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Fla. Stat. § 110.606 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part V / Section 110.606
110.606 Selected Exempt Service; data collection.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall annually compile data regarding the administration of the Selected Exempt Service.

(2) The data required by this section shall include: (a) A detailed description of the specific actions that have been taken by the department to implement the provisions of this part. (b) Any recommendations and proposals for legislation which the secretary may have with respect to improving the operation and administration of the Selected Exempt Service. (c) In addition, as needed: 1. A pricing analysis based on a market survey of positions comparable to those included in the Selected Exempt Service and recommendations with respect to whether, and to what extent, revisions to the pay bands for the Selected Exempt Service classifications should be implemented. 2. An analysis of actual salary levels for each classification within the Selected Exempt Service, indicating the mean salary for each classification within the Selected Exempt Service and the deviation from such means with respect to each agency’s salary practice in each classification; reviewing the duties and responsibilities in relation to the incumbents’ salary levels, credentials, skills, knowledge, and abilities; and discussing whether the salary practices reflected thereby indicate interagency salary inequities among positions within the Selected Exempt Service.

(3) To assist in the preparation of the data required by this section, the secretary may hire a consultant with expertise in the field of personnel management.

History: ss. 8, 14, ch. 85-318; s. 10, ch. 86-149; ss. 1, 2, ch. 89-13; s. 18, ch. 94-113; s. 1, ch. 94-259; s. 22, ch. 96-399; s. 14, ch. 97-296; s. 31, ch. 2001-43; s. 14, ch. 2003-138.
Fla. Stat. § 627.663 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VII / Section 627.663
627.663 Franchise health insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) “Franchise health insurance,” also known as “franchise group insurance,” is that form of health insurance issued to: (a) Two or more employees of any corporation, professional association, copartnership, or individual employer or of any governmental corporation, agency, or department; or (b) Ten or more individuals who are members of any trade association or labor union or any other association having had an active existence for at least 2 years if such association or union has a constitution or bylaws and is formed in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; when such persons, with or without their dependents, are issued the same form of an individual policy varying only as to amounts and kinds of coverage applied for by such persons under an arrangement whereby the premiums on such policies may be paid to the insurer periodically by the employer, with or without payroll deductions, or by the association, or by some designated person acting on behalf of such employer or association. Notwithstanding the provisions of any state antidiscriminatory law, such provisions shall not prohibit different rates charged or benefits payable or a different underwriting procedure for individuals insured under a franchise plan provided the rates charged, benefits payable, or underwriting procedure used does not discriminate between franchise plans.

(2) The provisions of part VI of this chapter also apply to franchise insurance.

History: s. 594, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 1, ch. 79-67; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 514, 523, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; ss. 63, 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 472.0132 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 472 / Section 472.0132
472.0132 Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination.
Status: in_force

In addition to, or in lieu of, any other discipline imposed pursuant to s. 472.033, a person who wrongfully takes an examination in whole or in part or reproduces or copies an examination administered by the department, whether such examination is reproduced or copied in part or in whole and by any means, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 11, ch. 2009-66.
Fla. Stat. § 403.9339 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part VII / Section 403.9339
403.9339 Golf course best management practices certification.
Status: in_force

(1) To provide a means of documenting and ensuring compliance with best management practices for fertilizer application to golf courses, the turfgrass science program at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, in coordination with the department, shall administer a certification for golf course best management practices.

(2) The turfgrass science program, in cooperation with the department, shall: (a) Provide training and testing programs in golf course best management practices and may issue certificates demonstrating satisfactory completion of the training. (b) Approve training and testing programs in golf course best management practices that are equivalent to or more comprehensive than the programs provided by the turfgrass science program under paragraph (a). Such programs must be reviewed and reapproved by the turfgrass science program if significant changes are made.

(3) To obtain a golf course best management practices certification, an applicant must submit to the turfgrass science program a copy of the training certificate issued under subsection (2).

(4) A golf course best management practices certification issued under this section expires 4 years after the date of issuance. Upon expiration of the certification, or after a grace period of not more than 30 days after the expiration date, a recertification may be issued.

