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Fla. Stat. § 92.51 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 92 / Section 92.51
92.51 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; taken or administered by commissioned officer of United States Armed Forces.
Status: in_force

(1) Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized by the laws of this state may be taken or administered within or without the United States by or before any commissioned officer in active service of the Armed Forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force, Space Force, or Marine Corps or ensign or higher in the Navy or Coast Guard when the person required or authorized to make and execute the oath, affidavit, or acknowledgment is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the spouse of such member, or a person whose duties require the person’s presence with the Armed Forces of the United States.

(2) A certificate endorsed upon the instrument which shows the date of the oath, affidavit, or acknowledgment and which states in substance that the person appearing before the officer acknowledged the instrument as the person’s act or made or signed the instrument under oath shall be sufficient for all intents and purposes. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state the place of execution or acknowledgment.

(3) If the signature, rank, and branch of service or subdivision thereof of any commissioned officer appears upon such instrument, document or certificate no further proof of the authority of such officer so to act shall be required and such action by such commissioned officer shall be prima facie evidence that the person making such oath, affidavit or acknowledgment is within the purview of this act.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 61-196; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 518, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2022-183.
Fla. Stat. § 683.17 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 683 / Section 683.17
683.17 Parents’ and Children’s Day.
Status: in_force

The first Sunday in April of each year is designated as Parents’ and Children’s Day. On this day local communities and families, together with public officials, schools, private organizations, and all citizens, are encouraged to celebrate the lives and blessings of Florida’s children with love, respect, gratitude, and encouragement; to acknowledge our children as the resource giving our state the greatest hope of future excellence; to listen to children and reaffirm our shared commitment to help them develop their unique qualities, strengths, and potential, resulting in greater productive capacity and enlightened citizenship; and to observe this day with appropriate activities, ceremonies, public awareness materials, and programs. All citizens of the state are encouraged to wear a white ribbon on Parents’ and Children’s Day which shall indicate that our children are considered to be special gifts and are valued for their part in the circle of life.

History: s. 1, ch. 88-114; s. 1, ch. 2002-10.
Fla. Stat. § 627.06501 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part I / Section 627.06501
627.06501 Insurance discounts for certain persons completing driver improvement course.
Status: in_force

(1) Any rate, rating schedule, or rating manual for the liability, personal injury protection, and collision coverages of a motor vehicle insurance policy filed with the office may provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges as to such coverages when the principal operator on the covered vehicle has successfully completed a driver improvement course approved and certified by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles which is effective in reducing crash or violation rates, or both, as determined pursuant to 1 s. 318.1451(5). Any discount, not to exceed 10 percent, used by an insurer is presumed to be appropriate unless credible data demonstrates otherwise.

(2) The premium reduction authorized by this section shall be effective for an insured for a 3-year period after successful completion of the approved course, except that the insurer may require, as a condition of maintaining the reduction, that the insured: (a) Not be involved in an accident for which the insured is at fault; and (b) Not be convicted of or plead guilty or nolo contendere to a moving traffic violation.

(3) The organization offering the course shall, upon a person’s successful completion of the course, issue the person a certificate that the person may use to qualify for the premium discount authorized by this section.

(4) This section does not apply if the driver improvement course is taken in lieu of a court appearance for a traffic infraction as provided for in s. 318.14(9). However, the eight-election restriction enumerated in that section is not applicable to taking the course for the purposes of receiving insurance premium reductions.

History: s. 1, ch. 97-178; s. 1069, ch. 2003-261; s. 15, ch. 2024-173.
Fla. Stat. § 683.332 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 683 / Section 683.332
683.332 Ronshay Dugans Act.
Status: in_force

(1) This section may be cited as the “Ronshay Dugans Act.”

(2) The first week of September is designated as “Drowsy Driving Prevention Week” in this state. During Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation are encouraged to educate the law enforcement community and the public about the relationship between fatigue and performance and the research showing fatigue to be as much of an impairment as alcohol and as dangerous while operating a motor vehicle.

History: s. 48, ch. 2010-223.
Fla. Stat. § 950.01 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 950 / Section 950.01
950.01 Confinement in jail of another county.
Status: in_force

When it appears to the court at the time of passing sentence upon any prisoner who is to be punished by imprisonment in the county jail that there is no jail in the county suitable for the confinement of such prisoner, the court may order the sentence to be executed in any county in this state in which there may be a jail suited to that purpose, and the expense of supporting such prisoner shall be borne by the county in which the offense was committed.

History: s. 25, ch. 1637, sub-ch. 13, 1868; RS 3027; GS 4104; RGS 6208; CGL 8540; s. 1, ch. 61-488.
Fla. Stat. § 860.07 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 860 / Section 860.07
860.07 Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines.
Status: in_force

Any person who wrongfully, recklessly, or wantonly and without authority, signals any train or engine in this state with a red light or with a red flag, or gives any signal calculated to affect the movement or operation of any train, engine, or cars on any railroad in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. This section shall not apply to any person giving signals to stop a train for the purpose of preventing an accident to such train, or at a regular station or flag station when the train is flagged for the purpose of taking passage on said train.

