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Fla. Stat. § 205.1965 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 205 / Section 205.1965
205.1965 Assisted living facilities.
Status: in_force

A county or municipality may not issue a business tax receipt for the operation of an assisted living facility pursuant to chapter 429 without first ascertaining that the applicant has been licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration to operate such facility at the specified location or locations. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall furnish to local agencies responsible for issuing business tax receipts sufficient instructions for making the required determinations.

History: s. 16, ch. 87-371; s. 3, ch. 95-210; s. 20, ch. 99-8; s. 26, ch. 2006-152; s. 9, ch. 2006-197.
Fla. Stat. § 605.0906 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.0906
605.0906 Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign limited liability company whose name is unavailable under or whose name does not otherwise comply with s. 605.0112 shall use an alternate name that complies with s. 605.0112 to transact business in this state. An alternate name adopted for use in this state shall be cross-referenced to the actual name of the foreign limited liability company in the records of the department. If the actual name of the foreign limited liability company subsequently becomes available in this state or the foreign limited liability company chooses to change its alternate name, a copy of the record approving the change by its members, managers, or other persons having the authority to do so, and executed as required pursuant to s. 605.0203, shall be delivered to the department for filing.

(2) A foreign limited liability company that adopts an alternate name under subsection (1) and obtains a certificate of authority with the alternate name need not comply with s. 865.09.

(3) After obtaining a certificate of authority with an alternate name, a foreign limited liability company shall transact business in this state under the alternate name unless the company is authorized under s. 865.09 to transact business in this state under another name.

(4) If a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state changes its name to one that does not comply with s. 605.0112, it may not thereafter transact business in this state until it complies with subsection (1) and obtains an amended certificate of authority pursuant to s. 605.0907.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 259, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 570.31 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part II / Section 570.31
570.31 Director; duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The director of the Division of Administration shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner’s pleasure.

(2) It shall be the duty of the director to supervise, direct and coordinate the activities provided in s. 570.30.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-54; s. 2, ch. 74-204; s. 17, ch. 92-291.
Fla. Stat. § 137.09 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 137 / Section 137.09
137.09 Justification and approval of bonds.
Status: in_force

Each surety upon every bond of any county officer shall make affidavit that he or she is a resident of the county for which the officer is to be commissioned, and that he or she has sufficient visible property therein unencumbered and not exempt from sale under legal process to make good his or her bond. Every such bond shall be approved by the board of county commissioners when the board is satisfied in its judgment that the bond is legal, sufficient, and proper to be approved.

History: s. 10, ch. 3724, 1887; RS 621; GS 829; RGS 1576; CGL 2424; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 842, ch. 95-147; s. 148, ch. 2003-261; s. 4, ch. 2016-132.
Fla. Stat. § 316.303 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.303
316.303 Television receivers.
Status: in_force

(1) A motor vehicle may not be operated on the highways of this state if the vehicle is actively displaying moving television broadcast or pre-recorded video entertainment content that is visible from the driver’s seat while the vehicle is in motion, unless the vehicle is being operated with the automated driving system engaged.

(2) This section does not prohibit the use of television-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or law enforcement purposes, provided such use is approved by the department.

(3) This section does not prohibit the use of an electronic display used in conjunction with a vehicle navigation system; an electronic display used by an operator of an autonomous vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003(3); or an electronic display used by an operator of a vehicle equipped and operating with driver-assistive truck platooning technology, as defined in s. 316.003.

(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 26, ch. 94-306; s. 218, ch. 99-248; s. 5, ch. 2016-181; s. 9, ch. 2016-239; s. 13, ch. 2018-130; s. 6, ch. 2019-101.
Fla. Stat. § 627.42397 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.42397
627.42397 Coverage for air ambulance services.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Air ambulance service” has the same meaning as provided in s. 401.23. (b) “Health insurer” means an authorized insurer offering health insurance as defined in s. 624.603. (c) “Reasonable reimbursement” means reimbursement that considers the direct cost to provide the air ambulance transportation service to the insured, the operation of an air ambulance service by a county which operates entirely within a designated area of critical state concern as determined by the Department of Commerce, and in-network reimbursement established by the health insurer for the specific policy. The term does not include the amount of billed charges for the cost of services rendered.

