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Fla. Stat. § 255.60 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.60
255.60 Special contracts with charitable or not-for-profit organizations.
Status: in_force

The state, the governing body of any political subdivision of the state, or a public-private partnership is authorized, but not required, to contract for public service work with a not-for-profit organization or charitable youth organization, notwithstanding competitive sealed bid procedures required under this chapter, chapter 287, or any municipal or county charter, upon compliance with this section.

(1) The contractor or supplier must meet the following conditions: (a) The contractor or supplier must be a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under chapter 617 and in good standing. (b) The contractor or supplier must hold exempt status under s. 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as an organization described in s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (c) For youth organizations, the corporate charter of the contractor or supplier must state that the corporation is organized as a charitable not-for-profit organization exclusively for at-risk youths enrolled in a work-study program. (d) Administrative salaries and benefits for any such corporation shall not exceed 15 percent of gross revenues. Field supervisors shall not be considered administrative overhead.

(2) The contract, if approved by authorized agency personnel of the state, the governing body of a political subdivision, or the public-private partnership, as appropriate, must provide at a minimum that: (a) For youth organizations, labor shall be performed exclusively by at-risk youth and their direct supervisors; and shall not be subject to subcontracting. (b) For the preservation, maintenance, and improvement of park land, the property must be at least 20 acres with contiguous public facilities that are capable of seating at least 5,000 people in a permanent structure. (c) For public education buildings, the building must be at least 90,000 square feet. (d) Payment must be production-based. (e) The contract will terminate should the contractor or supplier no longer qualify under subsection (1). (f) The supplier or contractor has instituted a drug-free workplace program substantially in compliance with the provisions of s. 287.087. (g) The contractor or supplier agrees to be subject to review and audit at the discretion of the Auditor General in order to ensure that the contractor or supplier has complied with this section.

(3) A contract under this section may not exceed the annual sum of $250,000.

(4) Should a court find that a contract purporting to have been entered into pursuant to this section does not so qualify, the court may order that the contract be terminated on reasonable notice to the parties. The court shall not require disgorgement of any moneys earned for goods or services actually delivered or supplied.

(5) Nothing in this section shall excuse any person from compliance with ss. 287.132-287.134.

History: s. 1, ch. 2003-113; s. 1, ch. 2013-223; s. 35, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 873.01 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 873 / Section 873.01
873.01 Purchase or sale of human organs and tissue prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall knowingly offer to purchase or sell, or purchase, sell, or otherwise transfer, any human organ or tissue for valuable consideration.

(2) No for-profit corporation or any employee thereof shall transfer or arrange for the transfer of any human body part for valuable consideration.

(3)(a) The human organs and tissues subject to the provisions of this section are the eye, cornea, kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone, and skin or any other organ or tissue adopted by rule by the Agency for Health Care Administration for this purpose. (b) As used in this section, the term “valuable consideration” does not include the reasonable costs associated with the removal, storage, and transportation of a human organ or tissue.

(4) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-264; s. 3, ch. 87-372; s. 298, ch. 99-8.
Fla. Stat. § 924.055 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 924 / Section 924.055
924.055 Postconviction review in capital cases; legislative findings and intent.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce delays in capital cases and to ensure that all appeals and postconviction actions in capital cases are resolved as soon as possible after the date a sentence of death is imposed in the circuit court. A person sentenced to death or that person’s capital postconviction counsel must file any postconviction legal action in compliance with the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

History: s. 8, ch. 96-290; s. 5, ch. 2000-3; s. 13, ch. 2013-216.
Fla. Stat. § 350.123 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.123
350.123 Oaths; depositions; protective orders.
Status: in_force

The commission may administer oaths, take depositions, issue protective orders, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence necessary for the purpose of any investigation or proceeding. Challenges to, and enforcement of, such subpoenas and orders shall be handled as provided in s. 120.569.

History: ss. 3, 6, ch. 80-289; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 6, ch. 87-50; s. 91, ch. 96-410.
Fla. Stat. § 601.70 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 601 / Section 601.70
601.70 Inspection of records by Department of Agriculture.
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture or its duly authorized agents have the right to inspect all accounts, records, and memoranda of any citrus fruit dealer required to be kept under this chapter. If any such citrus fruit dealer refuses to permit such inspection, the Department of Agriculture may publish the facts and circumstances and by order suspend the license of the offender until permission to make such inspection is given.

