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Fla. Stat. § 403.763 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part IV / Section 403.763
403.763 Grants to local governments.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall develop a grants program for local governments to encourage the collection, reuse, and proper disposal of used oil. No grant may be made for any project unless such project is approved by the department.

(2) The department shall consider for grant assistance any local government project that uses one or more of the following programs or any activity that the department feels will reduce the improper disposal and reuse of used oil: (a) Curbside pickup of used oil containers by a local government or its designee. (b) Retrofitting of solid waste equipment to promote curbside pickup or disposal of used oil at used oil collection centers designated by the local government. (c) Establishment of publicly operated used oil collection centers at landfills or other public places. (d) Providing containers and other materials and supplies that the public can utilize in an environmentally sound manner to store used oil for pickup or return to a used oil collection center. (e) Providing incentives for the establishment of privately operated public used oil collection centers.

(3) Eligible projects shall be funded according to provisions established by the department. However, in no case shall one grant exceed $25,000.

History: s. 35, ch. 88-130; s. 22, ch. 2015-4.
Fla. Stat. § 497.555 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part V / Section 497.555
497.555 Required rules.
Status: in_force

Rules shall be adopted establishing minimum standards for access to all cemeteries by licensed monument establishments for the purpose of delivering and installing markers and monuments. In all cases, cemeteries and monument establishments shall comply with these minimum standards.

History: s. 123, ch. 2004-301; s. 45, ch. 2005-155.
Fla. Stat. § 727.115 — Florida Code / Title XLI / Chapter 727 / Section 727.115
727.115 Resignation or removal of assignee.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall remove or replace the assignee on application of the assignor, of the assignee, or of any creditor, or on its own motion, if the assignee has not executed and filed the bond required by s. 727.104(2); if the assignee resigns, refuses, or fails to serve for any reason; or for good cause.

(2) Upon removal, resignation, or death of the assignee, the court shall appoint a replacement assignee if the court deems in its discretion that further administration of the estate is required. Upon executing and filing a bond pursuant to s. 727.104(2), the replacement assignee shall forthwith take possession of the estate and assume her or his duties as assignee.

(3) Whenever the court shall be satisfied that the assignee so removed or replaced has fully accounted for and turned over to the replacement assignee appointed by the court all of the property of the estate and has filed a report of all receipts and disbursements during her or his tenure as assignee, the court shall enter an order discharging the assignee from all further duties, liabilities, and responsibilities as assignee after notice and a hearing.

History: s. 15, ch. 87-174; s. 944, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 56.12 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 56 / Section 56.12
56.12 Executions; levy, forthcoming bond.
Status: in_force

If a judgment debtor wants to retake possession of any property levied on, the judgment debtor may do so by executing a bond with surety to be approved by the officer in favor of the judgment creditor in a sum double the value of the property retaken as fixed by the officer holding the execution and conditioned that the property will be forthcoming on the day of sale stated in the bond.

History: s. 3, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1192; GS 1621; RGS 2825; CGL 4512; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 301, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 2016-33.
Fla. Stat. § 784.011 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 784 / Section 784.011
784.011 Assault.
Status: in_force

(1) An “assault” is an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who assaults another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) A person who assaults another person in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot prohibited under s. 870.01 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 5, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 2400; GS 3226; RGS 5059; CGL 7161; s. 1, ch. 70-88; s. 729, ch 71-136; s. 17, ch. 74-383; s. 7, ch. 75-298; s. 171, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 2021-6.
Fla. Stat. § 418.30 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 418 / Section 418.30
418.30 Creation of mobile home park recreation districts.
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county in the state is authorized to create one or more mobile home park recreation districts. Each such district shall be limited to the boundaries of a mobile home park and shall be established by an ordinance approved by a vote of the electors residing in the proposed district. Such ordinance, as it may from time to time be amended by the governing body of the municipality or county and approved by a vote of the electors in the district, shall constitute the charter of the district. The electors residing in a proposed district may petition the governing body of the municipality or county to create a mobile home park recreation district. If a majority of electors of the proposed district has signed the petition, no referendum shall be required to create the district.

