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Fla. Stat. § 189.0653 — Florida Code / Title XIII / Chapter 189 / Part VI / Section 189.0653
189.0653 Information before public hearing on noncompliance.
Status: in_force

Before the public hearing as provided in s. 189.0651(2) or s. 189.0652(2) is held, the special district shall provide the following information at the request of the local general-purpose government or the Legislative Auditing Committee, as appropriate:

(1) The district’s annual financial report for the previous fiscal year.

(2) The district’s audit report for the previous fiscal year.

(3) Minutes of meetings of the special district’s governing body for the previous fiscal year and the current fiscal year to date.

(4) A report for the previous fiscal year providing the following: (a) The purpose of the special district. (b) The sources of funding for the special district. (c) A description of the major activities, programs, and initiatives the special district undertook in the most recently completed fiscal year and the benchmarks or criteria under which the success or failure of the district was or will be determined by its governing body. (d) Any challenges or obstacles faced by the special district in fulfilling its purpose and related responsibilities. (e) Ways in which the special district’s governing body believes it could better fulfill the special district’s purpose and a description of the actions it intends to take. (f) Proposed changes to the special act, ordinance, or resolution, as appropriate, which established the special district and justification for such changes. (g) Any other information reasonably required to provide the reviewing entity with an accurate understanding of the purpose of the special district and how the special district is fulfilling that purpose. (h) Any reasons for the district’s noncompliance resulting in the public hearing. (i) Whether the district is currently in compliance. (j) Plans to correct any recurring issues of noncompliance. (k) Efforts to promote transparency, including a statement indicating whether the district’s website complies with s. 189.069.

History: s. 13, ch. 2016-22.
Fla. Stat. § 535.05 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 535 / Section 535.05
535.05 License fee.
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall assess an application and license fee of $300 for the public sale of thoroughbred horses provided in ss. 535.01 and 535.02. This fee shall be paid when a request is made for a license for the public sale of thoroughbred horses.

History: s. 5, ch. 65-414; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 10, 11, ch. 83-13; s. 6, ch. 92-151; s. 2, ch. 93-28.
Fla. Stat. § 258.15 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part I / Section 258.15
258.15 St. Michael’s Cemetery designated a state park.
Status: in_force

(1) St. Michael’s Cemetery in Pensacola is designated and declared to be a state park.

(2) The Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection shall manage and operate the said cemetery. However, this section shall not be construed to prevent, and no rule and regulation shall be made which will prevent, the continued interment of bodies in the cemetery lots which are privately owned.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 25464, 1949; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 83, ch. 77-104; s. 96, ch. 94-356; s. 8, ch. 2017-5.
Fla. Stat. § 7.48 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.48
7.48 Orange County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Orange County are as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven east, with the township line dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five south; thence north to the waters of Lake Apopka; thence north across the waters of Lake Apopka and along the eastern boundary of Lake County to the north shore of Lake Apopka where it is intersected by the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven; thence north on said range line to the township line dividing townships nineteen and twenty south; thence east on said township line to Wekiva River; thence through the thread of the Wekiva River in a southerly direction to the northwest corner of section thirty-one, township twenty south, range twenty-nine east; thence south on the range line between ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine east, to the southwest corner of section nineteen, township twenty-one south, range twenty-nine east; thence east to the southeast corner of section twenty, township twenty-one south, range thirty east; thence south to the township line between townships twenty-one and twenty-two south, range thirty east; thence east on said township line to the thread of the St. Johns river; thence southerly down the thread of the said river to the northeast corner of township twenty-five south, range thirty-four east; thence west on said township line to the place of beginning; provided that all of township twenty south, range twenty-seven east, bounded on the south and east by the waters of Lake Beauclaire shall be and are declared to be a part of the territory of Lake County.

History: s. 10, Dec. 29, 1824; s. 4, Nov. 23, 1828; s. 1, Jan. 30, 1845; s. 1, ch. 548, 1853; s. 1, ch. 1764, 1870; s. 1, ch. 1895, 1872; s. 2, ch. 3177, 1879; s. 1, ch. 3768, 1887; s. 1, ch. 3771, 1887; s. 1, ch. 3944, 1889; RS 41; GS 39; s. 1, ch. 6511, 1913; RGS 42; CGL 44; s. 1, ch. 61-483.
Fla. Stat. § 336.68 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 336 / Section 336.68
336.68 Special road and bridge district boundaries; property owner rights and options.
Status: in_force

(1) The owner of real property located within both the boundaries of a community development district created under chapter 190 and within the boundaries of a special road and bridge district created by the alternative method of establishing special road and bridge districts previously authorized under 1 ss. 336.61-336.67 shall have the option to select the community development district to be the provider of the road and drainage improvements to the property of the owner. Having made the selection, the property owner shall further have the right to withdraw the property from the boundaries of the special road and bridge district under the procedures set forth in this section.

