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Fla. Stat. § 366.055 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 366 / Section 366.055
366.055 Availability of, and payment for, energy reserves.
Status: in_force

(1) Energy reserves of all utilities in the Florida energy grid shall be available at all times to ensure that grid reliability and integrity are maintained. The commission is authorized to take such action as is necessary to assure compliance. However, prior commitments as to energy use: (a) In interstate commerce, as approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (b) Between one electric utility and another, which have been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; or (c) Between an electric utility which is a part of the energy grid created herein and another energy grid shall not be abridged or altered except during an energy emergency as declared by the Governor and Cabinet.

(2)(a) When the energy produced by one electric utility is transferred to another or others through the energy grid and under the powers granted by this section, the commission shall direct the appropriate recipient utility or utilities to reimburse the producing utility in accordance with the latest wholesale electric rates approved for the producing utility by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for such purposes. (b) Any utility which provides a portion of those transmission facilities involved in the transfer of energy from a producing utility to a recipient utility or utilities shall be entitled to receive an appropriate reimbursement commensurate with the transmission facilities and services provided. However, no utility shall be required to sell purchased power to a recipient utility or utilities at a rate lower than the rate at which the power is purchased from a producing utility.

(3) To assure efficient and reliable operation of a state energy grid, the commission shall have the power to require any electric utility to transmit electrical energy over its transmission lines from one utility to another or as a part of the total energy supply of the entire grid, subject to the provisions hereof.

History: s. 3, ch. 74-196; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 6, 16, ch. 80-35; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 22, ch. 89-292; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 605.2303 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.2303
605.2303 Protected-series transferable interest.
Status: in_force

(1) A protected-series transferable interest of a protected series of a series limited liability company must be owned initially by an associated member of the protected series or the series limited liability company.

(2) If a protected series of a series limited liability company has no associated members when established, the company owns the protected-series transferable interests in the protected series.

(3) In addition to acquiring a protected-series transferable series interest under subsection (2), a series limited liability company may acquire a protected-series transferable interest through a transfer from another person or as provided in the operating agreement.

(4) Except for s. 605.2108(1)(c), any provision of this chapter which applies to a protected-series transferee of a protected series of a series limited liability company applies to the company in its capacity as an owner of a protected-series transferable interest of the protected series. Any provision of the operating agreement of a series limited liability company which applies to a protected-series transferee of a protected series of the company applies to the company in its capacity as an owner of a protected-series transferable interest of the protected series.

History: s. 21, ch. 2025-162.
Fla. Stat. § 180.12 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 180 / Section 180.12
180.12 Examinations and surveys.
Status: in_force

Any municipality, to carry out the purpose of this chapter, may, through its officers, committees, agents, servants or employees, enter into and upon private property where it is proposed to construct said utility, or extensions thereof to make necessary examinations and surveys, and for such other purposes as may be required in the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter; provided, however, the municipality, before constructing any of said works upon private property, shall first acquire the right to take and use the property by agreement or purchase or by proceedings or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain in a court of the state having jurisdiction of the same in the manner prescribed by law.

History: s. 6, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(11).
Fla. Stat. § 447.605 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 447 / Part II / Section 447.605
447.605 Public meetings and records law; exemptions and compliance.
Status: in_force

(1) All discussions between the chief executive officer of the public employer, or his or her representative, and the legislative body or the public employer relative to collective bargaining shall be closed and exempt from the provisions of s. 286.011.

(2) The collective bargaining negotiations between a chief executive officer, or his or her representative, and a bargaining agent shall be in compliance with the provisions of s. 286.011.

(3) All work products developed by the public employer in preparation for negotiations, and during negotiations, shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).

History: s. 3, ch. 74-100; s. 23, ch. 77-343; s. 18, ch. 91-269; s. 302, ch. 96-406; s. 1075, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 774.004 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 774 / Part I / Section 774.004
774.004 Limitations on successor asbestos-related liabilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as further limited in subsection (2), the cumulative successor asbestos-related liabilities of a corporation are limited to the fair market value of the total gross assets of the transferor determined as of the time of the merger or consolidation. The corporation does not have any responsibility for successor asbestos-related liabilities in excess of this limitation.

