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Fla. Stat. § 337.2735 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 337 / Section 337.2735
337.2735 Recording of municipal maps of reservation for transportation corridors and transportation facilities; establishment of building setback lines; restrictions on issuance of development permits; hearings.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a municipality may approve maps of reservation for any transportation facility or transportation corridor within the municipality’s jurisdiction. Any such maps shall delineate the limits of the transportation corridor or of the proposed rights-of-way for the eventual widening of an existing or proposed transportation facility. Before recording such map, the municipality shall advertise and hold a public hearing and shall notify all property owners of record within the limits of the transportation corridor or rights-of-way of the transportation facility shown on the proposed map, as recorded in the property appraiser’s office, by mail at least 20 days prior to the date set for the hearing. After the public hearing, the municipality shall send the map to the clerk of the court of the county, who shall forthwith record the map in accordance with chapter 177 in the public land records of the county. Minor amendments to such maps are not subject to the notice and public hearing provisions of this section, except that property owners directly affected by changes in a minor amendment must be notified by mail. Minor amendments are defined as those changes which affect less than 5 percent of the total area within the map.

(2) Upon recording, such map shall establish a building setback line from the centerline of any transportation facility and an area of proposed right-of-way and shall cite the ordinance which defines building restrictions for such maps.

(3) Prior to filing any map pursuant to this section, a municipality shall have adopted an ordinance defining the types of restrictions on nonresidential and residential construction within the proposed rights-of-way and building setback lines. In no case, however, shall said ordinance restrict the renovation of an existing residential structure when the renovation does not exceed 20 percent of the appraised value of the structure.

(4) Upon petition by any property owner of record within the limits of the map alleging that such property regulation is unreasonable or arbitrary and that its effect is to deny a substantial portion of the beneficial use of such property, the municipality shall hold a hearing. When such a hearing results in a finding in favor of the petitioning property owner, the municipality shall have 180 days from the date of such finding to acquire such property, to amend the map, to withdraw the map, to issue the permit, or to file appropriate proceedings. Either party may seek appellate review.

(5) This section shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred upon municipalities by s. 2, Art. VIII of the State Constitution and by law and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.

History: s. 6, ch. 88-168.
Fla. Stat. § 487.0435 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 487 / Part I / Section 487.0435
487.0435 License classification.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue certified applicator licenses in the following classifications: certified public applicator; certified private applicator; and certified commercial applicator. In addition, separate classifications and subclassifications may be specified by the department in rule as deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this part. Each classification shall be subject to requirements or testing procedures to be set forth by rule of the department and shall be restricted to the activities within the scope of the respective classification as established in statute or by rule. In specifying classifications, the department may consider, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) Whether the license sought is for commercial, public, or private applicator status.

(2) The method of applying the restricted-use pesticide.

(3) The specific crops upon which restricted-use pesticides are applied.

(4) The proximity of populated areas to the land upon which restricted-use pesticides are applied.

(5) The acreage under the control of the licensee.

(6) The pounds of technical restricted toxicant applied per acre per year by the licensee.

History: ss. 7, 37, ch. 92-115; s. 8, ch. 94-233; s. 14, ch. 2000-154; s. 27, ch. 2004-64.
Fla. Stat. § 607.607 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part III / Section 607.607
607.607 Standard of conduct for directors.
Status: in_force

(1) In discharging their duties and in considering the best interests of the benefit corporation, the directors: (a) Shall consider the effects of any action or inaction upon: 1. The shareholders of the benefit corporation; 2. The employees and workforce of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, and its suppliers; 3. The interests of customers and suppliers as beneficiaries of the general public benefit and any specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation; 4. Community and societal factors, including those of each community in which offices or facilities of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, or its suppliers are located; 5. The local and global environment; 6. The short-term and long-term interests of the benefit corporation, including benefits that may accrue to the benefit corporation from its long-term plans and the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the benefit corporation; and 7. The ability of the benefit corporation to accomplish its general public benefit purpose and each of its specific public benefit purposes, if any. (b) May consider other pertinent factors or the interests of any other group that they deem appropriate. (c) Are not required to give priority to the interests of a particular person or group referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) over the interests of any other person or group, unless the benefit corporation has stated in its articles of incorporation its intention to give priority to certain interests. (d) Are not required to give equal weight to the interests of a particular person or group referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) unless the benefit corporation has stated in its articles of incorporation its intention to give such equal weight.

