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Fla. Stat. § 311.14 — Florida Code / Title XXII / Chapter 311 / Section 311.14
311.14 Seaport planning.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Transportation shall develop, in coordination with the ports listed in s. 311.09(1) and other partners, a Statewide Seaport and Waterways System Plan. This plan shall be consistent with the goals of the Florida Transportation Plan developed pursuant to s. 339.155 and shall consider needs identified in individual port master plans and those from the seaport strategic plans required under this section. The plan will identify 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year needs for the seaport system and will include seaport, waterway, road, and rail projects that are needed to ensure the success of the transportation system as a whole in supporting state economic development goals.

(2) Each port shall develop a strategic plan with a 10-year horizon. Each plan must include the following: (a) An economic development component that identifies targeted business opportunities for increasing business and attracting new business for which a particular facility has a strategic advantage over its competitors, identifies financial resources and other inducements to encourage growth of existing business and acquisition of new business, and provides a projected schedule for attainment of the plan’s goals. (b) An infrastructure development and improvement component that identifies all projected infrastructure improvements within the plan area which require improvement, expansion, or development in order for a port to attain a strategic advantage for competition with national and international competitors. (c) A component that identifies all intermodal transportation facilities, including sea, air, rail, or road facilities, which are available or have potential, with improvements, to be available for necessary national and international commercial linkages and provides a plan for the integration of port, airport, and railroad activities with existing and planned transportation infrastructure. (d) A component that identifies physical, environmental, and regulatory barriers to achievement of the plan’s goals and provides recommendations for overcoming those barriers. (e) An intergovernmental coordination component that specifies modes and methods to coordinate plan goals and missions with the missions of the Department of Transportation, other state agencies, and affected local, general-purpose governments. To the extent feasible, the port strategic plan must be consistent with the local government comprehensive plans of the units of local government in which the port is located. Upon approval of a plan by the port’s board, the plan shall be submitted to the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council.

(3) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council shall review the strategic plans submitted by each port and prioritize strategic needs for inclusion in the Florida Seaport Mission Plan prepared pursuant to s. 311.09(3).

History: s. 69, ch. 99-251; s. 3, ch. 2011-164; s. 14, ch. 2012-174; s. 10, ch. 2022-204.
Fla. Stat. § 110.124 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part I / Section 110.124
110.124 Termination or transfer of employees aged 65 or older.
Status: in_force

(1) An employee of the state who is within the Career Service System established by part II, or who is protected by any other merit system plan or system providing for tenure, may not be terminated by the agency or department in which he or she is employed solely because of attainment of age 65. Such employee may be terminated if the agency or department specifies charges or other cause for such termination. The attainment of age 65 or older shall not be considered as such specified cause for termination. If an employee continues in employment beyond age 65, the agency or department shall not be required to justify such continuation in employment.

(2) Whenever any employee who has attained age 65 is terminated by an agency or department solely because the employee attains age 65, the employee may apply for relief from the action to the Public Employees Relations Commission pursuant to s. 447.208. The employee shall continue in employment pending the outcome of the application. If the employee continues in employment following the decision of the commission, no further action shall be taken by the agency or department to terminate the employee for a period of 1 year following the date of the decision of the commission unless approved by the commission upon a showing by the agency or department that the employee’s capability has changed to a sufficient extent that he or she is no longer able to perform any job within such agency or department.

(3) Any employee who has attained age 65 may be transferred to some job requiring less responsibility and less arduous duties by the agency or department in which he or she is employed when determination is made that such employee is not able to satisfactorily carry out the full duties of his or her position. A transfer to a different position may be accompanied by an appropriate reduction in pay. Such transfer shall be subject to appeal by the employee.

(4) If mutually agreed to by the employee and the agency or department, an employee who has attained age 65 may be reduced to a part-time position for the purpose of phasing the employee out of employment into retirement. Such an arrangement may also be required by the Public Employees Relations Commission as part of its decision in any appeal arising out of this section. A reduction to a part-time position may be accompanied by an appropriate reduction in pay.

(5) In the event of transfer to another position or reduction to a part-time position, the agency or department concerned shall furnish, in writing, to the affected employee the reasons for the transfer or reduction, together with the name and classification of the employee concerned.