(5) To obtain a golf course best management practices recertification, an applicant must submit to the turfgrass science program proof of having completed 8 classroom hours of continuing education, of which at least 2 hours must address fertilizer best management practices.

(6) A person certified under this section is exempt from: (a) Additional local training. (b) Local ordinances relating to water and fertilizer use blackout periods or restrictions, unless a state of emergency is declared. The certified person must continue to coordinate with the local government to ensure that he or she adheres to the comprehensive best management practices for that specific community.

(7) This section does not exempt a person certified under this section from complying with the rules and requirements for basin management action plans set forth in s. 403.067(7) if the golf course is located in an area within a basin management action plan.

(8)(a) The turfgrass science program may provide the certification status of persons certified under this section to local and state governmental entities. (b) The turfgrass science program is encouraged to create a registry of persons certified under this section on its website.

History: s. 1, ch. 2022-202.
Fla. Stat. § 49.08 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 49 / Section 49.08
49.08 Notice of action, form.
Status: in_force

On filing the sworn statement, and otherwise complying with the foregoing requirements, the plaintiff is entitled to have issued by the clerk or judge, not later than 60 days after filing the sworn statement, a notice of action which notice shall set forth:

(1) The names of the known natural defendants; the names, status and description of the corporate defendants; a description of the unknown defendants who claim by, through, under or against a known party which may be described as “all parties claiming interests by, through, under or against (name of known party)” and a description of all unknown defendants which may be described as “all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property herein described”;

(2) The nature of the action or proceeding in short and simple terms (but neglect to do so is not jurisdictional);

(3) The name of the court in which the action or proceeding was instituted and an abbreviated title of the case;

(4) The description of real property, if any, proceeded against.

History: s. 8, ch. 20452, 1941; s. 3, ch. 28301, 1953; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 5, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 155.23 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 155 / Section 155.23
155.23 County hospitals; federal loans, aid, etc.
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county desiring to establish and maintain a hospital under the provisions of this law shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and make agreements with any federal agency lending or granting money for the purpose of erecting public hospitals and may match any funds so loaned or granted by such federal agency for the purpose of establishing or constructing a public hospital under the provisions of this law.

History: s. 20, ch. 20905, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 916.10 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 916 / Part I / Section 916.10
916.10 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Forensic Client Services Act.”

History: s. 29, ch. 85-167.
Fla. Stat. § 642.0334 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 642 / Section 642.0334
642.0334 Order; notice of suspension or revocation of certificate; effect; publication.
Status: in_force

(1) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority of an insurer shall be by order of the office mailed to the corporation by registered or certified mail. The office also shall promptly give notice of such suspension or revocation to the sales representatives in this state of the corporation who are of record in the office of the office. The insurer shall not solicit or write any new contracts in this state during the period of any such suspension or revocation.

(2) In its discretion, the office may cause notice of the revocation or suspension to be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation published in this state.

History: ss. 10, 21, ch. 83-278; ss. 6, 7, ch. 93-147; s. 1644, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 775.0875 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 775 / Section 775.0875
775.0875 Unlawful taking, possession, or use of law enforcement officer’s firearm; crime reclassification; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who, without authorization, takes a firearm from a law enforcement officer lawfully engaged in law enforcement duties commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) If a person violates subsection (1) and commits any other crime involving the firearm taken from the law enforcement officer, such crime shall be reclassified as follows: (a)1. In the case of a felony of the first degree, to a life felony. 2. In the case of a felony of the second degree, to a felony of the first degree. 3. In the case of a felony of the third degree, to a felony of the second degree. For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944, a felony offense that is reclassified under this paragraph is ranked one level above the ranking under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 of the felony offense committed. (b) In the case of a misdemeanor, to a felony of the third degree. For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944, such offense is ranked in level 2 of the offense severity ranking chart.

