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Fla. Stat. § 106.022 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.022
106.022 Appointment of a registered agent; duties.
Status: in_force

(1) Each political committee or electioneering communications organization shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered office and a registered agent and must file with the filing officer a statement of appointment for the registered office and registered agent. The statement of appointment must: (a) Provide the name of the registered agent and the street address and phone number for the registered office; (b) Identify the entity for whom the registered agent serves; (c) Designate the address the registered agent wishes to use to receive mail; (d) Include the entity’s undertaking to inform the filing officer of any change in such designated address; (e) Provide for the registered agent’s acceptance of the appointment, which must confirm that the registered agent is familiar with and accepts the obligations of the position as set forth in this section; and (f) Contain the signature of the registered agent and the entity engaging the registered agent.

(2) An entity may change its appointment of registered agent and registered office under this section by executing a written statement of change and filing it with the filing officer. The statement must satisfy all of the requirements of subsection (1).

(3) A registered agent may resign his or her appointment as registered agent by executing a written statement of resignation and filing it with the filing officer. An entity without a registered agent may not make expenditures or accept contributions until it files a written statement of change as required in subsection (2).

History: s. 67, ch. 2005-277; s. 2, ch. 2006-300; s. 20, ch. 2010-167; ss. 6, 30, ch. 2011-6; s. 54, ch. 2011-40; HJR 7105, 2011 Regular Session; s. 5, ch. 2013-37.
Fla. Stat. § 475.619 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part II / Section 475.619
475.619 Inactive status.
Status: in_force

(1) A registration, license, or certification which has become inactive may be renewed upon application to the department. The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements for each year the registration, license, or certification was inactive, as a condition of renewing an inactive registration, license, or certification.

(2) Any registration, license, or certification which has been inactive for more than 4 years shall automatically expire. Once a registration, license, or certification expires, it becomes null and void without any further action by the board or department. Two years prior to the expiration of the registration, license, or certification, the department shall give notice by mail to the registered trainee, licensee, or certificateholder at her or his last known address. The board shall prescribe by rule a fee not to exceed $100 for the late renewal of an inactive registration, license, or certification. The department shall collect the current renewal fee for each renewal period in which the registration, license, or certification was inactive, in addition to any applicable late renewal fee.

(3) The board shall adopt rules relating to inactive registrations, licenses, and certifications and for the renewal of such registrations, licenses, and certifications.

History: ss. 9, 11, ch. 91-89; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 387, ch. 97-103; s. 28, ch. 98-250; s. 11, ch. 2003-164.
Fla. Stat. § 515.31 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.31
515.31 Drowning prevention education program; public information publication.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall develop a drowning prevention education program, which shall be made available to the public at the state and local levels and which shall be required as set forth in s. 515.27(2) for persons in violation of the pool safety requirements of this chapter. The department may charge a fee, not to exceed $100, for attendance at such a program. The drowning prevention education program shall be funded using fee proceeds, state funds appropriated for such purpose, and grants. The department, in lieu of developing its own program, may adopt a nationally recognized drowning prevention education program to be approved for use in local safety education programs, as provided in rule of the department.

(2) The department shall also produce, for distribution to the public at no charge, a publication that provides information on drowning prevention and the responsibilities of pool ownership. The department, in lieu of developing its own publication, may adopt a nationally recognized drowning prevention and responsibilities of pool ownership publication, as provided in rule of the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 2000-143.
Fla. Stat. § 90.5055 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.5055
90.5055 Accountant-client privilege.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section: (a) An “accountant” is a certified public accountant or a public accountant. (b) A “client” is any person, public officer, corporation, association, or other organization or entity, either public or private, who consults an accountant with the purpose of obtaining accounting services. (c) A communication between an accountant and the accountant’s client is “confidential” if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than: 1. Those to whom disclosure is in furtherance of the rendition of accounting services to the client. 2. Those reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication.

(2) A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, the contents of confidential communications with an accountant when such other person learned of the communications because they were made in the rendition of accounting services to the client. This privilege includes other confidential information obtained by the accountant from the client for the purpose of rendering accounting advice.

(3) The privilege may be claimed by: (a) The client. (b) A guardian or conservator of the client. (c) The personal representative of a deceased client. (d) A successor, assignee, trustee in dissolution, or any similar representative of an organization, corporation, or association or other entity, either public or private, whether or not in existence. (e) The accountant, but only on behalf of the client. The accountant’s authority to claim the privilege is presumed in the absence of contrary evidence.