(2) To be eligible for withdrawal, the subject property shall not have received improvements or benefits from the special road and bridge district; there shall be no outstanding bonded indebtedness of the special road and bridge district for which the property is subject to ad valorem tax levies; and the withdrawal of the property shall not create an enclave bounded on all sides by the other property within the boundaries of the district when the property owner withdraws the property from the boundaries of the district.

(3) The election by a property owner to withdraw property from the boundaries of a district as described in this section shall be accomplished by filing a certificate in the official records of the county in which the property is located. The certificate shall identify the name and mailing address of the owner, the legal description of the property, the name of the district from which the property is being withdrawn, and the general location of the property within district. The certificate shall further state that the property has not received benefits from the district from which the property is to be withdrawn; that there is no bonded indebtedness owed by the district; and that the property being withdrawn will not become an enclave within the district boundaries.

(4) The property owner shall provide copies of the recorded certificate to the governing body of the district from which the property is being withdrawn within 10 days after the date that the certificate is recorded. If the district does not record an objection to the withdrawal of the property in the public records within 30 days after the recording of the certificate identifying the criteria in this section that have not been met, the withdrawal shall be final and the property shall be permanently withdrawn from the boundaries of the district.

History: s. 5, ch. 2006-220; s. 52, ch. 2007-5.
Fla. Stat. § 368.109 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 368 / Part II / Section 368.109
368.109 Regulatory assessment fees.
Status: in_force

Each natural gas transmission company operating under ss. 368.101-368.112, for all or any part of the preceding 6-month period, shall pay to the commission, within 30 days following the end of each 6-month period, a fee that may not exceed 0.25 percent annually of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate business excluding sales for resales to natural gas transmission companies, public utilities that supply gas, municipal gas utilities, and gas districts. The fee shall, to the extent practicable, be related to the cost of regulating such natural gas transmission companies.

History: s. 10, ch. 92-284.
Fla. Stat. § 106.025 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.025
106.025 Campaign fund raisers.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) No campaign fund raiser may be held unless the person for whom such funds are to be so used is a candidate for public office. (b) All money and contributions received with respect to such a campaign fund raiser shall be deemed to be campaign contributions, and shall be accounted for, and subject to the same restrictions, as other campaign contributions. All expenditures made with respect to such a campaign fund raiser which are made or reimbursed by a check drawn on the campaign depository of the candidate for whom the funds are to be used and shall be deemed to be campaign expenditures to be accounted for, and subject to the same restrictions, as other campaign expenditures. (c) Any tickets or advertising for a campaign fund raiser must comply with the requirements of s. 106.143. (d) Any person or candidate who holds a campaign fund raiser, or consents to a campaign fund raiser being held, in violation of the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) This section shall not apply to any campaign fund raiser held on behalf of a political party by the state or county executive committee or an affiliated party committee of such party, provided that the proceeds of such campaign fund raiser are reported pursuant to s. 106.29.

History: s. 40, ch. 77-175; s. 51, ch. 81-259; s. 24, ch. 81-304; s. 27, ch. 83-217; s. 4, ch. 89-256; ss. 7, 30, ch. 2011-6; s. 56, ch. 2011-40; HJR 7105, 2011 Regular Session; s. 6, ch. 2013-37.
Fla. Stat. § 933.20 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 933 / Section 933.20
933.20 “Inspection warrant”; definition.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 933.20-933.30, “inspection warrant” means an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a person competent to issue search warrants pursuant to s. 933.01, and directed to a state or local official, commanding him or her to conduct an inspection required or authorized by state or local law or rule relating to municipal or county building, fire, safety, environmental, animal control, land use, plumbing, electrical, health, minimum housing, or zoning standards.

History: s. 1, ch. 82-8; s. 18, ch. 89-268; s. 1577, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 163.3251 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 163 / Part II / Section 163.3251
163.3251 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this section and ss. 163.3252 and 163.3253, the term:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Commerce.

