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Fla. Stat. § 493.6110 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 493 / Part I / Section 493.6110
493.6110 Licensee’s insurance.
Status: in_force

A Class “B” agency license may not be issued unless the applicant first files with the department a certification of insurance evidencing commercial general liability coverage. The coverage shall provide the department as an additional insured for the purpose of receiving all notices of modification or cancellation of such insurance. Coverage shall be written by an insurance company which is lawfully engaged to provide insurance coverage in Florida. Coverage shall provide for a combined single-limit policy in the amount of at least $300,000 for death, bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury. Coverage shall insure for the liability of all employees licensed by the department while acting in the course of their employment.

(1) The licensed agency shall notify the department of any claim against such insurance.

(2) The licensed agency shall notify the department immediately upon cancellation of the insurance policy, whether such cancellation was initiated by the insurance company or the insured agency.

(3) The agency license shall be automatically suspended upon the date of cancellation unless evidence of insurance is provided to the department prior to the effective date of cancellation.

History: ss. 2, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 4, ch. 91-248; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 2005-143.
Fla. Stat. § 328.37 — Florida Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 328 / Part I / Section 328.37
328.37 Validity of rights, duties, and interests flowing from law prior to ch. 2019-76.
Status: in_force

(1) The rights, duties, and interests flowing from a transaction, certificate of title, or record relating to a vessel which was validly entered into or created before the effective date of this act and would be subject to this act if it had been entered into or created on or after the effective date of this act remain valid on and after the effective date of this act.

(2) This act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before the effective date of this act.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a security interest that is enforceable immediately before the effective date of this act and would have priority over the rights of a person who becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under this act.

(4) A security interest perfected immediately before the effective date of this act remains perfected until the earlier of: (a) The time perfection would have ceased under the law under which the security interest was perfected; or (b) Three years after the effective date of this act.

(5) This act does not affect the priority of a security interest in a vessel if immediately before the effective date of this act the security interest is enforceable and perfected, and that priority is established.

History: s. 31, ch. 2019-76.
Fla. Stat. § 468.452 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part IX / Section 468.452
468.452 Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this part, the term:

(1) “Agent contract” means a contract or agreement in which a student athlete authorizes an athlete agent to represent the student in the marketing of the student’s athletic ability or athletic reputation.

(2) “Athlete agent” means a person who, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agent contract, or who, for any type of financial gain, procures, offers, promises, or attempts to obtain employment or promotional fees or benefits for a student athlete with a professional sports team or as a professional athlete, or with any promoter who markets or attempts to market the student athlete’s athletic ability or athletic reputation. This term includes all employees and other persons acting on behalf of an athlete agent who participate in the activities included under this subsection. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or guardian of the student athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professional sports team or professional sports organization.

(3) “Contact” means communication between an athlete agent and a student athlete, by whatever means, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of entering or soliciting entry into an agent contract.

(4) “Department” means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

(5) “Student athlete” means any student who: (a) Resides in Florida, has informed, in writing, a college or university of the student’s intent to participate in that school’s intercollegiate athletics, or who does participate in that school’s intercollegiate athletics and is eligible to do so; or (b) Does not reside in Florida, but has informed, in writing, a college or university in Florida of the student’s intent to participate in that school’s intercollegiate athletics, or who does participate in that school’s intercollegiate athletics and is eligible to do so.

(6) “Financial services” means the counseling on or the making or execution of investment and other financial decisions by the agent on behalf of the student athlete.

(7) “Participation” means practicing, competing, or otherwise representing a college or university in intercollegiate athletics.

History: s. 2, ch. 88-229; s. 1, ch. 89-296; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 30, ch. 94-119; s. 2, ch. 95-307; s. 1, ch. 2002-24.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1532 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1532
617.1532 Appeal from revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) If the Department of State revokes the authority of any foreign corporation to conduct its affairs in this state pursuant to the provisions of this act, such foreign corporation may likewise appeal to the circuit court of the county where the registered office of such corporation in this state is situated by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of its application for authority to conduct its affairs in this state and a copy of the certificate of revocation given by the Department of State, whereupon the matter shall be tried de novo by the court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the Department of State or direct the department to take such action as the court deems proper.