(2) A health insurance policy must require a health insurer to provide reasonable reimbursement to an air ambulance service for covered nonemergency and emergency services provided to an insured in accordance with the coverage terms of the policy. Such reasonable reimbursement may be reduced only by applicable copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles. Payment in full by the insured of his or her applicable copayment, coinsurance, or deductible constitutes an accord and satisfaction of, and constitutes a release of, any claim for additional moneys owed by the insured to the health insurer or to any person or entity in connection with the air ambulance service.

History: s. 1, ch. 2020-177; s. 230, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 197.383 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 197 / Section 197.383
197.383 Distribution of taxes.
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall distribute taxes collected to each taxing authority at least four times during the first 2 months after the tax roll comes into his or her possession for collection and at least one time in all other months. A different schedule may be used if the tax collector and the governing board of the taxing authority mutually agree.

History: s. 165, ch. 85-342; s. 1014, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 670.501 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 670 / Part V / Section 670.501
670.501 Variation by agreement and effect of funds-transfer system rule.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the rights and obligations of a party to a funds transfer may be varied by agreement of the affected party.

(2) “Funds-transfer system rule” means a rule of an association of banks governing transmission of payment orders by means of a funds-transfer system of the association or rights and obligations with respect to those orders, or to the extent the rule governs rights and obligations between banks that are parties to a funds transfer in which a Federal Reserve bank, acting as an intermediary bank, sends a payment order to the beneficiary’s bank. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a funds-transfer system rule governing rights and obligations between participating banks using the system may be effective even if the rule conflicts with this chapter and indirectly affects another party to the funds transfer that does not consent to the rule. A funds-transfer system rule may also govern rights and obligations of parties other than participating banks using the system to the extent stated in ss. 670.404(3), 670.405(4), and 670.507(3).

History: s. 1, ch. 91-70.
Fla. Stat. § 583.021 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 583 / Section 583.021
583.021 Nest run eggs; limitation on sale.
Status: in_force

Nest run eggs shall be sold only by producers or processors to other producers or processors and shall not be sold directly to retail outlets, consumers, or public eating places.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-102.
Fla. Stat. § 440.06 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.06
440.06 Failure to secure compensation; effect.
Status: in_force

Every employer who fails to secure the payment of compensation, as provided in s. 440.10, by failing to meet the requirements of s. 440.38 may not, in any suit brought against him or her by an employee subject to this chapter to recover damages for injury or death, defend such a suit on the grounds that the injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow servant, that the employee assumed the risk of his or her employment, or that the injury was due to the comparative negligence of the employee.

History: s. 6, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(6); s. 5, ch. 70-148; s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 4, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1; s. 100, ch. 97-103; s. 4, ch. 2003-412.
Fla. Stat. § 400.0089 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part I / Section 400.0089
400.0089 Complaint data reports.
Status: in_force

The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program shall maintain a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data relating to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities and to residents for the purpose of identifying and resolving complaints. Information pertaining to the number and types of complaints received by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program shall be published quarterly and made readily available and shall include such information in the annual report required under s. 400.0065.

History: ss. 14, 30, ch. 93-177; s. 44, ch. 95-196; s. 116, ch. 99-8; s. 16, ch. 2000-263; s. 134, ch. 2000-349; s. 54, ch. 2000-367; s. 26, ch. 2002-223; s. 37, ch. 2003-1; s. 19, ch. 2006-121; s. 17, ch. 2015-31.
Fla. Stat. § 408.814 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 408 / Part II / Section 408.814
408.814 Moratorium; emergency suspension.
Status: in_force

(1) The agency may impose an immediate moratorium or emergency suspension as defined in s. 120.60 on any provider if the agency determines that any condition related to the provider or licensee presents a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of a client.

(2) A provider or licensee, the license of which is denied or revoked, may be subject to immediate imposition of a moratorium or emergency suspension to run concurrently with licensure denial, revocation, or injunction.

(3) A moratorium or emergency suspension remains in effect after a change of ownership, unless the agency has determined that the conditions that created the moratorium, emergency suspension, or denial of licensure have been corrected.

(4) When a moratorium or emergency suspension is placed on a provider or licensee, notice of the action shall be posted and visible to the public at the location of the provider until the action is lifted.

