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Fla. Stat. § 61.191 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part I / Section 61.191
61.191 Application.
Status: in_force

(1) This act applies to all proceedings commenced on or after July 1, 1971. However, pending actions for divorce are deemed to have been commenced on the bases provided in s. 61.052, and evidence as to such bases for dissolution of marriage after July 1, 1971, shall be in compliance with this act.

(2) This act applies to all proceedings commenced after July 1, 1971, for the modification of a judgment or order entered prior to July 1, 1971.

(3) In any action or proceeding in which an appeal was pending or a new trial was ordered prior to July 1, 1971, the law in effect at the time of the order sustaining the appeal or the new trial governs the appeal, the new trial, and any subsequent trial or appeal.

History: s. 21, ch. 71-241; s. 19, ch. 79-164.
Fla. Stat. § 627.903 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XVI / Section 627.903
627.903 Premium finance cost specified.
Status: in_force

(1) When premium financing service charges or interest is included in the overall price or cost of insurance, the insurer, insurance agent, or agency shall separately state and identify the amount of service charges or interest to be paid for the financing of such premiums.

(2) All service charges or interest shall be separately stated and identified in all invoices issued to the policyholder and in the records or accounts maintained by the insurer or corporation, as provided in s. 627.902, or by the agent or agency.

History: s. 2, ch. 63-16; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 615, 617, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 736.1003 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part X / Section 736.1003
736.1003 Damages in absence of breach.
Status: in_force

Absent a breach of trust, a trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for a loss or depreciation in the value of trust property or for not having made a profit.

History: s. 10, ch. 2006-217.
Fla. Stat. § 61.061 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part I / Section 61.061
61.061 Proceedings against nonresidents.
Status: in_force

Proceedings may be brought against persons residing out of the state.

History: s. 1, Feb. 4, 1833; RS 1482; GS 1930; RGS 3193; CGL 4985; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 8, ch. 71-241.
Fla. Stat. § 153.07 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 153 / Part I / Section 153.07
153.07 General obligation bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) No general obligation bonds shall be issued by county unless the issuance of such bonds shall be approved by a majority of the votes that are cast in an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in the county shall participate. Such election shall be called, noticed and conducted and the result thereof determined and declared in the manner required by law for the issuance of bonds of the county.

(2) For the payment of the principal and the interest on any general obligation bonds of the county issued under the provisions of this chapter, the county commission is hereby authorized and required to levy annually a special tax upon all taxable property within the county over and above all other taxes authorized or limited by law sufficient to pay such principal and interest as the same respectively become due and payable, and the proceeds of all such taxes shall when collected be paid into a special fund and used for no other purpose than the payment of such principal and interest; provided, however, that there may be pledged to the payment of such principal and interest the proceeds of such water service charges and/or sewer service charges, and in the event of such pledge the amount of the annual tax levy herein required may be reduced in any year by the amount of such proceeds actually received in the preceding year and then remaining on deposit to the credit of such fund for the payment of such principal and interest.

History: s. 7, ch. 29837, 1955; s. 6, ch. 67-547.
Fla. Stat. § 180.09 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 180 / Section 180.09
180.09 Notice of resolution or ordinance authorizing issuance of certificates.
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of resolution or ordinance by the city council, or other legislative body, by whatever name known, authorizing the issuance of mortgage revenue certificates or debentures, a notice thereof shall be published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located, or by posting a notice in at least three conspicuous places within the limits of the municipality, one of which shall be posted at the door of the city hall or city offices; provided, that if any of the mortgage revenue certificates or debentures are to be purchased by the United States of America, or any instrumentality or subdivision thereof, it shall not be necessary to advertise or offer the same for sale by competitive bidding.

