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Fla. Stat. § 1004.48 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part II / Section 1004.48
1004.48 Research protocols to determine most appropriate pollutant dispersal agents.
Status: in_force

The Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management shall coordinate the research protocols for projects to determine the most appropriate dispersal agents that can be used in an environmentally safe manner in Florida waters as part of a pollutant cleanup activity. Such research shall be used by the Department of Environmental Protection in approving the use of such agents by pollutant spill cleanup contractors and others who may be required to use such agents in containing and cleaning up pollutant spills in the waters of the state.

History: s. 195, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 380.0674 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 380 / Part I / Section 380.0674
380.0674 Corporate existence.
Status: in_force

(1) The land authority and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law or action of the governing board of the county that established it; however, no such law or action shall take effect so long as the land authority shall have bonds outstanding unless adequate provision has been made for the payment thereof. Upon termination of the existence of the land authority, all its rights and properties in excess of its obligations shall pass to and be vested in the state.

(2) A land authority created by a county in which one or more areas have been designated as an area of critical state concern for at least 20 consecutive years prior to removal of the designation shall continue to exist and exercise all powers granted by this chapter until terminated by law or action of the governing board pursuant to subsection (1).

History: s. 1, ch. 86-170; s. 5, ch. 2006-223.
Fla. Stat. § 527.055 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 527 / Section 527.055
527.055 General powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is empowered to enforce all provisions of this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter relating to: (a) The safe handling, installing, storing, selling, utilizing, transporting, servicing, testing, repairing, or maintaining of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied petroleum gas equipment, and liquefied petroleum gas systems. (b) Reasonable standards of competency required of persons to safely engage in the business of handling, installing, storing, selling, utilizing, transporting, servicing, testing, repairing, or maintaining liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied petroleum gas equipment, or liquefied petroleum gas systems, including, but not limited to, the training, licensure, testing, and qualifying of such persons.

(2) The department shall have the powers and authority expressly conferred on it by, or reasonably implied from, the provisions of this chapter.

(3) The department may conduct such investigations as it may deem proper to determine whether any person has violated any provision of this chapter or rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter or to secure information useful in the lawful administration of any such provision or rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter.

(4) The department may collect, propose, publish, and disseminate information relating to the subject matter of any duties imposed upon it by law.

(5) The department shall have the powers and authority to condemn unsafe equipment and issue an immediate final order requiring the immediate removal of liquefied petroleum gas from storage that does not comply with this chapter and is deemed a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.

History: ss. 3, 10, ch. 86-69; ss. 2, 3, ch. 87-34; s. 6, ch. 90-215; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 4, ch. 2024-170.
Fla. Stat. § 947.24 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 947 / Section 947.24
947.24 Discharge from parole supervision or release supervision.
Status: in_force

(1) When a person is placed on parole, control release, or conditional release, the commission shall determine the period of time the person will be under parole supervision or release supervision in the following manner: (a) If the person is being paroled or released under supervision from a single or concurrent sentence, the period of time the person will be under parole supervision or release supervision may not exceed 2 years unless the commission designates a longer period of time, in which case it must advise the parolee or releasee in writing of the reasons for the extended period. In any event, the period of parole supervision or release supervision may not exceed the maximum period for which the person has been sentenced. (b) If the person is being paroled or released under supervision from a consecutive sentence or sentences, the period of time the person will be under parole supervision or release supervision will be for the maximum period for which the person was sentenced.

(2) The commission shall review the progress of each person who has been placed on parole, control release, or conditional release after 2 years of supervision in the community and biennially thereafter. The department shall provide to the commission the information necessary to conduct such a review. Such review must include consideration of whether to modify the reporting schedule, thereby authorizing the person under parole supervision or release supervision to submit reports quarterly, semiannually, or annually. The commission, after having retained jurisdiction of a person for a sufficient length of time to evidence satisfactory rehabilitation and cooperation, may further modify the terms and conditions of the person’s parole, control release, or conditional release, may discharge the person from parole supervision or release supervision, may relieve the person from making further reports, or may permit the person to leave the state or country, upon finding that such action is in the best interests of the person and society.