History: s. 21, ch. 79-190; s. 2, ch. 81-169; s. 73, ch. 86-163; s. 663, ch. 95-147; s. 6, ch. 96-399.
Fla. Stat. § 28.33 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 28 / Section 28.33
28.33 Investment of county funds by the clerk of the circuit court.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the circuit court in each county shall invest county funds in excess of those required to meet expenses as provided in s. 218.415. No clerk investing such funds shall be liable for the loss of any interest when circumstances require the withdrawal of funds placed in a time deposit and needed for immediate payment of county obligations. Except for interest earned on moneys deposited in the registry of the court, all interest accruing from moneys deposited shall be deemed income of the county and may be expended as receipts of the county as approved by the board of county commissioners pursuant to chapter 129. The clerk may invest moneys deposited in the registry of the court and shall retain as income of the office of the clerk and as a reasonable investment management fee 10 percent of the interest accruing on those funds with the balance of such interest being allocated in accordance with the interest of the depositors.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-282; s. 1, ch. 82-117; s. 166, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 2000-264; s. 6, ch. 2009-61.
Fla. Stat. § 518.06 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 518 / Section 518.06
518.06 Investment of fiduciary funds in loans insured by Federal Housing Administrator.
Status: in_force

Banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, and guardians holding funds received from or currently in receipt of funds from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to the extent of those funds alone, may:

(1) Make such loans and advances of credit, and purchases of obligations representing loans and advances of credit, as are insured by the Federal Housing Administrator, and obtain such insurance;

(2) Make such loans secured by real property or leasehold as the Federal Housing Administrator insures or makes a commitment to insure, and obtain such insurance.

History: s. 1, ch. 17130, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 7100(1); s. 1, ch. 17980, 1937; s. 2, ch. 28154, 1953; s. 25, ch. 93-268.
Fla. Stat. § 413.031 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 413 / Part I / Section 413.031
413.031 Products, purchase by state agencies and institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) DEFINITIONS. — When used in this section: (a) “Accredited nonprofit workshop” means a Florida workshop which has been certified by either the Division of Blind Services, for workshops concerned with blind persons, or the Department of Children and Families, when other handicapped persons are concerned, and such “workshop” means a place where any article is manufactured or handwork is carried on and which is operated for the primary purpose of providing employment to severely handicapped individuals, including the blind, who cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market. (b) “Handicapped” means an individual so severely disabled physically, or mentally, as to be unable to enter private industry on a competitive basis, but who can be made employable through an accredited nonprofitmaking agency for the handicapped, and which individual is over the age of 16 years.

(2) State institutions and agencies shall, where possible, purchase brooms, mops, rugs, rubber mats and other supplies (other than the products of prison labor) from sheltered Florida workshops operated by accredited nonprofit corporations, provided that such goods and supplies are of standard quality and price.

(3) When convenience or emergency requires it, the Department of Children and Families may upon request of the purchasing officer of any institution or agency relieve her or him from the obligation of this section.

(4) No state agency or institution shall purchase products or supplies purporting to be made by physically handicapped persons in workshops not certified under the provisions of this section.

(5) Any purchasing officer who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 29663, 1955; s. 2, ch. 61-210; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 358, ch. 71-136; s. 6, ch. 77-259; s. 9, ch. 79-12; s. 175, ch. 79-400; s. 79, ch. 91-224; s. 52, ch. 97-103; s. 199, ch. 99-8; s. 220, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 409.9745 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part IV / Section 409.9745
409.9745 Managed care plan biomarker testing.
Status: in_force

(1) A managed care plan must provide coverage for biomarker testing for recipients, as authorized under s. 409.906, at the same scope, duration, and frequency as the Medicaid program provides for other medically necessary treatments. (a) A recipient and health care provider shall have access to a clear and convenient process to request authorization for biomarker testing as provided under this section. Such process shall be made readily accessible on the website of the managed care plan. (b) This section does not require coverage of biomarker testing for screening purposes. (c) The agency shall include the rate impact of this section in the applicable Medicaid managed medical assistance program and long-term care managed care program rates.

(2) A managed care plan must provide coverage for blood-based biomarker tests for colorectal cancer screening covered under a National Coverage Determination from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the same scope and frequency as described in the National Coverage Determination.

