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Fla. Stat. § 206.12 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.12
206.12 Retention of records; all persons that purchase, import, export, use, sell, or store motor fuel.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person shall maintain and keep such record of motor fuel received, used, transferred, sold, and delivered within this state by such person, together with invoices, bills of lading, and other pertinent records and papers, as may be required by the department for the reasonable administration of the motor fuel tax laws of this state. Records shall include all import and export documentation, all records necessary to provide evidence of exemptions claimed as a result of use, sale, or export, or through the sale, use, or storage of diesel fuels exempted for meeting dyeing requirements in part II. Each licensee or any other person who purchases, imports, exports, stores, sells, or uses motor fuel shall preserve such records as long as required by s. 213.35. This section shall not apply to noncommercial retail purchases of tax-paid fuel in quantities of 100 gallons or less. All purchases made by commercial and agricultural users shall be covered by this section.

(2) If any person required to maintain records by this chapter does not have adequate records of sales, use, imports, exports, transfers, exchanges, loans, or purchases, the department shall advise the person as to the adequacy of the records, and test or make a reasonable examination of the person’s available records or other available information relating to the sales or purchases made by such person for a representative period. This subsection does not affect the duty of the terminal supplier, terminal operator, importer, exporter, wholesaler, or dealer to collect, or the liability of any person to pay, any tax imposed by this part. The department shall provide the person with information concerning the method and extent of the test or reasonable examination.

(3) If the records of a person are adequate but voluminous in nature and substance, the department may use a representative sample of such records and estimate the audit findings derived therefrom for the entire audit period. The department must first make a good faith effort to reach an agreement with the person which provides for the means and methods to be used in the examination process. In the event that no agreement is reached, the person is entitled to a review by the executive director or the appropriate designee.

History: s. 8, ch. 16082, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(69), 7794(7); 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. 1, ch. 80-104; s. 92, ch. 85-342; s. 7, ch. 88-119; s. 92, ch. 90-136; s. 3, ch. 90-351; s. 21, ch. 95-417.
Fla. Stat. § 839.15 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 839 / Section 839.15
839.15 Judicial officer withholding records.
Status: in_force

Any justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the circuit court who, upon resignation or on being impeached, fails to file all papers and records in her or his possession belonging to her or his court with the proper clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 3, ch. 3007, 1877; RS 2573; GS 3486; RGS 5361; CGL 7496; s. 1025, ch. 71-136; s. 32, ch. 73-334; s. 1325, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 634.321 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.321
634.321 Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of sales representatives.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may, in its discretion, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue the license or appointment of any sales representative if it is found that any one or more of the following grounds applicable to the sales representative exist under circumstances for which such denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal is not mandatory under s. 634.320: (a) Any cause for which granting of the license or appointment could have been refused had it then existed and been known to the department. (b) Violation of any provision of this part, or of any other law applicable to the business of warranties, in the course of dealings under the license or appointment. (c) Violation of any lawful order or rule of the department or commission. (d) Failure or refusal to pay over, upon demand, to any home warranty association or insurer the sales representative represents or has represented any money coming into her or his hands which belongs to the association or insurer. (e) In the conduct of business under the license or appointment, engaging in unfair methods of competition or in unfair or deceptive acts or practices, as such methods, acts, or practices are or may be defined under this part, or otherwise showing herself or himself to be a source of injury or loss to the public or detriment to the public interest. (f) Failure to report to the department within 30 days the final disposition of an administrative action taken against a sales representative by a governmental agency or other regulatory agency in this state or any other state or jurisdiction relating to the business of insurance, the sale of securities, or an activity involving fraud, dishonesty, trustworthiness, or breach of a fiduciary duty. The sales representative must submit a copy of the order, consent to order, or other relevant legal documents to the department.

(2) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-339; s. 3, ch. 81-148; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 20, 32, 33, 34, ch. 83-323; s. 1, ch. 84-94; s. 51, ch. 88-166; s. 40, ch. 91-106; s. 146, ch. 91-108; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 472, ch. 97-102; s. 1470, ch. 2003-261; s. 48, ch. 2023-144.
Fla. Stat. § 672.103 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part I / Section 672.103
672.103 Definitions and index of definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. (b) “Good faith” in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade. (c) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them. (d) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.

