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Fla. Stat. § 817.484 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.484
817.484 Obtaining telephone calling records by fraudulent means prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Calling record” means a record held by a telecommunications company of the telephone calls made or text messages sent or received by a customer of that company. (b) “Customer” means a person who has received telephone service from a telecommunications company. (c) “Law enforcement agency” has the same meaning as in s. 23.1225(1)(d). (d) “Telecommunications company” has the same meaning as in s. 364.02, except that the term includes VoIP service and commercial mobile radio service providers.

(2) It is a violation of this section for a person to: (a) Obtain or attempt to obtain the calling record of another person without the permission of that person by: 1. Making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to an officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunications company; 2. Making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a customer of a telecommunications company; or 3. Providing any document to an officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunications company, knowing that the document is forged, is counterfeit, was lost or stolen, was fraudulently obtained, or contains a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation. (b) Ask another person to obtain a calling record, knowing that the other person will obtain, or attempt to obtain, the calling record from the telecommunications company in any manner described in paragraph (a). (c) Sell or offer to sell a calling record obtained in any manner described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b).

(3) A person who violates this section for the first time commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A second or subsequent violation constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(4) It is not a violation of this section for: (a) A law enforcement agency to obtain a calling record in connection with the performance of the official duties of that agency in accordance with other applicable laws. (b) A telecommunications company, or an officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunications company, to obtain a calling record of that company in the course of: 1. Testing the security procedures or systems of the telecommunications company for maintaining the confidentiality of customer information; 2. Investigating an allegation of misconduct or negligence on the part of an officer, employee, or agent of the telecommunications company; or 3. Recovering a calling record that was obtained or received by another person in any manner described in subsection (2).

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-141.
Fla. Stat. § 61.519 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part II / Section 61.519
61.519 Simultaneous proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.517, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.524 if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child had been commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with this part, unless the proceeding has been terminated or is stayed by the court of the other state because a court of this state is a more convenient forum under s. 61.520.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.517, a court of this state, before hearing a child custody proceeding, shall examine the court documents and other information supplied by the parties pursuant to s. 61.522. If the court determines that a child custody proceeding was previously commenced in a court in another state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this part, the court of this state shall stay its proceeding and communicate with the court of the other state. If the court of the state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this part does not determine that the court of this state is a more appropriate forum, the court of this state shall dismiss the proceeding.

(3) In a proceeding to modify a child custody determination, a court of this state shall determine whether a proceeding to enforce the determination has been commenced in another state. If a proceeding to enforce a child custody determination has been commenced in another state, the court may: (a) Stay the proceeding for modification pending the entry of an order of a court of the other state enforcing, staying, denying, or dismissing the proceeding for enforcement; (b) Enjoin the parties from continuing with the proceeding for enforcement; or (c) Proceed with the modification under conditions it considers appropriate.

History: s. 5, ch. 2002-65.
Fla. Stat. § 15.13 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 15 / Section 15.13
15.13 Administration of certain laws.
Status: in_force

The Department of State shall have general supervision and administration of the election laws, corporation laws and such other laws as are placed under it by the Legislature and shall keep records of same.

History: s. 7, ch. 28086, 1953; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 15.15 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 15 / Section 15.15
15.15 Publication of summaries of documents; charge.
Status: in_force

The Department of State may in its discretion publish summaries of all instruments, papers, or documents filed with it pursuant to any law and may establish a reasonable fee for providing such service. All fees collected hereunder shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 67-392; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 1011.66 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1011 / Part II / Section 1011.66
1011.66 Distribution of FEFP funds.
Status: in_force

The distribution of FEFP funds shall be made in payments on or about the 10th and 26th of each month.

History: s. 658, ch. 2002-387; s. 10, ch. 2004-271; s. 27, ch. 2010-154.
Fla. Stat. § 581.151 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 581 / Section 581.151
581.151 Control of spreading decline.
Status: in_force

The department is empowered to join with the United States Department of Agriculture or to proceed independently in a program to control and eradicate, wherever possible, spreading decline resulting from a burrowing nematode ( Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne) in the state.

History: s. 15, ch. 59-261.
Fla. Stat. § 617.0820 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.0820
617.0820 Meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of this state.

