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Fla. Stat. § 817.061 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.061
817.061 Misleading solicitation of payments prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person, company, corporation, agency, association, partnership, institution, or charitable entity to solicit payment of money by another by means of a statement or invoice, or any writing that would reasonably be interpreted as a statement or invoice, for goods not yet ordered or for services not yet performed and not yet ordered, unless there appears on the face of the statement or invoice or writing in 30-point boldfaced type the following warning: “This is a solicitation for the order of goods or services, and you are under no obligation to make payment unless you accept the offer contained herein.”

(2) Any person damaged by noncompliance with this section, in addition to other remedies, is entitled to damages in the amount equal to 3 times the sum solicited.

(3) Any person, company, corporation, agency, association, partnership, institution, or charitable entity that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-246; s. 845, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 742.17 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 742 / Section 742.17
742.17 Disposition of eggs, sperm, or preembryos; rights of inheritance.
Status: in_force

A commissioning couple and the treating physician shall enter into a written agreement that provides for the disposition of the commissioning couple’s eggs, sperm, and preembryos in the event of a divorce, the death of a spouse, or any other unforeseen circumstance.

(1) Absent a written agreement, any remaining eggs or sperm shall remain under the control of the party that provides the eggs or sperm.

(2) Absent a written agreement, decisionmaking authority regarding the disposition of preembryos shall reside jointly with the commissioning couple.

(3) Absent a written agreement, in the case of the death of one member of the commissioning couple, any eggs, sperm, or preembryos shall remain under the control of the surviving member of the commissioning couple.

(4) A child conceived from the eggs or sperm of a person or persons who died before the transfer of their eggs, sperm, or preembryos to a woman’s body shall not be eligible for a claim against the decedent’s estate unless the child has been provided for by the decedent’s will.

History: s. 2, ch. 93-237.
Fla. Stat. § 627.7773 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XIII / Section 627.7773
627.7773 Accounting and auditing of forms by title insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) Each title insurer authorized to do business in this state shall, at least once during each calendar year, require of each of its title insurance agents or agencies accountings of all outstanding forms in the agent’s or agency’s possession of the types that are specified in s. 627.777.

(2) If the office has reason to believe that an audit of outstanding forms should be required of any title insurer as to a title insurance agent or agency, the office may require the title insurer to make a special audit of the forms. The title insurer shall complete the audit not later than 60 days after the request is received from the office, and shall report the results of the special audit to the office no later than 90 days after the request is received.

History: s. 2, ch. 85-185; s. 1, ch. 86-286; ss. 91, 114, ch. 92-318; s. 8, ch. 99-286; s. 1202, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 335.17 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.17
335.17 State highway construction; means of noise abatement.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall make use of noise-control methods as part of highway construction projects involving new location or capacity expansion, with particular emphasis on those highways located in or near urban-residential developments which abut such highway rights-of-way.

(2) All highway projects by the department, regardless of funding source, shall be developed in conformity with federal standards for noise abatement as contained in 23 C.F.R. 772 as such regulations existed on July 13, 2011. The department shall, at a minimum, comply with federal requirements in the following areas: (a) Analysis of traffic noise impacts and abatement measures; (b) Noise abatement; (c) Information for local officials; (d) Traffic noise prediction; and (e) Construction noise.

(3) The department shall, when feasible, expend the maximum amount of federal funds provided for new highway construction for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-371; s. 29, ch. 79-65; s. 58, ch. 84-309; s. 2, ch. 89-232; s. 26, ch. 2012-174.
Fla. Stat. § 668.804 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 668 / Part V / Section 668.804
668.804 Remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who brings a civil action for a violation under s. 668.803 may: (a) Recover actual damages, including the person’s lost profits and economic damages. (b) Recover the violator’s profits that are not included in the computation of actual damages under paragraph (a). (c) Obtain injunctive or other equitable relief from the court to prevent a future violation of s. 668.803. (d) Recover the misappropriated information, program, or code, and all copies thereof, that are subject to the violation.

(2) A court shall award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in any action arising under this part.

(3) The remedies available for a violation of s. 668.803 are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under federal or state law.

(4) A final judgment or decree in favor of the state in any criminal proceeding under chapter 815 shall estop the defendant in any subsequent action brought pursuant to s. 668.803 as to all matters as to which the judgment or decree would be an estoppel as if the plaintiff had been a party in the previous criminal action.

(5) A civil action filed under s. 668.803 must be commenced within 3 years after the violation occurred or within 3 years after the violation was discovered or should have been discovered with due diligence.

History: s. 5, ch. 2015-14.
Fla. Stat. § 159.8091 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 159 / Part VI / Section 159.8091
159.8091 Carryforward allocation pool.
Status: in_force

(1) The carryforward allocation pool is hereby established. The carryforward allocation pool is available for the sole purpose of issuing carryforward confirmations to issuers statewide for projects that are entitled under the Code to a carryforward of state volume limitation past the end of the calendar year pursuant to requests that meet the requirements of s. 159.8101(3).

(2) On December 15 of each year, or, if December 15 is not a business day, the first business day thereafter, the division shall issue carryforward confirmations as provided for in subsection (3) until the state volume limitation in the carryforward allocation pool is exhausted.

