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Fla. Stat. § 34.022 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 34 / Section 34.022
34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.
Status: in_force

The number of county court judges in each county shall be as follows:

COUNTY TOTAL

(1) Alachua .......... 5

(2) Baker .......... 1

(3) Bay .......... 5

(4) Bradford .......... 1

(5) Brevard .......... 11

(6) Broward .......... 32

(7) Calhoun .......... 1

(8) Charlotte .......... 3

(9) Citrus .......... 3

(10) Clay .......... 3

(11) Collier .......... 6

(12) Columbia .......... 2

(13) DeSoto .......... 1

(14) Dixie .......... 1

(15) Duval .......... 17

(16) Escambia .......... 5

(17) Flagler .......... 2

(18) Franklin .......... 1

(19) Gadsden .......... 1

(20) Gilchrist .......... 1

(21) Glades .......... 1

(22) Gulf .......... 1

(23) Hamilton .......... 1

(24) Hardee .......... 1

(25) Hendry .......... 1

(26) Hernando .......... 3

(27) Highlands .......... 1

(28) Hillsborough .......... 25

(29) Holmes .......... 1

(30) Indian River .......... 2

(31) Jackson .......... 1

(32) Jefferson .......... 1

(33) Lafayette .......... 1

(34) Lake .......... 5

(35) Lee .......... 9

(36) Leon .......... 5

(37) Levy .......... 1

(38) Liberty .......... 1

(39) Madison .......... 1

(40) Manatee .......... 5

(41) Marion .......... 5

(42) Martin .......... 3

(43) Miami-Dade .......... 47

(44) Monroe .......... 4

(45) Nassau .......... 2

(46) Okaloosa .......... 3

(47) Okeechobee .......... 1

(48) Orange .......... 22

(49) Osceola .......... 5

(50) Palm Beach .......... 20

(51) Pasco .......... 7

(52) Pinellas .......... 17

(53) Polk .......... 11

(54) Putnam .......... 2

(55) St. Johns .......... 3

(56) St. Lucie .......... 4

(57) Santa Rosa .......... 3

(58) Sarasota .......... 5

(59) Seminole .......... 6

(60) Sumter .......... 2

(61) Suwannee .......... 1

(62) Taylor .......... 1

(63) Union .......... 1

(64) Volusia .......... 10

(65) Wakulla .......... 1

(66) Walton .......... 1

(67) Washington .......... 1

History: s. 1, ch. 72-406; s. 2, ch. 73-329; s. 19, ch. 73-333; s. 1, ch. 74-306; s. 2, ch. 76-175; s. 2, ch. 77-368; s. 2, ch. 78-168; s. 6, ch. 79-413; s. 3, ch. 80-164; s. 3, ch. 81-220; s. 3, ch. 82-238; s. 7, ch. 84-303; s. 2, ch. 85-218; s. 2, ch. 86-279; s. 2, ch. 87-89; s. 3, ch. 88-167; s. 2, ch. 89-290; s. 2, ch. 90-206; s. 2, ch. 93-63; s. 4, ch. 94-137; s. 2, ch. 95-351; s. 2, ch. 96-271; s. 2, ch. 97-257; ss. 3, 4, ch. 99-151; s. 2, ch. 2001-284; ss. 3, 4, ch. 2005-150; s. 2, ch. 2005-356; s. 2, ch. 2006-166; s. 3, ch. 2019-95; s. 2, ch. 2020-112; s. 2, ch. 2021-45; s. 3, ch. 2022-163; s. 2, ch. 2024-194; s. 2, ch. 2025-202.
Fla. Stat. § 705.104 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 705 / Section 705.104
705.104 Title to lost or abandoned property.
Status: in_force

(1) Title to lost or abandoned property is hereby vested in the finder upon the expiration of the 90-day custodial time period specified in s. 705.103(2)(b), provided the notice requirements of s. 705.103 have been met, unless the rightful owner or a lienholder claims the property within that time.

