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Fla. Stat. § 957.12 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 957 / Section 957.12
957.12 Prohibition on contact.
Status: in_force

Except in writing to the procurement office or as provided in the solicitation documents, a bidder or potential bidder is not permitted to have any contact with any member or employee of or consultant to the department regarding a competitive solicitation, a proposal, or the evaluation or selection process from the time a request for proposals for a contractor-operated correctional facility is issued until the time a notification of intent to award is announced.

History: s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 6, ch. 94-148; s. 59, ch. 2013-14; s. 16, ch. 2023-268; s. 5, ch. 2024-84.
Fla. Stat. § 288.851 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 288 / Part VII / Section 288.851
288.851 Short title.
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Cuban Freedom Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 96-188.
Fla. Stat. § 298.15 — Florida Code / Title XXI / Chapter 298 / Section 298.15
298.15 Record of proceedings.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any district organized under this chapter shall cause to be kept a well-bound book, entitled “record of board of supervisors of district,” in which shall be recorded minutes of all meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds given by all employees and any and all corporate acts, which record shall at all times be open to the inspection of anyone interested, whether taxpayer or bondholder. Copies of the record of proceedings shall be filed with the jurisdictional water management district upon request. Any interested person, whether landowner or not, shall be permitted to inspect the record of proceedings.

History: s. 28, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 1125; CGL 1478; s. 8, ch. 72-291; s. 23, ch. 79-65; s. 122, ch. 94-356; s. 4, ch. 97-40.
Fla. Stat. § 670.202 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 670 / Part II / Section 670.202
670.202 Authorized and verified payment orders.
Status: in_force

(1) A payment order received by the receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that person authorized the order or is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency.

(2) If a bank and its customer have agreed that the authenticity of payment orders issued to the bank in the name of the customer as sender will be verified pursuant to a security procedure, a payment order received by the receiving bank is effective as the order of the customer, whether or not authorized, if the security procedure is a commercially reasonable method of providing security against unauthorized payment orders and the bank proves that it accepted the payment order in good faith and in compliance with the bank’s obligations under the security procedure and any agreement or instruction of the customer, evidenced by a record, restricting acceptance of payment orders issued in the name of the customer. The bank is not required to follow an instruction that violates an agreement with the customer, evidenced by a record, or notice of which is not received at a time and in a manner affording the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before the payment order is accepted.

(3) The commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is a question of law to be determined by considering the wishes of the customer expressed to the bank; the circumstances of the customer known to the bank, including the size, type, and frequency of payment orders normally issued by the customer to the bank; alternative security procedures offered to the customer; and security procedures in general use by customers and receiving banks similarly situated. A security procedure is deemed to be commercially reasonable if: (a) The security procedure was chosen by the customer after the bank offered, and the customer refused, a security procedure that was commercially reasonable for that customer; and (b) The customer expressly agreed in a record to be bound by any payment order, whether or not authorized, issued in its name and accepted by the bank in compliance with the bank’s obligations under the security procedure chosen by the customer.

(4) The term “sender” in this chapter includes the customer in whose name a payment order is issued if the order is the authorized order of the customer under subsection (1), or it is effective as the order of the customer under subsection (2).

(5) This section applies to amendments and cancellations of payment orders to the same extent it applies to payment orders.

(6) Except as provided in this section and in s. 670.203(1)(a), rights and obligations arising under this section or s. 670.203 may not be varied by agreement.

History: s. 1, ch. 91-70; s. 24, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 641.31071 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.31071
641.31071 Preexisting conditions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Enrollment date” means, with respect to an individual covered under a group health maintenance organization contract, the date of enrollment of the individual in the plan or coverage or, if earlier, the first day of the waiting period of such enrollment. (b) “Late enrollee” means, with respect to coverage under a group health maintenance organization contract, a participant or beneficiary who enrolls under the contract other than during: 1. The first period in which the individual is eligible to enroll under the plan. 2. A special enrollment period, as provided under s. 641.31072. (c) “Waiting period” means, with respect to a group health maintenance organization contract and an individual who is a potential participant or beneficiary under the contract, the period that must pass with respect to the individual before the individual is eligible to be covered for benefits under the terms of the contract.

