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Fla. Stat. § 489.529 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 489 / Part II / Section 489.529
489.529 Alarm confirmation required.
Status: in_force

All residential or commercial intrusion/burglary alarms that have central monitoring are required to have the alarm monitoring company attempt to confirm the alarm signal by call, text message, or other electronic means made to the owner, occupant, or an authorized designee associated with the premises generating the alarm signal before alarm monitor personnel contact a law enforcement agency for alarm dispatch. The alarm monitoring company must attempt to confirm the alarm signal a second time via communication with the owner, occupant, or an authorized designee associated with the premises if the first attempt to confirm is unsuccessful. However, alarm signal confirmation is not required if:

(1) The intrusion/burglary alarm has a properly operating visual or auditory sensor that enables the alarm monitoring personnel to verify the alarm signal; or

(2) The intrusion/burglary alarm is installed on a premises that is used for the storage of firearms or ammunition by a person who holds a valid federal firearms license as a manufacturer, importer, or dealer of firearms or ammunition, provided the customer notifies the alarm monitoring company that he or she holds such license and would like to bypass the two-attempt confirmation protocol. Upon initiation of a new alarm monitoring service contract, the alarm monitoring company shall make reasonable efforts to inform a customer who holds a valid federal firearms license as a manufacturer, importer, or dealer of firearms or ammunition of his or her right to opt out of the two-attempt confirmation protocol.

History: s. 17, ch. 96-298; s. 3, ch. 97-122; s. 6, ch. 2006-154; s. 2, ch. 2017-52; s. 1, ch. 2018-51; s. 69, ch. 2018-110.
Fla. Stat. § 636.004 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part I / Section 636.004
636.004 Applicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this act, prepaid limited health service organizations are governed by the provisions of this act and are exempt from the Florida Insurance Code unless specifically referenced.

History: s. 3, ch. 93-148.
Fla. Stat. § 328.56 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 328 / Part II / Section 328.56
328.56 Vessel registration number.
Status: in_force

Each vessel that is operated, used, or stored on the waters of this state must display a commercial or recreational Florida registration number, unless it is:

(1) A vessel operated, used, and stored exclusively on private lakes and ponds;

(2) A vessel owned by the United States Government;

(3) A vessel used exclusively as a ship’s lifeboat;

(4) A non-motor-powered vessel less than 16 feet in length or a non-motor-powered canoe, kayak, racing shell, or rowing scull, regardless of length;

(5) A federally documented vessel;

(6) A vessel already covered by a registration number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state or by the United States Coast Guard in a state without a federally approved numbering system, if the vessel has not been within this state for a period in excess of 90 consecutive days;

(7) A vessel operating under a valid temporary certificate of number;

(8) A vessel from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters of this state; or

(9) An undocumented vessel used exclusively for racing.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-399; ss. 2, 3, ch. 61-511; s. 1, ch. 65-361; s. 52, ch. 95-333; s. 56, ch. 96-413; s. 15, ch. 99-289; s. 27, ch. 2000-362; s. 3, ch. 2008-106; s. 24, ch. 2009-86.
Fla. Stat. § 462.11 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 462 / Section 462.11
462.11 Naturopaths to observe regulations.
Status: in_force

Doctors of naturopathy shall observe and be subject to all state, county, and municipal regulations in regard to the control of contagious and infectious diseases, the reporting of births and deaths, and to any and all other matters pertaining to the public health in the same manner as is required of other practitioners of the healing art.

History: s. 12, ch. 12286, 1927; CGL 3480; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 78-139; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 12, 13, ch. 85-303; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 403.866 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part VI / Section 403.866
403.866 Definitions; ss. 403.865-403.876.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 403.865-403.876, the term:

(1) “Domestic wastewater collection system” means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains and all other structures, devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting wastes to an ultimate point for treatment or disposal.

(2) “Domestic wastewater treatment plant” means any plant or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding domestic wastes.

(3) “Operator” means any person, including the owner, who is in onsite charge of the actual operation, supervision, and maintenance of a water treatment plant, water distribution system, or domestic wastewater treatment plant and includes the person in onsite charge of a shift or period of operation during any part of the day.

(4) “Public water system” has the same meaning as it has in s. 403.852.

(5) “Water distribution system” means those components of a public water system used in conveying water for human consumption from the water treatment plant to the consumer’s property, including pipes, tanks, pumps, and other constructed conveyances.

