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Fla. Stat. § 376.306 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 376 / Section 376.306
376.306 Cattle-dipping vats; legislative findings; liability.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that: (a) In excess of 3,200 cattle-dipping vats were constructed in the state as a result of local, state, and federal programs, conducted from 1906 through 1961, for the prevention, suppression, control, or eradication of the disease commonly known as tick fever by eradicating the cattle fever tick, the arthropod vector organism responsible for transmission of the disease. (b) Most cattle-dipping vats were constructed with public funds and operated under local, state, and Federal Government supervision and control. (c) Most vats were used to dip cattle and other livestock owned by several different persons, irrespective of ownership of the property on which the vat was located. (d) Throughout most of the tick eradication program, the state established criteria for chemical solutions to be used in the vats; annually bid, purchased, and distributed materials to be used in said chemical solutions; and expressly authorized use of chemicals, including, but not limited to, various arsenicals, DDT, and Toxaphene. (e) Cattle-dipping vats are located on lands presently both privately and publicly owned. (f) Participation in the cattle fever tick eradication program was mandated by state law. Livestock owners who failed to participate were subjected to criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment, and civil penalties, including, but not limited to, condemnation and killing of their livestock, payment of costs for the killing and disposal of carcasses by the sheriff or her or his deputies, and payment of fees for dipping performed by the state. (g) Private owners of property upon which cattle-dipping vats are located should not be held liable for any costs, damages, or penalties arising or resulting from participation in the cattle fever tick eradication program.

(2) Any private owner of property in this state upon which cattle-dipping vats are located shall not be liable to the state under any state law, or to any other person seeking to enforce state law, for any costs, damages, or penalties associated with the discharge, evaluation, contamination, assessment, or remediation of any substances or derivatives thereof that were used in the vat for the eradication of the cattle fever tick. This provision shall be broadly construed to the benefit of said private owner.

History: s. 1, ch. 96-351; s. 48, ch. 97-96.
Fla. Stat. § 627.6842 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part IX / Section 627.6842
627.6842 Group-to-group consolidations.
Status: in_force

If both the old coverage and the new coverage are provided under group policies:

(1) A signed application need not be obtained if all of the following apply: (a) The premium for the new plan is the same as or less than the premium for the old plan. (b) The amount of insurance and the level of benefits provided by the new plan are the same as or greater than under the old plan, and the age restrictions of the new plan, if any, are at least as favorable to the insured as those provided under the old plan. (c) The maximum term of insurance under the new plan is as long as or longer than the maximum term of insurance under the old plan. (d) There is a clear disclosure to the prospective insured that payment of the required premium constitutes acceptance of the offer.

(2) If an insurer charges insureds the same premium for the new coverage as they were paying for their old coverage, and, as a result, insured debtors of a financial institution are charged different premium rates for the same coverage, such rate differences do not constitute unfair rate discrimination under s. 626.9541.

History: s. 74, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 921.20 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 921 / Section 921.20
921.20 Classification summary; Florida Commission on Offender Review.
Status: in_force

As soon as possible after a prisoner has been placed in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the classification board shall furnish a classification summary to the Florida Commission on Offender Review for use as provided in s. 945.25. The summary shall include the criminal, personal, social, and environmental background and other relevant factors considered in classifying the prisoner for a penal environment best suited for the prisoner’s rapid rehabilitation.

History: ss. 3, 4, ch. 57-366; s. 18, ch. 61-530; s. 127, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 70-441; s. 16, ch. 77-120; s. 27, ch. 79-3; s. 44, ch. 88-122; s. 1546, ch. 97-102; s. 26, ch. 2010-117; s. 23, ch. 2014-191.
Fla. Stat. § 774.001 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 774 / Part I / Section 774.001
774.001 Legislative findings and intent.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the number of asbestos-related claims has increased significantly in recent years and threatens the continued viability of a number of uniquely situated companies that have not ever manufactured, sold, or distributed asbestos or asbestos products and are liable only as successor corporations. This liability has created an overpowering public necessity to provide an immediate, remedial, legislative solution. The Legislature intends that the cumulative recovery by all asbestos claimants from innocent successors be limited, and intends to simply change the form of asbestos claimants’ remedies without impairing their substantive rights, and finds that there are no alternative means to meet this public necessity. The Legislature finds the public interest as a whole is best served by providing relief to these innocent successors so that they may remain viable and continue to contribute to this state.

