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Fla. Stat. § 562.33 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 562 / Section 562.33
562.33 Beverage and personal property; seizure and forfeiture.
Status: in_force

Whenever any beverage on which any tax is imposed by the Beverage Law or would be imposed if such beverage were manufactured in or brought into this state in accordance with the regulatory provisions thereof, or any materials, utensils, or vessels proper, or other personal property whatsoever, intended to be made use of for or in the manufacture of such beverage are removed, or are deposited or concealed in any place, with intent to defraud the state of such tax, or any part thereof, all such beverages and all such materials, utensils, vessels, or other personal property whatsoever, may be seized by the division or any sheriff or deputy sheriff and shall be forfeited to the state.

History: s. 11, ch. 19301, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(271s); ss. 16, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 72-230.
Fla. Stat. § 1000.02 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1000 / Part I / Section 1000.02
1000.02 Policy and guiding principles for the Florida Early Learning-20 education system.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the policy of the Legislature: (a) To achieve within existing resources a seamless academic educational system that fosters an integrated continuum of early learning through graduate school education for Florida’s students. (b) To promote enhanced academic success and funding efficiency of educational delivery systems by aligning responsibility with accountability. (c) To provide consistent education policy across all educational delivery systems, focusing on students. (d) To provide substantially improved articulation across all educational delivery systems. (e) To provide for the decentralization of authority to the schools, Florida College System institutions, universities, and other education institutions that deliver educational services to the public. (f) To ensure that independent education institutions and home education programs maintain their independence, autonomy, and nongovernmental status.

(2) The guiding principles for Florida’s Early Learning-20 education system are: (a) A coordinated, seamless system for early learning through graduate school education. (b) A system that is student-centered in every facet. (c) A system that maximizes education access and allows the opportunity for a high quality education for all Floridians. (d) A system that safeguards equity and supports academic excellence. (e) A system that provides for local operational flexibility while promoting accountability for student achievement and improvement.

History: s. 4, ch. 2002-387; s. 2, ch. 2011-5; s. 17, ch. 2021-10.
Fla. Stat. § 100.311 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.311
100.311 Local law governs bond election held by municipalities.
Status: in_force

No section of this code controlling or regulating bond referenda shall be deemed to repeal or modify any provision contained in any local law relating to bond referenda held by any municipality, but ss. 100.201-100.351 shall be deemed additional and supplementary to any such local law.

History: s. 21, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(18); s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 12, ch. 77-175.
Fla. Stat. § 685.102 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 685 / Section 685.102
685.102 Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any law that limits the right of a person to maintain an action or proceeding, any person may, to the extent permitted under the United States Constitution, maintain in this state an action or proceeding against any person or other entity residing or located outside this state, if the action or proceeding arises out of or relates to any contract, agreement, or undertaking for which a choice of the law of this state, in whole or in part, has been made pursuant to s. 685.101 and which contains a provision by which such person or other entity residing or located outside this state agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.

(2) This section does not affect the jurisdiction of the courts of this state over any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any other contract, agreement, or undertaking.

(3) This section applies to: (a) Contracts entered into on or after June 27, 1989; and (b) Contracts entered into prior to June 27, 1989, if an action or proceeding relating to such contract is commenced on or after June 27, 1989.

History: s. 2, ch. 89-135.
Fla. Stat. § 500.165 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 500 / Section 500.165
500.165 Transporting shipments of food items; rules; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for a carrier to transport food items in a vehicle or rail car that has been or is being used to transport solid waste, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, biohazardous wastes, or any substance that may pose a threat to human health.

(2) The department may by rule set standards for decontamination and provide for exceptions when the standards are met. The department may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section. The department shall also adopt rules for administrative fines based upon the potential damage caused by violation, not to exceed the amount specified in subsection (3).

(3) A person who violates subsection (1) or the rules adopted under subsection (2) is subject to an administrative fine in the Class III category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each violation. In addition, a person who violates subsection (1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 15, ch. 92-180; s. 14, ch. 94-180; s. 36, ch. 2014-150.
Fla. Stat. § 253.7823 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.7823
253.7823 Disposition of surplus lands; compensation of counties located within the Cross Florida Canal Navigation District.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may identify parcels of former barge canal lands that may be sold or exchanged. In identifying said surplus lands, the department shall give priority to those lands not having high recreation or conservation values, and those having the greatest assessed valuations. Although the department shall immediately begin to identify the parcels of surplus lands to be sold, the department shall offer the lands for sale in a manner designed to maximize the amounts received over a reasonable period of time.

