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Fla. Stat. § 88.5061 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part V / Section 88.5061
88.5061 Contest by obligor.
Status: in_force

(1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part VI of this chapter, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.

History: s. 29, ch. 97-170; s. 41, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 403.9328 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part VII / Section 403.9328
403.9328 Alteration and trimming of mangroves; permit requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not alter or trim, or cause to be altered or trimmed, any mangrove within the landward extent of wetlands and other surface waters, as defined in chapter 62-340.200(19), Florida Administrative Code, using the methodology in s. 373.4211 and chapter 62-340, Florida Administrative Code, when the trimming does not meet the criteria in s. 403.9326 or s. 403.9327 except under a permit issued under this section by the department or a delegated local government or as otherwise provided by ss. 403.9321-403.9333. Any violation of ss. 403.9321-403.9333 is presumed to have occurred with the knowledge and consent of any owner, trustee, or other person who directly or indirectly has charge, control, or management, either exclusively or with others, of the property upon which the violation occurs. However, this presumption may be rebutted by competent, substantial evidence that the violation was not authorized by the owner, trustee, or other person.

(2)(a) The department, when deciding to issue or deny a permit for mangrove alteration or trimming under this section, shall use the criteria in s. 373.414(1) and (8). If the applicant is unable to meet these criteria, the department and the applicant shall first consider measures to reduce or eliminate the unpermittable impacts. If unpermittable impacts still remain, the applicant may propose, and the department shall consider, measures to mitigate the otherwise unpermittable impacts. A request for a permit to alter mangroves must be submitted in writing with sufficient specificity to enable the department to determine the scope and impacts of the proposed alteration activities. (b) The department shall issue or deny a permit for mangrove alteration in accordance with chapter 120 and s. 403.0876.

(3) The use of herbicides or other chemicals for the purposes of removing leaves from a mangrove is strictly prohibited.

(4) If a local government receives delegation of the department’s authority to regulate mangroves, the delegated local government shall issue permits for mangrove trimming when the trimming does not meet the criteria in s. 403.9326 or for mangrove alteration in lieu of a departmental permit. A delegated local government may impose stricter substantive standards than those of the department for the issuance of a permit authorized by this section but may not prohibit all mangrove trimming.

(5) A permit is not required under ss. 403.9321-403.9333 to trim or alter mangroves if the trimming or alteration is part of an activity that is exempt under s. 403.813 or is permitted under part IV of chapter 373. The procedures for permitting under part IV of chapter 373 will control in those instances.

History: s. 8, ch. 95-299; s. 8, ch. 96-206; s. 38, ch. 97-98.
Fla. Stat. § 64.204 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 64 / Part II / Section 64.204
64.204 Service; notice by posting.
Status: in_force

(1) This part does not limit or affect the method by which service of a complaint in a partition action may be made.

(2) If the plaintiff in a partition action seeks notice by publication, and the court determines that the property is heirs property, then the court shall order the clerk of the court to issue a notice of action to the plaintiff in the form set forth in s. 49.08 and the plaintiff must, not later than 10 days after receipt, post the notice of action on the property that is the subject of the action.

History: s. 2, ch. 2020-55.
Fla. Stat. § 468.3095 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part IV / Section 468.3095
468.3095 Inactive status; reactivation; automatic suspension; reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(1) A certificateholder may request that his or her certificate be placed in an inactive status by making application to the department and paying a fee in an amount set by the department not to exceed $50.

