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Fla. Stat. § 14.24 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 14 / Section 14.24
14.24 Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
Status: in_force

(1) There is established in the Office of the Attorney General the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, consisting of 22 members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Attorney General, and the Governor shall each appoint four members, and the Chief Financial Officer and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall each appoint three members, for a term of 4 years. The members appointed shall include persons who represent rural and urban interests and the ethnic and cultural diversity of the state’s population. No member shall serve more than 8 consecutive years on the commission. A vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

(2) The commission shall meet once in the first, second, and fourth quarters of each year and upon the call of the chairperson or two other officers. Annually, at the meeting in the first quarter, officers consisting of a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer shall be elected. Each officer shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. No officer shall serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office.

(3) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061.

(4) It shall be the duty of the commission to study the changing and developing roles of women in American society. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas: (a) The socioeconomic factors that influence the status of women. (b) The development of individual potential. (c) The encouragement of women to utilize their capabilities and assume leadership roles. (d) The coordination of efforts of numerous women’s organizations interested in the welfare of women. (e) The identification and recognition of contributions made by women to the community, state, and nation. (f) The implementation of paragraphs (a)-(e) where working conditions, financial security, and legal status of both sexes are improved.

(5) The commission may apply for and accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from the state, the government of the United States or any of its agencies, or any other public or private source for the purpose of defraying clerical and administrative costs as may be necessary in carrying out its duties under this section.

(6) Beginning January 1, 1993, the commission shall report annually on January 1 to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Cabinet, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the minority leaders of the House and Senate on the study carried out under the provisions of this section.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 91-77; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 4, ch. 2003-6.
Fla. Stat. § 339.2405 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 339 / Section 339.2405
339.2405 Florida highway beautification grants.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall: (a) Provide information to local governments and local highway beautification councils regarding the state highway beautification grants program. (b) Accept grant requests from local governments. (c) Review grant requests for compliance with department rules. (d) Establish rules for evaluating and prioritizing the grant requests. The rules must include, but are not limited to, an examination of each grant’s aesthetic value, cost-effectiveness, level of local support, feasibility of installation and maintenance, and compliance with state and federal regulations. Rules adopted by the department which it uses to evaluate grant applications must take into consideration the contributions made by the highway beautification project in preventing litter. (e) Maintain a prioritized list of approved grant requests. The list must include recommended funding levels for each request and, if staged implementation is appropriate, provide funding requirements for each stage.

(2) Local highway beautification councils may be created by local governmental entities or by the Legislature. Before being submitted to the department, a grant request must be approved by the local government or governments of the area in which the project is located.

(3) The head of the department shall award grants to local governmental entities that have submitted grant requests for beautification of roads on the State Highway System and which requests are on the approved list. The grants shall be awarded in the order they appear on the prioritized list and in accordance with available funding.

(4) State highway beautification grants may be requested only for projects to beautify through landscaping roads on the State Highway System. The grant request shall identify all costs associated with the project, including sprinkler systems, plant materials, equipment, and labor. A grant shall provide for the costs of purchase and installation of a sprinkler system and the cost of plant materials and fertilizer and may provide for the costs for labor associated with the installation of the plantings. Each local government that receives a grant shall be responsible for any costs for water, for the maintenance of the sprinkler system, for the maintenance of the landscaped areas in accordance with a maintenance agreement with the department, and, except as otherwise provided in the grant, for any costs for labor associated with the installation of the plantings. The department may provide, by contract, services to maintain such landscaping at a level not to exceed the cost of routine maintenance of an equivalent unlandscaped area.

History: ss. 3, 4, 5, ch. 87-131; s. 4, ch. 88-303; s. 7, ch. 89-301; s. 42, ch. 91-221; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 38, ch. 93-207; s. 503, ch. 95-148; s. 19, ch. 99-5; s. 104, ch. 99-385; s. 49, ch. 2002-1; s. 9, ch. 2017-42.
Fla. Stat. § 675.116 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 675 / Section 675.116
675.116 Choice of law and forum.
Status: in_force

(1) The liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for action or omission is governed by the law of the jurisdiction chosen by an agreement in the form of a record signed by the affected parties or by a provision in the person’s letter of credit, confirmation, or other undertaking. The jurisdiction whose law is chosen need not bear any relation to the transaction.