History: s. 1, ch. 2005-269.
Fla. Stat. § 738.310 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 738 / Section 738.310
738.310 Other rules.
Status: in_force

Following the conversion of an income trust to a unitrust, the trustee shall consider the unitrust amount as paid from the following sources, which are listed in order of priority:

(1) Net accounting income determined under this chapter as if the trust were not a unitrust;

(2) Ordinary income not allocable to net accounting income;

(3) Net realized short-term capital gains;

(4) Net realized long-term capital gains; and

(5) The principal of the trust.

History: s. 19, ch. 2024-216.
Fla. Stat. § 112.063 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part I / Section 112.063
112.063 Reimbursement of county employees for educational expenses.
Status: in_force

County constitutional officers and county commissioners are authorized to reimburse employees for educational expenses, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The coursework must be designed to enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities relating to official duties which the employees perform.

(2) The reimbursement of educational expenses in no way obligates the officer or commissioner to grant time off or leave for the taking or completion of such course or program of instruction.

(3) An employee shall not be permitted to utilize any space, personnel, equipment, or supplies of the office by which he or she is employed in the process of fulfilling any of the requirements imposed by the coursework for which he or she is being reimbursed.

(4) The limitations contained in subsections (1)-(3) shall not be construed to apply to any courses offered by or as a part of an educational program sponsored by any state agency for which the constitutional officer or commissioner is obligated to perform duties prescribed by law, or any educational program conducted in furtherance of s. 195.002, if such limitations did not exist prior to July 1, 1990.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting employees from receiving otherwise authorized per diem expenses provided for by s. 112.061, nor shall it be construed as prohibiting the payment of wages otherwise due under the provisions of state or federal law.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-80; s. 686, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 112.41 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part V / Section 112.41
112.41 Contents of order of suspension; Senate select committee; special magistrate.
Status: in_force

(1) The order of the Governor, in suspending any officer pursuant to the provisions of s. 7, Art. IV of the State Constitution, shall specify facts sufficient to advise both the officer and the Senate as to the charges made or the basis of the suspension.

(2) The Senate shall conduct a hearing in the manner prescribed by rules of the Senate adopted for this purpose.

(3) The Senate may provide for a select committee to be appointed by the Senate in accordance with its rules for the purpose of hearing the evidence and making its recommendation to the Senate as to the removal or reinstatement of the suspended officer.

(4) The Senate may, in lieu of the use of a select committee, appoint a special magistrate to receive the evidence and make recommendations to the Senate.

History: s. 2, ch. 69-277; s. 60, ch. 2004-11.
Fla. Stat. § 1010.74 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1010 / Part V / Section 1010.74
1010.74 Educational Certification and Services Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the collection of certification fees, fines, penalties, and costs levied pursuant to s. 1012.59 shall be remitted by the Department of Education to the Chief Financial Officer for deposit into and disbursed from the “Educational Certification and Services Trust Fund” as re-created by chapter 99-31, Laws of Florida.

History: s. 586, ch. 2002-387; s. 1967, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 733.109 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 733 / Part I / Section 733.109
733.109 Revocation of probate.
Status: in_force

(1) A proceeding to revoke the probate of a will shall be brought in the court having jurisdiction over the administration. Any interested person, including a beneficiary under a prior will, unless barred under s. 733.212 or s. 733.2123, may commence the proceeding before final discharge of the personal representative.

(2) Pending the determination of any petition for revocation of probate, the personal representative shall proceed with the administration of the estate as if no revocation proceeding had been commenced, except that no distribution may be made to beneficiaries in contravention of the rights of those who, but for the will, would be entitled to the property disposed of.

(3) Revocation of probate of a will shall not affect or impair the title to property purchased in good faith for value from the personal representative prior to an order of revocation.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 50, ch. 75-220; s. 18, ch. 77-87; s. 227, ch. 77-104; s. 84, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 153.68 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 153 / Part II / Section 153.68
153.68 General obligation bonds, election; issuance, tax levy.
Status: in_force

(1) The district board is hereby authorized to provide by resolution from time to time for the issuance of general obligation bonds pledging the full faith and credit of the district for the payment thereof, for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of the acquisition or construction or improvement of a water system or a sewer system or both, provided however, that the issuance of such bonds, or of any revenue bonds, assessment bonds or other obligations for which the full faith and credit of the district shall have been pledged as additional security shall have been approved at an election of the qualified electors who are freeholders residing in said district, such election to be called, noticed and conducted in the manner provided in the constitution and statutes of Florida for freeholder elections.