(2) Except as provided in the articles of incorporation, a director is not personally liable for monetary damages to the corporation, or to any other person, for the failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit. A director is subject to the duties established in s. 607.0830.

(3) Except as provided in the articles of incorporation, a director does not have a duty to a person who is a beneficiary of the general public benefit purpose or any one or more specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation.

History: s. 27, ch. 2014-209.
Fla. Stat. § 338.229 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 338 / Section 338.229
338.229 Pledge to bondholders not to restrict certain rights of department.
Status: in_force

The state does pledge to, and agree with, the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to ss. 338.22-338.241 that the state will not limit or restrict the rights vested in the department to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate any turnpike project as defined in ss. 338.22-338.241 or to establish and collect such tolls or other charges as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenues to meet the expenses of maintenance and operation of the turnpike system and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of bonds authorized by this act and that the state will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of such bonds until the bonds, together with interest on the bonds, are fully paid and discharged. In implementing this section, the department is specifically authorized to provide for further restrictions on the sale, transfer, lease, or other disposition or operation of any portion of the turnpike system which reduces the revenue available for payment to bondholders.

History: s. 14, ch. 28128, 1953; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 195, ch. 84-309; s. 8, ch. 88-286; s. 130, ch. 99-13; ss. 28, 95, ch. 99-385.
Fla. Stat. § 630.121 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 630 / Section 630.121
630.121 Domestication of alien insurer; definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Domestication” as used in ss. 630.131-630.161 means the reorganization of the United States branch of an alien insurer as the result of which a domestic insurer shall succeed to all the business and assets and assume all the liabilities of the United States branch of the alien insurer.

(2) “United States branch” means the business unit through which business is transacted within the United States by an alien insurer and the assets and liabilities of such insurer within the United States pertaining to such business.

(3) “Domestic insurer” as used in such sections means a stock insurer incorporated under the laws of this state.

History: s. 712, ch. 59-205; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 559.956 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part XII / Section 559.956
559.956 Transfers of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system manufacturer warranties.
Status: in_force

(1) If a residential real property that includes a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system as a fixture to the property is conveyed to a new owner on or after July 1, 2024, a manufacturer’s warranty in effect on that system or a component of that system: (a) Is automatically transferred to the new owner; and (b) Continues in effect as if the new owner was the original purchaser of such system or component, as applicable.

(2) A warrantor continues to be obligated under the terms of a manufacturer’s warranty agreement for a warranty transferred under this section and may not charge a fee for the transfer of the warranty.

(3) The transfer of a manufacturer’s warranty under this section does not extend the remaining term of the warranty.

(4) A manufacturer’s warranty of an HVAC system or a component of the system may not be in any way conditioned upon the product registration.

(5) This section applies if: (a) A sale of a residential property that includes an HVAC system as a fixture to the property occurs on or after July 1, 2024. (b) A manufacturer’s warranty is still in effect on the HVAC system or a component of the system.

History: s. 1, ch. 2023-288; s. 2, ch. 2024-206.
Fla. Stat. § 732.616 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part VI / Section 732.616
732.616 Modification to achieve testator’s tax objectives.
Status: in_force

Upon application of any interested person, to achieve the testator’s tax objectives the court may modify the terms of a will in a manner that is not contrary to the testator’s probable intent. The court may provide that the modification has retroactive effect.

History: s. 4, ch. 2011-183.
Fla. Stat. § 695.13 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 695 / Section 695.13
695.13 Want of certificate of record.
Status: in_force

Whenever any instrument authorized or required by law to be recorded shall appear to be recorded in the appropriate record book in the proper office, whether the record shall be in the handwriting of the officer whose duty it was to record such instrument, or in the handwriting of any other person, the record shall be presumed to have been made by the officer whose duty it was to make it, and the absence of a certificate of such officer that such instrument was recorded by her or him shall in no wise affect the validity of the record.

History: s. 1, ch. 3894, 1889; RS 1979; GS 2490; RGS 3832; CGL 5710; s. 768, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 459.0081 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 459 / Section 459.0081
459.0081 Physician survey.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person who applies for licensure renewal as a physician under chapter 458 or this chapter must, in conjunction with the renewal of such license under procedures adopted by the Department of Health and in addition to any other information that may be required from the applicant, furnish the following to the Department of Health in a physician survey: (a) Licensee information, including, but not limited to: 1. Frequency and geographic location of practice within the state. 2. Practice setting. 3. Percentage of time spent in direct patient care. 4. Anticipated change to license or practice status. 5. Areas of specialty or certification. (b) Availability and trends relating to critically needed services, including, but not limited to: 1. Obstetric care and services, including incidents of deliveries. 2. Radiological services, particularly performance of mammograms and breast-imaging services. 3. Physician services for hospital emergency departments and trauma centers, including on-call hours. 4. Other critically needed specialty areas, as determined by the department.

