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Fla. Stat. § 173.06 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 173 / Section 173.06
173.06 Affidavits and certificates as prima facie evidence; proof of validity or invalidity.
Status: in_force

(1) An affidavit or affidavits of the tax collector or other officer of complainant having the duty of issuing or collecting such taxes, special assessments or tax certificates, as to the existence of delinquent taxes, tax certificates and special assessments upon any parcel of land and the time when the same became due, the amount due thereon, including interest and penalties, and the nonpayment thereof, shall be received in evidence as prima facie proof of the facts so certified and of the validity of all proceedings in and about the levying and assessment of such taxes and special assessments and the issuing of such tax certificate or certificates.

(2) Tax certificates shall be admissible in evidence and shall be prima facie valid.

(3) No tax certificate shall be held invalid except upon proof that the property was not subject to taxation or that the taxes had been paid previous to any tax sale or prior to the institution of the suit.

History: s. 5, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(6).
Fla. Stat. § 212.051 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 212 / Section 212.051
212.051 Equipment, machinery, and other materials for pollution control; not subject to sales or use tax.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, sales, use, or privilege taxes shall not be collected with respect to any facility, device, fixture, equipment, machinery, specialty chemical, or bioaugmentation product used primarily for the control or abatement of pollution or contaminants in manufacturing, processing, compounding, or producing for sale items of tangible personal property at a fixed location, or any structure, machinery, or equipment installed in the reconstruction or replacement of such facility, device, fixture, equipment, or machinery. To qualify, such facility, device, fixture, equipment, structure, specialty chemical, or bioaugmentation product must be used, installed, or constructed to meet a law implemented by, or a condition of a permit issued by, the Department of Environmental Protection; however, such exemption shall not be allowed unless the purchaser signs a certificate stating that the facility, device, fixture, equipment, structure, specialty chemical, or bioaugmentation product to be exempted is required to meet such law or condition.

(2) Equipment, machinery, or materials required to meet any law implemented by, or any condition of a permit issued by, the Department of Environmental Protection that are purchased for the monitoring, prevention, abatement, or control of pollution or contaminants at privately owned or operated landfills or construction and demolition debris disposal facilities shall be exempt from taxation as otherwise imposed by this chapter; however, such exemption shall not be allowed unless the purchaser signs a certificate stating that the equipment, machinery, or materials to be exempted are required to meet such law or condition. This exemption does not include solid waste collection vehicles, compactors, graders, or other earthmoving equipment.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “specialty chemicals” means those chemicals used to enhance or further treat wastewater, including, but not limited to, defoamers, nutrients, and polymers, and “bioaugmentation products” means the microorganisms used in waste treatment plants to break down solids and consume organic matter.

History: s. 22, ch. 69-222; s. 1, ch. 98-317; s. 13, ch. 2000-355.
Fla. Stat. § 672.303 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part III / Section 672.303
672.303 Allocation or division of risks.
Status: in_force

Where this chapter allocates a risk or a burden as between the parties “unless otherwise agreed,” the agreement may not only shift the allocation but may also divide the risk or burden.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254.
Fla. Stat. § 203.06 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 203 / Section 203.06
203.06 Interest on delinquent payments.
Status: in_force

Any payments as imposed in this chapter, if not received by the Department of Revenue on or before the due date as provided by law, shall include, as an additional part of such amount due, interest at the rate of 1 percent per month, accruing from the date due until paid.

History: s. 5, ch. 76-261.
Fla. Stat. § 624.472 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.472
624.472 Member’s liability.
Status: in_force

(1) The liability of each member other than a governmental entity for the obligations of the commercial self-insurance fund unrelated to governmental entities shall be individual, several, and proportionate, but not joint, except as provided in this section and s. 624.474. Nothing herein shall preclude a governmental entity from being a member of a fund established pursuant to this part. However, the liability of each governmental entity member shall be limited to the obligations of the commercial self-insurance fund related to governmental entities only and shall be individual, several, and proportionate, but not joint, except as provided in this section and s. 624.474.

(2) Subject to the limitations of subsection (1), each member shall have a contingent assessment liability for payment of actual losses and expenses incurred while her or his policy was in force.

