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Fla. Stat. § 322.221 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.221
322.221 Department may require reexamination.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, may, at any time upon written notice of at least 5 days to the licensee, require him or her to submit to an examination or reexamination. Good cause as used herein shall be construed to mean that a licensee’s driving record, a report as provided in s. 322.126, or other evidence is sufficient to indicate that his or her driving privilege is detrimental to public safety.

(2)(a) The department may require an examination or reexamination to determine the competence and driving ability of any driver causing or contributing to the cause of any crash resulting in death, personal injury, or property damage. (b) The department may, in its discretion, require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to his or her normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, a law enforcement agency, or a physician stating that the driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable. At the time of renewal of his or her license a driver may be required to submit to an examination or reexamination at the discretion of the examiner if the physical appearance or actions of the licensee give rise to serious doubt as to his or her ability to operate a vehicle safely. (c) If the department has reason to believe that a licensee is physically or mentally unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, it may require the licensee to submit medical reports regarding his or her physical or mental condition to the department’s medical advisory board for its review and recommendation. The submission of medical reports shall be made without expense to the state.

(3) Upon the conclusion of such examination or reexamination the department shall take action as may be appropriate and may suspend or revoke the license of such person or permit him or her to retain such license, or may issue a license subject to restrictions as permitted under s. 322.16. Refusal or neglect of the licensee to submit to such examination or reexamination shall be ground for suspension or revocation of his or her license.

History: ss. 1-3, ch. 28120, 1953; s. 1, ch. 59-443; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-366; s. 21, ch. 78-394; s. 43, ch. 89-282; s. 78, ch. 94-306; s. 937, ch. 95-148; s. 289, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 562.46 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 562 / Section 562.46
562.46 Legal remedies not impaired.
Status: in_force

It is the declared legislative intention that no provision or provisions of the Beverage Law shall in any manner limit, modify, or preclude any person from instituting legal proceedings in courts of competent jurisdiction for the adjudication of any rights that such person may have under the Federal and State Constitutions and under laws now existing, or laws which may be hereinafter enacted; further, an action involving a contractual dispute between a licensed distributor and its registered primary American source of supply, as defined in s. 564.045 or s. 565.095, may be filed in the courts of this state.

History: s. 17, 16774, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(243); s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 7, ch. 85-161.
Fla. Stat. § 713.29 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part I / Section 713.29
713.29 Attorney fees.
Status: in_force

In any action brought to enforce a lien, including a lien that has been transferred to security, or to enforce a claim against a bond under this part, the prevailing party is entitled to recover a reasonable fee for the services of her or his attorney for trial and appeal or for arbitration, in an amount to be determined by the court, which fee must be taxed as part of the prevailing party’s costs, as allowed in equitable actions.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 11, ch. 77-353; s. 14, ch. 90-109; s. 7, ch. 92-286; s. 816, ch. 97-102; s. 15, ch. 2023-226.
Fla. Stat. § 497.285 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part II / Section 497.285
497.285 Inactive cemeteries.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee shall be considered inactive upon the acceptance of the surrender of its license by the department or upon the nonreceipt by the department of the license renewal fees required by s. 497.265.

(2) A cemetery licensee licensed to engage in preneed sales shall cease all preneed sales to the public upon becoming inactive in regard to its cemetery license. At-need sales to the public shall cease within 30 days after becoming inactive.

(3) Any licensee desiring to surrender its license to the department shall first: (a) File notice with the department. (b) Submit copies of its existing trust agreements. (c) Resolve to the department’s satisfaction all findings and violations resulting from the last examination conducted. (d) Pay all outstanding fines and invoices due the department. (e) Submit its current license.

(4) Upon receipt of the notice, the department shall review the licensee’s: (a) Trust funds. (b) Trust agreements. (c) Care and maintenance of the cemetery grounds.

(5) After a review to the department’s satisfaction, the department shall terminate the license.

(6)(a) The care and maintenance trust fund of a licensee shall be held intact and in trust after the licensee has become inactive, and funds in that trust fund shall be disbursed to the cemetery on a regular basis for the upkeep of the grounds. (b) The merchandise trust fund of a licensee shall be held intact and in trust after the licensee has become inactive, and the funds in that trust fund shall be disbursed in accordance with the requirements of the written contracts until the fund has been exhausted.