History: s. 34, ch. 83-204.
Fla. Stat. § 812.0195 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 812 / Section 812.0195
812.0195 Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet.
Status: in_force

Any person in this state who uses the Internet to sell or offer for sale any merchandise or other property that the person knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is stolen commits:

(1) A misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, if the value of the property is less than $300; or

(2) A felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the value of the property is $300 or more.

History: s. 6, ch. 2001-115.
Fla. Stat. § 773.05 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 773 / Section 773.05
773.05 Limitation on liability of persons making land available to public for recreational purposes.
Status: in_force

Nothing in ss. 773.01-773.05 shall be construed to limit in any way the limitation of liability granted to private citizens who allow the public to use their land for recreational purposes, as provided in s. 375.251.

History: s. 92, ch. 93-169; s. 94, ch. 99-3.
Fla. Stat. § 836.02 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 836 / Section 836.02
836.02 Must give name of the party written about.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall print, write, publish, circulate or distribute within this state any newspaper, magazine, periodical, pamphlet, or other publication of any character, either written or printed, wherein the alleged immoral acts of any person are stated or pretended to be stated, or wherein it is intimated that any person has been guilty of any immorality, unless such written or printed publication shall in such article publish in full the true name of the person intended to be charged with the commission of such acts of immorality.

(2) Any person convicted of any violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Any person who shall aid in any way in the writing or printing of any literature in violation of this section shall be punished in the same manner as the principal might be punished upon conviction; provided, nothing in this section shall apply to mechanical employees in printing offices, or to newsboys.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 4733, 1899; GS 3257; RGS 5088; CGL 7190; s. 988, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 61.709 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part IV / Section 61.709
61.709 Notice requirement for deploying parent.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), and subject to subsection (2), a deploying parent shall notify in a record to the other parent: (a) A pending deployment not later than 7 days after receiving notice of deployment unless he or she is reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of service, in which case the deploying parent shall provide notice as soon as reasonably possible. (b) A proposed plan fulfilling each parent’s share of custodial responsibility during deployment provided as soon as reasonably possible after notice of deployment is given under paragraph (a).

(2) If a court order prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of the other parent, notice pursuant to subsection (1) must be provided to the issuing court. If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court, the court shall forward the notice to the other parent. The court shall keep confidential the address or contact information of the other parent.

(3) Notice pursuant to subsection (1) is not required if both parents are living in the same residence and have actual notice of the deployment or plan.

(4) In a proceeding regarding custodial responsibility, a court may consider the reasonableness of a parent’s efforts to comply with this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 2018-69.
Fla. Stat. § 860.091 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 860 / Section 860.091
860.091 Violations of s. 860.05, s. 860.08, or s. 860.09 resulting in death; penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the provisions of s. 860.05, s. 860.08, or s. 860.09 when such violation results in the death of another person is guilty of homicide as defined in chapter 782, punishable as provided in s. 775.082.

History: s. 2, ch. 79-360.
Fla. Stat. § 943.2565 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.2565
943.2565 Centralized information centers on prospective employment candidates.
Status: in_force

(1) Each center shall develop, establish, and maintain a centralized information center on prospective candidates for criminal justice positions in the region served. Each center shall provide and undertake standardized screening, testing, examination, and background investigation of applicants.

(2) Upon the request of any participating criminal justice agency in the region served, the center shall provide a list of qualified applicants for employment and report all information gathered during the testing, screening, and investigation of each applicant.

(3) Each center may make recommendations concerning uniform standards for the recruitment and testing of criminal justice personnel.

(4) Each center shall comply with local, state, and federal regulations for the hiring and promotion of minorities and women.

(5) Each center may enter into contracts and agreements to carry out its purposes. Any such contracts require approval by the advisory board and the directing school or directing agency.

(6) Those centers operating under a directing school shall not generate full-time equivalent students for the directing school as a part of the directing school’s enrollment. Classes which are part of the regular program of the college to train law enforcement and correctional officers are not affected by this prohibition.

