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Fla. Stat. § 553.902 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part V / Section 553.902
553.902 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “Energy performance level” means the indicator of the energy-related performance of a building, including, but not limited to, the levels of insulation, the amount and type of glass, and the HVAC and water heating system efficiencies.

(2) “Exempted building” means: (a) A building or portion thereof whose peak design rate of energy usage for all purposes is less than 1 watt (3.4 Btu per hour) per square foot of floor area for all purposes. (b) A building that is neither heated nor cooled by a mechanical system designed to control or modify the indoor temperature and powered by electricity or fossil fuels. (c) A building for which federal mandatory standards preempt state energy codes. (d) A historical building as defined in s. 267.021. The Florida Building Commission may recommend to the Legislature additional types of buildings which should be exempted from compliance with the Florida Building Code-Energy Conservation.

(3) “Exterior envelope physical characteristics” means the physical nature of those elements of a building which enclose conditioned spaces through which energy may be transferred to or from the exterior.

(4) “HVAC” means a system of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning.

(5) “Local enforcement agency” means the agency of local government which has the authority to make inspections of buildings and to enforce the Florida Building Code. The term includes any agency within the definition of s. 553.71(5).

(6) “Renovated building” means a residential or nonresidential building undergoing alteration that varies or changes insulation, HVAC systems, water heating systems, or exterior envelope conditions, if the estimated cost of renovation exceeds 30 percent of the assessed value of the structure. However, if the alteration is a result of a natural disaster that is the subject of a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor, the estimated cost of renovation must exceed 75 percent of the fair market value of the building before the natural disaster.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-128; s. 3, ch. 80-193; ss. 2, 5, ch. 81-226; s. 2, ch. 82-197; s. 82, ch. 83-55; s. 2, ch. 88-213; s. 94, ch. 2000-141; ss. 32, 33, ch. 2001-63; s. 34, ch. 2001-186; s. 3, ch. 2001-372; s. 19, ch. 2013-193; s. 21, ch. 2021-71; s. 26, ch. 2025-190.
Fla. Stat. § 595.406 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 595 / Section 595.406
595.406 Florida Farm to School Program.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to implement the Florida Farm to School Program, the department shall develop policies pertaining to school food services which encourage: (a) Sponsors to buy fresh and high-quality foods grown in this state when feasible. (b) Farmers in this state to sell their products to sponsors, school districts, and schools. (c) Sponsors to demonstrate a preference for competitively priced organic food products. (d) Sponsors to make reasonable efforts to select foods based on a preference for those that have maximum nutritional content.

(2) The department shall provide outreach, guidance, and training to sponsors, schools, school food service directors, parent and teacher organizations, and students about the benefit of fresh food products from farms in this state.

(3) The department may recognize sponsors who purchase at least 10 percent of the food they serve from the Florida Farm to School Program.

History: s. 1, ch. 2010-183; s. 5, ch. 2011-217; s. 33, ch. 2013-226; s. 38, ch. 2016-61.
Fla. Stat. § 423.001 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 423 / Section 423.001
423.001 State role in housing and urban development.
Status: in_force

The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities) is the responsibility of the Department of Commerce; and the department is the agency of state government responsible for the state’s role in housing and urban development.

History: s. 18, ch. 69-106; s. 52, ch. 81-167; s. 55, ch. 83-55; s. 9, ch. 2000-342; s. 341, ch. 2011-142; s. 167, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 19.12 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 19 / Section 19.12
19.12 Collection and publication of statistics.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall arrange and adopt some plan for collecting and publishing agricultural, horticultural, pomological, and farm statistics in connection with the commissioner’s annual report, in such form and numbers as he or she may deem best, or the financial condition of the department will permit; and the commissioner shall, before the first day of January in each year, furnish the property appraisers of the several counties of the state with the necessary blanks, together with such instructions as will properly direct them in that work, and such blanks shall contain only such questions as relate to agriculture, horticulture, and stockraising.