(2) Unless subsection (1) applies, the liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for action or omission is governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the person is located. The person is considered to be located at the address indicated in the person’s undertaking. If more than one address is indicated, the person is considered to be located at the address from which the person’s undertaking was issued. (a) For the purpose of jurisdiction, choice of law, and recognition of interbranch letters of credit, but not enforcement of a judgment, all branches of a bank are considered separate juridical entities and a bank is considered to be located at the place where its relevant branch is considered to be located under paragraph (b). (b) A bank branch is considered to be located at the address indicated in the branch’s undertaking. If more than one address is indicated, the branch is considered to be located at the address from which the undertaking was issued. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser is governed by any rules of custom or practice, such as the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, to which the letter of credit, confirmation, or other undertaking is expressly made subject. If this chapter governs the liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser under subsection (1) or this subsection, the relevant undertaking incorporates rules of custom or practice, and there is conflict between this chapter and such rules as applied to that undertaking, such rules govern except to the extent of any conflict with the nonvariable provisions specified in s. 675.102(3).

(3) This chapter governs to the extent of any conflict between this chapter and chapter 670, chapter 673, chapter 674, or chapter 679.

(4) The forum for settling disputes arising out of an undertaking within this chapter may be chosen in the manner and with the binding effect that governing law may be chosen in accordance with subsection (1).

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 5, ch. 79-398; s. 620, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 99-137; s. 56, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 562.41 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 562 / Section 562.41
562.41 Searches; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Any authorized employee of the division, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, or any police officer may make searches of persons, places, and conveyances of any kind whatsoever in accordance with the laws of this state for the purpose of determining whether or not the provisions of the Beverage Law are being violated.

(2) Any authorized employee of the division, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, or any police officer may enter in the daytime any building or place where any beverages subject to tax under the Beverage Law or which would be subject to tax thereunder if such beverages were manufactured in or brought into this state in accordance with the regulatory provisions thereof, or any alcoholic beverages, are manufactured, produced, or kept, so far as may be necessary, for the purpose of examining said beverages. When such premises are open at night, such officers may enter them while so open, in the performance of their official duties.

(3) Any owner of such premises or person having the agency, superintendency, or possession of same, who refuses to admit such officer or to suffer her or him to examine such beverages, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(4) Any person who shall forcibly obstruct or hinder the director, any division employee, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, or any police officer in the execution of any power or authority vested in her or him by law, or who shall forcibly rescue or cause to be rescued any property if the same shall have been seized by such officer, or shall attempt or endeavor to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(5) Licensees, by the acceptance of their license, agree that their places of business shall always be subject to be inspected and searched without search warrants by the authorized employees of the division and also by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and police officers during business hours or at any other time such premises are occupied by the licensee or other persons.

History: s. 15, ch. 19301, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(271x), 7648(28), (29); ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-327; ss. 16, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 572, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 28, ch. 79-11; s. 6, ch. 86-269; s. 868, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 40.022 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.022
40.022 Clerk to purge jury selection lists; restoration.
Status: in_force

(1) To ensure that the juror candidates summoned satisfy the requirements of ss. 40.01 and 40.013, each clerk of the circuit court shall, upon receipt of the list of persons in the department database from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and at least once each month thereafter, purge the final juror candidate lists of, at a minimum, the names of those persons: (a) Adjudicated mentally incompetent; (b) Convicted of a felony; or (c) Deceased.

(2) The Department of Health shall furnish monthly to each clerk of the circuit court a list containing the name, address, age, race, and sex of each person 18 years of age or older and a resident of such clerk’s county who died during the preceding calendar month.

