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Fla. Stat. § 122.28 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 122 / Section 122.28
122.28 Benefits.
Status: in_force

The relevant provisions of ss. 122.01-122.12, 122.15, 122.16, 122.18 to 122.20, inclusive, fixing or relating to eligibility for retirement, retirement compensation, and other benefits payable to members or for the account of members of this system in relation to members in division A hereof, shall apply with equal force and effect to members of division B, with the following exceptions:

(1) For the period of service of the member prior to the effective date of his or her social security coverage hereunder, retirement benefits shall be computed on average final compensation at the rate of 2 percent for each year of service rendered prior to such effective date and as provided in s. 122.08. For the period of membership in division B the member’s retirement compensation shall be computed on average final compensation at the rate of 1.5 percent for each year of service rendered after the effective date of said social security coverage.

(2) Members of division B retiring under the disability provisions of this chapter shall receive not less than 20 percent of their average final compensation.

(3) For those persons who become members of the retirement system on or after July 1, 1963, the amount of such retirement compensation shall not exceed that amount which when added to the member’s estimated annual primary insurance amount under social security coverage equals 80 percent of his or her average final compensation. The estimated annual primary insurance amount of the member shall be determined by the administrator on the basis of the social security coverage in effect on the member’s retirement date, assuming that payment of such primary insurance amount shall commence at the later of the member’s 65th birthday or actual age of retirement, and that the member earned his or her average final compensation in each year between the date of retirement and his or her 65th birthday for those members retiring prior to age 65.

History: s. 2, ch. 57-382; s. 5, ch. 63-555; s. 793, ch. 95-147; s. 24, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 941.22 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.22
941.22 Fugitives from this state; duty of Governor.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole in this state, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the Chief Justice or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, the Governor shall issue a warrant under the seal of this state, to some agent, commanding the agent to receive the person so charged if delivered to him or her and convey the person to the proper officer of the county in this state in which the offense was committed.

History: s. 22, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 1613, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 719.604 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 719 / Part VI / Section 719.604
719.604 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Roth Cooperative Conversion Act” in memory of Mr. James S. Roth, Director, Division of Florida Land Sales and Condominiums, 1979-1980.

History: s. 7, ch. 80-3.
Fla. Stat. § 812.028 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 812 / Section 812.028
812.028 Defenses precluded.
Status: in_force

It shall not constitute a defense to a prosecution for any violation of the provisions of ss. 812.012-812.037 that:

(1) Any stratagem or deception, including the use of an undercover operative or law enforcement officer, was employed.

(2) A facility or an opportunity to engage in conduct in violation of any provision of this act was provided.

(3) Property that was not stolen was offered for sale as stolen property.

(4) A law enforcement officer solicited a person predisposed to engage in conduct in violation of any provision of ss. 812.012-812.037 in order to gain evidence against that person, provided such solicitation would not induce an ordinary law-abiding person to violate any provision of ss. 812.012-812.037.

History: s. 10, ch. 77-342.
Fla. Stat. § 631.725 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part III / Section 631.725
631.725 Examination of the association; annual report.
Status: in_force

The association shall be subject to examination and regulation by the department. The board of directors shall submit to the department, not later than May 1 of each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year in a form approved by the department and a report of its activities during the preceding calendar year.

History: s. 14, ch. 79-189; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 373.583 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part V / Section 373.583
373.583 Registration of bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the owner of any coupon bond issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall present such bond and all unpaid coupons thereof to the treasurer of the district with request for the conversion of such bond into a registered bond, such treasurer shall cut off and cancel the coupons of any such coupon bond so presented, and shall stamp, print or write upon such coupon bond so presented either upon the back or the face thereof as may be convenient, a statement to the effect that said bond is registered in the name of the owner and that thereafter the interest and principal of said bond are payable to the registered owner. Thereafter and from time to time any such bond may be transferred by such registered owner in person or by attorney duly authorized on presentation of such bond to the treasurer, and the bond again registered as before, a similar statement being stamped or written thereon.

