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Fla. Stat. § 403.517 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part II / Section 403.517
403.517 Supplemental applications for sites certified for ultimate site capacity.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Supplemental applications may be submitted for certification of the construction and operation of electrical power plants to be located at sites which have been previously certified for an ultimate site capacity pursuant to this act. Supplemental applications shall be limited to electrical power plants using the fuel type previously certified for that site. Such applications shall include all new associated facilities that support the construction and operation of the electrical power plant. (b) The review shall use the same procedural steps and notices as for an initial application. (c) The time limits for the processing of a complete supplemental application shall be designated by the department commensurate with the scope of the supplemental application, but shall not exceed any time limitation governing the review of initial applications for certification pursuant to this act, it being the legislative intent to provide shorter time limitations for the processing of supplemental applications for electrical power plants to be constructed and operated at sites which have been previously certified for an ultimate site capacity. (d) Any time limitation in this section or in rules adopted pursuant to this section may be altered pursuant to s. 403.5095.

(2) The land use and zoning consistency determination of s. 403.50665 shall not be applicable to the processing of supplemental applications pursuant to this section so long as: (a) The previously certified ultimate site capacity is not exceeded; and (b) The lands required for the construction or operation of the electrical power plant which is the subject of the supplemental application are within the boundaries of the previously certified site.

History: s. 14, ch. 76-76; s. 11, ch. 81-131; s. 34, ch. 81-169; s. 38, ch. 83-55; s. 22, ch. 90-331; s. 144, ch. 96-410; s. 39, ch. 2006-230; s. 82, ch. 2008-227.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1908 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1908
607.1908 Severability clause.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

History: s. 231, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 213.0537 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 213 / Section 213.0537
213.0537 Electronic notification with affirmative consent.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Revenue may send notices electronically, by postal mail, or both. Electronic transmission may be used only with the affirmative consent of the taxpayer or its representative. Documents sent pursuant to this section comply with the same timing and form requirements as documents sent by postal mail. If a document sent electronically is returned as undeliverable, the department must resend the document by postal mail. However, the original electronic transmission used with the affirmative consent of the taxpayer or its representative is the official mailing for purposes of this chapter.

(2) A notice sent electronically will be considered to have been received by the recipient if the transmission is addressed to the address provided by the taxpayer or its representative. A notice sent electronically will be considered received even if no individual is aware of its receipt. In addition, a notice sent electronically shall be considered received if the department does not receive notification that the document was undeliverable.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Affirmative consent” means that the taxpayer or its representative expressly consented to receive notices electronically either in response to a clear and conspicuous request for the taxpayer’s or its representative’s consent, or at the taxpayer’s or its representative’s own initiative. (b) “Notice” means all communications from the department to the taxpayer or its representative, including, but not limited to, billings, notices issued during the course of an audit, proposed assessments, and final assessments authorized by this chapter and any other actions constituting final agency action within the meaning of chapter 120.

History: s. 23, ch. 2020-10.
Fla. Stat. § 683.331 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 683 / Section 683.331
683.331 Child Welfare Professionals Recognition Day.
Status: in_force

Beginning in May 2008, the Legislature designates the second Monday in May as “Child Welfare Professionals Recognition Day” to recognize the efforts of all professionals who work with abused children and dysfunctional families. The Department of Children and Families, local governments, and other agencies are encouraged to sponsor events to promote awareness of the child welfare system and the personnel who work in the system.

History: s. 1, ch. 2008-157; s. 282, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 206.485 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.485
206.485 Tracking system reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The information required for tracking movements of petroleum products pursuant to ss. 206.08, 206.09, 206.095, and 206.48 shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the executive director of the department by rule. The rule shall include, but not be limited to, the data elements, the format of the data elements, and the method and medium of transmission to the department.

(2) Any person liable for reporting under this chapter who fails to meet the requirements of this section within 3 months after notification of such failure by the department shall, in addition to all other penalties prescribed by this chapter, be subject to an additional penalty of $5,000 for each month such failure continues.