(2) Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the circuit court under this section in review of any ruling or decision of the Department of State may be taken as in other civil actions.

History: s. 105, ch. 90-179.
Fla. Stat. § 373.209 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part II / Section 373.209
373.209 Artesian wells; penalties for violation.
Status: in_force

(1) No owner, tenant, occupant, or person in control of an artesian well shall knowingly and intentionally: (a) Allow the well to flow continuously without a valve or mechanical device for checking or controlling the flow. (b) Permit the water to flow unnecessarily. (c) Pump a well unnecessarily. (d) Permit the water from the well to go to waste.

(2) A well is exempt from the provisions of this section unless the Department of Environmental Protection can show that the uncontrolled flow of water from the well does not have a reasonable-beneficial use, as defined in s. 373.019.

(3) Any person who violates this section is subject to either: (a) The remedial measures provided for in s. 373.436; or (b) A civil penalty of $150 a day for each and every day of such violation and for each and every act of violation. The civil penalty may be recovered by the water management board of the water management district in which the well is located or by the department in a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the defendant resides, in the county of residence of any defendant if there is more than one defendant, or in the county where the violation took place. The place of suit shall be selected by the board or department, and the suit, by direction of the board or department, shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the board or department by appropriate counsel. The payment of any such damages does not impair or abridge any cause of action which any person may have against the person violating this section.

(4) The penalties provided by this section shall apply notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary.

History: s. 2, ch. 28253, 1953; s. 323, ch. 71-136; s. 25, ch. 73-190; s. 1, ch. 74-279; s. 46, ch. 79-65; s. 146, ch. 79-400; s. 264, ch. 94-356; s. 93, ch. 95-143; s. 8, ch. 98-88; s. 8, ch. 2020-158.
Fla. Stat. § 23.22 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 23 / Part II / Section 23.22
23.22 Paperwork reduction; activities of departments.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to reduce the amount of paperwork associated with the collection of information from individuals, private sector organizations, and local governments and to provide more efficient and effective assistance to such individuals and organizations in completing necessary paperwork required by the government, each department head shall, to the extent feasible: (a) Integrate information systems between programs and departments to reduce the paperwork burden on such individuals, private sector organizations, and local governments. (b) Implement a department-wide paperwork review process designed to achieve the following outcomes: 1. Streamline information-collection processes that balance the cost and efficiency desired by the department with the cost and convenience to the reporting entities. 2. Ensure the reporting entities’ participation in the identification of data elements, the estimation of the paperwork burden on them, and the design of information-collection instruments and processes. 3. Collect information necessary for the performance of agency functions without duplicating other information accessible to the agency. (c) Coordinate information gathering through such techniques as one-stop permitting, licensing, and public services. (d) Design information collection forms and similar instruments to make them easy to understand and “user-friendly” to the individuals, private sector organizations, and local governments that are required to complete and return them. Departmental telephone numbers or electronic mail addresses for the public to obtain assistance in completing the forms must be provided on each form. (e) Evaluate existing and prospective statutes and rules for the paperwork burden they generate and seek modification of the statutes and rules to reduce the paperwork burden being placed on individuals, private sector organizations, and local government. (f) Collaborate with the Division of Library and Information Services, pursuant to s. 119.021(2), to identify and index records retention requirements placed on private sector organizations and local governments in Florida, clarify and reduce the requirements, and educate the affected entities through various communications media, including voice, data, video, radio, and image.

(2) Departments shall make available, upon request, a list of the initiatives taken to reduce paperwork associated with collecting information from individuals, private sector organizations, and local governments.

History: s. 3, ch. 96-390; s. 30, ch. 2004-335; s. 480, ch. 2011-142.
Fla. Stat. § 551.113 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 551 / Section 551.113
551.113 Persons prohibited from playing slot machines.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who has not attained 21 years of age may not play or operate a slot machine or have access to the designated slot machine gaming area of a facility of a slot machine licensee.

(2) A slot machine licensee or agent or employee of a slot machine licensee may not knowingly allow a person who has not attained 21 years of age: (a) To play or operate any slot machine. (b) To be employed in any position allowing or requiring access to the designated slot machine gaming area of a facility of a slot machine licensee. (c) To have access to the designated slot machine gaming area of a facility of a slot machine licensee.