History: s. 1, ch. 4708, 1899; GS 3656; RGS 5593; CGL 7779; s. 1091, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 1010.52 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1010 / Part IV / Section 1010.52
1010.52 Bonds may be validated; validity of bonds.
Status: in_force

When an issue of bonds for any school district shall be authorized in the manner provided under the terms of this chapter, such bonds shall, in the discretion of the district school board, be subject to validation in the manner provided for in chapter 75. In lieu of validation as set forth in that chapter, the district school board may, in its discretion, submit to the Department of Legal Affairs all information relating to the issuance of bonds as provided in said chapter 75, and an approving opinion of the Department of Legal Affairs shall be sufficient evidence that the bonds are valid. Bonds reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall, in any action or proceeding involving their validity, be conclusively deemed to be fully authorized thereby, to have been issued, sold, executed, and delivered in conformity therewith, and with all other provisions of law applicable thereto, and shall be incontestable, anything herein or in other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, unless such action or proceeding is begun before or within 30 days after the date upon which the bonds are sold, paid for, and delivered.

History: s. 561, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 106.087 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.087
106.087 Independent expenditures; contribution limits; restrictions on political parties and political committees.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) As a condition of receiving a rebate of filing fees and party assessment funds pursuant to s. 99.061(2), s. 99.092(1), s. 99.103, or s. 103.121(1)(b), the chair or treasurer of a state or county executive committee shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in writing. During the qualifying period for state candidates and prior to distribution of such funds, a printed copy of the oath or affirmation shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall be substantially in the following form: State of Florida County of Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared (name) , to me well known, who, being sworn, says that he or she is the (title) of the (name of party) (state or specified county) executive committee; that the executive committee has not made, either directly or indirectly, an independent expenditure in support of or opposition to a candidate or elected public official in the prior 6 months; that the executive committee will not make, either directly or indirectly, an independent expenditure in support of or opposition to a candidate or elected public official, through and including the upcoming general election; and that the executive committee will not violate the contribution limits applicable to candidates under s. 106.08(2), Florida Statutes. (Signature of committee officer) (Address) Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , (year) , at County, Florida. (Signature and title of officer administering oath) (b) Any executive committee found to have violated the provisions of the oath or affirmation in this section prior to receiving funds shall be ineligible to receive the rebate for that general election year. (c) Any executive committee found to have violated the provisions of the oath or affirmation in this section after receiving funds shall be ineligible to receive the rebate from candidates qualifying for the following general election cycle. (d) Any funds not distributed to the state or county executive committee pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund of the state.

(2)(a) Any political committee that accepts the use of public funds, equipment, personnel, or other resources to collect dues from its members agrees not to make independent expenditures in support of or opposition to a candidate or elected public official. However, expenditures may be made for the sole purpose of jointly endorsing three or more candidates. (b) Any political committee that violates this subsection is liable for a civil fine of up to $5,000 to be determined by the Florida Elections Commission or the entire amount of the expenditures, whichever is greater.

History: s. 5, ch. 97-13; s. 14, ch. 99-6; s. 19, ch. 2013-37.
Fla. Stat. § 206.06 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.06
206.06 Estimate of amount of fuel taxes due and unpaid.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any terminal supplier, importer, exporter, or wholesaler neglects or refuses to make and file any report for any calendar month, as required by the fuel tax laws of this state, or files an incorrect or fraudulent report, or is in default in the payment of any fuel taxes and penalties thereon payable under the laws of this state, the department shall, from any information it may be able to obtain from its office or elsewhere, estimate the number of gallons of motor fuel with respect to which the terminal supplier, importer, exporter, or wholesaler has become liable for taxes under the fuel tax laws of this state and the amount of taxes due and payable thereon, to which sum shall be added a penalty and interest as provided in s. 206.44.

(2) In any action or proceeding for the collection of the fuel tax and any penalties or interest imposed in connection therewith, an assessment by the department of the amount of the tax due and interest or penalties due to the state shall constitute prima facie evidence of the claim of the state, and the burden of proof shall be upon the terminal supplier, importer, exporter, or wholesaler to show that the assessment was incorrect or contrary to law.

(3) If any terminal supplier, importer, exporter, or wholesaler fails to make a complete report, including all schedules, the department shall add, in addition to any other penalty or interest due, a penalty in the amount of $200.

History: ss. 5, 24, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(66), (84); 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. 3, ch. 84-329; s. 85, ch. 85-342; s. 9, ch. 92-320; s. 12, ch. 95-417.
Fla. Stat. § 641.38 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.38
641.38 Operational health maintenance organizations; issuance of certificate.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part do not apply to those organizations providing the services defined in ss. 641.17-641.38 which have been continuously engaged in providing such services since January 1, 1947. This exemption shall terminate upon a change in controlling ownership of the organization.