(2) Subject to the exceptions specified in subsection (4), a health maintenance organization that offers group coverage, may, with respect to a participant or beneficiary, impose a preexisting condition exclusion only if: (a) Such exclusion relates to a physical or mental condition, regardless of the cause of the condition, for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received within the 6-month period ending on the enrollment date; (b) Such exclusion extends for a period of not more than 12 months, or 18 months in the case of a late enrollee, after the enrollment date; and (c) The period of any such preexisting condition exclusion is reduced by the aggregate of the periods of creditable coverage, as defined in s. 627.6562(3), applicable to the participant or beneficiary as of the enrollment date.

(3) Genetic information shall not be treated as a condition described in paragraph (2)(a) in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to such information.

(4)(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a health maintenance organization that offers group coverage may not impose any preexisting condition exclusion in the case of: 1. An individual who, as of the last day of the 30-day period beginning with the date of birth, is covered under creditable coverage. 2. A child who is adopted or placed for adoption before attaining 18 years of age and who, as of the last day of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the adoption or placement for adoption, is covered under creditable coverage. This provision shall not apply to coverage before the date of such adoption or placement for adoption. 3. Pregnancy. (b) Subparagraphs (a)1. and 2. do not apply to an individual after the end of the first 63-day period during all of which the individual was not covered under any creditable coverage.

History: s. 25, ch. 97-179; s. 55, ch. 99-3; s. 1580, ch. 2003-261; s. 22, ch. 2016-194.
Fla. Stat. § 88.3041 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part III / Section 88.3041
88.3041 Duties of initiating tribunal.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of a petition or comparable pleading authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents or a comparable pleading and its accompanying documents: (a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.

History: s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 20, ch. 97-170; s. 19, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 468.396 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part VI / Section 468.396
468.396 Claims against a single licensee in excess of dollar limitation; joinder of claims, payment; insufficient funds.
Status: in_force

(1) If the payment in full of two or more pending valid claims that have been filed by aggrieved persons against a single licensee would exceed the $50,000 limit as set forth in s. 468.395, the $50,000 shall be distributed among the aggrieved persons in the ratio that their respective claims bear to the aggregate of all valid claims or in any other manner that a court of record may determine to be equitable. Such money shall be distributed among the persons entitled to share in it without regard to the order of priority in which their respective judgments have been obtained or their claims have been filed.

(2) Upon petition of the board, the court may require all claimants and prospective claimants against one licensee to be joined in one action, to the end that the respective rights of all the claimants to the board may be equitably adjudicated and settled.

(3) On June 30 and December 31 of each year, the board shall identify each claim that the court orders to be paid during the 6-month period that ended on that day. The board shall pay the part of each claim that is so identified within 15 days after the end of the 6-month period in which the claim is ordered paid. However, if the balance in the fund is insufficient to pay the full payable amount of each claim that is ordered to be paid during a 6-month period, the board shall pay a prorated portion of each claim that is ordered to be paid during the period. Any part of the payable amount of a claim left unpaid due to the prorating of payments under this subsection shall be paid, subject to the $50,000 limit described in s. 468.395, before the payment of claims ordered to be paid during the following 6 months.

History: ss. 12, 17, ch. 91-207; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 400.960 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part VIII / Section 400.960
400.960 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “Active treatment” means the provision of services by an interdisciplinary team which are necessary to maximize a client’s individual independence or prevent regression or loss of functional status.

(2) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration.

(3) “Client” means any person determined by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to be eligible for developmental services.

(4) “Developmentally disabled” has the same meaning as “developmental disability” as that term is defined in s. 393.063.

(5) “Direct service provider” means a person 18 years of age or older who has direct contact with individuals who have developmental disabilities and who is unrelated to such individuals.

(6) “Intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled” means a residential facility licensed and certified in accordance with state law, and certified by the Federal Government, pursuant to the Social Security Act, as a provider of Medicaid services to persons who have developmental disabilities.