History: s. 70, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 65-79; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 3, ch. 85-129; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 53, ch. 2012-182.
Fla. Stat. § 569.007 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 569 / Part I / Section 569.007
569.007 Sale or delivery of tobacco products; restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to prevent persons under 21 years of age from purchasing or receiving tobacco products, the sale or delivery of tobacco products is prohibited, except: (a) When under the direct control or line of sight of the dealer or the dealer’s agent or employee; or (b) Sales from a vending machine are prohibited under the provisions of paragraph (1)(a) and are only permissible from a machine that is equipped with an operational lockout device which is under the control of the dealer or the dealer’s agent or employee who directly regulates the sale of items through the machine by triggering the lockout device to allow the dispensing of one tobacco product. The lockout device must include a mechanism to prevent the machine from functioning if the power source for the lockout device fails or if the lockout device is disabled and a mechanism to ensure that only one tobacco product is dispensed at a time.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to an establishment that prohibits persons under 21 years of age on the licensed premises.

(3) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to the sale or delivery of cigars and pipe tobacco.

(4) A dealer or a dealer’s agent or employee must require proof of age of a purchaser of a tobacco product before selling the product to that person, unless the purchaser appears to be 30 years of age or older.

(5) A wholesale dealer or distributing agent, as those terms are defined in s. 210.01, or a distributor, as defined in s. 210.25, may sell or deliver tobacco products only to dealers who have permits.

History: s. 7, ch. 92-285; s. 53, ch. 95-144; s. 11, ch. 97-162; s. 11, ch. 2021-14.
Fla. Stat. § 958.07 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 958 / Section 958.07
958.07 Presentence report; access by defendant.
Status: in_force

The defendant is entitled to an opportunity to present to the court facts which would materially affect the decision of the court to adjudicate the defendant a youthful offender. The defendant, his or her attorney, and the state shall be entitled to inspect all factual material contained in the comprehensive presentence report or diagnostic reports prepared or received by the department. The victim, the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is a minor, the lawful representative of the victim or of the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is a minor, or the victim’s next of kin in the case of a homicide may review the presentence investigation report as provided in s. 960.001(1)(g)2. The court may withhold from disclosure to the defendant and his or her attorney sources of information which have been obtained through a promise of confidentiality. In all cases in which parts of the report are not disclosed, the court shall state for the record the reasons for its action and shall inform the defendant and his or her attorney that information has not been disclosed.

History: s. 8, ch. 78-84; s. 102, ch. 94-209; s. 1704, ch. 97-102; s. 2, ch. 2001-209.
Fla. Stat. § 265.601 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 265 / Section 265.601
265.601 Cultural Endowment Program; short title.
Status: in_force

Sections 265.601-265.606 may be cited as the “Cultural Endowment Program.”

History: s. 1, ch. 85-152; s. 2, ch. 96-386; s. 38, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 620.2106 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.2106
620.2106 Merger.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership may merge with one or more other constituent organizations pursuant to this section and ss. 620.2107-620.2109 and a plan of merger, if: (a) The governing law of each of the other organizations authorizes the merger. (b) The merger is permitted by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted each of those governing laws. (c) Each of the other organizations complies with its governing law in effecting the merger.

(2) A plan of merger must be in a record and must include: (a) The name and form of each constituent organization. (b) The name and form of the surviving organization. (c) The terms and conditions of the merger, including the manner and basis for converting the interests in each constituent organization into any combination of money, interests in the surviving organization, and other consideration. (d) Any amendments to be made by the merger to the surviving organization’s organizational documents.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 216.137 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 216 / Section 216.137
216.137 Sessions of consensus estimating conferences; workpapers.
Status: in_force

(1) SESSIONS. — A session of a consensus estimating conference may be convened as follows: (a) For the Governor. — A session may be convened at the call of the Executive Office of the Governor to develop official information on behalf of the Governor for use in preparing his or her legislative budget recommendations. (b) For the Legislature. — A session may be convened at the call of a principal who represents the Legislature or his or her designee to develop official information on behalf of the Legislature for use in its budget deliberations. (c) To review official information. — After adequate notice, a session may be convened at the call of any principal to review and reconsider any official information of the conference that the principal feels is no longer valid. Any participant in the conference may notify a principal in writing if the participant feels that any official information of the conference is no longer valid. The principal shall review the matter and, if he or she feels that a session of the conference is warranted, convene the conference for the purpose of reviewing and reconsidering such official information. (d) To consider special impacts. — After adequate notice, any principal may call a special impact session of the conference to develop official information which reflects specific changes or proposed changes relating to the area of responsibility of the conference.