(4) There is no accountant-client privilege under this section when: (a) The services of the accountant were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit what the client knew or should have known was a crime or fraud. (b) A communication is relevant to an issue of breach of duty by the accountant to the accountant’s client or by the client to his or her accountant. (c) A communication is relevant to a matter of common interest between two or more clients, if the communication was made by any of them to an accountant retained or consulted in common when offered in a civil action between the clients.

History: s. 12, ch. 78-361; s. 2, ch. 78-379; s. 478, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 942.06 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 942 / Section 942.06
942.06 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Law to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings.”

History: s. 6, ch. 20458, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 217.05 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 217 / Section 217.05
217.05 Continuation of commitments made by Development Commission.
Status: in_force

Any legal commitments, contracts or other obligations heretofore entered into or assumed by the commission in connection with its procurement and distribution of surplus property pursuant to state and federal laws outstanding on the effective date of this law are charged to and shall be performed by the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 672.508 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part V / Section 672.508
672.508 Cure by seller of improper tender or delivery; replacement.
Status: in_force

(1) Where any tender or delivery by the seller is rejected because nonconforming and the time for performance has not yet expired, the seller may seasonably notify the buyer of his or her intention to cure and may then within the contract time make a conforming delivery.

(2) Where the buyer rejects a nonconforming tender which the seller had reasonable grounds to believe would be acceptable with or without money allowance the seller may if he or she seasonably notifies the buyer have a further reasonable time to substitute a conforming tender.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 583, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 732.505 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part V / Section 732.505
732.505 Revocation by writing.
Status: in_force

A will or codicil, or any part of either, is revoked:

(1) By a subsequent inconsistent will or codicil, even though the subsequent inconsistent will or codicil does not expressly revoke all previous wills or codicils, but the revocation extends only so far as the inconsistency.

(2) By a subsequent will, codicil, or other writing executed with the same formalities required for the execution of wills declaring the revocation.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 23, ch. 75-220; s. 13, ch. 77-87; s. 269, ch. 79-400; s. 44, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 945.25 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 945 / Section 945.25
945.25 Records.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Corrections to obtain and place in its records information as complete as practicable on every person who may be sentenced to supervision or incarceration under the jurisdiction of the department. Such information shall be obtained as soon as possible after imposition of sentence and shall, in the discretion of the department, include, among other things: (a) A copy of the indictment or information and a complete statement of the facts of the crime for which such person has been sentenced. (b) The court in which the person was sentenced. (c) The terms of the sentence. (d) The name of the presiding judge, the prosecuting officers, the investigating officers, and the attorneys for the person convicted. (e) A copy of all probation reports which may have been made. (f) Any social, physical, mental, psychiatric, or criminal record of such person.

(2) It shall be the duty of the court and its prosecuting officials to furnish to the department upon its request such information and also to furnish such copies of such minutes and other records as may be in their possession or under their control.

(3) Following the initial hearing provided for in s. 947.172(1), the commission shall prepare and the department shall include in the official record a copy of the seriousness-of-offense and favorable-parole-outcome scores and shall include a listing of the specific factors and information used in establishing a presumptive parole release date for the inmate.

History: s. 11, ch. 20519, 1941; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 81, 87, ch. 77-120; s. 20, ch. 78-417; s. 97, ch. 79-3; s. 57, ch. 88-122; s. 5, ch. 92-310; s. 28, ch. 95-145; s. 26, ch. 2004-335.
Fla. Stat. § 63.012 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 63 / Section 63.012
63.012 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Florida Adoption Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 73-159.
Fla. Stat. § 943.057 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.057
943.057 Access to criminal justice information for research or statistical purposes.
Status: in_force

The Department of Law Enforcement may provide by rule for access to and dissemination and use of criminal justice information for research or statistical purposes. All requests for records or information in the criminal justice information systems of the department shall require the requesting individual or entity to enter into an appropriate privacy and security agreement which provides that the requesting individual or entity shall comply with all laws and rules governing the use of criminal justice information for research or statistical purposes. The department may charge a fee for the production of criminal justice information under this section. Such fee shall approximate the actual cost of production. This section does not require the release of confidential information or require the department to accommodate requests that would disrupt ongoing operations beyond the extent required by s. 119.07.