(2) Such statement stamped, printed or written upon any such bond may be in substantially the following form: (Date, giving month, year and day.) This bond is to be registered pursuant to the statutes in such case made and provided in the name of (insert name of owner) , and the interest and principal thereof are hereafter payable to such owner. (Treasurer)

(3) If any bond shall have been registered as aforesaid, the principal and interest of said bond shall be payable to the registered owner. The treasurer shall enter in the register of said bonds to be kept by him or her, or in a separate book, the fact of the registration of such bonds, and in whose names respectively, so that said register or book shall at all times show what bonds are registered and the name of the registered owner thereof.

History: s. 41, ch. 25209, 1949; s. 25, ch. 73-190; s. 612, ch. 95-148; s. 28, ch. 2024-2.
Fla. Stat. § 154.227 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 154 / Part III / Section 154.227
154.227 Trust funds.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all money received pursuant to the provisions of this part, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, sale of property, insurance, or condemnation awards, or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in this part. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds may provide that any of such moneys may be temporarily invested pending the disbursement thereof and shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this part and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.

History: s. 14, ch. 74-323.
Fla. Stat. § 10.206 — Florida Code / Title III / Chapter 10 / Section 10.206
10.206 Districts to constitute representative and senatorial districts of state.
Status: in_force

The districts created by this joint resolution constitute and form the representative and senatorial districts of the state, and members of the Legislature shall be elected in and for these representative and senatorial districts as provided by law.

History: s. 6, CS for SJR 100, 2022 Regular Session.
Fla. Stat. § 322.2505 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.2505
322.2505 Court to forward license of person adjudicated incapacitated to department.
Status: in_force

Whenever a person is adjudicated to be mentally or physically incapacitated pursuant to s. 744.331, the court shall require such person to surrender to it all driver licenses held by such person, and the court shall forward the same, together with a record of the adjudication, to the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 78-204; s. 108, ch. 89-96; s. 45, ch. 89-282.
Fla. Stat. § 332.006 — Florida Code / Title XXV / Chapter 332 / Section 332.006
332.006 Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall, within the resources provided to the department:

(1) Provide coordination and assistance for the development of a viable aviation system in this state. To support the system, a statewide aviation system plan shall be developed and periodically updated which summarizes 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year airport and aviation needs within the state. The statewide aviation system plan shall be consistent with the goals of the Florida Transportation Plan developed pursuant to s. 339.155. The statewide aviation system plan shall not preempt local airport master plans adopted in compliance with federal and state requirements.

(2) Advise and assist the Governor in all aviation matters.

(3) Upon request, assist airport sponsors, both financially and technically, in airport master planning.

(4) Upon request, provide financial and technical assistance to public agencies that own public-use airports by making department personnel and department-owned facilities and equipment available on a cost-reimbursement basis to such agencies for special needs of limited duration. The requirement relating to reimbursement of personnel costs may be waived by the department in those cases in which the assistance provided by its personnel was of a limited nature or duration.

(5) Participate in research and development programs relating to airports.

(6) Administer department participation in the program of aviation and airport grants as provided for in ss. 332.003-332.007.

(7) Develop, promote, and distribute supporting information and educational services, including, but not limited to, educational services with a focus on retention and growth of the aviation industry workforce.

(8) Encourage the maximum allocation of federal funds to local public-use airport projects in this state.

(9) Support the development of land located within the boundaries of airports for the purpose of industrial or other uses compatible with airport operations with the objective of assisting airports in this state to become fiscally self-supporting. Such assistance may include providing state moneys on a matching basis to airport sponsors for capital improvements, including, but not limited to, fixed-base operation facilities, parking areas, industrial park utility systems, and road and rail transportation systems which are on airport property.