History: s. 6, ch. 91-205.
Fla. Stat. § 316.660 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.660
316.660 Disposition of fines and forfeitures collected for violations; reporting requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all fines and forfeitures received by any county court from violations of any of the provisions of this chapter, or from violations of any ordinances adopting matter covered by this chapter, must be paid and distributed as provided in s. 318.21.

(2) If the total revenue from traffic citations that a county or municipality receives in a fiscal year exceeds 33 percent of the total expenses that the county or municipality incurs to operate a law enforcement agency in the same fiscal year, the county or municipality shall submit a report to the Legislative Auditing Committee detailing its total revenue from traffic citations and its total expenses for law enforcement within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-69; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 4, ch. 79-246; s. 2, ch. 80-179; s. 1, ch. 83-319; s. 3, ch. 85-255; s. 4, ch. 86-154; s. 1, ch. 88-73; s. 3, ch. 92-194; s. 18, ch. 93-164; s. 34, ch. 94-306; s. 88, ch. 95-143; s. 41, ch. 96-350; s. 2, ch. 2015-15.
Fla. Stat. § 421.51 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 421 / Part I / Section 421.51
421.51 Authority for county excluded from regional authority.
Status: in_force

At any time after a county or counties is excluded from the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided above, the governing body of any such county may adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for a housing authority in the county, if the governing body shall declare and find such need according to the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law. Thereupon a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the “housing authority of the county,” shall exist for such county and may transact business and exercise its powers in the same manner as though created by the Housing Authorities Law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing such county from thereafter being included within the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided in s. 421.28 or s. 421.29.

History: s. 4, ch. 21699, 1943.
Fla. Stat. § 985.6015 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 985 / Part XI / Section 985.6015
985.6015 Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund is created within the department.

(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for the costs of juvenile detention. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall consist of funds from the counties’ share of the costs for juvenile detention.

History: s. 1, ch. 2005-114; s. 75, ch. 2006-120; s. 2, ch. 2008-8; s. 2, ch. 2016-152.
Fla. Stat. § 7.23 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.23
7.23 Gulf County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Gulf County are as follows: Beginning at a point in the Apalachicola River where said river is intersected by the section line between sections twenty-three and twenty-six, township three south, range nine west; thence west on said section line and other section lines across the remainder of ranges nine west and ranges ten and eleven west to the southwest corner of section nineteen, township three south, range eleven west, at the Bay County line; thence south on the range line between ranges eleven and twelve west, concurrent with the eastern boundary of Bay County, to the Gulf of America; thence south and easterly through said gulf, including the waters of the Gulf of America within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to a point where the Forbes line would intersect said boundary line; thence northeasterly with said line until same crosses the waters of the Apalachicola River; thence northerly up the thread of said river to the place of beginning.

History: s. 1, ch. 10132, 1925; CGL 75; s. 8, ch. 2025-8.
Fla. Stat. § 631.738 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part III / Section 631.738
631.738 Applicability as to certain health maintenance organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of this part which relate to assessments for long-term care insurer impairments and insolvencies do not apply to any nonprofit health maintenance organization that operates only in this state and whose statutory capital and surplus is less than $200 million as of December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the assessment is made.

(2) This section, as created by this act, and the amendments made to ss. 631.713, 631.717, 631,718, 631.721, and 631.818-631.820 by this act apply only to long-term care insurer impairment and insolvency assessments that result from an insurer being adjudged insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction or being determined by the office to be impaired on or after the effective date of this act.