History: s. 5, ch. 2006-192.
Fla. Stat. § 320.0104 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.0104
320.0104 Legislative intent with respect to implementation of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter be implemented in such a manner that the convenience of the applicant is the first consideration.

(2) Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that all services affecting motor carriers be consolidated in order to encourage interstate commerce and achieve maximum efficiency in registration, permitting, and safety programs administered by this state. In order to achieve this goal, Florida must join the cooperative effort that is being conducted on the national level by Congress, the United States Department of Transportation, and other groups to achieve uniformity among the jurisdictions and reduce the number of separate reports required by each jurisdiction of the motor carrier industry. Florida shall consolidate all requirements imposed on motor carriers operating in this state and shall actively negotiate reciprocal agreements and compacts with other jurisdictions to accomplish the intent of this chapter.

History: s. 2, ch. 83-318; s. 44, ch. 85-180.
Fla. Stat. § 680.22 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part II / Section 680.22
680.22 Effect of default on risk of loss.
Status: in_force

(1) When risk of loss is to pass to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated: (a) If a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the lease contract as to give a right of rejection, the risk of their loss remains with the lessor, or, in the case of a finance lease, the supplier, until cure or acceptance. (b) If the lessee rightfully revokes acceptance, she or he, to the extent of any deficiency in the lessee’s effective insurance coverage, may treat the risk of loss as having remained with the lessor from the beginning.

(2) Whether or not risk of loss is to pass to the lessee, if the lessee as to conforming goods already identified to a lease contract repudiates or is otherwise in default under the lease contract, the lessor, or, in the case of a finance lease, the supplier, to the extent of any deficiency in her or his effective insurance coverage, may treat the risk of loss as resting on the lessee for a commercially reasonable time.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 707, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 90.203 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.203
90.203 Compulsory judicial notice upon request.
Status: in_force

A court shall take judicial notice of any matter in s. 90.202 when a party requests it and:

(1) Gives each adverse party timely written notice of the request, proof of which is filed with the court, to enable the adverse party to prepare to meet the request.

(2) Furnishes the court with sufficient information to enable it to take judicial notice of the matter.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 27.0055 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 27 / Part I / Section 27.0055
27.0055 Official court reporters.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “official court reporter” means any individual appointed as an official court reporter pursuant to former chapter 29 prior to the effective date of this act.

(2) It shall not constitute a violation of chapter 112 for an official court reporter to either directly or indirectly purchase, rent, or utilize any goods or services for any court reporting firm in which the official court reporter is an officer, partner, director, or proprietor, or in which the official court reporter has a material interest.

(3) It shall not constitute a violation of chapter 112 for an official court reporter to have or hold any employment or contractual relationship with any business entity or agency which is subject to the regulation of, or is doing business with, any agency of which the court reporter is an officer or employee.

(4) The provisions of this section shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall apply to any individual appointed as an official court reporter prior to the effective date of this section for those actions listed in subsections (2) and (3) above.

History: s. 1, ch. 95-286; s. 10, ch. 99-2.
Fla. Stat. § 744.639 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part VIII / Section 744.639
744.639 Attorney’s fee.
Status: in_force

The fee for the attorney filing the petition and conducting the proceedings shall be fixed by the court in an amount as small as reasonably possible, not to exceed $250. However, this section is not to be interpreted to exclude a petition for extraordinary attorney’s fees, properly filed, and if approved by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, does not necessitate a hearing before the court for approval, but the court shall enter its order for withdrawal of said attorney’s fees from the ward’s guardianship account accordingly.

History: s. 7, ch. 84-62; s. 31, ch. 95-401; s. 16, ch. 97-93.
Fla. Stat. § 831.19 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 831 / Section 831.19
831.19 Making or having instruments for counterfeiting coin.
Status: in_force

Whoever casts, stamps, engraves, makes or amends, or knowingly has in his or her possession any mould, pattern, die, puncheon, engine, press or other tool or instrument, adapted and designed for coining or making counterfeit coin in the similitude of any gold, silver or metallic coin, current by law or usage in this state, with intent to use or employ the same, or to cause or to permit the same to be used or employed in coining and making any such false and counterfeit coin as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding 10 years, or by fine not exceeding $1,000.

