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Fla. Stat. § 943.0437 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.0437
943.0437 Commercial social networking websites.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of this section, the term “commercial social networking website” means a commercially operated Internet website that allows users to create web pages or profiles that provide information about themselves and are available publicly or to other users and that offers a mechanism for communication with other users, such as a forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant messenger.

(2) The department may provide information relating to electronic mail addresses and Internet identifiers, as defined in s. 775.21, maintained as part of the sexual offender registry to commercial social networking websites or third parties designated by commercial social networking websites. The commercial social networking website may use this information for the purpose of comparing registered users and screening potential users of the commercial social networking website against the list of electronic mail addresses and Internet identifiers provided by the department.

(3) This section does not impose any civil liability on a commercial social networking website for: (a) Any action voluntarily taken in good faith to remove or disable any profile of a registered user associated with an electronic mail address or Internet identifier contained in the sexual offender registry. (b) Any action taken to restrict access by such registered user to the commercial social networking website.

History: s. 14, ch. 2007-143; s. 7, ch. 2014-5; s. 3, ch. 2017-170.
Fla. Stat. § 947.21 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 947 / Section 947.21
947.21 Violations of parole.
Status: in_force

(1) A violation of the terms of parole may render the parolee liable to arrest and a return to prison to serve out the term for which the parolee was sentenced.

(2) An offender whose parole is revoked may, at the discretion of the commission, be credited with any portion of the time the offender has satisfactorily served on parole.

History: s. 15, ch. 20519, 1941; s. 22, ch. 74-112; s. 34, ch. 83-131; s. 37, ch. 86-183; s. 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 1680, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 201.18 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 201 / Section 201.18
201.18 Penalties for illegal use of stamps.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever fraudulently cuts, tears, or removes from any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document, upon which any tax is imposed by this chapter, any adhesive stamp used in pursuance of this chapter, or fraudulently uses, joins, fixes, or places to, with, or upon any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document, upon which any tax is imposed by this chapter: (a) Any adhesive stamp which has been cut, torn, or removed from any other vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document, upon which any tax is imposed by this chapter, (b) Any adhesive stamp of insufficient value, or (c) Any forged or counterfeited stamp; or

(2) Whoever willfully removes or alters the cancellation or defacing marks of, or otherwise prepares, any adhesive stamp with intent to use or cause the same to be used after it has already been used, or knowingly or willfully buys, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any such washed or restored stamp to any person for use, or knowingly uses the same, or whoever knowingly and without lawful excuse has in possession any washed, restored, or altered stamp which has been removed from any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document; or

(3) Whoever knowingly or willfully prepares, buys, sells, offers for sale, or has in his, her, or its possession any counterfeit stamps,

is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 4, ch. 15787, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 7473(7); s. 106, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 71-344; s. 14, ch. 83-216; s. 66, ch. 87-6; s. 1053, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 125.61 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 125 / Part II / Section 125.61
125.61 Charter commission.
Status: in_force

(1) Following the adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners or upon the submission of a petition to the county commission signed by at least 15 percent of the qualified electors of the county requesting that a charter commission be established, a charter commission shall be appointed pursuant to subsection (2) within 30 days of the adoption of said resolution or of the filing of said petition.

(2) The charter commission shall be composed of an odd number of not less than 11 or more than 15 members. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of said county or, if so directed in the initiative petition, by the legislative delegation. No member of the Legislature or board of county commissioners shall be a member of the charter commission. Vacancies shall be filled within 30 days in the same manner as the original appointments.