(3) Each policy issued by the fund shall contain a statement of the contingent liability. Both the application for insurance and the policy shall contain, in contrasting color and in not less than 10-point type, the following statements: “This is a fully assessable policy. In the event the fund is unable to pay its obligations, policyholders will be required to contribute on a pro rata earned premium basis the money necessary to meet any unfilled obligations.” In lieu of the notice provided for above, a fund with governmental entity members shall provide the following notice to members other than governmental entities: “This is a fully assessable policy. In the event the fund is unable to pay its obligations related to members which are not governmental entities, the policyholders which are not governmental entities will be required to contribute on a pro rata earned premium basis the money necessary to meet any such unfilled obligations.” A fund with governmental entity members shall provide the following notice to governmental entity members: “This is a fully assessable policy. In the event the fund is unable to pay its obligations related to governmental entity members, governmental entity policyholders will be required to contribute on a pro rata earned premium basis the money necessary to meet any such unfilled obligations.” If the application is signed by the applicant, it must be conclusively presumed that there was an informed, knowing acceptance of the assessment liability that exists as a result of participation in the fund.

History: s. 31, ch. 86-160; s. 1, ch. 89-247; s. 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 92-328; s. 189, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 381.00789 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.00789
381.00789 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules to administer ss. 381.00771-381.00791. Such rules may include, but are not limited to, rules defining terms; prescribing educational requirements for tattoo artists and guest tattoo artists, health and safety requirements, sanitation practices, and sterilization requirements and procedures; and providing requirements for tattoo equipment, customer notification, the contents of customer records, the retention of records, and physical plants. The department shall consult with representatives of the tattooing industry in this state during the development of such rules.

History: s. 10, ch. 2010-220.
Fla. Stat. § 316.555 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.555
316.555 Weight, load, speed limits may be lowered; condition precedent.
Status: in_force

Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Transportation with respect to state roads, and local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may prescribe, by notice hereinafter provided for, loads and weights and speed limits lower than the limits prescribed in this chapter and other laws, whenever in its or their judgment any road or part thereof or any bridge or culvert shall, by reason of its design, deterioration, rain, or other climatic or natural causes be liable to be damaged or destroyed by motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers, if the gross weight or speed limit thereof shall exceed the limits prescribed in said notice. The Department of Transportation or local authority may, by like notice, regulate or prohibit, in whole or in part, the operation of any specified class or size of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers on any highways or specified parts thereof under its or their jurisdiction, whenever in its or their judgment, such regulation or prohibition is necessary to provide for the public safety and convenience on the highways, or parts thereof, by reason of traffic density, intensive use thereof by the traveling public, or other reasons of public safety and convenience. The notice or the substance thereof shall be posted at conspicuous places at terminals of all intermediate crossroads and road junctions with the section of highway to which the notice shall apply. After any such notice has been posted, the operation of any motor vehicle or combination contrary to its provisions shall constitute a violation of this chapter. However, no limitation shall be established by any county, municipal, or other local authorities pursuant to the provisions of this section that would interfere with or interrupt traffic as authorized hereunder over state roads, including officially established detours for such highways, including cases where such traffic passes over roads, streets or thoroughfares within the sole jurisdiction of the county, municipal or other local authorities unless such limitations and further restrictions have first been approved by the Department of Transportation. With respect to county roads, except such as are in use as state road detours, the respective county road authorities shall have full power and authority to further limit the weights of vehicles upon bridges and culverts upon such public notice as they deem sufficient, and existing laws applicable thereto shall not be affected by the terms of this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31.
Fla. Stat. § 90.106 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.106
90.106 Summing up and comment by judge.
Status: in_force

A judge may not sum up the evidence or comment to the jury upon the weight of the evidence, the credibility of the witnesses, or the guilt of the accused.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 473.303 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 473 / Section 473.303
473.303 Board of Accountancy.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the department the Board of Accountancy. The board shall consist of nine members, seven of whom must be certified public accountants licensed in this state and two of whom must be laypersons who are not and have never been certified public accountants or members of any closely related profession or occupation. The members who are certified public accountants must have practiced public accounting on a substantially full-time basis in this state for at least 5 years. At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older. Each member shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.

(2) The probable cause panel of the board may be composed of at least one current board member who shall serve as chair and additional current board members or past board members who are certified public accountants licensed in this state and in good standing. The past board members shall be appointed to the panel for a term of 2 years by the chair of the board with the approval of the secretary of the department, and may be reappointed for additional terms.

History: ss. 3, 25, ch. 79-202; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 52, ch. 83-329; ss. 1, 10, 11, ch. 85-9; s. 21, ch. 87-172; s. 23, ch. 91-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 156, ch. 94-218; s. 346, ch. 97-103; s. 2, ch. 98-340; s. 4, ch. 2009-54.
Fla. Stat. § 460.414 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 460 / Section 460.414
460.414 Chiropractic physicians subject to state and municipal rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

All licensed chiropractic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal rules and regulations relating to the control of contagious and infectious diseases, sign death certificates in accordance with chapter 382, and comply with all laws pertaining to public health, reporting to the proper authority as other practitioners are required to do.