History: ss. 6, 12, ch. 2019-83.
Fla. Stat. § 83.201 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part I / Section 83.201
83.201 Notice to landlord of failure to maintain or repair, rendering premises wholly untenantable; right to withhold rent.
Status: in_force

When the lease is silent on the procedure to be followed to effect repair or maintenance and the payment of rent relating thereto, yet affirmatively and expressly places the obligation for same upon the landlord, and the landlord has failed or refused to do so, rendering the leased premises wholly untenantable, the tenant may withhold rent after notice to the landlord. The tenant shall serve the landlord, in the manner prescribed by s. 83.20(3), with a written notice declaring the premises to be wholly untenantable, giving the landlord at least 20 days to make the specifically described repair or maintenance, and stating that the tenant will withhold the rent for the next rental period and thereafter until the repair or maintenance has been performed. The lease may provide for a longer period of time for repair or maintenance. Once the landlord has completed the repair or maintenance, the tenant shall pay the landlord the amounts of rent withheld. If the landlord does not complete the repair or maintenance in the allotted time, the parties may extend the time by written agreement or the tenant may abandon the premises, retain the amounts of rent withheld, terminate the lease, and avoid any liability for future rent or charges under the lease. This section is cumulative to other existing remedies, and this section does not prevent any tenant from exercising his or her other remedies.

History: s. 2, ch. 93-70; s. 438, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 520.79 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part V / Section 520.79
520.79 Unauthorized charges.
Status: in_force

All costs and charges in connection with home improvement contracts which are not authorized by this act shall be unenforceable. Any payment of such costs or charges shall be applied to the next maturing installment or, if the contract has been fully paid, remitted to the owner, and the owner shall be entitled to recover all such costs or charges.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-44; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 631.112 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part I / Section 631.112
631.112 Subordination of claims for noncooperation.
Status: in_force

If an ancillary receiver or another person performing the duties associated with an ancillary receiver in another state or foreign country fails to transfer to the domiciliary liquidator in this state any assets within her or his control other than special deposits, diminished only by the expenses of the ancillary receivership, if any, the claims filed in the ancillary receivership, other than special deposit claims or secured claims, shall be deemed class 9 claims as defined in s. 631.271(1)(i).

History: ss. 84, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 398, ch. 97-102; s. 46, ch. 99-3.
Fla. Stat. § 641.3905 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.3905
641.3905 General powers and duties of the department and office.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and duties set forth in s. 624.307, the department and office shall each have the power within its respective regulatory jurisdiction to examine and investigate the affairs of every person, entity, or health maintenance organization in order to determine whether the person, entity, or health maintenance organization is operating in accordance with the provisions of this part or has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by s. 641.3901, and each shall have the powers and duties specified in ss. 641.3907-641.3913 in connection therewith.

History: ss. 37, 47, ch. 85-177; ss. 128, 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1592, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 379.2202 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part I / Section 379.2202
379.2202 Expenditure of funds.
Status: in_force

Any moneys available pursuant to s. 379.2201(1)(c) may be expended by the commission within Florida through grants and contracts for research with research institutions including but not limited to: Florida Sea Grant; Florida Marine Resources Council; Harbour Branch Oceanographic Institute; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Mote Marine Laboratory; Marine Resources Development Foundation; Florida Institute of Oceanography; Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; and Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce.

History: s. 10, ch. 89-270; s. 213, ch. 94-356; s. 26, ch. 96-321; s. 240, ch. 99-245; s. 18, ch. 2002-46; s. 11, ch. 2004-264; s. 23, ch. 2008-247; s. 2, ch. 2013-235.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0207 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0207
607.0207 Emergency bylaws.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the board of directors may adopt bylaws to be effective only in an emergency defined in subsection (5). The emergency bylaws, which are subject to amendment or repeal by the shareholders, may make all provisions necessary for managing the corporation during an emergency, including: (a) Procedures for calling a meeting of the board of directors; (b) Quorum requirements for the meeting; and (c) Designation of additional or substitute directors.

(2) The board of directors, either before or during any such emergency, may provide, and from time to time modify, lines of succession in the event that during such emergency any or all officers or agents of the corporation are for any reason rendered incapable of discharging their duties.

(3) All provisions of the regular bylaws not inconsistent with the emergency bylaws remain effective during the emergency. The emergency bylaws are not effective after the emergency ends.

(4) Corporate action taken in good faith in accordance with the emergency bylaws: (a) Binds the corporation; and (b) May not be used to impose liability on a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation.

(5) An emergency exists for purposes of this section if a quorum of the board of directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.

History: s. 22, ch. 89-154; s. 22, ch. 2019-90.