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Fla. Stat. § 218.412 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 218 / Part IV / Section 218.412
218.412 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this part for the administration of the trust fund.

History: s. 12, ch. 98-47; s. 7, ch. 2008-59.
Fla. Stat. § 625.78 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part IV / Section 625.78
625.78 Certain sale and purchase exempted; investment account.
Status: in_force

The provisions of s. 625.76 do not apply to any purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, and the provisions of s. 625.77 do not apply to any sale, of an equity security of a domestic stock insurer not then or theretofore held by a person required to report under s. 625.75 in an investment account, which transaction is by a dealer in the ordinary course of business and incident to the establishment or maintenance by him or her of a primary or secondary market, other than on an exchange as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for such security. The commission may, by such rules as it deems necessary or appropriate in the public interest, define and prescribe terms and conditions with respect to securities held in an investment account and transactions made in the ordinary course of business and incident to the establishment or maintenance of a primary or secondary market.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-18; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 138, 143, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 85, ch. 83-216; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 203, ch. 97-102; s. 902, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 634.331 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.331
634.331 Coverage of property for sale.
Status: in_force

A home warranty may provide coverage of residential property during the listing period of such property for a period not to exceed 12 months, provided that the home warranty company charges the warranty purchaser a separately identifiable charge for the listing period coverage in an amount equal to at least 15 percent of the annual premium charged for the home warranty and the charge for such coverage is due at the earlier of the end of the listing period or the date the sale of the residential property is closed.

History: s. 5, ch. 97-74; s. 20, ch. 2001-281.
Fla. Stat. § 420.428 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 420 / Part IV / Section 420.428
420.428 Eligible activities.
Status: in_force

Grant recipients may use grant funds made available pursuant to ss. 420.421-420.429 to:

(1) Pay the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for the fee charged to develop a neighborhood housing services corporation, which fee, if refunded, may be used for any eligible activity;

(2) Fund the operation of a neighborhood housing services corporation by payment of salaries and other administrative expenses, as approved by the department; and

(3) Fund a revolving high-risk loan fund which is administered by a neighborhood housing services corporation to finance the rehabilitation of property in the corporation’s targeted area.

History: s. 7, ch. 79-259; s. 6, ch. 85-265.
Fla. Stat. § 509.072 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 509 / Part I / Section 509.072
509.072 Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund; collection and disposition of moneys received.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund to be used for the administration and operation of the division and the carrying out of all laws and rules under the jurisdiction of the division pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and operation of public lodging establishments and public food service establishments, including the inspection of elevators as required under chapter 399. All funds collected by the division and the amounts paid for licenses and fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund.

(2) Fees collected under s. 509.302(2) and deposited into the trust fund must be used solely for the purpose of funding the Hospitality Education Program, except for any trust fund service charge imposed by s. 215.20, and may not be used to pay for any expense of the division not directly attributable to the Hospitality Education Program. These funds may not be deposited or transferred into any other trust fund administered by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation or any of its divisions. For audit purposes, fees collected under s. 509.302(2) and all charges against those fees must be maintained by the department as a separate ledger.

History: s. 3, ch. 75-184; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 4, 39, 42, ch. 79-240; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 7, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 5, ch. 96-384; s. 3, ch. 2007-237.
Fla. Stat. § 914.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 914 / Section 914.04
914.04 Witnesses; person not excused from testifying or producing evidence in certain prosecutions on ground testimony might incriminate him or her; use of testimony given or evidence produced.
Status: in_force

No person who has been duly served with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing any book, paper, or other document before any court having felony trial jurisdiction, grand jury, or state attorney upon investigation, proceeding, or trial for a violation of any of the criminal statutes of this state upon the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of the person may tend to convict him or her of a crime or to subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture, but no testimony so given or evidence so produced shall be received against the person upon any criminal investigation or proceeding. Such testimony or evidence, however, may be received against the person upon any criminal investigation or proceeding for perjury committed while giving such testimony or producing such evidence or for any perjury subsequently committed.