History: s. 85, ch. 93-399; s. 66, ch. 2004-301.
Fla. Stat. § 1003.576 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1003 / Part V / Section 1003.576
1003.576 Individual education plans for exceptional students.
Status: in_force

The Department of Education must develop and have an operating electronic IEP system in place for statewide use. The statewide system shall be developed collaboratively with school districts and must include input from school districts currently developing or operating electronic IEP systems.

History: s. 31, ch. 2006-74; s. 24, ch. 2018-6.
Fla. Stat. § 180.08 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 180 / Section 180.08
180.08 Revenue certificates; terms; price and interest; three-fifths vote of governing body required.
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipality which acquires, constructs or extends any of the public utilities authorized by this chapter and desires to raise money for such purpose, may issue mortgage revenue certificates or debentures therefor without regard to the limitations of municipal indebtedness as prescribed by any statute now in effect or hereafter enacted; provided, however, that such mortgage revenue certificates or debentures shall not impose any tax liability upon any real or personal property in such municipality nor constitute a debt against the municipality issuing the same, but shall be a lien only against or upon the property and revenues of such utility, including a franchise setting forth the terms upon which, in the event of foreclosure, the purchaser may operate the same, which said franchise shall in no event extend for a period longer than 30 years from the date of the sale of such utility and franchise under foreclosure proceedings.

(2) Such mortgage revenue certificates or debentures shall be sold for at least 95 percent of par value and shall bear interest not to exceed 7.5 percent per annum.

(3) No mortgage revenue certificates or debentures shall be issued except upon a three-fifths affirmative vote of the city council, or other legislative body of the municipalities by whatever name known; such mortgage revenue certificates or debentures shall provide that out of the revenues and income derived and obtained from the operation of the utility so constructed, such portion thereof as may be deemed sufficient after all operating costs have been paid, shall be set aside annually in a sinking fund for the payment of interest on said certificates or debentures and the principal thereof at the maturity of the same.

History: s. 5, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(10); s. 18, ch. 73-302.
Fla. Stat. § 216.164 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.164
216.164 Governor’s recommended budget; supporting information.
Status: in_force

(1) Not later than 14 days after the Governor submits his or her recommended budget to the Legislature pursuant to ss. 216.162 and 216.163, the Executive Office of the Governor shall make available: (a) To the legislative appropriations committees an appropriations bill as recommended by the Governor, an economic impact statement, and appropriate staff analyses or support materials used to develop the Governor’s budget recommendations. Any proposed changes in the benefits provided under the state employee group health self-insurance plan shall be accompanied by a statement signed by an enrolled actuary indicating the amount by which monthly plan premiums would need to change if the proposed benefit changes were exclusively funded by a change in plan premiums. (b) To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives any additional legislation in bill form which will be needed to fully implement the Governor’s recommended budget. Upon receipt, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall transmit each such bill to the chair of the appropriate committee.

(2) The Governor, upon request, shall promptly furnish to the Legislature any appropriate information relating to the Governor’s recommendations.

(3) The Governor may provide to the Legislature a program budget or a performance-based budget for any state agency, in a form prescribed by the Executive Office of the Governor. Information submitted to the Legislature shall be presented in a fashion that will allow comparison of the requested information with the agency request, Governor’s recommendations, and legislative appropriations by the automated legislative appropriation system/planning and budgeting system.

History: s. 13, ch. 80-45; s. 11, ch. 83-49; s. 4, ch. 88-384; s. 7, ch. 89-51; s. 55, ch. 92-142; s. 1163, ch. 95-147; s. 35, ch. 96-318.
Fla. Stat. § 673.1091 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part I / Section 673.1091
673.1091 Payable to bearer or to order.
Status: in_force

(1) A promise or order is “payable to bearer” if it: (a) States that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment; (b) Does not state a payee; or (c) States that it is payable to or to the order of cash or otherwise indicates that it is not payable to an identified person.

(2) A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is “payable to order” if it is payable to the order of an identified person or to an identified person or order. A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person.

(3) An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially indorsed pursuant to s. 673.2051(1). An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to bearer if it is indorsed in blank pursuant to s. 673.2051(2).

