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Fla. Stat. § 420.6227 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 420 / Part VI / Section 420.6227
420.6227 Grant-in-aid program.
Status: in_force

(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. — The Legislature finds and declares that many services for households experiencing homelessness have been provided by local communities through voluntary private agencies and religious organizations and that those resources have not been sufficient to prevent and end homelessness in the state. The Legislature recognizes that the level of need and types of problems associated with homelessness may vary from community to community, due to the diversity and geographic distribution of the homeless population and the resulting differing needs of particular communities.

(2) PURPOSE. — The principal purpose of the grant-in-aid program is to provide needed assistance to continuums of care to enable them to do all of the following: (a) Assist persons in their communities who have become, or may likely become, homeless. (b) Help homeless households move to permanent housing as quickly as possible.

(3) ESTABLISHMENT. — There is established a grant-in-aid program to help continuums of care prevent and end homelessness, which may include any aspect of the local continuum of care plan, as described in s. 420.6225.

(4) APPLICATION PROCEDURE. — Continuums of care that intend to apply for the grant-in-aid program must submit an application for grant-in-aid funds to the State Office on Homelessness for review.

(5) SPENDING PLANS. — The State Office on Homelessness shall develop guidelines for the development, evaluation, and approval of spending plans that are created by local continuum of care lead agencies.

(6) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS. — The State Office on Homelessness shall administer grant-in-aid funds for continuums of care, which must be awarded on a competitive basis.

(7) DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL AGENCIES. — The State Office on Homelessness shall distribute funds awarded under subsection (6) to local agencies to fund programs that are required by the local continuum of care plan, as described in s. 420.6225 and provided in subsection (3), based upon the recommendations of the local continuum of care lead agencies, in accordance with spending plans that are developed by the lead agencies and approved by the office. Not more than 10 percent of the total state funds awarded under a spending plan may be used by the continuum of care lead agency for staffing and administrative expenditures.

(8) LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS. — If an entity contracts with local agencies to provide services and receives financial assistance obtained under this section, the entity must provide at least 25 percent of the funding necessary for the support of project operations. In-kind contributions, including, but not limited to, materials, commodities, transportation, office space, other types of facilities, or personal services may be evaluated and counted as part or all of the required local funding, at the discretion of the State Office on Homelessness.

History: s. 4, ch. 2020-44.
Fla. Stat. § 256.011 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.011
256.011 Display of flag on election day.
Status: in_force

(1) The supervisor of elections of each county in this state shall provide a flag of the United States for each polling place in the county. The flag shall be displayed properly and prominently at all designated polling places on all days when an election is being held.

(2) The supervisor of elections of each county in the state shall make the flags available to each municipality or governmental body holding an election within such county for each election held for any such municipality or governmental body within such county. The municipality or governmental body shall have the responsibility of properly and prominently displaying the flag at each such polling place on all days when an election is being held and shall bear the expense of displaying the flag of the United States.

(3) Each supervisor of elections is authorized to purchase a sufficient number of flags to carry out the purpose of this act out of the general revenue fund of each such county.

(4) In lieu of a flag of the United States, a picture or representation of the flag may be displayed at the polling place, provided such picture or representation measures, at a minimum, 1 square foot in size.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-227; s. 44, ch. 90-315.
Fla. Stat. § 620.9105 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.9105
620.9105 Action by Attorney General.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General may maintain an action to restrain a foreign limited liability partnership from transacting business in this state in violation of ss. 620.9101-620.9104.

History: s. 30, ch. 99-285.
Fla. Stat. § 287.082 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 287 / Part I / Section 287.082
287.082 Commodities manufactured, grown, or produced in state given preference.
Status: in_force

Whenever two or more competitive sealed bids are received, one or more of which relates to commodities manufactured, grown, or produced within this state, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality, and service, the commodities manufactured, grown, or produced within this state shall be given preference.

History: s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 22, ch. 90-268; s. 2, ch. 95-168.
Fla. Stat. § 49.11 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 49 / Section 49.11
49.11 Notice of action, posting, proof.
Status: in_force

If there is no newspaper published in the county, three copies of the notice shall be posted at least 28 days before the return day thereof in three different and conspicuous places in such county, one of which shall be at the front door of the courthouse in said county. Proof of posting shall be by affidavit of the person posting the notices, which affidavit shall include a copy of the notice posted and the date and places of its posting.

History: s. 11, ch. 20452, 1941; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 5, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 687.141 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 687 / Section 687.141
687.141 Loan brokers; prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

No loan broker shall:

(1) Assess or collect an advance fee from a borrower to provide services as a loan broker.

