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Fla. Stat. § 493.6302 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 493 / Part III / Section 493.6302
493.6302 Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish by rule license fees, not to exceed the following: (a) Class “B” license — security agency: $450. (b) Class “BB” or Class “AB” license — branch office: $125. (c) Class “MB” license — security agency manager: $75. (d) Class “D” license — security officer: $45. (e) Class “DS” license — security officer school or training facility: $60. (f) Class “DI” license — security officer school or training facility instructor: $60.

(2) The department may establish by rule a fee for the replacement or revision of a license, which fee shall not exceed $30.

(3) The fees set forth in this section must be paid by check or money order or, at the discretion of the department, by electronic funds transfer at the time the application is approved, except that the applicant for a Class “D,” Class “G,” Class “M,” or Class “MB” license must pay the license fee at the time the application is made. If a license is revoked or denied or if the application is withdrawn, the license fee is nonrefundable.

(4) The initial license fee for a veteran, as defined in s. 1.01, shall be waived if he or she applies for a Class “D,” Class “DI,” or Class “MB” license within 24 months after being discharged from any branch of the United States Armed Forces. An eligible veteran must include a copy of his or her DD Form 214, as issued by the United States Department of Defense, or another acceptable form of identification as specified by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs with his or her application in order to obtain a waiver.

History: ss. 4, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 94-172; s. 13, ch. 2011-205; s. 9, ch. 2016-166; s. 20, ch. 2017-85.
Fla. Stat. § 627.426 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.426
627.426 Claims administration.
Status: in_force

(1) Without limitation of any right or defense of an insurer otherwise, none of the following acts by or on behalf of an insurer shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any provision of a policy or of any defense of the insurer thereunder: (a) Acknowledgment of the receipt of notice of loss or claim under the policy. (b) Furnishing forms for reporting a loss or claim, for giving information relative thereto, or for making proof of loss, or receiving or acknowledging receipt of any such forms or proofs completed or uncompleted. (c) Investigating any loss or claim under any policy or engaging in negotiations looking toward a possible settlement of any such loss or claim.

(2) A liability insurer shall not be permitted to deny coverage based on a particular coverage defense unless: (a) Within 30 days after the liability insurer knew or should have known of the coverage defense, written notice of reservation of rights to assert a coverage defense is given to the named insured by United States postal proof of mailing, registered or certified mail, or other mailing using the Intelligent Mail barcode or other similar tracking method used or approved by the United States Postal Service sent to the last known address of the insured or by hand delivery; and (b) Within 60 days of compliance with paragraph (a) or receipt of a summons and complaint naming the insured as a defendant, whichever is later, but in no case later than 30 days before trial, the insurer: 1. Gives written notice to the named insured by United States postal proof of mailing, registered or certified mail, or other mailing using the Intelligent Mail barcode or other similar tracking method used or approved by the United States Postal Service of its refusal to defend the insured; 2. Obtains from the insured a nonwaiver agreement following full disclosure of the specific facts and policy provisions upon which the coverage defense is asserted and the duties, obligations, and liabilities of the insurer during and following the pendency of the subject litigation; or 3. Retains independent counsel which is mutually agreeable to the parties. Reasonable fees for the counsel may be agreed upon between the parties or, if no agreement is reached, shall be set by the court.

History: s. 475, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 375(1st), 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; ss. 53, 79, ch. 82-386; s. 97, ch. 83-216; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 13, ch. 2019-108.
Fla. Stat. § 337.1101 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 337 / Section 337.1101
337.1101 Contracting and procurement authority of the department; settlements; notification required.
Status: in_force

