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Fla. Stat. § 190.007 — Florida Code / Title XIII / Chapter 190 / Section 190.007
190.007 Board of supervisors; general duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall employ, and fix the compensation of, a district manager. The district manager shall have charge and supervision of the works of the district and shall be responsible for preserving and maintaining any improvement or facility constructed or erected pursuant to the provisions of this act, for maintaining and operating the equipment owned by the district, and for performing such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. It shall not be a conflict of interest under chapter 112 for a board member or the district manager or another employee of the district to be a stockholder, officer, or employee of a landowner or of an entity affiliated with a landowner. The district manager may hire or otherwise employ and terminate the employment of such other persons, including, without limitation, professional, supervisory, and clerical employees, as may be necessary and authorized by the board. The compensation and other conditions of employment of the officers and employees of the district shall be as provided by the board. For purposes of s. 8(h)(2), Art. II of the State Constitution, a board member or a public employee of a district does not abuse his or her public position if the board member or public employee commits an act or omission that is authorized under this subsection, s. 112.313(7), (12), (15), or (16), or s. 112.3143(3)(b), and an abuse of a board member’s public position does not include any act or omission in connection with a vote when the board member has followed the procedures required by s. 112.3143.

(2) The board shall designate a person who is a resident of the state as treasurer of the district, who shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order, or pursuant to the resolution, of the board by warrant or check countersigned by the treasurer and by such other person as may be authorized by the board. The board may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and duties as the board may deem appropriate and may fix his or her compensation. The board may require the treasurer to give a bond in such amount, on such terms, and with such sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and duties. The financial records of the board shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant at least once a year.

(3) The board is authorized to select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as defined in s. 280.02 which meets all the requirements of chapter 280 and has been designated by the Chief Financial Officer as a qualified public depository, upon such terms and conditions as to the payment of interest by such depository upon the funds so deposited as the board may deem just and reasonable.

History: s. 2, ch. 80-407; s. 7, ch. 84-360; s. 32, ch. 86-191; s. 963, ch. 95-147; s. 170, ch. 2003-261; s. 4, ch. 2007-160; s. 3, ch. 2020-77; s. 90, ch. 2024-140.
Fla. Stat. § 605.2103 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.2103
605.2103 Nature of protected status.
Status: in_force

A protected series of a series limited liability company is a person distinct from all of the following:

(1) The series limited liability company, subject to ss. 605.2104(3), 605.2501(1), and 605.2502(4).

(2) Another protected series of the series limited liability company.

(3) A member of the series limited liability company, regardless of whether the member is an associated member of the protected series of the series limited liability company.

(4) A protected-series transferee of a protected series of the series limited liability company.

(5) A transferee of a transferable interest of the series limited liability company.

History: s. 7, ch. 2025-162.
Fla. Stat. § 627.984 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XXI / Section 627.984
627.984 Group-to-group consolidations.
Status: in_force

Where both the old coverage and the new coverage are provided under group policies:

(1) A signed application need not be obtained if all of the following apply: (a) The premium for the new plan is the same as or less than the premium for the old plan. (b) The amount of insurance provided by the new plan is the same or greater than that provided by the old plan. (c) All supplemental benefits provided by the old plan, including, but not limited to, accidental death riders and waiver-of-premium benefits, are provided by the new plan. (d) The maximum term of insurance under the new plan is as long or longer than the maximum term of insurance under the old plan. (e) There is a clear disclosure to the prospective insured that payment of the required premium constitutes acceptance of the offer.

(2) If an insurer charges insureds the same premium for the new coverage as they were paying for their old coverage, and, as a result, insured debtors of a financial institution are charged different premium rates for the same coverage, such rate differences shall not constitute unfair rate discrimination under s. 626.9541.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 90-149; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 720.3015 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 720 / Part I / Section 720.3015
720.3015 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Homeowners’ Association Act.”

History: s. 16, ch. 2015-97.
Fla. Stat. § 944.7031 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 944 / Section 944.7031
944.7031 Eligible inmates released from contractor-operated correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that state inmates nearing release from a contractor-operated correctional facility managed under chapter 957 are eligible for assistance under ss. 944.701-944.708, and all laws that provide for or mandate transition assistance services to inmates nearing release also apply to inmates who reside in contractor-operated correctional facilities.

