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Fla. Stat. § 670.103 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 670 / Part I / Section 670.103
670.103 Payment order: definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this chapter, the term: (a) “Beneficiary” means the person to be paid by the beneficiary’s bank. (b) “Beneficiary’s bank” means the bank identified in a payment order in which an account of the beneficiary is to be credited pursuant to the order or which otherwise is to make payment to the beneficiary if the order does not provide for payment to an account. (c) “Payment order” means an instruction of a sender to a receiving bank, transmitted orally or in a record, to pay, or to cause another bank to pay, a fixed or determinable amount of money to a beneficiary if: 1. The instruction does not state a condition to payment to the beneficiary other than time of payment; 2. The receiving bank is to be reimbursed by debiting an account of, or otherwise receiving payment from, the sender; and 3. The instruction is transmitted by the sender directly to the receiving bank or to an agent, funds-transfer system, or communication system for transmittal to the receiving bank. (d) “Receiving bank” means the bank to which the sender’s instruction is addressed. (e) “Sender” means the person giving the instruction to the receiving bank.

(2) If an instruction complying with paragraph (1)(c) is to make more than one payment to a beneficiary, the instruction is a separate payment order with respect to each payment.

(3) A payment order is issued when it is sent to the receiving bank.

History: s. 1, ch. 91-70; s. 22, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 607.11920 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.11920
607.11920 Domestication.
Status: in_force

(1) By complying with this section and ss. 607.11921-607.11924, as applicable, a foreign corporation may become a domestic corporation if the domestication is permitted by the organic law of the foreign corporation.

(2) By complying with this section and ss. 607.11921-607.11924, as applicable, a domestic corporation may become a foreign corporation pursuant to a plan of domestication if the domestication is permitted by the organic law of the foreign corporation.

(3) In a domestication under subsection (2), the domesticating eligible entity must enter into a plan of domestication. The plan of domestication must include: (a) The name of the domesticating corporation; (b) The name and jurisdiction of formation of the domesticated corporation; (c) The manner and basis of reclassifying the shares and rights to acquire shares of the domesticating corporation into shares or other securities, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities, cash, other property, or any combination of the foregoing; (d) The proposed organic rules of the domesticated corporation which must be in writing; and (e) The other terms and conditions of the domestication.

(4) In addition to the requirements of subsection (3), a plan of domestication may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.

(5) The terms of a plan of domestication may be made dependent upon facts objectively ascertainable outside the plan in accordance with s. 607.0120(11).

(6) If a protected agreement of a domesticating corporation in effect immediately before the domestication becomes effective contains a provision applying to a merger of the corporation and the agreement does not refer to a domestication of the corporation, the provision applies to a domestication of the corporation as if the domestication were a merger until such time as the provision is first amended after January 1, 2020.

History: s. 148, ch. 2019-90; s. 33, ch. 2020-32.
Fla. Stat. § 509.417 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 509 / Part I / Section 509.417
509.417 Writ; sale of property distrained.
Status: in_force

(1) If the judgment is for the plaintiff, the property in whole or in part shall, at the plaintiff’s option pursuant to s. 509.413 or s. 509.414, be sold and the proceeds applied on the payment of the judgment.

(2) At the time any property levied on is sold, it must be advertised two times, the first advertisement being at least 10 days before the sale. All property so levied on may be sold on the premises of the public lodging establishment or at the courthouse door.

(3) If the defendant appeals and obtains a writ of supersedeas before sale of the property has occurred, the property shall be held by the officer executing the writ, and there may not be a sale or disposition of the property until final judgment is had on appeal.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-249; ss. 39, 42, ch. 79-240; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 49, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 843.10 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 843 / Section 843.10
843.10 Escape by negligence of officer.
Status: in_force

If a jailer or other officer, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in her or his custody upon conviction of any criminal charge to escape, she or he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 14, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2589; GS 3510; RGS 5396; CGL 7536; s. 1043, ch. 71-136; s. 1341, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 648.53 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 648 / Section 648.53
648.53 Probation.
Status: in_force

(1) If, pursuant to the procedure described in s. 648.46, the department finds that one or more causes exist for a fine, or for the suspension of, revocation of, or refusal to renew or continue any license or appointment issued under this chapter, the department may, in lieu of or in addition to such suspension, revocation, or refusal or in connection with any administrative monetary penalty imposed under s. 648.52, place the offending licensee on probation for a period, not to exceed 2 years, as specified by the department in its order.

