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Fla. Stat. § 382.355 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 382 / Section 382.355
382.355 Birth records of missing children, registrars’ duties.
Status: in_force

The flagging of a missing child’s birth certificate record and the procedures to be used when requests for the record are made shall be governed by s. 937.024.

History: s. 1, ch. 87-384.
Fla. Stat. § 316.83 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.83
316.83 Autonomous vehicle grading standards for roads on State Highway System.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall coordinate with federal, regional, and local partners, as well as industry representatives, to establish standards by which roads on the State Highway System shall be graded according to their compatibility with the operation of autonomous vehicles. In establishing such standards, the department shall consider factors including, but not limited to, the structural adequacy and safety of each road and the particular challenges that the overall driving environment of each road may present to a fully autonomous vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged. Autonomous vehicle grading standards established pursuant to this section shall be incorporated into standards for transportation projects involving the construction of new roads or maintenance of existing roads on the State Highway System.

History: s. 3, ch. 2023-197.
Fla. Stat. § 593.23 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 593 / Section 593.23
593.23 Provision of physicians and health care facilities by Department of Health.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health shall provide physicians and health care facilities in an area in which the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is conducting an emergency response to a plant pest infestation which involves the aerial application of a pesticide to an urbanized area with technical assistance relating to health problems that may result from chemical exposure. The Department of Health shall provide the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of physicians and health care facilities in the area in which the eradication program will be conducted which specialize in health problems resulting from chemical exposure.

History: s. 4, ch. 98-108.
Fla. Stat. § 714.12 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 714 / Section 714.12
714.12 Powers and duties of receiver.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as limited by court order or the laws of this state other than this chapter, a receiver may: (a) Collect, control, manage, conserve, and protect receivership property; (b) Operate a business constituting receivership property, including preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of the property in the ordinary course of business; (c) In the ordinary course of business, incur unsecured debt and pay expenses incidental to the receiver’s preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of receivership property; (d) Assert a right, claim, cause of action, or defense of the owner which relates to receivership property; (e) Seek and obtain instruction from the court concerning receivership property, exercise of the receiver’s powers, and performance of the receiver’s duties; (f) Upon subpoena, compel a person to submit to examination under oath, or to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated records or tangible things, with respect to receivership property or any other matter that may affect administration of the receivership; (g) Engage a professional pursuant to s. 714.15; (h) Apply to a court of another state for appointment as ancillary receiver with respect to receivership property located in that state; and (i) Exercise any power conferred by court order, this chapter, or the laws of this state other than this chapter.

(2) With court approval, a receiver may: (a) Incur debt for the use or benefit of receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business; (b) Make improvements to receivership property; (c) Use or transfer receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business pursuant to s. 714.16; (d) Adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner pursuant to s. 714.17; (e) Pay compensation to the receiver pursuant to s. 714.21, and to each professional engaged by the receiver under s. 714.15; (f) Recommend allowance or disallowance of a claim of a creditor pursuant to s. 714.20; and (g) Make a distribution of receivership property pursuant to s. 714.20.

(3) A receiver shall: (a) Prepare and retain appropriate business records, including a record of each receipt, disbursement, and disposition of receivership property; (b) Account for receivership property, including the proceeds of a sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of the property; (c) File with the recording office of the county in which the real property is located a copy of the order appointing the receiver and, if a legal description of the real property is not included in the order, the legal description; (d) Disclose to the court any fact arising during the receivership which would disqualify the receiver under s. 714.07; and (e) Perform any duty imposed by court order, this chapter, or the laws of this state other than this chapter.

(4) The powers and duties of a receiver may be expanded, modified, or limited by court order.

History: s. 1, ch. 2020-106.
Fla. Stat. § 388.301 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 388 / Section 388.301
388.301 Payment of state funds; supplies and services.
Status: in_force

State funds shall be payable, in accordance with the rules of the department, upon requisition by the department to the Chief Financial Officer. The department is authorized to furnish insecticides, chemicals, materials, equipment, vehicles, and personnel in lieu of state funds where mass purchasing may save funds for the state, or where it would be more practical and economical to use equipment, supplies, and services between two or more programs.