History: s. 5, ch. 3857, 1889; RS 143; GS 153; RGS 164; CGL 196; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 77, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 945.48 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 945 / Section 945.48
945.48 Emergency treatment orders and use of force.
Status: in_force

(1) EMERGENCY MEDICATION. — The department is authorized to involuntarily administer psychotropic medication to an inmate on an emergency basis without following the procedure outlined in s. 945.43 only as specified in this section. An emergency treatment order for psychotropic medication may be provided to the inmate upon the written order of a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459 in an emergency not exceeding 72 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays. An emergency exists when an inmate with a mental illness presents an immediate threat of: (a) Bodily harm to self or others; or (b) Extreme deterioration in behavioral functioning secondary to the mental illness.

(2) PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION. — Psychotropic medication may be administered only when the medication constitutes an appropriate treatment for a mental illness and its symptoms and alternative treatments are not available or indicated, or would not be effective. If after the 72-hour period the inmate has not given express and informed consent to the medication initially refused, the inmate’s treating physician shall refer the inmate to a mental health treatment facility for an involuntary examination in accordance with the procedures described in s. 945.43. Upon such referral, the warden shall, within 48 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, transfer the inmate to a mental health treatment facility. Upon transfer of the inmate for an involuntary examination, the emergency treatment order may be continued upon the written order of a physician as long as the physician has determined that the emergency continues to present a danger to the safety of the inmate or others and the criteria described in this subsection are satisfied. If psychotropic medication is still recommended after the emergency, it may only be administered after following the procedures outlined in s. 945.44.

(3) USE OF FORCE. — An employee or agent of the department is authorized to apply physical force upon an inmate when and to the extent that it reasonably appears necessary to effectuate the treatment of an inmate as described in this section, for the application of psychiatric restraint, to effectuate clinically necessary hygiene, or pursuant to a valid court order issued under s. 945.44 or s. 945.485. The requirements of s. 944.35 shall be followed when using force to effectuate such treatment, apply such restraint, or effectuate such hygiene.

History: s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 1, ch. 86-241; s. 1, ch. 88-117; s. 27, ch. 91-225; s. 9, ch. 96-422; s. 1864, ch. 97-102; s. 25, ch. 2000-161; s. 17, ch. 2008-250; s. 14, ch. 2022-195; s. 15, ch. 2025-81.
Fla. Stat. § 934.15 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 934 / Section 934.15
934.15 Situations in which law enforcement officer may order telephone line cut, rerouted, or diverted.
Status: in_force

(1) The supervising law enforcement officer at the scene of an incident where there is reasonable cause to believe: (a) That a person is holding one or more hostages, (b) That a person has barricaded herself or himself and taken a position of confinement to avoid apprehension, (c) That there is the probability that a subject about to be arrested will resist with the use of weapons, or (d) That a person has barricaded herself or himself and is armed and is threatening suicide, may order law enforcement or telephone company personnel to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines for the purpose of preventing telephone communications between the suspect and any person other than a law enforcement officer or the law enforcement officer’s designee, if such cutting, rerouting, or diverting of telephone lines is technically feasible and can be performed without endangering the lives of telephone company or other utility personnel.

(2) The good faith reliance by a telephone company on an oral or written order to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines given by a supervising law enforcement officer under subsection (1) constitutes a complete defense to any civil, criminal, or administrative action arising out of such an order.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 87-357; s. 1585, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 707.20 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 707 / Section 707.20
707.20 Duty of owner of pasture to facilitate entry.
Status: in_force

The owner or owners, their agent or agents shall facilitate the entering into any pasture owned by them or controlled by their agent or agents when request is made by any party or parties entitled to the benefits of s. 707.18, the request to be made according to s. 707.19.

History: s. 3, ch. 5417, 1905; RGS 3930; CGL 5837.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1404 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1404
607.1404 Revocation of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may revoke its dissolution at any time prior to the expiration of 120 days following the effective date of the articles of dissolution.

(2) Revocation of dissolution must be authorized in the same manner as the dissolution was authorized unless that authorization permitted revocation by action of the board of directors alone, in which event the board of directors may revoke the dissolution without shareholder action.