(2) If the transferor had assumed or incurred successor asbestos-related liabilities in connection with a prior merger or consolidation with a prior transferor, the fair market value of the total assets of the prior transferor, determined as of the time of the earlier merger or consolidation, shall be substituted for the limitation set forth in subsection (1) for purposes of determining the limitation of liability of a corporation.

History: s. 4, ch. 2005-269.
Fla. Stat. § 292.13 — Florida Code / Title XX / Chapter 292 / Section 292.13
292.13 Services to be without charge.
Status: in_force

All services performed by any county or city veteran service officer employed hereunder for any veteran or his or her dependents shall be rendered without charge to said veteran or said dependents.

History: s. 4, ch. 23017, 1945; s. 7, ch. 77-330.
Fla. Stat. § 287.0582 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 287 / Part I / Section 287.0582
287.0582 Contracts which require annual appropriation; contingency statement.
Status: in_force

No executive branch public officer or employee shall enter into any contract on behalf of the state, which contract binds the state or its executive agencies for the purchase of services or tangible personal property for a period in excess of 1 fiscal year, unless the following statement is included in the contract: “The State of Florida’s performance and obligation to pay under this contract is contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature.”

History: s. 3, ch. 85-122.
Fla. Stat. § 624.5015 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part IV / Section 624.5015
624.5015 Advance collection of fees and taxes; title insurers not to pay without reimbursement.
Status: in_force

(1) The department or the office shall collect in advance from the applicant or licensee fees and taxes as provided in s. 624.501.

(2) A title insurer shall not pay directly or indirectly without reimbursement from a title insurance agent any appointment fee required under this section. The failure of a title insurance agent to make reimbursement is not a ground for cancellation of the title insurance agent’s appointment by the title insurer.

History: s. 8, ch. 85-185; s. 2, ch. 89-305; s. 193, ch. 90-363; s. 6, ch. 92-324; s. 840, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 378.212 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 378 / Part II / Section 378.212
378.212 Variances.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon application, the secretary may grant a variance from the provisions of this part or the rules adopted pursuant thereto. Variances and renewals thereof may be granted for any one of the following reasons: (a) There is no practicable means known or available to comply with the provisions of this part or the rules adopted pursuant thereto. (b) Compliance with a particular requirement or requirements from which a variance is sought will necessitate the taking of measures which must be spread over a considerable period of time. A variance granted for this reason shall prescribe a timetable for the taking of the measures required. (c) To relieve or prevent hardship, including economic hardship, of a kind other than those provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b). (d) To accommodate specific phosphate mining, processing or chemical plant uses that otherwise would be inconsistent with the requirements of this part. (e) To provide for an experimental technique that would advance the knowledge of reclamation and restoration methods. (f) To accommodate projects, including those proposing offsite mitigation, that provide a significant regional benefit for wildlife and the environment. (g) To accommodate reclamation that provides water supply development or water resource development not inconsistent with the applicable regional water supply plan approved pursuant to s. 373.709, provided adverse impacts are not caused to the water resources in the basin. A variance may also be granted from the requirements of part IV of chapter 373, or the rules adopted thereunder, when a project provides an improvement in water availability in the basin and does not cause adverse impacts to water resources in the basin.

(2) Consideration of a variance pursuant to this section shall be based on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding each individual request.

(3) The department shall publish a notice of proposed agency action in the Florida Administrative Register and in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected, and the department shall afford an opportunity for a hearing on each application for a variance, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 120. If no request for a hearing is filed with the department within 14 days of publication of the notice, the department may proceed to final agency action without a hearing.

(4) Variances issued pursuant to this section may be for the life of the facility or for such shorter period of time as may be appropriate. Variances issued for a period of 5 years or more shall be reviewed by the secretary at least every 5 years to ensure that the factors justifying the issuance of the variance have not changed so as to make the variance unnecessary.

