FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Fla. Stat. § 922.08 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 922 / Section 922.08
922.08 Proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be pregnant.
Status: in_force

(1) When the Governor is informed that a person under sentence of death may be pregnant, the Governor shall stay execution of the sentence and appoint a qualified physician to examine the convicted person and determine if she is pregnant.

(2) After receiving the report of the physician, if the Governor determines that the convicted person is not pregnant, the Governor shall immediately lift the stay and notify the Attorney General of such action. Within 10 days after such notification, the Governor must set the new date for execution of the death sentence. When the new date for execution of the death sentence is set by the Governor under this subsection, the Attorney General shall notify the inmate’s counsel of record of the date and time of execution.

(3) If the Governor determines that a convicted person whose execution has been stayed because of pregnancy is no longer pregnant, the Governor shall immediately lift the stay and notify the Attorney General of such action. Within 10 days after such notification, the Governor must set the new date for execution of the death sentence. When the new date for execution of the death sentence is set by the Governor under this subsection, the Attorney General shall notify the inmate’s counsel of record of the date and time of execution.

(4) The Governor shall allow a reasonable fee to the physician appointed under the provisions of this section which shall be paid by the state.

History: s. 269, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(279); s. 135, ch. 70-339; s. 4, ch. 96-213; s. 1840, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 627.4085 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.4085
627.4085 Insurer name, agent name, and license identification number required on application.
Status: in_force

(1) All applications for an insurance policy or annuity contract shall prominently display the name of the insuring entity on the first page of the application form at the time the coverage is bound or premium is quoted. Such applications shall also disclose the name and license identification number of the agent as shown on the agent’s license issued by the department, which information may be typed, printed, stamped, or handwritten if legible.

(2) This section does not apply to surplus lines business under the provisions of ss. 626.913-626.937.

History: ss. 34, 65, ch. 88-166; s. 39, ch. 92-146; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 626.843 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part V / Section 626.843
626.843 Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, termination of title insurance agent’s and title insurance agency’s appointments.
Status: in_force

(1) Appointments of a title insurance agent and a title insurance agency shall continue in force until suspended, revoked, or otherwise terminated, but subject to a renewed request filed by the insurer every 24 months after the original issue dates of the appointments, accompanied by payments of the renewal appointment fees and taxes as prescribed in s. 624.501.

(2) Title insurance agent and title insurance agency appointments shall be renewed pursuant to s. 626.381 for insurance representatives in general.

(3) The appointment issued shall remain in effect for so long as the appointment represented thereby continues in force as provided in this section.

History: s. 10, ch. 85-185; s. 1, ch. 86-286; s. 22, ch. 87-226; s. 6, ch. 89-305; s. 123, ch. 90-363; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 57, ch. 2003-267; s. 50, ch. 2003-281; s. 41, ch. 2022-138.
Fla. Stat. § 633.438 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part IV / Section 633.438
633.438 Procedure for making expenditures.
Status: in_force

No moneys shall be spent for and on behalf of the Florida State Fire College except upon a written voucher drawn by the division, stating the nature of the expenditures and the person to whom the same shall be made payable, which voucher shall be submitted to the Chief Financial Officer and audited for approval by her or him; upon such approval, the Chief Financial Officer shall draw a warrant for the payment thereof, filing the original voucher in her or his office.

History: s. 7, ch. 25097, 1949; ss. 18, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 10, ch. 75-151; s. 15, ch. 85-61; s. 439, ch. 97-102; s. 1409, ch. 2003-261; s. 71, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 440.47 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.47
440.47 Travel expenses.
Status: in_force

The Deputy Chief Judge, judges of compensation claims, and employees of the department shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. Such expenses shall be sworn to by the person who incurred the same and shall be allowed and paid as provided in s. 440.50 upon the presentation of vouchers therefor approved by the director of the Division of Administrative Hearings or the department, whichever is applicable.