(3) A person who possesses a firearm that he or she knows was unlawfully taken from a law enforcement officer commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 2, ch. 89-157; s. 17, ch. 93-406; s. 22, ch. 95-184; s. 56, ch. 96-388; s. 15, ch. 97-194.
Fla. Stat. § 78.032 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 78 / Section 78.032
78.032 Venue.
Status: in_force

An action for replevin may be brought in any county where the property sought to be replevied is located, where the contract was signed, where the defendant resides, or where the cause of action accrued. An action that includes a cause of action for replevin and other causes of action may be brought in any county where venue is proper under chapter 47 for any of the other causes of action or in any county where venue for the replevin is proper under this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 93-81.
Fla. Stat. § 678.3011 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 678 / Part III / Section 678.3011
678.3011 Delivery.
Status: in_force

(1) Delivery of a certificated security to a purchaser occurs when: (a) The purchaser acquires possession of the security certificate; (b) Another person, other than a securities intermediary, either acquires possession of the security certificate on behalf of the purchaser or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it holds for the purchaser; or (c) A securities intermediary acting on behalf of the purchaser acquires possession of the security certificate, only if the certificate is in registered form and is registered in the name of the purchaser, payable to the order of the purchaser, or specially indorsed to the purchaser by an effective indorsement and has not been endorsed to the securities intermediary or in blank.

(2) Delivery of an uncertificated security to a purchaser occurs when: (a) The issuer registers the purchaser as the registered owner, upon original issue or registration of transfer; or (b) Another person, other than a securities intermediary, either becomes the registered owner of the uncertificated security on behalf of the purchaser or, having previously become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the purchaser.

History: s. 3, ch. 98-11; s. 22, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 348.03031 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 348 / Part I / Section 348.03031
348.03031 Legislative findings, intent, and declaration.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds the need to clarify the legal status, ownership, and control of the roads that constitute the expressway system in Miami-Dade County and portions of northeast Monroe County, following Miami-Dade County’s attempt to abolish the Greater Miami Expressway Agency in Miami-Dade Ordinance 21-35 (May 4, 2021).

(2) The Legislature recognizes that the original expressway system previously operated by the former Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority is owned by the department. The transfer agreement dated December 10, 1996, entered into by the department and the former Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority, transferred only operational and financial control of the expressways owned by the department.

(3) The Legislature recognizes the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority was dissolved by chapter 2019-169, Laws of Florida, and all assets, employees, contracts, rights, and liabilities were purportedly transferred to the Greater Miami Expressway Agency. All assets, employees, contracts, rights, and liabilities previously owned or controlled by the former Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority, including, without limitation, those previously transferred to the Greater Miami Expressway Agency, are transferred back to the reestablished Greater Miami Expressway Agency created in s. 348.0304 on May 11, 2023.

(4) It is the intent of the Legislature to confirm that the Greater Miami Expressway Agency that was created by chapter 2019-169, Laws of Florida, is hereby reestablished. The Greater Miami Expressway Agency is the state agency that shall govern the expressway system within the geographical boundaries of Miami-Dade County and the portion of northeast Monroe County which includes County Road 94 and the portion of Monroe County bounded on the north and east by the borders of Monroe County and on the south and west by County Road 94. It is further the express intent of the Legislature that the Greater Miami Expressway Agency created by this law is an agency of the state and not subject to any county’s home rule powers.

History: ss. 22, 29, ch. 2023-70.
Fla. Stat. § 159.609 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part IV / Section 159.609
159.609 Limitation.
Status: in_force

No housing finance authority shall finance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of any qualifying housing development for its own profit or as a source of revenue to the state or any local governmental unit, except when it is for the housing finance authorities’ offices and affordable housing.

History: s. 9, ch. 78-89; s. 3, ch. 93-221.
Fla. Stat. § 651.021 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 651 / Section 651.021
651.021 Certificate of authority required.
Status: in_force

A person may not engage in the business of providing continuing care, issuing contracts for continuing care or continuing care at-home, or constructing a facility for the purpose of providing continuing care in this state without a certificate of authority obtained from the office as provided in this chapter. This section does not prohibit the preparation of a construction site or construction of a model residence unit for marketing purposes, or both. The office may allow the purchase of an existing building for the purpose of providing continuing care if the office determines that the purchase is not being made to circumvent the prohibitions in this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-323; ss. 3, 25, ch. 81-292; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 3, 31, 33, 35, ch. 83-328; s. 1, ch. 86-209; s. 1, ch. 89-363; ss. 1, 12, ch. 93-22; s. 275, ch. 99-8; s. 1669, ch. 2003-261; s. 4, ch. 2011-193; s. 5, ch. 2019-160.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0627 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0627
607.0627 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.
Status: in_force

(1) The articles of incorporation, the bylaws, an agreement among shareholders, or an agreement between shareholders and the corporation may impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of the corporation. A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of such shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.