(2)(a) A certificate that has been expired for less than 10 years may be reactivated upon payment of the biennial renewal fee and a late renewal fee, not to exceed $100, and submission of a reactivation application containing any information that the department deems necessary to show that the applicant is a certificateholder in good standing and has met the requirements for continuing education. The department shall prescribe, by rule, continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a certificate. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a certificate may not exceed 10 classroom hours for each year the certificate was expired and may not exceed 100 classroom hours for all years in which the certificate was expired. (b) A certificate that has been inactive for less than 10 years may be reactivated by meeting all of the requirements of paragraph (a) for expired certificates, except for payment of the fee for late renewal. (c) A certificate that has been inactive or expired for 10 years or more automatically becomes null and void and may not be reactivated, renewed, or used to practice radiologic technology or to perform the duties of a radiologist assistant. A certificateholder whose certificate has become null and void may become certified again only by reapplying to the department as a new applicant and meeting the requirements of s. 468.304 or s. 468.3065. (d) When an expired or inactive certificate is reactivated, the reactivated certificate expires on the last day of the certificateholder’s birth month and shall be valid for at least 12 months but no more than 24 months. However, if the reactivating certificateholder already holds a regular, active certificate in a different category under this part, the reactivated certificate shall be combined with and expire on the same date as the existing certificate.

History: ss. 11, 19, ch. 84-269; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 288, ch. 97-103; s. 44, ch. 2004-350; s. 9, ch. 2006-139.
Fla. Stat. § 553.895 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part IV / Section 553.895
553.895 Firesafety.
Status: in_force

(1) Any transient public lodging establishment, as defined in chapter 509 and used primarily for transient occupancy as defined in s. 83.43(18), or any timeshare unit of a timeshare plan as defined in chapters 718 and 721, which is of three stories or more and for which the construction contract has been let after September 30, 1983, with interior corridors which do not have direct access from the guest area to exterior means of egress and on buildings over 75 feet in height that have direct access from the guest area to exterior means of egress and for which the construction contract has been let after September 30, 1983, shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system installed in compliance with the provisions prescribed in the National Fire Protection Association publication NFPA No. 13 (1985), “Standards for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems.” Each guest room and each timeshare unit shall be equipped with an approved listed single-station smoke detector meeting the minimum requirements of NFPA 74 (1984) “Standards for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of Household Fire Warning Equipment,” powered from the building electrical service, notwithstanding the number of stories in the structure, if the contract for construction is let after September 30, 1983. Single-station smoke detectors shall not be required when guest rooms or timeshare units contain smoke detectors connected to a central alarm system which also alarms locally.

(2) Except for single-family and two-family dwellings, any building which is of three stories or more and for which the construction contract is let after January 1, 1994, regardless of occupancy classification and including any building which is subject to s. 509.215, shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system installed in compliance with the provisions of chapter 633 and the rules and codes adopted pursuant thereto. A stand-alone parking garage constructed with noncombustible materials, the design of which is such that all levels of the garage are uniformly open to the atmosphere on all sides with percentages of openings as prescribed in the applicable building code, and which parking garage is separated from other structures by at least 20 feet, is exempt from the requirements of this subsection. Telecommunications spaces located within telecommunications buildings, if the spaces are equipped to meet an equivalent fire prevention standard approved by both the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire Marshal, are exempt from the requirements of this subsection. In a building less than 75 feet in height which is protected throughout with an approved and maintained fire sprinkler system, a manual wet standpipe, as defined in the National Fire Protection Association Standard 14, Standard for the Installation of Standpipe, Private Hydrant, and Hose Systems, shall be allowed.

History: s. 2, ch. 83-194; s. 103, ch. 85-81; s. 8, ch. 86-174; s. 1, ch. 93-276; s. 3, ch. 95-379; s. 31, ch. 2001-186; s. 112, ch. 2023-8; s. 4, ch. 2024-199.
Fla. Stat. § 397.431 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 397 / Part II / Section 397.431
397.431 Individual responsibility for cost of substance abuse impairment services.
Status: in_force

(1) Before accepting an individual for admission and in accordance with confidentiality guidelines, both the full charge for services and the fee charged to the individual for such services under the provider’s fee system or payment policy must be disclosed to each individual or his or her authorized personal representative, or parent or legal guardian if the individual is a minor who did not seek treatment voluntarily and without parental consent.

(2) An individual or his or her authorized personal representative, or parent or legal guardian if the individual is a minor, is required to contribute toward the cost of substance abuse services in accordance with his or her ability to pay, unless otherwise provided by law.

