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Fla. Stat. § 628.733 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 628 / Part III / Section 628.733
628.733 Converting mutual insurance holding company.
Status: in_force

(1) A mutual insurance holding company may become a stock holding company under such plan and procedure as may be approved by the office.

(2) The office shall not approve any such plan and procedure unless: (a) The plan and procedure is subject to approval by vote of not less than a majority of the company’s current members voting thereon in person, by proxy, or by mail at a meeting of members called for the purpose pursuant to such reasonable notice and procedure as may be approved by the office. (b) The corporate equity of each member is determinable: 1. For domestic mutual insurance holding companies owning solely life and health insurance subsidiaries, under a fair formula approved by the office, which equity shall be based upon not more than the company’s net assets. 2. For all other domestic insurance holding companies, based upon the ratio that the total amount of paid premiums paid by such member for policies of insurance during the 3-year period or part of such period specified in paragraph (c) during which such recipient was a member bears to the total amount of premiums paid by all members entitled to receive equity as a result of such conversion during such entire 3-year period and upon such reasonable classifications of members as the department may approve, unless the domestic mutual insurance holding company submits another fair formula that is approved by the department. Such equity shall be based upon not more than the company’s net assets. (c) The persons entitled to participate in the distribution of stock shall include all current members and all existing persons who had been members within 3 years prior to the date such plan was submitted to the office. (d) The plan calls for the distribution to each person as specified in paragraph (c) of capital stock or other property of the stock holding company, using each person’s equity as determined under paragraph (b). (e) The plan gives to each member as specified in paragraph (c) a preemptive right to acquire his or her proportionate part of all of the proposed capital stock of the new stock holding company, within a designated reasonable period, and to apply upon the purchase thereof the amount of his equity as determined under paragraph (b). (f) Shares are so offered to policyholders at a price not greater than to be thereafter offered to others. (g) The plan provides for payment of cash to each member not electing to apply his or her equity towards the purchase price of stock to which he or she is preemptively entitled. The amount so paid shall be not less than 50 percent of the amount of his or her equity not so used for the purchase of stock. Such cash payment together with stock so purchased, if any, shall constitute full payment and discharge of the member’s corporate equity in such mutual insurance holding company.

History: s. 1, ch. 97-216; s. 6, ch. 2003-76; s. 1308, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 599.0005 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 599 / Section 599.0005
599.0005 Florida Viticulture Policy Act; short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Florida Viticulture Policy Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 85-111.
Fla. Stat. § 610.102 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 610 / Section 610.102
610.102 Department of State authority to issue statewide cable and video franchise.
Status: in_force

The department shall be designated as the franchising authority for a state-issued franchise for the provision of cable or video service. A municipality or county may not grant a new franchise for the provision of cable or video service within its jurisdiction.

History: s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
Fla. Stat. § 621.12 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 621 / Section 621.12
621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members.
Status: in_force

(1) The name of a corporation or limited liability company organized under this act may contain the last names of some or all of the individual shareholders or individual members and may contain the last names of retired or deceased former individual shareholders or individual members of the corporation, limited liability company, a predecessor corporation or limited liability company, or partnership.

(2) The name shall also contain: (a) The word “chartered”; or (b)1. In the case of a professional corporation, the words “professional association,” or the abbreviation “P.A.” or the designation “PA”; or 2. In the case of a professional limited liability company formed before January 1, 2014, the words “professional limited company” or “professional limited liability company,” the abbreviation “P.L.” or “P.L.L.C.” or the designation “PL” or “PLLC,” in lieu of the words “limited company” or “limited liability company,” or the abbreviation “L.C.” or “L.L.C.” or the designation “LC” or “LLC” as otherwise required under s. 605.0112 or former s. 608.406. 3. In the case of a professional limited liability company formed on or after January 1, 2014, the words “professional limited liability company,” the abbreviation “P.L.L.C.” or the designation “PLLC,” in lieu of the words “limited liability company,” or the abbreviation “L.L.C.” or the designation “LLC” as otherwise required under s. 605.0112.

(3) In the case of a corporation, the use of the word “company,” “corporation,” or “incorporated” or any other word, abbreviation, affix, or prefix indicating that it is a corporation in the corporate name of a corporation organized under this act, other than the word “chartered” or the words “professional association” or the abbreviation “P.A.,” is specifically prohibited.