History: s. 260, ch. 84-309; s. 4, ch. 84-320; s. 3, ch. 85-180; s. 67, ch. 90-136; s. 17, ch. 94-237; s. 17, ch. 95-257; s. 14, ch. 2025-149; s. 18, ch. 2025-155.
Fla. Stat. § 680.305 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 680 / Part III / Section 680.305
680.305 Sale or sublease of goods by lessee.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of s. 680.303, a buyer or sublessee from the lessee of goods under an existing lease contract obtains, to the extent of the interest transferred, the leasehold interest in the goods that the lessee had or had power to transfer and, except as provided in subsection (2) and s. 680.511(4), takes subject to the existing lease contract. A lessee with a voidable leasehold interest has power to transfer a good leasehold interest to a good faith buyer for value or a good faith sublessee for value, but only to the extent set forth in the preceding sentence. When goods have been delivered under a transaction of lease, the lessee has that power even though: (a) The lessor was deceived as to the identity of the lessee; (b) The delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored; or (c) The delivery was procured through fraud punishable as larcenous under the criminal law.

(2) A buyer in the ordinary course of business or a sublessee in the ordinary course of business from a lessee who is a merchant dealing in goods of that kind to whom the goods were entrusted by the lessor obtains, to the extent of the interest transferred, all of the lessor’s and lessee’s rights to the goods and takes free of the existing lease contract.

(3) A buyer or sublessee from the lessee of goods that are subject to an existing lease contract and are covered by a certificate of title issued under a statute of this state or of another jurisdiction takes no greater rights than those provided both by this section and by the certificate-of-title statute.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-278.
Fla. Stat. § 421.35 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 421 / Part I / Section 421.35
421.35 Supplemental nature of sections.
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by ss. 421.27-421.34 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.

History: s. 2, ch. 20220, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 458.321 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.321
458.321 Inactive status.
Status: in_force

(1) A license that has become inactive may be reactivated under s. 458.319 upon application to the department. The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license must not be fewer than 20 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive.

(2) The board shall adopt rules relating to licenses that have become inactive and for the reactivation of inactive licenses, including criteria an applicant must meet in order to activate an inactive license.

History: ss. 1, 8, ch. 79-302; s. 295, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 96, ch. 83-329; ss. 14, 25, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 24, ch. 89-162; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 164, ch. 94-119.
Fla. Stat. § 588.21 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 588 / Section 588.21
588.21 Duty of commissioners to provide places for impounding of livestock and transportation of same.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners of the several counties of Florida shall establish and maintain pounds or suitable places for the keeping of any livestock taken up and impounded hereunder until the same shall be sold, redeemed, or otherwise disposed of, which pounds or other suitable places may be a part of or operated in conjunction with a county animal control center. In any case, such county commissioners shall provide truck transportation for the impounded animals.

History: s. 10, ch. 25236, 1949; s. 5, ch. 77-200.
Fla. Stat. § 375.044 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 375 / Section 375.044
375.044 Land Acquisition Trust Fund budget request.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall submit to the Legislature a 10-year comprehensive budget request for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund.

(2) The legislative budget request shall be submitted to the Executive Office of the Governor and the Legislature in conjunction with the provisions of ss. 216.023, 216.031, and 216.043. The 10-year request shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) A 10-year annual cash-flow analysis of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. (b) Forecasts of anticipated revenues to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. (c) The estimate of the agency of Land Acquisition Trust Fund encumbrances and commitments for each year and the corresponding estimates of expenditures.

History: s. 1, ch. 83-57; s. 4, ch. 95-150; s. 51, ch. 2015-229.
Fla. Stat. § 636.216 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part II / Section 636.216
636.216 Written agreement.
Status: in_force

There must be a written agreement between the discount plan organization and the member specifying the benefits under the discount plan and complying with the disclosure requirements of this part.

History: s. 31, ch. 2004-297; s. 10, ch. 2005-232; s. 9, ch. 2017-112.
Fla. Stat. § 545.07 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 545 / Section 545.07
545.07 Acceptance of benefits by finance company for purpose of lessening competition prohibited.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any finance company who accepts or receives, either directly or indirectly, any payment, thing, or service of value, as set forth in s. 545.06, or contracts, either directly or indirectly, to receive any such payment or thing or service of value, to thereafter finance or attempt to finance the purchase or sale of any motor vehicle or buy or attempt to buy any conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or other paper on motor vehicles sold at retail in this state.