(2) FINAL SESSIONS. — Following each regular session of the Legislature, each consensus estimating conference shall convene to revise its official information to reflect changes made in the law. The official information developed at this final session of the conference shall be published by the conference and shall constitute the official information of the conference until the adjournment of the next estimating conference. The principal who is responsible for presiding over the conference shall prepare a final report relating to the official information of the conference. The report shall be completed within 2 working days after the final session of the conference adjourns. It is the official information developed at this final session of the conference and at each estimating conference that shall be monitored by the principals.

(3) WORKPAPERS. — The principal who is responsible for presiding over the session of a consensus estimating conference, or his or her designee, is responsible for preparing and distributing the necessary workpapers prior to the meetings of the conference. Any principal may cancel a meeting of the conference if such workpapers have not been distributed prior to the meeting. The workpapers shall include comparisons between alternative information when such comparisons are warranted.

History: s. 5, ch. 85-26; s. 1161, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 403.7065 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part IV / Section 403.7065
403.7065 Procurement of products or materials with recycled content.
Status: in_force

(1) Any state agency or agency of a political subdivision of the state which is using state funds, or any person contracting with any such agency with respect to work performed under contract, is required to procure products or materials with recycled content when the Department of Management Services determines that those products or materials are available. A decision not to procure such items must be based on the Department of Management Services’ determination that such procurement is not reasonably available within an acceptable period of time, fails to meet the performance standards set forth in the applicable specifications, or fails to meet the performance standards of the agency.

(2) For the purposes of this section, “recycled content” means materials that have been recycled that are contained in the products or materials to be procured, including, but not limited to, paper, aluminum, steel, plastic, glass, and composted material. The term does not include the virgin component of internally generated scrap that is commonly used in the industrial or manufacturing processes from which it was generated or waste or scrap purchased from another manufacturer who manufactures the same or a closely related product.

History: s. 2, ch. 83-293; s. 12, ch. 88-130; s. 32, ch. 90-268; s. 16, ch. 93-207; s. 104, ch. 98-279; s. 95, ch. 2020-2.
Fla. Stat. § 7.60 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.60
7.60 Sumter County.
Status: in_force

The boundary lines of Sumter County are as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the township line dividing townships seventeen and eighteen south, with the range line dividing ranges twenty-three and twenty-four east; thence west on said township line to the thread of the Withlacoochee River; thence southerly up the thread of said river to the junction therewith of the Little Withlacoochee River; thence southeasterly up the thread of the said Little Withlacoochee River to the head of the same; thence east to the range line dividing ranges twenty-two and twenty-three east; thence south on said range line to the thread of the Withlacoochee River; thence easterly along the thread of the said river to its intersection by the range line dividing ranges twenty-three and twenty-four east; thence north on said range line to the place of beginning.

History: s. 1, ch. 106, 1846; ss. 1, 2, ch. 107, 1847; s. 1, ch. 548, 1853; ch. 1848, 1871; s. 1, ch. 1895, 1872; s. 1, ch. 3771, 1887; s. 1, ch. 3932, 1889; RS 43; GS 41; RGS 45; CGL 47.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1509 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1509
617.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign his or her agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Department of State for filing a statement of resignation and mailing a copy of such statement to the corporation at the corporation’s principal office address shown in its most recent annual report or, if none, shown in its application for a certificate of authority or other most recently filed document. The statement of resignation must state that a copy of such statement has been mailed to the corporation at the address so stated. The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.

(2) The agency appointment is terminated as of the 31st day after the date on which the statement was filed and, unless otherwise provided in the statement, termination of the agency acts as a termination of the registered office.

