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Fla. Stat. § 193.011 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 193 / Part I / Section 193.011
193.011 Factors to consider in deriving just valuation.
Status: in_force

In arriving at just valuation as required under s. 4, Art. VII of the State Constitution, the property appraiser shall take into consideration the following factors:

(1) The present cash value of the property, which is the amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller, exclusive of reasonable fees and costs of purchase, in cash or the immediate equivalent thereof in a transaction at arm’s length;

(2) The highest and best use to which the property can be expected to be put in the immediate future and the present use of the property, taking into consideration the legally permissible use of the property, including any applicable judicial limitation, local or state land use regulation, or historic preservation ordinance, and any zoning changes, concurrency requirements, and permits necessary to achieve the highest and best use, and considering any moratorium imposed by executive order, law, ordinance, regulation, resolution, or proclamation adopted by any governmental body or agency or the Governor when the moratorium or judicial limitation prohibits or restricts the development or improvement of property as otherwise authorized by applicable law. The applicable governmental body or agency or the Governor shall notify the property appraiser in writing of any executive order, ordinance, regulation, resolution, or proclamation it adopts imposing any such limitation, regulation, or moratorium;

(3) The location of said property;

(4) The quantity or size of said property;

(5) The cost of said property and the present replacement value of any improvements thereon;

(6) The condition of said property;

(7) The income from said property; and

(8) The net proceeds of the sale of the property, as received by the seller, after deduction of all of the usual and reasonable fees and costs of the sale, including the costs and expenses of financing, and allowance for unconventional or atypical terms of financing arrangements. When the net proceeds of the sale of any property are utilized, directly or indirectly, in the determination of just valuation of realty of the sold parcel or any other parcel under the provisions of this section, the property appraiser, for the purposes of such determination, shall exclude any portion of such net proceeds attributable to payments for household furnishings or other items of personal property.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-250; s. 1, ch. 67-167; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 13, ch. 69-216; s. 8, ch. 70-243; s. 20, ch. 74-234; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 1, ch. 77-363; s. 6, ch. 79-334; s. 1, ch. 88-101; s. 1, ch. 93-132; s. 1, ch. 97-117; s. 1, ch. 2008-197.
Fla. Stat. § 551.114 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 551 / Section 551.114
551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.
Status: in_force

(1) A slot machine licensee may make available for play up to 2,000 slot machines within the property of the facilities of the slot machine licensee.

(2) The slot machine licensee shall display pari-mutuel races or games within the designated slot machine gaming areas and offer patrons within the designated slot machine gaming areas the ability to engage in pari-mutuel wagering on live, intertrack, and simulcast races conducted or offered to patrons of the licensed facility.

(3) The commission shall require the posting of signs warning of the risks and dangers of gambling, showing the odds of winning, and informing patrons of the toll-free telephone number available to provide information and referral services regarding compulsive or problem gambling.

(4) Designated slot machine gaming areas must be located at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021.

(5) The permitholder shall provide adequate office space at no cost to the commission and the Department of Law Enforcement for the oversight of slot machine operations. The commission shall adopt rules establishing the criteria for adequate space, configuration, and location and needed electronic and technological requirements for office space required by this subsection.

History: s. 1, ch. 2005-362; s. 8, ch. 2007-252; s. 31, ch. 2021-271; s. 57, ch. 2022-7.
Fla. Stat. § 947.181 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 947 / Section 947.181
947.181 Fines, fees, restitution, or other costs ordered to be paid as conditions of parole.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall require the payment of fines, fees, restitution, or other court-ordered costs as a condition of parole unless the commission finds reasons to the contrary. Restitution to the aggrieved party for injury, damage, or loss caused by the offense for which the parolee was imprisoned shall have first priority in the payment of amounts owed under this section. If the commission does not require the payment of fines, fees, restitution, or other court-ordered costs or requires only partial payment of the fines, fees, restitution, or other court-ordered costs, the commission shall state on the record the reasons for its decision.

(2) If the parolee fails to make the payments as required in subsection (1), it shall be considered by the commission as a violation of parole as specified in s. 947.21 and may be cause for revocation of parole.

(3) If a defendant is paroled, any restitution ordered under s. 775.089 shall be a condition of such parole. The Florida Commission on Offender Review may revoke parole if the defendant fails to comply with such order.

(4) In determining whether to revoke parole, the commission shall consider the defendant’s employment status, earning ability, and financial resources; the willfulness of the defendant’s failure to pay; and any other special circumstances that may have a bearing on the defendant’s ability to pay.