History: s. 1, ch. 5400, 1905; s. 1, ch. 7850, 1919; RGS 6017; CGL 8311; s. 1, ch. 69-316; s. 97, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 71-99; s. 36, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 82-393; s. 175, ch. 83-216; s. 1, ch. 85-41; s. 1522, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 1009.75 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1009 / Part III / Section 1009.75
1009.75 Last Mile College Completion Program.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the Last Mile College Completion Program is established within the Department of Education to annually award the cost of in-state tuition and required fees to students classified as residents pursuant to s. 1009.21 who are in good standing at Florida College System institutions and state universities and who are within 12 or fewer credit hours of completing their first associate or baccalaureate degree. Any student who has earned college credit from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution within a period of 8 academic years before the year in which the student submits an application pursuant to subsection (2) is eligible to participate in the program. The award amount may not exceed the difference between the full cost of attendance and the total of the student’s financial aid, excluding loans.

(2)(a) The department shall create a simple, web-based application for any student to identify his or her intent to enroll and complete his or her associate or baccalaureate degree within three academic terms at one or more Florida College System institutions or state universities or through an online competency-based program delivered by a regionally accredited, not-for-profit university. (b) The department shall refer the student to the intended college or colleges for continued processing of eligibility, feasibility of reverse-transfer, award status, and enrollment. The participating Florida College System institution or state university must determine each referred student’s eligibility and report that information to the department on behalf of the student in a format prescribed by the department. (c) Once each student has successfully passed the course or courses for each term enrolled during the program period, the department shall disburse the funds to the participating institution or university.

(3) Funding for the program specified under this section is contingent upon legislative appropriation.

(4) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to implement this section including, but not limited to, application processes, priority degree fields for award recipients, and reporting processes.

History: s. 31, ch. 2019-119.
Fla. Stat. § 832.075 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 832 / Section 832.075
832.075 Requiring credit card information for check or draft acceptance prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall require, as a condition of acceptance of a check or share draft or as a means of identification, that the person presenting the check or draft provide a credit card number or credit card expiration date.

(2) Recording a credit card number or expiration date in connection with the sale of goods or services in which the purchaser pays by check or share draft, or in connection with the acceptance of a check or share draft, is a noncriminal violation as defined pursuant to s. 775.08 punishable by a fine of $250 for the first violation and $1,000 for the second or subsequent violation in accordance with the provisions of s. 775.083.

(3) This section shall not prohibit a person from requesting a purchaser to display a credit card as indicia of credit worthiness and financial responsibility or as additional identification, but the only information concerning a credit card which may be recorded is the type of credit card so displayed and the issuer of the credit card. This section does not require acceptance of a check or share draft whether or not a credit card is presented.

(4) This section does not prohibit a person from requesting or receiving a credit card number or expiration date and recording the number or date, or both, in lieu of a deposit to secure payment in the event of default, loss, damage, or other occurrence.

(5) This section does not prohibit a credit card issuer or a subsidiary of the issuer of a credit card from requesting or receiving a credit card number or expiration date and recording the number or date, or both, for the purpose of establishing identity pursuant to s. 832.07(2).

(6) This section does not prohibit a person from recording a credit card number or expiration date as a condition for cashing a check where that person has agreed with the card issuer to cash checks as a service to the card issuer’s cardholders and the card issuer has agreed to guarantee cardholder checks cashed by that person.

History: s. 2, ch. 90-212.
Fla. Stat. § 132.11 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.11
132.11 Amount of refunding bonds to be sold.
Status: in_force

In case of refunding bonds which are not exchanged for bonds outstanding but are sold, only such amount thereof shall be delivered as is necessary to provide for the payment of matured bonds and legally accrued interest and of such unmatured bonds as the holders thereof have agreed in writing to surrender upon payment of a sum not exceeding par and legally accrued interest.

History: s. 11, ch. 15772, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 2383(11).
Fla. Stat. § 85.041 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 85 / Section 85.041
85.041 Joinder.
Status: in_force

All persons who have liens under part I or part II of chapter 713, may join to enforce their respective liens.