History: s. 2, ch. 69-45; s. 1, ch. 73-290; s. 1, ch. 74-239.
Fla. Stat. § 721.83 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 721 / Part III / Section 721.83
721.83 Consolidation of judicial foreclosure actions.
Status: in_force

(1) A complaint in a foreclosure proceeding involving timeshare interests may join in the same action multiple defendant obligors and junior interestholders of separate timeshare interests, provided: (a) The foreclosure proceeding involves a single timeshare property. (b) The foreclosure proceeding is filed by a single plaintiff. (c) The default and remedy provisions in the written instruments on which the foreclosure proceeding is based are substantially the same for each defendant. (d) The nature of the defaults alleged is the same for each defendant. (e) No more than 15 timeshare interests, without regard to the number of defendants, are joined within the same consolidated foreclosure action.

(2) In any foreclosure proceeding involving multiple defendants filed under subsection (1), the court shall sever for separate trial any count of the complaint in which a defense or counterclaim is timely raised by a defendant.

(3) A consolidated timeshare foreclosure action shall be considered a single action, suit, or proceeding for the payment of filing fees and service charges pursuant to general law. In addition to the payment of such filing fees and service charges, an additional filing fee of up to $10, from which the clerk shall remit $5 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for each timeshare interest joined in that action shall be paid to the clerk of court.

History: s. 13, ch. 98-36; s. 112, ch. 2003-402; s. 74, ch. 2004-265; s. 39, ch. 2008-111; s. 7, ch. 2010-134; s. 25, ch. 2019-58.
Fla. Stat. § 338.22 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 338 / Section 338.22
338.22 Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law; short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 338.22-338.241 may be cited as the “Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law.”

History: s. 1, ch. 28128, 1953; s. 187, ch. 84-309; s. 123, ch. 99-13; s. 88, ch. 99-385; s. 15, ch. 2002-20.
Fla. Stat. § 456.043 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.043
456.043 Practitioner profiles; data storage.
Status: in_force

Effective upon this act becoming a law, the Department of Health must develop or contract for a computer system to accommodate the new data collection and storage requirements under this act pending the development and operation of a computer system by the Department of Health for handling the collection, input, revision, and update of data submitted by physicians as a part of their initial licensure or renewal to be compiled into individual practitioner profiles. The Department of Health must incorporate any data required by this act into the computer system used in conjunction with the regulation of health care professions under its jurisdiction. The Department of Health is authorized to contract with and negotiate any interagency agreement necessary to develop and implement the practitioner profiles. The Department of Health shall have access to any information or record maintained by the Agency for Health Care Administration, including any information or record that is otherwise confidential and exempt from the provisions of chapter 119 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, so that the Department of Health may corroborate any information that practitioners are required to report under s. 456.039 or s. 456.0391.

History: s. 130, ch. 97-237; s. 6, ch. 97-273; s. 112, ch. 2000-153; s. 69, ch. 2000-160; ss. 23, 154, ch. 2000-318.
Fla. Stat. § 678.1131 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 678 / Part I / Section 678.1131
678.1131 Statute of frauds inapplicable.
Status: in_force

A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable whether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a party against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or modification is not capable of performance within one year of its making.

History: s. 1, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 317.0011 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.0011
317.0011 Refusal to issue and authority to cancel a certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(1) If the department finds that an applicant for an off-highway vehicle certificate of title has given a false statement or false or incomplete information in applying for the certificate or has otherwise failed to comply with the applicable provisions pertaining to the application for a certificate, it may refuse to issue the certificate.

(2) If the department finds that an owner or dealer named in an off-highway vehicle certificate of title has given a false statement or false or incomplete information in applying for the certificate or has otherwise failed to comply with the applicable provisions pertaining to the application for a certificate, it may cancel the certificate.

(3) The department may cancel any pending application or any certificate if it finds that any title fee or sales tax pertaining to such application or certificate has not been paid, unless the fee or tax is paid within a reasonable time after the department has given notice.

History: s. 65, ch. 2002-295.
Fla. Stat. § 768.1345 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 768 / Part I / Section 768.1345
768.1345 Professional malpractice; immunity.
Status: in_force

No person shall have a claim for professional malpractice against a licensed professional who provides services for which no compensation is sought or received to such person during the period of a declared emergency if the professional services arose out of the emergency and if the professional acted as an ordinary reasonably prudent member of the profession would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.