(6) “Water treatment plant” means those components of a public water system used in collection, treatment, and storage of water for human consumption, whether or not such components are under the control of the operator of such system.

History: s. 6, ch. 97-236; s. 8, ch. 2001-270.
Fla. Stat. § 938.085 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 938 / Part II / Section 938.085
938.085 Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers.
Status: in_force

In addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, a violation of s. 775.21(6) and (10)(a), (b), and (g); s. 784.011; s. 784.021; s. 784.03; s. 784.041; s. 784.045; s. 784.048; s. 784.07; s. 784.08; s. 784.081; s. 784.082; s. 784.083; s. 784.085; s. 787.01(3); s. 787.02(3); 787.025; s. 787.06; s. 787.07; s. 794.011; s. 794.05; s. 794.08; former s. 796.03; former s. 796.035; s. 796.04; s. 796.05; s. 796.06; s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i); s. 800.03; s. 800.04; s. 810.14; s. 810.145; s. 812.135; s. 817.025; s. 825.102; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 836.10; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135(2); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0145; s. 943.0435(4)(c), (7), (8), (9)(a), (13), and 1 (14)(c); or s. 985.701(1), the court shall impose a surcharge of $151. Payment of the surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community control, or any other court-ordered supervision. The sum of $150 of the surcharge shall be deposited into the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund established within the Department of Health by chapter 2003-140, Laws of Florida. The clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each surcharge that the clerk of the court collects as a service charge of the clerk’s office.

History: s. 3, ch. 2003-114; s. 9, ch. 2011-220; s. 18, ch. 2012-97; s. 24, ch. 2014-160; s. 17, ch. 2016-104; s. 14, ch. 2017-170; s. 35, ch. 2018-3; s. 4, ch. 2018-128; s. 91, ch. 2019-167.
Fla. Stat. § 199.202 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 199 / Part II / Section 199.202
199.202 Administration of law; rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes, interest, and penalties imposed by this chapter. It may by rule prescribe the form and content of all returns and reports. It has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-134; s. 18, ch. 85-342; s. 15, ch. 98-200.
Fla. Stat. § 61.077 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part I / Section 61.077
61.077 Determination of entitlement to setoffs or credits upon sale of marital home.
Status: in_force

A party is not entitled to any credits or setoffs upon the sale of the marital home unless the parties’ settlement agreement, final judgment of dissolution of marriage, or final judgment equitably distributing assets or debts specifically provides that certain credits or setoffs are allowed or given at the time of the sale. In the absence of a settlement agreement involving the marital home, the court shall consider the following factors before determining the issue of credits or setoffs in its final judgment:

(1) Whether exclusive use and possession of the marital home is being awarded, and the basis for the award;

(2) Whether alimony is being awarded to the party in possession and whether the alimony is being awarded to cover, in part or otherwise, the mortgage and taxes and other expenses of and in connection with the marital home;

(3) Whether child support is being awarded to the party in possession and whether the child support is being awarded to cover, in part or otherwise, the mortgage and taxes and other expenses of and in connection with the marital home;

(4) The value to the party in possession of the use and occupancy of the marital home;

(5) The value of the loss of use and occupancy of the marital home to the party out of possession;

(6) Which party will be entitled to claim the mortgage interest payments, real property tax payments, and related payments in connection with the marital home as tax deductions for federal income tax purposes;

(7) Whether one or both parties will experience a capital gains taxable event as a result of the sale of the marital home; and

(8) Any other factor necessary to bring about equity and justice between the parties.

History: s. 1, ch. 97-249.
Fla. Stat. § 605.0901 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.0901
605.0901 Governing law.
Status: in_force

(1) The law of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited liability company exists governs: (a) The organization and internal affairs of the foreign limited liability company; and (b) The liability of a member as member and a manager as manager for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the foreign limited liability company.

(2) A foreign limited liability company may not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of a difference between its jurisdiction of formation and the laws of this state.