History: s. 10, ch. 80-409; s. 4, ch. 94-126; s. 442, ch. 96-406; s. 13, ch. 98-94.
Fla. Stat. § 680.503 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part V / Section 680.503
680.503 Modification or impairment of rights and remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the lease agreement may include rights and remedies for default in addition to or in substitution for those provided in this chapter and may limit or alter the measure of damages recoverable under this chapter.

(2) Resort to a remedy provided under this chapter or in the lease agreement is optional unless the remedy is expressly agreed to be exclusive. If circumstances cause an exclusive or limited remedy to fail of its essential purpose, or provision for an exclusive remedy is unconscionable, remedy may be had as provided in this chapter.

(3) Consequential damages may be liquidated under s. 680.504, or may otherwise be limited, altered, or excluded unless the limitation, alteration, or exclusion is unconscionable. Limitation, alteration, or exclusion of consequential damages for injury to the person in the case of consumer goods is prima facie unconscionable but limitation, alteration, or exclusion of damages where the loss is commercial is not prima facie unconscionable.

(4) Rights and remedies on default by the lessor or the lessee with respect to any obligation or promise collateral or ancillary to the lease contract are not impaired by this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 34, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 626.382 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part I / Section 626.382
626.382 Continuation, expiration of license; insurance agencies.
Status: in_force

The license of an insurance agency shall continue in force until canceled, suspended, or revoked or until it is otherwise terminated or expires by operation of law.

History: ss. 182(2nd), 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 15, ch. 2005-257; s. 15, ch. 2014-123.
Fla. Stat. § 713.77 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part II / Section 713.77
713.77 Liens of owners, operators, or keepers of mobile home or recreational vehicle parks; ejection of occupants.
Status: in_force

A lien prior in dignity to all others except a lien for unpaid purchase price shall exist in favor of the owner, operator, or keeper of a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park for rent owing by, and for money or other property advanced to, any occupant thereof upon the goods, chattels, or other personal property of such occupant. Upon the nonpayment of such sums in accordance with the rules of such park, or for failure to observe any provision of this part or the rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of Health, the owner, operator, or keeper thereof may instantly eject such occupant therefrom. A lien created in favor of an owner or operator of a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park may be enforced in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the enforcement of liens in favor of keepers of hotels and boardinghouses. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent an owner or operator of a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park from enforcing any claim for rent under and in the manner provided by landlord and tenant acts of this state.

History: s. 11, ch. 12419, 1927; s. 1, ch. 19365, 1939; CGL 4149; s. 36, ch. 67-254; s. 13, ch. 83-321; s. 277, ch. 99-8.
Fla. Stat. § 114.03 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 114 / Section 114.03
114.03 Certain executive officers not to absent themselves from the state.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, and Commissioner of Agriculture shall reside at the capital, and no member of the Cabinet shall absent himself or herself from the state for a period of 60 consecutive days or more without the consent of the Governor and a majority of the Cabinet. If a Cabinet officer should refuse or fail to comply with and observe the requirements of this section, his or her office may be deemed vacant pursuant to paragraph (f) or paragraph (g) of s. 114.01(1), as appropriate.

History: ch. 1845, 1871; RS 216; GS 300; RGS 398; CGL 463; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 2, ch. 77-235; s. 730, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 2003-6.
Fla. Stat. § 634.3205 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.3205
634.3205 Rebating; when allowed.
Status: in_force

(1) No sales representative shall rebate any portion of his or her commission except as follows: (a) The rebate shall be available to all consumers in the same actuarial class. (b) The rebate shall be in accordance with a rebating schedule filed with and approved by the home warranty association issuing the home warranty to which the rebate applies. The home warranty association shall maintain a copy of all rebating schedules for a period of 3 years. (c) The rebating schedule shall be uniformly applied so all consumers who purchase the same home warranty through the sales representative for the same coverage shall receive the same percentage rebate. (d) The rebate schedule shall be prominently displayed in public view in the sales representative’s place of business, and a copy shall be made available to consumers on request at no charge. (e) The age, sex, place of residence, race, nationality, ethnic origin, marital status, or occupation of the consumer shall not be used in determining the percentage of the rebate or whether a rebate is available.

(2) No rebate shall be withheld or limited in amount based on factors which are unfairly discriminatory.

(3) No rebate shall be given which is not reflected on the rebate schedule.

(4) No rebate shall be refused or granted based upon the purchase of or failure to purchase collateral business.

