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Fla. Stat. § 464.005 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 464 / Part I / Section 464.005
464.005 Board headquarters.
Status: in_force

The board shall maintain its official headquarters in Tallahassee.

History: ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-225; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 17, 18, ch. 86-284; s. 58, ch. 91-137; s. 5, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 94, ch. 2001-277.
Fla. Stat. § 655.0392 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 655 / Section 655.0392
655.0392 Place of transacting business.
Status: in_force

Any financial institution, except a credit union, organized under the laws of this state or federal law may apply for space in any building owned or leased by the state, political subdivision, or municipality in the community or political subdivision in which the financial institution does business. The application must be addressed to the officer charged with the allotment of space in such building, who, if space is available, may allot the space at a commercially reasonable rate. A credit union may apply for such space under the provisions of s. 657.008(4).

History: s. 21, ch. 92-303.
Fla. Stat. § 901.25 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 901 / Section 901.25
901.25 Fresh pursuit; arrest outside jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “fresh pursuit” as used in this act shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. It shall also include the pursuit of a person who has violated a county or municipal ordinance or chapter 316 or has committed a misdemeanor.

(2) Any duly authorized state, county, or municipal arresting officer is authorized to arrest a person outside the officer’s jurisdiction when in fresh pursuit. Such officer shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody outside his or her jurisdiction, subject to the limitations hereafter set forth, as has any authorized arresting state, county, or municipal officer of this state to arrest and hold in custody a person not arrested in fresh pursuit.

(3) If an arrest is made in this state by an officer outside the county within which his or her jurisdiction lies, the officer shall immediately notify the officer in charge of the jurisdiction in which the arrest is made. Such officer in charge of the jurisdiction shall, along with the officer making the arrest, take the person so arrested before a trial court judge of the county in which the arrest was made without unnecessary delay.

(4) The employing agency of the state, county, or municipal officer making an arrest on fresh pursuit shall be liable for all actions of said officer in the same fashion that it is liable for the officer’s acts made while making an arrest within his or her jurisdiction.

(5) The officer making an arrest on fresh pursuit shall be fully protected with respect to pension, retirement, workers’ compensation, and other such benefits just as if the officer had made an arrest in his or her own jurisdiction.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-515; s. 14, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 78-246; s. 120, ch. 79-40; s. 1, ch. 81-313; s. 2, ch. 83-119; s. 1467, ch. 97-102; s. 25, ch. 2004-11.
Fla. Stat. § 175.111 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 175 / Section 175.111
175.111 Certified copy of ordinance or resolution filed; insurance companies’ annual report of premiums; duplicate files; book of accounts.
Status: in_force

For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, whenever any municipality passes an ordinance or whenever any special fire control district passes a resolution establishing a chapter plan or local law plan assessing and imposing the taxes authorized in s. 175.101, a certified copy of such ordinance or resolution shall be deposited with the division. Thereafter every insurance company, association, corporation, or other insurer carrying on the business of property insurance on real or personal property, on or before the succeeding March 1 after date of the passage of the ordinance or resolution, shall report fully in writing and under oath to the division and the Department of Revenue a just and true account of all premiums by such insurer received for property insurance policies covering or insuring any real or personal property located within the corporate limits of each such municipality or special fire control district during the period of time elapsing between the date of the passage of the ordinance or resolution and the end of the calendar year. The report shall include the code designation as prescribed by the division for each piece of insured property, real or personal, located within the corporate limits of each municipality and within the legally defined boundaries of each special fire control district. The aforesaid insurer shall annually thereafter, on March 1, file with the Department of Revenue a similar report covering the preceding year’s premium receipts, and every such insurer at the same time of making such reports shall pay to the Department of Revenue the amount of the tax hereinbefore mentioned. Every insurer engaged in carrying on such insurance business in the state shall keep accurate books of accounts of all such business done by it within the corporate limits of each such municipality and within the legally defined boundaries of each such special fire control district, and in such manner as to be able to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Based on the insurers’ reports of premium receipts, the division shall prepare a consolidated premium report and shall furnish to any municipality or special fire control district requesting the same a copy of the relevant section of that report.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-249; ss. 12, 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 75-240; s. 20, ch. 93-193; s. 1, ch. 95-250; s. 9, ch. 99-1; s. 6, ch. 2000-355.
Fla. Stat. § 402.309 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 402 / Section 402.309
402.309 Provisional license or registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The local licensing agency or the department, whichever is authorized to license child care facilities in a county, may issue a provisional license for child care facilities, family day care homes, or large family child care homes, or a provisional registration for family day care homes to applicants for an initial license or registration or to licensees or registrants seeking a renewal who are unable to meet all the standards provided for in ss. 402.301-402.319.

