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Fla. Stat. § 625.307 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part II / Section 625.307
625.307 United States Government obligations.
Status: in_force

An insurer may invest in bonds, notes, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness which are direct obligations of the Government of the United States or for which the full faith and credit of the Government of the United States is pledged for the payment of principal and interest.

History: s. 132, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 122, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 316.227 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.227
316.227 Obstructed lights not required.
Status: in_force

Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp (except taillamps) need not be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, but this shall not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lamps be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lamps, nor that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135.
Fla. Stat. § 154.203 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 154 / Part III / Section 154.203
154.203 Findings and declaration of necessity.
Status: in_force

It is declared that for the benefit of the people of this state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions it is essential that the people of this state have access to adequate medical care and health facilities and that it is essential that health facilities within each county and municipality in the state be provided with appropriate additional means to assist in the development and maintenance of the public health. It is the purpose of this part to provide a measure of assistance and an alternate method to enable health facilities in each county and municipality of this state to provide the facilities and structures which are determined to be needed by the community to accomplish the purposes of this part. The necessity in the public interest of the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.

History: s. 2, ch. 74-323.
Fla. Stat. § 723.025 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 723 / Section 723.025
723.025 Park owner’s access to mobile home and mobile home lot.
Status: in_force

A mobile home park owner has no right of access to a mobile home unless the mobile home owner’s prior written consent has been obtained or unless to prevent imminent danger to an occupant of the mobile home or to the mobile home. Such consent may be revoked in writing by the mobile home owner at any time. The park owner has, however, the right of entry onto the lot for purposes of repair and replacement of utilities and protection of the mobile home park at all reasonable times, but not in such manner or at such time as to interfere unreasonably with the mobile home owner’s quiet enjoyment of the lot.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-80.
Fla. Stat. § 642.015 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 642 / Section 642.015
642.015 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 642.011-642.049, the term:

(1) “Gross written premiums” means the total amount of premiums paid by the consumer for the entire period of the legal expense insurance contract, including commissions.

(2) “Insurer” means any person authorized to conduct a life or casualty insurance business in this state or a legal expense insurance corporation authorized under ss. 642.011-642.049.

(3) “Legal expense insurance” means a contractual obligation to provide specific legal services, or to reimburse for specific legal expenses, in consideration of a specified payment for an interval of time, regardless of whether the payment is made by the beneficiaries individually or by a third person for them, but does not include the provision of, or reimbursement for, legal services incidental to other insurance coverages.

History: s. 1, ch. 79-103; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 20, 21, ch. 83-278; ss. 1, 6, 7, ch. 93-147; s. 1634, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 520.81 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part V / Section 520.81
520.81 Completion certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon completion of the home improvement for which the owner and the home improvement finance seller contracted, the seller shall prepare a certificate which shall be signed by both parties.

(2) The form of the certificate shall be prescribed by the commission.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-44; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 28, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 630, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 520.70 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part V / Section 520.70
520.70 Employee of the seller.
Status: in_force

(1) No individual may concurrently represent more than one home improvement finance seller in the solicitation or negotiation of any home improvement contract from an owner. The use of a contract form which fails to disclose a named home improvement finance seller is prohibited. No employee of a seller may be authorized to select a home improvement finance seller on behalf of the owner.

(2) No employee of the seller shall accept or pay any compensation on or for a home improvement transaction other than from or for the home improvement finance seller represented with respect to the transaction.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-44; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 21, ch. 87-91; ss. 21, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 634.4165 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part III / Section 634.4165
634.4165 Office records required.
Status: in_force

As a minimum requirement for permanent office records, each licensed service warranty association shall maintain:

(1) A complete set of accounting records, including, but not limited to, a general ledger, cash receipts and disbursements journals, accounts receivable registers, and accounts payable registers.

(2) A detailed warranty register of warranties in force, by unique identifier. The register shall include the unique identifier, date of issue, issuing sales representative, name of warranty holder and the location of the property to the extent the name and address have been furnished by the warranty holder, warranty period, gross premium, commission to sales representative, and net premium. Associations not collecting the name and address of the warranty holder at the time of sale must provide another method for warranty holders to provide such information, such as Internet registration, return postcard, or other means acceptable to the office.

(3) A detailed centralized claims or service records register which includes the unique identifier, date of issue, date of claim, issuing service representative, amount of claim or service, date claim paid, and, if applicable, disposition other than payment and reason therefor.

History: ss. 13, 38, ch. 83-322; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 6, ch. 2008-178.
Fla. Stat. § 922.108 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 922 / Section 922.108
922.108 Sentencing orders in capital cases.
Status: in_force

The sentence of death must not specify any particular method of execution. The wording or form of the sentencing order shall not be grounds for reversal of any sentence.