(2) Make or use any false or misleading representations or omit any material fact in the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker, notwithstanding the absence of reliance by the buyer.

(3) Make or use any false or deceptive representation in its business dealings or to the office or conceal a material fact from the office.

History: s. 2, ch. 91-87; s. 1874, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 626.836 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part IV / Section 626.836
626.836 Nonresident agents; service of process.
Status: in_force

The provisions of s. 626.742 also apply as to nonresident health insurance agents licensed by the department.

History: s. 311, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 267, 271, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 712.03 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 712 / Section 712.03
712.03 Exceptions to marketability.
Status: in_force

Such marketable record title shall not affect or extinguish the following rights:

(1) Estates or interests, easements and use restrictions disclosed by and defects inherent in the muniments of title on which said estate is based beginning with the root of title, provided that in the muniments of title those estates, interests, easements, or use restrictions created before the root of title are preserved by identification in the legal description of the property by specific reference to the official records book and page number, instrument number, or plat name or there is otherwise an affirmative statement in a muniment of title to preserve such estates, interests, easements, or use restrictions created before the root of title as identified by the official records book and page or instrument number; subject, however, to subsection (5).

(2) Estates, interests, claims, or charges, or any covenant or restriction, preserved by the filing of a proper notice in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(3) Rights of any person in possession of the lands, so long as such person is in such possession.

(4) Estates, interests, claims, or charges arising out of a title transaction which has been recorded subsequent to the effective date of the root of title.

(5) Recorded or unrecorded easements or rights, interest or servitude in the nature of easements, rights-of-way and terminal facilities, including those of a public utility or of a governmental agency, so long as the same are used and the use of any part thereof shall except from the operation hereof the right to the entire use thereof. No notice need be filed in order to preserve the lien of any mortgage or deed of trust or any supplement thereto encumbering any such recorded or unrecorded easements, or rights, interest, or servitude in the nature of easements, rights-of-way, and terminal facilities. However, nothing herein shall be construed as preserving to the mortgagee or grantee of any such mortgage or deed of trust or any supplement thereto any greater rights than the rights of the mortgagor or grantor.

(6) Rights of any person in whose name the land is assessed on the county tax rolls for such period of time as the land is so assessed and which rights are preserved for a period of 3 years after the land is last assessed in such person’s name.

(7) State title to lands beneath navigable waters acquired by virtue of sovereignty.

(8) A restriction or covenant recorded pursuant to chapter 376 or chapter 403.

(9) Any right, title, or interest held by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, any water management district created under chapter 373, or the United States.

History: s. 3, ch. 63-133; s. 12, ch. 65-420; s. 1, ch. 73-218; s. 1, ch. 78-288; s. 2, ch. 97-202; s. 17, ch. 2000-317; s. 1, ch. 2010-104; s. 1, ch. 2022-171.
Fla. Stat. § 384.32 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.32
384.32 Prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1) The department and its authorized representatives may, at its discretion, enter any state, county, or municipal detention facility to interview, examine, and treat any prisoner for a sexually transmissible disease. Any such state, county, or municipal detention facility shall cooperate with the department and its authorized representatives to provide such space as is necessary for the examination and treatment of all prisoners suffering from or suspected of having a sexually transmissible disease.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Department of Corrections, counties, or municipalities of their primary responsibility for providing medical treatment for prisoners, including treatment for sexually transmissible diseases.

History: s. 90, ch. 86-220.
Fla. Stat. § 252.3712 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 252 / Part I / Section 252.3712
252.3712 Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
Status: in_force

(1) The division shall establish a Nonprofit Security Grant Program that shall consist of funds appropriated by the Legislature to nonprofit organizations, including houses of worship, schools, museums, and community centers, that are at high risk for violent attacks or hate crimes. The grants may be used to increase security and safety, including, but not limited to: (a) The purchase and installation of security infrastructure, perimeter lighting, materials for door hardening, security camera systems, perimeter fencing, barriers and bollards, and blast-resistant film and shatter-resistant glass for windows. (b) Hiring security personnel. (c) Training for security personnel and staff on threat awareness, emergency procedures, and first aid.

(2) The division shall award grants to applicants that meet eligibility criteria for the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program.

(3) The minimum amount of any grant award is $10,000, and the maximum grant award amount is $150,000. The total amount of funds available for the program is limited to the amount appropriated by the Legislature.