(2) The department is authorized to sell surplus additional former canal lands if they are determined to be unnecessary to the effective provision of the type of recreational opportunities and conservation activities for which the greenway was created.

History: s. 51, ch. 93-213; s. 83, ch. 94-356; s. 5, ch. 2003-394.
Fla. Stat. § 320.08015 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.08015
320.08015 License tax surcharge.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), there is levied on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08(11) a surcharge in the amount of $1, which shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax and shall be deposited in the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund, as created in s. 723.06115. This surcharge may not be imposed during the next registration and renewal period if the balance in the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund exceeds $10 million on June 30. The surcharge shall be reinstated in the next registration and renewal period if the balance in the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund is below $6 million on June 30.

(2) Any mobile home that is not located in a mobile home park regulated under chapter 723 is exempt from the surcharge.

History: s. 2, ch. 2003-263.
Fla. Stat. § 570.921 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part IV / Section 570.921
570.921 Environmental Stewardship Certification Program.
Status: in_force

The department may establish the Environmental Stewardship Certification Program consistent with this section.

(1) The program must: (a) Be integrated, to the maximum extent practicable, with programs that are sponsored by agricultural organizations or state universities. (b) Be designed to recognize and promote agricultural operations or homeowner practices that demonstrate exemplary resource management that is related to environmental stewardship. (c) Include a process to periodically review a certification to ensure compliance with the program requirements, including implementation by the certificateholder. (d) Require periodic continuing education in relevant environmental stewardship issues in order to maintain certification.

(2) The department shall provide an agricultural certification under this program for implementation of one or more of the following criteria: (a) A voluntary agreement between an agency and an agricultural producer for environmental improvement or water-resource protection. (b) A conservation plan that meets or exceeds the requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture. (c) Best management practices adopted pursuant to s. 403.067(7)(c) or s. 570.93(1)(b).

(3) The Soil and Water Conservation Council created by s. 582.06 may develop and recommend to the department for adoption additional criteria for receipt of an agricultural certification which may include, but not be limited to: (a) Comprehensive management of all on-farm resources. (b) Promotion of environmental awareness and responsible resource stewardship in agricultural or urban communities. (c) Completion of a curriculum of study that is related to environmental issues and regulation.

(4) If needed, the department and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida may jointly develop a curriculum that provides instruction concerning environmental issues pertinent to agricultural certification and deliver such curriculum to, and certify its completion by, any person seeking certification or to maintain certification.

(5) The department may enter into agreements with third-party providers to administer or implement all or part of the program.

History: s. 15, ch. 2005-210; s. 68, ch. 2006-1; s. 4, ch. 2013-177; s. 66, ch. 2014-150; s. 3, ch. 2016-9.
Fla. Stat. § 383.3105 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 383 / Section 383.3105
383.3105 Patients consenting to adoptions; protocols.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensed facility shall adopt a protocol that at a minimum provides for facility staff to be knowledgeable of the waiting periods, revocation and the contents of the consent to adoption as contained in s. 63.082(4), and describes the supportive and unbiased manner in which facility staff will interact with birth parents and prospective adoptive parents regarding the adoption, in particular during the waiting period required in s. 63.082(4)(b) before consenting to an adoption.

(2) The protocol shall be in writing and be provided upon request to any birth parent or prospective adoptive parent of a child born in the facility.

History: s. 40, ch. 2001-3.
Fla. Stat. § 298.23 — Florida Code / Title XXI / Chapter 298 / Section 298.23
298.23 Supervisors authorized to take land for rights-of-way, etc.; payment.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a district organized under this chapter shall not have the right to enter upon, or appropriate, any land for rights-of-way, holding basins or other works of the district, until the prices awarded to the owners of such land shall have been paid to such owners, or into the hands of the clerks of the circuit courts of the county or counties within which the respective lands are located for the use of such owners; and if the sums awarded be not so paid within 5 years from the date of filing the engineer’s reports, all proceedings as to the taking of such property for rights-of-way, holding basins and other works, not so paid for, shall abate at the cost of said district. Whenever any land is acquired by any district under the provisions of this chapter and the price of such property has been paid the owner by the district, the title, use, possession and enjoyment of such property shall pass from the owner and be vested in the district, and subject to its use, profit, employment and final disposition. The price awarded for all lands acquired by any district for rights-of-way, holding basins, or other works, and the amount of damage assessed by the board of supervisors to any tract or parcel of land or other property in the district, shall be paid in cash to the owner thereof or to the clerk of the court for the use of such owner, and that portion of any tract or parcel of land not taken for use of the district shall be assessed for the benefits accruing in accordance with the provisions in this chapter.