(4) It shall be permissible, however, for the corporation or limited liability company to render professional services and to exercise its authorized powers under a name which is identical to its name or contains any one or more of the last names of any shareholder or member included in such name except that the word “chartered,” the words “professional association,” “professional limited company,” or “professional limited liability company,” the abbreviations “P.A.,” “P.L.,” or “P.L.L.C.,” or the designation “PA,” “PL,” or “PLLC” may be omitted, provided that the corporation or limited liability company has first registered the name to be so used in the manner required for the registration of fictitious names.

History: s. 12, ch. 61-64; s. 1, ch. 77-134; s. 1, ch. 87-41; s. 13, ch. 93-110; s. 86, ch. 93-284; s. 26, ch. 2013-180; s. 32, ch. 2015-148; s. 283, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 938.17 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 938 / Part III / Section 938.17
938.17 County delinquency prevention; juvenile assessment centers and school board suspension programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to the use of costs received pursuant to s. 939.185, the sheriff’s office of the county must be a partner in a written agreement with the Department of Juvenile Justice to participate in a juvenile assessment center or with the district school board to participate in a suspension program.

(2) Assessments collected by clerks of the circuit courts comprised of more than one county shall remit the funds collected pursuant to s. 939.185 to the county in which the offense at issue was committed for deposit and disbursement.

(3) Any other funds the sheriff’s office obtains for the implementation or operation of an assessment center or suspension program may be deposited into the designated account for disbursement to the sheriff as needed.

(4) A sheriff’s office that receives proceeds pursuant to s. 939.185 shall account for all funds annually by August 1 in a written report to the Department of Juvenile Justice if funds are used for assessment centers, and to the district school board if funds are used for suspension programs.

History: s. 1, ch. 96-382; s. 15, ch. 97-271; s. 1, ch. 98-207; s. 55, ch. 98-280; s. 11, ch. 2000-135; s. 85, ch. 2004-265; s. 3, ch. 2013-118; s. 5, ch. 2024-133.
Fla. Stat. § 660.265 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 660 / Section 660.265
660.265 Examination fees.
Status: in_force

Each state trust company and each state bank or association exercising trust powers shall pay to the office, within 30 days after an examination pursuant to s. 655.045, a fee for the costs of the examination by the office pursuant to s. 655.045. For the purposes of this section, the term “costs” means the salary and travel expenses of field staff which are directly attributable to its examination of the financial institution and the travel expenses of any supervisory or support staff required as a result of examination findings.

History: s. 142, ch. 92-303; s. 1808, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 937.023 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 937 / Section 937.023
937.023 Department of Education to compile list of missing Florida school children; forms; notification.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Education shall provide by rule for a program to identify and locate missing Florida school children who are enrolled in Florida public school districts in kindergarten through grade 12. A “missing Florida school child” is defined for the purposes of this section as a child 18 years of age or younger whose whereabouts are unknown. Pursuant to such program, the department shall: (a) Collect each month a list of missing Florida school children as provided by the Florida Crime Information Center. The list shall be designed to include such information as the department deems necessary for the identification of the missing school child. (b) Compile from the information collected pursuant to paragraph (a) a list of missing Florida school children, which list shall be distributed monthly to all public school districts admitting children to kindergarten through grade 12. The list shall include the names of all such missing children, together with such other information as the department deems necessary. Each school district shall distribute this information to the public schools in the district by whatever manner it deems appropriate. (c) Notify the appropriate local, state, or federal law enforcement authority as soon as any additional information is obtained or contact is made with respect to a missing Florida school child.

(2) Every public school district in this state shall notify the Department of Education at its earliest known contact with any child whose name appears on the department’s list of missing Florida school children.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 83-211.
Fla. Stat. § 553.375 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 553 / Part I / Section 553.375
553.375 Recertification of manufactured buildings.
Status: in_force

Prior to the relocation to a site that has a higher design wind speed, modification, or change of occupancy of a manufactured building within the state, the manufacturer, dealer, or owner thereof may apply to the department for recertification of that manufactured building. The department shall, by rule, provide what information the applicant must submit for recertification and for plan review and inspection of such manufactured buildings and shall establish fees for recertification. Upon a determination by the department that the manufactured building complies with the applicable building codes, the department shall issue a recertification insignia. A manufactured building that bears recertification insignia does not require any additional approval by an enforcement jurisdiction in which the building is sold or installed, and is considered to comply with all applicable codes. As an alternative to recertification by the department, the manufacturer, dealer, or owner of a manufactured building may seek appropriate permitting and a certificate of occupancy from the local jurisdiction in accordance with procedures generally applicable under the Florida Building Code.

