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Fla. Stat. § 380.0665 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 380 / Part I / Section 380.0665
380.0665 Executive director; agents and employees.
Status: in_force

The appointment and removal of an executive director shall be by the members of the land authority. The executive director shall subsequently employ legal and technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as the land authority may require.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-170.
Fla. Stat. § 395.806 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 395 / Part V / Section 395.806
395.806 Designation of family practice teaching hospitals.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A hospital that offers a family practice residency program of at least 18 positions for resident family practice physicians is eligible for designation as a family practice teaching hospital. (b) A hospital seeking designation as a family practice teaching hospital must submit documentation and an application to the Agency for Health Care Administration in the manner the agency determines. (c) To maintain the designation as a family practice teaching hospital, a hospital must offer a residency program of at least 24 positions for resident family practice physicians within 5 years after the initial designation. The agency shall terminate the designation of a hospital that does not meet the requirements of this paragraph.

(2)(a) A family practice teaching hospital must fill at least 90 percent of its positions for resident family practice physicians. (b) A family practice teaching hospital that has residency programs other than family practice must maintain at least 60 percent of its total residents in family practice.

History: s. 3, ch. 94-182; s. 34, ch. 95-146; s. 19, ch. 98-89.
Fla. Stat. § 316.07456 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.07456
316.07456 Transitional implementation.
Status: in_force

Any traffic infraction detector deployed on the highways, streets, and roads of this state must meet specifications established by the Department of Transportation, and must be tested at regular intervals according to specifications prescribed by the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation must establish such specifications on or before December 31, 2010. However, any such equipment acquired by purchase, lease, or other arrangement under an agreement entered into by a county or municipality on or before July 1, 2011, or equipment used to enforce an ordinance enacted by a county or municipality on or before July 1, 2011, is not required to meet the specifications established by the Department of Transportation until July 1, 2011.

History: s. 7, ch. 2010-80.
Fla. Stat. § 624.19 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part I / Section 624.19
624.19 Existing forms and filings.
Status: in_force

Every form of insurance document and every rate or other filing lawfully in use immediately prior to October 1, 1959, may continue to be so used or be effective until the commission or office otherwise prescribes pursuant to this code.

History: s. 811, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 12, 15, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 758, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 258.45 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part II / Section 258.45
258.45 Provisions not superseded.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not supersede, but shall be subject to, the provisions of ss. 403.501-403.518.

History: ss. 3, 6, ch. 75-172; s. 48, ch. 90-331.
Fla. Stat. § 420.161 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 420 / Part II / Section 420.161
420.161 Housing Development Corporation of Florida; period of existence; method of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) The period of duration of the corporation shall be perpetual, subject, however, to the right of the stockholders and the members to dissolve the corporation as provided in subsection (2).

(2) The corporation may, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes to which the stockholders are entitled, dissolve the corporation as provided under part I of chapter 607, as long as that part does not conflict with this act. Upon any dissolution of the corporation, the corporation’s assets may not be distributed to the stockholders until all sums due the members of the corporation as creditors thereof have been paid in full.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-172; s. 149, ch. 77-104; s. 45, ch. 2014-209.
Fla. Stat. § 77.27 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 77 / Section 77.27
77.27 No appeal until fees are paid.
Status: in_force

If the writ is dismissed or plaintiff fails to sustain his or her claim, an appeal from the judgment is not permitted until the attorney fee provided in s. 77.28 has been paid.

History: s. 2, ch. 4030, 1891; GS 1357; RGS 2553; CGL 4171; s. 27, ch. 67-254; s. 400, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2014-211.
Fla. Stat. § 462.13 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 462 / Section 462.13
462.13 Additional powers and duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department may administer oaths, summon witnesses, and take testimony in all matters relating to its duties pursuant to this chapter. Every unrevoked license shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the person therein named is legally licensed to practice naturopathy. The department shall aid the prosecuting attorneys of the state in the enforcement of this chapter.