(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter, or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are: “Acceptance,” s. 672.606. “Banker’s credit,” s. 672.325. “Between merchants,” s. 672.104. “Cancellation,” s. 672.106(4). “Commercial unit,” s. 672.105. “Confirmed credit,” s. 672.325. “Conforming to contract,” s. 672.106. “Contract for sale,” s. 672.106. “Cover,” s. 672.712. “Entrusting,” s. 672.403. “Financing agency,” s. 672.104. “Future goods,” s. 672.105. “Goods,” s. 672.105. “Identification,” s. 672.501. “Installment contract,” s. 672.612. “Letter of credit,” s. 672.325. “Lot,” s. 672.105. “Merchant,” s. 672.104. “Overseas,” s. 672.323. “Person in position of seller,” s. 672.707. “Present sale,” s. 672.106. “Sale,” s. 672.106. “Sale on approval,” s. 672.326. “Sale or return,” s. 672.326. “Termination,” s. 672.106.

(3) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter: “Check,” s. 673.1041. “Consignee,” s. 677.102. “Consignor,” s. 677.102. “Consumer goods,” s. 679.1021. “Control,” s. 677.106. “Dishonor,” s. 673.5021. “Draft,” s. 673.1041.

(4) In addition chapter 671 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 5, ch. 92-82; s. 11, ch. 2001-198; s. 5, ch. 2010-131; s. 152, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 573.116 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 573 / Section 573.116
573.116 Limited marketing orders.
Status: in_force

A marketing order issued by the department may be limited in application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of the state in which a particular order shall be effective, provided that no marketing order shall be issued by the department unless it embraces all persons of a like class who are engaged in a specific and distinctive agricultural industry or trade within the prescribed marketing area or portion of the state in which a particular order shall be effective.

History: ss. 16, 26, ch. 87-171; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 660.417 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 660 / Section 660.417
660.417 Investment of fiduciary funds in investment instruments; permissible activity under certain circumstances; limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to other investments authorized by law for the investment of funds held by a fiduciary, or by the instrument governing the fiduciary relationship, a bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary, agent or otherwise may, in the exercise of its investment discretion or at the direction of another person authorized to direct investment of funds held by the bank or trust company as fiduciary, invest and reinvest in investment instruments so long as the investment instruments consist substantially of investments not prohibited by the governing instrument.

(2) The fact that such bank or trust company or an affiliate of the bank or trust company provides services with respect to investment instruments such as that of an investment adviser, administrator, broker, custodian, transfer agent, placement agent, servicing agent, registrar, underwriter, sponsor, distributor, or manager or in any other capacity, and is receiving reasonable compensation for those services, shall not preclude such bank or trust company from investing or reinvesting in investment instruments. However, with respect to any funds so invested, the basis (expressed as a percentage of asset value or otherwise) upon which such compensation is calculated shall be disclosed (by prospectus, account statement or otherwise) to all persons to whom statements of such account are rendered.

(3) The fact that such bank or trust company or an affiliate of the bank or trust company owns or controls investment instruments shall not preclude the bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary from investing or reinvesting in such investment instruments, provided such investment instruments: (a) Are held for sale by the bank or trust company or by an affiliate of the bank or trust company in the ordinary course of its business of providing investment services to its customers and do not include any such interests held by the bank or trust company or by an affiliate of the bank or trust company for its own account. (b) When sold to accounts for which the bank or trust company is acting as a trustee of a trust as defined in s. 731.201: 1. Are available for sale to accounts of other customers; and 2. If sold to other customers, are not sold to the trust accounts upon terms that are less favorable to the buyer than the terms upon which they are normally sold to the other customers.