(2) As a condition to such probation or in connection therewith, the department may specify in its order reasonable terms and conditions to be fulfilled by the probationer during the probation period. If during the probation period the department has good cause to believe that the probationer has violated such terms and conditions or any of them, it shall forthwith suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue the license or appointment of the probationer, as upon the original causes referred to in subsection (1).

History: s. 23, ch. 61-406; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 177, ch. 70-339; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 32, 71, 72, ch. 82-175; ss. 34, 50, 51, ch. 84-103; s. 5, ch. 87-321; ss. 40, 46, 47, ch. 90-131; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 90.510 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.510
90.510 Privileged communication necessary to adverse party.
Status: in_force

In any civil case or proceeding in which a party claims a privilege as to a communication necessary to an adverse party, the court, upon motion, may dismiss the claim for relief or the affirmative defense to which the privileged testimony would relate. In making its determination, the court may engage in an in camera inquiry into the privilege.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 170.02 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 170 / Section 170.02
170.02 Method of prorating special assessments.
Status: in_force

Special assessments against property deemed to be benefited by local improvements, as provided for in s. 170.01, shall be assessed upon the property specially benefited by the improvement in proportion to the benefits to be derived therefrom, said special benefits to be determined and prorated according to the foot frontage of the respective properties specially benefited by said improvement, or by such other method as the governing body of the municipality may prescribe.

History: s. 2, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3023.
Fla. Stat. § 1013.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1013 / Part I / Section 1013.04
1013.04 School district educational facilities plan performance and productivity standards; development; measurement; application.
Status: in_force

(1) The Office of Educational Facilities shall develop and adopt measures for evaluating the performance and productivity of school district educational facilities plans. The measures may be both quantitative and qualitative and must, to the maximum extent practical, assess those factors that are within the districts’ control. The measures must, at a minimum, assess performance in the following areas: (a) Frugal production of high-quality projects. (b) Efficient finance and administration. (c) Optimal school and classroom size and utilization rate. (d) Safety. (e) Core facility space needs and cost-effective capacity improvements that consider demographic projections. (f) Level of district local effort.

(2) The office shall establish annual performance objectives and standards that can be used to evaluate district performance and productivity.

(3) The office shall conduct ongoing evaluations of district educational facilities program performance and productivity, using the measures adopted under this section. If, using these measures, the office finds that a district failed to perform satisfactorily, the office must recommend to the district school board actions to be taken to improve the district’s performance.

History: s. 25, ch. 2002-296; s. 800, ch. 2002-387; s. 13, ch. 2010-70.
Fla. Stat. § 627.471 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part III / Section 627.471
627.471 Reversionary annuities; standard provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as stated in this section, no contract for a reversionary annuity shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance: (a) Those provisions specified in ss. 627.465-627.469, except that under s. 627.465 the insurer may at its option provide for an equitable reduction of the amount of the annuity payments in settlement of an overdue or deferred payment in lieu of providing for deduction of such payments from an amount payable upon settlement under the contract; and (b) A provision that the contract may be reinstated at any time within 3 years from the date of default in making stipulated payments to the insurer, upon production of evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer, and upon condition that all overdue payments and any indebtedness to the insurer on account of the contract are paid (or, within the limits permitted by the then cash value of the contract, reinstated) with interest as to both payments and indebtedness at a rate to be specified in the contract but not exceeding 8 percent per year compounded annually.

(2) This section does not apply to group annuities or to annuities included in life insurance policies, and any of such provisions not applicable to single-premium annuities shall not to that extent be incorporated therein.