History: s. 3, ch. 2024-249; s. 17, ch. 2025-204.
Fla. Stat. § 513.122 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 513 / Section 513.122
513.122 Theft of personal property; detention and arrest of violator; theft by employee.
Status: in_force

(1) Any law enforcement officer or operator of a recreational vehicle park who has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that theft of personal property belonging to such park has been committed by a person and that the officer or operator can recover such property or the reasonable value thereof by taking the person into custody may, for the purpose of attempting to effect such recovery or for prosecution, take such person into custody on the premises and detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable period of time. If the operator takes the person into custody, a law enforcement officer shall be called to the scene immediately. The taking into custody and detention by a law enforcement officer or an operator of a recreational vehicle park, if done in compliance with this subsection, does not render such law enforcement officer or operator criminally or civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, or unlawful detention.

(2) Any law enforcement officer may arrest, either on or off the premises and without warrant, any person if there is probable cause to believe that person has committed theft in a recreational vehicle park.

(3) Any person who resists the reasonable effort of a law enforcement officer or an operator of a recreational vehicle park to recover property that the law enforcement officer or operator has probable cause to believe had been stolen from the recreational vehicle park and who is subsequently found to be guilty of theft of the subject property is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, unless such person did not know, or did not have reason to know, that the person seeking to recover the property was a law enforcement officer or the operator of the recreational vehicle park. For purposes of this section, the charge of theft and the charge of resisting apprehension may be tried concurrently.

(4) Theft of any property belonging to a guest of a recreational vehicle park permitted under this chapter, or of property belonging to such a park, by an employee of the park or by an employee of a person that has contracted to provide services to the park constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 13, ch. 84-182; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 36, ch. 92-78; s. 23, ch. 93-150.
Fla. Stat. § 388.151 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 388 / Section 388.151
388.151 District boards of commissioners; meetings.
Status: in_force

All boards of commissioners shall hold regular monthly meetings, and special meetings as needed, in the courthouse or in the offices of the district. The time and place of said regular meetings shall be on file in the office of the district board of commissioners.

History: s. 2, ch. 59-195; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 157, ch. 77-147; s. 5, ch. 92-203.
Fla. Stat. § 448.076 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 448 / Part I / Section 448.076
448.076 Mandatory screening or testing for sickle-cell trait prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, state agency, unit of local government, or any public or private entity shall require screening or testing for the sickle-cell trait as a condition for employment, for admission into any state educational institution or state-chartered private educational institution, or for becoming eligible for adoption if otherwise eligible for adoption under the laws of this state.

History: s. 4, ch. 78-35.
Fla. Stat. § 381.0402 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0402
381.0402 Area health education center network.
Status: in_force

The department, in cooperation with the state-approved medical schools in this state, shall organize an area health education center network based on earlier medically indigent demonstration projects and shall evaluate the impact of each network on improving access to services by persons who are medically underserved. The network shall be a catalyst for the primary care training of health professionals through increased opportunities for training in medically underserved areas.

(1) The department shall contract to assist in funding an area health education center network which links the provision of primary care services to low-income persons with the education of medical students, interns, and residents. The network shall: (a) Be coordinated with and under contract with the state-approved medical schools, which shall be responsible for the clinical training and supervision. (b) Divide the state into service areas with each state-approved medical school coordinating the recruiting, training, and retention of medical students within its assigned area. (c) Use a multidisciplinary approach with appropriate medical supervision. (d) Use current community resources such as county health departments, federally funded primary care centers, or other primary health care providers as community-based sites for training medical students, interns, and residents.

(2) The department shall establish criteria and procedures for quality assurance, performance evaluations, periodic audits, and other appropriate safeguards for the network.

(3) The department shall make every effort to assure that participating medical schools do not discriminate among enrollees with respect to age, race, sex, or health status. However, such schools may target high-risk medically needy population groups.

(4) The department may use no more than 5 percent of the annual appropriation for administering and evaluating the network.

History: s. 10, ch. 87-92; s. 24, ch. 88-294; s. 18, ch. 90-295; s. 50, ch. 91-297; s. 47, ch. 97-101; s. 5, ch. 2006-26; s. 13, ch. 2008-5.
Fla. Stat. § 736.0707 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part VII / Section 736.0707
736.0707 Delivery of property by former trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the court otherwise orders and until the trust property is delivered to a successor trustee or other person entitled to the property, a trustee who has resigned or been removed has the duties of a trustee and the powers necessary to protect the trust property.