(2) Employees of any state, county, or municipal agency shall be deemed agents of such governmental entity, and lost or abandoned property found by them during the course of their official duties shall be turned in to the proper person or department designated to receive such property by the governmental entity. Such property shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, after which, if unclaimed by the rightful owner, the title to such property shall be vested in the state, county, or municipality and not in the employee.

(3) Employees of public transportation systems shall be deemed agents of such transportation systems, and lost or abandoned property found on public conveyances, in depots, or in garages of a transportation system shall be turned in to the proper person or department designated to receive such property by the transportation systems. Such property shall be subject to the provisions of this section, after which, if unclaimed by the rightful owner, the title to such property shall be vested in the transportation system and not in the employee.

History: s. 4, ch. 87-82; s. 2, ch. 90-307; s. 8, ch. 2024-30; s. 12, ch. 2025-147.
Fla. Stat. § 39.603 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 39 / Part VII / Section 39.603
39.603 Court approvals of case planning.
Status: in_force

(1) All case plans and amendments to case plans must be approved by the court. At the hearing on the case plan, which shall occur in conjunction with the disposition hearing unless otherwise directed by the court, the court shall determine: (a) All parties who were notified and are in attendance at the hearing, either in person or through a legal representative. The court may appoint a guardian ad litem under Rule 1.210, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, to represent the interests of any parent, if the location of the parent is known but the parent is not present at the hearing and the development of the plan is based upon the physical, emotional, or mental condition or physical location of the parent. (b) If the plan is consistent with previous orders of the court placing the child in care. (c) If the plan is consistent with the requirements for the content of a plan as specified in this chapter. (d) In involuntary placements, whether each parent was notified of the right to counsel at each stage of the dependency proceedings, in accordance with the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure. (e) Whether each parent whose location was known was notified of the right to participate in the preparation of a case plan and of the right to receive assistance from any other person in the preparation of the case plan. (f) Whether the plan is meaningful and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the court based the finding of dependency in involuntary placements or the plan is meaningful and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the child was placed in out-of-home care voluntarily.

(2) When the court determines that any of the elements considered at the hearing related to the plan have not been met, the court shall require the parties to make necessary amendments to the plan under s. 39.6013. The amended plan must be submitted to the court for review and approval within 30 days after the hearing. A copy of the amended plan must also be provided to each party, if the location of the party is known, at least 3 business days before filing with the court.

(3) A parent who has not participated in the development of a case plan must be served with a copy of the plan developed by the department, if the parent can be located, at least 72 hours prior to the court hearing. Any parent is entitled to, and may seek, a court review of the plan prior to the initial judicial review and must be informed of this right by the department at the time the department serves the parent with a copy of the plan. If the location of an absent parent becomes known to the department, the department shall inform the parent of the right to a court review at the time the department serves the parent with a copy of the case plan.

History: s. 9, ch. 87-289; s. 32, ch. 88-337; s. 26, ch. 94-164; s. 17, ch. 95-228; s. 76, ch. 98-403; s. 37, ch. 99-193; s. 27, ch. 2000-139; s. 18, ch. 2006-86.
Fla. Stat. § 522.02 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 522 / Section 522.02
522.02 Persons presumed to be doing business in state.
Status: in_force

Any person maintaining an office or soliciting personally or by agent such business in this state shall be presumed to be doing business in this state.

History: s. 2, ch. 6235, 1911; RGS 4939; CGL 7026.
Fla. Stat. § 394.4788 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 394 / Part I / Section 394.4788
394.4788 Use of certain PMATF funds for the purchase of acute care mental health services.
Status: in_force

(1) A hospital may be eligible to be reimbursed an amount no greater than the hospital’s previous year contribution to the PMATF for acute mental health services provided to indigent mentally ill persons who have been determined by the agency or its agent to require such treatment and who: (a) Do not meet Medicaid eligibility criteria, unless the agency makes a referral for a Medicaid eligible patient pursuant to s. 394.4789; (b) Meet the criteria for mental illness under this part; and (c) Meet the definition of charity care.

