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Fla. Stat. § 684.002 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 684 / Section 684.002
684.002 Applications for preliminary orders and conditions for granting preliminary orders.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, a party may, without notice to any other party, make a request for an interim measure together with an application for a preliminary order prohibiting a party from frustrating the purpose of the interim measure requested.

(2) The arbitral tribunal may grant a preliminary order if it considers that prior disclosure of the request for the interim measure to the party against whom it is directed risks frustrating the purpose of the measure.

(3) The conditions described in s. 684.0019 apply to any preliminary order if the harm assessed under s. 684.0019(1)(a) is the harm likely to result from the order being granted or not granted.

History: s. 21, ch. 2010-60.
Fla. Stat. § 102.131 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 102 / Section 102.131
102.131 Returns before canvassing commission.
Status: in_force

If any returns shall appear to be irregular or false so that the Elections Canvassing Commission is unable to determine the true vote for any office, nomination, constitutional amendment, or other measure presented to the electors, the commission shall so certify and shall not include the returns in its determination, canvass, and declaration. The Elections Canvassing Commission in determining the true vote shall not have authority to look beyond the county returns. The Department of State shall file in its office all the returns, together with other documents and papers received by it or the commission. The commission shall canvass the returns for presidential electors and representatives to Congress separately from their canvass of returns for state officers.

History: s. 35, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 189; s. 66, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 249; RGS 293; CGL 349; s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 5, ch. 65-129; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 25, ch. 77-175; s. 46, ch. 79-400.
Fla. Stat. § 322.48 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.48
322.48 Review of employee’s acts.
Status: in_force

Any act or omission of any official or employee of this state done or omitted pursuant to, or in enforcing, the provisions of s. 322.44 or s. 322.50 shall be subject to review in accordance with chapter 120 by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, but any review of the validity of any conviction or failure to answer summons reported pursuant to the compact in s. 322.44 or s. 322.50 shall be limited to establishing the identity of the person so convicted or failing to answer summons.

History: s. 6, ch. 67-176; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 77-117; s. 4, ch. 77-373.
Fla. Stat. § 130.05 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 130 / Section 130.05
130.05 Security may be required of bidders.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may require of all bidders for said bonds that they give security by bond, running to the county commissioners, with sureties, that the bidder will comply with the terms of the bid, and any bidder whose bid shall be accepted shall, with his or her sureties, be liable to the county for all damages on account of the nonperformance of the terms of his or her bid.

History: s. 8, ch. 2088, 1877; RS 597; GS 793; RGS 1538; CGL 2316; s. 831, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 627.66122 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VII / Section 627.66122
627.66122 Requirements with respect to breast cancer and routine followup care.
Status: in_force

Routine followup care to determine whether a breast cancer has recurred in a person who has been previously determined to be free of breast cancer does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment for purposes of determining preexisting conditions unless evidence of breast cancer is found during or as a result of the followup care.

History: s. 9, ch. 97-48.
Fla. Stat. § 695.15 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 695 / Section 695.15
695.15 Recording conveyances lost by fire.
Status: in_force

Whenever the record in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county in this state of any deed, conveyance, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, map or plat or other instrument in writing affecting real estate in such county has been heretofore destroyed by fire, any such instrument, or a copy thereof from such former record duly certified, may be rerecorded in such county, and in rerecording the same the officer shall record the certificate of the previous record, and the date of filing for record appearing in said original certificate so recorded shall be deemed and taken as the date of the record thereof. And copies of such record so authorized to be made hereunder, duly certified by said officer, under the seal of said court, shall be received in evidence under the same circumstances and conditions under which a certified copy of the original record would be so received, and shall have the same force and effect as a certified copy of the original record.

History: s. 1, ch. 4950, 1901; GS 2492; RGS 3834; CGL 5712; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1503 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1503
607.1503 Application for certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the department for filing. Such application shall be made on forms prescribed by the department. The application must contain the following: (a) The name of the foreign corporation and, if the name does not comply with s. 607.0401, an alternate name adopted pursuant to s. 607.1506. (b) The name of the foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation. (c) Its date of incorporation and period of duration. (d) The principal office and mailing address of the foreign corporation. (e) The name and street address in this state of, and the written acceptance by, the foreign corporation’s initial registered agent in this state. (f) The names and usual business addresses of its current directors and officers. (g) Additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the department to determine whether the foreign corporation is entitled to file an application for certificate of authority to transact business in this state and to determine and assess the fees payable as prescribed in this chapter.