History: s. 47, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(45); s. 19, ch. 63-400; ss. 17, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 23, ch. 75-209; s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 36, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 18, ch. 80-236; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1; s. 14, ch. 91-46; s. 27, ch. 2001-91.
Fla. Stat. § 768.20 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 768 / Part I / Section 768.20
768.20 Parties.
Status: in_force

The action shall be brought by the decedent’s personal representative, who shall recover for the benefit of the decedent’s survivors and estate all damages, as specified in this act, caused by the injury resulting in death. When a personal injury to the decedent results in death, no action for the personal injury shall survive, and any such action pending at the time of death shall abate. The wrongdoer’s personal representative shall be the defendant if the wrongdoer dies before or pending the action. A defense that would bar or reduce a survivor’s recovery if she or he were the plaintiff may be asserted against the survivor, but shall not affect the recovery of any other survivor.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-35; s. 1168, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 57.112 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 57 / Section 57.112
57.112 Attorney fees and costs and damages; arbitrary, unreasonable, or expressly preempted local ordinances.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “attorney fees and costs” means the reasonable and necessary attorney fees and costs incurred for all preparations, motions, hearings, trials, and appeals in a proceeding.

(2) If a civil action is filed against a local government to challenge the adoption or enforcement of a local ordinance on the grounds that it is expressly preempted by the State Constitution or by state law, the court shall assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages to the prevailing party.

(3) If a civil action is filed against a local government to challenge the adoption of a local ordinance on the grounds that the ordinance is arbitrary or unreasonable, the court may assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages to a prevailing plaintiff. An award of reasonable attorney fees or costs and damages pursuant to this subsection may not exceed $50,000. In addition, a prevailing plaintiff may not recover any attorney fees or costs directly incurred by or associated with litigation to determine an award of reasonable attorney fees or costs.

(4) Attorney fees and costs and damages may not be awarded pursuant to this section if: (a) The governing body of a local governmental entity receives written notice that an ordinance that has been publicly noticed or adopted is expressly preempted by the State Constitution or state law or is arbitrary or unreasonable; and (b) The governing body of the local governmental entity withdraws the proposed ordinance within 30 days; or, in the case of an adopted ordinance, the governing body of a local government notices an intent to repeal the ordinance within 30 days after receipt of the notice and repeals the ordinance within 30 days thereafter.

(5) The provisions in this section are supplemental to all other sanctions or remedies available under law or court rule. However, this section may not be construed to authorize double recovery if an affected person prevails on a claim brought against a local government pursuant to other applicable law involving the same ordinance, operative acts, or transactions.

(6) This section does not apply to local ordinances adopted pursuant to part II of chapter 163, s. 553.73, or s. 633.202.

(7)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), this section is intended to be prospective in nature and applies only to cases commenced on or after July 1, 2019. (b) The amendments to this section effective October 1, 2023, are prospective in nature and apply only to ordinances adopted on or after October 1, 2023. (c) An amendment to an ordinance enacted after October 1, 2023, gives rise to a claim under this section only to the extent that the application of the amendatory language is the cause of the claim apart from the ordinance being amended.

History: s. 1, ch. 2019-151; s. 1, ch. 2023-309.
Fla. Stat. § 478.49 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 478 / Section 478.49
478.49 License required.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may practice electrology or hold herself or himself out as an electrologist in this state unless the person has been issued a license by the department and holds an active license pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.

(2) A licensee shall display her or his license in a conspicuous location in her or his place of practice and provide it to the department or the board upon request.

History: s. 10, ch. 92-172; s. 407, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 710.109 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 710 / Section 710.109
710.109 Receipt for custodial property.
Status: in_force

A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this act.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-95.
Fla. Stat. § 59.45 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 59 / Section 59.45
59.45 Misconception of remedy; Supreme Court.
Status: in_force

If an appeal be improvidently taken where the remedy might have been more properly sought by certiorari, this alone shall not be a ground for dismissal; but the notice of appeal and the record thereon shall be regarded and acted on as a petition for certiorari duly presented to the Supreme Court.

History: s. 1, ch. 23826, 1947.
Fla. Stat. § 731.1055 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 731 / Part I / Section 731.1055
731.1055 Disposition of real property.
Status: in_force

The validity and effect of a disposition, whether intestate or testate, of real property in this state shall be determined by Florida law.

