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Fla. Stat. § 163.31795 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 163 / Part II / Section 163.31795
163.31795 Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Cumulative substantial improvement period” means the period during which an aggregate of improvements or repairs are considered for purposes of determining substantial improvement as defined in s. 161.54(12). (b) “Local government” has the same meaning as in s. 163.2514.

(2) A local government that is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program may not adopt or enforce an ordinance for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure which includes a cumulative substantial improvement period.

History: s. 2, ch. 2025-190.
Fla. Stat. § 633.536 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part V / Section 633.536
633.536 Expenses of administration.
Status: in_force

The amounts that are needed to administer this part shall be disbursed from the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

History: s. 15, ch. 2002-404; s. 1414, ch. 2003-261; s. 89, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 83.61 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part II / Section 83.61
83.61 Disbursement of funds in registry of court; prompt final hearing.
Status: in_force

When the tenant has deposited funds into the registry of the court in accordance with the provisions of s. 83.60(2) and the landlord is in actual danger of loss of the premises or other personal hardship resulting from the loss of rental income from the premises, the landlord may apply to the court for disbursement of all or part of the funds or for prompt final hearing. The court shall advance the cause on the calendar. The court, after preliminary hearing, may award all or any portion of the funds on deposit to the landlord or may proceed immediately to a final resolution of the cause.

History: s. 2, ch. 73-330; s. 2, ch. 74-146.
Fla. Stat. § 520.38 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part III / Section 520.38
520.38 Transfer of contracts.
Status: in_force

Any retail seller may assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise transfer a retail installment contract or revolving account to any person, firm or corporation on such terms and conditions and for such price as may be mutually agreed upon. Filing of the assignment, notice to the buyer of the assignment, and any requirement that any person maintain dominion over the payments under the contract or account or over the goods if repossessed, shall not be necessary to the validity of a written assignment or transfer of a contract or account as against creditors, subsequent purchasers, pledgees, mortgagees and lien claimants of the seller. Unless the buyer has notice of the assignment, payment thereunder made by the buyer to the last known owner of the contract or account shall be binding on all subsequent owners thereof.

History: s. 9, ch. 59-414; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 265.603 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 265 / Section 265.603
265.603 Definitions relating to Cultural Endowment Program.
Status: in_force

The following terms and phrases when used in ss. 265.601-265.606 shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) “Department” means the Department of State.

(2) “Division” means the Division of Cultural Affairs of the Department of State.

(3) “Cultural” means the disciplines of dance, music, theater, visual arts, literature, media arts, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, and programs of museums.

(4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of State.

(5) “Sponsoring organization” means a cultural organization which: (a) Is designated as not for profit pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; (b) Is described in, and allowed to receive contributions pursuant to, the provisions of s. 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; (c) Is a corporation not for profit incorporated pursuant to chapter 617; and (d) Is primarily and directly responsible for conducting, creating, producing, presenting, staging, or sponsoring a cultural exhibit, performance, or event. This provision includes museums owned and operated by political subdivisions of the state, except those constituted pursuant to s. 1004.67.

History: s. 3, ch. 85-152; s. 1, ch. 88-255; s. 1, ch. 91-132; s. 4, ch. 96-386; s. 931, ch. 2002-387; s. 39, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 634.191 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part I / Section 634.191
634.191 Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may, in its discretion, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue the license or appointment of any salesperson if it finds that as to the salesperson any one or more of the following applicable grounds exist under circumstances for which such denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal is not mandatory under s. 634.181: (a) For any cause for which granting of the license or appointment could have been refused had it then existed and been known to the department. (b) Violation of any provision of this part or of any other law applicable to the business of service agreements in the course of dealings under the license or appointment. (c) Violation of any lawful order or rule of the department or commission. (d) Failure or refusal, upon demand, to pay over to any company or insurer the salesperson represents or has represented any money coming into her or his hands belonging to the company or insurer. (e) If, in the conduct of business under the license or appointment, the salesperson has engaged in unfair methods of competition or in unfair or deceptive acts or practices, as such methods, acts, or practices are or may be defined under this part, or has otherwise shown herself or himself to be a source of injury or loss to the public or detrimental to the public interest. (f) Failure to report to the department within 30 days the final disposition of an administrative action taken against a salesperson by a governmental agency or other regulatory agency in this state or any other state or jurisdiction relating to the business of insurance, the sale of securities, or an activity involving fraud, dishonesty, trustworthiness, or breach of a fiduciary duty. The salesperson must submit a copy of the order, consent to order, or other relevant legal documents to the department.