(3) Upon the termination of an offender’s term of supervision, which is monitored by the commission, including, but not limited to, parole, the commission must notify the offender in writing of all outstanding terms at the time of termination to assist the offender in determining his or her status with regard to the completion of all terms of sentence, as that term is defined in s. 98.0751.

(4) This section does not affect the rights of a parolee to request modification of the terms and conditions of parole under s. 947.19.

History: s. 18, ch. 20519, 1941; s. 1, ch. 63-83; s. 9, ch. 74-112; s. 256, ch. 77-104; s. 34, ch. 83-131; s. 4, ch. 85-107; s. 37, ch. 86-183; ss. 27, 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 10, ch. 93-61; s. 6, ch. 2001-124; s. 30, ch. 2019-162.
Fla. Stat. § 680.407 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part IV / Section 680.407
680.407 Irrevocable promises: finance leases.
Status: in_force

(1) In the case of a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, the lessee’s promises under the lease contract become irrevocable and independent upon the lessee’s acceptance of the goods.

(2) A promise that has become irrevocable and independent under subsection (1): (a) Is effective and enforceable between the parties, and by or against third parties including assignees of the parties. (b) Is not subject to cancellation, termination, modification, repudiation, excuse, or substitution without the consent of the party to whom the promise runs.

(3) This section shall not affect the validity under any other law of a covenant in any lease contract making the lessee’s promises irrevocable and independent upon the lessee’s acceptance of the goods.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 26.20 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 26 / Section 26.20
26.20 Availability of judge for hearings.
Status: in_force

At least one circuit judge in each circuit must be available at all times to hold and conduct hearings with limited notice. In each circuit, there must be at least one judge available on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and after hours on weekdays to hear motions for a temporary injunction ex parte in domestic violence cases. The chief judge may assign a judge for this purpose.

History: s. 4, ch. 17085, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4738(4); s. 2, ch. 91-210; s. 1, ch. 2025-163.
Fla. Stat. § 456.056 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.056
456.056 Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physicians.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective as of January 1, 1993, as used in this section, the term: (a) “Physician” means a physician licensed under chapter 458, an osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 459, a chiropractic physician licensed under chapter 460, a podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461, or an optometrist licensed under chapter 463. (b) “Beneficiary” means a beneficiary of health insurance under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act. (c) “Consulting physician” means any physician to whom a primary physician refers a Medicare beneficiary for treatment.

(2) A physician may refuse to treat a beneficiary. However, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit a physician’s obligation under state or federal law to treat a patient for an emergency medical condition, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.

(3) If treatment is provided to a beneficiary for an emergency medical condition as defined in s. 395.002(8)(a), the physician must accept Medicare assignment provided that the requirement to accept Medicare assignment for an emergency medical condition shall not apply to treatment rendered after the patient is stabilized, or the treatment is unrelated to the original emergency medical condition. For the purpose of this subsection “stabilized” is defined to mean with respect to an emergency medical condition, that no material deterioration of the condition is likely within reasonable medical probability.

(4) If treatment provided to a beneficiary is not for such emergency medical condition, and the primary physician accepts assignment, all consulting physicians must accept assignment unless the patient agrees in writing, before receiving the treatment, that the physician need not accept assignment.

(5) Any attempt by a primary physician or a consulting physician to collect from a Medicare beneficiary any amount of charges for medical services in excess of those authorized under this section, other than the unmet deductible and the 20 percent of charges that Medicare does not pay, shall be deemed null, void, and of no merit.

History: s. 1, ch. 92-118; s. 160, ch. 92-149; s. 89, ch. 97-261; ss. 192, 265, ch. 98-166; s. 78, ch. 2000-160; s. 117, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 64.209 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 64 / Part II / Section 64.209
64.209 Considerations for partition in kind.
Status: in_force

(1) In determining under s. 64.208(1) whether partition in kind would result in prejudice to the cotenants as a group, the commissioners shall consider the following: (a) Whether the heirs property practicably can be divided among the cotenants. (b) Whether partition in kind would apportion the property in such a way that the aggregate fair market value of the parcels resulting from the division would be materially less than the value of the property if it were sold as a whole, taking into account the condition under which a court-ordered sale likely would occur. (c) Evidence of the collective duration of ownership or possession of the property by a cotenant and one or more predecessors in title or predecessors in possession to the cotenant who are or were relatives of the cotenant or each other. (d) A cotenant’s sentimental attachment to the property, including any attachment arising because the property has ancestral or other unique or special value to the cotenant. (e) The lawful use being made of the property by a cotenant and the degree to which the cotenant would be harmed if the cotenant could not continue the same use of the property. (f) The degree to which the cotenants have contributed their pro rata share of the property taxes, insurance, and other expenses associated with maintaining ownership of the property or have contributed to the physical improvement, maintenance, or upkeep of the property. (g) Any other relevant factor.

