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Fla. Stat. § 627.677 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part IX / Section 627.677
627.677 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “Credit life insurance” means insurance on the life of a debtor pursuant to or in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction. There are three recognized forms: (a) “Group credit life insurance” means insurance which is subject to the provisions of s. 627.553. (b) “Franchise credit life insurance” means insurance by which a master policy is issued to and in favor of a creditor and under which debtors are insured at the option of the creditor. (c) “Individual credit life insurance” means individual insurance upon the life of an individual debtor in favor of a creditor.

(2) “Credit disability insurance” means insurance under which a borrower of money or a purchaser or a lessee of goods is insured in connection with a specific loan or credit transaction against loss of time resulting from accident or sickness.

(3) “Creditor agent” means any lending or financing institution or other creditor, or a representative of such an institution or creditor, which writes credit life or disability insurance on the life or health of a debtor.

(4) “Consolidation” means any transaction in which a financial institution or servicer makes its premium collection services available to its debtors in connection with a particular insurer’s (“new insurer”) offer of credit insurance, which offer is made to debtors who, immediately prior to the offer, had credit insurance with another insurer (“old insurer”) and were paying premiums for that insurance on a monthly or other regular basis.

(5) “Financial institution” or “servicer” means any entity or organization that services loans or credit obligations by collecting and accounting for payments.

(6) “Loan transfer” means a transaction in which the servicing of a block of loans or credit obligations is transferred from one servicer to another.

(7) “New coverage” or “new plan” means the credit insurance coverage or credit insurance plan for which the financial institution collects premiums beginning on the effective date of consolidation.

(8) “Old coverage” or “old plan” means the credit insurance coverage or credit insurance plan the insured debtor had or participated in immediately prior to the consolidation.

History: s. 596, ch. 59-205; s. 19, ch. 61-530; s. 1, ch. 73-363; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 6, 7, ch. 80-387; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 528, 537, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; ss. 72, 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 409.179 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part I / Section 409.179
409.179 Family-friendly workplace initiative.
Status: in_force

Recognizing that employers play a key role in helping families balance work and family responsibilities, the Executive Office of the Governor, in consultation with members of the business community, may establish a family-friendly workplace initiative. The Executive Office of the Governor may develop a program to annually collect information regarding the state’s eligible small employers with 50 or fewer employees, and eligible large employers with 51 or more employees in the state, providing the most family-friendly benefits to their employees. The same program may be established for public employers. The criteria for determination of the eligible employers may include, but not be limited to:

(1) Consideration of the dependent care scholarship or discounts given by the employer.

(2) Flexible work hours and schedules.

(3) Time off for caring for sick or injured dependents.

(4) The provision of onsite or nearby dependent care.

(5) Dependent care referral services.

(6) In-kind contributions to community dependent care programs.

Those employers chosen by the Executive Office of the Governor may be recognized with annual “family-friendly workplace” awards and a statewide information and advertising campaign publicizing the employers’ awards, their contributions to family-friendly child care, and the methods they used to improve the dependent care experiences of their employees’ families.

History: s. 86, ch. 96-175.
Fla. Stat. § 578.24 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 578 / Section 578.24
578.24 Mixed varieties of seed oats prohibited.
Status: in_force

Oats consisting of mixed varieties shall not be sold for planting purposes in this state unless permitted by regulation promulgated by the department upon recommendation of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station at Gainesville.

History: s. 12, ch. 21942, 1943; s. 11, ch. 22694, 1945; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 373.621 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part VI / Section 373.621
373.621 Water conservation.
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes the significant value of water conservation in the protection and efficient use of water resources. Accordingly, consideration in the administration of ss. 373.223, 373.233, and 373.236 shall be given to applicants who implement water conservation practices pursuant to s. 570.93 or other applicable water conservation measures as determined by the department or a water management district.

History: s. 51, ch. 2001-279; s. 8, ch. 2014-150.
Fla. Stat. § 216.0111 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.0111
216.0111 State agency contracts; required information to be provided to Department of Financial Services.
Status: in_force

(1) Each state agency, as defined in s. 216.011, shall provide the following information to the Department of Financial Services regarding the agency’s contracted activities: (a) The nature of the commodities or services purchased. (b) The term of the contract. (c) The final obligation made by the agency. (d) A summary of any time constraints that apply to the procurement. (e) The justification for not using the competitive solicitation, including any statutory exemption or exception. (f) Other information regarding the contract or the procurement which may be required by the Department of Financial Services.