History: s. 5, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(10).
Fla. Stat. § 7.52 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.52
7.52 Pinellas County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Pinellas County are as follows: Beginning at a point where the line dividing townships twenty-six and twenty-seven south if projected in a westerly direction intersects with the western boundary of the jurisdictional waters of the State of Florida in the Gulf of America; thence east on said line to the northeast corner of section one in township twenty-seven south, range sixteen east; thence south to the shore of Old Tampa Bay; thence in a southerly direction through the middle waters of Old Tampa Bay and Tampa Bay, to a point in Tampa Bay due east of the north shore of Mullet Key; thence due west to a point due north of a point 100 yards due east from the easternmost point of Mullet Key; thence in a line 100 yards from the shoreline around the southern portion of Mullet Key to a point 100 yards west of the northernmost shore of Mullet Key; thence west to a point where such line intersects the western boundary of the jurisdictional waters of the State of Florida in the Gulf of America and northward, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to point of beginning; provided however that nothing herein contained shall now or at any time hereafter in any manner whatsoever repeal, amend, change or disturb in any manner whatsoever the apportionment, allotment, allocation, basis of computation, or other formula wherein and whereby the participation in the gas tax by both counties hereto under and by virtue of ss. 206.41 and 206.47 or any law hereafter enacted, is changed so that Hillsborough County would receive a lesser amount and Pinellas County would receive a greater amount of such gas funds or tax by reason of the change of the boundary line herein authorized.

History: s. 1, ch. 6247, 1911; RGS 50; CGL 52; s. 1, ch. 19058, 1939; s. 1, ch. 67-601; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-995; s. 17, ch. 2025-8.
Fla. Stat. § 1008.42 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1008 / Part II / Section 1008.42
1008.42 Public information on career education programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Education shall disseminate information derived from the reports required by s. 1008.43. The department shall ensure that the information disseminated does not name or otherwise identify a student, a former student, or the student’s employer.

(2) The dissemination shall be conducted in accordance with the following procedures: (a) Annually, the Department of Education shall publish the placement rates and average quarterly earnings for students who complete each type of career certificate program and career degree program. This information must be aggregated to the state level and must be included in any accountability reports. A program that was created or modified so that placement rates cannot be calculated must be so identified in such reports. (b)1. Each district school board shall publish, at a minimum, the most recently available placement rate for each career certificate program conducted by that school district at the secondary school level and at the career degree level. The placement rates for the preceding 3 years shall be published, if available, shall be included in each publication that informs the public of the availability of the program, and shall be made available to each certified school counselor. If a program does not have a placement rate, a publication that lists or describes that program must state that the rate is unavailable. 2. Each Florida College System institution shall publish, at a minimum, the most recent placement rate for each career certificate program and for each career degree program in its annual catalog. The placement rates for the preceding 3 years shall be published, if available, and shall be included in any publication that informs the public of the availability of the program. If a program does not have a placement rate, the publication that lists or describes that program must state that the rate is unavailable. 3. If a school district or a Florida College System institution has calculated for a program a placement rate that differs from the rate reported by the department, and if each record of a placement was obtained through a process that was capable of being audited, procedurally sound, and consistent statewide, the district or the Florida College System institution may use the locally calculated placement rate in the report required by this section. However, that rate may not be combined with the rate maintained in the computer files of the Department of Education’s Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program. 4. An independent career, trade, or business school may not publish a placement rate unless the placement rate was determined as provided by this section.

History: s. 390, ch. 2002-387; s. 114, ch. 2004-357; s. 113, ch. 2011-5; s. 10, ch. 2013-89.
Fla. Stat. § 290.0491 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 290 / Section 290.0491
290.0491 Florida Empowerment Zones.
Status: in_force

(1) SHORT TITLE. — This section may be cited as the “Florida Empowerment Zone Act.”

(2) DEFINITIONS. — As used in this section, the term: (a) “Department” means the Department of Commerce. (b) “Federal Empowerment Zone Program” means the empowerment zone program established in 26 U.S.C. ss. 1391 et seq. (c) “Nominated area” means an area nominated for participation in the Federal Empowerment Zone Program. (d) “Sponsoring designee” means the lead entity that applied for and received the empowerment zone designation, but does not include other entities that joined in the application.

