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Fla. Stat. § 627.673 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VIII / Section 627.673
627.673 Designation as Medicare supplement policy; penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual, group, blanket, or franchise health insurance policy may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state as a Medicare supplement policy unless it complies with this part.

(2) A violation of this part is punishable under s. 624.4211. In addition, the office may require insurers violating this part to cease marketing any Medicare supplement policy in this state which is related directly or indirectly to a violation of this part, or the office may require the insurer to take any action necessary to comply with this part.

(3) This part does not prohibit or apply to insurance policies or health care benefit plans, including group conversion policies, provided to Medicare eligible persons if the policies are not marketed or held to be Medicare supplement policies or benefit plans.

(4) The loss ratio requirement applicable to Medicare supplement policies that was in effect at the time of issuance of the policy applies to policies that were issued as Medicare supplement policies and have been redefined as limited benefit policies.

History: s. 6, ch. 80-156; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 525, 527, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 2, ch. 88-338; s. 1, ch. 90-257; ss. 139, 149, ch. 92-33; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1171, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 455.2277 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.2277
455.2277 Prosecution of criminal violations.
Status: in_force

The department or the appropriate board shall report any criminal violation of any statute relating to the practice of a profession regulated by the department or appropriate board to the proper prosecuting authority for prompt prosecution.

History: s. 25, ch. 92-149.
Fla. Stat. § 290.0411 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 290 / Section 290.0411
290.0411 Legislative intent and purpose of ss. 290.0401-290.048.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the necessary means to develop, preserve, redevelop, and revitalize Florida communities exhibiting signs of decline, distress, or economic need by enabling local governments to undertake the necessary community and economic development programs. The overall objective is to create viable communities by eliminating slum and blight, fortifying communities in urgent need, providing decent housing and suitable living environments, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low or moderate income. The purpose of ss. 290.0401-290.048 is to assist local governments in carrying out effective community and economic development and project planning and design activities to arrest and reverse community decline and restore community vitality. Community and economic development and project planning activities to maintain viable communities, revitalize existing communities, expand economic development and employment opportunities, and improve housing conditions and expand housing opportunities, providing direct benefit to persons of low or moderate income, are the primary purposes of ss. 290.0401-290.048. The Legislature, therefore, declares that the development, redevelopment, preservation, and revitalization of communities in this state and all the purposes of ss. 290.0401-290.048 are public purposes for which public money may be borrowed, expended, loaned, pledged to guarantee loans, and granted.

History: s. 2, ch. 83-205; s. 43, ch. 97-278; s. 1, ch. 2005-86; s. 37, ch. 2012-5; s. 10, ch. 2014-218.
Fla. Stat. § 946.525 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 946 / Part II / Section 946.525
946.525 Participation by the corporation in the state group health insurance and prescription drug programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of the corporation established under this part may apply for participation in the state group health insurance program authorized in s. 110.123 and the prescription drug coverage program authorized by s. 110.12315 by submitting an application along with a $500 nonrefundable fee to the Department of Management Services.

(2) As a prerequisite to the adoption of a resolution for participation in the state group health insurance and prescription drug coverage program, the corporation shall seek proposals to provide health insurance and prescription drug coverages which coverages are equivalent to those offered currently by the corporation and coverages equivalent to the state group health insurance and prescription drug coverage program. The corporation shall review and consider all responsive proposals prior to the adoption of any resolution for participation in the state group health insurance and prescription drug coverage program.

(3) If the Department of Management Services determines that the corporation is eligible to enroll, the corporation must agree to the following terms and conditions: (a) The minimum enrollment or contractual period will be 3 years. (b) The corporation must pay to the Department of Management Services an initial administrative fee not less than $2.61 per enrollee per month, or such other amount established annually to fully reimburse the Department of Management Services for its costs. (c) Termination of participation of the corporation requires written notice 1 year before the termination date. (d) If participation is terminated, the corporation may not reapply for participation for a period of 2 years. (e) The corporation shall reimburse the state for 100 percent of its costs, including administrative costs. (f) If the corporation fails to make the payments required by this section to fully reimburse the state, the Department of Revenue or the Department of Financial Services shall, upon the request of the Department of Management Services, deduct the amount owed by the employer from any funds to be distributed by it to the corporation. The amounts so deducted shall be transferred to the Department of Management Services for further distribution to the trust funds in accordance with this chapter. (g) The corporation shall furnish the Department of Management Services any information requested by the Department of Management Services which the Department of Management Services considers necessary to administer the state group health insurance program and the prescription drug program.

