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Fla. Stat. § 624.412 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.412
624.412 Deposit of alien insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) An alien insurer shall not have authority to transact insurance in this state unless it has and maintains within the United States as trust deposits with public officials having supervision over insurers, or with trustees, public depositories, or trust institutions approved by the office, assets available for discharge of its United States insurance obligations, which assets shall be in amount not less than the outstanding reserves and other liabilities of the insurer arising out of its insurance transactions in the United States together with the amount of surplus as to policyholders required by s. 624.408 of a domestic stock insurer transacting like kinds of insurance.

(2) Any such deposit made in this state shall be held for the protection of the insurer’s policyholders or policyholders and creditors in the United States and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of part III of chapter 625 and chapter 630.

History: s. 56, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 48, 64, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 17, 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 80, ch. 98-199; s. 791, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 701.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 701 / Section 701.02
701.02 Assignment not effectual against creditors unless recorded and indicated in title of document; applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) An assignment of a mortgage upon real property or of any interest therein, is not good or effectual in law or equity, against creditors or subsequent purchasers, for a valuable consideration, and without notice, unless the assignment is contained in a document that, in its title, indicates an assignment of mortgage and is recorded according to law.

(2) This section also applies to assignments of mortgages resulting from transfers of all or any part or parts of the debt, note or notes secured by mortgage, and none of same is effectual in law or in equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice, unless a duly executed assignment be recorded according to law.

(3) Any assignment of a mortgage, duly executed and recorded according to law, purporting to assign the principal of the mortgage debt or the unpaid balance of such principal, shall, as against subsequent purchasers and creditors for value and without notice, be held and deemed to assign any and all accrued and unpaid interest secured by such mortgage, unless such interest is specifically and affirmatively reserved in such an assignment by the assignor, and a reservation of such interest or any part thereof may not be implied.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2), and (3) governing the assignment of mortgages, chapters 670-680 of the Uniform Commercial Code of this state govern the attachment and perfection of a security interest in a mortgage upon real property and in a promissory note or other right to payment or performance secured by that mortgage. The assignment of such a mortgage need not be recorded under this section for purposes of attachment or perfection of a security interest in the mortgage under the Uniform Commercial Code.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), a creditor or subsequent purchaser of real property or any interest therein, for valuable consideration and without notice, is entitled to rely on a full or partial release, discharge, consent, joinder, subordination, satisfaction, or assignment of a mortgage upon such property made by the mortgagee of record, without regard to the filing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement that purports to perfect a security interest in the mortgage or in a promissory note or other right to payment or performance secured by the mortgage, and the filing of any such financing statement does not constitute notice for the purposes of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “mortgagee of record” means the person named as the mortgagee in the recorded mortgage or, if an assignment of the mortgage has been recorded in accordance with this section, the term “mortgagee of record” means the assignee named in the recorded assignment.

History: s. 1, ch. 6909, 1915; RGS 3841; CGL 5744; s. 13, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 2, ch. 89-41; s. 20, ch. 2005-241.
Fla. Stat. § 250.39 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 250 / Part I / Section 250.39
250.39 Penalty for contempt.
Status: in_force

A person may not use disorderly, contemptuous, or indecorous language or expression to or before any military court, or any member of such court, in open court, tending to interrupt its proceedings, or impair the respect due its authority, commit any breach of the peace, or make any noises or other disturbances directly tending to interrupt its proceedings. After hearing before the military judge, any person who is found to have violated this subsection may be committed by warrant by the Adjutant General or a military judge for not more than 30 days to the jail of the county in which the court sits or may be fined up to $100 per offense. For purposes of this subsection, a summary court-martial officer who is not qualified to act as a military judge in general or special courts-martial may conduct the contempt hearing and adjudicate a fine, but may not issue a warrant for confinement.

History: s. 53, ch. 8502, 1921; s. 12, ch. 9337, 1923; CGL 2066; s. 1, ch. 25112, 1949; s. 6, ch. 92-86; s. 37, ch. 2003-68.
Fla. Stat. § 454.20 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 454 / Section 454.20
454.20 Attorneys not to be sureties.
Status: in_force

No attorney shall become surety on the official bond of any state, county, or municipal officer of this state, nor surety on any bond of a client in judicial proceedings.

History: s. 20, ch. 10175, 1925; CGL 4198.
Fla. Stat. § 468.524 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part XI / Section 468.524
468.524 Application for license.
Status: in_force

(1) Each employee leasing company and each controlling person required to be licensed shall file with the department a complete written application accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $250. Each employee leasing company and employee leasing company group application must list on the application each owner who has an interest of 10 percent or more in the company.

(2) The board may require information and certifications necessary to determine that the applicant is of good moral character and meets other licensure requirements of this part.

(3) An application for licensure of an employee leasing company group that qualifies for group licensure must contain the information required by this section for each member of the group.

