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Fla. Stat. § 445.0281 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 445 / Section 445.0281
445.0281 Transitional case management.
Status: in_force

Each recipient of cash assistance who is determined ineligible for cash assistance for a reason other than noncompliance with work activity requirements is eligible for voluntary case management services administered by the local workforce development board. Case management services must be available to support families who transition to economic self-sufficiency and to mitigate dependency on cash assistance. Case management services must include, but are not limited to, career planning, job search assistance, résumé building, basic financial planning, connection to support services, and benefits management using a tool to demonstrate future financial impacts of the participant’s change in income and benefits over time, as applicable. Case managers must connect recipients to other transitional benefits as needed.

History: s. 9, ch. 2024-240.
Fla. Stat. § 378.038 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 378 / Part I / Section 378.038
378.038 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt reasonable rules which recognize the cost reimbursement limitations of s. 378.037(1)(b) to implement the provisions of this act, including, but not limited to, size requirements for areas which are the subject of a reclamation program application, an appropriate inflationary index for construction, time limits for completing the approved reclamation, minimum standards and criteria for reclamation, and procedures to ensure that the trust fund is managed in accordance with good accounting principles and the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 8, ch. 84-330.
Fla. Stat. § 680.532 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part V / Section 680.532
680.532 Lessor’s rights to residual interest.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other recovery permitted by this chapter, the lessor may recover from the lessee an amount that will fully compensate the lessor for any loss of or damage to the lessor’s residual interest in the goods caused by the default of the lessee.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278; s. 46, ch. 98-11.
Fla. Stat. § 723.051 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 723 / Section 723.051
723.051 Invitees and live-in health care aides; rights and obligations.
Status: in_force

(1) An invitee of a mobile home owner, or a live-in health care aide as provided for in the federal Fair Housing Act, must have ingress and egress to and from the mobile home owner’s site without the mobile home owner, live-in health care aide, or invitee being required to pay additional rent, a fee, or any charge whatsoever, except that the mobile home owner must pay the cost of a background check for the live-in health care aide if one is required. Any mobile home park rule or regulation providing for fees or charges contrary to the terms of this section is void. The live-in health care aide does not have any rights of tenancy in the mobile home park, and the mobile home owner must notify the park owner or park manager of the name of the live-in health care aide and provide the information required to have the background check, if one is necessary. The mobile home owner has the responsibility to remove the live-in health care aide should it become necessary and to cover the costs associated with such removal.

(2) All guests, family members, or invitees are required to abide by properly promulgated rules and regulations.

(3) For the purposes of this section, an “invitee” is defined as a person whose stay at the request of a mobile home owner does not exceed 15 consecutive days or 30 total days per year, unless such person has the permission of the park owner or unless permitted by a properly promulgated rule or regulation. The spouse of a mobile home owner shall not be considered an invitee.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 4, ch. 2024-123.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1531 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1531
617.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) If the Department of State determines that one or more grounds exist under s. 617.1530 for revocation of a certificate of authority, the Department of State shall serve the foreign corporation with notice of its intent to revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority. If the foreign corporation has provided the department with an electronic mail address, such notice shall be by electronic transmission. Revocation for failure to file an annual report shall occur on the fourth Friday in September of each year. The Department of State shall issue a certificate of revocation to each revoked corporation. Issuance of the certificate of revocation may be by electronic transmission to any foreign corporation that has provided the department with an electronic mail address.

(2) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation under s. 617.1530(2)-(7) or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Department of State that each ground determined by the Department of State does not exist within 60 days after issuance of notice, the Department of State shall revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority by issuing a certificate of revocation that recites the ground or grounds for revocation and its effective date. Issuance of the certificate of revocation may be by electronic transmission to any foreign corporation that has provided the department with an electronic mail address.

(3) The authority of a foreign corporation to conduct its affairs in this state ceases on the date shown on the certificate revoking its certificate of authority.

(4) Revocation of a foreign corporation’s certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.

History: s. 103, ch. 90-179; s. 20, ch. 2009-72.
Fla. Stat. § 738.506 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 738 / Section 738.506
738.506 Income taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) A tax required to be paid by a fiduciary which is based on receipts allocated to income must be paid from income.