(4) The provisions of ss. 624.436-624.446 do not apply to the State Group Insurance Program or to this section.

History: s. 14, ch. 2001-242; s. 1936, ch. 2003-261; s. 115, ch. 2013-18.
Fla. Stat. § 38.10 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.10
38.10 Disqualification of judge for prejudice; application; affidavits; etc.
Status: in_force

Whenever a party to any action or proceeding makes and files an affidavit stating fear that he or she will not receive a fair trial in the court where the suit is pending on account of the prejudice of the judge of that court against the applicant or in favor of the adverse party, the judge shall proceed no further, but another judge shall be designated in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state for the substitution of judges for the trial of causes in which the presiding judge is disqualified. Every such affidavit shall state the facts and the reasons for the belief that any such bias or prejudice exists and shall be accompanied by a certificate of counsel of record that such affidavit and application are made in good faith. However, when any party to any action has suggested the disqualification of a trial judge and an order has been made admitting the disqualification of such judge and another judge has been assigned and transferred to act in lieu of the judge so held to be disqualified, the judge so assigned and transferred is not disqualified on account of alleged prejudice against the party making the suggestion in the first instance, or in favor of the adverse party, unless such judge admits and holds that it is then a fact that he or she does not stand fair and impartial between the parties. If such judge holds, rules, and adjudges that he or she does stand fair and impartial as between the parties and their respective interests, he or she shall cause such ruling to be entered on the minutes of the court and shall proceed to preside as judge in the pending cause. The ruling of such judge may be assigned as error and may be reviewed as are other rulings of the trial court.

History: s. 4, ch. 7852, 1919; RGS 2674; s. 1, ch. 9276, 1923; CGL 4341; s. 3, ch. 83-260; s. 212, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 648.29 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 648 / Section 648.29
648.29 Build-up funds posted by bail bond agent.
Status: in_force

(1) All build-up funds pledged to indemnify an insurer which are posted by a bail bond agent or agency with the insurer must be held in an individual build-up trust account for the agent or agency in an FDIC-approved or FSLIC-approved bank or savings and loan association in this state, jointly in the name of the agent or agency and the insurer or in trust for the agent or agency by the insurer. Such account must remain open to inspection and examination by the department at all times. An accounting of all such funds shall be maintained which designates the amounts collected on each bond written.

(2) Build-up funds may not exceed 40 percent of the premium as established by the agent’s contract agreement with the insurer or managing general agent. Build-up funds received shall be immediately deposited to the build-up trust account. Interest on such accounts shall accrue to the bail bond agent.

(3) Build-up funds are maintained as a trust fund created on behalf of a bail bond agent or agency, held by the insurer in a fiduciary capacity to be used to indemnify the insurer for losses and any other agreed-upon costs related to a bail bond executed by the agent. The build-up funds are the sole property of the agent or agency. Upon termination of the bail bond agency or agent’s contract and discharge of open bond liabilities on the bonds written, build-up funds are due and payable to the bail bond agent or agency not later than 6 months after final discharge of the open bond liabilities.

(4) Each insurer authorized to write bail bonds in this state and each managing general agent must furnish to the department a certified copy of a statement listing each build-up trust account and the balance therein by March 1 of each year.

(5) Insurers must provide copies of build-up fund account bank statements to their agents and agencies.