(2) The commissioners may not consider any one factor in subsection (1) to be dispositive without weighing the totality of all relevant factors and circumstances.

History: s. 2, ch. 2020-55.
Fla. Stat. § 8.06111 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 8 / Section 8.06111
8.06111 Severability of act.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act is held invalid with respect to any person or circumstance, or if any congressional districts established in this act are held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act or any other districts established in this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable. This section shall take effect upon this act becoming a law.

History: s. 11, ch. 2022-265.
Fla. Stat. § 673.2041 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part II / Section 673.2041
673.2041 Indorsement.
Status: in_force

(1) The term “indorsement” means a signature, other than that of a signer as maker, drawer, or acceptor, that alone or accompanied by other words is made on an instrument for the purpose of negotiating the instrument, restricting payment of the instrument, or incurring indorser’s liability on the instrument; but, regardless of the intent of the signer, a signature and its accompanying words is an indorsement unless the accompanying words, terms of the instrument, place of the signature, or other circumstances unambiguously indicate that the signature was made for a purpose other than indorsement. For the purpose of determining whether a signature is made on an instrument, a paper affixed to the instrument is a part of the instrument.

(2) The term “indorser” means a person who makes an indorsement.

(3) For the purpose of determining whether the transferee of an instrument is a holder, an indorsement that transfers a security interest in the instrument is effective as an unqualified indorsement of the instrument.

(4) If an instrument is payable to a holder under a name that is not the name of the holder, indorsement may be made by the holder in the name stated in the instrument or in the holder’s name or both, but signature in both names may be required by a person paying or taking the instrument for value or collection.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 627.947 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XIX / Section 627.947
627.947 Purchasing groups; exemption from certain insurer provisions.
Status: in_force

Any purchasing group meeting the criteria established under the provisions of the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 shall be exempt from any law of this state relating to the creation of groups for the purchase of insurance or to prohibition of group purchasing or to any law that would discriminate against a purchasing group or its members. In addition, an insurer shall be exempt from any law of this state which prohibits providing, or offering to provide, to a purchasing group or its members advantages based on their loss and expense experience not afforded to other persons with respect to rates, policy forms, coverages, or other matters. A purchasing group shall be subject to all other applicable laws of this state, including the provisions of the Florida Insurance Code not in conflict with the purposes of this part or with the provisions of the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986.

History: ss. 2, 5, ch. 87-282; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 558.0035 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 558 / Section 558.0035
558.0035 Design professionals; contractual limitation on liability.
Status: in_force

(1) A design professional employed by a business entity or an agent of the business entity is not individually liable for damages resulting from negligence occurring within the course and scope of a professional services contract if: (a) The contract is made between the business entity and a claimant or with another entity for the provision of professional services to the claimant; (b) The contract does not name as a party to the contract the individual employee or agent who will perform the professional services; (c) The contract includes a prominent statement, in uppercase font that is at least 5 point sizes larger than the rest of the text, that, pursuant to this section, an individual employee or agent may not be held individually liable for negligence; (d) The business entity maintains any professional liability insurance required under the contract; and (e) Any damages are solely economic in nature and the damages do not extend to personal injuries or property not subject to the contract.

(2) As used in this section, the term “business entity” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, self-employed individual, or trust, whether fictitiously named or not, doing business in this state.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-28.
Fla. Stat. § 831.23 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 831 / Section 831.23
831.23 Impeding circulation.
Status: in_force

Whoever maliciously gathers up or retains or maliciously does any gathering up or retaining any bills or notes of any bank or banking company current by law or usage in this state for the purpose of endangering or impeding the circulation or business of such bank or banking company, or to compel it to do any act whatever out of its usual course of business, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. In the prosecution of any such offense it will not be necessary to set out and describe each bill, but it shall be sufficient to aver and prove any amount of the bills of any bank which has been gathered up or retained.