(2) The foreign corporation shall deliver with a completed application under subsection (1) a certificate of existence or a record of similar import, duly authenticated not more than 90 days prior to delivery of the application to the department, signed by the official having custody of the foreign corporation’s publicly filed records in its jurisdiction of incorporation. A translation of the certificate, under oath of the translator, must be attached to a certificate which is in a language other than the English language.

History: s. 138, ch. 89-154; s. 37, ch. 2003-283; s. 200, ch. 2019-90; s. 56, ch. 2020-32.
Fla. Stat. § 332.07 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 332 / Section 332.07
332.07 Appropriations.
Status: in_force

The governing bodies having power to appropriate moneys within the municipalities in this state acquiring, establishing, constructing, enlarging, improving, maintaining, equipping, or operating airports and other air navigation facilities under the provisions of ss. 332.01-332.12 are hereby authorized to appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation or otherwise in such municipalities moneys sufficient to carry out therein the provisions of ss. 332.01-332.12.

History: s. 7, ch. 22846, 1945.
Fla. Stat. § 316.079 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.079
316.079 Duty to yield to highway construction workers.
Status: in_force

(1) Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian worker and flagperson engaged in maintenance or construction work on a highway whenever the driver is reasonably and lawfully notified of the presence of such worker by a flagperson and a warning sign or device.

(2) Every driver of a vehicle on public roadways shall yield the right-of-way to an escort vehicle or pedestrian flagperson that is engaged in the management of highway movements of an oversize vehicle permitted pursuant to s. 316.550, provided the driver is reasonably and lawfully notified of the presence of such vehicle or flagperson.

(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 75-132; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 303, ch. 95-148; s. 13, ch. 95-257; s. 103, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 641.3915 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.3915
641.3915 Health maintenance organization anti-fraud plans and investigative units.
Status: in_force

Each authorized health maintenance organization and applicant for a certificate of authority shall comply with the provisions of ss. 626.989 and 626.9891 as though such organization or applicant were an authorized insurer.

History: s. 4, ch. 99-204; ss. 4, 14, ch. 2017-178.
Fla. Stat. § 320.833 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.833
320.833 Retention, destruction, and reproduction of records; electronic retention.
Status: in_force

Records and documents of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, created in compliance with, and in the implementation of, chapter 319 and this chapter, shall be retained by the department as specified in record retention schedules established under the general provisions of chapter 119. Further, the department is hereby authorized:

(1) To destroy, or otherwise dispose of, those records and documents, in conformity with the approved retention schedules.

(2) To photograph, microphotograph, or reproduce on film, as authorized and directed by the approved retention schedules, whereby each page will be exposed in exact conformity with the original records and documents retained in compliance with the provisions of this section. Photographs or microphotographs in the form of film or print of any records, made in compliance with the provisions of this section, shall have the same force and effect as the originals thereof would have and shall be treated as originals for the purpose of their admissibility in evidence. Duly certified or authenticated reproductions of such photographs or microphotographs shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original photographs or microphotographs.

(3) To maintain all records required or obtained in compliance with, and in the implementation of, chapter 319 and this chapter exclusively by electronic means.

History: s. 5, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 77-443; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 19, 20, ch. 88-147; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 33, ch. 2000-313; s. 30, ch. 2018-110.
Fla. Stat. § 760.36 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 760 / Part II / Section 760.36
760.36 Conciliation agreements.
Status: in_force

Any conciliation agreement arising out of conciliation efforts by the Florida Commission on Human Relations pursuant to the Fair Housing Act must be agreed to by the respondent and the complainant and is subject to the approval of the commission. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 760.11(11) and (12), each conciliation agreement arising out of a complaint filed under the Fair Housing Act shall be made public unless the complainant and the respondent otherwise agree and the commission determines that disclosure is not required to further the purposes of the Florida Fair Housing Act.

History: s. 19, ch. 90-275; s. 9, ch. 92-177; s. 4, ch. 92-282; s. 3, ch. 94-91; s. 419, ch. 96-406.
Fla. Stat. § 110.129 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part I / Section 110.129
110.129 Services to political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon request, the department may enter into a formal agreement with any municipality or political subdivision of the state to furnish technical assistance to improve the system or methods of personnel administration of that municipality or political subdivision. The department shall provide such assistance within the limitations of available staff, funds, and other resources. All municipalities and political subdivisions of the state are authorized to enter into such agreements.