(2) The agency shall annually calculate a per diem reimbursement rate for each specialty psychiatric hospital to be paid to the specialty psychiatric hospitals for the provision of acute mental health services provided to indigent mentally ill patients who meet the criteria in subsection (1). After the first rate period, providers shall be notified of new reimbursement rates for each new state fiscal year by June 1. The new reimbursement rates shall commence July 1.

(3) Reimbursement rates shall be calculated using the most recent audited actual costs received by the agency. Cost data received each April 15 shall be used in the calculation of the rates. Historic costs shall be inflated from the midpoint of a hospital’s fiscal year to the midpoint of the state fiscal year. The inflation adjustment shall be made utilizing the latest available projections as of March 31 for the Data Resources Incorporated National and Regional Hospital Input Price Indices as calculated by the Medicaid program office.

(4) Reimbursement shall be based on compensating a specialty psychiatric hospital at a per diem rate equal to its operating costs per inpatient day.

(5) A hospital shall not be entitled to receive more in any one fiscal year than that hospital contributed to the PMATF during the previous fiscal year.

(6) Hospitals that agree to participate in the program set forth in this section and ss. 394.4786, 394.4787, and 394.4789 shall agree that payment from the PMATF is payment in full for all patients for which reimbursement is received under this section and ss. 394.4786, 394.4787, and 394.4789, until the funds for this program are no longer available.

(7) The agency shall develop a payment system to reimburse specialty psychiatric hospitals quarterly as set forth in this part.

History: s. 3, ch. 89-355; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 98, ch. 92-289; s. 27, ch. 96-169; s. 3, ch. 98-89.
Fla. Stat. § 162.13 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 162 / Part I / Section 162.13
162.13 Provisions of act supplemental.
Status: in_force

It is the legislative intent of ss. 162.01-162.12 to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with local codes. Except as provided in s. 162.06(1)(b), nothing contained in ss. 162.01-162.12 shall prohibit a local governing body from enforcing its codes by any other means.

History: s. 11, ch. 82-37; s. 3, ch. 2021-167.
Fla. Stat. § 604.04 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 604 / Section 604.04
604.04 Administration of law.
Status: in_force

The agricultural experiment station of the University of Florida shall administer this law and shall be responsible for the general supervision of this cooperative enterprise between and among federal, state, county and local agencies, and that it be charged with the duty of developing an energetic soil survey program for the state accordingly as funds are made available for this purpose from federal, state, county, or other sources.

History: s. 4, ch. 20454, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 817.558 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.558
817.558 Water-treatment devices.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section: (a) “Water-treatment device” means any product, device, or system designed for personal, family, or household use and for which any claim is made that it will improve the quality of water by reducing one or more contaminants through mechanical, physical, chemical, or biological processes or a combination thereof. (b) “Advertisement” means any representation of fact or opinion disseminated to the public in any manner or by any means which is designed to induce, directly or indirectly, any person to enter into any obligation to acquire any title or interest in or to use any water-treatment device. (c) “Misleading” means any direct or indirect misrepresentation or omission of any material fact or circumstance.

(2)(a) It is unlawful for any person to make or disseminate any false or misleading advertisement regarding any water-treatment device. (b) It is unlawful for any person who solicits the sale, rental, lease, or order of any water-treatment device to make any false or misleading statement or claim: 1. Regarding contamination problems in tap water; 2. Stating or implying scientific certainty regarding the relationship between acute or chronic illnesses and water quality; 3. Regarding the type and degree of problems caused by water treated in public water-treatment systems; 4. Stating that the water flowing from a water-treatment device is “pure,” unless such word is reasonably defined; 5. Making undocumented claims about the performance or benefits of a water-treatment device; or 6. Using unauthorized endorsements or testimonials.

(3) At the time of or before the order, sale, rental, or lease of any water-treatment device to a consumer, the person soliciting the order, sale, rental, or lease must notify the consumer in clear and conspicuous writing in at least 10-point boldfaced type that operational, maintenance, and replacement requirements are essential for the water-treatment device to perform as represented. In addition to the notification requirement, each water-treatment device must have a label or tag affixed to it or the container in which it is sold or delivered which notifies the consumer that operational, maintenance, and replacement requirements are essential for the water-treatment device to perform as sold.