History: s. 29, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 1126; CGL 1479; s. 9, ch. 79-5; s. 8, ch. 97-40.
Fla. Stat. § 719.4015 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 719 / Part IV / Section 719.4015
719.4015 Cooperative leases; escalation clauses.
Status: in_force

(1) It is declared that the public policy of this state prohibits the inclusion or enforcement of escalation clauses in land leases or other leases or agreements for recreational facilities, land, or other commonly used facilities serving residential cooperatives, and such clauses are hereby declared void for public policy. For the purposes of this section, an escalation clause is any clause in a cooperative lease or agreement which provides that the rental under the lease or agreement shall increase at the same percentage rate as any nationally recognized and conveniently available commodity or consumer price index.

(2) This public policy prohibits the inclusion or enforcement of such escalation clauses in leases related to cooperatives for which the cooperative documents were recorded on or after June 4, 1975; it prohibits the enforcement of escalation clauses in leases related to cooperatives for which the cooperative documents were recorded prior to June 4, 1975, but which have been refused enforcement on the grounds that the parties agreed to be bound by subsequent amendments to the Florida Statutes or which have been found to be void because of a finding that such lease is unconscionable or which have been refused enforcement on the basis of the application of former s. 719.401(8); and it prohibits any further escalation of rental fees after October 1, 1988, pursuant to escalation clauses in leases related to cooperatives for which the cooperative documents were recorded prior to June 4, 1975.

(3) The provisions of this section do not apply if the lessor is the Government of the United States or the State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof or any agency of any political subdivision thereof.

History: s. 9, ch. 88-148; s. 4, ch. 88-225; s. 2, ch. 89-164.
Fla. Stat. § 877.10 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 877 / Section 877.10
877.10 Real property; dual contracts prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make, issue, deliver, or receive dual contracts for the purchase or sale of real property. Dual contracts, either written or oral, are two contracts concerning the same parcel of real property, one of which states the true and actual purchase price and one of which states a purchase price in excess of the true and actual purchase price and is used as an inducement for mortgage investors to make a loan commitment on such real property in reliance upon the stated inflated value.

(2) Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-531; s. 1155, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 411.22 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 411 / Part II / Section 411.22
411.22 Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that 50 percent of handicapping conditions in young children can be prevented, and such conditions which are not prevented can be minimized by focusing prevention efforts on high-risk pregnant women and on high-risk and handicapped preschool children and their families. The Legislature further finds that by preventing handicaps in preschool children, infant mortality and child abuse can be reduced and this state can reap substantial savings in both human potential and state funds. The Legislature finds that infant mortality, handicapping conditions in young children, and other health problems for infants and mothers are associated with teenage pregnancy and that the prevention of sexual activity and unwanted teenage pregnancy can reduce the number of at-risk children, while increasing human potential and reducing the cost of health care. The Legislature further finds that a continuum of integrated services is needed to identify, diagnose, and treat high-risk conditions in pregnant women and in preschool children. The Legislature finds that intraagency and interagency coordination can enhance the framework of a continuum that is already in existence and that coordination of public sector and private sector prevention services can reduce infant mortality and handicapping conditions in preschool children and minimize the effects of handicapping conditions. It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, that a continuum of efficient and cost-effective prevention and early assistance services be identified, that a plan for intraagency and interagency coordination be developed for the purpose of implementing such a continuum, and that the continuum of services be implemented as resources are made available for such implementation.

History: s. 2, ch. 89-379; s. 8, ch. 90-358.
Fla. Stat. § 29.012 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 29 / Section 29.012
29.012 Construction.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall require the Legislature to fund any court function or court-related activities of the court system, the state attorneys’ offices, public defenders’ offices, conflict counsel, the statewide prosecutor, or the clerks of the circuit and county courts.