History: s. 32, ch. 93-211.
Fla. Stat. § 379.2495 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part II / Section 379.2495
379.2495 Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program; matching grant requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission is authorized to establish the Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program, a matching grant program, for the securing and placement of United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) and United States Navy decommissioned vessels in state or federal waters seaward of the state to serve as artificial reefs and, pursuant thereto, to make expenditures and enter into contracts with local governments and nonprofit corporations for the purpose of securing and placing MARAD and United States Navy decommissioned vessels as artificial reefs in state or federal waters seaward of the state pursuant to s. 379.249(8) and performing the environmental preparation and cleaning requisite to the placement of a vessel as an artificial reef, which preparation and cleaning must meet the standards established in the 2006 publication, “National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs,” published jointly by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Maritime Administration. The commission shall have final approval of grants awarded through the program.

(2) Each grant awarded under the program shall be matched by nonstate funds. The limit for a state matching grant shall be 33 percent of the total cost for securing and placing the decommissioned vessel and performing the requisite environmental preparation and cleaning which meets the standards cited in subsection (1) prior to placement of the vessel.

(3) The commission may: (a) Receive submissions of requests for matching funds and documentation relating to those requests; (b) Approve requests for matching funds; and (c) Allocate matching funds to local governments or nonprofit corporations.

(4) To demonstrate that a local government or nonprofit corporation meets the required criteria, the local government or nonprofit corporation must submit formal agreements, written pledges, memoranda of understanding, financing arrangements, or other documents demonstrating that nonstate matching funds are available for securing and placing the vessel prior to submission of an application. Matching grant funds shall be released only upon documentation that meets all the criteria established in rules adopted by the commission.

(5) No later than January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives detailing the expenditure of the funds appropriated to it for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 2008-100; s. 40, ch. 2009-21; s. 2, ch. 2014-21; s. 34, ch. 2015-2; s. 42, ch. 2018-110.
Fla. Stat. § 206.9945 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part III / Section 206.9945
206.9945 Funds collected; disposition; department authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall deposit all funds received and collected by it under this part into the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund to be transferred, less the costs of administration and less the service charges to be deducted pursuant to s. 215.20, as follows: (a) Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(1) and tax revenues collected pursuant to s. 207.003 at the rates specified in s. 206.9935(3) shall be transferred to the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund as provided in s. 376.11; (b) Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(2) shall be transferred to the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund as provided in s. 376.307; and (c) Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(3), less any refunds granted under s. 206.9942, shall be transferred to the Inland Protection Trust Fund as provided in s. 376.3071. This paragraph does not apply to moneys collected pursuant to s. 207.003 and transferred pursuant to paragraph (a).

(2) The department is authorized to employ all necessary assistants to administer this part properly and is also authorized to purchase all necessary supplies and equipment and incur such other expense as may be necessary for this purpose.

History: s. 3, ch. 86-159; s. 69, ch. 87-99; s. 79, ch. 90-132; s. 112, ch. 91-112; s. 97, ch. 95-417; s. 1, ch. 2006-16.
Fla. Stat. § 627.407 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.407
627.407 Alteration of application.
Status: in_force

No alteration of any written application for any life or health insurance policy shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his or her written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer, for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the applicant.

History: s. 456, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 361, 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 324, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 88.7061 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part VII / Section 88.7061
88.7061 Registration of convention support order.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in part VI of this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding ss. 88.3111 and 88.6021(1), a request for registration of a convention support order must be accompanied by the following: (a) A complete text of the support order, or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. (b) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country. (c) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard, or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and the opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal. (d) A record showing the amount of any arrears, and the date the amount was calculated. (e) A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations, if necessary. (f) A record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.

(3) A request for registration of a convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.

(4) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a convention support order without the filing of a contest under s. 88.7071 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(5) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a convention support order.