History: s. 15, ch. 12286, 1927; CGL 3483; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 78-139; ss. 13, 15, 19, 25, 30, 34, 62, ch. 80-406; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 12, 13, ch. 85-303; s. 55, ch. 87-225; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 298.12 — Florida Code / Title XXI / Chapter 298 / Section 298.12
298.12 Annual election of supervisors; term of office; vacancy.
Status: in_force

(1) Every year in the same month after the time for the election of the first board of supervisors, it shall call a meeting of the landowners in the district in the same manner as is provided for in s. 298.11, and the owners of land in such district shall meet at the stated time and place and elect one supervisor. Owners whose assessments have not been paid for the previous year are not entitled to vote. In case of their failure to elect, the Governor shall appoint such supervisor, who shall hold the supervisor’s office for 3 years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified; and in case of a vacancy in any office of supervisor elected by the landowners, the remaining supervisors or, if they fail to act within 30 days, the Governor may fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting, when a successor shall be elected for the unexpired term.

(2) A vacancy in any of the three elected positions on the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District Board of Supervisors which is not filled by a vote of the district’s landowners pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be filled by the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners within 30 days. The supervisor so appointed shall fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting when a successor shall be elected by the landowners for the unexpired portion of the term. A vacancy in any of the two appointed supervisor positions shall be filled by the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners within 30 days.

History: s. 5, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 1102; CGL 1455; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 76-181; s. 5, ch. 79-5; s. 121, ch. 94-356; s. 886, ch. 95-148; s. 3, ch. 97-40; s. 3, ch. 98-329; s. 6, ch. 2000-308.
Fla. Stat. § 733.202 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 733 / Part II / Section 733.202
733.202 Petition.
Status: in_force

Any interested person may petition for administration.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 52, ch. 75-220; s. 19, ch. 77-87; s. 19, ch. 92-200; s. 986, ch. 97-102; s. 86, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 671.301 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 671 / Part III / Section 671.301
671.301 Effective date; provision for transition; preservation of old transition provision.
Status: in_force

(1) This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1980.

(2) Transactions validly entered into after January 1, 1967, and before the effective date of this act, and which were subject to the provisions of chapter 65-254, Laws of Florida, as amended, and which would be subject to this act as amended if they had been entered into after the effective date of this act and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such transactions remain valid after the latter date and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by this act. Security interests arising out of such transactions which are perfected when this act becomes effective shall remain perfected until they lapse as provided in this act and may be continued as permitted by this act, except as stated in s. 680.108, Florida Statutes 1979.

(3) The provisions of s. 680.101, Florida Statutes 1977, shall continue to apply to this act and for this purpose the two statutes shall be considered one continuous statute.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 1, ch. 69-218; s. 36, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 621.07 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 621 / Section 621.07
621.07 Liability of officers, agents, employees, shareholders, members, and corporation or limited liability company.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this act shall be interpreted to abolish, repeal, modify, restrict, or limit the law now in effect in this state applicable to the professional relationship and liabilities between the person furnishing the professional services and the person receiving such professional service and to the standards for professional conduct; provided, however, that any officer, agent, member, manager, or employee of a corporation or limited liability company organized under this act shall be personally liable and accountable only for negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by that person, or by any person under that person’s direct supervision and control, while rendering professional service on behalf of the corporation or limited liability company to the person for whom such professional services were being rendered; and provided further that the personal liability of shareholders of a corporation, or members of a limited liability company, organized under this act, in their capacity as shareholders or members of such corporation or limited liability company, shall be no greater in any aspect than that of a shareholder-employee of a corporation organized under chapter 607 or a member-employee of a limited liability company organized under chapter 605. The corporation or limited liability company shall be liable up to the full value of its property for any negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by any of its officers, agents, members, managers, or employees while they are engaged on behalf of the corporation or limited liability company in the rendering of professional services.

History: s. 7, ch. 61-64; s. 2, ch. 67-590; s. 11, ch. 79-9; s. 8, ch. 93-110; s. 81, ch. 93-284; ss. 24, 25, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 677.402 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 677 / Part IV / Section 677.402
677.402 Duplicate document of title; overissue.
Status: in_force

A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer does not confer any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills of lading in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen or destroyed documents, or substitute documents issued pursuant to s. 677.105. The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 635, ch. 97-102; s. 42, ch. 2010-131.
Fla. Stat. § 627.6405 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VI / Section 627.6405
627.6405 Decreasing inappropriate utilization of emergency care.
Status: in_force

(1) A health insurer shall post on its website, and update annually, information regarding appropriate utilization of emergency care services which shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) A list of alternative urgent care contracted providers; (b) The types of services offered by these providers; (c) At least two examples illustrating the impact on insured and insurer paid amounts of inappropriate utilization of nonemergent services and care in a hospital emergency department setting compared to utilization of nonemergent services and care in an urgent care center; (d) An interactive tool to locate local in-network and out-of-network urgent care centers; and (e) What to do in the event of a true emergency.

