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Fla. Stat. § 628.501 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 628 / Part I / Section 628.501
628.501 Mutual member’s share of assets on liquidation.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon any liquidation of a domestic mutual insurer, its assets remaining after discharge of its indebtedness, policy obligations, repayment of contributed or borrowed surplus, if any, and expenses of administration, shall be distributed to existing persons who were its members at any time within 5 years next preceding the date such liquidation was authorized or ordered, or date of last termination of the insurer’s certificate of authority, whichever date is the earlier; except, that if the office has reason to believe that those in charge of the management of the insurer have caused or encouraged the reduction of the number of members of the insurer in anticipation of liquidation and for the purpose of reducing thereby the number of persons who may be entitled to share in distribution of the insurer’s assets, it may enlarge the 5 years’ qualification period above provided for by such additional period as it may deem to be reasonable.

(2) The distributive share of each such member shall be in the proportion that the aggregate premiums earned by the insurer on the policies of the member during the combined periods of his or her membership bear to the aggregate of all premiums so earned on the policies of all such members. The insurer may, and if a life insurer shall, make a reasonable classification of its policies so held by such members, and a formula based upon such classification, for determining the equitable distributive share of each such member. Such classification and formula shall be subject to the approval of the office.

History: s. 670, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 665, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 386, ch. 97-102; s. 1288, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 161.25 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 161 / Part II / Section 161.25
161.25 County beach and shore preservation authority; board of county commissioners.
Status: in_force

To carry out the beach and shore preservation program, the board of county commissioners of any county and its successors in office, as an ex officio duty, are hereby severally constituted as the beach and shore preservation authority for their county. In this capacity, any such board of county commissioners may at its own initiative take all necessary steps as soon as practicable and desirable to implement the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-408.
Fla. Stat. § 753.03 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 753 / Section 753.03
753.03 Standards for supervised visitation and supervised exchange programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Within existing funds from the department, the clearinghouse shall develop standards for supervised visitation programs in order to ensure the safety and quality of each program. Standards must be uniform for all the programs and must address the purposes, policies, standards of practice, program content, security measures, qualifications of providers, training standards, credentials and background screening requirements of staff, information to be provided to the court, and data collection for supervised visitation programs.

(2) The clearinghouse shall use an advisory board to assist in developing the standards. The advisory board must include: (a) Two members of the executive board of the state chapter of the Supervised Visitation Network, appointed by the president of the state chapter of the Supervised Visitation Network. (b) A representative of the Office of the State Courts Administrator, appointed by the State Courts Administrator. (c) A representative of the department, appointed by the secretary of the department. (d) A representative of a local law enforcement agency, appointed by the executive director of the Florida Sheriffs Association. (e) A circuit court judge who presides over domestic violence proceedings, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (f) A circuit court judge who presides over dependency proceedings, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (g) Two representatives of a supervised visitation program, appointed by the director of the clearinghouse. (h) A representative of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, appointed by the executive director of the office.

(3) The clearinghouse, in consultation with the advisory board, shall develop criteria and procedures for approving and rejecting certification applications for and monitoring compliance with the certification of a supervised visitation program. The clearinghouse shall recommend the process for phasing in the implementation of the standards and certification procedures and the criteria for distributing funds to eligible programs and designating the state entity that should certify and monitor the supervised visitation programs.

History: s. 8, ch. 2007-109; s. 50, ch. 2011-213; s. 82, ch. 2012-5; s. 13, ch. 2020-6.
Fla. Stat. § 55.6055 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 55 / Section 55.6055
55.6055 Foreign defamation judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of rendering declaratory relief with respect to a person’s liability for a foreign defamation judgment and determining whether the foreign defamation judgment should be deemed nonrecognizable under s. 55.605, the courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a judgment in a defamation proceeding outside the United States against any person who: (a) Is a resident of this state; (b) Is a person or entity amenable to the jurisdiction of this state; (c) Has assets in this state; or (d) May have to take action in this state to comply with the judgment.

(2) This section applies to judgments rendered in defamation proceedings outside the United States before, on, or after July 1, 2009.

History: s. 2, ch. 2009-232.
Fla. Stat. § 784.083 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 784 / Section 784.083
784.083 Assault or battery on code inspectors.
Status: in_force

Whenever a person is charged with committing an assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated battery upon a code inspector, as defined in s. 162.04(2), while the code inspector is engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties and when the person committing the offense knows or has reason to know the identity or employment of the victim, the offense for which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:

(1) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of the second degree to a felony of the first degree.

(2) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of the third degree to a felony of the second degree.

(3) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the first degree to a felony of the third degree.

(4) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.

History: s. 1, ch. 98-24.
Fla. Stat. § 669.502 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 669 / Part II / Section 669.502
669.502 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(1)(a) “Adjustment date” means July 1, 2026. (b) “Article 12” means Article 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code. (c) “Article 12 property” means a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible.