(3) All moneys derived from the penalties imposed by this section shall be deposited into the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund and allocated in the same manner as provided by s. 206.875.

History: s. 2, ch. 86-159; s. 15, ch. 2003-254; s. 11, ch. 2005-280.
Fla. Stat. § 348.59 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 348 / Part II / Section 348.59
348.59 Traffic control.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the powers conferred by the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the city, the authority is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for the use and occupancy of the expressway system as may be necessary and proper for the public safety and convenience, for the preservation of its property and for the collection of tolls.

(2) The enforcement of the rules and regulations of the authority and of those provisions of the statutes and ordinances applicable to the expressway system may be by the city police department and sheriff of Hillsborough County; provided, however, that at the request of the authority, such enforcement shall also be the duty of the Florida Highway Patrol. Violators shall be apprehended and prosecuted in the same manner as provided for the apprehension and prosecution of violators of such statutes and ordinances who commit violations thereof upon streets, roads and thoroughfares in the state.

History: s. 10, ch. 63-447.
Fla. Stat. § 713.823 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part III / Section 713.823
713.823 Release of lien by filing bond.
Status: in_force

Any lienee may release her or his property from any lien under this part in the manner provided by s. 713.76.

History: s. 1, ch. 75-51; s. 836, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 138.06 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 138 / Section 138.06
138.06 Canvass and result of election; contests.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall, not later than 5 days after the aforesaid election is held, publicly canvass the same, and the place receiving a majority of all the votes cast shall be the county seat for the next 10 years. The result declared upon such canvass may be contested by five or more taxpayers, qualified electors who voted in such election for a candidate place other than the place declared elected, by proceeding in chancery for an injunction against the removal by the county commissioners of the county records and county offices to the place declared elected, or by mandamus to compel the removal of the county offices and records to the place alleged in such proceedings to have been elected; and the court in which any such proceeding shall be properly instituted, may inquire into the legality of such election, the qualification of electors voting therein, and render judgment or decree in favor of the place duly elected by the qualified electors, and may make such interlocutory orders or decrees, and issue such process as shall be necessary to the protection of its jurisdiction, or may be incidental to the principal relief sought; provided, that such action shall be brought within 3 years from the time of such election.

History: ch. 3301, 1881; RS 625; GS 834; s. 6, ch. 6239, 1911; s. 10, ch. 7838, 1919; RGS 1583; CGL 2431.
Fla. Stat. § 331.342 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 331 / Part II / Section 331.342
331.342 Negotiability of bonds.
Status: in_force

Any bond issued under this act and any interim certificate, receipt, or temporary bond shall, in the absence of an express recital on the face thereof that it is nonnegotiable, be fully negotiable and shall be and constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of the law merchant and the laws of the State of Florida.

History: ss. 46, 61, ch. 89-300; ss. 7, 8, ch. 90-192.
Fla. Stat. § 20.25501 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 20 / Section 20.25501
20.25501 Department of Environmental Protection; trust funds.
Status: in_force

The following trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Environmental Protection:

(1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund. (a) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues from federal sources. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and funding from the Federal Government, interest earnings, and cash advances from other trust funds. (b) Funds shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.

(2) The Administrative Trust Fund. (a) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for management activities that are departmental in nature and is funded by assessments against trust funds. (b) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be available for carrying out the purpose of the trust fund.

(3) The Working Capital Trust Fund. (a) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for the operation of the department’s information technology services and is funded by assessments against trust funds. (b) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be available for carrying out the purpose of the trust fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 2007-23; s. 2, ch. 2011-26; s. 1, ch. 2015-8; s. 2, ch. 2017-159.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.0982 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part I / Section 1004.0982
1004.0982 Flexible education pathway for school counselors.
Status: in_force

To better enable students enrolled in postsecondary school counseling programs to enter the workforce as certified school counselors, the Department of Education shall:

(1) Reduce the 600-hour internship requirement to a 300-hour internship requirement if a candidate: (a) Is a current full-time teacher who has been employed as a teacher for at least 5 years; and (b) Has earned an effective or highly effective rating on his or her performance evaluation for the past 3 years under s. 1012.34.