(3) A certificate of authority does not authorize a foreign limited liability company to engage in any business or exercise any power that a limited liability company may not engage in or exercise in this state.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 205.0537 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 205 / Section 205.0537
205.0537 Vending and amusement machines.
Status: in_force

The business premises where a coin-operated or token-operated vending machine that dispenses products, merchandise, or services or where an amusement or game machine is operated must assure that any required municipal or county business tax receipt for the machine is secured. The term “vending machine” does not include coin-operated telephone sets owned by persons who are in the business of providing local exchange telephone service and who pay the business tax under the category designated for telephone companies in the municipality or county or a pay telephone service provider certified pursuant to s. 364.3375. The business tax for vending and amusement machines must be assessed based on the highest number of machines located on the business premises on any single day during the previous receipted year or, in the case of new businesses, be based on an estimate for the current year. Replacement of one vending machine with another machine during a receipted year does not affect the tax assessment for that year, unless the replacement machine belongs to a business tax classification that requires a higher tax rate. For the first year in which a municipality or county assesses a business tax on vending machines, each business owning machines located in the municipality or county must notify the municipality or county, upon request, of the location of such machines. Each business owning machines must provide notice of the provisions of this section to each affected business premises where the machines are located. The business premises must secure the receipt if it is not otherwise secured.

History: s. 10, ch. 93-180; s. 14, ch. 2006-152.
Fla. Stat. § 403.8635 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part VI / Section 403.8635
403.8635 State drinking water sample laboratory certification program.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to certifying laboratories pursuant to s. 403.863, the Department of Health is authorized to establish a periodic certification and approval program for laboratories that perform analyses of drinking water samples, which program will assure the acceptable quality, reliability, and validity of all testing results.

(2) The Department of Health has the responsibility for the operation and implementation of laboratory certification pursuant to this section, except that, upon completion of the evaluation and review of an application for laboratory certification, the evaluation shall be forwarded, along with recommendations, to the department for review and comment prior to final approval or disapproval.

(3) The Department of Health is authorized to charge and collect fees for the evaluation and certification of laboratories pursuant to this part. The fee schedule shall be based on the number of analytical functions for which certification is sought. Such fees shall be sufficient to meet the costs incurred by the Department of Health in the administration and operation of this program. All fees shall be deposited in a trust fund administered by the Department of Health to be used for the sole purpose of this section.

History: s. 49, ch. 84-338; s. 428, ch. 94-356; s. 172, ch. 99-8.
Fla. Stat. § 933.28 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 933 / Section 933.28
933.28 Maliciously causing issuance of inspection warrant; penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who maliciously, or with knowledge that cause to issue an inspection warrant does not exist, causes the issuance of an inspection warrant by executing a supporting affidavit or by directing or requesting another to execute a supporting affidavit, or who maliciously causes an inspection warrant to be executed and served for purposes other than defined in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 82-8; s. 227, ch. 91-224.
Fla. Stat. § 720.404 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 720 / Part III / Section 720.404
720.404 Eligible communities; requirements for revival of declaration.
Status: in_force

Parcel owners in a community are eligible to seek approval from the Department of Commerce to revive a declaration of covenants under this act if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) All parcels to be governed by the revived declaration must have been once governed by a previous declaration that has ceased to govern some or all of the parcels in the community;

(2) The revived declaration must be approved in the manner provided in s. 720.405(6); and

(3) The revived declaration may not contain covenants that are more restrictive on the parcel owners than the covenants contained in the previous declaration, except that the declaration may: (a) Have an effective term of longer duration than the term of the previous declaration; (b) Omit restrictions contained in the previous declaration; (c) Govern fewer than all of the parcels governed by the previous declaration; (d) Provide for amendments to the declaration and other governing documents; and (e) Contain provisions required by this chapter for new declarations that were not contained in the previous declaration.

History: s. 12, ch. 2004-345; s. 8, ch. 2004-353; s. 438, ch. 2011-142; s. 13, ch. 2018-55; s. 235, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 110.1232 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 110 / Part I / Section 110.1232
110.1232 Health insurance coverage for persons retired under state-administered retirement systems before January 1, 1976, and for spouses.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the Department of Management Services shall provide health insurance coverage under the state group insurance program for persons who retired before January 1, 1976, under any of the state-administered retirement systems and who are not covered by social security and for the spouses and surviving spouses of such retirees who are also not covered by social security. Such health insurance coverage shall provide the same benefits as provided to other retirees who are entitled to participate under s. 110.123. The claims experience of this group shall be commingled with the claims experience of other members covered under s. 110.123.