History: s. 3, ch. 77-150; s. 304, ch. 79-400; s. 34, ch. 83-131; ss. 5, 10, ch. 84-363; s. 37, ch. 86-183; ss. 25, 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 9, ch. 93-37; s. 1677, ch. 97-102; s. 21, ch. 2012-100; s. 47, ch. 2014-191.
Fla. Stat. § 771.01 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 771 / Section 771.01
771.01 Certain tort actions abolished.
Status: in_force

The rights of action heretofore existing to recover sums of money as damage for the alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction or breach of contract to marry are hereby abolished.

History: s. 1, ch. 23138, 1945.
Fla. Stat. § 550.135 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 550 / Section 550.135
550.135 Division of moneys derived under this law.
Status: in_force

All moneys that are deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to the credit of the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund shall be distributed as follows:

(1) The daily license fee revenues collected pursuant to s. 550.0951(1) shall be used to fund the operating cost of the commission; however, other collections in the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund may also be used to fund the operation of the commission in accordance with authorized appropriations.

(2) The slot machine license fee, the slot machine occupational license fee, and the compulsive or addictive gambling prevention program fee collected pursuant to ss. 551.106, 551.107(2)(a)1., and 551.118 shall be used to fund the direct and indirect operating expenses of the commission’s operations and to provide funding for relevant enforcement activities in accordance with authorized appropriations.

History: s. 19, ch. 92-348; s. 208, ch. 94-218; s. 8, ch. 96-364; s. 5, ch. 2000-354; s. 656, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2004-281; s. 1, ch. 2007-83; ss. 48, 49, 99, ch. 2022-157; s. 5, ch. 2022-179; s. 20, ch. 2024-115.
Fla. Stat. § 125.15 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 125 / Part I / Section 125.15
125.15 To sue and be sued in the name of county.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall sue and be sued in the name of the county of which they are commissioners. A change in the persons composing the board of county commissioners shall not abate the suit, but it shall proceed as if such change had not taken place.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 3242, 1881; RS 580; GS 773; RGS 1493; CGL 2202.
Fla. Stat. § 454.19 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 454 / Section 454.19
454.19 Certain partnerships prohibited.
Status: in_force

No judge of a court of this state who is permitted by the constitution and laws to practice law shall form any partnership with the prosecuting attorney of such court or become a partner in any firm in which he or she is a partner. No attorney who may be a law partner with any judge of any court who is permitted by law to practice law shall be allowed to practice before the court of which his or her partner is judge.

History: s. 19, ch. 10175, 1925; CGL 4197; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 183, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 447.08 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 447 / Part I / Section 447.08
447.08 Rights of members in armed forces.
Status: in_force

Any employee who is a member of any labor organization who, because of services with the Armed Forces of the United States, during time of war or national emergency, has been unable to pay any dues, assessments or sums levied by any labor organization, shall not hereafter be required to make such back payments as a condition to reinstatement in good standing as a member of any labor organization to which he or she belonged.

History: s. 8, ch. 21968, 1943; s. 149, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 655.061 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 655 / Section 655.061
655.061 Competitive equality with federally organized or chartered financial institutions.
Status: in_force

Subject to the prior approval of the office pursuant to commission rule or office order of general application, state financial institutions subject to the financial institutions codes may make any loan or investment or exercise any power which they could make or exercise if incorporated or operating in this state as a federally chartered or regulated financial institution of the same type and are entitled to all privileges and protections granted federally chartered or regulated financial institutions of the same type under federal statutes and regulations. The provisions of this section take precedence over, and must be given effect over, any other general or specific provisions of the financial institutions codes to the contrary. In issuing an order or rule under this section, the office or commission shall consider the importance of maintaining a competitive dual system of financial institutions and whether such an order or rule is in the public interest.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-273; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 1, ch, 88-113; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 30, ch. 92-303; s. 1722, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 718.1045 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 718 / Part I / Section 718.1045
718.1045 Timeshare estates; limitation on creation.
Status: in_force

No timeshare estates shall be created with respect to any condominium unit except pursuant to provisions in the declaration expressly permitting the creation of such estates.

History: s. 3, ch. 78-328.
Fla. Stat. § 984.21 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 984 / Section 984.21
984.21 Orders of adjudication.
Status: in_force

(1) An order of adjudication by a court that a child is a child in need of services is a civil adjudication, and is 1 not deemed a conviction, nor shall the child be deemed to have been found guilty or to be a delinquent or criminal by reason of adjudication, nor shall that adjudication operate to impose upon the child any of the civil disabilities ordinarily imposed by or resulting from conviction or disqualify or prejudice the child in any civil service application or appointment.