History: s. 17, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2497; GS 3378; RGS 5226; CGL 7344; s. 1297, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 985.8025 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 985 / Part XIII / Section 985.8025
985.8025 State Council for Interstate Juvenile Offender Supervision.
Status: in_force

(1) Pursuant to Article IX of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles in s. 985.802, the State Council for Interstate Juvenile Offender Supervision is created. The purpose of the council is to oversee state participation in the activities of the Interstate Commission for Juveniles.

(2) The council shall consist of seven members and the secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chair of the council and may vote only to break a tie. The compact administrator or his or her designee and the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement or his or her designee shall serve as members of the council. The remaining members shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of 4 years; however, the Governor may, in writing and on an individual basis for each appointee, delegate the power of appointment to the Secretary of Juvenile Justice. Of the initial appointees, one shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, one shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, one shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, and two shall be appointed for terms of 4 years each.

(3) Appointees shall be selected from individuals with personal or professional experience in the juvenile justice system and may include a victim’s advocate, employees of the Department of Children and Families, employees of the Department of Law Enforcement who work with missing and exploited children, and a parent who, at the time of appointment, does not have a child involved in the juvenile justice system.

(4) Council members shall serve without compensation, but they are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.

(5) The provisions of s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution and of chapter 119 and s. 286.011 apply to proceedings and records of the council. Minutes, including a record of all votes cast, must be maintained for all meetings.

(6) If the council is abolished, its records must be appropriately stored, within 30 days after the effective date of its abolition, by the Department of Juvenile Justice or its successor agency. Any property assigned to the council must be reclaimed by the department or its successor agency. The council may not perform any activities after the effective date of its abolition.

History: ss. 2, 4, ch. 2005-80; s. 102, ch. 2006-120; s. 2, ch. 2011-89; s. 361, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 827.072 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 827 / Section 827.072
827.072 Generated child pornography.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Generated child pornography” means any image that has been created, altered, adapted, or modified by electronic, mechanical, or other computer-generated means to portray a fictitious person, who a reasonable person would regard as being a real person younger than 18 years of age, engaged in sexual conduct. (b) “Intentionally view” has the same meaning as in s. 827.071. (c) “Sexual conduct” has the same meaning as in s. 827.071.

(2)(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess or control or intentionally view a photograph, a motion picture, a representation, an image, a data file, a computer depiction, or any other presentation which, in whole or in part, he or she knows includes generated child pornography. The possession, control, or intentional viewing of each such photograph, motion picture, representation, image, data file, computer depiction, or other presentation is a separate offense. A person who violates this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (b) A person who intentionally creates generated child pornography commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any material possessed, controlled, or intentionally viewed as part of a law enforcement investigation.

History: s. 2, ch. 2024-118.
Fla. Stat. § 694.03 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 694 / Section 694.03
694.03 Married women’s conveyances by attorney validated.
Status: in_force

Any deed, release or conveyance executed and acknowledged before the passage of the act approved February 20, 1875, entitled, “An Act to authorize married women to convey their separate estate and release dower by attorney,” yet in the manner therein provided, shall have the same force and effect and be as valid as if the same had been executed and acknowledged after the passage of the said act.

History: RS 1970; GS 2476; RGS 3817; CGL 5690.
Fla. Stat. § 791.055 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 791 / Section 791.055
791.055 Restrictions upon storage of sparklers.
Status: in_force

(1) Sparklers shall not be stored or kept for sale in any store: (a) In which paints, oils, or varnishes are manufactured or kept for use or sale unless the paints, oils, or varnishes are in unbroken containers. (b) In which resin, turpentine, gasoline, or flammable substances or substances which may generate vapors are used, stored, or offered for sale unless the resin, turpentine, gasoline, or substances are in unbroken containers. (c) In which there is not at least one approved chemical fire extinguisher ready, available, and equipped for use in extinguishing fires.

(2) When sparklers are in storage to be offered for sale at retail, a sign shall be conspicuously displayed over the entrance to the room in which the sparklers are stored, which sign reads: “CAUTION SPARKLERS-NO SMOKING.” No person shall be in such room while in possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe.

History: s. 2, ch. 84-201.