(4) The division may use up to 3 percent of the total amount appropriated to administer the grant program.

(5) The division shall adopt rules to administer this section, including rules providing criteria for all of the following: (a) Awarding of grant funds to an owner of a facility for hardening security measures. (b) Awarding of grant funds to an owner or a renter of a facility for nonhardening security measures. (c) Establishing the need for grant funds to be awarded to an owner or a renter of a facility that has been operational for a period of at least 6 months or that has received a sufficient number of threats. (d) Prioritizing applicants that are houses of worship or whose facilities are frequented by children or students on a daily basis.

(6) By June 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the division shall provide a list of grants awarded during that fiscal year to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(7) This section is repealed January 1, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History: s. 1, ch. 2023-180; s. 1, ch. 2023-352.
Fla. Stat. § 328.40 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 328 / Part II / Section 328.40
328.40 Administration of vessel registration and titling laws; records.
Status: in_force

(1) The administration of vessel registration and titling as set forth in this chapter is under the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which shall provide for issuing, handling, and recording of all vessel registration and titling applications and certificates, including the receipt and accounting of vessel registration and titling fees.

(2) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall keep electronic records and perform such other clerical duties as required pertaining to: (a) Vessel registration and titling. (b) Suspension of the vessel operating privilege under ss. 327.35-327.355.

(3) All records made or kept by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles under this law are public records except for confidential reports.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-399; s. 2, ch. 63-103; s. 1, ch. 65-361; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 74-327; s. 2, ch. 81-100; s. 3, ch. 84-184; s. 153, ch. 94-356; s. 47, ch. 95-333; s. 52, ch. 96-413; s. 4, ch. 98-308; s. 6, ch. 99-289; s. 40, ch. 2000-313.
Fla. Stat. § 494.004 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 494 / Part II / Section 494.004
494.004 Requirements of licensees.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensee under this part shall report to the office: (a) In writing, any conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any felony or any crime or administrative violation that involves fraud, dishonesty, breach of trust, money laundering, or any other act of moral turpitude, in any jurisdiction, by the licensee or any control person within 30 days after the date of conviction, entry of a plea of nolo contendere, or final administrative action. (b) In a form prescribed by rule of the commission, any conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any felony committed by the licensee or any control person within 30 days after the date of conviction or the date the plea of nolo contendere is entered. (c) Any action in bankruptcy, voluntary or involuntary, within 30 days after the action is instituted. (d) On a form prescribed by rule of the commission, any change to the information contained in any initial application form or any amendment to the application within 30 days after the change is effective. (e) Any change in the principal loan originator, any addition or subtraction of a control person, or any change in the form of business organization, by written amendment in the form and at the time the commission specifies by rule. (f) Any addition of a control person who has not previously filed a Uniform Mortgage Biographical Statement & Consent Form, MU2, or has not previously complied with the fingerprinting and credit report requirements of ss. 494.00321 and 494.00322, is subject to the provisions of these sections. If, after the addition of a control person, the office finds that the licensee does not continue to meet licensure requirements, the office may bring an administrative action in accordance with s. 494.00255 to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Each mortgage broker shall submit to the registry reports of condition, which must be in such form and shall contain such information as the registry may require. The commission may adopt rules prescribing the time by which a mortgage broker must file a report of condition. For purposes of this section, the report of condition is synonymous with the registry’s Mortgage Call Report.

(3) A license issued under this part is not transferable or assignable.

History: ss. 27, 50, ch. 91-245; s. 4, ch. 91-429; ss. 16, 17, ch. 99-213; s. 534, ch. 2003-261; s. 12, ch. 2006-213; s. 7, ch. 2007-182; s. 36, ch. 2009-241; s. 43, ch. 2014-91.
Fla. Stat. § 732.102 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part I / Section 732.102
732.102 Spouse’s share of intestate estate.
Status: in_force

The intestate share of the surviving spouse is:

(1) If there is no surviving descendant of the decedent, the entire intestate estate.

(2) If the decedent is survived by one or more descendants, all of whom are also descendants of the surviving spouse, and the surviving spouse has no other descendant, the entire intestate estate.

(3) If there are one or more surviving descendants of the decedent who are not lineal descendants of the surviving spouse, one-half of the intestate estate.