(3) LEGISLATIVE INTENT. — The Legislature recognizes that it is in the public interest that the state create economic opportunity in poverty-stricken areas and rebuild such areas by empowering the people and communities within these areas to create jobs and opportunities. The United States Congress in 1997 provided that an additional 20 areas may be designated as federal empowerment zones by January 1, 1999, and, as such, be eligible for federal funding under the Federal Empowerment Zone Program. The Legislature seeks to promote local governments in submitting the strongest possible proposals under the Federal Empowerment Zone Program by establishing a companion state empowerment zone program.

(4) EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROGRAM. — There is created an economic development program to be known as the Florida Empowerment Zone Program. The program shall exist for 10 years and, except as otherwise provided by law, be operated by the Department of Commerce in conjunction with the Federal Empowerment Zone Program.

History: s. 1, ch. 99-342; s. 47, ch. 2000-158; s. 223, ch. 2011-142; s. 84, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 395.1023 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 395 / Part I / Section 395.1023
395.1023 Child abuse and neglect cases; duties.
Status: in_force

Each licensed facility shall adopt a protocol that, at a minimum, requires the facility to:

(1) Incorporate a facility policy that every staff member has an affirmative duty to report, pursuant to chapter 39, any actual or suspected case of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; and

(2) In any case involving suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, designate, at the request of the department, a staff physician to act as a liaison between the hospital and the Department of Children and Families office which is investigating the suspected abuse, abandonment, or neglect, and the Child Protection Team, as defined in s. 39.01, when the case is referred to such a team.

Each general hospital and appropriate specialty hospital shall comply with the provisions of this section and shall notify the agency and the department of its compliance by sending a copy of its policy to the agency and the department as required by rule. The failure by a general hospital or appropriate specialty hospital to comply shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, to be fixed, imposed, and collected by the agency. Each day in violation is considered a separate offense.

History: s. 4, ch. 84-226; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 36, ch. 92-78; ss. 20, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 2, ch. 97-237; s. 141, ch. 98-403; s. 110, ch. 2014-19; s. 59, ch. 2019-3.
Fla. Stat. § 1015.04 — Florida Code / Title XLIX / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.04
1015.04 Right to continuing education.
Status: in_force

(1) Teachers are guaranteed a coordinated system of professional learning with the goals of increasing student achievement, enhancing classroom instruction, and preparing students for continuing their education or joining the workforce. Pursuant to s. 1012.98, the Department of Education, public postsecondary educational institutions, public school districts, public schools, state education foundations, consortia, and professional organizations must work collaboratively to provide a coordinated system of professional learning.

(2) Pursuant to s. 1009.26(10), teachers employed by a school district may receive a waiver for tuition and fees for up to 6 credit hours per term at a state university or Florida College System institution.

History: s. 14, ch. 2023-38; s. 42, ch. 2024-5.
Fla. Stat. § 949.071 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 949 / Section 949.071
949.071 Definition of “state” as used in s. 949.07; further declaration relating to interstate compacts.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “state,” as used in s. 949.07, relating to and authorizing and directing the Governor to enter into an interstate compact in behalf of Florida with any state of the United States for out-of-state supervision of probationers and parolees, and prescribing the form to be substantially used for any such compact, means any one of the several states, the District of Columbia, and any other territorial possession of the United States.

(2) It is hereby recognized and further declared that pursuant to the consent and authorization contained in s. 112 of Title 4 of the United States Code, this state shall be a party to the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, with any additional jurisdiction legally joining in the compact when such jurisdiction enacts the compact in accordance with the terms thereof.

History: s. 1, ch. 57-89; s. 9, ch. 2001-209; s. 46, ch. 2010-117.
Fla. Stat. § 409.9123 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part III / Section 409.9123
409.9123 Quality-of-care reporting.
Status: in_force

In order to promote competition between Medicaid managed care plans and MediPass based on quality-of-care indicators, the agency shall annually develop and publish a set of measures of managed care plan performance. This information shall be made available to each Medicaid recipient who makes a choice of a managed care plan in her or his area. This information shall be easily understandable to the Medicaid recipient and shall use nationally recognized standards wherever possible. In formulating this information, the agency shall take into account at least the following:

(1) The recommendations of the National Committee for Quality Assurance Medicaid HEDIS Task Force.