History: s. 40, ch. 2004-374; s. 26, ch. 2010-175.
Fla. Stat. § 905.36 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 905 / Section 905.36
905.36 Duty of state attorney or other legal adviser; presentation of evidence.
Status: in_force

The statewide prosecutor in charge of the Office of Statewide Prosecution shall attend sessions of the statewide grand jury and serve as its legal adviser. The legal adviser shall examine witnesses; present evidence; and draft indictments, presentments, and reports upon the direction of the statewide grand jury. The legal adviser may designate one or more of her or his assistants, any state attorney, or one or more assistant state attorneys to attend sessions of the statewide grand jury and perform the legal adviser’s duties. The legal adviser and her or his assistants or a state attorney or assistant state attorney designated by the legal adviser to advise the statewide grand jury shall be empowered to prosecute an indictment returned by the statewide grand jury in the judicial circuit where the proper venue lies.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-132; s. 4, ch. 74-627; s. 4, ch. 77-403; s. 7, ch. 85-179; s. 1506, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 318.16 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.16
318.16 Appeals; stay orders; procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person is found to have committed an infraction by the hearing official, he or she may appeal that finding to the circuit court. An appeal under this subsection shall not operate to stay the reporting requirements of s. 318.14(7) or to stay appropriate action by the department upon receipt of that report.

(2) The circuit court, upon application by the appellant, may: (a) Order a stay of any action by the department during pendency of the appeal, but not to exceed a period of 60 days. A copy of the order shall be forwarded to the department. (b) Deny the application.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-377; s. 334, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 348.70 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 348 / Part II / Section 348.70
348.70 This part complete and additional authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The powers conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the existing respective powers of the authority, the department, the county, and the city, if any, and this part shall not be construed as repealing any of the provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, but shall be deemed to supersede such other law or laws in the exercise of the powers provided in this part insofar as such other law or laws are inconsistent with the provisions of this part and to provide a complete method for the exercise of the powers granted herein. The construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, repair, maintenance, and operation of the expressway system, and the issuance of bonds hereunder to finance all or part of the cost thereof, may be accomplished upon compliance with the provisions of this part without regard to or necessity for compliance with the provisions, limitations, or restrictions contained in any other general, special, or local law, including, but not limited to, s. 215.821, and no approval of any bonds issued under this part by the qualified electors or qualified electors who are freeholders in the state or in the county or in the city or in any other political subdivision of the state shall be required for the issuance of such bonds.

(2) This part does not repeal, rescind, or modify any other law or laws relating to the State Board of Administration, the Department of Transportation, or the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration, but shall supersede such other law or laws as are inconsistent with the provisions of this part, including, but not limited to, s. 215.821.

History: s. 21, ch. 63-447; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 33, ch. 2010-225.
Fla. Stat. § 56.011 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 56 / Section 56.011
56.011 Executions; capias ad satisfaciendum abolished.
Status: in_force

A capias ad satisfaciendum may not be issued upon a judgment, nor may the body of any person be subject to arrest or confinement for the payment of money, except for fines imposed by lawful authority.

History: s. 53, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 1184; GS 1612; RGS 2816; CGL 4503; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 2016-33.
Fla. Stat. § 516.36 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 516 / Section 516.36
516.36 Installment requirement.
Status: in_force

Every loan made pursuant to this chapter must be repaid in periodic installments as nearly equal as mathematically practicable, except that the final payment may be less than the amount of the prior installments. Installments may be due every 2 weeks, semimonthly, or monthly. This section does not apply to lines of credit.

History: s. 12, ch. 73-192; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 6, ch. 86-100; ss. 16, 17, ch. 88-342; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 2018-17.
Fla. Stat. § 468.711 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part XIII / Section 468.711
468.711 Renewal of license; continuing education.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee, provided the applicant is in compliance with the provisions of this section, chapter 456, and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

(2) The board may, by rule, prescribe continuing education requirements, not to exceed 24 hours biennially. The criteria for continuing education shall be approved by the board and must include a current certification in both cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as set forth in the continuing education requirements as determined by the board.

(3) If initially licensed after January 1, 1998, the licensee must be currently certified by the Board of Certification or its successor agency and maintain that certification in good standing without lapse.

History: s. 7, ch. 95-388; s. 102, ch. 98-166; s. 6, ch. 99-349; s. 136, ch. 99-397; s. 160, ch. 2000-160; s. 2, ch. 2006-39; s. 19, ch. 2011-95; s. 7, ch. 2015-116; s. 3, ch. 2020-29; s. 33, ch. 2020-133.