(1) When the department, or any entity or enterprise within the department, determines that it is in the best interest of the public to resolve a protest filed in accordance with s. 120.57(3) of the award of a contract being procured pursuant to s. 337.11 or related to the purchase of personal property or contractual services being procured pursuant to s. 287.057, through a settlement that requires the department to pay a nonselected responsive bidder a total sum of $1 million or more, including any amount paid pursuant to s. 334.049, any amount paid pursuant to s. 337.11(8) which is not included in the department’s work program approved by the Legislature as part of the General Appropriations Act, or any amount paid pursuant to any other law, the department must: (a) Document in a written memorandum by the secretary the specific reasons that such settlement and payment to a nonselected responsive bidder is in the best interest of the state. The written memorandum must be included and maintained in the department’s permanent files concerning the procurement and must include: 1. A description of the property rights, patent rights, copyrights, trademarks, or the engineering design or other design work that the department will acquire or retain as a result of such settlement; and 2. The specific appropriation in the existing General Appropriations Act which the department intends to use to provide such payment. (b) Provide prior written notification to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and House of Representatives minority leaders, the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission, and the Attorney General at least 5 business days, or as soon thereafter as practicable, before the department makes the settlement agreement final. Such written notification must include the written memorandum required pursuant to paragraph (a). (c) Provide, at the time settlement discussions regarding any such payment have begun in earnest, written notification of such discussions to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate and House of Representatives minority leaders, the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission, and the Attorney General.

(2) The department may not pledge any current or future action by another branch of state government as a condition of any procurement action. Any settlement that commits the state to spending any amount in excess of current appropriations, to the appropriation of funds in a subsequent fiscal year, or to policy changes inconsistent with current state law must be contingent upon and subject to legislative appropriation or statutory amendment. The department may agree to use its efforts to procure legislative funding or statutory amendments.

History: s. 6, ch. 2019-43; s. 10, ch. 2023-197.
Fla. Stat. § 171.045 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 171 / Part I / Section 171.045
171.045 Annexation limited to a single county.
Status: in_force

In order for an annexation proceeding to be valid for the purposes of this chapter, the annexation must take place within the boundaries of a single county.

History: s. 2, ch. 74-190.
Fla. Stat. § 1003.23 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1003 / Part II / Section 1003.23
1003.23 Attendance records and reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The attendance of all public K-12 school students shall be checked each school day in the manner prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education and recorded in the teacher’s register or by some approved system of recording attendance. Students may be counted in attendance only if they are actually present at school or are away from school on a school day and are engaged in an educational activity which constitutes a part of the school-approved instructional program for the student.

(2) All officials, teachers, and other employees in public, parochial, religious, denominational, and private K-12 schools, including private tutors, shall keep all records and shall prepare and submit promptly all reports that may be required by law and by rules of the State Board of Education and district school boards. Such records shall include a register of enrollment and attendance and all persons described above shall make these reports therefrom as may be required by the State Board of Education. The enrollment register shall show the absence or attendance of each student enrolled for each school day of the year in a manner prescribed by the State Board of Education. The register shall be open for the inspection by the designated school representative or the district school superintendent of the district in which the school is located. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided by law. This section shall not apply to home education programs provided in s. 1002.41.

History: s. 118, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 30.50 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 30 / Section 30.50
30.50 Payment of salaries and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The sheriff shall requisition and the board of county commissioners shall pay him or her, at the first meeting in October of each year, and each month thereafter, one-twelfth of the total amount budgeted for the office; provided, that at the first meeting in January of each year, the board shall, at the request of the sheriff, pay one-sixth of the total appropriated, and one-twelfth each month thereafter, which payments shall be not more than the total appropriation. Provided further that any part of the amount budgeted for equipment shall be paid at any time during the year upon the request of the sheriff.

(2) The sheriff shall deposit the county warrant or warrants in his or her official bank account as provided in s. 30.51(3) and draw his or her own checks thereon in payment of the salaries of the sheriff and his or her deputies, clerks, and employees and the expenses of office. All salaries paid shall be supported by payrolls, and all expenses paid shall be supported by approved bills; provided, that the sheriff may draw a check to himself or herself for the expense of an investigation, and may note on the voucher only the information that he or she may consider proper to divulge.

(3) The sheriff may set up a revolving fund for payment in cash of small items. The revolving fund shall be reimbursed from time to time by payment of the vouchers representing the cash payments.

(4) The sheriff shall keep necessary budget accounts and records, and shall charge all paid bills and payrolls to the proper budget accounts. The reserve for contingencies, or any part thereof, may be transferred to any of the budget appropriations, in the discretion of the sheriff. With the approval of the board of county commissioners, or of the budget commission if there is a budget commission in the county, the budget may be amended as provided for county budgets in s. 129.06(2).

(5) All expenses incurred in the fiscal year for which the budget is made shall be vouchered and charged to the budget for that year, and to carry out this purpose the books may be held open for 30 days after the end of the year.