(2) Technical assistance includes, but is not limited to, providing technical advice, written reports, or other information or materials that may cover such subjects as management and personnel systems, central administrative and support services, employee training, and employee productivity.

(3) Technical assistance rendered to municipalities or political subdivisions pursuant to this section may be on a nonreimbursable basis or may be partly or wholly reimbursable based upon the extent, nature, and duration of the requested assistance; the extent of resources required; and the degree to which the assistance would be of use to other municipalities or political subdivisions of the state.

History: s. 20, ch. 79-190; s. 10, ch. 2001-43.
Fla. Stat. § 320.0803 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.0803
320.0803 Moped license plates.
Status: in_force

(1) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, registration and payment of license taxes in accordance with these requirements and for the purposes stated herein shall in no way be construed as placing any requirements upon mopeds other than the requirements of registration and payment of license taxes.

(2) Each request for a license plate for a moped shall be submitted to the department or its agent on an application form supplied by the department, accompanied by the license tax required in s. 320.08.

(3) The license plate for a moped shall be 4 inches wide by 7 inches long.

(4) A license plate for a moped shall be of the same material as license plates issued pursuant to s. 320.06; however, the word “Florida” shall be stamped across the top of the plate in small letters.

History: s. 4, ch. 78-353; s. 22, ch. 83-318; s. 13, ch. 87-161; s. 28, ch. 95-143; s. 7, ch. 99-385.
Fla. Stat. § 381.932 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.932
381.932 Breast cancer early detection and treatment referral program.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Breast cancer screening and referral services” means necessary breast cancer screening and referral services for a procedure intended to treat cancer of the human breast, including, but not limited to, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and related medical followup services. (b) “Unserved or underserved populations” means women who are: 1. At or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level for individuals; 2. Without health insurance that covers breast cancer screenings; and 3. Nineteen to 64 years of age, inclusive.

(2) There is established, within existing or specific appropriations, a breast cancer early detection and treatment referral program within the Department of Health. The purposes of the program are to: (a) Promote referrals for the screening, detection, and treatment of breast cancer among unserved or underserved populations. (b) Educate the public regarding breast cancer and the benefits of early detection. (c) Provide referral services for persons seeking treatment.

(3) The program shall include, but not be limited to, the: (a) Establishment of a public education and outreach initiative to publicize breast cancer early detection services, the benefits of early detection of breast cancer, and the recommended frequency for receiving screening services, including clinical breast examinations and mammography guidelines established by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. (b) Development of professional education programs that include information regarding the benefits of the early detection of breast cancer and the recommended frequency for receiving a mammogram, as recommended in the most current breast cancer screening guidelines established by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. (c) Establishment of a system to track and monitor all women screened for breast cancer in the program. The system shall include, but not be limited to, monitoring abnormal screening tests, referring women for treatment when needed, and tracking women to be screened at recommended screening intervals.

(4) The State Surgeon General shall submit an annual report to the appropriate substantive committees of the Legislature. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the rate of breast cancer morbidity and mortality in the state and the extent to which women are participating in breast cancer screening as reported by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

History: s. 1, ch. 2009-120.
Fla. Stat. § 373.605 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part VI / Section 373.605
373.605 Group insurance for water management districts.
Status: in_force

The governing board of a water management district may provide group insurance for its employees, and the employees of another water management district, in the same manner and with the same provisions and limitations authorized for other public employees under ss. 112.08, 112.09, 112.10, 112.11, and 112.14.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 74-218; s. 21, ch. 97-100; s. 5, ch. 2012-126.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1812 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1812
620.1812 Revocation of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership that has dissolved as the result of an event described in s. 620.1801(1)(a)-(d) and filed a certificate of dissolution with the Department of State may revoke its dissolution at any time prior to the expiration of 120 days following the effective date of its certificate of dissolution.

(2) Revocation of dissolution shall be authorized in the same manner as the dissolution was authorized.

(3) After revocation of dissolution is authorized, the limited partnership shall deliver a certificate of revocation of dissolution to the Department of State for filing, together with a copy of its certificate of dissolution, that sets forth: (a) The name of the limited partnership. (b) The effective date of the dissolution that was revoked. (c) The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized.

(4) If there has been substantial compliance with subsection (3), subject to s. 620.1206(4) the revocation of dissolution is effective when the Department of State files the certificate of revocation of dissolution.

