Status: in_force

When, in the planning of the rehabilitation program of the Department of Corrections through its recreational facilities, plans are made for prisoners to engage in hobbies and hobbycrafts after their normal working hours and when they are not required by the warden of a state prison or correctional institution to be on their assigned duties, they may make items of a hobby or hobbycraft nature which may be disposed of by the prisoner through the institutional canteen or commissary to persons visiting the institution.

History: s. 10, ch. 96-270; s. 46, ch. 96-312; s. 26, ch. 2000-161.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.095 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part I / Section 1004.095
1004.095 Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; military recruiters; access to Florida College System institution and state university campuses.
Status: in_force

(1) A Florida College System institution or state university may not ban any branch of the United States Armed Forces from establishing, maintaining, or operating a unit of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at the college or university.

(2)(a) A Florida College System institution or state university shall grant military recruiters of the United States Armed Forces and United States Department of Homeland Security the same access to the college’s or university’s students, and to campus facilities and grounds, which the college or university grants to other employers. (b) A Florida College System institution or state university shall, to the extent required in 10 U.S.C. s. 983(b)(2), grant military recruiters access to the names, addresses, telephone listings, dates and places of birth, levels of education, academic majors, degrees received, and most recent educational institutions enrolled in by the college’s or university’s students.

History: s. 2, ch. 2008-73; s. 46, ch. 2011-5.
Fla. Stat. § 122.061 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 122 / Section 122.061
122.061 Hospital districts and county hospital corporations; officers and employees included.
Status: in_force

(1) Boards of hospital districts and county hospital corporations may elect to bring employees of such districts or corporations under the provisions of the retirement law. Once this election is made it may not be revoked and all present and future employees shall be compulsory members of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System.

(2) All boards of hospital districts and county hospital corporations who now have officers and employees participating in the State and County Officers and Employees’ System will continue to have such coverage as provided by this chapter. The presumption being that such boards have elected to come under the law.

(3) The rights of any officer or employee who is a member of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System or who is receiving benefits under the provisions of this chapter, by virtue of Attorney General’s opinion and Comptroller’s rulings rendered prior to the declaratory decree of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, March 1957, shall not be impaired or reduced.

History: ss. 1-4, ch. 57-47; s. 1, ch. 67-612.
Fla. Stat. § 88.6101 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part VI / Section 88.6101
88.6101 Effect of registration for modification.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be modified only if the requirements of s. 88.6111 have been met.

History: s. 6, ch. 96-189.
Fla. Stat. § 679.617 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.617
679.617 Rights of transferee of collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) A secured party’s disposition of collateral after default: (a) Transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor’s rights in the collateral; (b) Discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and (c) Discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien other than liens created under statutes providing for liens, if any, that are not to be discharged.

(2) A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1), even if the secured party fails to comply with this chapter or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.

(3) If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1), the transferee takes the collateral subject to: (a) The debtor’s rights in the collateral; (b) The security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made; and (c) Any other security interest or other lien.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 64.213 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 64 / Part II / Section 64.213
64.213 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This part modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. ss. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede s. 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in s. 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7003(b).

History: s. 2, ch. 2020-55.
Fla. Stat. § 200.181 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 200 / Section 200.181
200.181 Bond payments; tax levies; restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) None of the provisions of this chapter or of any other law, whether general, special or local or of the charter of any municipality or county, shall limit or restrict the rate or the amount of the ad valorem taxes levied for the payment of the principal of and the interest on any debt service whether secured by revenue certificates or by bonds for which the full faith and credit of any county, municipality or taxing district may be pledged, and such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized or limited by law.

(2) Nothing in this section shall prevent any municipality, county or school board from levying at least 5 mills of ad valorem tax during any fiscal year.

(3) A county or municipality may levy voted millage at the maximum millage rate approved by referendum even if the levy would raise revenue in excess of that necessary for debt service as authorized by a vote of the electors pursuant to s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution. The county or municipality may use the surplus revenue for any lawful purpose solely related to the capital project for which the voted millage was approved, including operations and maintenance. For purposes of this chapter, the portion of the voted millage necessary to pay debt service must be treated as debt service millage and the excess portion must be treated as general millage. The portion treated as general millage must be included within the millage levied under the county or municipal 10-mill limitation.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 67-536; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 1, ch. 96-259.
Fla. Stat. § 831.22 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 831 / Section 831.22
831.22 Damaging bank bills.
Status: in_force

Whoever willfully and maliciously cuts, or in any manner damages and impairs the usefulness for circulation of any bank bill or note of any bank in this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083, but the possession or uttering of a bill so damaged shall not be evidence against the party charged, unless connected with other circumstances tending to prove that the note or bill was damaged by him or her.