(2) Such information furnished must include a statement submitted by the physician that the information provided is true and accurate to the best of his or her knowledge and the submission does not contain any knowingly false information.

(3)(a) The Department of Health shall issue a nondisciplinary citation to any physician licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter who fails to complete the survey within 90 days after the renewal of his or her license to practice as a physician. (b) The citation must notify a physician who fails to complete the survey required by this section that his or her license will not be renewed for any subsequent license renewal unless the physician completes the survey. (c) In conjunction with issuing the license renewal notice required by s. 456.038, the Department of Health shall notify each physician licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter who has failed to complete the survey at the licensee’s last known address of record with the Department of Health of the requirement that the physician survey be completed prior to the subsequent license renewal. At any subsequent license renewal, the Department of Health may not renew the license of any physician licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter until the survey required under this section is completed by the licensee.

(4) The Department of Health shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to implement this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 2007-172.
Fla. Stat. § 196.061 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 196 / Section 196.061
196.061 Rental of homestead to constitute abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) The rental of all or substantially all of a dwelling previously claimed to be a homestead for tax purposes shall constitute the abandonment of such dwelling as a homestead, and the abandonment continues until the dwelling is physically occupied by the owner. However, such abandonment of the homestead after January 1 of any year does not affect the homestead exemption for tax purposes for that particular year unless the property is rented for more than 30 days per calendar year for 2 consecutive years.

(2) This section does not apply to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States whose service is the result of a mandatory obligation imposed by the federal Selective Service Act or who volunteers for service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. Moreover, valid military orders transferring such member are sufficient to maintain permanent residence for the purpose of s. 196.015 for the member and his or her spouse.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-270; s. 1, ch. 67-459; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 5, ch. 95-404; s. 8, ch. 96-397; s. 3, ch. 2010-182; s. 18, ch. 2012-193; s. 1, ch. 2013-64.
Fla. Stat. § 403.074 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part I / Section 403.074
403.074 Technical assistance by the department.
Status: in_force

(1) To help develop effective programs to eliminate or reduce the use of materials that are toxic to humans, plants, or animals and to prevent pollution at its source, the department shall implement and administer a program of technical assistance in pollution prevention to business, industry, agriculture, and state and local government.

(2) The program shall include onsite, nonregulatory technical assistance and shall promote and sponsor conferences on pollution prevention techniques. The program may be conducted in cooperation with trade associations, trade schools, the State University System, community colleges, or other appropriate entities.

(3) Proprietary information obtained by the department during a visit to provide onsite technical assistance requested under ss. 403.072-403.074 shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of s. 403.111, unless such confidentiality is waived by the party who requested the assistance.

History: s. 27, ch. 91-305; s. 1, ch. 95-366; s. 49, ch. 2007-217.
Fla. Stat. § 27.16 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 27 / Part II / Section 27.16
27.16 Appointment of acting state attorney.
Status: in_force

Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of the state attorney in any of the judicial circuits of this state, either by nonappointment or otherwise, or if a state attorney shall not be present at any regular or special term of the courts of his or her circuit or, being present, shall from any cause be unable to perform the duties of office or shall be disqualified to act in any particular case, the circuit judge of his or her judicial circuit shall have full power to appoint a prosecuting officer from among the members of the bar, with the consent of the member so appointed, to whom shall be administered an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of state attorney, and who shall have as full and complete authority, and whose acts shall be in all respects as valid as a regularly appointed state attorney. He or she shall sign all indictments and other documents as “acting state attorney.” The power of the appointee shall cease upon the cessation of the inability or disqualification of the state attorney or the completion of the appointee’s duties in any particular case.