(5) When the revocation of dissolution is effective, the revocation of dissolution relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution, and the limited partnership resumes carrying on its business as if dissolution had never occurred.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267; s. 14, ch. 2018-58.
Fla. Stat. § 717.116 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 717 / Section 717.116
717.116 Contents of safe-deposit box or other safekeeping repository.
Status: in_force

All tangible and intangible property held by a banking or financial organization in a safe-deposit box or any other safekeeping repository in this state in the ordinary course of the holder’s business, and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by law, that has not been claimed by the owner for more than 3 years after the lease or rental period on the box or other repository has expired are presumed unclaimed.

History: s. 17, ch. 87-105; s. 8, ch. 96-301; s. 16, ch. 2001-36; s. 114, ch. 2004-390.
Fla. Stat. § 765.515 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 765 / Part V / Section 765.515
765.515 Delivery of donor document.
Status: in_force

(1) If an anatomical gift is made pursuant to s. 765.521, the completed donor registration card shall be delivered to the department, and the department must communicate the donor’s intent to the donor registry, but delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. If the donor withdraws the gift, the records of the department must be updated to reflect such withdrawal, and the department must communicate the withdrawal to the donor registry for the purpose of updating the registry.

(2) If an anatomical gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the document of gift, other than a will, may be delivered to the donee to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death, but delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. The document of gift may be deposited in any hospital, bank, storage facility, or registry office that accepts such documents for safekeeping or to facilitate the donation of organs and tissue after death.

(3) At the request of any interested party upon or after the donor’s death, the person in possession shall produce the document of gift for examination.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 45, ch. 75-220; s. 2, ch. 83-171; s. 1, ch. 87-372; s. 7, ch. 95-423; s. 33, ch. 96-418; s. 9, ch. 98-68; s. 65, ch. 2001-226; s. 17, ch. 2008-9; s. 4, ch. 2008-223; s. 5, ch. 2009-218.
Fla. Stat. § 617.0608 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.0608
617.0608 Purchase of memberships.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may not purchase any of its memberships or any right arising from membership except as provided in s. 617.0505 or subsection (2).

(2) Subject to s. 617.1302, a mutual benefit corporation may purchase the membership of a member who resigns, or whose membership is terminated, for the amount and pursuant to the conditions set forth in its articles of incorporation or bylaws.

History: s. 20, ch. 2009-205.
Fla. Stat. § 493.6116 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 493 / Part I / Section 493.6116
493.6116 Sponsorship of interns.
Status: in_force

(1) Only licensees may sponsor interns. A Class “C,” Class “M,” or Class “MA” licensee may sponsor a Class “CC” private investigator intern; a Class “E” or Class “MR” licensee may sponsor a Class “EE” recovery agent intern.

(2) An internship may not commence until the sponsor has submitted to the department the notice of intent to sponsor. Such notice shall be on a form provided by the department.

(3) Internship is intended to serve as a learning process. Sponsors shall assume a training status by providing direction and control of interns. Sponsors shall not allow interns to operate independently of such direction and control or require interns to perform activities that do not enhance the intern’s qualification for licensure. Interns must perform regulated duties within the boundaries of this state during the period of internship.

(4) No sponsor may sponsor more than six interns at the same time.

(5) A sponsor shall certify a biannual progress report on each intern and shall certify completion or termination of an internship to the department within 15 days after such completion or termination. The report must be made on a form provided by the department and must include at a minimum: (a) The inclusive dates of the internship. (b) A narrative part explaining the primary duties, types of experiences gained, and the scope of training received. (c) An evaluation of the performance of the intern and a recommendation regarding future licensure.

History: ss. 2, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 8, ch. 94-172; s. 68, ch. 95-144; s. 4, ch. 2013-251.
Fla. Stat. § 380.12 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 380 / Part I / Section 380.12
380.12 Rights unaffected by ch. 75-22.
Status: in_force

Nothing in chapter 75-22, Laws of Florida, shall alter or affect rights previously vested under this chapter.

History: s. 23, ch. 75-22.
Fla. Stat. § 624.6011 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part V / Section 624.6011
624.6011 “Kinds of insurance” defined.
Status: in_force

Insurance shall be classified into the following “kinds of insurance”:

(1) Life.

(2) Health.

(3) Property.

(4) Casualty.

(5) Surety.

(6) Marine.

(7) Title.

History: ss. 38, 51, 70, ch. 89-360; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.