(2) A provisional license or registration may not be issued unless the operator or owner makes adequate provisions for the health and safety of the child. A provisional license may be issued for a child care facility if all of the screening materials have been timely submitted. A provisional license or registration may not be issued unless the child care facility, family day care home, or large family child care home is in compliance with the requirements for screening of child care personnel in ss. 402.305, 402.3055, 402.313, and 402.3131, respectively.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a local licensing agency or the department, whichever is authorized to license child care facilities in a county, must issue a provisional license or registration if the operator or owner: (a) Is applying for an initial license or registration for a child care facility, a family day care home, or a large family child care home; (b) Has made adequate provisions for the health and safety of the child; and (c) Provides evidence that he or she has completed, within the previous 6 months, training pursuant to United States Department of Defense Instruction 6060.02 and background screening by the United States Department of Defense pursuant to 34 U.S.C. s. 20351 and 32 C.F.R. part 86 and received a favorable suitability and fitness determination.

(4) The provisional license or registration may not be issued for a period that exceeds 6 months; however, it may be renewed one time for a period that may not exceed 6 months under unusual circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.

(5) The provisional license or registration may be suspended or revoked if periodic inspection or review by the local licensing agency or the department indicates that insufficient progress has been made toward compliance.

(6) The department shall adopt rules specifying the conditions and procedures under which a provisional license or registration may be issued, suspended, or revoked.

History: s. 9, ch. 74-113; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 7, ch. 83-248; s. 8, ch. 84-551; s. 27, ch. 85-54; s. 26, ch. 87-238; ss. 1, 2, ch. 93-115; s. 7, ch. 2006-91; s. 1, ch. 2023-249.
Fla. Stat. § 316.1926 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.1926
316.1926 Additional offenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who violates the provisions of s. 316.2085(2) or (3) shall be cited for a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.

(2) A person who exceeds the speed limit in excess of 50 miles per hour or more in violation of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s. 316.189 shall be cited for a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 2008-117.
Fla. Stat. § 343.61 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 343 / Part II / Section 343.61
343.61 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part may be cited as the “Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 89-351; s. 1, ch. 93-103.
Fla. Stat. § 605.1044 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.1044
605.1044 Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of conversion of a domestic converting limited liability company may be amended: (a) In the same manner as the plan was approved, if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended; or (b) By the managers or members of the entity in the manner provided in the plan, but a member who was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the conversion is entitled to vote on or consent to an amendment of the plan which will change: 1. The amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing, to be received by the interest holders of the converting entity under the plan; 2. The public organic record, if any, or private organic rules of the converted entity which will be in effect immediately after the conversion becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the converting entity under its organic law or organic rules; or 3. Any other terms or conditions of the plan, if the change would adversely affect the interest holder in any material respect.

(2) After a plan of conversion has been approved and before the articles of conversion become effective, the plan may be abandoned as provided in the plan. Unless prohibited by the plan, a domestic converting limited liability company may abandon the plan in the same manner as the plan was approved.