History: s. 498, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 396, 404, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 1013.385 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1013 / Part III / Section 1013.385
1013.385 School district construction flexibility; exception to public shelter design criteria.
Status: in_force

A district school board may, with a majority vote at a public meeting that begins no earlier than 5 p.m., adopt a resolution to implement one or more exceptions to the educational facilities construction requirements to provide a school with the ability to operate in a facility on the same basis as a charter school pursuant to s. 1002.33(18). When a hurricane evacuation shelter deficit, as determined by the Division of Emergency Management, in the regional planning council region in which the county is located makes public shelter design criteria applicable, any exceptions to the public shelter design criteria remain subject to the concurrence of the applicable local emergency management agency or the Division of Emergency Management. A district school board may not be required to build more emergency-shelter space than identified as needed in the statewide emergency shelter plan.

History: s. 35, ch. 2016-237; s. 44, ch. 2018-6; s. 22, ch. 2019-23; s. 36, ch. 2024-159.
Fla. Stat. § 103.131 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 103 / Section 103.131
103.131 Political party offices deemed vacant in certain cases.
Status: in_force

Every political party office shall be deemed vacant in the following cases:

(1) By the death of the incumbent.

(2) By his or her resignation.

(3) By his or her removal.

(4) By his or her ceasing to be an inhabitant of the state, district, or precinct for which he or she shall have been elected or appointed.

(5) By his or her refusal to accept the office.

(6) The conviction of the incumbent of any felony.

(7) The decision of a competent tribunal declaring void his or her election or appointment, and his or her removal by said tribunal.

(8) By his or her failure to attend, without good and sufficient reason, three consecutive meetings, regular or called, of the committee of which he or she is a member.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-68; s. 1, ch. 61-122; s. 9, ch. 67-353; s. 610, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 501.2075 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part II / Section 501.2075
501.2075 Civil penalty.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 501.2077, any person, firm, corporation, association, or entity, or any agent or employee of the foregoing, who is willfully using, or has willfully used, a method, act, or practice declared unlawful under s. 501.204, or who is willfully violating any of the rules of the department adopted under this part, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation. Willful violations occur when the person knew or should have known that his or her conduct was unfair or deceptive or prohibited by rule. This civil penalty may be recovered in any action brought under this part by the enforcing authority; or the enforcing authority may terminate any investigation or action upon agreement by the person, firm, corporation, association, or entity, or the agent or employee of the foregoing, to pay a stipulated civil penalty. The department or the court may waive any such civil penalty if the person, firm, corporation, association, or entity, or the agent or employee of the foregoing, has previously made full restitution or reimbursement or has paid actual damages to the consumers or governmental entities who have been injured by the unlawful act or practice or rule violation. If civil penalties are assessed in any litigation, the enforcing authority is entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A civil penalty so collected shall accrue to the state and shall be deposited as received into the General Revenue Fund unallocated.

History: s. 3, ch. 83-117; s. 1, ch. 92-40; s. 5, ch. 92-133; s. 9, ch. 93-38; s. 630, ch. 97-103; s. 4, ch. 2001-39; s. 25, ch. 2001-214.
Fla. Stat. § 445.031 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 445 / Section 445.031
445.031 Transitional transportation.
Status: in_force

In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance in maintaining and sustaining employment or educational opportunities, transportation may be provided, if funds are available, for up to 2 years after the participant is no longer in the program. This does not constitute an entitlement to transitional transportation. If funds are not sufficient to provide services under this section, local workforce development boards may limit or otherwise prioritize transportation services.

(1) Transitional transportation must be job or education related.

(2) Transitional transportation may include expenses identified in s. 445.025, paid directly or by voucher, as well as a vehicle valued at not more than $8,500 if the vehicle is needed for training, employment, or educational purposes.

History: s. 16, ch. 98-57; s. 26, ch. 99-241; s. 30, ch. 2000-165; s. 42, ch. 2016-216.
Fla. Stat. § 421.02 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 421 / Part I / Section 421.02
421.02 Finding and declaration of necessity.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that:

(1) There exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health, welfare and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities.

(2) Blighted areas in the state cannot be revitalized, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, solely through the operation of private enterprise.

(3) The clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, including the acquisition by a housing authority of property to be used for or in connection with housing projects or appurtenant thereto, are exclusively public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of public concern.

(4) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.

History: s. 2, ch. 17981, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-b); s. 2, ch. 2005-54.
Fla. Stat. § 22.09 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 22 / Section 22.09
22.09 Removal of designees.
Status: in_force

Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors or special emergency judges are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with ss. 22.01-22.10, said persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause.