(2) “Local government development approval” means a local land development permit, order, or other approval issued by a local government, or a modification of such permit, order, or approval, which is required for a manufacturer to physically locate or expand and includes, but is not limited to, the review and approval of a master development plan required under s. 163.3252(2)(c).

(3) “Local manufacturing development program” means a program enacted by a local government for approval of master development plans under s. 163.3252.

(4) “Manufacturer” means a business that is classified in Sectors 31-33 of the National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and is located, or intends to locate, within the geographic boundaries of an area designated by a local government as provided under s. 163.3252.

(5) “Participating agency” means: (a) The Department of Environmental Protection. (b) The Department of Transportation. (c) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, when acting pursuant to statutory authority granted by the Legislature. (d) Water management districts.

(6) “State development approval” means a state or regional permit or other approval issued by a participating agency, or a modification of such permit or approval, which must be obtained before the development or expansion of a manufacturer’s site, and includes, but is not limited to, those specified in s. 163.3253(1).

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-224; s. 28, ch. 2024-6.
Fla. Stat. § 155.04 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 155 / Section 155.04
155.04 County hospitals; petition; election; establishment.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in the state shall be presented with a petition signed by 5 percent of the resident freeholders of such county, asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital at a place in the county named therein, and shall specify in said petition the maximum amount of money proposed to be expended in purchasing or building said hospital, such board of county commissioners shall submit the question to the qualified electors of the county who are freeholders at the next general election to be held in the county, or at a special election called for that purpose, first giving 30 days’ notice thereof in one or more newspapers published in the county, if any be published therein, or posting written or printed notices in each precinct of the county, which notice shall include the text of the petition and state the amount of the tax to be levied upon the assessed property of the said county which tax shall not exceed 5 mills on the dollar, and be for the issue of the county bonds, to provide funds for the purchase of the site, or sites, and the erection thereon of a public hospital and hospital buildings, and for the support of same, which bonds shall be payable within 30 years, which said election shall be held at the usual places in such county for voting upon county officers, and shall be canvassed in the same manner as the vote for the county officers is canvassed. The ballots to be used in any election at which such hospital question is submitted, shall be printed with a statement substantially as follows: For a mill tax for a bond issue for a public hospital, and for maintenance of same: YES NO

(2) If a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors shall participate in said election and a majority of the votes cast at such election on the proposition so submitted shall be in favor of said tax for such bond issue, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax so authorized, which shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected, and credited to the hospital fund, and shall be paid out on the order of the hospital trustees for the purposes authorized by this law, and for no other purposes whatever.

History: s. 1, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 1, ch. 26513, 1951.
Fla. Stat. § 66.061 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 66 / Section 66.061
66.061 Betterment, trial and verdict.
Status: in_force

If an answer is filed, trial shall be on the issues made. If no answer is filed, trial shall be ex parte, but defendant is required to prove every allegation of the petition. If the jury (or if a jury is waived, the court) finds in favor of defendant, it shall assess:

(1) The value of the land at the time of the assessment, irrespective of the improvements put upon the land by defendant or those under whom he or she derives, and if any, the injury done to the land by defendant or those under whom he or she derives.

(2) The value of the permanent improvements at the time of the assessment.

(3) The injury, if any, done to the land by defendant or those under whom he or she derives.

(4) The value of the use of the land by defendant between the time of the judgment in ejectment and the time of the assessment or if defendant has been evicted from or has surrendered the premises, from the time of the judgment to the time of the surrender or eviction. The findings shall be specified separately on each of these matters.

History: RS 1518; GS 1973; RGS 3241; CGL 5049; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 21, ch. 67-254; s. 350, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 295.155 — Florida Code / Title XX / Chapter 295 / Section 295.155
295.155 Military retirement based on longevity.
Status: in_force

Military retirement on the basis of longevity does not disqualify a person eligible under s. 295.07 from veterans’ employment preference.

History: s. 9, ch. 98-33.
Fla. Stat. § 478.40 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 478 / Section 478.40
478.40 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Electrolysis Practice Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 92-172.
Fla. Stat. § 790.173 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 790 / Section 790.173
790.173 Legislative findings and intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that a tragically large number of Florida children have been accidentally killed or seriously injured by negligently stored firearms; that placing firearms within the reach or easy access of children is irresponsible, encourages such accidents, and should be prohibited; and that legislative action is necessary to protect the safety of our children.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that adult citizens of the state retain their constitutional right to keep and bear firearms for hunting and sporting activities and for defense of self, family, home, and business and as collectibles. Nothing in this act shall be construed to reduce or limit any existing right to purchase and own firearms, or to provide authority to any state or local agency to infringe upon the privacy of any family, home, or business, except by lawful warrant.