(2) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.

History: s. 19, ch. 59-110; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 22, 32, 33, ch. 82-234; s. 39, ch. 87-226; s. 49, ch. 88-166; ss. 26, 68, ch. 91-106; s. 139, ch. 91-108; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 463, ch. 97-102; s. 4, ch. 2001-64; s. 4, ch. 2002-86; s. 1436, ch. 2003-261; s. 46, ch. 2023-144.
Fla. Stat. § 663.318 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 663 / Part II / Section 663.318
663.318 Reserve requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) An international development bank shall establish and maintain adequate loan loss reserves.

(2) An international development bank organized under chapter 617 as a corporation not for profit shall not be required to establish or maintain any reserves with respect to its liabilities.

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 86-82; s. 9, ch. 89-110; s. 1, ch. 91-307; s. 1, ch. 92-303; s. 131, ch. 2005-2.
Fla. Stat. § 415.113 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 415 / Section 415.113
415.113 Statutory construction; treatment by spiritual means.
Status: in_force

Nothing in ss. 415.101-415.1115 shall be construed to mean a person is abused, neglected, or in need of emergency or protective services for the sole reason that the person relies upon and is, therefore, being furnished treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a well-recognized church or religious denomination or organization; nor shall anything in such sections be construed to authorize, permit, or require any medical care or treatment in contravention of the stated or implied objection of such person. Such construction does not:

(1) Eliminate the requirement that such a case be reported to the department;

(2) Prevent the department from investigating such a case; or

(3) Preclude a court from ordering, when the health of the individual requires it, the provision of medical services by a licensed physician or treatment by a duly accredited practitioner who relies solely on spiritual means for healing in accordance with the tenets and practices of a well-recognized church or religious denomination or organization.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-143; s. 114, ch. 95-418; s. 43, ch. 2000-349; s. 53, ch. 2016-10.
Fla. Stat. § 624.447 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.447
624.447 Certificate of insurance for contractors.
Status: in_force

Any insurer shall, upon request, verify a certificate of insurance on any contractor, as defined in s. 768.0425.

History: s. 14, ch. 87-310; s. 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 11, ch. 95-211.
Fla. Stat. § 603.14 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 603 / Part I / Section 603.14
603.14 Cooperative certificates as evidence.
Status: in_force

All such cooperative government certificates shall be accepted as prima facie evidence in the courts of Florida.

History: s. 4, ch. 12292, 1927; CGL 2009.
Fla. Stat. § 455.2255 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.2255
455.2255 Classification of disciplinary actions.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee may petition the department to review a disciplinary incident to determine whether the specific violation meets the standard of a minor violation as set forth in s. 455.225(3). If the circumstances of the violation meet that standard and 2 years have passed since the issuance of a final order imposing discipline, the department shall reclassify that violation as inactive if the licensee has not been disciplined for any subsequent minor violation of the same nature. After the department has reclassified the violation as inactive, it is no longer considered to be part of the licensee’s disciplinary record, and the licensee may lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge the incident as a disciplinary action.

(2) The department may establish a schedule classifying violations according to the severity of the violation. After the expiration of set periods of time, the department may provide for such disciplinary records to become inactive, according to their classification. After the disciplinary record has become inactive, the department may clear the violation from the disciplinary record and the subject person or business may lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge such disciplinary actions.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 455.017, this section applies to the disciplinary records of all persons or businesses licensed by the department.

History: s. 143, ch. 99-251; s. 71, ch. 2013-18.
Fla. Stat. § 38.06 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.06
38.06 Effect of acts where judge fails to disqualify himself or herself.
Status: in_force

In any cause where the grounds for a suggestion of disqualification, as set forth in s. 38.02, appear of record in the cause, but no suggestion of disqualification is filed therein, the orders, judgments, and decrees entered therein by the judge shall be valid. Where, on a suggestion of disqualification the judge enters an order declaring himself or herself qualified, the orders, judgments, and decrees entered therein by the said judge shall not be void and shall not be subject to collateral attack.

History: s. 7, ch. 16053, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 4155(6); s. 210, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 273.02 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.02
273.02 Record and inventory of certain property.
Status: in_force

The word “property” as used in this section means equipment, fixtures, and other tangible personal property of a nonconsumable and nonexpendable nature. The Chief Financial Officer shall establish by rule the requirements for the recording of property in the state’s financial systems and for the periodic review of property for inventory purposes.