History: s. 21, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2726; GS 3718; RGS 5701; CGL 7915; s. 973, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 473.322 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 473 / Section 473.322
473.322 Prohibitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not knowingly: (a) Practice public accounting unless the person is a certified public accountant or a public accountant; (b) Assume or use the titles or designations “certified public accountant” or “public accountant” or the abbreviation “C.P.A.” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, sign, card, or device tending to indicate that the person holds a license to practice public accounting under this chapter or the laws of any other state, territory, or foreign jurisdiction, unless the person holds an active license under this chapter or has the practice privileges pursuant to s. 473.3141; (c) Perform or offer to perform any services described in s. 473.302(8)(a) or (d) unless such person holds an active license under this chapter and is a licensed firm, provides such services through a licensed firm, or complies with ss. 473.3101 and 473.3141. This paragraph does not prohibit the performance by persons other than certified public accountants of other services involving the use of accounting skills, including the preparation of tax returns and the preparation of financial statements without expression of opinion thereon; (d) Present as her or his own the license of another; (e) Give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof; (f) Use or attempt to use a public accounting license that has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive or delinquent status; (g) Employ unlicensed persons to practice public accounting; or (h) Conceal information relative to violations of this chapter.

(2) 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: ss. 20, 25, ch. 79-202; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 11, ch. 85-9; s. 104, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 222, ch. 94-119; s. 2, ch. 94-151; s. 2, ch. 96-261; s. 1116, ch. 97-103; s. 12, ch. 98-340; s. 3, ch. 2000-114; s. 21, ch. 2009-54; s. 6, ch. 2015-174; s. 4, ch. 2019-89.
Fla. Stat. § 550.902 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 550 / Section 550.902
550.902 Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this compact are to:

(1) Establish uniform requirements among the party states for the licensing of participants with pari-mutuel wagering, and ensure that all licensed participants meet a uniform minimum standard of honesty and integrity.

(2) Facilitate the growth of the pari-mutuel wagering industry in each party state and nationwide by simplifying the process for licensing participants in pari-mutuel wagering, and reduce the duplicative and costly process of separate licensing by the regulatory agency in each state that conducts pari-mutuel wagering.

(3) Authorize the Florida Gaming Control Commission to participate in this compact.

(4) Provide for participation in this compact by officials of the party states, and permit those officials, through the compact committee established by this compact, to enter into contracts with governmental agencies and nongovernmental persons to carry out the purposes of this compact.

(5) Establish the compact committee created by this compact as an interstate governmental entity duly authorized to request and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other state and local law enforcement agencies.

History: s. 32, ch. 2000-354; s. 46, ch. 2022-7.
Fla. Stat. § 273.01 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.01
273.01 Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words as used in this act have the meanings set forth in the below subsections, unless a different meaning is required by the context.

(1) “Custodian” means any elected or appointed state officer, board, commission, or authority, and any other person or agency entitled to lawful custody of property owned by the state.

(2) “Property” means all tangible personal property owned by the state.

(3) “Private nonprofit agency” means a nonprofit charitable organization, no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, which has been held to be tax-exempt under the provisions of s. 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and which has as its principal mission: (a) Public health and welfare; (b) Education; (c) Environmental restoration and conservation; (d) Civil and human rights; or (e) The relief of human suffering and poverty.

History: s. 1, ch. 57-277; s. 24, ch. 94-226.
Fla. Stat. § 736.1210 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part XII / Section 736.1210
736.1210 Interpretation.
Status: in_force

This part shall be interpreted to effectuate the intent of the state to preserve, foster, and encourage gifts to, or for the benefit of, charitable organizations.

History: s. 12, ch. 2006-217.
Fla. Stat. § 112.151 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part I / Section 112.151
112.151 Group hospitalization insurance for county officers and employees.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county in the state is authorized to provide and pay out of its available funds all or part of the premiums for hospitalization insurance coverage for the officers or employees of the county and to enter into contracts with insurance companies to provide such insurance.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-267.