(2) Requirements and recommendations of the Health Care Financing Administration.

(3) Recommendations of the managed care industry.

History: s. 8, ch. 96-199; s. 1024, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 336.66 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 336 / Section 336.66
336.66 Method of abolition of district.
Status: in_force

At any time subsequent to the expiration of 8 years from the creation of a road and bridge district, or after completion of all improvements for which the district was originally created, whichever occurs first, the commissioners may abolish such district upon a majority vote. However, by such action, the commissioners assume all liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of such road and bridge district.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-385; s. 1, ch. 77-327; s. 130, ch. 84-309.
Fla. Stat. § 473.301 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 473 / Section 473.301
473.301 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes that there is a public need for independent and objective public accountants and that it is necessary to regulate the practice of public accounting to assure the minimum competence of practitioners and the accuracy of audit statements upon which the public relies and to protect the public from dishonest practitioners and, therefore, deems it necessary in the interest of public welfare to regulate the practice of public accountancy in this state.

History: ss. 1, 25, ch. 79-202; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 11, ch. 85-9; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 255.257 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.257
255.257 Energy management; buildings occupied by state agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COST DATA. — Each state agency shall collect data on energy consumption and cost for all state-owned facilities and metered state-leased facilities. These data will be used in the computation of the effectiveness of the state energy management plan and the effectiveness of the energy management program of each of the state agencies. Collected data shall be reported annually to the department in a format prescribed by the department.

(2) ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS. — Each state agency, the Florida Public Service Commission, the Department of Military Affairs, and the judicial branch shall appoint a coordinator whose responsibility shall be to advise the head of the state agency on matters relating to energy consumption in facilities under the control of that head or in space occupied by the various units comprising that state agency, in vehicles operated by that state agency, and in other energy-consuming activities of the state agency. The coordinator shall implement the energy management program agreed upon by the state agency concerned and assist the department in the development of the State Energy Management Plan.

(3) CONTENTS OF THE STATE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN. — The Department of Management Services, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shall further develop the state energy management plan consisting of, but not limited to, the following elements: (a) Data-gathering requirements; (b) Building energy audit procedures; (c) Uniform data analysis and reporting procedures; (d) Employee energy education program measures; (e) Energy consumption reduction techniques; (f) Training program for state agency energy management coordinators; and (g) Guidelines for building managers. The plan shall include a description of actions that state agencies shall take to reduce consumption of electricity and nonrenewable energy sources used for space heating and cooling, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and transportation.

(4) ADOPTION OF STANDARDS. — (a) Each state agency shall use a sustainable building rating system or a national model green building code for each new building and renovation to an existing building. (b) No state agency shall enter into new leasing agreements for office space that does not meet Energy Star building standards, except when the appropriate state agency head determines that no other viable or cost-effective alternative exists. (c) All state agencies shall develop energy conservation measures and guidelines for new and existing office space where state agencies occupy more than 5,000 square feet. These conservation measures shall focus on programs that may reduce energy consumption and, when established, provide a net reduction in occupancy costs.

History: s. 2, ch. 78-26; s. 115, ch. 79-190; s. 38, ch. 85-349; s. 3, ch. 91-113; s. 17, ch. 98-279; s. 23, ch. 99-399; s. 1, ch. 2001-259; s. 21, ch. 2008-227; s. 5, ch. 2011-222; s. 8, ch. 2012-117; s. 9, ch. 2013-152; s. 6, ch. 2013-193.
Fla. Stat. § 686.60 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 686 / Section 686.60
686.60 Short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 686.601-686.614 may be cited as the “Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, and Servicing Dealers Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 97-275.
Fla. Stat. § 570.194 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part I / Section 570.194
570.194 Florida Saltwater Products Promotion Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Florida Saltwater Products Promotion Trust Fund shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund shall be administered in accordance with ss. 328.76 and 379.362.

(3) 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 at the end of the year and be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

History: s. 6, ch. 2014-43.