History: s. 2, ch. 57-277; s. 1, ch. 59-430; s. 1, ch. 69-74; s. 8, ch. 69-82; s. 3, ch. 80-380; s. 2, ch. 81-256; s. 4, ch. 87-137; s. 8, ch. 89-291; s. 185, ch. 95-148; s. 11, ch. 99-155; s. 27, ch. 99-399; s. 38, ch. 2006-122.
Fla. Stat. § 707.18 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 707 / Section 707.18
707.18 Owners of strayed animals may enter pasture of another to seek for same.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for the owner or owners of any cattle or other domestic animals or the agent or agents of said owners to enter the pasture of another for the sole purpose of seeking and recovering any cattle or other domestic animals that may have strayed or broken into, or which may have been driven into, such enclosure, inadvertently or otherwise and to drive from such enclosure any cattle or other domestic animals belonging to such owners or under the control of such agent or agents so entering.

History: s. 1, ch. 5417, 1905; RGS 3928; CGL 5835.
Fla. Stat. § 876.33 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 876 / Section 876.33
876.33 Misprision of treason.
Status: in_force

Whoever having knowledge of the commission of treason conceals the same and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known such treason to the Governor or one of the justices of the Supreme Court or a judge of the circuit court, shall be judged guilty of the offense of misprision of treason, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 2, sub-ch. 2, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2373; GS 3198; RGS 5028; CGL 7130; s. 703, ch. 71-136; s. 65, ch. 74-383.
Fla. Stat. § 459.001 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 459 / Section 459.001
459.001 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes that the practice of osteopathic medicine is potentially dangerous to the public if conducted by unsafe and incompetent practitioners. The Legislature finds further that it is difficult for the public to make an informed choice when selecting an osteopathic physician and that the consequences of a wrong decision could seriously harm the public health and safety. The primary legislative purpose in enacting this chapter is to ensure that every osteopathic physician practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe and effective practice. It is the legislative intent that osteopathic physicians who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from practicing in this state.

History: ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-230; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 27, 29, ch. 86-290; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 295.08 — Florida Code / Title XX / Chapter 295 / Section 295.08
295.08 Positions for which a numerically based selection process is used.
Status: in_force

For positions for which an examination is used to determine the qualifications for entrance into employment with the state or any of its political subdivisions, 20 points must be added to the earned ratings of a person included under s. 295.07(1)(a) or (b), 15 points must be added to the earned ratings of a person included under s. 295.07(1)(c), (d), or (e), and 10 points must be added to the earned rating of a person included under s. 295.07(1)(f) or (g), if the person has obtained a qualifying score on the examination for the position. The names of persons eligible for preference must be entered on an appropriate register or list in accordance with their respective augmented ratings. However, except for classes of positions with Federal Government designations of professional or technician, the names of all persons who are qualified to receive a 20-point preference whose service-connected disabilities have been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor or the United States Department of Defense to be 30 percent or more must be placed at the top of the appropriate register or employment list, in accordance with their respective augmented ratings. The respective augmented rating is the examination score or evaluated score in addition to the applicable veteran’s preference points.

History: s. 2, ch. 24201, 1947; s. 1, ch. 77-422; s. 14, ch. 84-114; s. 5, ch. 87-356; s. 8, ch. 93-268; s. 3, ch. 98-33; s. 9, ch. 2014-1; s. 3, ch. 2021-57.
Fla. Stat. § 388.171 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 388 / Section 388.171
388.171 Power to perform work.
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may have any and all work performed by contract with or without advertisement, or without contract, by machinery, equipment, and labor employed directly by the board of commissioners.

History: s. 2, ch. 59-195.
Fla. Stat. § 218.136 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 218 / Part I / Section 218.136
218.136 Offset for ad valorem revenue loss affecting fiscally constrained counties.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning in fiscal year 2025-2026, the Legislature shall appropriate moneys to offset the reductions in ad valorem tax revenue experienced by fiscally constrained counties, as defined in s. 218.67(1), which occur as a direct result of the implementation of revisions of s. 6(a), Art. VII of the State Constitution approved in the November 2024 general election. The moneys appropriated for this purpose shall be distributed in January of each fiscal year among the fiscally constrained counties based on each county’s proportion of the total reduction in ad valorem tax revenue resulting from the implementation of the revision of s. 6(a), Art. VII of the State Constitution.