History: s. 8, ch. 65-492; s. 177, ch. 70-339; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 71, 72, ch. 82-175; ss. 50, 51, ch. 84-103; s. 5, ch. 87-321; ss. 6, 46, 47, ch. 90-131; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 96-372; s. 5, ch. 2002-260.
Fla. Stat. § 671.308 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 671 / Part III / Section 671.308
671.308 Transition provisions on place of filing.
Status: in_force

(1) A financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to the effective date of this act which shall not have lapsed prior to the effective date of this act shall remain effective for the period provided in chapter 65-254, Laws of Florida, as amended, but not less than 5 years after the filing.

(2) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor subsequent to the effective date of this act, any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this section shall apply only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under this act.

(3) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to the effective date of this act may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by this act, except that if this act requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to s. 680.109(4), Florida Statutes 1979, shall be filed in that office.

History: s. 37, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 61.071 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part I / Section 61.071
61.071 Alimony pendente lite; suit money.
Status: in_force

In every proceeding for dissolution of the marriage, a party may claim alimony and suit money in the petition or by motion, and if the petition is well founded, the court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor. If a party in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage claims alimony or suit money in his or her answer or by motion, and the answer or motion is well founded, the court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 3581, 1885; RS 1483; GS 1931; RGS 3194; CGL 4986; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 9, ch. 71-241; s. 319, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 30.07 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 30 / Section 30.07
30.07 Deputy sheriffs.
Status: in_force

Sheriffs may appoint deputies to act under them who shall have the same power as the sheriff appointing them, and for the neglect and default of whom in the execution of their office the sheriff shall be responsible.

History: s. 4, ch. 1659, 1868; RS 1247; GS 1675; RGS 2881; CGL 4578.
Fla. Stat. § 626.788 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part III / Section 626.788
626.788 United States Department of Veterans Affairs employees disqualified.
Status: in_force

No person employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or state service office shall be licensed as a life agent. The license of any person who accepts such employment shall automatically terminate when the employment commences.

History: s. 292, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 257, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 31, ch. 93-268.
Fla. Stat. § 680.202 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part II / Section 680.202
680.202 Final expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.
Status: in_force

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented:

(1) By course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and

(2) By evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the record to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 127, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 689.175 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.175
689.175 Worthier title doctrine abolished.
Status: in_force

The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor’s “heirs,” “heirs at law,” “next of kin,” “distributees,” “relatives,” or “family,” or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.

History: s. 23, ch. 2006-217.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1904 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1904
617.1904 Estoppel.
Status: in_force

No body of persons acting as a corporation shall be permitted to set up the lack of legal organization as a defense to an action against them as a corporation, nor shall any person sued on a contract made with the corporation or sued for an injury to its property or a wrong done to its interests be permitted to set up the lack of such legal organization in his or her defense.

History: s. 113, ch. 90-179; s. 104, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 348.7546 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 348 / Part III / Section 348.7546
348.7546 Wekiva Parkway, construction authorized; financing.
Status: in_force

(1) The Central Florida Expressway Authority may exercise its condemnation powers and construct, finance, operate, own, and maintain those portions of the Wekiva Parkway which are identified by agreement between the authority and the department and which are included as part of the authority’s long-range capital improvement plan. The “Wekiva Parkway” means any limited access highway or expressway constructed between State Road 429 and Interstate 4 specifically incorporating the corridor alignment recommended by Recommendation 2 of the Wekiva River Basin Area Task Force final report dated January 15, 2003, and the recommendations of the SR 429 Working Group which were adopted January 16, 2004. This project may be financed with any funds available to the authority for such purpose or revenue bonds issued by the authority under s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution and s. 348.755(1)(b). This section does not invalidate the exercise by the authority of its condemnation powers or the acquisition of any property for the Wekiva Parkway before July 1, 2012.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to ensure that funds are available to the department for its portion of the Wekiva Parkway, beginning July 1, 2012, the authority shall repay the expenditures by the department for costs of operation and maintenance of the Central Florida Expressway System in accordance with the terms of the memorandum of understanding between the authority and the department as ratified by the authority board on February 22, 2012, which requires the authority to pay the department $10 million on July 1, 2012, and $20 million on each successive July 1 until the department has been fully reimbursed for all costs of the Central Florida Expressway System which were paid, advanced, or reimbursed to the authority by the department, with a final payment in the amount of the balance remaining. Notwithstanding any other law, the funds paid to the department pursuant to this subsection must be allocated by the department for construction of the Wekiva Parkway.