(2) This section applies to any contract executed on or after July 1, 2010, for the purchase of commodities or contractual services in excess of the CATEGORY TWO threshold amount provided in s. 287.017 which is not: (a) Awarded by competitive solicitation pursuant to s. 287.057(1); or (b) Purchased from a purchasing agreement or state term contract pursuant to s. 287.056.

(3) An agency must submit the required information to the Department of Financial Services within 3 working days after executing the contract.

History: s. 46, ch. 2010-151.
Fla. Stat. § 843.167 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 843 / Section 843.167
843.167 Unlawful use of police communications; enhanced penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not: (a) Intercept any police radio communication by use of a scanner or any other means for the purpose of using that communication to assist in committing a crime or to escape from or avoid detection, arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment in connection with the commission of such crime. (b) Divulge the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of a police radio communication to any person he or she knows to be a suspect in the commission of a crime with the intent that the suspect may escape from or avoid detention, arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.

(2) Any person who is charged with a crime and who, during the time such crime was committed, possessed or used a police scanner or similar device capable of receiving police radio transmissions is presumed to have violated paragraph (1)(a).

(3) The penalty for a crime that is committed by a person who violates paragraph (1)(a) shall be enhanced as follows: (a) A misdemeanor of the second degree shall be punished as if it were a misdemeanor of the first degree. (b) A misdemeanor of the first degree shall be punished as if it were a felony of the third degree. (c) A felony of the third degree shall be punished as if it were a felony of the second degree. (d) A felony of the second degree shall be punished as if it were a felony of the first degree. (e) A felony of the first degree shall be punished as if it were a life felony.

(4) Any person who violates paragraph (1)(b) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 8, ch. 2001-127.
Fla. Stat. § 206.945 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part II / Section 206.945
206.945 Settlement or compromise of tax, penalty, or interest.
Status: in_force

The department may settle or compromise tax, penalty, or interest imposed by this part pursuant to s. 213.21.

History: s. 8, ch. 81-178; s. 65, ch. 83-217; s. 94, ch. 90-136; s. 6, ch. 90-351.
Fla. Stat. § 679.613 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.613
679.613 Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral; general.
Status: in_force

Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply:

(1) The contents of a notification of disposition are sufficient if the notification: (a) Describes the debtor and the secured party; (b) Describes the collateral that is the subject of the intended disposition; (c) States the method of intended disposition; (d) States that the debtor is entitled to an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness and states the charge, if any, for an accounting; and (e) States the time and place of a public disposition or the time after which any other disposition is to be made.

(2) Whether the contents of a notification that lacks any of the information specified in subsection (1) are nevertheless sufficient is a question of fact.

(3) The contents of a notification providing substantially the information specified in subsection (1) are sufficient, even if the notification includes: (a) Information not specified by that paragraph; or (b) Minor errors that are not seriously misleading.

(4) A particular phrasing of the notification is not required.

(5)(a) The following form of notification and the form appearing in s. 679.614(3)(a), when completed in accordance with the instructions in paragraph (b), each provides sufficient information: NOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL To: (Name of debtor, obligor, or other person to which the notification is sent) From: (Name, address, and telephone number of secured party) Item 1. Name of any debtor that is not an addressee: (Name of each debtor) Item 2. We will sell (describe collateral) to the highest qualified bidder at public sale. A sale could include a lease or a license. The sale will be held as follows: Day and Date: Time: Place: Item 3. We will sell (describe collateral) at a private sale sometime after ( date) . A sale could include a lease or a license. Item 4. You are entitled to an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness secured by the property that we intend to sell or, as applicable, lease or license. Item 5. If you request an accounting, you must pay a charge of $ . Item 6. You may request an accounting by calling us at (telephone number) . (b) The following instructions apply to the form set forth in paragraph (a): 1. Do not include the item numbers in the notification, as they are used only for the purpose of clarification. 2. Include and complete Item 1 only if there is a debtor that is not an addressee of the notification and list the name or names. 3. Include and complete either Item 2, if the notification relates to a public disposition of the collateral, or Item 3, if the notification relates to a private disposition of the collateral. If Item 2 is completed, include the words “to the highest qualified bidder” only if applicable. 4. Include and complete Items 4 and 6. 5. Include and complete Item 5 only if the sender will charge the recipient for an accounting.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198; s. 110, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 394.493 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 394 / Part III / Section 394.493
394.493 Target populations for child and adolescent mental health services funded through the department.
Status: in_force

