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Fla. Stat. § 284.35 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 284 / Part II / Section 284.35
284.35 Administrative personnel; expenses to be paid from fund.
Status: in_force

The Department of Financial Services is authorized, in accordance with current budget and personnel requirements, to employ necessary administrative and clerical personnel and actuarial consultants, as necessary to maintain, operate, and administer the fund. All salaries and expenses of administration and operation shall be paid from the fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-206; s. 321, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 203.012 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 203 / Section 203.012
203.012 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Distribution company” means any person owning or operating local electric or natural or manufactured gas utility distribution facilities within this state for the transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity or natural or manufactured gas. The term does not include natural gas transmission companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(2) “Person” means any person as defined in s. 212.02.

(3) “Utility service” means electricity for light, heat, or power; and natural or manufactured gas for light, heat, or power, including transportation, delivery, transmission, and distribution of the electricity or natural or manufactured gas. This subsection does not broaden the definition of utility service to include separately stated charges for tangible personal property or services which are not charges for the electricity or natural or manufactured gas or the transportation, delivery, transmission, or distribution of electricity or natural or manufactured gas.

History: ss. 2, 6, ch. 84-342; s. 30, ch. 85-116; s. 3, ch. 85-174; s. 3, ch. 86-155; s. 44, ch. 87-224; s. 17, ch. 90-132; s. 13, ch. 91-112; s. 1, ch. 97-283; ss. 42, 58, ch. 2000-260; s. 38, ch. 2001-140; s. 2, ch. 2005-148.
Fla. Stat. § 545.06 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 545 / Section 545.06
545.06 Acceptance of anything of value by finance company resulting in lessening competition prohibited.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any finance company to accept or receive, or contract or agree to accept or receive, either directly or indirectly, any payment, thing or service of value from any manufacturer or wholesale distributor of motor vehicles, if the effect of the acceptance or receipt of any such payment, thing, or service of value may be to lessen or eliminate competition, or to create or tend to create a monopoly in the person who accepts or receives such payment, thing, or service of value, or contracts or agrees to accept or receive the same.

History: s. 5, ch. 18031, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(464).
Fla. Stat. § 540.04 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 540 / Section 540.04
540.04 Department of State to revoke permit of corporation found guilty of discrimination.
Status: in_force

If any corporation, foreign or domestic, authorized to do business in this state, is found guilty of unfair discrimination within the terms of this chapter, the Department of State shall immediately revoke the permit of such corporation to do business in this state.

History: s. 5, ch. 6945, 1915; RGS 2520; CGL 3942; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 941.17 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.17
941.17 Extension of time of commitment, adjournment.
Status: in_force

If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant or bond, a judge may discharge the accused or may recommit him or her for a further period not to exceed 60 days, or a judge may again take bail for his or her appearance and surrender, as provided in s. 941.16, but within a period not to exceed 60 days after the date of such new bond.

History: s. 17, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 1608, ch. 97-102; s. 47, ch. 2004-11.
Fla. Stat. § 688.003 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 688 / Section 688.003
688.003 Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

(1) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation.

(2) In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time for which use could have been prohibited. Exceptional circumstances include, but are not limited to, a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation that renders a prohibitive injunction inequitable.

(3) In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order.

History: s. 3, ch. 88-254.
Fla. Stat. § 573.106 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 573 / Section 573.106
573.106 Petitioner’s expense.
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of any marketing order by the department, the department shall require the applicants to deposit with it such amounts as the department may deem necessary to defray the expenses of preparing and making effective any marketing order. Funds shall be received, deposited, and disbursed by the department; provided, however, any balance remaining shall be returned to the petitioners if the proposed order does not become effective. If the proposed order does become effective, the total amount deposited may be refunded from the funds collected under the order upon the recommendation of the advisory council and approval of the department.

History: ss. 6, 26, ch. 87-171; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 673.2031 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part II / Section 673.2031
673.2031 Transfer of instrument; rights acquired by transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by a person other than its issuer for the purpose of giving to the person receiving delivery the right to enforce the instrument.