History: ss. 1, 7, ch. 79-211; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 17, 18, ch. 86-285; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 112, ch. 97-237.
Fla. Stat. § 114.01 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 114 / Section 114.01
114.01 Office deemed vacant in certain cases.
Status: in_force

(1) A vacancy in office shall occur: (a) Upon creation of an office. (b) Upon the death of the incumbent officer. (c) Upon removal of the officer from office. (d) Upon the resignation of the officer and acceptance thereof by the Governor. (e) Upon the succession of the officer to another office. (f) Upon the officer’s unexplained absence for 60 consecutive days. (g) Upon the officer’s failure to maintain the residence required of him or her by law. (h) Upon the failure of a person elected or appointed to office to qualify for office within 30 days from the commencement of the term of office. (i) Upon the refusal of the person elected or appointed to accept the office. (j) Upon the conviction of the officer of a felony as defined in s. 10, Art. X of the State Constitution. (k) Upon final adjudication, in this state or in any other state, of the officer to be mentally incompetent. (l) Upon the rendition of a final judgment of a circuit court of this state declaring void the election or appointment of the incumbent to office.

(2) With respect to paragraphs (b) and (f)-(k) of subsection (1), the Governor shall file an executive order with the Secretary of State setting forth the facts which give rise to the vacancy, and he or she shall include in such order the title of the office, the name of the incumbent officer or person who held the office, and the date on which the vacancy in office occurred. The office shall be considered vacant as of the date specified in the executive order or, in absence of such a date, as of the date the executive order is filed with the Secretary of State.

History: s. 1, ch. 1633, 1868; RS 214; GS 298; RGS 396; CGL 461; s. 25, ch. 71-355; s. 1, ch. 77-235; s. 728, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 744.397 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part VI / Section 744.397
744.397 Application of income of property of ward.
Status: in_force

(1) The court may authorize the guardian of the property to apply the ward’s income, first to the ward’s care, support, education, and maintenance, and then for the care, support, education, maintenance, cost of final illness, and cost of funeral and burial or cremation of the parent, spouse, or dependents, if any, of the ward, to the extent necessary. If the income is not sufficient for these purposes, the court may authorize the expenditure of part of the principal for such purposes from time to time.

(2) The word “dependents,” as used in subsection (1) means, in addition to those persons who are legal dependents of a ward under existing law, the person or persons whom the ward is morally or equitably obligated to aid, assist, maintain, or care for, including, but not limited to, such persons as the indigent spouse of the ward, based upon the showing of an existing need and an ability of the estate of the ward to pay for, provide, or furnish the aid, assistance, maintenance, or care without unreasonably jeopardizing the care, support, and maintenance of the ward.

(3) If the ward is a minor and the ward’s parents are able to care for him or her and to support, maintain, and educate him or her, the guardian of the minor shall not so use his or her ward’s property unless directed or authorized to do so by the court.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; ss. 16, 26, ch. 75-222; s. 66, ch. 89-96; s. 50, ch. 90-271; s. 1099, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 388.381 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 388 / Section 388.381
388.381 Cooperation by programs.
Status: in_force

Any program conducting arthropod control may cooperate with another county, district, or municipality in carrying out work for the control of mosquitoes and other arthropods, by agreement as to the program and reimbursement thereof, when approved by the department.

History: s. 2, ch. 59-195; s. 1, ch. 63-236; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 171, ch. 77-147; s. 17, ch. 92-203; s. 26, ch. 2025-22.
Fla. Stat. § 633.132 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 633 / Part I / Section 633.132
633.132 Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The division shall collect in advance the following fees that it deems necessary to be charged: (a) Pursuant to part III of this chapter: 1. Contractor certificate initial application: $300 for each class of certificate. 2. Contractor biennial renewal fee: $150 for each class of certificate. 3. Contractor permit initial application fee: $100 for each class of permit. 4. Contractor permit biennial renewal fee: $50 for each class of permit. 5. Contractor examination or reexamination fee: $100 for each class of certificate. 6. Fire equipment dealer license: a. Class A: $250. b. Class B: $150. c. Class C: $150. d. Class D: $200. 7. Fire equipment dealer or contractor application and renewal fee for an inactive license: $75. 8. Fire equipment dealer license or permit exam or reexamination: $50. 9. Reinspection fee for a dealer equipment inspection conducted by the State Fire Marshal under s. 633.304(1): $50 for each reinspection. 10. Permit for a portable fire extinguisher installer/repairer/inspector: $90. 11. Permit for a preengineered fire extinguishing system installer/repairer/inspector: $120. 12. Conversion of a fire equipment dealer’s license to a different category: $10 for each permit and license. (b) Pursuant to part IV of this chapter: 1. Certificate of compliance: $30. 2. Certificate of competency: $30. 3. Renewal fee for a certificate of compliance, competency, or instruction: $15. (c) Duplicate or change of address for any license, permit, or certificate: $10.