(3) The department’s obligation to construct its portions of the Wekiva Parkway is contingent upon the timely payment by the authority of the annual payments required of the authority and receipt of all required environmental permits and approvals by the Federal Government.

History: s. 3, ch. 2004-384; s. 36, ch. 2012-128; s. 101, ch. 2012-174; s. 8, ch. 2014-171; s. 29, ch. 2015-2.
Fla. Stat. § 198.41 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 198 / Section 198.41
198.41 Effectiveness of this chapter, etc.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall remain in force and effect so long as the Government of the United States retains in full force and effect as a part of the Revenue Laws of the United States a Federal Estate Tax, and this chapter shall cease to be operative as and when the Government of the United States ceases to impose any Estate Tax of the United States.

History: s. 29, ch. 16015, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1342(109).
Fla. Stat. § 397.997 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 397 / Part IX / Section 397.997
397.997 Prevention resources; Internet website.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall develop a publicly available substance abuse prevention Internet website. The information on the Internet website shall target youth and their parents, teachers, and other stakeholders.

(2) The Internet website shall incorporate, at a minimum, the following components; (a) The nature of Florida’s current youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use concerns; (b) The health, social, and legal effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use on individuals, families, schools, and the economy; (c) National, state, and local substance abuse prevention and treatment resources; and (d) Classroom, home, and individual instructional activities and games geared to teach targeted youth about the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use, refusal and other prevention skills, and how to get help for someone using drugs.

History: s. 16, ch. 99-396.
Fla. Stat. § 110.21 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part II / Section 110.21
110.21 Shared employment.
Status: in_force

In order to promote part-time career employment opportunities at all levels in the career service, the department shall establish and maintain a plan for shared employment applicable to all classes in the career service and shall be responsible for the overall review, coordination, and administration of the shared-employment plan.

(1) The department shall establish uniform policies with respect to, and may delegate to the employing agencies the authority to administer, the following: (a) The review of career service positions which, after such positions become vacant, may be filled on a shared-employment basis. (b) Procedures and criteria to be used in connection with establishing or converting career service positions for shared employment. (c) A continuing review and evaluation of the shared-employment program. (d) Procedures for notifying the public of vacant shared-employment positions in an employing agency.

(2) In accordance with rules adopted by the department, each employing agency may establish or convert a percentage of its career service positions, not to exceed 10 percent, for the shared-employment program. However: (a) No agency shall designate any position which is occupied by an employee as a shared-employment position without the consent of the incumbent, nor shall any agency designate a shared-employment position as full time without the consent of the incumbent or without a 90-day notice of such action. (b) No person who is employed full time in an agency shall be required to accept shared employment as a condition of continued employment.

(3) The occupants of any position which has been converted from a full-time position to a shared-employment position shall retain the status of the former position with respect to bargaining unit membership.

(4) The employing agency shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the shared-employment program under the rules promulgated by the department.

(5) The department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section; however, such rules shall be approved by the Administration Commission prior to their adoption by the department.

History: s. 2, ch. 82-18; s. 1, ch. 91-164; s. 21, ch. 91-431; s. 666, ch. 95-147; s. 13, ch. 96-399.
Fla. Stat. § 673.1181 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part I / Section 673.1181
673.1181 Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

Chapter 95 governs when an action to enforce an obligation, duty, or right arising under this chapter must be commenced.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 876.46 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 876 / Section 876.46
876.46 Penalty for going upon closed or restricted highway.
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any order made under s. 876.45 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 10, ch. 20252, 1941; s. 710, ch. 71-136; s. 65, ch. 74-383; s. 246, ch. 77-104.