History: s. 18, ch. 2000-3.
Fla. Stat. § 380.0933 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 380 / Part I / Section 380.0933
380.0933 Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation.
Status: in_force

(1) The Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation is established within the University of South Florida College of Marine Science to coordinate efforts between the academic and research institutions of the state. The University of South Florida College of Marine Science or its successor entity will serve as the lead institution and engage other academic and research institutions, private partners, and financial sponsors to coordinate efforts to support applied research and innovation to address the flooding and sea level rise challenges of the state.

(2) The hub shall, at a minimum: (a) Organize existing data needs for a comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise analysis and perform a gap analysis to determine data needs. (b) Develop statewide open source hydrologic models for physically based flood frequency estimation and real-time forecasting of floods, including hydraulic models of floodplain inundation mapping, real-time compound and tidal flooding forecasts, future groundwater elevation conditions, and economic damage and loss estimates. (c) Coordinate research funds from the state, the Federal Government, or other funding sources for related hub activities across all participating entities. (d) Establish community-based programs to improve flood monitoring and prediction along major waterways, including intracoastal waterways and coastlines, of the state and to support ongoing flood research. (e) Coordinate with agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Environmental Protection and water management districts. (f) Share its resources and expertise. (g) Assist in the development of training and in the development of a workforce in the state that is knowledgeable about flood and sea level rise research, prediction, and adaptation and mitigation strategies. (h) Develop opportunities to partner with other flood and sea level rise research and innovation leaders for sharing technology or research. (i) Conduct the activities under this subsection in cooperation with various local, state, and federal government entities as well as other flood and sea level rise research centers.

(3) The hub shall provide tidal and storm surge flooding data to counties and municipalities for vulnerability assessments conducted pursuant to s. 380.093(3). The hub shall provide rainfall-induced and compound flooding datasets; however, more localized data or modeling may be used.

(4) The hub shall employ an executive director.

(5) By July 1 of each year, the hub shall provide an annual comprehensive report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that outlines its clearly defined goals and its efforts and progress on reaching such goals.

History: s. 2, ch. 2021-28; s. 36, ch. 2022-4; s. 5, ch. 2022-89; s. 31, ch. 2024-2.
Fla. Stat. § 197.2421 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 197 / Section 197.2421
197.2421 Property tax deferral.
Status: in_force

(1) If a property owner applies for a property tax deferral and meets the criteria established in this chapter, the tax collector shall approve the deferral of the ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem assessments.

(2) Authorized property tax deferral programs are: (a) Homestead tax deferral. (b) Recreational and commercial working waterfront deferral. (c) Affordable rental housing deferral.

(3) Ad valorem taxes, non-ad valorem assessments, and interest deferred pursuant to this chapter constitute a priority lien and attach to the property in the same manner as other tax liens. Deferred taxes, assessments, and interest, however, are due, payable, and delinquent as provided in this chapter.

History: s. 11, ch. 2011-151.
Fla. Stat. § 206.27 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.27
206.27 Records and files as public records.
Status: in_force

(1) The records and files in the office of the department appertaining to parts I and II of this chapter shall be available in Tallahassee to the public at any time during business hours. The department shall prepare and make available a list each month of all current licensed terminal suppliers, importers, exporters, and wholesalers which also shall include all new licenses issued and all licenses canceled during the past 12 months. Such list shall be used to verify license numbers of purchasers issuing exemption certificates or affidavits.

(2) Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the department to provide as a public record any information concerning audits in progress or those records and files of the department described in this section which are currently the subject of pending investigation by the Department of Revenue or the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. It is specifically provided that the foregoing information shall be exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall be considered confidential pursuant to s. 213.053; however, the department may make available to the executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or his or her designee, exclusively for official purposes in administering chapter 207, any information concerning any audit in progress, and the provisions of s. 213.053(8) requiring a written agreement and maintenance of confidentiality by the recipient, and the penalty for breach of confidentiality, shall apply if the department makes such information available. Any officer, employee, or former officer or employee of the department who divulges any such information in any manner except for such official purposes or under s. 213.053 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 21, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(81); s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 98, ch. 85-342; s. 28, ch. 86-152; s. 76, ch. 87-99; s. 27, ch. 88-119; s. 44, ch. 90-360; s. 236, ch. 91-224; s. 37, ch. 95-417; s. 58, ch. 96-406; s. 3, ch. 97-54; s. 2, ch. 2005-140; s. 10, ch. 2005-280; s. 3, ch. 2006-85.
Fla. Stat. § 319.271 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 319 / Section 319.271
319.271 Terminal rent adjustment clause.
Status: in_force

In the case of motor vehicles or trailers, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transaction does not create a security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward by reference to the amount realized upon sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer.