History: s. 64, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 488.04 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.04
488.04 Driver training school instructors; certificates; qualifications.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall receive compensation for giving instructions in the operation of motor vehicles or act in the capacity of a professional driver training school instructor in this state without first obtaining an instructor’s certificate issued for such purpose by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. An application for a certificate shall be made in the form prescribed by the department. The fee for the initial application is $25, which is not refundable. The fee for the annual renewal of a certificate is $10. A certificate is valid for use only in connection with the business of the driver school or schools listed on the certificate by the department or in connection with a driver education course offered by a district school board. An applicant for an instructor’s certificate shall be required to take special eye tests, written tests, and road tests and to furnish proof of his or her qualifications and ability as an instructor.

(2) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may issue a duplicate certificate only upon receipt of an affidavit stating that the original certificate was physically destroyed, but may not issue a duplicate certificate for any other loss of the original certificate. The fee for issuance of a duplicate certificate is $2.

History: s. 4, ch. 28142, 1953; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 31, ch. 75-284; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 4, 10, 11, ch. 84-150; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 479, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 159.702 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part V / Section 159.702
159.702 Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall have the following meaning: (a) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means the bonds authorized to be issued by any authority under ss. 159.701-159.7095, which may consist of a single bond. The term “bonds” or “revenue bonds” shall also include a single bond, a promissory note or notes, or other debt obligations evidencing an obligation to repay borrowed money. (b) “Project” means any capital project comprising a research and development park, or any part thereof, and including one or more buildings and other structures, machinery, fixtures, equipment, and any rehabilitation or addition to any building or structure and machinery and equipment, as defined in the Florida Industrial Development Financing Act. (c) “Authority” or “research and development authority” means any of the public corporations created pursuant to ss. 159.701-159.7095. (d) “Board” means the board of county commissioners or other body charged with governing the county. (e) “Cost” as applied to a project shall embrace the cost of construction; land or rights in land; other property, both real and personal; machinery and equipment; financing charges, including interest; and all other costs necessary for placing the project in operation as defined in the Florida Industrial Development Financing Act. “Cost” shall also include the cost of financial consultants, accountants, legal services, engineering and architectural services, feasibility studies, and services by other consultants and such experts as may be selected by the lessee of any such project if the cost thereof shall be paid by the lessee or shall be included as a cost of the project and reimbursed from proceeds of any bonds issued to finance the cost of such project. (f) “Florida Industrial Development Financing Act” means part II of this chapter and any amendments thereto, and the definitions contained therein shall also be applicable to ss. 159.701-159.7095 and to any bonds issued pursuant thereto. (g) “Contiguous counties” means counties with common borders.

(2) Wherever the singular term “research and development park” appears in this part, it shall be construed to include the plural term “research and development parks.”

History: s. 4, ch. 79-101; s. 2, ch. 85-313; s. 3, ch. 88-409.
Fla. Stat. § 741.09 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 741 / Section 741.09
741.09 Record of license and certificate.
Status: in_force

The county court judge and clerk of the circuit court shall keep a correct record of all marriage licenses issued, with the names of the parties and the date of issuing, and upon the return of the license and certificate shall enter therein the name of the person solemnizing the marriage and the date of marriage.

History: s. 3, Nov. 2, 1829; s. 1, ch. 3890, 1889; RS 2058; GS 2577; RGS 3936; CGL 5855; s. 28, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 74-372; s. 10, ch. 99-259.
Fla. Stat. § 720.318 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 720 / Part I / Section 720.318
720.318 First responder vehicles.
Status: in_force

An association may not prohibit a first responder, as defined in s. 112.1815(1), who is a parcel owner, or who is a tenant, guest, or invitee of a parcel owner, from parking his or her assigned first responder vehicle in an area where the parcel owner, or the tenant, guest, or invitee of the parcel owner, otherwise has a right to park, including on public roads or rights-of-way.

History: s. 3, ch. 2020-5; s. 12, ch. 2024-221.