(2) A tax required to be paid by a fiduciary which is based on receipts allocated to principal must be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) and ss. 738.504, 738.505, and 738.507, a tax required to be paid by a fiduciary on a share of an entity’s taxable income in an accounting period must be paid from: (a) Income and principal proportionately to the allocation between income and principal of receipts from the entity in the period. (b) Principal to the extent that the tax exceeds the receipts from the entity in the period.

(4) After applying subsections (1)-(3), a fiduciary shall adjust income or principal receipts, to the extent the taxes that the fiduciary pays are reduced because of a deduction for a payment made to a beneficiary.

(5) Subject to the limitations and excluded assets provided under s. 736.08145, a reimbursement of state or federal income tax elected to be made by a fiduciary pursuant to s. 736.08145 must be allocated and paid under paragraphs (3)(a) and (b).

History: s. 1, ch. 2002-42; s. 31, ch. 2012-49; s. 41, ch. 2024-216.
Fla. Stat. § 40.31 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.31
40.31 Justice Administrative Commission may apportion appropriation.
Status: in_force

If the Justice Administrative Commission has reason to believe that the amount appropriated by the Legislature is insufficient to meet the expenses of witnesses during the remaining part of the state fiscal year, the commission may apportion the money in the treasury for that purpose among the several counties, basing such apportionment upon the amount expended for the payment of witnesses in each county during the prior fiscal year. In such case, each county shall be paid by warrant, issued by the Chief Financial Officer, only the amount so apportioned to each county, and, when the amount so apportioned is insufficient to pay in full all the witnesses during a quarterly fiscal period, the clerk of the court shall apportion the money received pro rata among the witnesses entitled to pay and shall give to each witness a certificate of the amount of compensation still due, which certificate shall be held by the commission as other demands against the state.

History: s. 3, ch. 4121, 1893; GS 1593; s. 3, ch. 7262, 1917; RGS 2795; CGL 4481; s. 3, ch. 65-483; s. 4, ch. 68-7; s. 9, ch. 73-334; s. 14, ch. 79-235; s. 254, ch. 95-147; s. 19, ch. 95-312; s. 94, ch. 2003-261; s. 17, ch. 2008-111.
Fla. Stat. § 403.804 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part V / Section 403.804
403.804 Environmental Regulation Commission; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and s. 120.54(4), the commission, pursuant to s. 403.805(1), shall exercise the standard-setting authority of the department under this chapter; part II of chapter 373; and ss. 373.309(1)(e), 373.414(4) and (10), 373.4145(1)(a), 373.421(1), and 373.4592(4)(d)4. and (e). The commission, in exercising its authority, shall consider scientific and technical validity, economic impacts, and relative risks and benefits to the public and the environment. The commission shall not establish department policies, priorities, plans, or directives. The commission may adopt procedural rules governing the conduct of its meetings and hearings.

(2) The department shall have a study conducted of the economic and environmental impact which sets forth the benefits and costs to the public of any proposed standard that would be stricter or more stringent than one which has been set by federal agencies pursuant to federal law or regulation. Such study as is provided for in this subsection shall be submitted to the commission, which shall initially adopt the standard. Final action shall be by the Governor and Cabinet, who shall accept, reject, modify, or remand for further proceedings the standard within 60 days from the submission. Such review shall be appellate in nature. Hearings shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 120.

History: s. 6, ch. 75-22; ss. 4, 5, ch. 80-66; s. 54, ch. 83-310; s. 41, ch. 84-338; s. 1, ch. 88-343; s. 3, ch. 95-295; s. 167, ch. 96-410; s. 41, ch. 2002-296; s. 95, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 736.10085 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part X / Section 736.10085
736.10085 Claims against former trustees.
Status: in_force

An action or claim by a successor trustee or other person acting on behalf of the trust against a prior trustee is barred to the same extent that the action or claim would be barred if brought by the beneficiary whose interests are represented by the successor trustee or other person acting on behalf of the trust.