History: s. 59, ch. 2000-141; s. 34, ch. 2001-186; s. 3, ch. 2001-372; s. 29, ch. 2010-176.
Fla. Stat. § 253.127 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.127
253.127 Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, the board of county commissioners or governing body of any municipality, or any aggrieved person, shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this law by appropriate suit in equity.

History: s. 7, ch. 57-362; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 489.5335 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 489 / Part II / Section 489.5335
489.5335 Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.
Status: in_force

(1) Counties and municipalities are authorized to issue journeyman licenses in the electrical and alarm system trades to an individual who: (a) Has scored at least 70 percent, or after October 1, 1997, at least 75 percent, on a proctored journeyman Block and Associates examination or other proctored examination approved by the board for the trade in which he or she is licensed; (b) Has completed a registered and state-approved apprenticeship program as defined in s. 446.021(6) or has at least 12,000 hours of on-the-job training in his or her specific trade; and (c) Has satisfactorily completed specialized and advanced module coursework approved by the Florida Building Commission, as part of the building code training program established in s. 553.841, specific to the discipline or, pursuant to authorization by the certifying authority, provides proof of completion of such curriculum or coursework within 6 months after such certification.

(2) Counties and municipalities must recognize a person as a journeyman in the electrical and alarm system trades if the person was issued a journeyman license in such trade by a county or municipality in the state.

History: s. 17, ch. 97-228; s. 30, ch. 98-287; s. 27, ch. 2010-176; s. 30, ch. 2011-213; s. 4, ch. 2021-214; s. 5, ch. 2024-125.
Fla. Stat. § 626.910 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part VIII / Section 626.910
626.910 Penalty for violation by unauthorized insurers and persons representing or aiding such insurers.
Status: in_force

Any unauthorized insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer transacting insurance in this state and subject to service of process as referred to in s. 626.909 shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each nonwillful violation, or not more than $10,000 for each willful violation, of any lawful order of the office or department or any provision of this code.

History: s. 2, ch. 67-118; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 296, 318, 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 159, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1013, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 718.621 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 718 / Part VI / Section 718.621
718.621 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The division is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to administer and ensure compliance with developers’ obligations with respect to condominium conversions concerning the filing and noticing of intended conversion, rental agreement extensions, rights of first refusal, and disclosure and postpurchase protections.

History: s. 8, ch. 98-195.
Fla. Stat. § 626.728 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part II / Section 626.728
626.728 This part supplements licensing law.
Status: in_force

This part is supplementary to part I of this chapter of the code, the “Licensing Procedures Law.”

History: s. 253, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 241, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 458.3175 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.3175
458.3175 Expert witness certificate.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department shall issue a certificate authorizing a physician who holds an active and valid license to practice medicine in another state or a province of Canada to provide expert testimony in this state, if the physician submits to the department: 1. A complete registration application containing the physician’s legal name, mailing address, telephone number, business locations, the names of the jurisdictions where the physician holds an active and valid license to practice medicine, and the license number or other identifying number issued to the physician by the jurisdiction’s licensing entity; and 2. An application fee of $50. (b) The department shall approve an application for an expert witness certificate within 10 business days after receipt of the completed application and payment of the application fee if the applicant holds an active and valid license to practice medicine in another state or a province of Canada and has not had a previous expert witness certificate revoked by the board. An application is approved by default if the department does not act upon the application within the required period. A physician must notify the department in writing of his or her intent to rely on a certificate approved by default. (c) An expert witness certificate is valid for 2 years after the date of issuance.

(2) An expert witness certificate authorizes the physician to whom the certificate is issued to do only the following: (a) Provide a verified written medical expert opinion as provided in s. 766.203. (b) Provide expert testimony about the prevailing professional standard of care in connection with medical negligence litigation pending in this state against a physician licensed under this chapter or chapter 459. (c) Provide expert testimony in criminal child abuse and neglect cases pursuant to chapter 827, dependency cases pursuant to chapter 39, and cases involving sexual battery of a child pursuant to chapter 794 in this state.