History: s. 20, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2725; GS 3717; RGS 5700; CGL 7914; s. 972, ch. 71-136; s. 1299, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 678.5031 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 678 / Part V / Section 678.5031
678.5031 Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary.
Status: in_force

(1) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary are held by the securities intermediary for the entitlement holders, are not property of the securities intermediary, and are not subject to claims of creditors of the securities intermediary, except as otherwise provided in s. 678.5111.

(2) An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection (1) is a pro rata property interest in all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary, without regard to the time the entitlement holder acquired the security entitlement or the time the securities intermediary acquired the interest in that financial asset.

(3) An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection (1) may be enforced against the securities intermediary only by exercise of the entitlement holder’s rights under ss. 678.5051-678.5081.

(4) An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection (1) may be enforced against a purchaser of the financial asset or interest therein only if: (a) Insolvency proceedings have been initiated by or against the securities intermediary. (b) The securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in the financial asset to satisfy the security entitlements of all of its entitlement holders to that financial asset. (c) The securities intermediary violated its obligations under s. 678.5041 by transferring the financial asset or interest therein to the purchaser. (d) The purchaser is not protected under subsection (5). The trustee or other liquidator, acting on behalf of all entitlement holders having security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, may recover the financial asset, or interest therein, from the purchaser. If the trustee or other liquidator elects not to pursue that right, an entitlement holder whose security entitlement remains unsatisfied has the right to recover its interest in the financial asset from the purchaser.

(5) An action based on the entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subsection (1), whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against any purchaser of a financial asset or interest therein who gives value, obtains control, and does not act in collusion with the securities intermediary in violating the securities intermediary’s obligations under s. 678.5041.

History: s. 5, ch. 98-11; s. 67, ch. 99-3.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1009 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1009
607.1009 Effect of amendment.
Status: in_force

(1) An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than shareholders of the corporation. An amendment changing a corporation’s name does not affect a proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name.

(2) A shareholder who becomes subject to new interest holder liability in respect of the corporation as a result of an amendment to the articles of incorporation shall have that new interest holder liability only in respect of interest holder liabilities that arise after the amendment becomes effective.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of the corporation, the interest holder liability of a shareholder who had interest holder liability in respect of the corporation before the amendment becomes effective and has new interest holder liability after the amendment becomes effective shall be as follows: (a) The amendment does not discharge that prior interest holder liability with respect to any interest holder liabilities that arose before the amendment becomes effective. (b) The provisions of the articles of incorporation of the corporation relating to interest holder liability as in effect immediately prior to the amendment shall continue to apply to the collection or discharge of any interest holder liabilities preserved by paragraph (a), as if the amendment had not occurred. (c) The shareholder shall have such rights of contribution from other persons as are provided by the articles of incorporation relating to interest holder liability as in effect immediately prior to the amendment with respect to any interest holder liabilities preserved by paragraph (a), as if the amendment had not occurred. (d) The shareholder shall not, by reason of such prior interest holder liability, have interest holder liability with respect to any interest holder liabilities that arise after the amendment becomes effective.

History: s. 105, ch. 89-154; s. 127, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 624.490 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.490
624.490 Registration of pharmacy benefit managers.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “pharmacy benefit manager” has the same meaning as in s. 626.88.

(2) Effective January 1, 2019, to conduct business in this state, a pharmacy benefit manager must register with the office. To initially register or renew a registration, a pharmacy benefit manager shall submit: (a) A nonrefundable fee not to exceed $500. (b) A copy of the registrant’s corporate charter, articles of incorporation, or other charter document. (c) A completed registration form adopted by the commission containing: 1. The name and address of the registrant. 2. The name, address, and official position of each officer and director of the registrant.

(3) The registrant shall report any change in information required by subsection (2) to the office in writing within 60 days after the change occurs.

(4) Upon receipt of a completed registration form, the required documents, and the registration fee, the office shall issue a registration certificate. The certificate may be in paper or electronic form and shall clearly indicate the expiration date of the registration. Registration certificates are nontransferable.

(5) A registration certificate is valid for 2 years after its date of issue. The commission shall adopt by rule an initial registration fee not to exceed $500 and a registration renewal fee not to exceed $500, both of which shall be nonrefundable. Total fees may not exceed the cost of administering this section.

(6) A person who fails to register with the office while operating as a pharmacy benefit manager is subject to a fine of $10,000 for each violation.

(7) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

History: s. 3, ch. 2018-91; s. 2, ch. 2022-200; s. 6, ch. 2023-29.