History: s. 3, ch. 2025-159.
Fla. Stat. § 679.807 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VIII / Section 679.807
679.807 Person entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
Status: in_force

A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this part if:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; and

(2) The filing is necessary under this part: (a) To continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013; or (b) To perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.

History: s. 17, ch. 2012-59.
Fla. Stat. § 782.32 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 782 / Section 782.32
782.32 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this act, the term:

(1) “Partially born” means the living fetus’s intact body, with the entire head attached, is presented so that: (a) There has been delivered past the mother’s vaginal opening: 1. The fetus’s entire head, in the case of a cephalic presentation, up until the point of complete separation from the mother whether or not the placenta has been delivered or the umbilical cord has been severed; or 2. Any portion of the fetus’s torso above the navel, in the case of a breech presentation, up until the point of complete separation from the mother whether or not the placenta has been delivered or the umbilical cord has been severed. (b) There has been delivered outside the mother’s abdominal wall: 1. The fetus’s entire head, in the case of a cephalic presentation, up until the point of complete separation from the mother whether or not the placenta has been delivered or the umbilical cord has been severed; or 2. Any portion of the child’s torso above the navel, in the case of a breech presentation, up until the point of complete separation from the mother whether or not the placenta has been delivered or the umbilical cord has been severed.

(2) “Living fetus” means any unborn member of the human species who has a heartbeat or discernible spontaneous movement.

(3) “Suction or sharp curettage abortion” means an abortion, as defined in chapter 390, in which the developing fetus and the products of conception are evacuated from the uterus through a suction cannula with an attached vacuum apparatus or with a sharp curette.

History: s. 2, ch. 2000-142.
Fla. Stat. § 634.437 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part III / Section 634.437
634.437 Power of department and office to examine and investigate.
Status: in_force

The department and office have the power, within their respective regulatory jurisdictions, to examine and investigate the affairs of every person involved in the business of service warranty in this state in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by s. 634.435, and each shall have the powers and duties specified in ss. 634.438-634.442 in connection therewith.

History: ss. 29, 38, ch. 83-322; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 1509, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 679.3101 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part III / Section 679.3101
679.3101 When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and s. 679.3121(2), a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.

(2) The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest: (a) That is perfected under s. 679.3081(4), (5), (6), or (7); (b) That is perfected under s. 679.3091 when it attaches; (c) In property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in s. 679.3111(1); (d) In goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under s. 679.3121(4)(a) or (b); (e) In certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control, or possession under s. 679.3121(5), (6), or (7); (f) In collateral in the secured party’s possession under s. 679.3131; (g) In a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under s. 679.3131; (h) In controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights which is perfected by control under s. 679.3141(1); (i) In proceeds which is perfected under s. 679.3151; or (j) That is perfected under s. 679.3161.

(3) If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this chapter is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.

History: s. 3, ch. 2001-198; s. 63, ch. 2010-131; s. 86, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 215.05 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.05
215.05 Department of Financial Services to certify accounts of delinquents.
Status: in_force

When any revenue officer or other person accountable for public money shall neglect or refuse to pay into the treasury the sum or balance reported to be due to the state, upon the adjustment of that person’s account, the Department of Financial Services shall immediately hand over to the state attorney of the proper circuit the statement of the sum or balance certified under its seal of office, so due; and the state attorney shall institute suit for the recovery of the same, adding to the sum or balance stated to be due on such account the commissions of the delinquent, which shall be forfeited in every instance where suit is commenced and judgment is obtained thereon, and an interest of 8 percent per annum from the time of the delinquent’s receiving the money until it shall be paid into the State Treasury.

History: s. 1, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 408; GS 600; RGS 1035; CGL 1346; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1138, ch. 95-147; s. 197, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0626 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0626
607.0626 Shares without certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors of a corporation may authorize the issuance of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates. The authorization does not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the corporation.

(2) Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the corporation shall deliver to the shareholder a written statement of the information required on certificates by s. 607.0625(2) and (3), and, if applicable, s. 607.0627.