(2) Transfer of an instrument, whether or not the transfer is a negotiation, vests in the transferee any right of the transferor to enforce the instrument, including any right as a holder in due course, but the transferee cannot acquire rights of a holder in due course by a transfer, directly or indirectly, from a holder in due course if the transferee engaged in fraud or illegality affecting the instrument.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed, if an instrument is transferred for value and the transferee does not become a holder because of lack of indorsement by the transferor, the transferee has a specifically enforceable right to the unqualified indorsement of the transferor, but negotiation of the instrument does not occur until the indorsement is made.

(4) If a transferor purports to transfer less than the entire instrument, negotiation of the instrument does not occur. The transferee obtains no rights under this chapter and has only the rights of a partial assignee.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 35.02 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.02
35.02 First Appellate District.
Status: in_force

The First Appellate District is composed of the First, Second, Third, Eighth, and Fourteenth Judicial Circuits.

History: s. 1, ch. 57-248; s. 1, ch. 65-294; s. 1, ch. 79-413; s. 5, ch. 2022-163.
Fla. Stat. § 626.781 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part III / Section 626.781
626.781 “Ordinary class insurer” and “ordinary-variable contract class insurer” defined.
Status: in_force

(1) An “ordinary class insurer” is an insurer writing life insurance on the legal reserve plan, for amounts of $1,000 or more, with premiums payable on the annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly, or weekly basis.

(2) An “ordinary-variable contract class insurer” is an insurer writing an ordinary class of insurance which insurer issues life insurance or annuity contracts providing for payments or values which vary directly according to investment experience.

History: s. 285, ch. 59-205; s. 18, ch. 61-441; s. 4, ch. 73-31; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 257, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 324.121 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 324 / Section 324.121
324.121 Suspension of license and registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, as provided in s. 324.111, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this section, and in s. 324.141.

(2)(a) If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the department may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident’s operating privilege, the same may be allowed by the department, in its discretion, for 6 months from the date of such consent and thereafter until such consent is revoked in writing notwithstanding default in the payment of such judgment, or any installments thereof prescribed in s. 324.141, provided the judgment debtor furnished proof of financial responsibility as provided in s. 324.031, such proof to be maintained for 3 years. (b) If the department determines that an insurer was obligated to pay the judgment but failed to do so through no fault of the judgment debtor, the judgment debtor’s license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege shall not be suspended.

History: s. 1, ch. 29963, 1955; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 71-59; s. 29, ch. 90-119.
Fla. Stat. § 627.919 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XVII / Section 627.919
627.919 Maintenance of insurance data.
Status: in_force

The office shall maintain data elements required in insurers’ annual statements and information reported by insurers pursuant to this part in a computer file which will be available for the generation of reports and calculations on a scheduled or demand basis by the office and Legislature. The acquisition by the office of data processing software, hardware, and services necessary to carry out the provisions of this section shall be exempt from the provisions of part I of chapter 287.

History: ss. 624, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1235, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 63.037 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 63 / Section 63.037
63.037 Proceedings applicable to cases resulting from a termination of parental rights under chapter 39.
Status: in_force

A case in which a minor becomes available for adoption after the parental rights of each parent have been terminated by a judgment entered pursuant to chapter 39 shall be governed by s. 39.812 and this chapter. Adoption proceedings initiated under chapter 39 are exempt from the following provisions of this chapter: requirement for search of the Florida Putative Father Registry provided in s. 63.054(7), if a search was previously completed and documentation of the search is contained in the case file; disclosure requirements for the adoption entity provided in s. 63.085(1); general provisions governing termination of parental rights pending adoption provided in s. 63.087; notice and service provisions governing termination of parental rights pending adoption provided in s. 63.088; and procedures for terminating parental rights pending adoption provided in s. 63.089.

History: s. 8, ch. 2001-3; s. 4, ch. 2008-151; s. 4, ch. 2012-81.
Fla. Stat. § 641.30 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.30
641.30 Construction and relationship to other laws.
Status: in_force

(1) Every health maintenance organization shall accept the claim form prescribed pursuant to s. 641.3155.

(2) Except as provided in this part, the Florida Insurance Code does not apply to health maintenance organizations certificated under this part, and health maintenance organizations certificated under this part are not subject to part II of this chapter. Any person, entity, or health maintenance organization operating without a subsisting certificate of authority in violation of this part or rules promulgated thereunder or renewing, issuing, or delivering health maintenance contracts without a subsisting certificate of authority in violation of this part or rules promulgated thereunder, in addition to being subject to the provisions of this part, is subject to the provisions of the Florida Insurance Code as defined in s. 624.01.