(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are: “Controllable account,” s. 679.1021. “Controllable electronic record,” s. 669.102. “Controllable payment intangible,” s. 679.1021. “Electronic money,” s. 679.1021. “Financing statement,” s. 679.1021.

(3) The general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation contained in chapter 671 apply to this part.

History: s. 12, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 707.19 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 707 / Section 707.19
707.19 Owner of strayed animals to notify owner of pasture of intention to enter.
Status: in_force

The owners of any cattle or other domestic animals or their agent or agents, desiring to enter any pasture of another for the purpose as set forth in s. 707.18, shall notify the owner or owners or their agent or agents of the time and place they desire to enter such pasture for the purposes set forth in said section. Such notice may be given verbally or in writing.

History: s. 2, ch. 5417, 1905; RGS 3929; CGL 5836.
Fla. Stat. § 475.05 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part I / Section 475.05
475.05 Power of commission to enact bylaws and rules and decide questions of practice.
Status: in_force

The commission may enact bylaws for its own government and adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of law conferring powers or duties upon it. The commission may decide questions of practice arising in the proceedings before it, having regard to this chapter and the rules then in force. Printed copies of rules, or written copies under the seal of the commission, shall be prima facie evidence of their existence and substance, and the courts shall judicially notice such rules.

History: s. 6, ch. 12223, 1927; CGL 4067; s. 2, ch. 59-199; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 7, 42, 43, ch. 79-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 9, 38, ch. 82-1; ss. 28, 30, ch. 88-20; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 146, ch. 98-200; s. 4, ch. 2002-9.
Fla. Stat. § 641.234 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.234
641.234 Administrative, provider, and management contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) The office may require a health maintenance organization to submit any contract for administrative services, contract with a provider other than an individual physician, contract for management services, and contract with an affiliated entity to the office.

(2) After review of a contract the office may order the health maintenance organization to cancel the contract in accordance with the terms of the contract and applicable law if it determines: (a) That the fees to be paid by the health maintenance organization under the contract are so unreasonably high as compared with similar contracts entered into by the health maintenance organization or as compared with similar contracts entered into by other health maintenance organizations in similar circumstances that the contract is detrimental to the subscribers, stockholders, investors, or creditors of the health maintenance organization; or (b) That the contract is with an entity that is not licensed under state statutes, if such license is required, or is not in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency.

(3) All contracts for administrative services, management services, provider services other than individual physician contracts, and with affiliated entities entered into or renewed by a health maintenance organization on or after October 1, 1988, shall contain a provision that the contract shall be canceled upon issuance of an order by the office pursuant to this section.

(4)(a) If a health maintenance organization, through a health care risk contract, transfers to any entity the obligations to pay any provider for any claims arising from services provided to or for the benefit of any subscriber of the organization, the health maintenance organization shall remain responsible for any violations of ss. 641.3155, 641.3156, and 641.51(4). The provisions of ss. 624.418-624.4211 and 641.52 shall apply to any such violations. (b) As used in this subsection: 1. The term “health care risk contract” means a contract under which an entity receives compensation in exchange for providing to the health maintenance organization a provider network or other services, which may include administrative services. 2. The term “entity” means a person licensed as an administrator under s. 626.88 and does not include any provider or group practice, as defined in s. 456.053, providing services under the scope of the license of the provider or the members of the group practice. The term does not include a hospital providing billing, claims, and collection services solely on its own and its physicians’ behalf and providing services under the scope of its license.

History: ss. 8, 24, ch. 88-388; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 20, ch. 96-199; s. 72, ch. 2000-318; s. 9, ch. 2002-389; s. 1565, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 620.81001 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.81001
620.81001 Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act.

History: s. 13, ch. 95-242.
Fla. Stat. § 905.03 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 905 / Section 905.03
905.03 Ground for challenge to panel.
Status: in_force

A challenge to the panel may be made only on the ground that the grand jurors were not selected according to law.

History: s. 82, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(82); s. 42, ch. 70-339.
Fla. Stat. § 624.075 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part I / Section 624.075
624.075 “Commercially domiciled insurer” defined.
Status: in_force