(2) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this section and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate or is contained in the information statement required by s. 607.0626(2). Unless so noted, a restriction is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction.

(3) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is authorized: (a) To maintain the corporation’s status when it is dependent on the number or identity of its shareholders; (b) To preserve exemptions under federal or state securities law; or (c) For any other reasonable purpose.

(4) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may: (a) Obligate the shareholder first to offer the corporation or other persons (separately, consecutively, or simultaneously) an opportunity to acquire the restricted shares; (b) Obligate the corporation or other persons (separately, consecutively, or simultaneously) to acquire the restricted shares; (c) Require the corporation, the holders of any class or series of its shares, or other persons to approve the transfer of the restricted shares, if the requirement is not manifestly unreasonable; or (d) Prohibit the transfer of the restricted shares to designated persons or classes of persons, if the prohibition is not manifestly unreasonable.

(5) For purposes of this section, “shares” includes a security convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares.

History: s. 44, ch. 89-154; s. 48, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 627.092 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part I / Section 627.092
627.092 Workers’ Compensation Administrator.
Status: in_force

There is created within the office the position of Workers’ Compensation Administrator to monitor carrier practices in the field of workers’ compensation.

History: s. 21, ch. 78-300; s. 96, ch. 79-40; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 357, 806, ch. 82-243; s. 49, ch. 82-386; ss. 9, 10, ch. 87-124; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 97-93; s. 1079, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 73.0715 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 73 / Section 73.0715
73.0715 Valuation of electric utility property.
Status: in_force

When any person having the right to exercise the power of eminent domain seeks the appropriation of property used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy, the jury shall determine solely the amount of compensation to be paid. Such compensation shall include the reproduction cost of the property sought to be appropriated less depreciation, together with going concern value, and, when less than the entire property is sought to be appropriated, any damages to the remainder caused by the taking.

History: s. 2, ch. 82-53.
Fla. Stat. § 687.0303 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 687 / Section 687.0303
687.0303 “Line of credit” defined.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “line of credit,” whenever used in this chapter, means an arrangement under which one or more loans or advances of money may be made available to a debtor in one transaction or a series of related transactions.

(2) The Legislature hereby declares that, as a matter of law, “line of credit,” as such term is defined in this section, is deemed to have been included in and governed by the provisions of this chapter as it existed prior to, on, and subsequent to July 1, 1979.

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 80-310.
Fla. Stat. § 7.46 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.46
7.46 Okaloosa County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Okaloosa County are as follows: Beginning on the Alabama state line where same is intersected by range line dividing ranges twenty-five and twenty-six west; thence east on said state line to the intersection of said state line with the range line dividing ranges twenty-one and twenty-two west; thence south on said range line to the Gulf of America; thence in a westerly direction following the meanderings of said gulf, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the line dividing ranges twenty-five and twenty-six west; thence north on said range line to the place of beginning; provided that the counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa shall have concurrent jurisdiction of any offenses committed on the waters of Santa Rosa Sound.

History: s. 1, ch. 6937, 1915; RGS 12; CGL 14; s. 2, ch. 23867, 1947; s. 15, ch. 2025-8.
Fla. Stat. § 828.14 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 828 / Section 828.14
828.14 Water and food for stock on trains, vessels, etc.
Status: in_force

(1) No person or corporation, or agent of either, engaged in transporting livestock on railway trains or on steam or sailing vessels, or otherwise, shall detain such stock for a longer continuous period than 28 hours after the same are so placed without supplying the same with necessary food, water, and attention, or shall permit them to be crowded so as to overlie, crush, wound, or kill each other; and any person or agent as aforesaid violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and any corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to owners, officers, or crew of water craft detained on the navigable waters of this state by storms and prevented by bad weather from reaching port.

History: s. 6, ch. 4971, 1901; GS 3397; RGS 5246; CGL 7365; s. 951, ch. 71-136.