(2) Health insurers shall develop community emergency department diversion programs. Such programs may include, at the discretion of the insurer, but not be limited to, enlisting providers to be on call to insurers after hours, coordinating care through local community resources, and providing incentives to providers for case management.

(3) As a disincentive for insureds to inappropriately use emergency department services for nonemergency care, health insurers may require higher copayments for urgent care or primary care provided in an emergency department and higher copayments for use of out-of-network emergency departments. Higher copayments may not be charged for the utilization of the emergency department for emergency care. For the purposes of this section, the term “emergency care” has the same meaning as the term “emergency services and care” as defined in s. 395.002(9) and includes services provided to rule out an emergency medical condition.

History: s. 25, ch. 2004-297; s. 4, ch. 2021-112.
Fla. Stat. § 15.0395 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 15 / Section 15.0395
15.0395 Official festival.
Status: in_force

The festival “Calle Ocho-Open House 8,” a Florida historical festival presented annually by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana and the Hispanic citizens of Miami-Dade County, is hereby recognized as a festival of Florida.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-82; s. 6, ch. 2008-4.
Fla. Stat. § 162.04 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 162 / Part I / Section 162.04
162.04 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 162.01-162.13, the term:

(1) “Local governing body” means the governing body of the county or municipality, however designated.

(2) “Code inspector” means any authorized agent or employee of the county or municipality whose duty it is to assure code compliance.

(3) “Local governing body attorney” means the legal counselor for the county or municipality.

(4) “Enforcement board” means a local government code enforcement board.

(5) “Repeat violation” means a violation of a provision of a code or ordinance by a person who has been previously found through a code enforcement board or any other quasi-judicial or judicial process, to have violated or who has admitted violating the same provision within 5 years prior to the violation, notwithstanding the violations occur at different locations.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-300; s. 4, ch. 82-37; s. 10, ch. 83-216; s. 3, ch. 86-201; s. 3, ch. 89-268; s. 3, ch. 99-360; s. 22, ch. 2001-60.
Fla. Stat. § 660.35 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 660 / Section 660.35
660.35 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments.
Status: in_force

In any case in which a trust company or the trust department of a bank or association is required to make an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or acknowledgment in connection with any fiduciary capacity in which it is acting or is preparing to act, the chair of the board of directors, the president, any vice president, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the cashier or secretary, or any other officer expressly authorized by action of the board of directors of such trust company, association, or bank shall make, and shall subscribe if required, any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or acknowledgment for and on behalf of such trust company, association, or bank.

History: s. 3, ch. 28016, 1953; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 133, 151, 152, ch. 80-260; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 91-307; s. 1, ch. 92-303; s. 547, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 744.621 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part VIII / Section 744.621
744.621 Inventory of ward’s property; guardian’s failure to file inventory; discharge; forfeiture of commissions.
Status: in_force

Every guardian shall, within 30 days after his or her qualification and whenever subsequently required by the circuit judge, file in the circuit court a complete inventory of all the ward’s personal property in his or her hands and, also, a schedule of all real estate in the state belonging to his or her ward, describing it and its quality, whether it is improved or not, and, if it is improved, in what manner, and the appraised value of same. The failure on the part of the guardian to conform to the requirements of this section is a ground for the discharge of the guardian, in which case the guardian shall forfeit all commissions.

History: s. 6, ch. 11906, 1927; CGL 2138; s. 24, ch. 73-334; s. 10, ch. 84-62; s. 1118, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 680.601 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part VI / Section 680.601
680.601 Saving clause.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in ss. 669.501-669.706, a transaction validly entered into before July 1, 2025, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such transaction remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by law other than the Uniform Commercial Code or, if applicable, by the Uniform Commercial Code as though this act had not taken effect.

History: s. 132, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 736.1206 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part XII / Section 736.1206
736.1206 Power to amend trust instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) In the case of a trust that is solely for a named charitable organization or organizations and for which the trustee does not possess any discretion concerning the distribution of income or principal among two or more such organizations, the trustee may amend the governing instrument to comply with the provisions of s. 736.1204(2) with the consent of the named charitable organization or organizations.

(2) In the case of a charitable trust that is not subject to subsection (1), the trustee may amend the governing instrument to comply with s. 736.1204(2) after delivery of notice to, and with the consent of, the Attorney General.