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 694.08 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 694 / Section 694.08
694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any power of attorney has been executed and delivered, or any conveyance has been executed and delivered to any grantee by the person owning the land therein described, or conveying the same in an official or representative capacity, and has, for a period of 7 years or more been spread upon the records of the county wherein the land therein described has been or was at the time situated, and one or more subsequent conveyances of said land or parts thereof have been made, executed, delivered and recorded by parties claiming under such instrument or instruments, and such power of attorney or conveyance, or the public record thereof, shows upon its face a clear purpose and intent of the person executing the same to authorize the conveyance of said land or to convey the said land, the same shall be taken and held by all the courts of this state, in the absence of any showing of fraud, adverse possession, or pending litigation, to have authorized the conveyance of, or to have conveyed, the fee simple title, or any interest therein, of the person signing such instruments, or the person in behalf of whom the same was conveyed by a person in an official or representative capacity, to the land therein described as effectively as if there had been no defect in, failure of, or absence of the acknowledgment or the certificate of acknowledgment, if acknowledged, or the relinquishment of dower, and as if there had been no lack of the word “as” preceding the title of the person conveying in an official or representative capacity, of any seal or seals, or of any witness or witnesses, and shall likewise be taken and held by all the courts of this state to have been duly recorded so as to be admissible in evidence;

(2) Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any conveyance the validity of which shall be contested or have been contested by suit commenced heretofore or within 1 year of the effective date of this law.

History: s. 1, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5695; s. 15, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 25277, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26957, 1951; s. 35, ch. 69-216; s. 22, ch. 2019-71.
Fla. Stat. § 941.31 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.31
941.31 Fresh pursuit; authority of officers of other states; etc.
Status: in_force

Any duly authorized state, county, or municipal arresting officer of another state of the United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest him or her on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in such other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody, as has any authorized arresting officer, state, county, or municipal, of this state, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in this state.

History: s. 1, ch. 20461, 1941; s. 1618, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 635.061 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 635 / Section 635.061
635.061 Premium cost.
Status: in_force

For purposes of computing finance charges or determining whether a mortgage loan is usurious, any premium cost of mortgage guaranty insurance that is paid by or collected from the mortgagor as a separate charge shall be deemed to not constitute a part of the cost of, or interest upon, or charges or consideration or an amount in excess of permitted charges in connection with, any mortgage loan.

History: s. 6, ch. 59-182; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 7, 11, 12, ch. 83-281; s. 15, ch. 92-328; s. 5, ch. 93-21.
Fla. Stat. § 316.001 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.001
316.001 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be known and cited as the “Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.”

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135.
Fla. Stat. § 655.412 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 655 / Section 655.412
655.412 Merger and consolidation.
Status: in_force

(1) With the approval of the office, any capital stock financial institution may be merged into or consolidated with another capital stock financial institution or a mutual financial institution. The provisions of ss. 658.41-658.45 govern any merger or consolidation pursuant to this subsection; and, for this purpose, references therein to banks and trust companies are deemed to refer to capital stock financial institutions.

(2) A mutual financial institution may not be merged into a capital stock financial institution until it has first converted into a capital stock financial institution in accordance with s. 665.033(1) and (2). For this purpose, references in s. 665.033(1) and (2) to associations are deemed to refer also to credit unions; but, in the case of a credit union, the provision therein concerning proxy statements does not apply.

(3) An application to merge or consolidate pursuant to this section must be accompanied by a filing fee in accordance with s. 658.73.

History: s. 4, ch. 82-214; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 33, ch. 92-303; s. 1725, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 83.11 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part I / Section 83.11
83.11 Distress for rent; complaint.
Status: in_force

Any person to whom any rent or money for advances is due or the person’s agent or attorney may file an action in the court in the county where the land lies having jurisdiction of the amount claimed, and the court shall have jurisdiction to order the relief provided in this part. The complaint shall be verified and shall allege the name and relationship of the defendant to the plaintiff, how the obligation for rent arose, the amount or quality and value of the rent due for such land, or the advances, and whether payable in money, an agricultural product, or any other thing of value.

History: s. 2, ch. 3131, 1879; RS 1764; GS 2240; RGS 3559; CGL 5423; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 80-282; s. 431, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 379.205 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part I / Section 379.205
379.205 Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) There is established within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund to be used exclusively for the purposes of this section.