History: s. 147, ch. 92-303; s. 18, ch. 2006-217; s. 1, ch. 2007-153; s. 158, ch. 2008-4; s. 19, ch. 2009-115.
Fla. Stat. § 250.28 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 250 / Part I / Section 250.28
250.28 Military support to civil authorities.
Status: in_force

When an invasion or insurrection in the state is made or threatened, or whenever there exists a threat to security, a terrorist threat or attack, a riot, a mob, an unlawful assembly, a breach of the peace, or resistance to the execution of the laws of the state, or imminent danger thereof, which civil authorities are unable to suppress, the Governor, or in case the Governor cannot be reached and the emergency will not permit awaiting his or her orders, the successor as provided in s. 14.055, or, if the appropriate successor cannot be reached and the emergency will not permit awaiting his or her orders, the Adjutant General, shall issue an order to the officer in command of the body of troops best suited for the duty for which a military force is required, directing the officer to proceed with the troops, or as many as necessary, with all possible promptness, to respond to the invasion, insurrection, threat to security, terrorist threat or attack, riot, mob, unlawful assembly, breach of the peace, or resistance to execution of the laws of the state.

History: s. 32, ch. 8502, 1921; s. 5, ch. 9337, 1923; CGL 2044; s. 1, ch. 25112, 1949; s. 5, ch. 91-139; s. 105, ch. 95-148; s. 23, ch. 2003-68.
Fla. Stat. § 713.165 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part I / Section 713.165
713.165 Request for list of subcontractors and suppliers.
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of real property may request from the contractor a list of all subcontractors and suppliers who have any contract with the contractor to furnish any material or to perform any service for the contractor with respect to the owner’s real property or improvement to the real property. The request must be in writing and delivered by registered or certified mail to the address of the contractor shown in the contract or the recorded notice of commencement.

(2) The contractor must within 10 days after receipt of the property owner’s written request, furnish to the property owner or the property owner’s agent a list of the subcontractors and suppliers who have a contract with the contractor as of the date the request is received by the contractor. If the contractor fails to furnish the list, the contractor thereby forfeits the contractor’s right to assert a lien against the owner’s property to the extent the owner is prejudiced by the contractor’s failure to furnish the list or by any omissions from the list.

(3) A list furnished under this section shall not constitute a notice to owner.

History: s. 7, ch. 95-240.
Fla. Stat. § 604.27 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 604 / Section 604.27
604.27 Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34 and enforce same.

History: s. 14, ch. 20678, 1941; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 12, 14, ch. 79-238; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 6, ch. 85-36; ss. 9, 10, ch. 90-161; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 316.2004 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.2004
316.2004 Obstruction to driver’s view or driving mechanism.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

(2)(a) No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver’s view ahead or to the sides or with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle. (b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows of such vehicle which materially obstructs, obscures, or impairs the driver’s clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.

(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 318, ch. 95-148; s. 151, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 415.1105 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 415 / Section 415.1105
415.1105 Training programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, within available resources, provide appropriate preservice and inservice training for adult protective investigation staff.

(2) Within available resources, the department shall cooperate with other appropriate agencies in developing and providing preservice and inservice training programs for those persons specified in s. 415.1034(1)(a).

History: s. 110, ch. 95-418; s. 65, ch. 2013-18.
Fla. Stat. § 400.935 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part VII / Section 400.935
400.935 Rules establishing minimum standards.
Status: in_force

The agency shall adopt, publish, and enforce rules to implement this part and part II of chapter 408, which must provide reasonable and fair minimum standards relating to:

(1) The qualifications and minimum training requirements of all home medical equipment provider personnel.

(2) Financial ability to operate.

(3) The administration of the home medical equipment provider.

(4) Procedures for maintaining patient records.

(5) Ensuring that the home medical equipment and services provided by a home medical equipment provider are in accordance with the plan of treatment established for each patient, when provided as a part of a plan of treatment.

(6) Contractual arrangements for the provision of home medical equipment and services by providers not employed by the home medical equipment provider providing for the consumer’s needs.

(7) Physical location and zoning requirements.

(8) Home medical equipment requiring home medical equipment services.

(9) Preparation of the comprehensive emergency management plan under s. 400.934 and the establishment of minimum criteria for the plan, including the maintenance of patient equipment and supply lists that can accompany patients who are transported from their homes. Such rules shall be formulated in consultation with the Department of Health and the Division of Emergency Management.