History: s. 6, ch. 18031, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(465).
Fla. Stat. § 627.464 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part III / Section 627.464
627.464 Annuity contracts, pure endowment contracts; standard provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) No fixed-dollar annuity, variable annuity, or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary annuity, survivorship annuity, or group annuity, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance each of the provisions set forth in ss. 627.465-627.470, inclusive, or provisions which in the opinion of the office are more favorable to the policyholder. Any of such provisions not applicable to single-premium annuities or single-premium pure endowment contracts shall not to that extent be incorporated therein.

(2) An annuity purchased, dedicated, or otherwise allocated as part of a settlement to satisfy the requirements of 42 U.S.C. s. 1395y(b)(2) may not be sold to, or commuted by or for, a third party unconnected to the settlement.

(3) This section does not apply to contracts for annuities included in or upon the lives of beneficiaries under life insurance policies.

History: s. 491, ch. 59-205; s. 10, ch. 61-441; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 404, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1129, ch. 2003-261; s. 3, ch. 2010-61.
Fla. Stat. § 942.03 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 942 / Section 942.03
942.03 Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this state, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this state, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his or her attendance in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.

(2) If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this state, the witness shall be tendered the sum of 10 cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending, and $5 for each day that he or she is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this state a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state.

History: s. 3, ch. 20458, 1941; s. 1626, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 374.980 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 374 / Part II / Section 374.980
374.980 Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to consolidate and codify in this part all current and applicable laws or acts relating to the Florida Inland Navigation District and to locate these provisions within this chapter. It is the further intent of the Legislature that all prior laws or acts, insofar as they relate to the Florida Inland Navigation District, are repealed as provided in this act.

(2) By codifying the charter of the Florida Inland Navigation District in this part, the Legislature has no intention of restricting or withdrawing the ad valorem taxing authority vested in the Florida Inland Navigation District pursuant to ss. 2 and 15, Art. XII of the State Constitution.

History: s. 2, ch. 96-425.
Fla. Stat. § 548.056 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 548 / Section 548.056
548.056 Prohibited financial interests in participant; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A member of the commission; an employee of the commission; a referee or judge licensed by the commission; or an attending physician may not have any direct or indirect financial or pecuniary interest in any participant.

(2)(a) A manager, trainer, or second of any participant shall not have any direct or indirect financial or pecuniary interest in the opponent in any contest in which her or his own participant participates. (b) A participant shall not have any direct or indirect financial or pecuniary interest in her or his opponent in any contest.

(3) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 14, ch. 88-365; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 773, ch. 97-103; s. 8, ch. 2004-69.
Fla. Stat. § 623.14 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 623 / Section 623.14
623.14 Construction.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be accumulative and supplemental to any other powers and authority for the creation of corporations not for profit as set out in chapter 617.

History: s. 15, ch. 59-113.
Fla. Stat. § 943.1715 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.1715
943.1715 Basic skills training relating to diverse populations.
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish and maintain standards for instruction of officers in the subject of interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations, with an emphasis on the awareness of cultural differences. Every basic skills course required in order for officers to obtain initial certification must include training in interpersonal skills with diverse populations.

History: ss. 9, 10, ch. 91-74; s. 6, ch. 97-225; s. 13, ch. 2006-176.
Fla. Stat. § 270.07 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 270 / Section 270.07
270.07 Certain public lands not to be sold without advertisement.
Status: in_force

Any lands in the state that are now, or may hereafter be, vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state may not be sold, conveyed, or disposed of by the board of trustees until notice as provided in s. 253.115 has been given; however, this section does not apply to homestead, railroad, or canal grants, as provided for by law, nor to any conveyance under s. 253.111.

History: s. 1, ch. 5943, 1909; RGS 1222; CGL 1767; s. 1091, ch. 19355, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 892(410); s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 2, ch. 65-324; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 76, ch. 71-355; s. 498, ch. 94-356.