(2) For the payment of the principal of and the interest on any general obligation bonds of the district issued under the provisions of this law, the district board is hereby authorized and required and in such resolution authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds shall authorize and require the levy annually of a special tax upon all taxable property within the district over and above all other taxes authorized or permitted by law sufficient to pay such principal and interest as the same shall become due and payable, and the proceeds of all such taxes, when collected, shall be paid into a special fund and used for no other purpose than the payment of such principal and interest, or reserves therefor; provided however, that there may be pledged as additional security for the payment of such principal and interest the proceeds of such rates, fees and charges made for the services and facilities of any such water system or sewer system or both, or the proceeds of special assessments levied to finance the cost of assessable improvements, or both, and in the event of such pledge or pledges the amount of the annual tax herein required may be reduced in any year subject to and in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such general obligation bonds.

(3) In the event the full faith and credit of the district is pledged as additional security for the payment of any revenue bonds or assessment bonds issued hereunder, the district board shall in the manner set out above for general obligation bonds provide for and authorize the levy of a special tax annually on all taxable property in the district sufficient in amount to comply with the proceedings authorizing such revenue bonds or assessment bonds for which the full faith and credit of the district is pledged as additional security.

History: s. 19, ch. 59-466.
Fla. Stat. § 744.649 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part VIII / Section 744.649
744.649 Notice of appointment of general guardian; closing of veteran’s guardianship; transfer of responsibilities and penalties to general guardian.
Status: in_force

When the appointment of a general guardian has been made in the proper court and such guardian has qualified and taken charge of the other property of the ward, the general guardian shall file notice of such appointment in the court in which the veteran’s guardianship is pending and have the veteran’s guardianship settled up and closed so that the general guardian may take charge of the moneys referred to and described in ss. 744.613(2) and (3) and 744.622. When the appointment of a general guardian, whether for an incompetent or minor child or another beneficiary entitled to the benefits provided in 38 U.S.C., as amended, has been confirmed by the court having jurisdiction, such general guardian is responsible and is subject to the provisions and penalties contained in 38 U.S.C., as amended, as well as the requirements pertaining to guardians as set forth in this part.

History: s. 6, ch. 11906, 1927; CGL 2138; s. 17, ch. 84-62.
Fla. Stat. § 122.19 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 122 / Section 122.19
122.19 Change of positions; election of retirement systems; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person who is a participant in any state or county retirement system, who changes his or her position or employment, or who is reclassified so that under any existing law such person would participate in a different retirement system, may continue to participate and come under the same retirement system in which he or she participated or came under before changing positions or being reclassified so long as such person remains in the employ of the state or county and continues to make the contributions required by law. (b) Any member of the Duval County Employees Pension Fund who becomes an elected state or county official, certified by the Department of State, may become a member of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System as a new member upon assuming office, however, no prior service shall be allowed unless such official withdraws from the Duval County Employees Pension Fund, the same to be certified by Duval County, and complies with s. 122.03.

(2) The provisions of this section shall supersede any existing law relating to state and county retirement systems or pensions, provided nothing herein shall be construed to apply to state Supreme Court justices, or circuit judges who are members of another state retirement system applicable to Supreme Court justices or circuit judges, nor to members of the Department of Public Safety Retirement System nor to members of Duval County Employees’ Pension Fund as provided in chapter 23259, Acts of 1945, as amended by chapters 27520 and 27523, Acts of 1951.

History: s. 21, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 1, ch. 63-568; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 791, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 774.206 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 774 / Part II / Section 774.206
774.206 Statute of limitations; two-disease rule.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, with respect to any asbestos or silica claim not barred as of the effective date of this act, the limitations period does not begin to run until the exposed person discovers, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, that he or she is physically impaired by an asbestos-related or silica-related condition.

(2) An asbestos or silica claim arising out of a nonmalignant condition shall be a distinct cause of action from an asbestos or silica claim relating to the same exposed person arising out of asbestos-related or silica-related cancer. Damages may not be awarded for fear or risk of cancer in a civil action asserting an asbestos or silica claim.

(3) A settlement of a nonmalignant asbestos or silica claim concluded after the effective date of this act may not require, as a condition of settlement, the release of any future claim for asbestos-related or silica-related cancer.

History: s. 6, ch. 2005-274.
Fla. Stat. § 56.26 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 56 / Section 56.26
56.26 Executions; mandamus to force levy and sale.
Status: in_force

When an officer holds an unsatisfied execution and refuses to levy on property liable thereunder and on which it is his or her duty to levy or having levied, refuses to advertise and sell the property levied on, the judgment creditor is entitled to an alternative writ of mandamus requiring the officer to levy such execution or advertise and sell the property levied on, or both, as the case may be.