(7) “Restraint” means a physical device, method, or drug used to control behavior. (a) A physical restraint is any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the individual’s body so that he or she cannot easily remove the restraint and which restricts freedom of movement or normal access to the individual’s body. (b) A drug used as a restraint is a medication used to control the person’s behavior or to restrict his or her freedom of movement. Physically holding a person during a procedure to forcibly administer psychotropic medication is a physical restraint. (c) Restraint does not include physical devices, such as orthopedically prescribed appliances, surgical dressings and bandages, supportive body bands, or other physical holding necessary for routine physical examinations and tests; for purposes of orthopedic, surgical, or other similar medical treatment; to provide support for the achievement of functional body position or proper balance; or to protect a person from falling out of bed.

(8) “Seclusion” means the physical segregation of a person in any fashion or the involuntary isolation of a person in a room or area from which the person is prevented from leaving. The prevention may be by physical barrier or by a staff member who is acting in a manner, or who is physically situated, so as to prevent the person from leaving the room or area. For purposes of this part, the term does not mean isolation due to a person’s medical condition or symptoms.

History: s. 9, ch. 99-144; s. 42, ch. 2006-227; s. 12, ch. 2013-162; s. 92, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 465.007 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 465 / Section 465.007
465.007 Licensure by examination.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a pharmacist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall examine each applicant who the board certifies has met all of the following criteria: (a) Completed the application form and remitted an examination fee set by the board not to exceed $100 plus the actual per applicant cost to the department for purchase of portions of the examination from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy or a similar national organization. The fees authorized under this section shall be established in sufficient amounts to cover administrative costs. (b) Submitted to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135. (c) Submitted satisfactory proof that she or he is not less than 18 years of age and: 1. Is a recipient of a degree from a school or college of pharmacy accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and approved by the United States Office of Education; or 2. Is a graduate of a 4-year undergraduate pharmacy program of a school or college of pharmacy located outside the United States, has demonstrated proficiency in English by passing both the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Spoken English (TSE), has passed the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination that is approved by rule of the board, and has completed a minimum of 500 hours in a supervised work activity program within this state under the supervision of a pharmacist licensed by the department, which program is approved by the board. (d) Submitted satisfactory proof that she or he has completed an internship program approved by the board. No such board-approved program shall exceed 2,080 hours, all of which may be obtained prior to graduation.

(2) The department may permit an applicant who has satisfied all requirements of subsection (1), except those relating to age or the internship program, to take the written examination, but the passing of the examination shall confer no rights or privileges upon the applicant in connection with the practice of pharmacy in this state.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the department shall issue a license to practice pharmacy to any applicant who successfully completes the examination in accordance with this section.

History: ss. 1, 7, ch. 79-226; ss. 13, 15, 23, 25, 30, 34, 62, ch. 80-406; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 30, ch. 83-329; ss. 5, 26, 27, ch. 86-256; s. 13, ch. 88-205; s. 59, ch. 91-137; s. 6, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 240, ch. 97-103; s. 10, ch. 2024-243.
Fla. Stat. § 605.04071 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.04071
605.04071 Delegation of rights and powers to manage.
Status: in_force

A member or manager of a limited liability company has the power and authority to delegate to one or more other persons the member’s or manager’s, as the case may be, rights and powers to manage and control the business and affairs of the limited liability company, including the power and authority to delegate to agents, boards of managers, members, or directors, officers and assistant officers, and employees of a member or manager of the limited liability company, and the power and authority to delegate by a management agreement or similar agreement with, or otherwise to other persons. The delegation by a member or manager will not cause the member or manager to cease to be a member or manager, as the case may be, of the limited liability company.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 331.502 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 331 / Part III / Section 331.502
331.502 Recovery of spaceflight assets.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Launch” has the same meaning as provided in 51 U.S.C. s. 50902. (b) “Law enforcement agency” has the same meaning as provided in s. 908.102. (c) “Law enforcement officer” has the same meaning as provided in s. 943.10. (d) “Reentry” has the same meaning as provided in 51 U.S.C. s. 50902. (e) “Spaceflight activities” and “spaceflight entity” have the same meanings as provided in s. 331.501(1). (f) “Spaceflight asset” means any item, or any part of an item, owned by a spaceflight entity which is used in spaceflight activities, including crewed and uncrewed capsules, launch vehicles, parachutes and other landing aids, and any ancillary equipment that was attached to the launch vehicle during launch, orbit, or reentry.