(3) An expert witness certificate does not authorize a physician to engage in the practice of medicine as defined in s. 458.305. A physician issued a certificate under this section who does not otherwise practice medicine in this state is not required to obtain a license under this chapter or pay any license fees, including, but not limited to, a neurological injury compensation assessment. An expert witness certificate shall be treated as a license in any disciplinary action, and the holder of an expert witness certificate shall be subject to discipline by the board.

History: s. 1, ch. 2011-233; s. 3, ch. 2015-177; s. 3, ch. 2017-153.
Fla. Stat. § 112.175 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part I / Section 112.175
112.175 Employee wages; withholding to repay educational loan.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person who has received an educational loan made or guaranteed by the state or any of its political subdivisions and who at any time becomes or is an employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall be deemed to have agreed as a condition of employment to have consented to voluntary or involuntary withholding of wages to repay such loan. Any such employee who has defaulted or does default on the repayment of such loan shall, within 60 days after service of a notice of default by the agency holding the loan to the employee and the employing agency, establish a loan repayment schedule which shall be agreed to by both the agency holding the loan and the employee for repaying such defaulted loan through payroll deductions. Under no circumstances may an amount in excess of 10 percent per pay period of the pay of such employee be required by the agency holding the loan as part of a repayment schedule or plan. If such employee fails to establish a repayment schedule within the specified period of time or fails to meet the terms and conditions of the agreed to or approved repayment schedule as authorized by this subsection, such employee shall be deemed to have breached an essential condition of employment and shall be deemed to have consented to the involuntary withholding of wages or salary for the repayment of the loan. (b) No person who is employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions on or after October 1, 1986, may be dismissed for having defaulted on the repayment of an educational loan made or guaranteed by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

(2) The Administration Commission shall adopt rules to implement this section, which shall include, but not be limited to, a standard method of calculating amounts to be withheld from employees who have failed to establish a repayment schedule within the specified period of time or failed to meet the terms and conditions of the agreed to or approved repayment schedule provided for in this section. Such method shall consider the following factors: (a) The amount of the loan which remains outstanding; (b) The income of the employee who owes such amount; and (c) Other factors such as the number of dependents supported by the employee.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 86-129; s. 691, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 537.007 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.007
537.007 Remedies for title loans made without licensure.
Status: in_force

Any title loan made without benefit of a license is void, in which case the person making the title loan forfeits the right to collect any moneys, including principal and interest charged on the title loan, from the borrower in connection with such agreement. The person making the title loan shall return to the borrower the loan property, the titled personal property pledged or the fair market value of such titled personal property, and all principal and interest paid by the borrower. The borrower is entitled to receive reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in any action brought by the borrower to recover from the person making the title loan the loan property, the titled personal property, or the principal and interest paid by the borrower.

History: s. 7, ch. 2000-138.
Fla. Stat. § 627.9901 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XXII / Section 627.9901
627.9901 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this part is to:

(1) Promote the public welfare by regulating collateral protection insurance on real property.

(2) Create a legal framework within which collateral protection insurance on real property may be written in this state.

(3) Help maintain the separation between the lenders and servicers and the insurers and insurance agents.

(4) Minimize the possibility of unfair competitive practices in the sale, placement, solicitation, and negotiation of collateral protection insurance.

History: s. 2, ch. 2023-210.
Fla. Stat. § 92.27 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 92 / Section 92.27
92.27 Records destroyed by fire; effect of abstracts in evidence.
Status: in_force

In all cases in which any destroyed abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps or plats, or copies thereof, purchased and placed in the clerk’s office, as provided by law, or which are made admissible in evidence under any of the provisions of this revision, whether purchased or placed in such office or not, shall be received in evidence under this law, all deeds or other instruments of writing appearing thereby to have been executed by any person or persons, or in which they appear to have joined, shall (except as against any person or persons in actual possession of the land or lot described therein at the time of the destruction of the record of such county, claiming title thereto, otherwise than under sale for taxes or special assessments) be presumed to have been executed and acknowledged according to law; and all sales under powers, and all judgments, decrees and legal proceedings, and all sales thereunder (sale for taxes and assessments, and judgments and proceedings for the enforcement of taxes and assessments excepted) shall be presumed to be regular and correct, except as against the person or persons in this section above-mentioned and excepted.

History: s. 4, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 1531; RGS 2731; CGL 4403.