(2) A trustee who has resigned or been removed shall within a reasonable time deliver the trust property within the trustee’s possession to the cotrustee, successor trustee, or other person entitled to the property, subject to the right of the trustee to retain a reasonable reserve for the payment of debts, expenses, and taxes. The provisions of this subsection are in addition to and are not in derogation of the rights of a removed or resigning trustee under the common law.

History: s. 7, ch. 2006-217.
Fla. Stat. § 366.09 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 366 / Section 366.09
366.09 Incrimination at hearing of commission.
Status: in_force

Any person called upon to testify before the commission or one of its examiners shall not be excused from answering on the ground or claim that his or her testimony would tend to incriminate himself or herself; but no person having so testified shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she may have testified or produced documentary evidence provided that no person so testifying shall be exempted from prosecution or punishment for perjury in so testifying.

History: s. 9, ch. 26545, 1951; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 16, ch. 80-35; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 22, ch. 89-292; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 553, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 159.475 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part III / Section 159.475
159.475 Authority reporting requirement.
Status: in_force

Any authority which issues any revenue bonds pursuant to this part shall supply the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration with a copy of the report required pursuant to s. 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, at the times required pursuant to that section.

History: s. 24, ch. 83-271; s. 6, ch. 86-181; s. 145, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 13, ch. 95-196; s. 13, ch. 2000-158.
Fla. Stat. § 318.1435 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.1435
318.1435 Youthful driver monitoring services.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “youthful driver monitoring service” means an entity that enables parents or guardians to monitor the driving performance of their minor children. The service may provide monitoring by posting on a vehicle a placard that shows a toll-free telephone number and a unique identifying number and includes a request to members of the public to call the toll-free telephone number to report inappropriate driving practices. The service shall enter into a contract with the parents or guardians under which the service shall timely forward to the parents or guardians all reports of inappropriate driving practices by the minor child.

(2) A youthful driver monitoring service may register with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The registration must consist of a narrative description of the services offered by the youthful driver monitoring service, the name of the manager in charge of the service, the address of the service, and the telephone number of the service. Registration under this subsection remains valid indefinitely, but it is the responsibility of the youthful driver monitoring service to timely file a revised registration statement to reflect any changes in the required information. If the department determines that the youthful driver monitoring service is not providing the services described in the narrative statement, the department may suspend the registration; however, the department must reinstate the registration when the service files a revised statement that reflects its actual practices.

History: s. 22, ch. 2006-290.
Fla. Stat. § 76.31 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 76 / Section 76.31
76.31 Judgments.
Status: in_force

If a default is entered for plaintiff and defendant has retaken the property on a forthcoming bond, final judgment shall be entered at the same time against defendant and the surety on the bond for the amount of the judgment against defendant if it is less than the value of the property as fixed by the officer, or for the value of the property so fixed if the value is less than the judgment against defendant. If defendant has retaken the property on a bond to pay the debt, the judgment shall also be entered against the surety for the amount of the judgment against defendant. When judgment is entered against defendant after trial, it shall be entered against the surety as above provided except that the value of the property retaken by defendant shall be found by the court or jury, as the case may be, and stated in the finding or verdict.

History: RS 1664; GS 2128; RGS 3429; CGL 5282; s. 26, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 627.424 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.424
627.424 Minor may give acquittance.
Status: in_force

(1) Any minor domiciled in this state who has attained the age of 16 years shall be deemed competent to receive and to give full acquittance and discharge for a payment or payments in aggregate amount not exceeding $3,000 in any one year made by a life insurer under the maturity, death, or settlement agreement provisions in effect or elected by such minor under a life insurance policy or annuity contract, if such policy, contract, or agreement provides for the payment to such minor. No such minor shall be deemed competent to alienate the right to or to anticipate or commute such payments. This section shall not be deemed to restrict the rights of minors set forth in s. 627.406.

(2) If a guardian of the property of any such minor is duly appointed and written notice thereof is given to the insurer at its home office, any such payment thereafter falling due shall be paid to the guardian for the account of the minor, unless the policy or contract under which the payment is made expressly provides otherwise.

(3) This section shall not be deemed to require any insurer making any such payment to determine whether any other insurer may be effecting a similar payment to the same minor.

History: s. 473, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.