(1) The child and adolescent mental health system of care funded through the Department of Children and Families shall serve, to the extent that resources are available, the following groups of children and adolescents who reside with their parents or legal guardians or who are placed in state custody: (a) Children and adolescents who are experiencing an acute mental or emotional crisis. (b) Children and adolescents who have a serious emotional disturbance or mental illness. (c) Children and adolescents who have an emotional disturbance. (d) Children and adolescents who are at risk of emotional disturbance.

(2) Each mental health provider under contract with the department to provide mental health services to the target population shall collect fees from the parent or legal guardian of the child or adolescent receiving services. The fees shall be based on a sliding fee scale for families whose net family income is at or above 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines. The department shall adopt, by rule, a sliding fee scale for statewide implementation. Fees collected from families shall be retained in the service district and used for expanding child and adolescent mental health treatment services.

(3) Each child or adolescent who meets the target population criteria of this section shall be served to the extent possible within available resources and consistent with the portion of the district substance abuse and mental health plan specified in s. 394.75 which pertains to child and adolescent mental health services.

(4) Beginning with fiscal year 2020-2021 through fiscal year 2021-2022, the department and the Agency for Health Care Administration shall identify children and adolescents who are the highest utilizers of crisis stabilization services. The department and agency shall collaboratively take appropriate action within available resources to meet the behavioral health needs of such children and adolescents more effectively, and shall jointly submit to the Legislature a quarterly report listing the actions taken by both agencies to better serve such children and adolescents.

History: s. 4, ch. 98-5; s. 3, ch. 2000-349; s. 89, ch. 2014-19; s. 1, ch. 2020-107.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1904 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1904
620.1904 Filing of certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Unless the Department of State determines that an application for a certificate of authority does not comply with the filing requirements of this act, the Department of State, upon payment of all filing fees, shall authorize the foreign limited partnership to transact business in this state.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 206.93 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part II / Section 206.93
206.93 Penalty for failure to report and pay taxes promptly.
Status: in_force

If any person willfully fails to file the report and pay the tax as provided in s. 206.91, the department shall revoke the person’s license unless it appears that the failure to comply with this part was not due to fraud or to an intent to violate this part.

History: s. 9, ch. 19446, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 1167(111); s. 10, ch. 26718, 1951; s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 3, ch. 63-512; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 54, ch. 78-95; s. 16, ch. 89-356; s. 1087, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 1010.24 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1010 / Part II / Section 1010.24
1010.24 Cost accounting and reporting for universities.
Status: in_force

Universities shall provide an annual expenditure analysis report as provided in s. 1011.90.

History: s. 542, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 672.312 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part III / Section 672.312
672.312 Warranty of title and against infringement; buyer’s obligation against infringement.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsection (2) there is in a contract for sale a warranty by the seller that: (a) The title conveyed shall be good, and its transfer rightful; and (b) The goods shall be delivered free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance of which the buyer at the time of contracting has no knowledge.

(2) A warranty under subsection (1) will be excluded or modified only by specific language or by circumstances which give the buyer reason to know that the person selling does not claim title in herself or himself or that the seller is purporting to sell only such right or title as she or he or a third person may have.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed a seller who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind warrants that the goods shall be delivered free of the rightful claim of any third person by way of infringement or the like but a buyer who furnishes specifications to the seller must hold the seller harmless against any such claim which arises out of compliance with the specifications.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 564, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 817.233 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.233
817.233 Burning to defraud the insurer.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully and with intent to injure or defraud the insurer sets fire to or burns or attempts so to do or who causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any building, structure or personal property, of whatsoever class or character, whether the property of himself or herself or of another, which shall at the time be insured by any person against loss or damage by fire, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 1, ch. 15602, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 7208(12); s. 791, ch. 71-136; s. 65, ch. 74-383; s. 1252, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 425.27 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 425 / Section 425.27
425.27 Foreign corporations.
Status: in_force

Any corporation organized under the laws of another state on a nonprofit or a cooperative basis for the purpose of supplying electric energy in rural areas and owning and operating electric transmission or distribution lines in a state adjacent to this state, shall be allowed to transact business in this state and shall have the same rights, powers, and privileges as a cooperative organized under this chapter upon the filing with the Department of State of a certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation and upon payment of the filing fee in this chapter provided.