(4) An applicant or licensee is ineligible to reapply for a license for a period of 1 year following final agency action on the denial or revocation of a license applied for or issued under this part. This time restriction does not apply to administrative denials or revocations entered because: (a) The applicant or licensee has made an inadvertent error or omission on the application; (b) The experience documented to the board was insufficient at the time of the previous application; (c) The department is unable to complete the criminal background investigation because of insufficient information from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other applicable law enforcement agency; (d) The applicant or licensee has failed to submit required fees; or (e) An applicant or licensed employee leasing company has been deemed ineligible for a license because of the lack of good moral character of an individual or individuals when such individual or individuals are no longer employed in a capacity that would require their licensing under this part.

History: ss. 6, 17, ch. 91-93; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 35, ch. 94-119.
Fla. Stat. § 465.1901 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 465 / Section 465.1901
465.1901 Practice of orthotics and pedorthics.
Status: in_force

The provisions of chapter 468 relating to orthotics or pedorthics do not apply to any licensed pharmacist or to any person acting under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. The practice of orthotics or pedorthics by a pharmacist or any of the pharmacist’s employees acting under the supervision of a pharmacist shall be construed to be within the meaning of the term “practice of the profession of pharmacy” as defined in s. 465.003, and shall be subject to regulation in the same manner as any other pharmacy practice. The Board of Pharmacy shall develop rules regarding the practice of orthotics and pedorthics by a pharmacist. Any pharmacist or person under the supervision of a pharmacist engaged in the practice of orthotics or pedorthics is not precluded from continuing that practice pending adoption of these rules.

History: s. 3, ch. 2009-202; s. 14, ch. 2016-145; s. 23, ch. 2022-35.
Fla. Stat. § 849.19 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 849 / Section 849.19
849.19 Property rights in confiscated machine.
Status: in_force

The right of property in and to any machine, apparatus, or device as defined in s. 849.16 and to all money and other things of value therein, is declared not to exist in any person, and the same shall be forfeited and deposited into the Florida Gaming Control Commission’s Pari-Mutuel Wagering Trust Fund if the Florida Gaming Control Commission is the seizing agency. Otherwise, such money or other things of value shall be forfeited to the county in which the seizure was made and shall be delivered forthwith to the clerk of the circuit court and shall by her or him be placed in the fine and forfeiture fund of said county.

History: s. 6, ch. 18143, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(405-e); s. 1370, ch. 97-102; s. 10, ch. 2013-2; s. 1, ch. 2024-55.
Fla. Stat. § 616.258 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 616 / Part III / Section 616.258
616.258 Revenues from projects of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall fix and revise from time to time rates, fees, rentals, tolls, or other charges for the use of each project or for the services and facilities furnished thereby and charge and collect the same. Such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, or other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of rates, fees, rentals, tolls, or other charges from the project or projects for which bonds are issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, together with any other special funds pledged therefor as provided in this part, to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such project or projects and the principal of, and interest on, the revenue bonds as the same shall become due and to provide reserves for such purposes, and to make all such other payments required by the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds. The rates, fees, rentals, tolls, and other charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulations by any state commission, board, bureau, or agency other than the authority.

(2) All, or a sufficient amount of, the revenues derived from a project or projects for which revenue bonds have been issued shall be set aside, at such regular intervals as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, or in the trust agreement securing them, in a sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds as they become due and any premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided, and for reserves therefor, and to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project or projects and of providing reserves therefor, all in the order of priority and manner as shall be provided in the resolution or trust agreement. The use and disposition of the sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement.

History: s. 10, ch. 74-322; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 83-239; ss. 33, 44, ch. 93-168.
Fla. Stat. § 201.031 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 201 / Section 201.031
201.031 Discretionary surtax; administration and collection; Housing Assistance Loan Trust Fund; reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county, as defined by s. 125.011(1), may levy, subject to the provisions of s. 125.0167, a discretionary surtax on documents taxable under the provisions of s. 201.02, except that there shall be no surtax on any document pursuant to which the interest granted, assigned, transferred, or conveyed involves only a single-family residence. The single-family residence may be a condominium unit, a unit held through stock ownership or membership representing a proprietary interest in a corporation owning a fee or a leasehold initially in excess of 98 years, or a detached dwelling.

(2) All provisions of chapter 201, except s. 201.15, apply to the surtax. The Department of Revenue shall pay to the governing authority of the county which levies the surtax all taxes, penalties, and interest collected under this section less any costs of administration.

(3) Each county that levies the surtax shall: (a) Include in the financial report required under s. 218.32 information showing the revenues and the expenses of the trust fund for the fiscal year. (b) Adopt a housing plan every 3 years which includes provisions substantially similar to the plans required in s. 420.9075(1). (c) Have adopted an affordable housing element of its comprehensive land use plan which complies with s. 163.3177(6)(f). (d) Require by resolution that the staff or entity that has administrative authority for implementing the housing plan prepare and submit to the county’s governing body an annual report substantially similar to the annual report required in s. 420.9075(10).

History: ss. 2, 3, ch. 83-220; s. 1, ch. 84-270; s. 1, ch. 89-252; ss. 1, 7, ch. 2009-131.
Fla. Stat. § 709.06 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 709 / Part I / Section 709.06
709.06 Powers of appointment included in law.
Status: in_force

Powers of appointment referred to in this law shall include not only those recognized as such by general law but also those designated as such under the tax law of the United States.