History: s. 1, ch. 4914, 1901; GS 1635; RGS 2839; CGL 4526; s. 1, ch. 61-330; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 306, ch. 95-147; s. 15, ch. 2016-33.
Fla. Stat. § 641.3107 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.3107
641.3107 Delivery of contract; definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) A health maintenance contract, certificate of coverage, endorsements and riders, or member handbook shall be mailed, delivered, or otherwise provided to the subscriber or, in the case of a group health maintenance contract, to the employer or other person who will hold the contract on behalf of the subscriber group, as provided in s. 627.421.

(2) As used in s. 627.421, the term: (a) “Insurance policies and endorsements,” “policy and endorsements,” “policy,” and “policy form and endorsement form” includes the health maintenance contract, endorsement and riders, certificate of coverage, or member handbook. (b) “Insured” includes a subscriber or, in the case of a group health maintenance contract, the employer or other person who will hold the contract on behalf of the subscriber group. (c) “Insurer” includes a health maintenance organization.

(3) If the health maintenance organization elects to post health maintenance contracts on its Internet website in lieu of mailing or delivery to subscribers or the person who will hold the contract on behalf of a subscriber group, the health maintenance organization must comply with the requirements of s. 627.421(4). This section does not apply to the delivery of those contracts specified in s. 641.31(13).

History: ss. 29, 47, ch. 85-177; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 10, ch. 91-110; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 2018-131; s. 99, ch. 2019-3.
Fla. Stat. § 1003.4933 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1003 / Part IV / Section 1003.4933
1003.4933 911 public safety telecommunication training programs.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each district school board is encouraged to establish a public safety telecommunication training program as defined in s. 401.465 in at least one public high school in the district. (b) The district school board may partner with an existing public safety telecommunication training program operated by a law enforcement agency or a Florida College System institution.

(2)(a) A school district shall allow a student attending a public high school in the district to enroll in the public safety telecommunication training program at another public high school in the district unless: 1. The student’s school offers a public safety telecommunication training program; 2. The student does not meet the minimum enrollment qualifications for the public safety telecommunication training program; or 3. Scheduling of the student’s courses of study does not allow the student to attend the public safety telecommunication training program at another public high school in the district. (b) This subsection does not require a school district to provide transportation for a student to attend the public safety telecommunication training program at another public high school in the district.

History: s. 9, ch. 2022-23.
Fla. Stat. § 272.07 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 272 / Section 272.07
272.07 Department may provide for parks, drives, and walkways.
Status: in_force

The Department of Management Services may provide for the establishment of parks, drives, walkways, and parkways on said grounds and squares and for the supervision, regulation, and maintenance of the same, including traffic and parking thereon.

History: s. 7, ch. 25032, 1949; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 75-70; s. 47, ch. 85-349; s. 203, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 48, ch. 98-279.
Fla. Stat. § 876.26 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 876 / Section 876.26
876.26 Unlawful for subversive organizations to exist or function.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any subversive organization or foreign subversive organization to exist or function in the state and any organization which by a court of competent jurisdiction is found to have violated the provisions of this section shall be dissolved, and if it be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state, a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction that it has violated the provisions of this section shall constitute legal cause for forfeiture of its charter and its charter shall be forfeited, and all funds, books, records, and files of every kind and all other property of any organization found to have violated the provisions of this section shall be seized by and for the state, the funds to be deposited in the State Treasury, and the books, records, files, and other property to be turned over to the Attorney General of Florida.

History: s. 5, ch. 28221, 1953.
Fla. Stat. § 626.778 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part III / Section 626.778
626.778 This part supplements licensing law.
Status: in_force

This part is supplementary to part I, the “Licensing Procedures Law.”

History: s. 282, 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.
Fla. Stat. § 95.191 — Florida Code / Title VIII / Chapter 95 / Section 95.191
95.191 Limitations when tax deed holder in possession.
Status: in_force

When the holder of a tax deed goes into actual possession of the real property described in the tax deed, no action to recover possession of the property shall be maintained by a former owner or other adverse claimant unless the action commenced is begun within 4 years after the holder of the tax deed has gone into actual possession. When the real property is adversely possessed by any person, no action shall be brought by the tax deed holder unless the action is begun within 4 years from the date of the deed.

History: s. 64, ch. 4322, 1895; GS 591; s. 61, ch. 5596, 1907; RGS 794; s. 2, ch. 12409, 1927; CGL 1020; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 28, ch. 73-332; s. 1, ch. 77-174.