(2) A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum exists, may adjourn any meeting of the board of directors to another time and place. Unless the bylaws otherwise provide, notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment and, unless the time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the time of the adjournment, to the other directors.

(3) Meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chair of the board or by the president unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(4) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

History: s. 46, ch. 90-179; s. 87, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 177.021 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 177 / Part I / Section 177.021
177.021 Legal status of recorded plats.
Status: in_force

The recording of any plats made in compliance with the provisions of this part shall serve to establish the identity of all lands shown on and being a part of such plats, and lands may thenceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 98-20.
Fla. Stat. § 686.609 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 686 / Section 686.609
686.609 Indemnification of dealer with respect to legal actions.
Status: in_force

A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler shall fully indemnify and hold harmless a dealer against any losses including, but not limited to, court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees or damages arising out of any complaint, claim, or lawsuit involving, but not limited to, strict liability, negligence, misrepresentation, express or implied warranty, or rescission of the sale when the complaint, claim, or lawsuit relates to the manufacture, assembly, or design of new items covered by ss. 686.601-686.614, parts or accessories, or other functions by the manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler which are beyond the control of the dealer.

History: s. 1, ch. 97-275.
Fla. Stat. § 210.276 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 210 / Part II / Section 210.276
210.276 Surcharge on tobacco products.
Status: in_force

(1) A surcharge is levied upon all tobacco products in this state and upon any person engaged in business as a distributor of tobacco products at the rate of 60 percent of the wholesale sales price. The surcharge shall be levied at the time the distributor: (a) Brings or causes to be brought into this state from without the state tobacco products for sale; (b) Makes, manufactures, or fabricates tobacco products in this state for sale in this state; or (c) Ships or transports tobacco products to retailers in this state, to be sold by those retailers. A surcharge may not be levied on tobacco products shipped or transported outside this state for sale or use outside this state.

(2) A surcharge is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of tobacco products in this state and upon such consumers at the rate of 60 percent of the wholesale sales price. The surcharge imposed by this subsection does not apply if the surcharge imposed by subsection (1) on such tobacco products has been paid. This surcharge does not apply to the use or storage of tobacco products in quantities of less than 1 pound in the possession of any one consumer.

(3) Any tobacco product with respect to which a surcharge has once been imposed under this section is not again subject to surcharge under this section.

(4) No surcharge shall be imposed by this section upon tobacco products not within the taxing power of the state under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

(5) The exemptions provided for cigarettes under s. 210.04(4) also apply to tobacco products subject to a surcharge under this section.

(6) The surcharge levied under this section shall be administered, collected, and enforced in the same manner as the tax imposed under s. 210.30.

(7) Revenue produced from the surcharge levied under this section shall be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund within the Agency for Health Care Administration.

History: s. 7, ch. 2009-79.
Fla. Stat. § 860.17 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 860 / Section 860.17
860.17 Tampering with or interfering with motor vehicles or trailers.
Status: in_force

Whoever, without authority, willfully, maliciously, or intentionally tampers with, attempts to tamper with, or otherwise interferes with any motor vehicle or trailer of another which results in the cargo or contents of such motor vehicle or trailer becoming unloaded or damaged, or which results in the mechanical functions of such motor vehicle or trailer becoming inoperative or impaired, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A second or subsequent conviction of any person violating this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-181.
Fla. Stat. § 673.4091 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part IV / Section 673.4091
673.4091 Acceptance of draft; certified check.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “acceptance” means the drawee’s signed agreement to pay a draft as presented. Acceptance must be written on the draft and may consist of the drawee’s signature alone. Acceptance may be made at any time and becomes effective when notification pursuant to instructions is given or the accepted draft is delivered for the purpose of giving rights on the acceptance to any person.

(2) A draft may be accepted although it has not been signed by the drawer, is otherwise incomplete, is overdue, or has been dishonored.

(3) If a draft is payable at a fixed period after sight and the acceptor fails to date the acceptance, the holder may complete the acceptance by supplying a date in good faith.