(5) The department may prescribe appropriate conditions, including time limits, to the granting of a variance.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-294; ss. 323, 508, ch. 94-356; s. 6, ch. 2003-423; s. 21, ch. 2010-205; s. 37, ch. 2013-14.
Fla. Stat. § 88.2051 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part II / Section 88.2051
88.2051 Continuing exclusive jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and: (a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or (b) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.

(2) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if: (a) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or (b) Its order is not the controlling order.

(3) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to this act or a law substantially similar to this act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.

(4) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.

(5) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.

History: s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 16, ch. 97-170; s. 9, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 675.113 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 675 / Section 675.113
675.113 Transfer by operation of law.
Status: in_force

(1) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of value in the name of the beneficiary without disclosing its status as a successor.

(2) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of value in its own name as the disclosed successor of the beneficiary. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), an issuer shall recognize a disclosed successor of a beneficiary as beneficiary in full substitution for its predecessor upon compliance with the requirements for recognition by the issuer of a transfer of drawing rights by operation of law under the standard practice referred to in s. 675.108(5) or, in the absence of such a practice, compliance with other reasonable procedures sufficient to protect the issuer.

(3) An issuer is not obliged to determine whether a purported successor is a successor of a beneficiary or whether the signature of a purported successor is genuine or authorized.

(4) Honor of a purported successor’s apparently complying presentation under subsection (1) or subsection (2) has the consequences specified in s. 675.108(9) even if the purported successor is not the successor of a beneficiary. Documents signed in the name of the beneficiary or of a disclosed successor by a person who is neither the beneficiary nor the successor of the beneficiary are forged documents for the purposes of s. 675.109.

(5) An issuer whose rights of reimbursement are not covered by subsection (4) or substantially similar law and any confirmer or nominated person may decline to recognize a presentation under subsection (2).

(6) A beneficiary whose name is changed after the issuance of a letter of credit has the same rights and obligations as a successor of a beneficiary under this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 618, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 99-137.
Fla. Stat. § 403.0877 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part I / Section 403.0877
403.0877 Certification by professionals regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as specific authority for a water management district or the department to require certification by a professional engineer licensed under chapter 471, a professional landscape architect licensed under part II of chapter 481, a professional geologist licensed under chapter 492, or a professional surveyor and mapper licensed under chapter 472, for an activity that is not within the definition or scope of practice of the regulated profession.

(2) If an application for a permit or license to conduct an activity regulated under this chapter, chapter 373, chapter 376, or any permitting program delegated to a water management district by a state agency, or to undertake corrective action of such activity or program ordered by the department or a water management district, requires the services of a professional as enumerated in subsection (1), the department or governing board of a water management district may require, by rule, in conjunction with such an application or any submittals required as a condition of granting a permit or license, or in conjunction with the order of corrective action, such certification by the professional as is necessary to ensure that the proposed activity or corrective action is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with applicable law and rules of the department or district and in conformity with proper and sound design principles, or other such certification by the professional as may be necessary to ensure compliance with applicable law or rules of the department or district. The department or governing board of a water management district may further require as a condition of granting a permit or license, or in conjunction with ordering corrective action that the professional certify upon completion of the permitted or licensed activity or corrective action that such activity or corrective action has, to the best of his or her knowledge, been completed in substantial conformance with the plans and specifications approved by the department or board.

(3) The cost of such certifications by the professional shall be borne by the permittee or the person ordered to correct the permitted activity.

(4) A permitted or licensed activity or corrective action that is required to be so certified upon completion of the activity or action may not be placed into use or operation until the professional’s certificate is filed with the department or board.