(3) After the revocation of dissolution is authorized, the corporation may revoke the dissolution by delivering to the department, within the 120-day period following the effective date of the articles of dissolution, for filing articles of revocation of dissolution, together with a copy of its articles of dissolution, that set forth: (a) The name of the corporation; (b) The effective date of the dissolution that was revoked; (c) The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized; (d) If the corporation’s board of directors or incorporators revoked the dissolution, a statement to that effect; (e) If the corporation’s board of directors revoked a dissolution authorized by the shareholders, a statement that revocation was permitted by action by the board of directors alone pursuant to that authorization; and (f) If shareholder action was required to revoke the dissolution, a statement that the revocation was authorized by the shareholders in the manner required by this chapter and by the articles of incorporation.

(4) Revocation of dissolution is effective upon the effective date of the articles of revocation of dissolution.

(5) When the revocation of dissolution is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution and the corporation resumes carrying on its business as if dissolution had never occurred.

History: s. 124, ch. 89-154; s. 178, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 220.725 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 220 / Part VIII / Section 220.725
220.725 Overpayments; refunds.
Status: in_force

(1) Every claim for refund shall be filed with the department in writing, in such form as the department may by regulation prescribe, and shall state the amount claimed, the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded, and the taxable years or periods involved.

(2) As soon as practicable after a claim for refund is filed, the department shall examine the claim and either issue a notice of refund, abatement, or credit to the claimant or issue a notice of denial.

History: s. 19, ch. 71-359; s. 54, ch. 78-95; s. 54, ch. 91-112.
Fla. Stat. § 941.10 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.10
941.10 Rights of accused person; application for writ of habeas corpus.
Status: in_force

(1) No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person shall have appointed to receive him or her unless the person shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of a court of record in this state, who shall inform the person of the demand made for his or her surrender and of the crime with which the person is charged, and that the person has the right to demand and procure legal counsel; and if the prisoner or his or her counsel shall state that he or she or they desire to test the legality of the arrest, the judge of such court of record shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed him or her within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the state attorney for the county in which the arrest is made, and in which the accused is in custody, and to the said agent of the demanding state.

(2) A warrant issued under s. 941.07 shall be presumed to be valid, and unless a court finds that the person in custody is not the same person named in the warrant, or that the person is not a fugitive from justice, or otherwise subject to extradition under s. 941.06, or that there is no criminal charge or criminal proceeding pending against the person in the demanding state, or that the documents are not on their face in order, the person named in the warrant shall be held in custody at all times and shall not be eligible for release on bail.

History: s. 10, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 1, ch. 65-518; s. 44, ch. 73-334; s. 9, ch. 88-381; s. 1, ch. 93-126; s. 1601, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 257.191 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.191
257.191 Construction grants.
Status: in_force

The Division of Library and Information Services may accept and administer library construction moneys appropriated to it and shall allocate such appropriation to municipal, county, and regional libraries in the form of library construction grants on a matching basis. The local matching portion shall be no less than the grant amount, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, up to the maximum grant amount, unless the matching requirement is waived by s. 288.06561. Initiation of a library construction project 12 months or less prior to the grant award under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an applicant to receive a library construction grant. The division shall adopt rules for the administration of library construction grants. For the purposes of this section, s. 257.21 does not apply.

History: s. 4, ch. 73-138; s. 5, ch. 83-24; s. 23, ch. 86-163; s. 2, ch. 2003-126.
Fla. Stat. § 605.0118 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.0118
605.0118 Delivery of record.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, permissible means of delivery of a record include delivery by hand, the United States Postal Service, a commercial delivery service, and electronic transmission.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), delivery to the department is effective only when a record is received by the department.

(3) If a check is mailed to the department for payment of an annual report fee or the annual supplemental fee required under s. 607.193, the check shall be deemed to have been received by the department as of the postmark date appearing on the envelope or package transmitting the check if the envelope or package is received by the department.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 243, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 604.01 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 604 / Section 604.01
604.01 Statewide soil survey and mapping; declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

A thorough and careful survey and mapping of the soils of Florida is hereby declared as a matter of legislative policy, basic to:

(1) The development of intelligent research programs on the agricultural potentialities of the soils of the state;

(2) The organization of effective soil conservation and land use planning programs;

(3) Agricultural extension and home demonstration work;

(4) Highway and secondary road planning;

(5) Establishment of equitable land tax assessments;

(6) Agricultural teaching;

(7) The development of a sound body of helpful agricultural information for nationwide distribution to prospective landowners; and

(8) A number of other social and agricultural enterprises of broad public interest.