(3) A person who has had his or her mental competency or civil rights restored and who wants to serve as a juror must execute the affidavit under oath as provided in s. 40.011.

(4) The Department of Law Enforcement shall establish procedures to enable the clerk of the court in each county to submit monthly the names and other identifying information about the persons selected for the jury list. The Department of Law Enforcement will search its databases and return an automated file of matching records that would assist the clerk in evaluating whether a member of the jury pool should be disqualified under the provisions of s. 40.013(1).

History: s. 3, ch. 91-235; s. 1, ch. 91-424; s. 247, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 99-8; s. 2, ch. 2002-76; s. 9, ch. 2012-100.
Fla. Stat. § 316.229 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.229
316.229 Lamps on parked vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of 1,000 feet to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of 1,000 feet to the rear of the vehicle. The location of the lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic.

(2) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between sunset and sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal persons and vehicles within a distance of 1,000 feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.

(3) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto outside of a municipality, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between sunset and sunrise and there is insufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 1,000 feet upon such highway, the vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with and shall display lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (1).

(4) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.

(5) 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. 180, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 45.011 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 45 / Section 45.011
45.011 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In all statutes about practice and procedure:

(1) “Bond with surety” means a bond with two good and sufficient sureties, each with unencumbered property not subject to any exemption afforded by law equal in value to the penal sum of the bond or a bond with a licensed surety company as surety or a cash deposit conditioned as for a bond.

(2) “Defendant” means any party against whom relief as referenced in subsection (3) is sought.

(3) “Plaintiff” means any party seeking affirmative relief whether plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant; or third-party plaintiff, counterclaimant or cross-claimant.

History: s. 1, ch. 67-254; s. 16, ch. 2023-8.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1007 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1007
617.1007 Restated articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation’s board of directors may restate its articles of incorporation at any time with or without a vote of the members.

(2) The restatement may include one or more amendments to the articles of incorporation. If the restatement includes an amendment requiring member approval, it must be adopted as provided in s. 617.1002.

(3) A corporation restating its articles of incorporation shall deliver to the department for filing articles of restatement, executed in accordance with s. 617.01201, setting forth the name of the corporation and the text of the restated articles of incorporation together with a certificate setting forth: (a) Whether the restatement contains an amendment to the articles of incorporation requiring member approval and, if it does not, that the board of directors adopted the restatement; or (b) If the restatement contains an amendment to the articles of incorporation requiring member approval, the information required by s. 617.1006.

(4) Duly adopted restated articles of incorporation supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments to them.

(5) The Department of State may certify restated articles of incorporation, as the articles of incorporation currently in effect, without including the certificate information required by subsection (3).

History: s. 66, ch. 90-179; s. 60, ch. 93-281; s. 34, ch. 2009-205.
Fla. Stat. § 112.3146 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part III / Section 112.3146
112.3146 Public records.
Status: in_force

The statements required by ss. 112.313, 112.3145, 112.3148, and 112.3149 shall be public records within the meaning of s. 119.01.

History: s. 6, ch. 74-177; s. 6, ch. 90-502; s. 7, ch. 91-85.
Fla. Stat. § 713.809 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part III / Section 713.809
713.809 Forfeiture or failure of title.
Status: in_force

If a lien, as provided for in this part, is imposed on an assignment, farmout agreement, operating agreement, or other equitable interest or legal interest in land or in a leasehold estate, which interest is contingent upon the happening of a condition subsequent, such lien may be perfected and entered against such land or against the leasehold estate, notwithstanding the failure of such interest to ripen into legal title or the failure of such conditions subsequent to be fulfilled.