History: s. 1, ch. 1726, 1869; s. 2, ch. 1996, 1874; RS 1354; s. 1, ch. 4899, 1901; GS 1789; RGS 3019; CGL 4755; s. 1, ch. 69-212; s. 4, ch. 73-334; s. 126, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 734.1025 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 734 / Part I / Section 734.1025
734.1025 Nonresident decedent’s testate estate with property not exceeding $50,000 in this state; determination of claims.
Status: in_force

(1) When a nonresident decedent dies testate and leaves property subject to administration in this state the gross value of which does not exceed $50,000 at the date of death, the foreign personal representative of the estate before the expiration of 2 years after the decedent’s death may file in the circuit court of the county where any property is located an authenticated transcript of so much of the foreign proceedings as will show the will and beneficiaries of the estate, as provided in the Florida Probate Rules. The court shall admit the will and any codicils to probate if they comply with s. 732.502(1), (2), or (3).

(2) The foreign personal representative may cause a notice to creditors to be served and published according to the relevant requirements of chapter 733. Claims not filed in accordance with chapter 733 shall be barred as provided in s. 733.702. If any claim is filed, a personal representative shall be appointed as provided in the Florida Probate Rules.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-203; s. 10, ch. 89-340; s. 1030, ch. 97-102; s. 79, ch. 99-3; s. 172, ch. 2001-226; s. 12, ch. 2003-154.
Fla. Stat. § 100.331 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.331
100.331 Referendum for defeated bond issue.
Status: in_force

If any bond referendum is called and held for approving the issuance of bonds for a particular purpose and such referendum does not result in the approval of the bonds, then no other referendum for the approval of bonds for the same purpose shall be called for at least 6 months.

History: s. 13, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457 (13); s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 12, ch. 77-175.
Fla. Stat. § 732.1101 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part I / Section 732.1101
732.1101 Aliens.
Status: in_force

Aliens shall have the same rights of inheritance as citizens.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220; s. 955, ch. 97-102; s. 18, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 501.018 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part I / Section 501.018
501.018 Health studios; change of ownership or location.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the ownership of a health studio is changed or, in the case of corporate ownership, whenever the stock ownership is changed so as to effectively put the health studio under new management or control, the new owner or manager shall, within 10 days of such change, provide each buyer then under contract with the health studio with notice of the rights and obligations of the buyer and the health studio affected by such change.

(2) Whenever the majority ownership of a health studio is changed pursuant to subsection (1) or whenever a health studio moves a business location or closes its facilities, it shall notify the department by certified mail at least 30 days in advance of any such change of majority ownership, move, or closure of a business location and shall post a notice of such change at the front entrance of the affected business location.

History: s. 8, ch. 90-312; s. 14, ch. 91-201; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 180.21 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 180 / Section 180.21
180.21 Powers granted deemed additional.
Status: in_force

The authority and powers granted by this chapter to municipalities shall be in addition to but not in limitation of any of the powers heretofore or hereafter granted to municipalities now existing or hereafter created.

History: s. 15, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(20).
Fla. Stat. § 466.031 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 466 / Section 466.031
466.031 Dental laboratories.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter, the term “dental laboratory” includes any person, firm, or corporation that performs for a fee of any kind, gratuitously, or otherwise, directly or through an agent or an employee, by any means or method, or supplies or manufactures artificial substitutes for the natural teeth; furnishes, supplies, constructs, or reproduces or repairs any prosthetic denture, bridge, or appliance to be worn in the human mouth; or in any way represents itself as a dental laboratory. The term does not include a dental laboratory technician who constructs or repairs dental prosthetic appliances in the office of a licensed dentist exclusively for that dentist under her or his supervision and work order.

(2) An employee or independent contractor of a dental laboratory, acting as an agent of that dental laboratory, may engage in onsite consultation with a licensed dentist during a dental procedure.

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 79-330; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 23, 24, ch. 86-291; s. 60, ch. 91-137; s. 7, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 263, ch. 97-103; s. 29, ch. 2020-133.
Fla. Stat. § 101.21 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 101 / Section 101.21
101.21 Official ballots; number; printing; payment.
Status: in_force

Where applicable, the supervisor of elections shall determine the actual number of ballots to be printed. The printing and delivery of ballots and cards of instruction shall, in a municipal election, be paid for by the municipality, and in all other elections by the county.

History: ss. 29, 37, ch. 4328, 1895; s. 11, ch. 4537, 1897; GS 211, 222; RGS 255, 267; CGL 311, 323; s. 7, ch. 17898, 1937; s. 2, ch. 24088, 1947; s. 7, ch. 25384, 1949; s. 5, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 10, ch. 65-380; s. 1, ch. 69-281; s. 20, ch. 71-355; s. 16, ch. 77-175; s. 34, ch. 79-400; s. 1, ch. 80-292; s. 48, ch. 81-259; s. 8, ch. 2001-40.