History: s. 14, ch. 5143, 1903; GS 2224; RGS 3531; CGL 5394; s. 37, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 719.304 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 719 / Part III / Section 719.304
719.304 Association’s right to amend cooperative documents.
Status: in_force

(1) If there is an omission or error in any cooperative document, or in other documents required by law to establish the cooperative, the association may correct the error or omission by an amendment to the cooperative document, or the other documents required to create a cooperative, in the manner provided in the document to amend the document, or, if none is provided, then by vote of a majority of the voting interests. The amendment is effective when passed and approved. This procedure for amendment cannot be used if such an amendment would materially or adversely affect property rights of unit owners, unless the affected owners consent in writing. This subsection does not restrict the powers of the association to otherwise amend the cooperative documents, or other documentation, but authorizes a simple process of amendment requiring a lesser vote for the purpose of curing defects, errors, or omissions when the property rights of unit owners are not materially or adversely affected.

(2) If there is an omission or error in a cooperative document, or other documents required to establish the cooperative, which would affect the valid existence of the cooperative and which may not be corrected by the amendment procedures in the cooperative documents or this chapter, then the circuit courts have jurisdiction to entertain petitions of one or more of the unit owners therein, or of the association, to correct the error or omission, and the action may be a class action. The court may require that one or more methods of correcting the error or omission be submitted to the unit owners to determine the most acceptable correction. All unit owners and the association and mortgagees of a first mortgage of record must be joined as parties to the action. Service of process on owners may be by publication, but the plaintiff shall furnish all unit owners not personally served with process with copies of the petition and final decree of the court by certified mail, return receipt requested, at their last known residence address. If an action to determine whether the cooperative documents or other documents comply with the mandatory requirements for the formation of a cooperative contained in this chapter is not brought within 3 years of the filing of the cooperative documents, the cooperative documents and other documents shall be effective under this chapter to create a cooperative, whether or not the documents substantially comply with the mandatory requirements of this chapter. However, both before and after the expiration of this 3-year period, circuit courts have jurisdiction to entertain petitions permitted under this subsection for the correction of the documentation, and other methods of amendment may be utilized to correct the errors or omissions at any time.

History: s. 2, ch. 76-222; s. 224, ch. 77-104; s. 29, ch. 86-175.
Fla. Stat. § 627.221 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part I / Section 627.221
627.221 Rating organizations; licensing; fee.
Status: in_force

(1) A person, whether located within or outside this state, may make application to the office for a license as a rating organization. As to property or inland marine insurance, the application shall be for such kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof or classes of risk or a part or combination thereof as are specified in the application. As to casualty and surety insurances, the application shall be for such kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof as are specified in the application. The applicant shall file with its application: (a) A copy of its constitution, its articles of agreement or association or its certificate of incorporation, and of its bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the conduct of its business; (b) A list of its members and subscribers; (c) The name and address of a resident of this state upon whom notices or orders of the office or process affecting such rating organization may be served; and (d) A statement of its qualifications as a rating organization. If the office finds that the applicant is competent, trustworthy, and otherwise qualified to act as a rating organization and that its constitution, articles of agreement or association or certificate of incorporation, and its bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the conduct of its business conform to the requirements of law, it shall issue a license specifying (in the case of a casualty or surety rating organization) the kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof, or (in the case of a property insurance rating organization) the kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof or classes of risk or a part or combination thereof, for which the applicant is authorized to act as a rating organization.

(2) Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall expire on the September 30 next following date of issuance and shall be subject to annual renewal.