History: s. 12, ch. 2006-217; s. 8, ch. 2017-155.
Fla. Stat. § 571.03 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 571 / Part I / Section 571.03
571.03 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(2) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, trust, legal representative, or any other business unit.

(3) “Seal of quality” means any word, device, emblem, or symbol adopted by the department for the purpose of identifying and promoting the sale of high-quality agricultural products produced in Florida.

(4) “Reproduce” means to stencil, emboss, print, engrave, impress, imprint, lithograph, or duplicate in any manner or to cause any such acts to be done.

(5) “Agricultural product” includes any fresh or processed horticultural, aquacultural, viticultural, dairy, poultry, apicultural, or other farm or garden product.

(6) “Use of seal of quality” means to imprint a seal of quality on any produce package or container or to attach a reproduction of any seal of quality to any Florida agricultural product package or container of same, or to cause any such acts to be done, for the purpose of identifying any such product in its preparation for market or in any of the various steps in marketing.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-378; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 220, ch. 71-377; s. 6, ch. 87-367; s. 8, ch. 90-323.
Fla. Stat. § 624.5092 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part IV / Section 624.5092
624.5092 Administration of taxes; payments.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Revenue shall administer, audit, and enforce the assessment and collection of those taxes to which this section is applicable. The office and department may share information with the Department of Revenue as necessary to verify premium tax or other tax liability arising under such taxes and credits which may apply thereto.

(2)(a) Installments of the taxes to which this section is applicable shall be due and payable on April 15, June 15, and October 15 in each year, based upon the estimated gross amount of receipts of insurance premiums or assessments received during the immediately preceding calendar quarter. A final payment of tax due for the year shall be made at the time the taxpayer files her or his return for such year. On or before March 1 in each year, an annual return shall be filed showing, by quarters, the gross amount of receipts taxable for the preceding year and the installment payments made during that year. (b) Any taxpayer who fails to report and timely pay any installment of tax, who estimates any installment of tax to be less than 90 percent of the amount finally shown to be due in any quarter, or who fails to report and timely pay any tax due with the final return is in violation of this section and is subject to a penalty of 10 percent on any underpayment of taxes or delinquent taxes due and payable for that quarter or on any delinquent taxes due and payable with the final return. Any taxpayer paying, for each installment required in this section, 27 percent of the amount of the net tax due as reported on her or his return for the preceding year shall not be subject to the penalty provided by this section for underpayment of estimated taxes. (c) When any taxpayer fails to pay any amount due under this section, or any portion thereof, on or before the day when such tax or installment of tax is required by law to be paid, there shall be added to the amount due interest at the rate of 12 percent per year from the date due until paid. (d) All penalties and interest imposed on those taxes to which this section is applicable shall be payable to and collectible by the Department of Revenue in the same manner as if they were a part of the tax imposed. (e) The Department of Revenue may settle or compromise any such interest or penalties imposed on those taxes to which this section is applicable pursuant to s. 213.21.

(3) This section is applicable to taxes imposed by ss. 624.4621, 624.475, 624.509-624.515, 627.357, 629.5011, and 636.066.

History: s. 2, ch. 89-167; s. 45, ch. 90-132; s. 4, ch. 92-318; s. 4, ch. 93-128; s. 55, ch. 93-148; s. 22, ch. 93-233; s. 15, ch. 95-211; s. 196, ch. 97-102; s. 16, ch. 99-3; s. 845, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 39.3031 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 39 / Part III / Section 39.3031
39.3031 Rules for implementation of s. 39.303.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Children and Families, shall adopt rules governing the Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment programs pursuant to s. 39.303, including definitions, organization, roles and responsibilities, eligibility, services and their availability, qualifications of staff, and a waiver-request process.

History: s. 16, ch. 98-137; s. 17, ch. 99-2; s. 43, ch. 2011-213; s. 14, ch. 2014-19; s. 7, ch. 2015-177; s. 2, ch. 2017-153; s. 18, ch. 2019-3.
Fla. Stat. § 379.3711 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part VII / Section 379.3711
379.3711 License fee for private game preserves and farms.
Status: in_force

The license fee for establishing, maintaining, and operating a private preserve and farm pursuant to s. 379.302 is $50 per year. The fee is payable to the commission and shall be deposited in the State Game Trust Fund.

History: s. 157, ch. 2008-247.