History: s. 23, ch. 72-264; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 802, 804, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 320.087 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.087
320.087 Intercity buses operated in interstate commerce; tax.
Status: in_force

All intercity motor buses owned or operated by residents or nonresidents of this state in interstate commerce or combined interstate and intrastate commerce as a result of which operation such motor buses operate both within and without this state under the authority of the United States Department of Transportation, are subject to motor vehicle license taxes on a basis commensurate with the use of Florida roads. The department shall require the registration in this state of that percentage of intercity motor buses operating in interstate commerce or combined interstate-intrastate commerce, into or through this state, which the actual mileage operated in this state bears to the total mileage all such intercity motor buses are operated both within and without this state. Such percentage figure, so determined, is the “Florida mileage factor.” In determining the state license tax to be paid on the buses actually operated in this state under the foregoing method, the department shall first compute the amount that the state license tax would be if all of such buses were in fact subject to such tax, and then apply to that amount the Florida mileage factor.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 59-194; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 34, ch. 83-318; s. 272, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 112.11 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part I / Section 112.11
112.11 Participation voluntary.
Status: in_force

The participation in such group insurance by any officer or employee shall be entirely voluntary at all times. Any officer or employee may, upon any payday, withdraw or retire from such group insurance plan, upon giving the employer written notice thereof and directing the discontinuance of deductions from wages in payment of such premiums.

History: s. 4, ch. 20852, 1941; s. 3, ch. 72-338; s. 688, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 548.006 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 548 / Section 548.006
548.006 Power of commission to control professional and amateur boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts matches; certification of competitiveness of professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing matches.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over every boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts match held within the state which involves a professional.

(2) As to professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing, until a central repository of match records for each exists and is approved by the commission, the matchmaker shall certify as to the competitiveness of each match.

(3) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over approval, disapproval, suspension of approval, and revocation of approval of all amateur sanctioning organizations for amateur boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts matches held in this state.

(4) Professional and amateur matches shall be held in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission.

History: ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 2, ch. 88-365; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 116, ch. 99-251; s. 3, ch. 2002-172; s. 4, ch. 2004-69; s. 3, ch. 2014-128.
Fla. Stat. § 553.898 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part IV / Section 553.898
553.898 Preemption; certain special acts concerning general purpose local government repealed.
Status: in_force

Chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, does not imply any repeal or sunset of existing general or special laws governing any special district that are not specifically identified by chapter 2000-141. However, chapter 2000-141 is intended as a comprehensive revision of the regulation by counties and municipalities of the design, construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, and demolition of public and private buildings. Therefore, any sections or provisions of any special act governing those activities by any general purpose local government are hereby repealed.

History: s. 136, ch. 2000-141.
Fla. Stat. § 320.405 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.405
320.405 International Registration Plan; inspection of records; hearings.
Status: in_force

(1) The department or any authorized agent thereof is authorized to examine the records, books, papers, and equipment of any motor carrier that are deemed necessary to verify the truth and accuracy of any statement or report and ascertain whether the tax imposed by s. 320.08(4) and (5) has been paid.

(2) The department or any of its duly authorized agents shall have the power in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter to hold hearings, to administer oaths to witnesses, and to take the sworn testimony of any person and cause it to be transcribed into writing; for such purposes, the department shall be authorized to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum and conduct such investigations as it deems necessary.

(3) If any person unreasonably refuses access to such records, books, papers, other documents, or equipment, or if any person fails or refuses to obey such subpoenas duces tecum or to testify, except for lawful reasons, before the department or any of its authorized agents, the department shall certify the names and facts to the clerk of the circuit court of any county, and the circuit court shall enter such order against such person in the premises as the enforcement of this chapter requires.

(4) In any action or proceeding for the collection of the tax and penalties or interest imposed in connection therewith, an assessment by the department of the amount of the tax, penalties, or interest due shall be prima facie evidence of the claim of the state, and the burden of proof shall be upon the person charged to show that the assessment was incorrect and contrary to law.

(5) The department may enter into an agreement for scheduling the payment of taxes or penalties owed to the department as a result of an audit assessment issued under this section.

History: s. 32, ch. 87-198; s. 36, ch. 2006-290.
Fla. Stat. § 710.126 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 710 / Section 710.126
710.126 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 among states enacting it.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-95.
Fla. Stat. § 499.055 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 499 / Part I / Section 499.055
499.055 Reports and dissemination of information by department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders that have been rendered under ss. 499.001-499.79, including the nature of any charges and the dispositions of the charges.

(2) The department may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding drugs, devices, and cosmetics as considered necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of consumers against fraud.

(3) This section does not prohibit the department from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of its investigations.

(4) The department shall publish on the department’s website and update at least monthly: (a) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributors, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributors, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributors against whom the department has initiated enforcement action pursuant to this part to suspend or revoke a permit, seek an injunction, or otherwise file an administrative complaint and the permit number of each such wholesale distributor. (b) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributors, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributors, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributors to which the department has issued a permit, including the date on which each permit will expire. (c) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributor, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributor permits that have been returned to the department, were suspended, were revoked, have expired, or were not renewed in the previous year.

History: s. 34, ch. 82-225; s. 1, ch. 83-265; s. 6, ch. 86-133; ss. 39, 52, ch. 92-69; s. 22, ch. 2003-155; s. 31, ch. 2008-207.