(3) If a plan of conversion is abandoned after articles of conversion have been delivered to the department for filing and before such articles of conversion have become effective, a statement of abandonment, signed by the converting entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the articles of conversion become effective. The statement of abandonment takes effect on filing, and the conversion is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of abandonment must contain the following: (a) The name of the converting limited liability company. (b) The date on which the articles of conversion were delivered to the department for filing. (c) A statement that the conversion has been abandoned in accordance with this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 90.409 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.409
90.409 Payment of medical and similar expenses.
Status: in_force

Evidence of furnishing, or offering or promising to pay, medical or hospital expenses or other damages occasioned by an injury or accident is inadmissible to prove liability for the injury or accident.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 1011.41 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1011 / Part I / Section 1011.41
1011.41 University appropriations.
Status: in_force

Funds for the general operations of universities shall be requested and appropriated as Aid to Local Governments Grants and Aids, subject to provisions of the General Appropriations Act. Funds provided to state universities in the General Appropriations Act are contingent upon each university complying with the tuition and fee policies established in the proviso language and with the tuition and fee policies for state universities included in part II of chapter 1009. However, the funds appropriated to a specific university shall not be affected by the failure of another university to comply with this provision.

History: s. 634, ch. 2002-387; s. 152, ch. 2007-217.
Fla. Stat. § 317.0016 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.0016
317.0016 Expedited service; applications; fees.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide, through its agents and for use by the public, expedited service on title transfers, title issuances, duplicate titles, and recordation of liens. A fee of $7 shall be charged for this service, which is in addition to the fees imposed by ss. 317.0007 and 317.0008, and $3.50 of this fee shall be retained by the processing agency. All remaining fees shall be deposited in the Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Application for expedited service may be made by mail or in person. The department shall issue each title applied for pursuant to this section within 5 working days after receipt of the application except for an application for a duplicate title certificate covered by s. 317.0008(3), in which case the title must be issued within 5 working days after compliance with the department’s verification requirements.

History: s. 54, ch. 2005-164; s. 17, ch. 2012-7; s. 18, ch. 2013-160.
Fla. Stat. § 100.3605 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.3605
100.3605 Conduct of municipal elections.
Status: in_force

(1) The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall govern the conduct of a municipality’s election in the absence of an applicable special act, charter, or ordinance provision. No charter or ordinance provision shall be adopted which conflicts with or exempts a municipality from any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to municipalities.

(2) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, change the dates for qualifying and for the election of members of the governing body of the municipality and provide for the orderly transition of office resulting from such date changes.

History: s. 2, ch. 95-178.
Fla. Stat. § 740.005 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 740 / Section 740.005
740.005 Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
Status: in_force

(1) When disclosing the digital assets of a user under this chapter, the custodian may, at its sole discretion: (a) Grant a fiduciary or designated recipient full access to the user’s account; (b) Grant a fiduciary or designated recipient partial access to the user’s account sufficient to perform the tasks with which the fiduciary or designated recipient is charged; or (c) Provide a fiduciary or designated recipient a copy in a record of any digital asset that, on the date the custodian received the request for disclosure, the user could have accessed if the user were alive and had full capacity and access to the account.

(2) A custodian may assess a reasonable administrative charge for the cost of disclosing digital assets under this chapter.

(3) A custodian is not required to disclose under this chapter a digital asset deleted by a user.

(4) If a user directs or a fiduciary requests a custodian to disclose under this chapter some, but not all, of the user’s digital assets to the fiduciary or a designated recipient, the custodian is not required to disclose the assets if segregation of the assets would impose an undue burden on the custodian. If the custodian believes the direction or request imposes an undue burden, the custodian or the fiduciary may seek an order from the court to disclose: (a) A subset limited by date of the user’s digital assets; (b) All of the user’s digital assets to the fiduciary or designated recipient, or to the court for review in chambers; or (c) None of the user’s digital assets.