(6) All unexpended balances at the end of each fiscal year shall be refunded to the board of county commissioners, and deposited to the county fund or funds from which payment was originally made.

History: s. 4, ch. 57-368; s. 189, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 550.912 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 550 / Section 550.912
550.912 Rights and responsibilities of each party state.
Status: in_force

(1) By enacting this compact, each party state: (a) Agrees to: 1. Accept the decisions of the compact committee regarding the issuance of compact committee licenses to participants in pari-mutuel wagering pursuant to the committee’s licensure requirements. 2. Reimburse or otherwise pay the expenses of its official representative on the compact committee or her or his alternate. (b) Agrees not to treat a notification to an applicant by the compact committee described in s. 550.908 as the denial of a license, or to penalize such an applicant in any other way based solely on such a decision by the compact committee. (c) Reserves the right to: 1. Apply its own standards in determining whether, on the facts of a particular case, a compact committee license should be suspended or revoked. Any party state that suspends or revokes a compact committee license shall, through its racing commission or the equivalent thereof, or otherwise, promptly notify the compact committee of that suspension or revocation. 2. Apply its own standards in determining licensure eligibility, under the laws of that party state, for categories of participants in pari-mutuel wagering which the compact committee decides not to license and for individual participants in pari-mutuel wagering who do not meet the licensure requirements of the compact committee. 3. Establish its own licensure standards for those who are not covered by the compact committee license.

(2) A party state may not be held liable for the debts or other financial obligations incurred by the compact committee.

History: s. 42, ch. 2000-354; s. 29, ch. 2001-63.
Fla. Stat. § 1000.38 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1000 / Part III / Section 1000.38
1000.38 Compact Commissioner and Military Family Education Liaison; Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Status: in_force

(1) In furtherance of Articles VIII and IX of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, the Governor shall designate a: (a) Compact Commissioner, who shall be responsible for the administration and management of this state’s participation in the compact and who shall serve as this state’s voting representative on the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. (b) Military Family Education Liaison from the list of recommendations provided under s. 1000.39(2), who shall be responsible for assisting military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of this compact.

(2) The Compact Commissioner and the Military Family Education Liaison shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

History: ss. 3, 5, ch. 2008-225; ss. 1, 3, ch. 2010-52; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2013-20; s. 2, ch. 2016-34; s. 1, ch. 2019-7; s. 2, ch. 2022-182; s. 9, ch. 2025-110.
Fla. Stat. § 585.19 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 585 / Part II / Section 585.19
585.19 Duty of practitioners of veterinary medicine and owners of animals to report dangerous transmissible diseases or pests; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Any practitioner of veterinary medicine who knows or suspects that an animal is afflicted with or suffering from a disease or pest designated on the department’s dangerous transmissible disease list shall immediately report the same to the State Veterinarian in the manner which the department shall prescribe.

(2) Any owner who knows or suspects that her or his animal is afflicted with or suffering from a disease or pest designated on the department’s dangerous transmissible disease list shall immediately report the same to the State Veterinarian in the manner which the department shall prescribe.

(3) All reports related to a disease or pest designated on the department’s dangerous transmissible disease list shall be made in the manner which the department shall by rule prescribe.

(4) Any veterinarian or owner of an animal who is convicted of willfully failing to report an animal as required in subsection (1) or subsection (2) is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 7, ch. 7345, 1917; RGS 2107; CGL 3336; s. 6, ch. 25358, 1949; s. 12, ch. 59-457; s. 4, ch. 61-408; s. 22, ch. 90-321; s. 16, ch. 96-231; s. 1189, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 217.12 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 217 / Section 217.12
217.12 Departmental authority relative to additional restrictions.
Status: in_force

The department, when deemed necessary, may impose additional state restrictions on any equipment or surplus property other than the federal restrictions imposed under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 673.6041 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part VI / Section 673.6041
673.6041 Discharge by cancellation or renunciation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument: (a) By an intentional voluntary act, such as: 1. Surrender of the instrument to the party; 2. Destruction, mutilation, or cancellation of the instrument; 3. Cancellation or striking out of the party’s signature; or 4. Addition of words to the instrument indicating discharge; or (b) By agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed writing. The obligation of a party to pay a check is not discharged solely by destruction of the check in connection with a process that involves the extraction of information from the check and an image of the check is made and, subsequently, the information and image are transmitted for payment.