History: s. 2, ch. 59-195; s. 1, ch. 63-236; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 166, ch. 77-147; s. 11, ch. 92-203; s. 408, ch. 2003-261; s. 17, ch. 2025-22.
Fla. Stat. § 574.02 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 574 / Section 574.02
574.02 Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to enable producers to have sufficient time to properly cure, prepare, and have an adequate time to market their leaf tobacco. Nothing herein shall prohibit a producer from selling his or her tobacco at a private sale at any time. The provisions of this act shall apply only to sales of leaf tobacco produced in the calendar year in which the sale is made.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-154; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 4, ch. 83-9; s. 1, ch. 93-6; s. 905, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 376.41 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 376 / Section 376.41
376.41 Minerals Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Minerals Trust Fund is established in and administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

(2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund shall be administered in accordance with ss. 211.06, 211.31, 211.3103, 376.11, 376.40, 377.24, 377.2408, 377.2425, 377.247, and 377.41.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

History: s. 2, ch. 2015-8.
Fla. Stat. § 258.3991 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part II / Section 258.3991
258.3991 Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve.
Status: in_force

(1) DESIGNATION. — The area described in subsection (2) which lies within Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco Counties is designated by the Legislature for inclusion in the aquatic preserve system under the Florida Aquatic Preserve Act of 1975 and as an Outstanding Florida Water pursuant to s. 403.061(28) and shall be known as the “Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve.” It is the intent of the Legislature that the Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve be preserved in an essentially natural condition so that its biological and aesthetic values may endure for the enjoyment of future generations. This section may not be construed to impose additional permitting requirements for county or state projects under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act) that are funded pursuant to 33 U.S.C. s. 1321(t)(3).

(2) BOUNDARIES. — For purposes of this section, the Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve consists of the state-owned submerged lands lying west of a meandering line following the westernmost shorelines of Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco Counties, excluding artificial waterways, canals, inland rivers, and tributaries. Such state-owned submerged lands include all those lands seaward of the mean high-water line and tidally connected to the Gulf of America, lying south of a line extending westerly approximately 4.5 miles along Latitude 28.910000°, Florida West Zone (NAD83) from the mean high-water line of the corresponding shoreline at Fort Island Gulf Beach Park, Latitude 28.910000°, Longitude -82.690000°, and lying westward of a line extending north approximately 1.8 miles from Latitude 28.909402°, Longitude -82.764° to Latitude 28.9355°, Longitude -82.764°, lying southward of a line extending westerly approximately 2.0 miles to Latitude 28.9355°, Longitude -82.798214°, lying westward of a line extending north approximately 4.5 miles to the easternmost point of the southern boundary of the Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve at point Latitude 29.001614°, Longitude -82.798921°, and will be continuous with the eastern shoreline of the northern boundary of the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve, respectively. The boundary of the Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve designated as the shoreline will be the mean high-water line along such shoreline unless otherwise stated and will not supersede the boundaries of currently designated Outstanding Florida Waters, state parks, national wildlife refuges, or aquatic preserves.

History: s. 1, ch. 2020-136; s. 16, ch. 2021-51; s. 38, ch. 2025-8.
Fla. Stat. § 394.473 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 394 / Part I / Section 394.473
394.473 Attorney’s fee; expert witness fee.
Status: in_force

(1) In the case of an indigent person for whom an attorney is appointed pursuant to the provisions of this part, the attorney shall be compensated by the state pursuant to s. 27.5304. In the case of an indigent person, the court may appoint a public defender. The public defender shall receive no additional compensation other than that usually paid his or her office.

(2) In the case of an indigent person for whom expert testimony is required in a court hearing pursuant to the provisions of this act, the expert, except one who is classified as a full-time employee of the state or who is receiving remuneration from the state for his or her time in attendance at the hearing, shall be compensated by the state pursuant to s. 27.5304.

History: s. 13, ch. 71-131; s. 10, ch. 73-133; s. 25, ch. 73-334; s. 12, ch. 79-298; s. 3, ch. 82-176; s. 14, ch. 82-212; s. 713, ch. 95-148; s. 107, ch. 2003-402; s. 70, ch. 2004-265.
Fla. Stat. § 626.931 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part VIII / Section 626.931
626.931 Agent affidavit and insurer reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Each surplus lines agent that has transacted business during a calendar quarter shall on or before the 45th day following the calendar quarter file with the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office an affidavit, on forms as prescribed and furnished by the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office, stating that all surplus lines insurance transacted by him or her during such calendar quarter has been submitted to the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office as required.