(3) The licensed facility shall post clear and conspicuous signage within the designated slot machine gaming areas that states the following: THE PLAYING OF SLOT MACHINES BY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS AGAINST FLORIDA LAW (SECTION 551.113, FLORIDA STATUTES). PROOF OF AGE MAY BE REQUIRED AT ANY TIME.

History: s. 1, ch. 2005-362.
Fla. Stat. § 409.9025 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part III / Section 409.9025
409.9025 Eligibility while an inmate.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law other than s. 409.9021, in the event that a person who is an inmate in the state’s correctional system as defined in s. 944.02, in a county detention facility as defined in s. 951.23, or in a municipal detention facility as defined in s. 951.23 was in receipt of medical assistance under this chapter immediately prior to being admitted as an inmate, such person shall remain eligible for medical assistance while an inmate, except that no medical assistance shall be furnished under this chapter for any care, services, or supplies provided during such time as the person is an inmate; however, nothing in this section shall be deemed as preventing the provision of medical assistance for inpatient hospital services furnished to an inmate at a hospital outside of the premises of the inmate’s facility to the extent that federal financial participation is available for the costs of such services.

(2) Upon release from incarceration, such person shall continue to be eligible for receipt of medical assistance furnished under this chapter until such time as the person is otherwise determined to no longer be eligible for such assistance.

(3) To the extent permitted by federal law, the time during which such person is an inmate shall not be included in any calculation of when the person must recertify his or her eligibility for medical assistance in accordance with this chapter.

History: s. 1, ch. 2008-217.
Fla. Stat. § 337.26 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 337 / Section 337.26
337.26 Execution and effect of instruments of sale, lease, or conveyance executed by department.
Status: in_force

(1) An instrument of sale, lease, or conveyance executed in the name of the department, and signed by the department’s chief administrative officer of the district in which the property is located, or, if the property is located on the turnpike system, by the chief administrative officer of the Office of Florida Turnpike, when such authority has been delegated by the head of the department, with the corporate seal of the department affixed thereto, is effective to pass the title or interest of the state in the property conveyed.

(2) No instrument of conveyance by the department shall warrant the title to any property sold, leased, or conveyed.

History: s. 105, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 17, ch. 57-318; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 164, ch. 84-309; s. 17, ch. 88-168; s. 131, ch. 92-152.
Fla. Stat. § 335.08 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.08
335.08 Numbering public roads.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is authorized to number and renumber the roads of the State Highway System and to advise the counties and municipalities on the numbering of the roads in their respective road systems.

(2) The department may establish a systematic numbering plan, giving even numbers to roads extending in the general direction of east and west, and odd numbers to roads extending in the general direction of north and south.

History: s. 32, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 11, ch. 57-318; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 83-52.
Fla. Stat. § 718.507 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 718 / Part V / Section 718.507
718.507 Zoning and building laws, ordinances, and regulations.
Status: in_force

All laws, ordinances, and regulations concerning buildings or zoning shall be construed and applied with reference to the nature and use of such property, without regard to the form of ownership. No law, ordinance, or regulation shall establish any requirement concerning the use, location, placement, or construction of buildings or other improvements which are, or may thereafter be, subjected to the condominium form of ownership, unless such requirement shall be equally applicable to all buildings and improvements of the same kind not then, or thereafter to be, subjected to the condominium form of ownership. This section does not apply if the owner in fee of any land enters into and records a covenant that existing improvements or improvements to be constructed shall not be converted to the condominium form of residential ownership prior to 5 years after the later of the date of the covenant or completion date of the improvements. Such covenant shall be entered into with the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located or, if the land is not located in a municipality, with the governing body of the county in which the land is located.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-222; s. 6, ch. 80-3.
Fla. Stat. § 403.7063 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 403 / Part IV / Section 403.7063
403.7063 Use of private services in solid waste management.
Status: in_force

In providing services or programs for solid waste management, local governments and state agencies should use the most cost-effective means for the provision of services and are encouraged to contract with private persons for any or all of such services or programs in order to assure that such services are provided on the most cost-effective basis. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, no county or municipality shall adopt or enforce regulations that discriminate against privately owned solid waste management facilities because they are privately owned. However, nothing in this section shall interfere with the county’s or municipality’s ability to control the flow of solid waste within its boundaries pursuant to this chapter.