(2) To assist an inmate nearing release from a contractor-operated correctional facility, the department and the transition assistance specialist shall coordinate with a designated staff person at each contractor-operated correctional facility to ensure that a state inmate released from the contractor-operated correctional facility is informed of and provided with the same level of transition assistance services that are provided by the department for an inmate in a state correctional facility. Any inmate released from a contractor-operated correctional facility shall also have equal access to placement consideration in a contracted substance abuse transition housing program, including those programs that have a faith-based component.

History: s. 8, ch. 2001-110; s. 27, ch. 2024-84.
Fla. Stat. § 744.109 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part I / Section 744.109
744.109 Records.
Status: in_force

(1) All hearings on appointment of a guardian; adjudication of incapacity; modification, termination, or revocation of the adjudication of incapacity; or restoration of capacity must be electronically or stenographically recorded.

(2) If an appeal is taken from any of these proceedings, a transcript must be furnished to an indigent ward at public expense.

History: s. 12, ch. 89-96.
Fla. Stat. § 627.4136 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.4136
627.4136 Nonjoinder of insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be a condition precedent to the accrual or maintenance of a cause of action against a liability insurer by a person not an insured under the terms of the liability insurance contract that such person shall first obtain a settlement or verdict against a person who is an insured under the terms of such policy for a cause of action which is covered by such policy.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any insurer who pays any taxable costs or attorney’s fees which would be recoverable by the insured but for the fact that such costs or fees were paid by the insurer shall be considered a party for the purpose of recovering such fees or costs. No person who is not an insured under the terms of a liability insurance policy shall have any interest in such policy, either as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise, prior to first obtaining a settlement or verdict against a person who is an insured under the terms of such policy for a cause of action which is covered by such policy.

(3) Insurers are affirmatively granted the substantive right to insert in liability insurance policies contractual provisions that preclude persons who are not designated as insureds in such policies from joining a liability insurer as a party defendant with its insured prior to the rendition of a verdict. The contractual provisions authorized in this subsection shall be fully enforceable.

(4) At the time a judgment is entered or a settlement is reached during the pendency of litigation, a liability insurer may be joined as a party defendant for the purposes of entering final judgment or enforcing the settlement by the motion of any party, unless the insurer denied coverage under the provisions of s. 627.426(2) or defended under a reservation of rights pursuant to s. 627.426(2). A copy of the motion to join the insurer shall be served on the insurer by certified mail. If a judgment is reversed or remanded on appeal, the insurer’s presence shall not be disclosed to the jury in a subsequent trial.

History: s. 12, ch. 76-266; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 542, 563, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 38, ch. 90-119; ss. 37, 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 206.24 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.24
206.24 Department and agents may make arrests, seize property, and execute warrants.
Status: in_force

(1) The department and its deputies, agents, and employees may make arrests without warrants for any violation of the provisions of this part. Any person arrested for violation of any provision of this part shall be surrendered without delay to the sheriff of the county in which the arrest was made and formal complaint made against him or her, in accordance with law.

(2) The department and its deputies, agents, and employees also may seize property as set out in ss. 206.205, 206.21, and 206.215, and upon said seizure being made shall surrender without delay such seized property to the sheriff of the county where said property was seized for further procedure as set out in said sections.

(3) When the department deems advisable, it may direct the warrant provided for in s. 206.075 to one of the said department’s deputies, agents, and employees who shall then execute said warrant and proceed thereon in the same manner provided for sheriffs in such cases.

History: s. 25, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(85); s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 1074, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 400.9982 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part XI / Section 400.9982
400.9982 Rules establishing standards.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that rules adopted and enforced pursuant to this part and part II of chapter 408 include criteria to ensure reasonable and consistent quality of care and client safety. The rules should make reasonable efforts to accommodate the needs and preferences of the client to enhance the client’s quality of life while residing in a transitional living facility.