(3) The solicitation of subscribers by a health maintenance organization or its representatives shall not be construed to be violative of any provisions of law relating to solicitation or advertising by health professionals if the health maintenance organization is operating pursuant to a subsisting certificate of authority.

(4) The Division of Criminal Investigations of the department is vested with all powers granted to it under the Florida Insurance Code with respect to the investigation of any violation of this part.

(5) Every health maintenance organization must comply with s. 627.4301.

History: s. 14, ch. 72-264; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 793, 804, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 7, ch. 84-313; s. 20, ch. 85-177; s. 11, ch. 87-236; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 5, ch. 97-182; s. 53, ch. 99-3; s. 10, ch. 2002-389; s. 26, ch. 2016-165; s. 24, ch. 2025-4.
Fla. Stat. § 369.324 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 369 / Part III / Section 369.324
369.324 Wekiva River Basin Commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The Wekiva River Basin Commission is created to monitor and ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the Wekiva River Basin Coordinating Committee for the Wekiva Study Area. The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council shall provide staff support to the commission with funding assistance from the Department of Commerce. The commission shall be comprised of a total of 18 members appointed by the Governor, 9 of whom shall be voting members and 9 shall be ad hoc nonvoting members. The voting members shall include: (a) One member of each of the Boards of County Commissioners for Lake, Orange, and Seminole Counties. (b) One municipal elected official to serve as a representative of the municipalities located within the Wekiva Study Area of Lake County. (c) One municipal elected official to serve as a representative of the municipalities located within the Wekiva Study Area of Orange County. (d) One municipal elected official to serve as a representative of the municipalities located within the Wekiva Study Area of Seminole County. (e) One citizen representing an environmental or conservation organization, one citizen representing a local property owner, a land developer, or an agricultural entity, and one at-large citizen who shall serve as chair of the council. (f) The ad hoc nonvoting members shall include one representative from each of the following entities: 1. St. Johns River Management District. 2. Department of Commerce. 3. Department of Environmental Protection. 4. Department of Health. 5. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 6. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 7. Department of Transportation. 8. MetroPlan Orlando. 9. Central Florida Expressway Authority.

(2) Voting members shall serve 3-year, staggered terms, and shall serve without compensation but shall serve at the expense of the entity they represent.

(3) Meetings of the commission shall be held in Lake, Orange, or Seminole county at the call of the chair, but shall meet at least twice a year.

(4) To assist the commission in its mission, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, in coordination with the applicable regional and state agencies, shall serve as a clearinghouse of baseline or specialized studies through modeling and simulation, including collecting and disseminating data on the demographics, economics, and the environment of the Wekiva Study Area including the changing conditions of the Wekiva River surface and groundwater basin and associated influence on the Wekiva River and the Wekiva Springs.

(5) The commission shall report annually, no later than December 31 of each year, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Department of Commerce on implementation progress.

History: s. 1, ch. 2004-384; s. 1, ch. 2005-4; s. 5, ch. 2005-106; s. 247, ch. 2011-142; s. 19, ch. 2014-171; s. 111, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 538.17 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 538 / Part I / Section 538.17
538.17 Local regulation of secondhand dealers.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall preclude political subdivisions of the state and municipalities from enacting laws more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 2, ch. 89-533; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 159.602 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part IV / Section 159.602
159.602 Finding and declaration of necessity.
Status: in_force

It is found and declared that:

(1) Within this state there is a shortage of housing available at prices or rentals which many persons and families can afford, and a shortage of capital for investment in such housing. This shortage constitutes a threat to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state, deprives the state of an adequate tax base, and causes the state to make excessive expenditures for crime prevention and control, public health, welfare, and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities.

(2) Such shortage cannot be relieved except through the encouragement of investment by private enterprise and the stimulation of construction and rehabilitation of housing through the use of public financing and the provision of low-cost loans to purchase affordable housing.

(3) The financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of housing and of the real and personal property and other facilities necessary, incidental, and appurtenant thereto are exclusively public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent, advanced, loaned, or granted and are governmental functions of public concern.