History: s. 5, ch. 23007, 1945.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.945 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part IV / Section 1012.945
1012.945 Required number of classroom teaching hours for university faculty members.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) “State funds” means those funds appropriated annually in the General Appropriations Act. (b) “Classroom contact hour” means a regularly scheduled 1-hour period of classroom activity in a course of instruction which has been approved by the university.

(2) Each full-time equivalent teaching faculty member at a university who is paid wholly from state funds shall teach a minimum of 12 classroom contact hours per week at such university. However, any faculty member who is assigned by his or her departmental chair or other appropriate university administrator professional responsibilities and duties in furtherance of the mission of the university shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact hours in proportion to 12 classroom hours per week as such especially assigned aforementioned duties and responsibilities bear to 12 classroom contact hours per week. Any full-time faculty member who is paid partly from state funds and partly from other funds or appropriations shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact hours in such proportion to 12 classroom contact hours per week as his or her salary paid from state funds bears to his or her total salary. In determining the appropriate hourly weighting of assigned duties other than classroom contact hours, the universities shall develop and apply a formula designed to equate the time required for nonclassroom duties with classroom contact hours. “Full-time equivalent teaching faculty member” shall be interpreted to mean all faculty personnel budgeted in the instruction and research portion of the budget, exclusive of those full-time equivalent positions assigned to research, public service, administrative duties, and academic advising. Full-time administrators, librarians, and counselors shall be exempt from the provisions of this section; and colleges of medicine and law and others which are required for purposes of accreditation to meet national standards prescribed by the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, or other professional associations shall be exempt from the provisions of this section to the extent that the requirements of this section differ from the requirements of accreditation.

History: s. 783, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 679.2021 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part II / Section 679.2021
679.2021 Title to collateral immaterial.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the provisions of this chapter with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the secured party or the debtor.

History: s. 2, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 581.181 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 581 / Section 581.181
581.181 Notice of infection of plants; destruction.
Status: in_force

(1) If the director or her or his authorized representative finds, on examination, any plant or plant product infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds, she or he shall notify in writing the owner or person having charge of the premises, and the owner or person in charge shall, within 10 days after the notice, cause the removal and destruction of the infested and infected plant or plant product if it cannot be successfully treated; otherwise, the owner or person in charge shall cause it to be treated as directed in the notice by the director or an authorized representative of the division. No damage shall be awarded to the owner for the destruction of the infested or infected plant or plant product under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) If the owner or person in charge refuses or neglects to comply with the terms of the notice within 10 days after receiving it, the director or her or his authorized representative may, under authority of the department, proceed to treat or destroy the infested or infected plant or plant product. The expense of the treatment or destruction shall be assessed, collected, and enforced against the owner by the department.

(3) This section does not apply to plants or plant products infested with pests or noxious weeds that are determined to be widely established within the state and are not specifically regulated under rules adopted by the department or under any other provision of law.

History: s. 18, ch. 59-261; s. 6, ch. 61-409; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 70-49; s. 9, ch. 79-158; s. 54, ch. 93-169; s. 921, ch. 97-103; s. 21, ch. 2016-61.
Fla. Stat. § 570.44 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 570 / Part II / Section 570.44
570.44 Division of Agricultural Environmental Services; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The duties of the Division of Agricultural Environmental Services include, but are not limited to:

(1) Inspecting and drawing samples of: commercial feeds offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 580 authorized by the department; seeds offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 578 authorized by the department; certified seed grown in this state; fertilizers offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 576 authorized by the department; and pesticides offered for sale in this state, and soil and water in this state for the presence of pesticides, and enforcing those provisions of part I of chapter 487 authorized by the department.

(2) Conducting those general inspection activities in regard to weights, measures, and standards of articles offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 531 as are authorized by the department.

(3) Reviewing and evaluating technical and scientific data associated with the production, manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, or use of any article or product with respect to any statutory authority conferred on the department. The department may establish positions within the division for the employment of experts in the fields of toxicology, hydrology, and biology to conduct such reviews and evaluations and may establish appropriate clerical support positions to implement the duties and responsibilities of the division.

(4) Analyzing samples of fertilizer offered for sale in this state, as required under chapter 576.

(5) Analyzing samples of pesticide formulations offered for sale in this state and tank mix, soil, water, and other environmental samples related to pesticide use investigations, as required under part I of chapter 487.

(6) Analyzing samples of commercial feed offered for sale in this state, as required under chapter 580.

(7) Analyzing samples of vegetables, agricultural, flower, and forest tree seed offered for sale in this state, as required under chapter 578.

(8) Investigating, evaluating, and developing new or improved methodology to enhance the analytical capability and efficiency of all divisional laboratories and performing other related analyses as deemed necessary.

History: s. 1, ch. 59-54; s. 7, ch. 61-407; ss. 4, 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 13, ch. 83-310; s. 7, ch. 84-165; s. 24, ch. 92-291; s. 24, ch. 93-169; s. 1, ch. 96-231; s. 11, ch. 96-407; s. 55, ch. 2004-64; s. 87, ch. 2014-150.