History: s. 1, ch. 20454, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 61.533 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part II / Section 61.533
61.533 Hearing and order.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under s. 61.517, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that: (a) The child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under s. 61.528 and that: 1. The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.523; 2. The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under ss. 61.514-61.523; or 3. The respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of s. 61.509 in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or (b) The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under s. 61.528, but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under ss. 61.514-61.523.

(2) The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under s. 61.535 and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officers, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.

(3) If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

(4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under ss. 61.524-61.540.

History: s. 5, ch. 2002-65.
Fla. Stat. § 137.08 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 137 / Section 137.08
137.08 Sums for which sureties may be bound.
Status: in_force

In every bond in which the amount of the bond shall not exceed $1,000, there shall be at least two sureties, each bound for the full amount of the bond. In every bond so specified in which the amount of the bond shall exceed $1,000, each surety may bind himself or herself for a specified sum, and the aggregate amount for which the sureties shall bind themselves shall not be less than the penalty of the bond.

History: s. 9, ch. 3724, 1887; RS 620; GS 828; RGS 1575; CGL 2423; s. 841, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 506.503 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 506 / Section 506.503
506.503 Shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, and bakery containers; registration.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, corporation, or association owning shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers may register with the Department of State a description of the name or mark affixed or stamped on such carts, cases, baskets, boxes, or containers for identification purposes. If the department determines that the name or mark is not a duplication of any name or mark previously recorded in its files and does not so closely resemble any other recorded name or mark as to be misleading or deceiving, it shall register and record such name or mark in a file to be provided and kept by the department for that purpose, along with the name and address of the registered owner of the name or mark. If the department determines that the name or mark so applied for is a duplication of any name or mark previously recorded by the department, or so closely resembles the previously recorded name or mark as to be misleading or deceiving, the application shall be denied; and the applicant may register some other name or mark in the manner described in this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 83-262; s. 89, ch. 85-81; s. 3, ch. 87-80.
Fla. Stat. § 161.31 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 161 / Part II / Section 161.31
161.31 Establishment of districts.
Status: in_force

(1) Districts established under the provisions of this part shall constitute public bodies corporate and politic, exercising public powers and all other powers and duties incident to such bodies.

(2) The board of county commissioners shall serve as the governing body for all districts created under this authority and shall proceed as expeditiously as possible to determine and implement policy and program for each such district in accordance with the overall county program, except that the board of county commissioners may receive guidance in these matters for each district from an advisory group, consisting of not less than three nor more than five persons, which the board of county commissioners may appoint from any or each such district. Members of such advisory group shall have no definite term of office but shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.

(3) To further provide for efficient administration of the district program, the board of county commissioners may hire such additional personnel or contract for such additional services as it considers necessary or desirable in each case.

(4) A uniform ad valorem tax not to exceed 1 mill per year on all nonexempt taxable property within the district may be levied for a period of not more than 2 years to defray organizational and administrative costs of said district.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-408; s. 3, ch. 71-14.
Fla. Stat. § 491.007 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.007
491.007 Renewal of license, registration, or certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) The board or department shall prescribe by rule a method for the biennial renewal of licenses or certificates at a fee set by rule, not to exceed $250.

(2) Each applicant for renewal shall present satisfactory evidence that, in the period since the license or certificate was issued, the applicant has completed continuing education requirements set by rule of the board or department. Not more than 25 classroom hours of continuing education per year shall be required. A certified master social worker is exempt from the continuing education requirements for the first renewal of the certificate.

History: ss. 15, 19, ch. 87-252; ss. 19, 20, ch. 90-263; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 288, ch. 94-119; s. 15, ch. 97-198; s. 207, ch. 97-264; s. 9, ch. 98-130; s. 46, ch. 2020-133.