History: s. 99, ch. 90-179; s. 68, ch. 93-281; s. 98, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 468.395 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part VI / Section 468.395
468.395 Conditions of recovery; eligibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Recovery from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund may be obtained as follows: (a) Any aggrieved person is eligible to receive recovery from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund if the Florida Board of Auctioneers has issued a final order directing an offending licensee to pay restitution to the claimant as the result of the licensee violating, within this state, any provision of s. 468.389 or any rule adopted by the board and if the board determined that the order of restitution cannot be enforced; or (b) Any aggrieved person who obtains a final judgment in any court against any licensee to recover damages for any actual loss that results from the violation, within this state, by a licensee of any provision of s. 468.389 or any rule adopted by the board may, upon termination of all proceedings, including appeals and proceedings supplemental to judgment for collection purposes, file a verified application to the board for an order directing payment out of the Auctioneer Recovery Fund of the amount of actual loss in the transaction that remains unpaid upon the judgment. The amount of actual loss may include court costs, but shall not include attorney’s fees or punitive damages awarded.

(2) The amount paid from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund may not exceed $50,000 per claim or claims arising out of the same transaction or auction or an aggregate lifetime limit of $100,000 with respect to any one licensee. For purposes of this subsection, auctions conducted under a single contract, agreement, or consignment shall be considered a single transaction or auction even though conducted at more than one time or place.

(3) A claim for recovery from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund shall be made within 2 years from the time of the act giving rise to the claim or within 2 years from the time the act is discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of due diligence; however, in no event may a claim for recovery be made more than 4 years after the date of the act giving rise to the claim.

(4) The board shall not issue an order for payment of a claim from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund unless the claimant has reasonably established to the board that she or he has taken proper and reasonable action to collect the amount of her or his claim from the licensee responsible for the loss and that any recovery made has been applied to reduce the amount of the claim on the Auctioneer Recovery Fund.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no claim based on any act or omission that occurred outside this state or that occurred before October 1, 1991, shall be payable from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund.

(6) In case of payment of loss from the Auctioneer Recovery Fund, the fund shall be subrogated, to the extent of the amount of the payment, to all the rights of the claimant against any licensee with respect to the loss.

History: ss. 11, 17, ch. 91-207; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 131, ch. 92-149; s. 304, ch. 97-103; s. 17, ch. 2000-356.
Fla. Stat. § 218.04 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 218 / Part I / Section 218.04
218.04 Proceedings relating to certain bonds sold, etc., to Federal Government validated.
Status: in_force

All proceedings heretofore taken in connection with the authorization or issuance of any issue of bonds, all or a part of which have heretofore been purchased by the United States through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, or an agreement for the purchase of all or a part of which has heretofore been entered into by the United States through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, issued or to be issued for the purpose of financing or aiding in the financing of any work, undertaking or project by any public body are validated, ratified, approved and confirmed notwithstanding any lack of power of such public body, or the governing board, council, commission or officers thereof, to authorize such bonds, or to execute the same, and notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in such proceedings or in such sale, execution or delivery, and all bonds heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to such proceedings shall constitute binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such public body.

History: s. 3, ch. 17750, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 1365(45).
Fla. Stat. § 620.2115 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.2115
620.2115 Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners.
Status: in_force

(1) A record limited partner may assert appraisal rights as to fewer than all the limited partner interests registered in the record limited partner’s name that are owned by a beneficial limited partner only if the record limited partner objects with respect to all limited partner interests of the class or series owned by that beneficial limited partner and notifies the limited partnership in writing of the name and address of each beneficial limited partner on whose behalf appraisal rights are being asserted. The rights of a record limited partner who asserts appraisal rights for only part of the limited partner interests of the class or series held of record in the record limited partner’s name under this subsection shall be determined as if the limited partner interests as to which the record limited partner objects and the record limited partner’s other limited partner interests were registered in the names of different record limited partners.

(2) A beneficial limited partner may assert appraisal rights as to a limited partner interest held on behalf of the partner only if such beneficial limited partner: (a) Submits to the limited partnership the record limited partner’s written consent to the assertion of such rights no later than the date referred to in s. 620.2118(2)(b)2. (b) Does so with respect to all limited partner interests of the class or series that are beneficially owned by the beneficial limited partner.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.