(2) The agency may adopt and enforce rules to implement this part and part II of chapter 408, which may include reasonable and fair criteria with respect to: (a) The location of transitional living facilities. (b) The qualifications of personnel, including management, medical, nursing, and other professional personnel and nursing assistants and support staff, who are responsible for client care. The licensee must employ enough qualified professional staff to carry out and monitor interventions in accordance with the stated goals and objectives of each comprehensive treatment plan. (c) Requirements for personnel procedures, reporting procedures, and documentation necessary to implement this part. (d) Services provided to clients of transitional living facilities. (e) The preparation and annual update of a comprehensive emergency management plan in consultation with the Division of Emergency Management. At a minimum, the rules must provide for plan components that address emergency evacuation transportation; adequate sheltering arrangements; postdisaster activities, including provision of emergency power, food, and water; postdisaster transportation; supplies; staffing; emergency equipment; individual identification of clients and transfer of records; communication with families; and responses to family inquiries.

History: s. 1, ch. 2015-25.
Fla. Stat. § 258.435 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 258 / Part II / Section 258.435
258.435 Use of aquatic preserves for the accommodation of visitors.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall promote the public use of aquatic preserves and their associated uplands. The department may receive gifts and donations to carry out the purpose of this part. Moneys received in trust by the department by gift, devise, appropriation, or otherwise, subject to the terms of such trust, shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund and appropriated to the department for the administration, development, improvement, promotion, and maintenance of aquatic preserves and their associated uplands and for any future acquisition or development of aquatic preserves and their associated uplands.

(2) The department may grant a privilege or concession for the accommodation of visitors in and use of aquatic preserves and their associated state-owned uplands if the privilege or concession does not deny or interfere with the public’s access to such lands and is compatible with the aquatic preserve’s management plan as approved by the Acquisition and Restoration Council. Moneys received by the department under this subsection shall be deposited into the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. A concession must be granted based on business plans, qualifications, approach, and specified expectations or criteria. A privilege or concession may not be assigned or transferred by the grantee without the consent of the department.

(3) Upon submittal to the department of a proposed concession or privilege, the department shall post a description of the proposed concession or privilege on the department’s website, including a description of the activity to occur under the proposed concession or privilege, the time of year that the activity would take place, and the location of the activity. Once the description of the proposed privilege or concession is posted on the department’s website and at least 60 days before execution of a privilege or concession agreement, the department shall provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed privilege or concession agreement.

History: s. 13, ch. 2014-151; s. 19, ch. 2015-229.
Fla. Stat. § 395.1052 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 395 / Part I / Section 395.1052
395.1052 Patient access to primary care and specialty providers; notification.
Status: in_force

A hospital shall:

(1) Notify each patient’s primary care provider, if any, within 24 hours after the patient’s admission to the hospital.

(2) Inform the patient immediately upon admission that he or she may request to have the hospital’s treating physician consult with the patient’s primary care provider or specialist provider, if any, when developing the patient’s plan of care. Upon the patient’s request, the hospital’s treating physician shall make reasonable efforts to consult with the patient’s primary care provider or specialist provider when developing the patient’s plan of care.

(3) Notify the patient’s primary care provider, if any, of the patient’s discharge from the hospital within 24 hours after the discharge.

(4) Provide the discharge summary and any related information or records to the patient’s primary care provider, if any, within 14 days after the patient’s discharge summary has been completed.

History: s. 5, ch. 2019-138.
Fla. Stat. § 632.632 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 632 / Section 632.632
632.632 Foreign or alien society; admission.
Status: in_force

No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the office. Any such society desiring admission to this state shall have the qualifications required of domestic societies organized under this chapter. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state upon filing with the office:

(1) A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation;

(2) A copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer;

(3) A power of attorney to the office;

(4) A copy of its most recent annual statement certified under oath by its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the commission;

(5) A copy of an examination report conducted within the most recent 3-year period by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province, or country, satisfactory to the office;

(6) Certification from the proper official of its home state, territory, province, or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business therein;

(7) Copies of its certificate forms; and

(8) Such other information as the office may deem necessary;

and upon a showing satisfactory to the office that its assets are invested in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

History: ss. 4, 6, ch. 86-140; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1388, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 43.30 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 43 / Section 43.30
43.30 Divisions of court.
Status: in_force

All courts except the Supreme Court may sit in divisions as may be established by local rule approved by the Supreme Court.