(2) Cancellation or striking out of an indorsement pursuant to subsection (1) does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82; s. 52, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 548.049 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 548 / Section 548.049
548.049 Medical, surgical, and hospital insurance; life insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall, by rule, require participants to be covered by not less than $20,000 of insurance for medical, surgical, and hospital care required as a result of injuries sustained while engaged in matches. The insured shall be the beneficiary of such policies. Any deductible associated with the insurance policy shall be paid by the promoter and shall not be paid by or charged to the participant.

(2) The commission may also require participants to be covered by not less than $20,000 of life insurance covering deaths caused by injuries received while engaged in matches.

History: ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 99, ch. 85-81; s. 10, ch. 88-365; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 2002-172.
Fla. Stat. § 687.04 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 687 / Section 687.04
687.04 Penalty for usury; not to apply in certain situations.
Status: in_force

Any person, or any agent, officer, or other representative of any person, willfully violating the provisions of s. 687.03 shall forfeit the entire interest so charged, or contracted to be charged or reserved, and only the actual principal sum of such usurious contract can be enforced in any court in this state, either at law or in equity; and when said usurious interest is taken or reserved, or has been paid, then and in that event the person who has taken or reserved, or has been paid, either directly or indirectly, such usurious interest shall forfeit to the party from whom such usurious interest has been reserved, taken, or exacted in any way double the amount of interest so reserved, taken, or exacted. However, the penalties provided for by this section shall not apply:

(1) To a bona fide endorsee or transferee of negotiable paper purchased before maturity, unless the usurious character should appear upon its face, or unless the said endorsee or transferee shall have had actual notice of the same before the purchase of such paper, but in such event double the amount of such usurious interest may be recovered after payment, by action against the party originally exacting the same, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, together with an attorney’s fee, as provided in s. 687.06; or

(2) If, prior to the institution of an action by the borrower or the filing of a defense under this chapter by the borrower or receipt of written notice by the lender from the borrower that usury has been charged or collected, the lender notifies the borrower of the usurious overcharge and refunds the amount of any overcharge taken, plus interest on the overcharge taken at the maximum lawful rate in effect at the time the usurious interest was taken, to the borrower and makes whatever adjustments in the appropriate contract or account as are necessary to ensure that the borrower will not be required to pay further interest in excess of the amount permitted by s. 687.03.

History: s. 3, ch. 4022, 1891; GS 3106; s. 3, ch. 5960, 1909; RGS 4852; CGL 6939; s. 1, ch. 79-90.
Fla. Stat. § 447.609 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 447 / Part II / Section 447.609
447.609 Representation in proceedings.
Status: in_force

Any full-time employee or officer of any public employer or employee organization may represent his or her employer or any member of a bargaining unit in any proceeding authorized in this part, excluding the representation of any person or public employer in a court of law by a person who is not a licensed attorney.

History: s. 24, ch. 77-343; s. 163, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 617.2105 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.2105
617.2105 Corporation issued a deed to real property.
Status: in_force

When a corporation or foreign corporation subject to this chapter is issued a deed to real property in the state by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund containing a reverter clause that restricts the use of property to specified uses in the deed, the failure to put the property to the required use within a period of 3 years after the grant, unless a stricter time period is contained in the deed, is prima facie evidence that the restriction is violated, subjecting the property to reversion to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund at its discretion. This section applies retroactively and prospectively and may not be construed to excuse for any period of time a use of the property in violation of the restrictive use.

History: s. 2, ch. 2011-170.
Fla. Stat. § 957.01 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 957 / Section 957.01
957.01 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Correctional Privatization Act.”

History: s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 10, ch. 2004-248.
Fla. Stat. § 287.05705 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 287 / Part I / Section 287.05705
287.05705 Procurements of road, bridge, and other specified public construction services.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to competitive solicitations for the procurement of contractual services that are limited to the classes of work for which the Department of Transportation issues certificates of qualification pursuant to s. 337.14, and which services do not involve the construction, remodeling, repair, or improvement of any building, a governmental entity procuring such services may not prohibit a response from a vendor possessing a valid certificate of qualification under s. 337.14 or license under chapter 489 corresponding to the contractual services being procured.

(2) This section applies to all competitive solicitations issued by a governmental entity on or after October 1, 2021.

History: s. 2, ch. 2021-188.