(2) The commission shall spend money from the fund and all interest derived from its investments and reinvestments only for the following purposes: (a) To manage and protect existing Florida panther populations by increasing panther food sources where food is a limiting factor, determining conflicts between public use and panther survival, maintaining sufficient genetic variability in existing populations, and undertaking management and enforcement activities that protect panther habitat. (b) To educate the public concerning the value of the panther and the necessity for panther management. (c) To reestablish Florida panthers into areas of suitable habitat, where feasible, by assessing the necessity of a captive breeding program for purposes of reintroduction of the panthers into the suitable habitat; selecting potential sites for reintroduction and investigating associated human sociological aspects; and assessing the potential for panther habitat acquisition. (d) For Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission administrative costs and for the promotion and marketing of the Florida panther license plate as authorized under s. 320.08058.

(3) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to receive donations for deposit into the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.

History: ss. 2, 4, ch. 83-173; s. 26, ch. 97-153; s. 1, ch. 97-259; s. 3, ch. 98-333; s. 16, ch. 99-4; s. 149, ch. 99-245; s. 5, ch. 2005-158; s. 18, ch. 2007-223; s. 15, ch. 2008-247; s. 1, ch. 2021-54.
Fla. Stat. § 48.101 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 48 / Section 48.101
48.101 Service on domestic dissolved corporations, dissolved limited liability companies, dissolved limited partnerships, dissolved limited liability partnerships, and business organizations in receivership.
Status: in_force

(1) Process against the directors of any corporation that was dissolved before July 1, 1990, as trustees of the dissolved corporation must be served on one or more of the directors of the dissolved corporation as trustees thereof and binds all of the directors of the dissolved corporation as trustees thereof.

(2)(a) Process against any other dissolved domestic corporation must be served in accordance with s. 48.081. (b) In addition, provided that service was first properly attempted on the registered agent pursuant to s. 48.081(2), but was not successful, service may then be attempted as required under s. 48.081(3). In addition to the persons listed in s. 48.081(3), service may then be attempted on the person appointed by the circuit court as the trustee, custodian, or receiver under s. 607.1405(6). (c) A party attempting to serve a dissolved domestic for-profit corporation under this section may petition the court to appoint one of the persons specified in s. 607.1405(6) to receive service of process on behalf of the corporation.

(3)(a) Process against any dissolved domestic limited liability company must be served in accordance with s. 48.062. (b) In addition, provided that service was first properly attempted on the registered agent pursuant to s. 48.062(2), but was not successful, service may then be attempted as required under s. 48.062(3). In addition to the persons listed in s. 48.062(3), service on a dissolved domestic limited liability company may be made on the person appointed as the liquidator, trustee, or receiver under s. 605.0709. (c) A party attempting to serve a dissolved domestic limited liability company under this section may petition the court to appoint one of the persons specified in s. 605.0709(5) to receive service of process on behalf of the limited liability company.

(4) Process against any dissolved domestic limited partnership must be served in accordance with s. 48.061.

(5) Notwithstanding this section and during the pendency of the receivership, a party attempting to serve process on a domestic business entity, business trust, or sole proprietorship in receivership may effectuate service by personal service on the receiver.

History: s. 1, ch. 19064, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4251(1); s. 4, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 97-230; s. 7, ch. 2022-190; s. 2, ch. 2025-13.
Fla. Stat. § 326.002 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 326 / Section 326.002
326.002 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 326.001-326.006, the term:

(1) “Broker” means a person who, for or in expectation of compensation: sells, offers, or negotiates to sell; buys, offers, or negotiates to buy; solicits or obtains listings of; or negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of, yachts for other persons.

(2) “Division” means the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

(3) “Salesperson” means a person who, for or in expectation of compensation, is employed by a broker to perform any acts of a broker.

(4) “Yacht” means any vessel that is propelled by sail or machinery in the water, exceeds 32 feet in length, and is: (a) Manufactured or operated primarily for pleasure; or (b) Leased, rented, or chartered to someone other than the owner for the other person’s pleasure.

(5) “Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.

History: ss. 2, 7, ch. 88-282; s. 2, ch. 89-128; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 34, ch. 94-218; s. 950, ch. 95-148; s. 14, ch. 2008-240; s. 1, ch. 2024-195.