History: s. 26, ch. 19138, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 6494(69); ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 721.23 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 721 / Part I / Section 721.23
721.23 Securities.
Status: in_force

Timeshare plans are not securities under the provisions of chapter 517 or its successor.

History: s. 1, ch. 81-172; s. 57, ch. 85-62.
Fla. Stat. § 985.439 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 985 / Part VII / Section 985.439
985.439 Violation of probation.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) This section is applicable when the court has jurisdiction over a child on probation, regardless of adjudication. (b) If the conditions of the probation program are violated, the department or the state attorney may bring the child before the court on a petition alleging a violation of the program. A child who violates the conditions of probation must be brought before the court if sanctions are sought. (c) Upon receiving notice of a violation of probation from the department, the state attorney must file the violation within 5 days or provide in writing to the department and the court the reason as to why he or she is not filing.

(2) A child taken into custody under s. 985.101 for violating the conditions of probation shall be screened and detained or released based on his or her risk assessment instrument score.

(3) If the child denies violating the conditions of probation, the court shall, upon the child’s request, appoint counsel to represent the child.

(4) Upon the child’s admission, or if the court finds after a hearing that the child has violated the conditions of probation, the court shall enter an order revoking, modifying, or continuing probation. In each such case, the court shall enter a new disposition order and, in addition to the sanctions set forth in this section, may impose any sanction the court could have imposed at the original disposition hearing. If the child is found to have violated the conditions of probation, the court may: (a) Place the child in supervised release detention with electronic monitoring. (b) If the violation of probation is technical in nature and not a new violation of law, place the child in an alternative consequence program designed to provide swift and appropriate consequences to any further violations of probation. (c) Modify or continue the child’s probation program. (d) Revoke probation and commit the child to the department. (e) Allow the department to place a child on electronic monitoring for a violation of probation if it determines doing so will preserve and protect public safety.

(5) Upon the recommendation of the department at the time of disposition, or subsequent to disposition pursuant to the filing of a petition alleging a violation of the child’s conditions of probation, the court may order the child to submit to random testing for the purpose of detecting and monitoring the use of alcohol or controlled substances.

History: s. 48, ch. 2006-120; s. 24, ch. 2014-162; s. 14, ch. 2018-86; s. 8, ch. 2021-219; s. 15, ch. 2024-130.
Fla. Stat. § 628.6011 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 628 / Part II / Section 628.6011
628.6011 Assessable mutual insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) An “assessable mutual insurer” is an insurer incorporated in Florida without permanent capital stock which has only policyholders, insureds, or risks located in Florida and which transacts insurance only within Florida. An assessable mutual insurer may be formed only in accordance with part I. Members of the assessable mutual have a contingent liability for discharge of its liabilities as provided in this part. An assessable mutual may be authorized to offer only property, health, and casualty insurance.

(2) The assessable mutual shall not participate in the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association or the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association.

History: ss. 76, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 9, ch. 92-328.
Fla. Stat. § 76.04 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 76 / Section 76.04
76.04 Grounds when debt due.
Status: in_force

The creditor may have an attachment on a debt actually due to the creditor by his or her debtor, when the debtor:

(1) Will fraudulently part with the property before judgment can be obtained against him or her.

(2) Is actually removing the property out of the state.

(3) Is about to remove the property out of the state.

(4) Resides out of the state.

(5) Is actually moving himself or herself out of the state.

(6) Is about to move himself or herself out of the state.

(7) Is absconding.

(8) Is concealing himself or herself.

(9) Is secreting the property.

(10) Is fraudulently disposing of the property.

(11) Is actually removing himself or herself beyond the limits of the judicial circuit in which he or she resides.

(12) Is about to remove himself or herself out of the limits of such judicial circuit.

History: s. 1, ch. 998, 1859; s. 2, ch. 1101, 1861; RS 1637; GS 2101; RGS 3402; CGL 5255; s. 26, ch. 67-254; s. 371, ch. 95-147.