(4) The term “certified check” means a check accepted by the bank on which it is drawn. Acceptance may be made as stated in subsection (1) or by a writing on the check which indicates that the check is certified. The drawee of a check has no obligation to certify the check, and refusal to certify is not dishonor of the check.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 672.717 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part VII / Section 672.717
672.717 Deduction of damages from the price.
Status: in_force

The buyer on notifying the seller of her or his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 611, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 468.393 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part VI / Section 468.393
468.393 Surcharge to license fee; assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) At the time of licensure under s. 468.385, s. 468.3851, or s. 468.3852, each licensee shall pay, in addition to an application and license fee, a surcharge in an amount to be determined by the board, not to exceed $300, which shall be deposited in the Auctioneer Recovery Fund.

(2) If the total amount in the Auctioneer Recovery Fund, including principal and interest, exceeds $500,000 at the end of the state fiscal year after the payment of all claims and expenses, the amount in excess of $500,000 shall remain in the fund for benefit of the licensees in tolling the surcharge until such time as the surcharge shall need replenishing.

(3) After October 1, 1995, if the total amount in the Auctioneer Recovery Fund, including principal and interest, is less than $200,000 at the end of the fiscal year after the payment of all claims and expenses, the board shall assess, in addition to any other fees under s. 468.3852, a surcharge against a licensee at the time of initial licensure or at the time of license renewal, according to the following formula in order to maintain the fund at $500,000: (a) Determine the amount remaining in the fund at the end of the state fiscal year after all expenses and claims have been paid. (b) Subtract the amount determined under paragraph (a) from $500,000. (c) Determine the number of initial licenses and license renewals in the fiscal year that precedes the current fiscal year. (d) Divide the amount determined under paragraph (b) by the number determined under paragraph (c).

(4) The board shall assess the surcharge described in subsection (3) against each licensee who receives an initial license or receives a renewal license during the fiscal year that follows the year in which the amount remaining in the fund was less than $200,000.

History: ss. 9, 17, ch. 91-207; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 130, ch. 92-149.
Fla. Stat. § 651.132 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 651 / Section 651.132
651.132 Amendment or renewal of existing contracts.
Status: in_force

Any contract or agreement executed before October 1, 1983, which is amended or renewed subsequent to October 1, 1983, is subject to this act.

History: s. 6, ch. 77-323; ss. 21, 25, ch. 81-292; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 24, 31, 33, 35, ch. 83-328; s. 12, ch. 93-22.
Fla. Stat. § 483.801 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 483 / Part I / Section 483.801
483.801 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

This part applies to all clinical laboratories and clinical laboratory personnel within this state, except:

(1) Clinical laboratories operated by the United States Government.

(2) Laboratories operated and maintained exclusively for research and teaching purposes, involving no patient or public health service whatsoever.

(3) Persons engaged in testing performed by laboratories that are wholly owned and operated by one or more practitioners licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, chapter 462, chapter 463, or chapter 466 who practice in the same group practice, and in which no clinical laboratory work is performed for patients referred by any health care provider who is not a member of that group practice.

(4) Respiratory therapists and respiratory care practitioners certified or registered under part V of chapter 468.

(5) Advanced practice registered nurses licensed under part I of chapter 464 who perform provider-performed microscopy procedures (PPMP) in a laboratory setting pursuant to subsection (3).

(6) Persons performing laboratory testing within a physician office practice for patients referred by a health care provider who is a member of the same physician office practice, if the laboratory or entity operating the laboratory within a physician office practice is under common ownership, directly or indirectly, with an entity licensed pursuant to chapter 395.

(7) Registered nurses licensed under chapter 464 who are determined by the clinical laboratory director of a hospital or hospital-based off-campus emergency department licensed under chapter 395 to be qualified under 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1423 to perform only moderate-level or waiver-level clinical laboratory testing in accordance with s. 395.0091 within the hospital or hospital-based off-campus emergency department with a separate federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program clinical laboratory certification under 42 C.F.R. part 493.

History: s. 32, ch. 92-58; s. 21, ch. 93-178; s. 6, ch. 97-91; s. 163, ch. 97-264; s. 136, ch. 2000-318; s. 99, ch. 2018-24; s. 66, ch. 2018-106; s. 1, ch. 2022-37.
Fla. Stat. § 719.131 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 719 / Part I / Section 719.131
719.131 Law enforcement vehicles.
Status: in_force

An association may not prohibit a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), who is a unit owner, or who is a tenant, guest, or invitee of a unit owner, from parking his or her assigned law enforcement vehicle in an area where the unit owner, or the tenant, guest, or invitee of the unit owner, otherwise has a right to park.