History: s. 6, ch. 2016-46.
Fla. Stat. § 605.2605 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.2605
605.2605 Plan of merger.
Status: in_force

In a merger under s. 605.2604, the plan of merger must do all of the following:

(1) Comply with s. 605.1022 relating to the contents of a plan of merger of a limited liability company.

(2) State in a record: (a) For any protected series of a non-surviving company, whether, after the merger, the protected series will be a relocated protected series or be dissolved, wound up, and terminated. (b) For any protected series of the surviving company which exists before the merger, whether, after the merger, the protected series will be a continuing protected series or be dissolved, wound up, and terminated. (c) For each relocated protected series or continuing protected series: 1. The name of any person that becomes an associated member or a protected-series transferee of the protected series after the merger, any consideration to be paid by, on behalf of, or in respect of the person, the name of the payor, and the name of the payee; 2. The name of any person whose rights or obligations in the person’s capacity as an associated member or a protected-series transferee will change after the merger; 3. Any consideration to be paid to a person that before the merger was an associated member or a protected-series transferee of the protected series and the name of the payor; and 4. If, after the merger, the protected series will be a relocated protected series, its new name. (d) For any protected series to be established by the surviving company as a result of the merger: 1. The name of the protected series and the address of its principal office; 2. Any protected-series transferable interest to be owned by the surviving company when the protected series is established; and 3. The name of and any protected-series transferable interest owned by any person that will be an associated member of the protected series when the protected series is established. (e) For any person that is an associated member of a relocated protected series and will remain a member after the merger, any amendment to the operating agreement of the surviving limited liability company which: 1. Is or is proposed to be in a record; and 2. Is necessary or appropriate to state the rights and obligations of the person as a member of the surviving limited liability company.

History: s. 35, ch. 2025-162.
Fla. Stat. § 90.403 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.403
90.403 Exclusion on grounds of prejudice or confusion.
Status: in_force

Relevant evidence is inadmissible if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, misleading the jury, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence. This section shall not be construed to mean that evidence of the existence of available third-party benefits is inadmissible.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 6, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 425.20 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 425 / Section 425.20
425.20 Filing of articles.
Status: in_force

Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged and accompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicable provisions of this chapter, shall be presented to the Department of State for filing in the records of its office. If the Department of State shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements of this chapter, it shall upon the payment of the fees as in this chapter provided, file the articles so presented in the records of its office and upon such filing the incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution provided for therein shall be in effect. The Department of State immediately upon the filing in its office of any articles pursuant to this chapter shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of each cooperative or corporation affected by such incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution shall be located. The clerk of any county, upon receipt of any such certified copy, shall file and index the same in the records of his or her office, but the failure of the Department of State or of a clerk of a county to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate such articles. The provisions of this section shall also apply to certificates of election to dissolve and affidavits of compliance executed pursuant to s. 425.19(2)(b).

History: s. 19, ch. 19138, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 6494(62); ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 95, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 678.3021 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 678 / Part III / Section 678.3021
678.3021 Rights of purchaser.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer.

(2) A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.

(3) A purchaser of a certificated security who as a previous holder had notice of an adverse claim does not improve its position by taking from a protected purchaser.

History: s. 3, ch. 98-11; s. 23, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 413.42 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 413 / Part II / Section 413.42
413.42 Cooperation with federal agencies.
Status: in_force

The division is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the Federal Government charged with responsibility for administering laws relating to rehabilitation of persons who have disabilities or the evaluation of those persons for employment, for preparation for employment, or for independent living. The division shall further be authorized to accept and disburse any funds appropriated by Congress and made available to the state for the purpose of rehabilitating persons who have disabilities or for the evaluation of those persons for rehabilitation or for gainful activity, or for any other purpose related to the lawful function of the division, and the division is authorized to take such action as may be necessary to execute the purposes of any such federal grants.

History: s. 6, ch. 59-385; s. 13, ch. 65-239; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 320, ch. 77-147; s. 16, ch. 87-227; s. 10, ch. 88-214; s. 29, ch. 94-324.