(2) If the court finds that the child named in a petition is not a child in need of services, it shall enter an order so finding and dismiss the case.

(3) If the court finds by a preponderance of evidence that the child named in a petition is a child in need of services, it shall incorporate that finding in an order of adjudication entered in the case, briefly stating the facts upon which the finding is made, and the court shall thereafter have full authority under this chapter to provide for the child as adjudicated.

History: s. 8, ch. 87-133; s. 239, ch. 95-147; s. 107, ch. 97-238; s. 72, ch. 98-280; s. 24, ch. 2025-153.
Fla. Stat. § 258.0165 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part I / Section 258.0165
258.0165 Defibrillators in state parks.
Status: in_force

(1) Each state park is encouraged to have on the premises at all times a functioning automated external defibrillator.

(2) State parks that provide automated external defibrillators shall ensure that employees and volunteers are properly trained in accordance with s. 401.2915.

(3) The location of each automated external defibrillator shall be registered with a local emergency medical services medical director.

(4) The use of automated external defibrillators by employees and volunteers shall be covered under the provisions of ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-40; s. 19, ch. 2013-18.
Fla. Stat. § 495.051 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 495 / Section 495.051
495.051 Disclaimers.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of State may require the applicant for registration to disclaim an unregistrable component of a mark otherwise registrable. An applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered.

(2) No disclaimer shall prejudice or affect the applicant’s or registrant’s rights then existing or thereafter arising in the disclaimed matter, or her or his right of registration on another application if the disclaimed matter be or shall have become distinctive of her or his goods or services.

History: s. 1, ch. 67-58; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 554, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 686.415 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 686 / Section 686.415
686.415 Unenforceable contract or franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

Any contract or franchise agreement or part thereof or practice thereunder which is in violation of any provision of ss. 686.40-686.418 is deemed against public policy and is void and unenforceable.

History: s. 13, ch. 84-217.
Fla. Stat. § 335.167 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.167
335.167 State highway construction and maintenance; Florida-friendly landscaping.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall use and require the use of Florida-friendly landscaping practices, as defined in s. 373.185, in the construction and maintenance of all new state highways, wayside parks, access roads, welcome stations, and other state highway rights-of-way constructed upon or acquired after June 30, 2009. The department shall develop a 5-year program for phasing in the use of Florida-friendly landscaping, including the use of solid waste compost, in state highway rights-of-way constructed upon or acquired before July 1, 2009. In accomplishing these tasks, the department shall employ the standards set out in s. 373.185.

(2)(a) The Legislature finds that the use of Florida-friendly landscaping and other water use and pollution prevention measures to conserve or protect the state’s water resources serves a compelling public interest and that the participation of homeowners’ associations and local governments is essential to the state’s efforts in water conservation and water quality protection and restoration. (b) A deed restriction or covenant may not prohibit or be enforced so as to prohibit any property owner from implementing Florida-friendly landscaping on his or her land or create any requirement or limitation in conflict with any provision of part II of chapter 373 or a water shortage order, other order, consumptive use permit, or rule adopted or issued pursuant to part II of chapter 373. (c) A local government ordinance may not prohibit or be enforced so as to prohibit any property owner from implementing Florida-friendly landscaping on his or her land.

History: s. 2, ch. 91-41; s. 2, ch. 91-68; s. 5, ch. 2001-252; s. 24, ch. 2009-243.
Fla. Stat. § 194.192 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 194 / Part II / Section 194.192
194.192 Costs; interest on unpaid taxes; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) In any suit involving the assessment or collection of any tax, the court shall assess all costs.

(2) If the court finds that the amount of tax owed by the taxpayer is greater than the amount the taxpayer has in good faith admitted and paid, it shall enter judgment against the taxpayer for the deficiency and for interest on the deficiency at the rate of 12 percent per year from the date the tax became delinquent. If it finds that the amount of tax which the taxpayer has admitted to be owing is grossly disproportionate to the amount of tax found to be due and that the taxpayer’s admission was not made in good faith, the court shall also assess a penalty at the rate of 10 percent of the deficiency per year from the date the tax became delinquent.