History: s. 9, ch. 59-447.
Fla. Stat. § 506.511 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 506 / Section 506.511
506.511 Transportation of dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers; bill of lading.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any common carrier or private carrier for hire, except those carriers engaged in the transporting of dairy products, eggs, poultry, or bakery products to and from farms or bakeries where produced, to receive or transport any container marked with a registered name or mark unless such carrier has in his or her possession a bill of lading or invoice therefor.

History: s. 1, ch. 83-262; s. 90, ch. 85-81; s. 7, ch. 87-80; s. 670, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 159.17 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part I / Section 159.17
159.17 Lien of service charges.
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing revenue bonds hereunder shall have a lien on all lands or premises served by any water system, sewer system or gas system for all service charges for such facilities until paid, which liens shall be prior to all other liens on such lands or premises except the lien of state, county and municipal taxes and shall be on a parity with the lien of such state, county and municipal taxes. Such liens, when delinquent for more than 30 days, may be foreclosed by such municipality in the manner provided by the laws of Florida for the foreclosure of mortgages on real property.

History: s. 8, ch. 67-550.
Fla. Stat. § 627.6785 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part IX / Section 627.6785
627.6785 Filing of rates with department.
Status: in_force

(1) Credit disability and credit life insurers shall file with the office a copy of all rates and any rate changes used in this state.

(2) No credit disability rate and no credit life rate shall exceed the maximum allowable rate promulgated by the commission.

(3) No credit life rate or credit disability rate shall be deemed to comply with the allowable rate criteria contained in this part if it contains age restrictions which make ineligible for credit life those debtors or lessors 70 years of age or under, or for credit disability those debtors or lessors 65 years of age or under, at the time the indebtedness is incurred. However, for credit life, the coverage shall be provided, at a minimum, until the earlier of the maturity date of the loan or the loan anniversary at age 71, and, for credit disability, the coverage shall be provided, at a minimum, until the earlier of the maturity date of the loan or the loan anniversary at age 66.

History: ss. 530, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 14, ch. 90-119; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1179, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 324.032 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 324 / Section 324.032
324.032 Manner of proving financial responsibility; for-hire passenger transportation vehicles.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 324.031:

(1)(a) A person who is either the owner or a lessee required to maintain insurance under s. 627.733(1)(b) and who operates one or more taxicabs, limousines, jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger transportation vehicles may prove financial responsibility by furnishing satisfactory evidence of holding a motor vehicle liability policy, but with minimum limits of $125,000/250,000/50,000. (b) A person who is either the owner or a lessee required to maintain insurance under s. 324.021(9)(b) and who operates limousines, jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger vehicles, other than taxicabs, may prove financial responsibility by furnishing satisfactory evidence of holding a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in s. 324.031.

(2) An owner or a lessee who is required to maintain insurance under s. 324.021(9)(b) and who operates at least 300 taxicabs, limousines, jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger transportation vehicles may provide financial responsibility by complying with the provisions of s. 324.171, such compliance to be demonstrated by maintaining at its principal place of business an audited financial statement, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and providing to the department a certification issued by a certified public accountant that the applicant’s net worth is at least equal to the requirements of s. 324.171 as determined by the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission, including claims liabilities in an amount certified as adequate by a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Upon request by the department, the applicant must provide the department at the applicant’s principal place of business in this state access to the applicant’s underlying financial information and financial statements that provide the basis of the certified public accountant’s certification. The applicant shall reimburse the requesting department for all reasonable costs incurred by it in reviewing the supporting information. The maximum amount of self-insurance permissible under this subsection is $300,000 and must be stated on a per-occurrence basis, and the applicant shall maintain adequate excess insurance issued by an authorized or eligible insurer licensed or approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation. All risks self-insured shall remain with the owner or lessee providing it, and the risks are not transferable to any other person, unless a policy complying with subsection (1) is obtained.

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 95-262; s. 4, ch. 2002-282; s. 364, ch. 2003-261; s. 81, ch. 2003-267; s. 48, ch. 2006-290.
Fla. Stat. § 504.014 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.014
504.014 Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 5, ch. 79-121; s. 3, ch. 90-322; s. 92, ch. 2004-5.