History: s. 1, ch. 75-51.
Fla. Stat. § 121.182 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 121 / Part I / Section 121.182
121.182 Retirement annuities authorized for city and county personnel.
Status: in_force

Municipalities and counties are authorized to purchase annuities for all municipal and county personnel with 25 or more years of creditable service who have reached age 50 and have applied for retirement under the Florida Retirement System. No such annuity shall provide for more than the total difference in retirement income between the retirement benefit based on average monthly compensation and creditable service as of the member’s early retirement date and the early retirement benefit. Municipalities and counties may also purchase annuities for members of the Florida Retirement System who have out-of-state service in another state or country which is documented as valid by the appropriate city or county. Such annuities may be based on no more than 5 years of out-of-state service and may equal, but not exceed, the benefits that would be payable under the Florida Retirement System if credit for out-of-state service was authorized under that system. Municipalities and counties are authorized to invest funds, purchase annuities, or provide local supplemental retirement programs for purposes of providing annuities for city or county personnel. All retirement annuities shall comply with s. 14, Art. X of the State Constitution.

History: s. 10, ch. 96-368; s. 1, ch. 2005-135; s. 23, ch. 2011-68.
Fla. Stat. § 243.72 — Florida Code / Title XVI / Chapter 243 / Part II / Section 243.72
243.72 Legal investment.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by the authority under ss. 243.50-243.77 are made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, and all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are made securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

History: s. 23, ch. 2001-79.
Fla. Stat. § 409.1679 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part I / Section 409.1679
409.1679 Additional requirements; reimbursement methodology.
Status: in_force

(1) Each program established under s. 409.1676 must meet the following expectations, which must be included in its contracts with the department or lead agency: (a) No more than 10 percent of the children served may move from one living environment to another, unless the child is returned to family members or is moved, in accordance with the treatment plan, to a less-restrictive setting. Each child must have a comprehensive transitional plan that identifies the child’s living arrangement upon leaving the program and specific steps and services that are being provided to prepare for that arrangement. Specific expectations as to the time period necessary for the achievement of these permanency goals must be included in the contract. (b) Each child must receive a full academic year of appropriate educational instruction. No more than 10 percent of the children may be in more than one academic setting in an academic year, unless the child is being moved, in accordance with an educational plan, to a less-restrictive setting. Each child must demonstrate academic progress and must be performing at grade level or at a level commensurate with a valid academic assessment. (c) Siblings must be kept together in the same living environment 100 percent of the time, unless that is determined by the provider not to be in the children’s best interest. When siblings are separated in placement, the decision must be reviewed and approved by the court within 30 days. (d) The program must experience a caregiver turnover rate and an incidence of child runaway episodes which are at least 50 percent below the rates experienced in the rest of the state. (e) In addition to providing a comprehensive assessment, the program must provide, 100 percent of the time, any or all of the following services that are indicated through the assessment: residential care; transportation; behavioral health services; recreational activities; clothing, supplies, and miscellaneous expenses associated with caring for these children; necessary arrangements for or provision of educational services; and necessary and appropriate health and dental care. (f) The children who are served in this program must be satisfied with the services and living environment. (g) The caregivers must be satisfied with the program.

(2) The Department of Children and Families shall fairly and reasonably reimburse the programs established under s. 409.1676 based on a prospective per diem rate, which must be specified annually in the General Appropriations Act. Funding for these programs shall be made available from resources appropriated and identified in the General Appropriations Act.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-68; s. 120, ch. 2010-102; s. 181, ch. 2014-19; s. 42, ch. 2017-151.
Fla. Stat. § 466.039 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 466 / Section 466.039
466.039 Violations.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate as a dental laboratory as defined in this chapter, except those registered as provided in s. 466.032. Violation shall constitute a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 79-330; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 23, 24, ch. 86-291; s. 60, ch. 91-137; s. 7, ch. 91-156; s. 95, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 257.192 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.192
257.192 Program grants.
Status: in_force

The Division of Library and Information Services is authorized to accept and administer appropriations for library program grants and to make such grants in accordance with the Florida long-range plan for library services.

History: s. 5, ch. 73-138; s. 24, ch. 86-163; s. 5, ch. 2005-207.