(2) All moneys collected by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

History: s. 15, ch. 2013-183.
Fla. Stat. § 905.20 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 905 / Section 905.20
905.20 Duty of grand juror having knowledge of offense.
Status: in_force

A grand juror who knows or has reason to believe that an indictable offense triable within the county has been committed shall report the information to the grand jury and may be sworn as a witness in the investigation.

History: s. 99, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(99); s. 59, ch. 70-339.
Fla. Stat. § 402.26 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 402 / Section 402.26
402.26 Child care; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature recognizes the critical importance to the citizens of the state of both safety and quality in child care. Child care in Florida is in the midst of continuing change and development, driven by extraordinary changes in demographics. Many parents with children under age 6 are employed outside the home. For the majority of Florida’s children, child care will be a common experience. For many families, child care is an indispensable part of the effort to meet basic economic obligations or to make economic gains. State policy continues to recognize the changing composition of the labor force and the need to respond to the concerns of Florida’s citizens as they enter the child care market. In particular, the Legislature recognizes the need to have more working parents employed in family-friendly workplaces. In addition, the Legislature recognizes the abilities of public and private employers to assist the family’s efforts to balance family care needs with employment opportunities.

(2) The Legislature also recognizes the effects of both safety and quality in child care in reducing the need for special education, public assistance, and dependency programs and in reducing the incidence of delinquency and educational failure. In a budgetary context that spends billions of dollars to address the aftermath of bad outcomes, safe, quality child care is one area in which the often maligned concept of cost-effective social intervention can be applied. It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, that state policy should be firmly embedded in the recognition that child care is a voluntary choice of the child’s parents. For parents who choose child care, it is the intent of the Legislature to protect the health and welfare of children in care.

(3) To protect the health and welfare of children, it is the intent of the Legislature to develop a regulatory framework that promotes the growth and stability of the child care industry and facilitates the safe physical, intellectual, motor, and social development of the child.

(4) It is also the intent of the Legislature to promote the development of child care options in the private sector and disseminate information that will assist the public in determining appropriate child care options.

(5) It is the further intent of the Legislature to provide and make accessible child care opportunities for children at risk, economically disadvantaged children, and other children traditionally disenfranchised from society. In achieving this intent, the Legislature shall develop a school readiness program, a range of child care options, support services, and linkages with other programs to fully meet the child care needs of this population.

History: s. 32, ch. 90-306; s. 70, ch. 96-175; s. 4, ch. 99-304; s. 6, ch. 2010-210; s. 9, ch. 2021-10.
Fla. Stat. § 944.091 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 944 / Section 944.091
944.091 United States prisoners, board authorized.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized upon request to board prisoners of the United States committed to their custody by any agency of the United States if such prisoners have less than 6 months remaining of their federal sentence, and if such prisoners have family relationships or job opportunities in this state, on a space-available basis only. Daily compensation for the board of such prisoners shall be paid at a rate to be mutually agreed upon by the department and the appropriate United States agency. Such compensation is to recover the total maintenance cost of such prisoners which shall be not less than the average cost per inmate per day for all inmates confined by the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-240; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-441; s. 34, ch. 77-120; s. 44, ch. 79-3.
Fla. Stat. § 517.0613 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 517 / Section 517.0613
517.0613 Failure to comply with a securities registration exemption.
Status: in_force

(1) Failure to meet the requirements for any exemption from securities registration does not preclude the issuer from claiming the availability of any other applicable state or federal exemption.

(2) The exemptions created under ss. 517.061, 517.0611, and 517.0612 are not available to an issuer for any transaction or series of transactions that, although in technical compliance with the applicable provisions, is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of s. 517.07, and registration under s. 517.07 is required in connection with such transactions.

History: s. 6, ch. 2024-168.