(2) The affidavit of the surplus lines agent shall include efforts made to place coverages with authorized insurers and the results thereof.

(3) Each foreign insurer accepting premiums shall, on or before the end of the month following each calendar quarter, file with the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office a verified report of all surplus lines insurance transacted by such insurer for insurance risks located in this state during such calendar quarter.

(4) Each alien insurer accepting premiums shall, on or before June 30 of each year, file with the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office a verified report of all surplus lines insurance transacted by such insurer for insurance risks located in this state during the preceding calendar year.

(5) The department may waive the filing requirements described in subsections (3) and (4).

(6) Each insurer’s report and supporting information shall be in a computer-readable format as determined by the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office or shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office and shall show for each applicable agent: (a) A listing of all policies, certificates, cover notes, or other forms of confirmation of insurance coverage or any substitutions thereof or endorsements thereto and the identifying number; and (b) Any additional information required by the department or Florida Surplus Lines Service Office.

History: s. 370, ch. 59-205; s. 7, ch. 63-86; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 313, 318, 807, ch. 82-243; s. 20, ch. 89-360; ss. 205, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 31, ch. 92-146; s. 308, ch. 97-102; s. 4, ch. 97-196; s. 6, ch. 2001-213; s. 1021, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2011-46; s. 16, ch. 2016-132.
Fla. Stat. § 713.67 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part II / Section 713.67
713.67 Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc.
Status: in_force

In favor of keepers of hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses, and boardinghouses for the board, lodging and occupancy of and for moneys advanced to transient guests or tenants, upon the goods and chattels belonging to such guests or tenants in such hotel, apartment house, roominghouse or boardinghouse, including garage and storeroom. Upon the nonpayment of such sums in accordance with the rules of such hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses or boardinghouses, the keeper thereof may instantly eject such transient guests or tenants therefrom.

History: s. 6, ch. 1999, 1874; RS 1740; GS 2206; RGS 3513; CGL 5374; s. 44, ch. 16042, 1933; s. 36, ch. 67-254; s. 6, ch. 73-330.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.082 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part I / Section 1004.082
1004.082 Talent retention programs.
Status: in_force

The Chancellor of the State University System shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Education to support talent retention programs that encourage middle school and high school students who indicate an interest in or aptitude for physics or mathematics to continue their education at a state university that has excellent departments in selected fields. The chancellor and the commissioner shall work with state university department chairs to enable department chairs of outstanding state university departments to send letters to students who indicate an interest in or aptitude for those subjects. At a minimum, the letter should provide an open invitation for the student to communicate with the department, at least annually, and to schedule a tour of the department and the campus.

History: s. 48, ch. 2013-27.
Fla. Stat. § 553.991 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part VIII / Section 553.991
553.991 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this part is to identify systems for rating the energy efficiency of buildings. It is in the interest of the state to encourage the consideration of energy-efficiency rating systems in the market so as to provide market rewards for energy-efficient buildings and to those persons or companies designing, building, or selling energy-efficient buildings.

History: s. 12, ch. 93-249; s. 41, ch. 98-250; s. 25, ch. 2013-193.
Fla. Stat. § 270.24 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 270 / Section 270.24
270.24 Payment of special assessments or levies upon state lands.
Status: in_force

Where the lands of the state, title to which is vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, are subject to special assessments or special levies of taxes imposed by authority of the Legislature, the board of trustees may pay such special assessments or special levies out of moneys received from the sale of lands so taxed, and said special assessments or special levies which shall include accumulated amounts, if any, shall be due and payable on the next due date for the collection of such special assessments or special levies after the sale of said land. And land conveyed into other ownership by legislative grant or by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, without monetary consideration or its equivalent, shall pass the obligation against the land for the payment of such special assessments or special levies to the grantee.

History: s. 3, ch. 17272, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 1771(14); s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 717.105 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 717 / Section 717.105
717.105 Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to ss. 717.104 and 717.115, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including, but not limited to, a cashier’s check or a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than 5 years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed unclaimed unless the owner, within 5 years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the banking or financial organization.

(2) No holder may deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charges imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for encashment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose those charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel those charges with respect to the instrument.