History: s. 8, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 394.4572 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 394 / Part I / Section 394.4572
394.4572 Screening of mental health personnel.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department and the Agency for Health Care Administration shall require level 2 background screening pursuant to chapter 435 for mental health personnel. “Mental health personnel” includes all program directors, professional clinicians, staff members, and volunteers working in public or private mental health programs and facilities who have direct contact with individuals held for examination or admitted for mental health treatment. For purposes of this chapter, employment screening of mental health personnel also includes, but is not limited to, employment screening as provided under chapter 435 and s. 408.809. (b) Students in the health care professions who are interning in a mental health facility licensed under chapter 395, where the primary purpose of the facility is not the treatment of minors, are exempt from the fingerprinting and screening requirements if they are under direct supervision in the actual physical presence of a licensed health care professional. (c) A volunteer who assists on an intermittent basis for less than 10 hours per month is exempt from the fingerprinting and screening requirements if a person who meets the screening requirement of paragraph (a) is always present and has the volunteer within his or her line of sight. (d) Mental health personnel working in a facility licensed under chapter 395 who work on an intermittent basis for less than 15 hours per week of direct, face-to-face contact with patients, and who are not listed on the Department of Law Enforcement Career Offender Search or the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website, are exempt from the fingerprinting and screening requirements, except that persons working in a mental health facility where the primary purpose of the facility is the mental health treatment of minors must be fingerprinted and meet screening requirements. (e) Any physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or a nurse licensed under chapter 464 who was required to undergo background screening by the Department of Health as part of his or her initial licensure and the renewal of licensure, and who has an active and unencumbered license, is not subject to background screening pursuant to this section.

(2)(a) The department or the Agency for Health Care Administration may grant exemptions from disqualification as provided in chapter 435. (b) The department or the Agency for Health Care Administration, as applicable, may grant exemptions from disqualification for service provider personnel to work solely in mental health treatment programs or facilities, or in programs or facilities that treat co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.

History: s. 1, ch. 87-128; s. 1, ch. 87-141; s. 23, ch. 93-39; s. 4, ch. 96-169; s. 980, ch. 2002-387; s. 7, ch. 2004-267; s. 5, ch. 2010-114; s. 1, ch. 2012-73; s. 1, ch. 2019-159; s. 1, ch. 2024-245.
Fla. Stat. § 373.63 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part VI / Section 373.63
373.63 Preference to State University System in award of projects or studies.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing boards of the water management districts, in considering the awarding of projects or studies relating to research, restoration, or similar projects or studies, shall give preferential consideration to universities in the State University System.

History: s. 14, ch. 92-288.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1701 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1701
620.1701 Partner’s transferable interest; certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) The only interest of a partner which is transferable is the partner’s transferable interest. A transferable interest is personal property.

(2) The partnership agreement may provide that a partner’s interest in a limited partnership may be evidenced by a certificate issued by the limited partnership and may also provide for the assignment or transfer of any interest in the limited partnership represented by such a certificate and make other provisions with respect to such certificates.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 531.50 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 531 / Section 531.50
531.50 Administrative fine, penalties, and offenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties against a person who violates this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter or impedes, obstructs, or hinders the department in performing its duties under this chapter: (a) Issuance of a warning letter or notice. (b) Imposition of an administrative fine in the Class II category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each violation. When imposing any fine under this section, the department shall consider the degree and extent of potential harm caused by the violation, the amount of money by which the violator benefited from noncompliance, whether the violation was committed willfully, and the compliance record of the violator. All fines, monetary penalties, and costs received by the department shall be deposited in the General Inspection Trust Fund for the purpose of administering this chapter.

(2) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Upon a subsequent conviction, a person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) No person shall: (a) Use, or have in possession for use, in commerce any weight or measure not approved or corrected as provided in s. 531.41(12). (b) Use or dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure without specific authorization from the rejecting authority. (c) Remove any mark of rejection from a rejected weight or measure without specific authorization from the rejecting authority.

History: ss. 1, 1A, ch. 72-101; s. 731, ch. 97-103; s. 28, ch. 97-220; s. 53, ch. 2014-150.
Fla. Stat. § 760.07 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 760 / Part I / Section 760.07
760.07 Remedies for unlawful discrimination.
Status: in_force

Any violation of any Florida statute that makes unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status in the areas of education, employment, or public accommodations gives rise to a cause of action for all relief and damages described in s. 760.11(5), unless greater damages are expressly provided for. If the statute prohibiting unlawful discrimination provides an administrative remedy, the action for equitable relief and damages provided for in this section may be initiated only after the plaintiff has exhausted his or her administrative remedy. The term “public accommodations” does not include lodge halls or other similar facilities of private organizations which are made available for public use occasionally or periodically. The right to trial by jury is preserved in any case in which the plaintiff is seeking actual or punitive damages.

History: s. 6, ch. 92-177; s. 4, ch. 92-282; s. 1137, ch. 97-102; s. 4, ch. 2015-68; s. 3, ch. 2020-164.