History: s. 25, ch. 72-404.
Fla. Stat. § 259.06 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 259 / Section 259.06
259.06 Construction.
Status: in_force

The provisions of ss. 259.01-259.06 shall be liberally construed in a manner to accomplish the purposes thereof.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-300.
Fla. Stat. § 497.002 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part I / Section 497.002
497.002 Purpose and intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature recognizes that purchasers of preneed burial rights, funeral or burial merchandise, or funeral or burial services may suffer serious economic harm if purchase money is not set aside for future use as intended by the purchaser and that the failure to maintain cemetery grounds properly may cause significant emotional stress. Therefore, it is necessary in the interest of the public welfare to regulate preneed sales and cemeteries in this state. However, restrictions shall be imposed only to the extent necessary to protect the public from significant or discernible harm or damage and not in a manner which will unreasonably affect the competitive market.

(2) Subject to certain interests of society, the Legislature finds that every competent adult has the right to control the decisions relating to her or his own funeral arrangements. Accordingly, unless otherwise stated herein, it is the Legislature’s express intent that nothing contained in this chapter should be construed or interpreted in any manner as to subject preneed contract purchasers to federal income taxation under the grantor trust rules contained in ss. 671 et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(3) The Legislature deems it necessary in the interest of public health and safety to establish minimum qualifications for entry into the professions and occupations of embalming, funeral directing, cremation, direct disposition, and monument sales; to regulate such activities; and to provide for swift and effective discipline for those practitioners who violate the law.

History: ss. 2, 40, ch. 80-238; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 37, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 1, ch. 96-400; s. 1141, ch. 97-103; s. 4, ch. 2004-301.
Fla. Stat. § 1004.01 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1004 / Part I / Section 1004.01
1004.01 Statement of purpose and mission.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds it in the public interest to provide a system of postsecondary education which is of the highest possible quality; which enables all students to participate in the search for knowledge and individual development; which stresses undergraduate teaching as its main priority; which offers selected professional, graduate, and research programs with emphasis on state and national needs; which fosters diversity of educational opportunity; which promotes service to the public; which makes effective and efficient use of human and physical resources; which functions cooperatively with other educational institutions and systems; and which promotes internal coordination and the wisest possible use of resources.

(2) The mission of the state system of postsecondary education is to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses, and to develop in students heightened intellectual, cultural, and humane sensitivities; scientific, professional, and technological expertise; and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training, and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition.

History: s. 159, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 627.7276 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XI / Section 627.7276
627.7276 Notice of limited coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) An automobile policy that does not contain coverage for bodily injury and property damage must include a notice that such coverage is not included in the policy in the following manner: “THIS POLICY DOES NOT PROVIDE BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY INSURANCE OR ANY OTHER COVERAGE FOR WHICH A SPECIFIC PREMIUM CHARGE IS NOT MADE, AND DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW.”

(2) This notice must appear on the policy declaration page and be printed in bold type.

History: s. 11, ch. 2000-370; s. 10, ch. 2023-217.
Fla. Stat. § 180.16 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 180 / Section 180.16
180.16 Acquisition by municipality of property of private company.
Status: in_force

When a municipality has granted to a private company or corporation a privilege or franchise, as set forth in s. 180.14, if at the expiration of the term of the privilege or franchise and after petition of the private company or corporation, the municipality fails or refuses to renew the privilege or franchise, then upon further petition of the private company or corporation, its property, consisting of all the works constructed and used in the operation and use of the utility, together with the appurtenances, materials, fixtures, machinery, and real estate appertaining thereto, which is on hand at the time of the expiration of said privilege or franchise, shall be purchased by the said municipality at a price to be mutually agreed upon; provided, however, if the price for same cannot be agreed upon, the price shall be determined by an arbitration board consisting of three persons, one of whom shall be selected by the city council or other legislative body, one shall be appointed by the private company or corporation, and the two persons so selected shall select a third member of said board; and provided further, that in the event said board cannot agree as to the price to be paid by the said municipality, then the municipality shall file appropriate condemnation proceedings under chapter 73, within 6 months after the date of filing the original petition.

History: s. 10, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(15).