(4) The Congress of the United States has, by the enactment of amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, found and determined that housing may be financed by means of obligations issued by any state or local governmental unit, the interest on which obligations is exempt from federal income taxation, and has thereby provided a method to aid state and local governmental units to provide assistance to meet the need for housing.

(5) The provisions of this act are found and declared to be necessary and in the public interest as a matter of legislative determination.

History: s. 2, ch. 78-89; s. 4, ch. 92-303.
Fla. Stat. § 409.9121 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part III / Section 409.9121
409.9121 Legislative findings and intent.
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds that the Medicaid program has experienced an annual growth rate of approximately 28 percent per year for the past 5 years, and is consuming more than half of all new general revenue growth. The present Medicaid system must be reoriented to emphasize, to the maximum extent possible, the delivery of health care through entities and mechanisms which are designed to contain costs, to emphasize preventive and primary care, and to promote access and continuity of care. The Legislature further finds that the concept of “managed care” best encompasses these multiple goals. The Legislature also finds that, with the cooperation of the physician community, MediPass, the Medicaid primary care case management program, is responsible for ensuring that there is a sufficient supply of primary care to provide access to preventive and primary care services to Medicaid recipients. Therefore, the Legislature declares its intent that the Medicaid program require, to the maximum extent practicable and permitted by federal law, that all Medicaid recipients be enrolled in a managed care program.

History: s. 50, ch. 93-129.
Fla. Stat. § 197.332 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 197 / Section 197.332
197.332 Duties of tax collectors; branch offices.
Status: in_force

(1) The tax collector has the authority and obligation to collect all taxes as shown on the tax roll by the date of delinquency or to collect delinquent taxes, interest, and costs, by sale of tax certificates on real property and by seizure and sale of personal property. In exercising their powers to contract, the tax collector may perform such duties by use of contracted services or products or by electronic means. The use of contracted services, products, or vendors does not diminish the responsibility or liability of the tax collector to perform such duties pursuant to law. The tax collector may collect the cost of contracted services and reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs in actions on proceedings to recover delinquent taxes, interest, and costs.

(2) A county tax collector may establish one or more branch offices by acquiring title to real property or by lease agreement. The tax collector may hire staff and equip such branch offices to conduct state business, or, if authorized to do so by resolution of the county governing body, conduct county business pursuant to s. 1(k), Art. VIII of the State Constitution. The department shall rely on the tax collector’s determination that a branch office is necessary and shall base its approval of the tax collector’s budget in accordance with the procedures of s. 195.087(2).

History: s. 157, ch. 85-342; s. 10, ch. 91-295; s. 54, ch. 94-353; s. 7, ch. 98-139; s. 27, ch. 2011-151.
Fla. Stat. § 484.003 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 484 / Part I / Section 484.003
484.003 Board of Opticianry; membership; appointment; terms.
Status: in_force

(1) The Board of Opticianry is created within the Department of Health and shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.

(2) Five members of the board must be licensed opticians. The remaining two members must be residents of the state who never have been licensed as opticians and who are in no way connected with the practice of opticianry. At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older.

(3) Members shall be appointed for terms of 4 years.

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-275; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 99, ch. 83-218; ss. 11, 12, ch. 86-254; s. 24, ch. 87-172; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 94-192; s. 178, ch. 94-218; s. 139, ch. 98-166.
Fla. Stat. § 60.01 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 60 / Section 60.01
60.01 Injunction; against levy of execution issued against another than the plaintiff.
Status: in_force

When real estate is levied on, or an attempt to sell it under any execution or other process issued is made, or an attempt to sell it as the property of another person is made, chancery courts have jurisdiction to enjoin the sale on the application of the owner in possession of the real estate.

History: s. 1, ch. 3432, 1883; RS 1468; GS 1918; RGS 3180; CGL 4972; s. 15, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 253.90 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.90
253.90 Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area.
Status: in_force

There is established the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area. The conservation area shall consist of the sovereignty submerged lands and state waters offshore of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties from the St. Lucie Inlet to the northern boundary of the Biscayne National Park.

History: s. 1, ch. 2018-30.
Fla. Stat. § 501.201 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part II / Section 501.201
501.201 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 73-124.