(3) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a minor is not liable for payment for any substance abuse services provided to the minor without parental consent pursuant to s. 397.601(4), unless the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian participates or is ordered to participate in the services, and only for the substance abuse services rendered. If the minor is receiving services as a juvenile offender, the obligation to pay is governed by the law relating to juvenile offenders.

(4) Service providers that do not contract for state funds to provide substance abuse services as defined in this chapter may establish their own admission policies regarding provisions for payment for services. Such policies must comply with other statutory and regulatory requirements governing state or federal reimbursements to a provider for services delivered to individuals. As used in this subsection, the term “contract for state funds” does not include Medicaid funds.

(5) Service providers that contract for state funds to provide substance abuse services as defined in this chapter must establish a fee system based upon an individual’s ability to pay and, if space and sufficient state resources are available, may not deny an individual access to services solely on the basis of the individual’s inability to pay.

History: s. 3, ch. 93-39; s. 735, ch. 95-148; s. 22, ch. 2009-132.
Fla. Stat. § 740.01 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 740 / Section 740.01
740.01 Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is the original user.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise ordered by the court or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is an original user of an account any digital asset of the account held in trust, including a catalog of electronic communications of the trustee and the content of electronic communications.

History: s. 11, ch. 2016-46.
Fla. Stat. § 624.4392 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.4392
624.4392 Fund balance.
Status: in_force

(1) Each multiple-employer welfare arrangement licensed on or after October 1, 1991, shall have a fund balance equal to $200,000 before a certificate of authority may be issued by the office. After it has received a certificate of authority, the arrangement must maintain a fund balance equal to $100,000 or 10 percent of total liabilities, whichever is greater.

(2) A multiple-employer welfare arrangement holding a certificate of authority on October 1, 1991, shall increase and maintain its fund balance as follows: (a) As of January 1, 1992, the balance shall be equal to $75,000 or 5 percent of total liabilities, whichever is greater. (b) As of January 1, 1993, the balance shall be equal to $100,000 or 10 percent of total liabilities, whichever is greater.

(3) The office shall order the arrangement to assess participating employers at any time the fund balance does not meet the requirements of this section.

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 88-116; ss. 28, 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 812, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 402.3026 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 402 / Section 402.3026
402.3026 Full-service schools.
Status: in_force

(1) The State Board of Education and the Department of Health shall jointly establish full-service schools to serve students from schools that have a student population that has a high risk of needing medical and social services, based on the results of the demographic evaluations. The full-service schools must integrate the services of the Department of Health that are critical to the continuity-of-care process. The Department of Health shall provide services to these high-risk students through facilities established within the grounds of the school. The Department of Health professionals shall carry out their specialized services as an extension of the educational environment. Such services may include, without limitation, nutritional services, basic medical services, aid to dependent children, parenting skills, counseling for abused children, counseling for children at high risk for delinquent behavior and their parents, and adult education.

(2) The Department of Health shall designate an executive staff director to coordinate the full-service schools program and to act as liaison with the Department of Education to coordinate the provision of health and rehabilitative services in educational facilities.

History: s. 20, ch. 90-273; s. 122, ch. 94-209; s. 34, ch. 99-5; s. 146, ch. 99-8.
Fla. Stat. § 157.11 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 157 / Section 157.11
157.11 Lateral drains may be established; commissioners may enlarge district or widen any drain; cost; proviso.
Status: in_force

Lateral drains may be established in like manner as main ditches, drains or canals. Such lateral ditches, drains or canals may be made a part of the original plat and survey of such main ditch, drain or canal, and may be in the original petition therefor, or may be established in like manner under the provisions of this chapter, at any time after the completion of such main ditch, drain or canal. Any drain or lateral that has been constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, under the provisions of this or any prior act, shall be and remain under the exclusive control and direction of the board of county commissioners, and no drain shall be connected therewith or cut into the same without the consent of the board of county commissioners first obtained in writing, stating how such connection shall be made, and the connection shall then be made in such manner as the said board shall direct; and any person failing to observe the direction of the board in making such connection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. The said board of county commissioners may enlarge or extend any drain and drainage district, or deepen or widen any drain, and assess the property benefited and raise the money and pay the cost thereof under the same conditions and procedure provided herein for the establishment and construction of drains; provided, that a drain may be deepened and widened upon the petition of one-fourth of the owners of property, or the owners of one-fourth of the property originally assessed for the construction thereof. Any mistake, oversight, miscalculation or error in any proceedings had under this chapter may be corrected, and shall thereafter be deemed and held as valid and binding as if the same had not occurred.