(4) If there are one or more surviving descendants of the decedent, all of whom are also descendants of the surviving spouse, and the surviving spouse has one or more descendants who are not descendants of the decedent, one-half of the intestate estate.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 8, ch. 75-220; s. 15, ch. 2001-226; s. 5, ch. 2007-74; s. 2, ch. 2011-183.
Fla. Stat. § 683.12 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 683 / Section 683.12
683.12 Parade Day, Hillsborough County.
Status: in_force

The day known and designated as “Parade Day” of the Hillsborough County Fair and Plant City Strawberry Festival in Hillsborough County shall be a legal holiday within said county, and all city and county offices and banking institutions may remain closed on Parade Day of the Hillsborough County Fair and Plant City Strawberry Festival.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-160.
Fla. Stat. § 689.302 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.302
689.302 Disclosure of flood risks to prospective purchaser.
Status: in_force

A seller must complete and provide a flood disclosure to a purchaser of residential real property at or before the time the sales contract is executed. The flood disclosure must be made in the following form:

FLOOD DISCLOSURE

Flood Insurance: Homeowners’ insurance policies do not include coverage for damage resulting from floods. Buyer is encouraged to discuss the need to purchase separate flood insurance coverage with Buyer’s insurance agent.

(1) Seller has ☐ has no ☐ knowledge of any flooding that has damaged the property during Seller’s ownership of the property.

(2) Seller has ☐ has not ☐ filed a claim with an insurance provider relating to flood damage on the property, including, but not limited to, a claim with the National Flood Insurance Program.

(3) Seller has ☐ has not ☐ received assistance for flood damage to the property, including, but not limited to, assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(4) For the purposes of this disclosure, the term “flooding” means a general or temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of the property caused by any of the following:

(a) The overflow of inland or tidal waters.

(b) The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff or surface waters from any established water source, such as a river, stream, or drainage ditch.

(c) Sustained periods of standing water resulting from rainfall.

History: s. 1, ch. 2024-215; s. 2, ch. 2025-166.
Fla. Stat. § 603.13 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 603 / Part I / Section 603.13
603.13 Fees for inspections.
Status: in_force

All fees for inspection performed under the preceding section shall be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services which shall deposit the same in the State Treasury in the General Inspection Trust Fund from which all expenses for inspection services performed and other expenses incurred under the provisions of s. 603.12 shall be paid upon the approval and at the direction of the state department, but the expenditures from the General Inspection Trust Fund for all such expenses shall not exceed the amount of fees charged and collected as authorized and provided by said s. 603.12 of this chapter. Any amount of fees so charged and collected in excess of the requirements for paying all expenses for inspection services shall be held in the State Treasury in the General Inspection Trust Fund, subject to any contract or agreement entered into by and between the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the United States Department of Agriculture for carrying out the provisions of s. 603.12.

History: s. 3, ch. 12292, 1927; CGL 2008; s. 1, ch. 17948, 1937; s. 2, ch. 23677, 1947; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 874.08 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 874 / Section 874.08
874.08 Criminal gang activity and recruitment; forfeiture.
Status: in_force

All profits, proceeds, and instrumentalities of criminal gang activity and all property used or intended or attempted to be used to facilitate the criminal activity of any criminal gang or of any criminal gang member; and all profits, proceeds, and instrumentalities of criminal gang recruitment and all property used or intended or attempted to be used to facilitate criminal gang recruitment are subject to seizure and forfeiture under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, s. 932.704.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-207; s. 77, ch. 94-209; s. 55, ch. 95-267; s. 40, ch. 96-388; s. 12, ch. 2008-238.
Fla. Stat. § 552.12 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 552 / Section 552.12
552.12 Transportation of explosives without license prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

No person shall transport any explosive into this state or within the boundaries of this state over the highways, on navigable waters or by air, unless such person is possessed of a license or permit; provided, there is excepted from the effects of this sentence common, contract and private carriers, as mentioned in the next succeeding sentence. Common carriers by air, highway, railroad, or water transporting explosives into this state, or within the boundaries of this state (including ocean-plying vessels loading or unloading explosives in Florida ports), and contract or private carriers by motor vehicle transporting explosives on highways into this state, or within the boundaries of this state, and which contract or private carriers are engaged in such business pursuant to certificate or permit by whatever name issued to them by any federal or state officer, agency, bureau, commission or department, shall be fully subject to the provisions of this chapter; provided, that in any instance where the Federal Government, acting through the 1 Interstate Commerce Commission or other federal officer, agency, bureau, commission or department, by virtue of federal laws or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, has preempted the field of regulation in relation to any activity of any such common, contract or private carrier sought to be regulated by this chapter, such activity of such a carrier is excepted from the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 5, ch. 29944, 1955; s. 7, ch. 59-83.