(2) Establish, and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules and the Board of Governors shall adopt regulations, guidelines and programs to provide flexibility in meeting the internship requirements for students enrolled in a postsecondary school counseling program. (a) The guidelines may include any of the following: 1. Establishing acceptable internship settings and supervision requirements. 2. Establishing criteria for adjustments to internship requirements based on the student’s personal circumstances. 3. Establishing credit equivalencies that count toward internship hours for such students. 4. Flexibility in meeting the internship hours for such students. (b) The programs may include, subject to legislative funding, any of the following: 1. Scholarship programs. 2. Tuition reimbursement programs. 3. Other incentive programs.

History: s. 2, ch. 2025-107.
Fla. Stat. § 11.9333 — Florida Code / Title III / Chapter 11 / Section 11.9333
11.9333 Recall; filling a vacancy; special legislative session.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature may, at any time, recall a delegate or alternate delegate and replace that delegate or alternate delegate with an individual appointed under ss. 11.93-11.9352.

(2) The Legislature may, at any time, fill a vacancy in the office of delegate or alternate delegate with a person appointed under ss. 11.93-11.9352. If the Legislature is not in session when a vacancy occurs with respect to both a delegate and the paired alternate delegate, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall call the Legislature into special session pursuant to s. 11.011 for the purpose of appointing a delegate and an alternate delegate to fill the vacancies.

History: s. 7, ch. 2014-52.
Fla. Stat. § 99.103 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 99 / Section 99.103
99.103 Department of State to remit part of filing fees and party assessments of candidates to state executive committee.
Status: in_force

(1) If more than three-fourths of the full authorized membership of the state executive committee of any party was elected at the last previous election for such members and if such party is declared by the Department of State to have recorded on the registration books of the counties, as of the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January prior to the primary election in general election years, 5 percent of the total registration of such counties when added together, such committee shall receive, for the purpose of meeting its expenses, all filing fees collected by the Department of State from its candidates less an amount equal to 15 percent of the filing fees, which amount the Department of State shall deposit in the General Revenue Fund of the state.

(2) Not later than 20 days after the close of qualifying in even-numbered years, the Department of State shall remit 95 percent of all filing fees, less the amount deposited in general revenue pursuant to subsection (1), or party assessments that may have been collected by the department to the respective state executive committees of the parties complying with subsection (1). Party assessments collected by the Department of State shall be remitted to the appropriate state executive committee, irrespective of other requirements of this section, provided such committee is duly organized under the provisions of chapter 103. The remainder of filing fees or party assessments collected by the Department of State shall be remitted to the appropriate state executive committees not later than the date of the primary election.

History: s. 1, ch. 29935, 1955; s. 24, ch. 57-1; s. 1, ch. 57-62; s. 4, ch. 57-166; s. 1, ch. 69-295; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 11, ch. 77-175; s. 2, ch. 83-251; s. 4, ch. 91-107; s. 14, ch. 97-13; s. 10, ch. 2005-286.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.93 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part IV / Section 1012.93
1012.93 Faculty members; test of spoken English.
Status: in_force

All faculty members in each state university, other than those persons who teach courses that are conducted primarily in a foreign language, shall be proficient in the oral use of English, as determined by a satisfactory grade on the “Test of Spoken English” of the Educational Testing Service or a similar test approved by the Board of Governors.

History: s. 781, ch. 2002-387; s. 164, ch. 2007-217.
Fla. Stat. § 905.05 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 905 / Section 905.05
905.05 When challenge or objection to be made.
Status: in_force

A challenge or objection to the grand jury may not be made after it has been impaneled and sworn. This section shall not apply to a person who did not know or have reasonable ground to believe, at the time the grand jury was impaneled and sworn, that cases in which the person was or might be involved would be investigated by the grand jury.