(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 9, ch. 91-41; s. 9, ch. 91-68; s. 1, ch. 93-43.
Fla. Stat. § 669.706 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 669 / Part II / Section 669.706
669.706 Priority of claims when priority rules of chapter 679 do not apply.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), Article 12 determines the priority of conflicting claims to Article 12 property when the priority rules of chapter 679 as amended by this act do not apply.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), when the priority rules of chapter 679 as amended by this act do not apply and the priorities of claims to Article 12 property were established before July 1, 2025, law other than Article 12 determines priority.

(3) When the priority rules of chapter 679 as amended by this 1 act do not apply, to the extent the priorities determined by this act modify the priorities established as of July 1, 2025, the priorities of claims to Article 12 property established before July 1, 2025, cease to apply on the adjustment date.

History: s. 19, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 318.32 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.32
318.32 Jurisdiction; limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) Hearing officers shall be empowered to accept pleas from and decide the guilt or innocence of any person, adult or juvenile, charged with any civil traffic infraction and shall be empowered to adjudicate or withhold adjudication of guilt in the same manner as a county court judge under the statutes, rules, and procedures presently existing or as subsequently amended, except that hearing officers shall not: (a) Have the power to hold a defendant in contempt of court, but shall be permitted to file a motion for order of contempt with the appropriate state trial court judge; (b) Hear a case involving a crash resulting in injury or death; (c) Hear a criminal traffic offense case or a case involving a civil traffic infraction issued in conjunction with a criminal traffic offense; or (d) Have the power to suspend or revoke a defendant’s driver license pursuant to s. 316.655(2).

(2) This section does not prohibit a county court judge from exercising concurrent jurisdiction with a civil traffic hearing officer.

(3) Upon the request of the defendant contained in a Notice of Appearance or a written plea, the case shall be assigned to a county court judge regularly assigned to hear traffic matters.

History: s. 3, ch. 89-337; s. 1, ch. 91-152; s. 4, ch. 94-202; s. 255, ch. 99-248; s. 51, ch. 2005-236; s. 26, ch. 2006-290.
Fla. Stat. § 494.00165 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 494 / Part I / Section 494.00165
494.00165 Prohibited advertising; record requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) It is a violation of this chapter for any person to: (a) Advertise that an applicant shall have unqualified access to credit without disclosing the material limitations on the availability of such credit. Material limitations include, but are not limited to, the percentage of down payment required, that a higher rate or points could be required, or that restrictions on the maximum principal amount of the loan offered could apply. (b) Advertise a mortgage loan at an expressed interest rate unless the advertisement specifically states that the expressed rate could change or not be available at commitment or closing. (c) Advertise mortgage loans, including rates, margins, discounts, points, fees, commissions, or other material information, including material limitations on such loans, unless the person is able to make such mortgage loans available to a reasonable number of qualified applicants. (d) Falsely advertise or misuse names indicating a federal agency pursuant to 18 U.S.C. s. 709. (e) Engage in unfair, deceptive, or misleading advertising regarding mortgage loans, brokering services, or lending services.

(2) Each person required to be licensed under this chapter must maintain a record of samples of each of its advertisements, including commercial scripts of each radio or television broadcast, for examination by the office for 2 years after the date of publication or broadcast.

History: s. 6, ch. 99-213; s. 520, ch. 2003-261; s. 7, ch. 2009-241.
Fla. Stat. § 7.32 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.32
7.32 Jackson County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Jackson County are as follows: Beginning at the point where the state line between the State of Florida and the State of Alabama crosses Holmes Creek; thence southerly down the thread of said creek to the section line in the middle of township five north, range fourteen west; thence east on the section line to the northeast corner of section twenty-four, township five north, range thirteen west; thence south on range line between ranges twelve and thirteen west, to the township line between townships four and five north; thence east on said township line to the middle of range twelve west; thence south on the middle of said range to the middle of township two north, range twelve west; thence east on the middle of township two north, to the thread of the Chipola River; thence northerly up the thread of the Chipola River to the northern boundary line of said township two; thence east on the northern boundary line of township two north, to the thread of the Apalachicola River; thence northward up the thread of said river and the Chattahoochee River to the Alabama line; and thence westward along said state line to the place of beginning.