Every foreign or alien insurer which is authorized to do business in this state and which, during its 3 preceding fiscal years taken together, or during any lesser period of time if it has been licensed to transact its business in this state only for the lesser period of time, has written an average of 25 percent or more direct premiums in this state than it has written in its state of domicile during the same period, and the direct premiums written constitute more than 55 percent of its total direct premiums written everywhere in the United States during its 3 preceding fiscal years taken together, or during any lesser period of time if it has been authorized to transact its business in this state only for the lesser period of time, as reported in its most recent applicable annual or quarterly statements, shall be deemed a “commercially domiciled insurer” within this state.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-214; s. 1, ch. 86-286; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 487.13 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 487 / Part I / Section 487.13
487.13 Cooperation.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized and empowered to cooperate with and enter into agreements with any other agency of this state, the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and any other state or federal agency for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part and securing uniformity of regulations.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-457; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 10, ch. 73-63; ss. 24, 37, ch. 92-115; s. 20, ch. 94-233; s. 27, ch. 2000-154; s. 39, ch. 2004-64.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.0971 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part I / Section 1004.0971
1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College System institution and state university housing.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Administer” or “administration” means to introduce an emergency opioid antagonist into the body of a person. (b) “Emergency opioid antagonist” means a drug that blocks the effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of an opioid overdose. (c) “Institution” means a Florida College System institution or state university.

(2) Each institution must have a supply of emergency opioid antagonists with an autoinjection or intranasal application delivery system in each residence hall or dormitory residence owned or operated by the institution for the administration of emergency opioid antagonists to a person believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose.

(3) Each institution must place the emergency opioid antagonists in a clearly marked location within each residence hall or dormitory residence. The emergency opioid antagonist must be easily accessible to campus law enforcement officers who are trained in the administration of emergency opioid antagonists.

(4) Public and private partnerships are encouraged to cover the cost associated with the purchase and placement of such emergency opioid antagonists.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any campus law enforcement officer trained in the administration of emergency opioid antagonists who administers or attempts to administer an emergency opioid antagonist in compliance with ss. 381.887 and 768.13, and the institution that employs such officer, are immune from civil or criminal liability as a result of such administration or attempted administration of an emergency opioid antagonist.

(6) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to administer this section in cooperation with the Department of Health.

History: s. 3, ch. 2023-184; s. 32, ch. 2025-110.
Fla. Stat. § 526.307 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 526 / Part I / Section 526.307
526.307 Unfair practices unlawful.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for a refiner or other supplier to fix or maintain the retail price of motor fuel at a retail outlet supplied by that refiner or supplier. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a refiner or supplier from counseling concerning retail prices, provided no threat or coercion is used in the counseling. This subsection shall not apply to retail outlets operated by the refiner or supplier.

(2) It is unlawful for a supplier supplying motor fuel to a person for resale and leasing a retail outlet to the person to impose any material modification in the contractual arrangements during the term of the contract, including a material modification of the leased retail outlet, unless such modification is made in good faith and based upon reasonable business practices.

History: s. 7, ch. 85-74.
Fla. Stat. § 671.207 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 671 / Part II / Section 671.207
671.207 Performance or acceptance under reservation of rights.
Status: in_force

(1) A party who, with explicit reservation of rights, performs or promises performance or assents to performance in a manner demanded or offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice the rights reserved. Such words as “without prejudice,” “under protest,” or the like are sufficient.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an accord and satisfaction.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 4, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 526.02 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 526 / Part I / Section 526.02
526.02 Proper trade name or mark to appear upon container or distributing device.
Status: in_force

No person shall keep, expose or offer for sale, or sell any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases or other similar products from any container, tank, pump, or other distributing device, other than those manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor indicated by the name, trademark, symbol, sign or other distinguishing mark or device appearing upon said container, tank, pump, or other distributing device in which such products are sold, exposed or offered for sale or distributed.

History: s. 2, ch. 16083, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7315(3).
Fla. Stat. § 1012.9931 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part VI / Section 1012.9931
1012.9931 Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission; public meetings and public records exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Any portion of a meeting of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission or its executive committee in which any of the following information is discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution: (a) Noncompliance of a member state with its obligations under the compact; (b) The employment, compensation, discipline, or other matters, practices, or procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the commission’s internal personnel practices and procedures; (c) Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation; (d) Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or sale of goods, services, or real estate; (e) Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person; (f) Trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; (g) Information of a personal nature if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (h) Investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes; (i) Information relating to any investigative reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use by the commission or executive committee when investigating or determining compliance with the compact; (j) Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or state practice laws; or (k) Other matters as set forth by the commission’s bylaws and rules.

(2) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during any portion of an exempt meeting are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

(3) Records relating to an investigation of a teacher received from another member state held by the commissioner, as defined in s. 1012.993, or the Florida Department of Education pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until such time as the investigation ceases to be active, or until such time as a preliminary investigation has been concluded with the finding that there is probable cause to proceed and a complaint is filed. Prior to disclosing any investigatory or disciplinary information concerning a teacher received from another member state, the commissioner or the Florida Department of Education shall communicate its intention and purpose for such disclosure to the member state that originally provided that information. For the purpose of this subsection, an investigation shall be considered active as long as it is continuing with a reasonable, good faith anticipation that an administrative finding will be made in the foreseeable future.

(4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History: s. 1, ch. 2023-166.