History: s. 13, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 960; s. 9, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 3, ch. 6958, 1915; RGS 1745; CGL 2796; s. 81, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 689.08 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.08
689.08 Fines and common recoveries.
Status: in_force

Conveyance by fine or by common recovery shall never be used in this state.

History: s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1953; GS 2454; RGS 3794; CGL 5667.
Fla. Stat. § 565.04 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 565 / Section 565.04
565.04 Package store restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) Vendors licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a) shall not in said place of business sell, offer, or expose for sale any merchandise other than such beverages, and such places of business shall be devoted exclusively to such sales; provided, however, that such vendors shall be permitted to sell bitters; grenadine; nonalcoholic mixer-type beverages, not to include fruit juices produced outside this state; fruit juices produced in this state; home bar and party supplies and equipment, including but not limited to glassware and party-type foods; miniatures of no alcoholic content; nicotine products; and tobacco products. Such places of business shall have no openings permitting direct access to any other building or room, except to a private office or storage room of the place of business from which patrons are excluded.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, when delivering alcoholic beverages to a vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a), a licensed distributor may transport the beverages through another premises owned in whole or in part by the vendor.

History: s. 11, ch. 16774, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(237); s. 1, ch. 20830, 1941; s. 13, ch. 23746, 1947; s. 1, ch. 29964, 1955; s. 1, ch. 57-327; s. 1, ch. 65-143; s. 1, ch. 67-257; s. 5, ch. 72-230; s. 9, ch. 2016-190; s. 9, ch. 2023-211; s. 48, ch. 2024-2.
Fla. Stat. § 478.48 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 478 / Section 478.48
478.48 Assumption of title and use of abbreviations.
Status: in_force

Only persons who are licensed under this chapter may use the title “Electrologist,” “Registered Electrologist,” or the abbreviation “RE.”

History: s. 9, ch. 92-172.
Fla. Stat. § 719.1064 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 719 / Part I / Section 719.1064
719.1064 Failure to fill vacancies on board of administration; appointment of receiver upon petition of unit owner.
Status: in_force

If an association fails to fill vacancies on the board of administration sufficient to constitute a quorum in accordance with the bylaws, any unit owner may apply to the circuit court within whose jurisdiction the cooperative lies for the appointment of a receiver to manage the affairs of the association. At least 30 days prior to applying to the circuit court, the unit owner shall mail to the association and post in a conspicuous place on the cooperative property a notice describing the intended action, giving the association the opportunity to fill the vacancies. If during such time the association fails to fill the vacancies, the unit owner may proceed with the petition. If a receiver is appointed, the association shall be responsible for the salary of the receiver, court costs, and attorney’s fees. The receiver shall have all powers and duties of a duly constituted board of administration and shall serve until the association fills vacancies on the board sufficient to constitute a quorum.

History: s. 8, ch. 81-185.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1506 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1506
620.1506 Distribution in kind.
Status: in_force

A partner does not have a right to demand or receive any distribution from a limited partnership in any form other than cash. Subject to s. 620.1813, a limited partnership may distribute an asset in kind to the extent each partner receives a percentage of the asset equal to the partner’s share of distributions.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 537.015 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.015
537.015 Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who acts as a title loan lender without first securing the license prescribed by this act commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) In addition to any other applicable penalty, any person who willfully violates any provision of this act or who willfully makes a false entry in any record specifically required by this act commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 14, ch. 2000-138.
Fla. Stat. § 495.161 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 495 / Section 495.161
495.161 Common-law rights.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law.

History: s. 1, ch. 67-58; s. 18, ch. 2006-191.