History: s. 1, Aug. 12, 1822; s. 3, Dec. 9, 1825; s. 1, Oct. 29, 1828; s. 1, ch. 180, 1847; s. 1, ch. 1954, 1873; s. 1, ch. 2061, 1875; RS 16; s. 1, ch. 4296, 1893; s. 1, ch. 4576, 1897; GS 14; s. 1, ch. 6935, 1915; RGS 16; CGL 18.
Fla. Stat. § 369.252 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 369 / Part I / Section 369.252
369.252 Invasive plant control on public lands.
Status: in_force

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall establish a program to:

(1) Achieve eradication or maintenance control of invasive exotic plants on public lands when the scientific data indicate that they are detrimental to the state’s natural environment or when the Commissioner of Agriculture finds that such plants or specific populations thereof are a threat to the agricultural productivity of the state;

(2) Assist state and local government agencies in the development and implementation of coordinated management plans for the eradication or maintenance control of invasive exotic plant species on public lands;

(3) Contract, or enter into agreements, with entities in the State University System or other governmental or private sector entities for research concerning control agents; production and growth of biological control agents; and development of workable methods for the eradication or maintenance control of invasive exotic plants on public lands; and

(4) Use funds in the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund as authorized by the Legislature for carrying out activities under this section on public lands. A minimum of 20 percent of the amount appropriated by the Legislature for invasive plant control from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund shall be used for the purpose of controlling nonnative, upland, invasive plant species on public lands.

History: s. 3, ch. 96-238; s. 1, ch. 97-38; s. 21, ch. 99-205; s. 30, ch. 99-247; s. 4, ch. 99-312; s. 62, ch. 2000-152; s. 10, ch. 2008-150; s. 33, ch. 2015-229.
Fla. Stat. § 316.1305 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.1305
316.1305 Fishing from state road bridges.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Transportation is authorized to investigate and determine whether it is detrimental to traffic safety or dangerous to human life for any person to fish from a state road bridge. When the Department of Transportation, after due investigation, determines that it is dangerous for persons to fish from such a bridge, it shall post appropriate signs on the bridge stating that fishing from the bridge is prohibited.

(2) Fishing from a bridge upon which the Department of Transportation has posted signs as provided in subsection (1) is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a pedestrian violation as provided in chapter 318.

(3) This section is cumulative and is not intended to repeal any special law making it unlawful to fish from any bridge.

History: s. 158, ch. 29965, 1955; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 239, ch. 71-136; s. 4, ch. 84-309; s. 18, ch. 96-350.
Fla. Stat. § 215.964 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.964
215.964 Process for acquisition of commodities or services that include the use of card-based technology.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any state agency intends to issue a bid, request for proposals, or contract in any manner to acquire commodities or services that include the use of card-based technology and will require the agency to expend more than the threshold amount provided in s. 287.017 for CATEGORY FIVE, such acquisition documentation must be submitted to the Florida Fiscal Accounting Management Information System Coordinating Council for approval prior to issuance. The Florida Fiscal Accounting Management Information System Coordinating Council shall consider whether the proposed transaction is structured to encourage vendor competition, cooperation among agencies in the use of card-based technology, and other financial terms and conditions that are appropriate with regard to the nature of the card-based technology application being acquired.

(2) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prohibit an agency from continuing to use a card-based technology system that was lawfully acquired before the effective date of this act unless specifically directed otherwise in the General Appropriations Act.

(3) An extension or renewal of an existing contract in any manner for commodities or services that include the use of card-based technology and will require the agency to expend more than the threshold amount provided in s. 287.017 for CATEGORY FIVE, is subject to the provisions of subsection (1).

History: s. 17, ch. 97-241.