History: s. 1, ch. 2016-189.
Fla. Stat. § 195.032 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 195 / Section 195.032
195.032 Establishment of standards of value.
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the requirement set out in s. 195.002, the Department of Revenue shall establish and promulgate standard measures of value not inconsistent with those standards provided by law, to be used by property appraisers in all counties, including taxing districts, to aid and assist them in arriving at assessments of all property. The standard measures of value shall provide guidelines for the valuation of property and methods for property appraisers to employ in arriving at the just valuation of particular types of property consistent with ss. 193.011 and 193.461. The standard measures of value shall assist the property appraiser in the valuation of property and be deemed prima facie correct, but shall not be deemed to establish the just value of any property. However, the presumption of correctness accorded an assessment made by a property appraiser shall not be impugned merely because the standard measures of value do not establish the just value of any property.

History: s. 38, ch. 70-243; s. 12, ch. 76-133; s. 9, ch. 76-234; s. 62, ch. 82-226.
Fla. Stat. § 379.374 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part VII / Section 379.374
379.374 Bond required, amount.
Status: in_force

(1) No person, party, firm, or corporation shall exhibit to the public either with or without charge or admission fee any venomous reptile without having first posted a good and sufficient bond in writing in the penal sum of $10,000 payable to the commission, conditioned that such exhibitor will indemnify and save harmless all persons from injury or damage from such venomous reptiles so exhibited and shall fully comply with all laws of the state and all rules and regulations of the commission governing the capturing, keeping, possessing, or exhibiting of venomous reptiles; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of the surety for all such injuries or damages shall, in no event, exceed the penal sum of the bond. The surety for the bond must be a surety company authorized to do business under the laws of the state or in lieu of such a surety, cash in the sum of $10,000 may be posted with the commission to ensure compliance with the conditions of the bond.

(2) No person, party, firm, association, or corporation shall possess or exhibit to the public either with or without charge or admission fee, any Class I wildlife, as defined in s. 379.303 and commission rule, without having first guaranteed financial responsibility, in the sum of $10,000, for any liability which may be incurred in the possession or exhibition to the public of Class I wildlife. The commission shall adopt, by rule, the methods of payment that satisfy the financial responsibility, which may include cash, the establishment of a trust fund, an irrevocable letter of credit, casualty insurance, a corporate guarantee, or any combination thereof, in the sum of $10,000 which shall be posted with the commission. In lieu of the $10,000 financial responsibility guarantee required in this subsection, the person, party, firm, association, or corporation has the option to maintain comprehensive general liability insurance, with minimum limits of $2 million per occurrence and $2 million annual aggregate, as shall protect the person, party, firm, association, or corporation from claims for damage for personal injury, including accidental death, as well as claims for property damage which may arise. Proof of such insurance shall be submitted to the commission.

History: s. 3, ch. 28263, 1953; s. 588, ch. 95-148; s. 167, ch. 99-245; s. 3, ch. 2007-239; s. 161, ch. 2008-247; s. 3, ch. 2010-185.
Fla. Stat. § 628.031 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 628 / Part I / Section 628.031
628.031 “Mutual insurer” defined.
Status: in_force

A “mutual insurer” is an incorporated insurer without permanent capital stock, the governing body of which is elected in accordance with this part.

History: s. 623, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 665, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 4, ch. 85-214; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 316.2399 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.2399
316.2399 Special warning lights for buses or taxicabs.
Status: in_force

The provisions of s. 316.2397(7) to the contrary notwithstanding, a bus or taxicab may be equipped with two flashing devices for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles and law enforcement agents that an emergency situation exists within the bus or taxicab. Such devices shall be capable of activation by the operator of the bus or taxicab and shall be of a type approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Such devices shall be mounted one at the front and one at the rear of the bus or taxicab and shall display flashing red lights which shine on the roadway under the vehicle. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 2, ch. 89-49; s. 91, ch. 99-13; s. 193, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 736.0404 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part IV / Section 736.0404
736.0404 Trust purposes.
Status: in_force

A trust may be created only to the extent the purposes of the trust are lawful, not contrary to public policy, and possible to achieve.