(2) On or before November 15 of each year, each fiscally constrained county shall apply to the Department of Revenue to participate in the distribution of the appropriation and provide documentation supporting the county’s estimated reduction in ad valorem tax revenue in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The documentation must include an estimate of the reduction in taxable value directly attributable to revisions of s. 6(a), Art. VII of the State Constitution approved in the November 2024 general election for all county taxing jurisdictions within the county and shall be prepared by the property appraiser in each fiscally constrained county. The documentation must also include the county millage rates applicable in all such jurisdictions for the current year and the prior year, rolled-back rates determined as provided in s. 200.065 for each county taxing jurisdiction, and maximum millage rates that could have been levied by majority vote pursuant to s. 200.065(5). For purposes of this section, each fiscally constrained county’s reduction in ad valorem tax revenue shall be calculated as 95 percent of the estimated reduction in taxable value multiplied by the lesser of the 2024 applicable millage rate or the applicable millage rate for each county taxing jurisdiction in the current year. If a fiscally constrained county fails to apply for the distribution, its share shall revert to the fund from which the appropriation was made.

History: s. 2, ch. 2024-261.
Fla. Stat. § 165.043 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 165 / Section 165.043
165.043 Official county or municipal seal.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance, designate an official county or municipal seal. The manufacture, use, display, or other employment of any facsimile or reproduction of the county or municipal seal, except by county or municipal officials or employees in the performance of their official duties, without the express approval of the governing body is a second degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 91-59.
Fla. Stat. § 624.06 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part I / Section 624.06
624.06 “Domestic,” “foreign,” “alien” insurer defined.
Status: in_force

(1) A “domestic” insurer is one formed under the laws of this state.

(2) A “foreign” insurer is one formed under the laws of any state, district, territory, or commonwealth of the United States other than this state.

(3) An “alien” insurer is an insurer other than a domestic or foreign insurer.

History: s. 6, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 15, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 627.574 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part V / Section 627.574
627.574 Liability of succeeding insurer on replacement of group policy.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person who is eligible for coverage in accordance with the succeeding insurer’s plan of benefits shall be covered by that insurer’s plan of benefits unless such coverage would result in duplication of benefits payable under the prior insurer’s plan.

(2) Each person not covered under the succeeding insurer’s plan of benefits in accordance with subsection (1) must be covered by the succeeding insurer in accordance with the following provisions if such individual was validly covered, including benefit extensions, under the prior plan on the date of discontinuance of the prior plan and if such individual is a member of the class or classes of individuals eligible for coverage under the succeeding insurer’s plan. (a) The minimum level of benefits to be provided by the succeeding insurer shall be the applicable level of benefits of the prior insurer’s plan reduced by any benefits payable by the prior plan. (b) Coverage must be provided by the succeeding insurer until at least the earliest of the following dates: 1. The date the individual becomes eligible under the succeeding insurer’s plan as described in subsection (1). 2. The date the individual’s coverage would terminate in accordance with the succeeding insurer’s plan provisions applicable to individual termination of coverage, for example, at termination of employment. 3. When an individual was totally disabled immediately prior to the date the succeeding insurer’s coverage became effective and the policy of the prior insurer did not conform to s. 627.575, the date of the end of any period of extension or accrued liability which would have been required of the prior insurer by s. 627.575, had s. 627.575 been applicable.

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 79-179; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 446, 448, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 100, ch. 83-216; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 298.41 — Florida Code / Title XXI / Chapter 298 / Section 298.41
298.41 Taxes and costs a lien on land against which taxes levied; subdistricts.
Status: in_force

(1) All drainage taxes provided for in this chapter, together with all penalties for default in payment of the same, all costs in collecting the same, including a reasonable attorney’s fee fixed by the court and taxed as costs in the action brought to enforce payment, shall, from the date of assessment thereof until paid, constitute a lien of equal dignity with the liens for state and county taxes, and other taxes of equal dignity with state and county taxes, upon all the lands against which such taxes shall be levied as is provided in this chapter.

(2) If any district, organized or established under the provisions of this chapter, shall be within the boundaries of a district theretofore established under the laws of this state, the district last organized and established shall be designated as a subdistrict, and the lien for taxes assessed or levied for the purpose of such subdistrict, with the penalties for default in the payment thereof and all costs incurred, shall be a lien of equal dignity with the lien for drainage taxes assessed or levied for the district first established. A sale of any of the lands within a district for state and county or other taxes shall not operate to relieve or release the lands so sold from the lien for subsequent installments of drainage taxes, which lien may be enforced as against such lands as though no such sale thereof had been made.

History: s. 22, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 1119; s. 1, ch. 9129, 1923; s. 2, ch. 12040, 1927; CGL 1472; s. 18, ch. 72-291; s. 19, ch. 79-5.