History: s. 8, ch. 69-140; s. 33, ch. 70-243; s. 35, ch. 71-355; s. 2, ch. 72-239; s. 18, ch. 82-226; s. 4, ch. 96-397.
Fla. Stat. § 501.915 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part VI / Section 501.915
501.915 Adulteration of antifreeze.
Status: in_force

Antifreeze shall be deemed to be adulterated:

(1) If, in the form in which it is sold and directed to be used, it would be ineffective in or injurious to the cooling system in which it is to be installed or if, when used in such cooling system, it would make the operation of the engine dangerous to the user.

(2) If its strength, quality, or purity falls below the standard of strength, quality, or purity under which it is sold or offered for sale.

History: s. 5, ch. 78-199; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 4, 5, ch. 89-4; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 29.017 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 29 / Section 29.017
29.017 Pending proceedings; applicability of ch. 2003-402.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of implementing s. 14, Art. V of the State Constitution, the transfer of the funding responsibility for the state courts system shall not affect the validity of any judicial or administrative proceeding pending on the day of the transfer. The entity providing appropriations on and after July 1, 2004, shall be considered the successor in interest to any existing contracts ratified by the successor entity, but is not responsible for funding or payment of any service rendered or provided, in whole or in part, prior to July 1, 2004.

History: s. 146, ch. 2003-402.
Fla. Stat. § 159.814 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part VI / Section 159.814
159.814 Form of applications for allocations; requirements.
Status: in_force

All notices of intent to issue, requests for carryforward confirmations, and issuance reports must be made in such form as may be prescribed by the division. All such forms may be filed electronically through a portal on the division’s website at such time as the division establishes such portal through which such forms and the fee required by s. 159.811 may be submitted. Notices of intent to issue for any calendar year may not be accepted before January 1 of that calendar year. Notices of intent to issue requesting a confirmation from the affordable housing allocation pools, the economic development allocation pool, or the corporation pool are considered timely only if filed with the division on or before September 30 of that calendar year, or, if September 30 is not a business day, the last business day before September 30. Notices of intent to issue requesting a confirmation from the state allocation pool are considered timely only if filed with the division from October 1 through November 30 of that calendar year, or, if November 30 is not a business day, the last business day before November 30. Applications for a carryforward confirmation pursuant to s. 159.8091(1) are considered timely only if filed with the division from December 1 through December 15 of that calendar year, or, if December 15 is not a business day, the last business day before December 15.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-282; s. 27, ch. 2024-220.
Fla. Stat. § 125.355 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 125 / Part I / Section 125.355
125.355 Proposed purchase of real property by county; confidentiality of records; procedure.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) In any case in which a county, pursuant to the provisions of this section, seeks to acquire by purchase any real property for a public purpose, every appraisal, offer, or counteroffer must be in writing. Such appraisals, offers, and counteroffers shall not be available for public disclosure or inspection and are exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) until an option contract is executed or, if no option contract is executed, until 30 days before a contract or agreement for purchase is considered for approval by the board of county commissioners. If a contract or agreement for purchase is not submitted to the board of county commissioners for approval, the exemption from s. 119.07(1) will expire 30 days after the termination of negotiations. The county shall maintain complete and accurate records of every such appraisal, offer, and counteroffer. For the purposes of this section, the term “option contract” means a proposed agreement by the county to purchase a piece of property, subject to the approval of the local governing body at a public meeting after 30 days’ public notice. The county will not be under any obligation to exercise the option unless the option contract is approved by the governing body at the public hearing specified in this section. (b) If the exemptions provided in this section are utilized, the governing body shall obtain at least one appraisal by an appraiser approved pursuant to s. 253.025 for each purchase in an amount of not more than $500,000. For each purchase in an amount in excess of $500,000, the governing body shall obtain at least two appraisals by appraisers approved pursuant to s. 253.025. If the agreed purchase price exceeds the average appraised price of the two appraisals, the governing body is required to approve the purchase by an extraordinary vote. The governing body may, by ordinary vote, exempt a purchase in an amount of $100,000 or less from the requirement for an appraisal. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any county that does not choose with respect to any specific purchase to utilize the exemptions from s. 119.07(1) provided in this section may follow any procedure not in conflict with the provisions of chapter 119 for the purchase of real property which is authorized in its charter or established by ordinance.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as providing an exemption from, or an exception to, s. 286.011.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-298; s. 1, ch. 87-60; s. 1, ch. 88-315; s. 32, ch. 90-360; s. 8, ch. 94-240; s. 44, ch. 96-406; s. 29, ch. 2016-233.
Fla. Stat. § 625.318 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part II / Section 625.318
625.318 Religious institution obligations.
Status: in_force

An insurer may invest in secured obligations of duly constituted churches and of church holding companies.

History: s. 143, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 108, 122, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.