History: s. 14, ch. 2000-237.
Fla. Stat. § 877.02 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 877 / Section 877.02
877.02 Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or her or his agent, employee or any person acting on her or his behalf, to solicit or procure through solicitation either directly or indirectly legal business, or to solicit or procure through solicitation a retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing an attorney to perform or render legal service, or to make it a business to solicit or procure such business, retainers or agreements; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit or be applicable to banks, trust companies, lawyer reference services, legal aid associations, lay collection agencies, railroad companies, insurance companies and agencies, and real estate companies and agencies, in the conduct of their lawful businesses, and in connection therewith and incidental thereto forwarding legal matters to attorneys at law when such forwarding is authorized by the customers or clients of said businesses and is done pursuant to the canons of legal ethics as pronounced by the Supreme Court of Florida.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of or in any capacity attached to any hospital, sanitarium, police department, wrecker service or garage, prison or court, for a person authorized to furnish bail bonds, investigators, photographers, insurance or public adjusters, or for a general or other contractor as defined in s. 489.105 or other business providing sinkhole remediation services, to communicate directly or indirectly with any attorney or person acting on said attorney’s behalf for the purpose of aiding, assisting, or abetting such attorney in the solicitation of legal business or the procurement through solicitation of a retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing the attorney to perform or render legal services.

(3) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(4) This section shall be taken to be cumulative and shall not be construed to amend or repeal any other valid law, code, ordinance, rule, or penalty now in effect.

History: ss. 1-4, ch. 59-391; s. 1146, ch. 71-136; s. 1425, ch. 97-102; s. 37, ch. 2006-12; s. 8, ch. 2025-40.
Fla. Stat. § 330.33 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 330 / Section 330.33
330.33 Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules or orders issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 7, ch. 24046, 1947; s. 230, ch. 71-136; s. 5, ch. 84-205.
Fla. Stat. § 50.041 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 50 / Section 50.041
50.041 Proof of publication; uniform affidavits required.
Status: in_force

(1) All affidavits made for the purpose of establishing proof of publication of public notices or legal advertisements shall be uniform throughout the state.

(2) Each such affidavit shall be printed upon white paper and shall be 8 1 / 2 inches in width and of convenient length, not less than 5 1 / 2 inches. A white margin of not less than 2 1 / 2 inches shall be left at the right side of each affidavit form and upon or in this space shall be substantially pasted a clipping which shall be a true copy of the public notice or legal advertisement for which proof is executed. Alternatively, the affidavit may be provided in electronic rather than paper form, provided the notarization of the affidavit complies with the requirements of s. 117.021.

(3) There may be a charge not to exceed $2 levied for the preparation and execution of each such proof of publication or affidavit.

History: s. 1, ch. 19290, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4668(1); s. 1, ch. 63-49; s. 26, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 76-58; s. 2, ch. 2012-212; s. 5, ch. 2021-17.
Fla. Stat. § 468.632 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part XII / Section 468.632
468.632 Prosecution of criminal violations.
Status: in_force

The department shall report any criminal violation of this part to the proper prosecuting authority for prompt prosecution.

History: s. 24, ch. 93-166.
Fla. Stat. § 25.3844 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 25 / Section 25.3844
25.3844 Administrative Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Administrative Trust Fund is created within the state courts system.

(2) The fund is established for the purpose of supporting the operations of the judicial branch and for such other purposes as may be appropriate, and shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the agency’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.

History: s. 3, ch. 2006-23; s. 2, ch. 2009-31; s. 3, ch. 2010-162.
Fla. Stat. § 27.512 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 27 / Part III / Section 27.512
27.512 Order of no imprisonment.
Status: in_force

(1) In each case in which the court determines that it will not sentence the defendant to imprisonment if convicted, the court shall issue an order of no imprisonment and the court may not appoint the public defender or other counsel to represent the defendant. If the court issues an order of no imprisonment following the appointment of the public defender or other counsel, the court shall immediately terminate the appointed counsel’s services. However, if at any time the court withdraws the order of no imprisonment with respect to an indigent defendant, the court shall appoint the public defender to represent the defendant.

(2) The form and contents of an order of no imprisonment shall be determined by rules adopted by the Supreme Court.

History: s. 3, ch. 97-107; s. 5, ch. 2007-62.