(2) A spaceflight entity retains ownership over a spaceflight asset following a launch or reentry, regardless of the physical condition or location of a spaceflight asset, unless or until such time the spaceflight entity expressly indicates its intent to abandon the asset.

(3)(a) A person who locates any item reasonably identifiable as a spaceflight asset must report the description and location of the spaceflight asset to a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location. (b) A law enforcement agency that receives a report under this subsection must make a reasonable effort to identify the owner of the spaceflight asset and promptly notify the owner of any information relevant to the recovery of the spaceflight asset.

(4) The owner of a spaceflight asset may enter private property to recover a spaceflight asset if a law enforcement officer authorizes such entry after determining that exigent circumstances exist. Exigent circumstances may include, but are not limited to, a determination that a failure to timely recover the spaceflight asset may result in an immediate danger to public safety or damage to, or destruction of, the spaceflight asset.

(5) A person may not knowingly appropriate an item reasonably identifiable as a spaceflight asset to his or her own use, or to the use of any other person not entitled to the spaceflight asset, or refuse to surrender a spaceflight asset to a law enforcement officer or the owner upon demand. A person who violates this subsection commits misappropriation of a spaceflight asset, a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A court shall order any person convicted of violating this subsection to pay restitution to the owner of the spaceflight asset if, as a result of the misappropriation of a spaceflight asset, the asset is damaged or cannot be recovered.

(6) This section does not limit liability protection for private property under state or federal law.

History: s. 1, ch. 2021-197.
Fla. Stat. § 679.334 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part III / Section 679.334
679.334 Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops.
Status: in_force

(1) A security interest under this chapter may be created in goods that are fixtures or may continue in goods that become fixtures. A security interest does not exist under this chapter in ordinary building materials incorporated into an improvement on land.

(2) This chapter does not prevent creation of an encumbrance upon fixtures under real property law.

(3) A security interest in goods which are or become fixtures is invalid against any person with an interest in the real property at the time the security interest in the goods is perfected or at the time the goods are affixed to the real property, whichever occurs later, unless such person has consented to the security interest or disclaimed an interest in the goods as fixtures.

(4) A security interest in goods which are or become fixtures perfected with a financing statement that is filed as a fixture filing takes priority as to the goods over the conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner of the related real property arising subsequent to the perfection of such security interest or the affixing of the goods to the real property, whichever occurs later. A security interest in goods which are or become fixtures perfected only with a financing statement that is not filed as a fixture filing is subject to the rights of an encumbrancer or owner of the related real property under s. 679.3171(6) and to the rights of a lien creditor under s. 679.3171(1)(b), but takes priority as to the goods over the rights of a lien creditor who does not meet the requirements of s. 679.3171(1)(b).

(5) A perfected security interest in fixtures has priority over a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner of the real property if the security interest is: (a) Created in a manufactured home in a manufactured-home transaction; and (b) Perfected pursuant to a statute described in s. 679.3111(1)(b).

(6) A perfected security interest in crops growing on real property has priority over a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner of the real property if the debtor has an interest of record in or is in possession of the real property.

(7) Subsection (6) prevails over any inconsistent provisions of the statutes.

History: s. 3, ch. 2001-198; s. 7, ch. 2002-242.
Fla. Stat. § 641.2017 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.2017
641.2017 Insurance business not authorized.
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Florida Insurance Code or this part shall be deemed to authorize any health maintenance organization to transact any insurance business other than that of health maintenance organization type insurance or otherwise to engage in any other type of insurance unless it is authorized under a certificate of authority issued by the office under the provisions of the Florida Insurance Code. However, a health maintenance organization may by contract:

(1) Enter into arrangements whereby the expected cost of health care services provided directly or through arrangements with other persons by the health maintenance organization is self-funded by the person contracting with the health maintenance organization, but the health maintenance organization assumes the risks that costs will exceed that amount on a prepaid per capita or prepaid aggregate fixed-sum basis; or

(2) Enter into arrangements whereby the cost of health care services provided directly or through arrangements with other persons by the health maintenance organization is self-funded by the person contracting with the health maintenance organization.

History: ss. 26, 50, ch. 85-321; s. 9, ch. 90-248; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1556, ch. 2003-261.