History: s. 62, ch. 88-130.
Fla. Stat. § 381.745 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.745
381.745 Definitions; ss. 381.739-381.79.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 381.739-381.79, the term:

(1) “Activity of daily living” means an activity required on a frequent basis which permits an individual to secure or maintain independence. Such activities include, but are not limited to, personal home care, transportation, personal assistance services, housekeeping, shopping, attending school, communication, and employment.

(2) “Brain or spinal cord injury” means: (a) A lesion to the spinal cord or cauda equina, resulting from external trauma, with evidence of significant involvement of two of the following deficits or dysfunctions: 1. Motor deficit. 2. Sensory deficit. 3. Bowel and bladder dysfunction. (b) An insult to the skull, brain, or its covering, resulting from external trauma that produces an altered state of consciousness or anatomic motor, sensory, cognitive, or behavioral deficits.

(3) “Emergency medical evacuation system” means a department-approved transportation system that provides timely and skilled emergency care and movement of individuals believed to have sustained a brain or spinal cord injury.

(4) “Personal assistance services” means a range of services, provided by one or more individuals, which are designed to assist an individual who has a disability to perform activities of daily living.

(5) “Funded services” means services paid for through the brain and spinal cord injury program.

(6) “Designated facility” means a facility approved by the brain and spinal cord injury program which meets the criteria and standards of care of the brain and spinal cord injury program for individuals who have sustained a brain or spinal cord injury.

(7) “Third-party coverage” means any claim for, right to receive payment for, or any coverage for the payment of any services under the brain and spinal cord injury program.

(8) “Third-party payment” means any and all payments received or due as a result of any third-party obligation created by gift, coverage or other contract, settlement or judicial decision, or action of law.

(9) “Transitional living facility” means a state-approved facility as defined and licensed under chapter 400.

(10) “Trauma center” means a department-approved acute care facility that provides diagnosis and treatment of individuals who have sustained a brain or spinal cord injury.

History: s. 15, ch. 2000-367; s. 14, ch. 2006-197; s. 5, ch. 2015-25.
Fla. Stat. § 383.325 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 383 / Section 383.325
383.325 Inspection reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensed facility shall maintain as public information, available upon request, records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility which have been filed with, or issued by, any governmental agency. Copies of such reports shall be retained in the records of the facility for no less than 5 years from the date the reports are filed and issued.

(2) Any record, report, or document which, by state or federal law or regulation, is deemed confidential shall be exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall not be distributed or made available for purposes of compliance with this section unless or until such confidential status expires, except as described in s. 383.32(2)(c).

(3) A licensed facility shall, upon the request of any person who has completed a written application with intent to be admitted to such facility or any person who is a patient of such facility, or any relative, spouse, or guardian of any such person, furnish to the requester a copy of the last inspection report issued by the agency or an accrediting organization, whichever is most recent, pertaining to the licensed facility, as provided in subsection (1), provided the person requesting such report agrees to pay a reasonable charge to cover copying costs.

History: ss. 25, 27, ch. 84-283; s. 34, ch. 87-225; s. 1, ch. 90-5; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 196, ch. 96-406; s. 17, ch. 98-171.
Fla. Stat. § 112.48 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part V / Section 112.48
112.48 Suspension when Senate not in session.
Status: in_force

The Governor may suspend any officer at any time, whether or not the Senate is in session. However, the Senate need not hear or determine the question of the suspension of the officer during any regular session.

History: s. 9, ch. 69-277.
Fla. Stat. § 933.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 933 / Section 933.04
933.04 Affidavits.
Status: in_force

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable seizures and searches shall not be violated and no search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place to be searched and the person and thing to be seized.

History: s. 2, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 8504.
Fla. Stat. § 775.091 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 775 / Section 775.091
775.091 Public service.
Status: in_force

In addition to any punishment, the court may order the defendant to perform a specified public service.

History: s. 2, ch. 77-150.