History: s. 2, ch. 2020-5.
Fla. Stat. § 220.903 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 220 / Part X / Section 220.903
220.903 Willful failure to pay over.
Status: in_force

Any person who accepts money from a taxpayer that is due to the department, for the purpose of acting as the taxpayer’s agent to make the payment to the department, but who willfully fails to remit such payment to the department when due or who purports to make such payment but willfully fails to do so because his or her check or other remittance fails to clear the bank or other depository against which it is drawn 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. 19, ch. 71-359; s. 96, ch. 87-6; s. 79, ch. 91-112; s. 1193, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 6.02 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.02
6.02 United States authorized to acquire lands for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

The United States may purchase, acquire, hold, own, occupy, and possess such lands within the limits of this state as they shall seek to occupy and hold as sites on which to erect and maintain forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings, or any of them, as contemplated and provided in the Constitution of the United States; such land to be acquired either by contract with owners, or in the manner hereinafter provided.

History: s. 1, ch. 25, 1845; RS 7; GS 5; RGS 5; CGL 5.
Fla. Stat. § 695.07 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 695 / Section 695.07
695.07 Use of scrawl as seal.
Status: in_force

A scrawl or scroll, printed or written, affixed as a seal to any written instrument shall be as effectual as a seal.

History: s. 1, ch. 4148, 1893; GS 2484; RGS 3826; CGL 5704.
Fla. Stat. § 163.3201 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 163 / Part II / Section 163.3201
163.3201 Relationship of comprehensive plan to exercise of land development regulatory authority.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this act that adopted comprehensive plans or elements thereof shall be implemented, in part, by the adoption and enforcement of appropriate local regulations on the development of lands and waters within an area. It is the intent of this act that the adoption and enforcement by a governing body of regulations for the development of land or the adoption and enforcement by a governing body of a land development code for an area shall be based on, be related to, and be a means of implementation for an adopted comprehensive plan as required by this act.

History: s. 14, ch. 75-257; s. 13, ch. 85-55.
Fla. Stat. § 768.736 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 768 / Part II / Section 768.736
768.736 Punitive damages; exceptions for intoxication.
Status: in_force

Sections 768.725 and 768.73 do not apply to any defendant who, at the time of the act or omission for which punitive damages are sought, was under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug to the extent that the defendant’s normal faculties were impaired, or who had a blood or breath alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher.

History: s. 25, ch. 99-225.
Fla. Stat. § 860.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 860 / Section 860.04
860.04 Riding or attempting to ride on a railroad train with intent to ride free.
Status: in_force

Any person who, without permission of those having authority, with the intention of being transported free, rides or attempts to ride on any railroad train in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 4703, 1899; GS 3643; RGS 5579; CGL 7765; s. 1088, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 112.10 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part I / Section 112.10
112.10 Deduction and payment of premiums.
Status: in_force

Upon the request in writing of any officer or employee, the proper officials of each and every county, school board, governmental unit, department, board or bureau of the state, are hereby authorized and empowered to deduct from the wages of such officer or employee, periodically, the amount of the premium which such officer or employee has agreed to pay for such insurance, and to pay or remit the same directly to the insurance company issuing such group insurance.

History: s. 3, ch. 20852, 1941; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 2, ch. 72-338.
Fla. Stat. § 556.117 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 556 / Section 556.117
556.117 Underground facility damage prevention and enforcement review.
Status: in_force

Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., shall review the reports submitted by the clerks of court to the State Fire Marshal and any complaints of an alleged violation under this chapter to identify issues or potential issues with damage prevention and enforcement. The corporation shall identify areas in the state where additional education related to damage prevention and enforcement is needed and shall recommend solutions to remedy issues related to damage prevention and enforcement. The corporation shall, by October 1 of each year, submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives an analysis of its reviews and any recommendations for improving underground facility damage prevention and enforcement.

History: s. 5, ch. 2020-137.