History: s. 43, ch. 89-154; s. 47, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 163.570 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 163 / Part V / Section 163.570
163.570 Special region taxation.
Status: in_force

(1) Any regional transportation authority created hereunder shall be deemed a special tax district and shall be authorized to levy an ad valorem tax based on full valuation of real property not to exceed 3 mills on the taxable real property in the areas affected by such authority, with the approval of the county commission or equivalent governing body of such area, at a rate sufficient to produce an amount that may be necessary for effectuating the purposes of this part, if such millage level is approved by a majority of the members of such authority and by referendum. Property taxes determined and levied under this section shall be certified by the authority to the appropriate auditor and extended, assessed, and collected in like manner as provided by general law for such political subdivisions. The proceeds under this section shall be remitted by the tax collector to the treasurer of the authority who shall credit them to the funds of the authority for use in effectuating the purposes of this part. At any time after making a tax levy under this section and certifying the same to the corresponding governing body represented by the membership on the authority, the authority may issue tax anticipation notes of indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of such taxes.

(2) No tax authorized by this part shall be levied unless the same shall be approved by a majority of the electors of each county, municipality, or other political subdivision, voting in elections to be held within the geographical area of the special tax district. A tax shall be authorized only in such political subdivisions as are approved by electors from within the counties or municipalities or other political subdivisions who are members of the regional authority.

History: s. 6, ch. 71-373; s. 1, ch. 73-278.
Fla. Stat. § 440.55 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.55
440.55 Proceedings against state.
Status: in_force

Any person entitled to compensation benefits by reason of the injury or death of an employee of the state, its boards, bureaus, departments, agencies, or subdivisions employing labor, may maintain proceedings and actions at law against the state, its boards, bureaus, departments, agencies, and subdivisions, for such benefit, said proceedings and action at law to be in the same manner as provided herein with respect to other employers.

History: s. 19, ch. 18413, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 5966(55); s. 23, ch. 78-300; s. 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.
Fla. Stat. § 82.091 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 82 / Section 82.091
82.091 Judgment and execution.
Status: in_force

(1) If the court enters a judgment for the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall recover possession of the real property that he or she is entitled to and damages and costs. The court shall award a writ of possession to be executed without delay and execution for the plaintiff’s damages and costs.

(2) If the court enters a judgment for the defendant, the court shall order that the defendant recover costs.

History: s. 15, ch. 1630, 1868; RS 1702; GS 2167; RGS 3471; CGL 5324; s. 33, ch. 67-254; s. 426, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 2018-94.
Fla. Stat. § 943.032 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.032
943.032 Financial Crime Analysis Center and Financial Transaction Database.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement a Financial Crime Analysis Center and a Financial Transaction Database.

(2) The department shall compile information and data available from financial transaction reports required to be submitted by state or federal law that are provided to the Department of Financial Services, to the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission, to the Department of Revenue, or to which the department otherwise has access. Information and data so received shall be utilized by the department in the Financial Transaction Database. The department shall implement a system utilizing the database that allows data review and processing to reveal patterns, trends, and correlations that are indicative of money laundering or other financial transactions indicative of criminal activity. The department shall, in consultation with the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission, and the Department of Revenue, establish the methods and parameters by which information and data received by such agencies are transferred to the department for inclusion in the database. Information developed in or through the use of the database shall be made available to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in this state in a manner defined by the department and as allowed by state or federal law or regulation. All information contained in the database shall be considered “active criminal intelligence” or “active criminal investigative information” as defined in s. 119.011.

(3) The Financial Crime Analysis Center shall analyze and develop information relating to money laundering, perform postseizure analysis of currency and drug seizures in drug cases, and access information and data in the Financial Transaction Database for the purposes of assisting the department’s drug and money laundering investigation and forfeiture efforts, assisting the efforts of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in this state in investigating ongoing, organized drug trafficking and money laundering activities occurring within the state, and assisting the department in investigations of other financial transactions indicative of criminal activity. The center may perform proactive analyses of information and intelligence to assist in identifying those who may be engaging in money laundering, drug-related criminal activity, or other criminal activity involving financial transactions, but who have evaded detection, investigation, or prosecution.

History: s. 25, ch. 2000-360; s. 1928, ch. 2003-261.