History: s. 84, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(84); s. 44, ch. 70-339; s. 1491, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 627.9408 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XVIII / Section 627.9408
627.9408 Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this part.

(2) The commission may adopt by rule the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Model Regulation adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in the second quarter of the year 2000 which are not in conflict with the Florida Insurance Code.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 88-57; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 205, ch. 98-200; s. 32, ch. 2002-223; s. 8, ch. 2002-282; s. 1243, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 673.1051 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part I / Section 673.1051
673.1051 Issue of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “issue” means: (a) The first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person; or (b) If agreed to by the payee, the first transmission by the drawer to the payee of an image of an item and information derived from the item which enables the depositary bank to collect the item under federal law by transferring or presenting an electronic check.

(2) An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.

(3) The term “issuer” applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82; s. 50, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 627.441 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.441
627.441 Commercial general liability policies; coverage to contractors for completed operations.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Contractor” means a contractor or subcontractor performing work on a public construction project under contract with a public agency, as described in s. 255.0517(2). (b) “Liability insurer” means an insurer issuing a commercial general liability insurance policy in this state to a contractor that provides coverage for liability arising out of completed operations performed by the contractor or on the contractor’s behalf.

(2) A liability insurer must offer coverage at an appropriate additional premium for liability arising out of current or completed operations under an owner-controlled insurance program for any period beyond the period for which the program provides liability coverage, as specified in s. 255.0517(2)(b). The period of such coverage must be sufficient to protect against liability arising out of an action brought within the time limits provided in s. 95.11(3)(b).

History: s. 2, ch. 2004-377; s. 3, ch. 2017-101; s. 20, ch. 2023-15.
Fla. Stat. § 617.0301 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.0301
617.0301 Purposes and application.
Status: in_force

Corporations may be organized under this act for any lawful purpose or purposes not for pecuniary profit and not specifically prohibited to corporations under other laws of this state. Such purposes include, without limitation, charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, historical, civic, patriotic, political, religious, social, fraternal, literary, cultural, athletic, scientific, agricultural, horticultural, animal husbandry, and professional, commercial, industrial, or trade association purposes. If special provisions are made, by law, for the organization of designated classes of corporations not for profit, such corporations shall be formed under such provisions and not under this act.

History: s. 23, ch. 90-179.
Fla. Stat. § 402.49 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 402 / Section 402.49
402.49 Mediation process established.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Children and Families shall establish a mediation process for the purpose of resolving disputes that arise between the department and agencies that are operating under contracts with the department.

(2)(a) The department shall appoint at least one mediation panel in each of the department’s service districts. Each panel shall have at least three and not more than five members and shall include a representative from the department, a representative of an agency that provides similar services to those provided by the agency that is a party to the dispute, and additional members who are mutually acceptable to the department and the agency that is a party to the dispute. Such additional members may include laypersons who are involved in advocacy organizations, members of boards of directors of agencies similar to the agency that is a party to the dispute, members of families of department clients, members of department planning councils in the area of services that are the subject of the dispute, and interested and informed members of the local community. (b) If the parties to the conflict agree, a mediation panel may hear a complaint that is filed outside of the panel’s service district.

(3) Prior to bringing a complaint before a mediation panel, each party must agree to abide by the decision of the panel. A final decision of the panel may not be appealed under chapter 120. However, this section does not limit the right of the department or any agency under contract with the department to file a proceeding under chapter 120 if either party fails to request mediation or refuses to participate in mediation as provided in this section.

History: s. 16, ch. 91-158; s. 152, ch. 99-8; s. 151, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 499.052 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 499 / Part I / Section 499.052
499.052 Records of interstate shipment.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of enforcing this part, carriers engaged in interstate commerce and persons receiving drugs, devices, or cosmetics in interstate commerce must, upon the request, in the manner set out below, by an officer or employee duly designated by the department, permit the officer or employee to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any drug, device, or cosmetic, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof.

History: s. 34, ch. 82-225; s. 1, ch. 83-265; ss. 38, 52, ch. 92-69; s. 30, ch. 2008-207.