History: s. 4, ch. 2006-217; s. 4, ch. 2018-35.
Fla. Stat. § 766.1116 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 766 / Section 766.1116
766.1116 Health care practitioner; waiver of license renewal fees and continuing education requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “health care practitioner” means a physician or physician assistant licensed under chapter 458; an osteopathic physician or physician assistant licensed under chapter 459; a chiropractic physician licensed under chapter 460; a podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461; an advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse licensed under part I of chapter 464; a dentist or dental hygienist licensed under chapter 466; or a midwife licensed under chapter 467, who participates as a health care provider under s. 766.1115.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, part I of chapter 464, chapter 466, or chapter 467 to the contrary, any health care practitioner who participates as a health care provider under s. 766.1115 and thereby agrees with a governmental contractor to provide his or her services without compensation and as an agent of the governmental contractor to low-income recipients in accordance with s. 766.1115 for at least 160 hours for each biennial licensure period, or, if the health care practitioner is retired, for at least 800 hours during the licensure period, upon providing sufficient proof from the applicable governmental contractor that the health care practitioner has completed the hours at the time of license renewal under procedures specified by the Department of Health, shall be eligible for: (a) Waiver of the biennial license renewal fee for an active license; and (b) Fulfillment of a maximum of 25 percent of the continuing education hours required for license renewal under s. 456.013(9).

History: s. 2, ch. 2004-54; s. 4, ch. 2009-41; s. 80, ch. 2018-106.
Fla. Stat. § 250.80 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 250 / Part IV / Section 250.80
250.80 Popular name.
Status: in_force

Sections 250.80-250.84 may be known by the popular name the “Florida Uniformed Servicemembers Protection Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 2003-72.
Fla. Stat. § 570.48 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part II / Section 570.48
570.48 Division of Fruit and Vegetables; powers and duties; records.
Status: in_force

The duties of the Division of Fruit and Vegetables include, but are not limited to:

(1) Performing the duties relating to the inspection and certification of fresh citrus fruit shipments for maturity and grade required by rules promulgated under the Florida Citrus Code; performing the inspection and certification duties assigned in connection with regulations issued under federal or state marketing agreements or orders; and performing the other inspection and certification assignments requested by and agreed upon with the applicant.

(2)(a) Performing the duties relating to inspection and certification of the maturity and condition of fresh citrus fruits to be processed required by the rules promulgated under the Florida Citrus Code. (b) Inspecting and certifying the grade, quality, or condition of the finished processed pack, as required by rules promulgated under the Florida Citrus Code. (c) Performing the inspection and certification duties as are assigned in connection with regulations issued under federal or state marketing agreements or orders for other fruit and vegetables. (d) Conducting inspections of internal quality for any fruit or vegetable. (e) Performing tomato food safety inspections under s. 500.70 on tomato farms, in tomato greenhouses, and in tomato packinghouses and repackers. (f) Performing other inspection and certification assignments as requested by and agreed upon with the applicant.

(3) Performing such duties relating to inspection and certification of vegetables, other fruits, melons, and nuts as are requested by and agreed upon with the applicant and performing such inspection and certification duties as are assigned in connection with regulations issued under federal or state marketing agreements or orders.

(4) Performing such duties relating to enforcement of the citrus bond and license law as are required by chapter 601.

(5) Performing analyses on waxes, dyes, and other substances used on citrus fruit and issuing authorization for the use of such waxes, dyes, and other substances; issuing equipment to inspectors and maintaining the equipment; conducting necessary technical investigations relative to inspectional procedures; and carrying out the technical duties prescribed under the arsenical spray provisions of chapter 601 and other technical duties prescribed by the department.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appointing, certifying, licensing, and supervising inspectors whose duties are to inspect fruit and vegetables that are regulated by state law, if federal law does not require such inspectors to be licensed or certified by the Federal Government.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-54; ss. 4, 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 82-165; s. 50, ch. 83-216; s. 9, ch. 84-165; s. 3, ch. 92-4; ss. 3, 4, ch. 92-290; ss. 29, 30, ch. 92-291; s. 25, ch. 93-169; s. 348, ch. 96-406; s. 8, ch. 99-391; s. 12, ch. 2007-67; s. 4, ch. 2010-25; s. 14, ch. 2016-6; s. 25, ch. 2022-5.
Fla. Stat. § 1011.05 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1011 / Part I / Section 1011.05
1011.05 Implementation of the official budget.
Status: in_force

The official budget shall give the appropriations and reserves therein the force and effect of fixed appropriations and reserves, and the same shall not be altered, amended, or exceeded except as authorized. However, if the actual receipts during any year are less than budgeted receipts, and any obligations are thereby incurred which cannot be met before the close of the year, such obligations shall be paid and accounted for in the ensuing fiscal year in the manner prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education and shall be payable out of the first funds available for that purpose.

History: s. 608, ch. 2002-387.