History: s. 9, ch. 89-324; s. 31, ch. 91-305; s. 115, ch. 94-119; s. 53, ch. 94-218; s. 2, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 680.502 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part V / Section 680.502
680.502 Notice after default.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the lease agreement, the lessor or lessee in default under the lease contract is not entitled to notice of default or notice of enforcement from the other party to the lease agreement.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 317.0018 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 317 / Section 317.0018
317.0018 Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who:

(1) Purports to sell or transfer an off-highway vehicle without delivering to the purchaser or transferee of the vehicle a certificate of title to the vehicle duly assigned to the purchaser as provided in this chapter;

(2) Operates or uses in this state an off-highway vehicle for which a certificate of title is required without the certificate having been obtained in accordance with this chapter, or upon which the certificate of title has been canceled;

(3) Fails to surrender a certificate of title upon cancellation of the certificate by the department and notice thereof as prescribed in this chapter;

(4) Fails to surrender the certificate of title to the department as provided in this chapter in the case of the destruction, dismantling, or change of an off-highway vehicle in such respect that it is not the off-highway vehicle described in the certificate of title; or

(5) Violates any other provision of this chapter or a lawful rule adopted pursuant to this chapter;

shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both, for each offense, unless otherwise specified.

History: s. 56, ch. 2005-164.
Fla. Stat. § 17.14 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 17 / Section 17.14
17.14 To prescribe forms.
Status: in_force

The Chief Financial Officer may prescribe the forms of all papers, vouchers, reports and returns and the manner of keeping the accounts and papers to be used by the officers of this state or other persons having accounts, claims, or demands against the state or entrusted with the collection of any of the revenue thereof or any demand due the same, which form shall be pursued by such officer or other persons.

History: s. 12, ch. 8, 1845; RS 107; GS 111; RGS 123; CGL 153; s. 4, ch. 71-377; s. 31, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 392.59 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 392 / Section 392.59
392.59 Forms to be developed.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and furnish to the court all forms necessary under ss. 392.55, 392.56, 392.565, and 392.57, and the court may use such forms where appropriate.

History: s. 1, ch. 88-389; s. 1, ch. 88-398; s. 10, ch. 94-320.
Fla. Stat. § 941.41 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.41
941.41 Extradition of persons alleged to be of unsound mind; Governor to demand.
Status: in_force

The Governor is vested with the power, on the application of any person interested, to demand the return to this state of any fugitive within the purview of this statute.

History: s. 7, ch. 29686, 1955.
Fla. Stat. § 679.622 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.622
679.622 Effect of acceptance of collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) A secured party’s acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures: (a) Discharges the obligation to the extent consented to by the debtor; (b) Transfers to the secured party all of a debtor’s rights in the collateral; (c) Discharges the security interest or agricultural lien that is the subject of the debtor’s consent and any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien; and (d) Terminates any other subordinate interest.

(2) A subordinate interest is discharged or terminated under subsection (1), even if the secured party fails to comply with this chapter.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 698.01 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 698 / Section 698.01
698.01 To be recorded.
Status: in_force

No chattel mortgage shall be valid or effectual against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice unless it be recorded, or unless the property included in it be delivered to the mortgagee and continue to remain truly and bona fide in her or his possession.

History: RS 1983; GS 2496; RGS 3833; CGL 5726; s. 779, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 120.73 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 120 / Section 120.73
120.73 Circuit court proceedings; declaratory judgments.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal any provision of the Florida Statutes which grants the right to a proceeding in the circuit court in lieu of an administrative hearing or to divest the circuit courts of jurisdiction to render declaratory judgments under the provisions of chapter 86.

History: s. 11, ch. 75-191; s. 14, ch. 78-425.
Fla. Stat. § 290.00727 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 290 / Section 290.00727
290.00727 Enterprise zone designation for the City of Palm Bay.
Status: in_force

The City of Palm Bay may apply to the department for designation of one enterprise zone for an area within the northeast portion of the city, which zone shall encompass an area of up to 5 square miles. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a population category, the department may designate one enterprise zone under this section. The department shall establish the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this section.

History: s. 30, ch. 2011-76; s. 51, ch. 2012-96; s. 48, ch. 2014-17.