History: s. 1, ch. 89-534.
Fla. Stat. § 78.045 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 78 / Section 78.045
78.045 Writ; court order required.
Status: in_force

No clerk of court shall issue a writ of replevin prior to final judgment unless there has been filed with the clerk of court an order authorizing the issuance of such writ of replevin.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-20.
Fla. Stat. § 670.403 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 670 / Part IV / Section 670.403
670.403 Payment by sender to receiving bank.
Status: in_force

(1) Payment of the sender’s obligation under s. 670.402 to pay the receiving bank occurs as follows: (a) If the sender is a bank, payment occurs when the receiving bank receives final settlement of the obligation through a Federal Reserve bank or through a funds-transfer system. (b) If the sender is a bank and the sender credited an account of the receiving bank with the sender or caused an account of the receiving bank in another bank to be credited, payment occurs when the credit is withdrawn or, if not withdrawn, at midnight of the day on which the credit is withdrawable and the receiving bank learns of that fact. (c) If the receiving bank debits an account of the sender with the receiving bank, payment occurs when the debit is made to the extent the debit is covered by a withdrawable credit balance in the account.

(2) If the sender and receiving bank are members of a funds-transfer system that nets obligations multilaterally among participants, the receiving bank receives final settlement when settlement is complete in accordance with the rules of the system. The obligation of the sender to pay the amount of a payment order transmitted through the funds-transfer system may be satisfied, to the extent permitted by the rules of the system, by setting off and applying against the sender’s obligation the right of the sender to receive payment from the receiving bank of the amount of any other payment order transmitted to the sender by the receiving bank through the funds-transfer system. The aggregate balance of obligations owed by each sender to each receiving bank in the funds-transfer system may be satisfied, to the extent permitted by the rules of the system, by setting off and applying against that balance the aggregate balance of obligations owed to the sender by other members of the system. The aggregate balance is determined after the right of setoff stated in the second sentence of this subsection has been exercised.

(3) If two banks transmit payment orders to each other under an agreement that settlement of the obligations of each bank to the other under s. 670.402 will be made at the end of the day or other period, the total amount owed with respect to all orders transmitted by one bank must be set off against the total amount owed with respect to all orders transmitted by the other bank. To the extent of the setoff, each bank has made payment to the other.

(4) In a case not covered by subsection (1), the time when payment of the sender’s obligation under s. 670.402(2) or (3) occurs is governed by applicable principles of law that determine when an obligation is satisfied.

History: s. 1, ch. 91-70.
Fla. Stat. § 552.42 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 552 / Section 552.42
552.42 Appeal.
Status: in_force

The petitioner or the respondent may appeal the final order of the administrative law judge to the district court of appeal with jurisdiction over the county where the hearing was held by filing a notice, accompanied by the required filing fee, as provided by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. The payment of any award shall be stayed during the pendency of an appeal.

History: s. 7, ch. 2003-62.
Fla. Stat. § 713.09 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part I / Section 713.09
713.09 Single claim of lien.
Status: in_force

A lienor is required to record only one claim of lien covering his or her entire demand against the real property when the amount demanded is for labor or services or material furnished for more than one improvement under the same direct contract. The single claim of lien is sufficient even though the improvement is for one or more improvements located on separate lots, parcels, or tracts of land. If materials to be used on one or more improvements on separate lots, parcels, or tracts of land under one direct contract are delivered by a lienor to a place designated by the person with whom the materialman contracted, other than the site of the improvement, the delivery to the place designated is prima facie evidence of delivery to the site of the improvement and incorporation in the improvement. The single claim of lien may be limited to a part of multiple lots, parcels, or tracts of land and their improvements or may cover all of the lots, parcels, or tracts of land and improvements. In each claim of lien under this section, the owner under the direct contract must be the same person for all lots, parcels, or tracts of land against which a single claim of lien is recorded.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 8, ch. 65-456; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 6, ch. 80-97; s. 5, ch. 90-109; s. 805, ch. 97-102.