(3) The fee for the license shall be in the amount specified therefor in s. 624.501. This fee, when collected, shall be deposited to the credit of the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

History: s. 432, ch. 59-205; s. 17, ch. 65-269; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 346, 357, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; ss. 49, 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1090, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 1003.572 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1003 / Part V / Section 1003.572
1003.572 Collaboration of public and private instructional personnel.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “private instructional personnel” means: (a) Individuals certified under s. 393.17 or licensed under chapter 490 or chapter 491 for applied behavior analysis services as defined in ss. 627.6686 and 641.31098. (b) Registered behavior technicians who have a nationally recognized paraprofessional certification in behavior analysis and who practice under the supervision of individuals described in paragraph (a) by assisting and supporting such individuals in the provision of applied behavior analysis services. To provide services under this section, a registered behavior technician must be employed by a provider described in paragraph (a). (c) Speech-language pathologists licensed under s. 468.1185. (d) Occupational therapists licensed under part III of chapter 468. (e) Physical therapists licensed under chapter 486. (f) Psychologists licensed under chapter 490. (g) Clinical social workers licensed under chapter 491.

(2) The collaboration of public and private instructional personnel shall be designed to enhance but not supplant the school district’s responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The school as the local education agency shall provide therapy services to meet the expectations provided in federal law and regulations and state statutes and rules. Collaboration of public and private instructional personnel will work to promote educational progress and assist students in acquiring essential skills, including, but not limited to, readiness for pursuit of higher education goals or employment. Where applicable, public and private instructional personnel shall undertake collaborative programming. Coordination of services and plans between a public school and private instructional personnel is encouraged to avoid duplication or conflicting services or plans.

(3) Private instructional personnel who are hired or contracted by parents to collaborate with public instructional personnel must be permitted to observe the student in the educational setting, collaborate with instructional personnel in the educational setting, and provide services in the educational setting according to the following requirements: (a) The student’s public instructional personnel and principal consent to the time and place. (b) The private instructional personnel satisfy the requirements of s. 1012.32 or s. 1012.321. For the purpose of implementing this subsection, a school district may not impose any requirements beyond those requirements specified in this subsection or charge any fees.

(4) The provision of private instructional personnel by a parent does not constitute a waiver of the student’s or parent’s right to a free and appropriate public education under IDEA.

History: s. 5, ch. 2013-236; s. 21, ch. 2014-184; s. 1, ch. 2022-46; s. 1, ch. 2023-281.
Fla. Stat. § 88.6121 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part VI / Section 88.6121
88.6121 Recognition of order modified in another state.
Status: in_force

If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:

(1) May enforce the order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification.

(2) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification.

(3) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

History: s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 34, ch. 97-170; s. 54, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 155.19 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 155 / Section 155.19
155.19 County hospitals; training school for nurses.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may establish and maintain in connection with such hospital and as part thereof, a training school for nurses, and upon completion of the prescribed course of training shall give to such nurses who satisfactorily complete the said course, a diploma.

History: s. 16, ch. 20905, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 811.101 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 811 / Section 811.101
811.101 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Removal” means the departure from the United States of an unauthorized alien after any proceeding under 8 U.S.C. s. 1225, s. 1228, s. 1229, or s. 1229a or any agreement in which an unauthorized alien stipulates to his or her departure from the United States as part of a criminal proceeding under federal or state law.

(2) “Unauthorized alien” has the same meaning as in s. 908.111.

History: s. 2, ch. 2025-2.
Fla. Stat. § 206.03 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.03
206.03 Licensing of terminal suppliers, importers, exporters, and wholesalers.
Status: in_force

(1) The application in proper form having been accepted for filing and the bond accepted and approved, except as provided in s. 206.05(1), the department shall issue to such person a license to transact business in the state, subject to cancellation of such license as provided by law.

(2) The license so issued by the department shall not be assignable except pursuant to s. 206.027, shall be valid only for the person in whose name it has been issued, and shall be displayed conspicuously in the principal place of business in the state.

(3) The department shall keep and file all applications and bonds with an alphabetical index thereof, together with a record of all duly licensed persons.

(4) An importer must first be licensed as a wholesaler prior to being licensed as an importer.

History: s. 2, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(63); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 2, ch. 77-149; s. 81, ch. 85-342; s. 48, ch. 87-224; s. 5, ch. 95-417; s. 12, ch. 2017-36.