History: s. 4, ch. 85-305; s. 20, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 25, ch. 96-399; s. 5, ch. 97-92; s. 9, ch. 99-255.
Fla. Stat. § 468.303 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part IV / Section 468.303
468.303 Rules.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized to make such rules, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this part. The department is authorized to establish by rule fees to be paid for application, examination, reexamination, certification, and renewal, and for recordmaking and recordkeeping, provided that no fee shall exceed the amounts provided in this part. Fees shall be based on department estimates of the revenue required to implement the provisions of this part. The department may, based upon estimates of revenue required to implement this part, establish separate fee schedules for application, examination, reexamination, certification, and renewal for the different categories of certification.

History: s. 4, ch. 78-383; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 18, 19, ch. 84-269; s. 3, ch. 88-310; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 155.09 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 155 / Section 155.09
155.09 County hospitals; secretary and treasurer; minutes; accounts; public inspection; bond.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall elect from its members a secretary and treasurer whose duties it shall be to keep full and correct minutes of all the proceedings of the board of trustees, and keep a separate itemized account of all the expenditures and disbursements by said board of trustees. Said minutes and accounts shall be open to public inspection at any time on demand of any taxpayer in such district. The secretary and treasurer shall give bond in a sum to be fixed by the board of county commissioners for the faithful performance of his or her duties in some reputable bonding company authorized to do business in the state, and said bond shall be made payable to the Governor of Florida and the Governor’s successors in office.

History: s. 6, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 878, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 943.0543 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.0543
943.0543 National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; ratification and implementation.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to facilitate the authorized interstate exchange of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes, including, but not limited to, background checks for the licensing and screening of employees and volunteers under the National Child Protection Act of 1993, as amended, and to implement the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 42 U.S.C. s. 14616, the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact. The executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement shall execute the compact on behalf of the state.

(2) The department is the repository of criminal history records for purposes of the compact and shall do all things necessary or incidental to carrying out the compact.

(3) The executive director of the department, or the director’s designee, is the state’s compact officer and shall administer the compact within the state. The department may establish procedures for the cooperative exchange of criminal history records between the state and Federal Government for use in noncriminal justice cases.

(4) The state’s ratification of the compact remains in effect until legislation is enacted which specifically renounces the compact.

(5) This compact and this section do not affect or abridge the obligations and responsibilities of the department under other provisions of this chapter, including s. 943.053, and do not alter or amend the manner, direct or otherwise, in which the public is afforded access to criminal history records under state law.

History: s. 2, ch. 99-300; s. 111, ch. 2013-18; s. 11, ch. 2016-78.
Fla. Stat. § 586.14 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 586 / Section 586.14
586.14 Compensation for beekeeping equipment and honeybees contained therein destroyed due to infection with American foulbrood.
Status: in_force

Upon destruction of honeybees or honeybee equipment infected with American foulbrood, Bacillus larvae , Florida resident owners of honeybees and beekeeping equipment may receive compensation from the department. This compensation shall be up to 50 percent of the appraised value of the destroyed property, providing funds are available for this purpose; however, compensation shall not exceed $30 per colony.

History: s. 5, ch. 61-415; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 75-213; s. 2, ch. 80-113; s. 418, ch. 81-259; s. 11, ch. 86-62; s. 75, ch. 93-169.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.62 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part III / Section 1012.62
1012.62 Transfer of sick leave and annual leave.
Status: in_force

In implementing the provisions of ss. 402.22(1)(d) and 1001.42(4)(m), educational personnel in Department of Children and Families residential care facilities who are employed by a district school board may request, and the district school board shall accept, a lump-sum transfer of accumulated sick leave for such personnel to the maximum allowed by policies of the district school board, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 110.122. Educational personnel in Department of Children and Families residential care facilities who are employed by a district school board under the provisions of s. 402.22(1)(d) may request, and the district school board shall accept, a lump-sum transfer of accumulated annual leave for each person employed by the district school board in a position in the district eligible to accrue vacation leave under policies of the district school board.

History: s. 738, ch. 2002-387; s. 71, ch. 2004-41; s. 381, ch. 2014-19.
Fla. Stat. § 765.510 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 765 / Part V / Section 765.510
765.510 Legislative declaration.
Status: in_force

Because of the rapid medical progress in the fields of tissue and organ preservation, transplantation of tissue, and tissue culture, and because it is in the public interest to aid the medical developments in these fields, the Legislature in enacting this part intends to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medical research by facilitating premortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue and organs. It is the purpose of this part to regulate the gift of a body or parts of a body, the gift to be made after the death of a donor.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220; s. 3, ch. 84-264; s. 60, ch. 2001-226.