History: s. 6, ch. 87-105; s. 2, ch. 96-301; s. 6, ch. 2001-36.
Fla. Stat. § 672.724 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part VII / Section 672.724
672.724 Admissibility of market quotations.
Status: in_force

Whenever the prevailing price or value of any goods regularly bought and sold in any established commodity market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of such market shall be admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of such a report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254.
Fla. Stat. § 458.3311 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.3311
458.3311 Emergency procedures for disciplinary action.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no later than 30 days after a third report of a professional liability claim against a licensed physician has been submitted, within a 60-month period, as required by ss. 456.049 and 627.912, the Department of Health shall initiate an emergency investigation and the Board of Medicine shall conduct an emergency probable cause hearing to determine whether the physician should be disciplined for a violation of s. 458.331(1)(t) or any other relevant provision of law.

History: s. 26, ch. 2003-416.
Fla. Stat. § 553.88 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part IV / Section 553.88
553.88 Adoption of electrical and alarm standards.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of establishing minimum electrical and alarm standards in this state, the current edition of the following standards are adopted:

(1) “National Electrical Code,” NFPA No. 70.

(2) Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc., “Standards for Safety, Electrical Lighting Fixtures, and Portable Lamps,” UL 57 and UL 153.

(3) Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc., “Standard for Electric Signs,” UL 48.

(4) The provisions of the following which prescribe minimum electrical and alarm standards: (a) NFPA No. 56A, “Inhalation Anesthetics.” (b) NFPA No. 56B, “Respiratory Therapy.” (c) NFPA No. 56C, “Laboratories in Health-related Institutions.” (d) NFPA No. 56D, “Hyperbaric Facilities.” (e) NFPA No. 56F, “Nonflammable Medical Gas Systems.” (f) NFPA No. 72, “National Fire Alarm Code.” (g) NFPA No. 76A, “Essential Electrical Systems for Health Care Facilities.”

(5) The rules and regulations of the Department of Health, entitled “Nursing Homes and Related Facilities Licensure.”

(6) The minimum standards for grounding of portable electric equipment, chapter 8C-27 as recommended by the Division of Workers’ Compensation, Department of Financial Services.

The Florida Building Commission shall update and maintain such electrical standards consistent with the procedures established in s. 553.73 and may recommend the National Electrical Installation Standards.

History: s. 5, ch. 70-332; s. 1, ch. 72-292; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 1, ch. 75-55; s. 452, ch. 77-147; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 78-62; s. 46, ch. 79-7; s. 79, ch. 79-40; s. 1, ch. 82-15; s. 1, ch. 84-66; s. 1, ch. 84-273; s. 20, ch. 88-149; s. 1, ch. 89-74; s. 32, ch. 90-228; s. 9, ch. 91-119; ss. 35, 68, ch. 98-287; s. 49, ch. 98-419; ss. 92, 108, ch. 2000-141; s. 34, ch. 2001-186; s. 3, ch. 2001-372; s. 667, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 430.602 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 430 / Section 430.602
430.602 Home care for the elderly; definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 430.601-430.606:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Elderly Affairs.

(2) “Elderly person” means any person 60 years of age or over who is currently a resident of this state and has an intent to remain in this state.

(3) “Home care for the elderly” means a full-time family-type living arrangement, in a private home, under which a person or group of persons provides, on a nonprofit basis, basic services of maintenance and supervision, and any necessary specialized services as may be needed, for three or fewer elderly persons.

History: s. 82, ch. 95-418.
Fla. Stat. § 641.455 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part II / Section 641.455
641.455 Disposition of moneys collected under this part.
Status: in_force

Fees, administrative penalties, examination expenses, and other sums collected by the office under this part shall be deposited to the credit of the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund; however, fees, examination expenses, and other sums collected by, or allocated to, the Agency for Health Care Administration under this part shall be deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.

History: ss. 10, 11, ch. 84-313; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 274, ch. 99-8; s. 1623, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 631.902 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part V / Section 631.902
631.902 Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this part are to:

(1) Create a not-for-profit Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association, Incorporated, to provide a mechanism for the payment of covered claims under chapter 440 to avoid excessive delay in payment and to avoid financial loss to claimants because of the insolvency of a member insurer.

(2) Assist in the detection and prevention of insurer insolvencies.

(3) Allocate the cost of such protection among the insurers.

(4) Provide for the prompt payment by the corporation of workers’ compensation claims incurred by insolvent insurers.

History: s. 20, ch. 97-262.