History: s. 1, ch. 99-189; s. 27, ch. 2006-71; s. 111, ch. 2007-230; s. 279, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 475.31 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 475 / Part I / Section 475.31
475.31 Final orders.
Status: in_force

(1) An order revoking or suspending the license of a broker shall automatically cause the licenses of all sales associates and broker associates registered with the broker, and, if a partnership or corporation, of all members, officers, and directors thereof to become involuntarily inactive, while the license of the broker is inoperative or until new employment or connection is secured.

(2) The commission may publish and distribute in such manner and form as it may prescribe any of its final orders or decisions made under this chapter, after they become final by lapse of time or upon affirmance on appeal, or opinions of appellate courts for the guidance of registrants and the public; and it may publish or withhold from publication the names and addresses of any parties concerned. This subsection shall not be construed to affect the operation of chapter 119.

History: s. 33, ch. 12223, 1927; CGL 4094; s. 2, ch. 22861, 1945; s. 8, ch. 24090, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 3, ch. 59-197; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 3, ch. 77-355; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 48, ch. 78-95; ss. 21, 42, 43, ch. 79-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 23, 38, ch. 82-1; ss. 14, 28, 30, ch. 88-20; s. 10, ch. 91-89; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 11, ch. 93-261; s. 37, ch. 2003-164.
Fla. Stat. § 459.0083 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 459 / Section 459.0083
459.0083 Confidentiality of certain information contained in physician workforce surveys.
Status: in_force

All personal identifying information contained in records provided by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter in response to physician workforce surveys required as a condition of license renewal and held by the Department of Health is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Information made confidential and exempt by this section shall be disclosed:

(1) With the express written consent of the individual to whom the information pertains or the individual’s legally authorized representative.

(2) By court order upon a showing of good cause.

(3) To a research entity, if the entity seeks the records or data pursuant to a research protocol approved by the Department of Health, maintains the records or data in accordance with the approved protocol, and enters into a purchase and data-use agreement with the department, the fee provisions of which are consistent with s. 119.07(4). The department may deny a request for records or data if the protocol provides for intrusive follow-back contacts, does not plan for the destruction of confidential records after the research is concluded, is administratively burdensome, or does not have scientific merit. The agreement must restrict the release of information that would identify individuals, must limit the use of records or data to the approved research protocol, and must prohibit any other use of the records or data. Copies of records or data issued pursuant to this subsection remain the property of the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 2007-96; s. 2, ch. 2012-220.
Fla. Stat. § 517.101 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 517 / Section 517.101
517.101 Consent to service.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon any initial application for registration under s. 517.081 or s. 517.082 or upon request of the office, the issuer shall file with such application the irrevocable written consent of the issuer that in suits, proceedings, and actions growing out of the violation of any provision of this chapter, the service on the office of a notice, process, or pleading therein, authorized by the laws of this state, shall be as valid and binding as if due service had been made on the issuer.

(2) Any such action must be brought either in the county of the plaintiff’s residence or in the county in which the office has its official headquarters. The written consent must be authenticated by the seal of the issuer, if it has a seal, and by the acknowledged signature of a director, manager, managing member, general partner, trustee, or officer of the issuer and must be accompanied by a duly certified copy of the resolution of the issuer’s board of directors, trustees, managers, managing members, or general partners authorizing the signer to execute the consent. In case any process or pleadings mentioned in this chapter are served upon the office, service must be by duplicate copies, one of which must be filed in the office and the other immediately forwarded by the office by registered mail to the principal office of the issuer against which the process or pleadings are directed.

History: s. 3, ch. 78-435; s. 5, ch. 80-254; s. 392, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 90-362; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 4, ch. 96-338; s. 7, ch. 97-224; s. 591, ch. 2003-261; s. 11, ch. 2024-168.
Fla. Stat. § 252.925 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 252 / Part III / Section 252.925
252.925 Limitation.
Status: in_force

Any party state requested to render mutual aid or exercises and training for mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that it is understood that the state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such state. Each party state shall afford to the emergency forces of any other party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers (except those powers of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state), duties, rights, and privileges as are afforded forces of the state in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or commencement of exercises and/or training for mutual aid and shall continue so long as the exercises and/or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or disaster remains in effect, or loaned resources remain in the receiving states, whichever is longer.

History: s. 1, ch. 96-244.