(3) The amount of each carryforward confirmation, if there is sufficient state volume limitation in the carryforward allocation pool, must be the amount requested. If the division determines that the aggregate amount of state volume limitation requested for carryforward confirmations pursuant to this section exceeds the amount available in the carryforward allocation pool, the division must assign a consecutive number to each such request, shall draw such numbers randomly to establish the priority of each request, and shall issue carryforward confirmations until the total amount of state volume limitation is exhausted. Any requests in excess of the state volume limitation may not be given any priority in the following calendar year. If any state volume limitation remains in the carryforward allocation pool after issuing carryforward confirmations for all requests filed pursuant to s. 159.8101, the division must make such remaining state volume limitation available to the corporation to be carried forward for the issuance of affordable housing bonds in subsequent years as provided by the Code. Thereafter, any remaining state volume limitation not used as provided in subsection (2) must be carried forward to the next calendar year to the extent permitted by the Code.

History: s. 21, ch. 2024-220.
Fla. Stat. § 368.1115 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 368 / Part II / Section 368.1115
368.1115 Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that violations of commission orders or rules, in connection with the impairment of a natural gas transmission company’s operations or service, constitute irreparable harm for which there is no adequate remedy at law. The commission is authorized to seek relief in circuit court including temporary and permanent injunctions, restraining orders, or any other appropriate order. Such remedies shall be in addition to and supplementary to any other remedies available for enforcement of agency action under s. 120.69 or the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall establish procedures implementing this section by rule.

History: s. 15, ch. 93-35.
Fla. Stat. § 907.044 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 907 / Section 907.044
907.044 Annual study of pretrial release program effectiveness and cost efficiency.
Status: in_force

The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall conduct an annual study to evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of pretrial release programs in this state. The study’s scope shall include, but need not be limited to, gathering information pertaining to the funding sources of each pretrial release program, the nature of criminal convictions of defendants accepted into the programs, the number of failed court appearances by defendants accepted into each program, and the number of warrants issued subsequently for defendants in each program, as well as the program’s compliance with the provisions of this section. OPPAGA shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1 of each year.

History: s. 4, ch. 2008-224; s. 128, ch. 2023-8.
Fla. Stat. § 382.007 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 382 / Section 382.007
382.007 Final dispositions prohibited without burial-transit permit; records of dead bodies disposed.
Status: in_force

A person in charge of any premises on which final dispositions are made shall not inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any dead body unless it is accompanied by a burial-transit permit. Such person shall enter upon the permit the date of final disposition. He or she shall keep a record of all dead bodies buried or otherwise disposed of on the premises under his or her charge, in each case stating the name of each deceased person, place of death, date of final disposition, and name and address of the funeral director which record shall at all times be open to official inspection. The burial-transit permit on file may satisfy this requirement. The funeral director, when burying a dead body in a cemetery having no person in charge, shall enter the date of final disposition on the permit, write “No person in charge” on the permit, and keep the permit on file for at least 3 years after the date of final disposition.

History: s. 11, ch. 6892, 1915; RGS 2081; CGL 3281; s. 6, ch. 25372, 1949; s. 6, ch. 87-387; s. 664, ch. 95-148; s. 92, ch. 97-237; s. 4, ch. 2015-105.
Fla. Stat. § 481.309 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 481 / Part II / Section 481.309
481.309 Examinations.
Status: in_force

(1) A person desiring to be licensed as a registered landscape architect shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall examine each applicant who the board certifies: (a) Has completed the application form and remitted a nonrefundable application fee and an examination fee which is refundable if the applicant is found to be ineligible to take the examination; and (b)1. Has completed a professional degree program in landscape architecture as approved by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board; or 2. Presents evidence of not less than 6 years of actual practical experience in landscape architectural work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board. Each year of education completed in a recognized school shall be considered to be equivalent to 1 year of experience, with a maximum credit of 4 years.

(2) The licensure examination shall include, but not be limited to an examination on the specialized aspects of the practice of landscape architecture in this state.

History: ss. 5, 18, ch. 79-407; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 81, ch. 83-329; ss. 6, 18, 19, ch. 88-347; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 716.05 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 716 / Section 716.05
716.05 Money recovered to be paid into State Treasury.
Status: in_force

When any funds or property which has escheated within the meaning of this chapter has been recovered by the Department of Financial Services, the department shall first pay all costs incident to the collection and recovery of such funds or property and shall promptly deposit the remaining balance of such funds or property with the Chief Financial Officer, to be distributed in accordance with law.

History: s. 5, ch. 24333, 1947; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 153, ch. 83-216; s. 1884, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 876.29 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 876 / Section 876.29
876.29 Subversive person prohibited from holding office or employment.
Status: in_force

No subversive person, as defined in s. 876.22, shall, after conviction, be eligible for employment in, or appointment to, any office or any position of trust or profit in the government of, or in the administration of the business of this state, or of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state.

History: s. 8, ch. 28221, 1953.
Fla. Stat. § 924.37 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 924 / Section 924.37
924.37 Order or decision when state appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) When the state appeals from an order dismissing an indictment, information, or affidavit, or a count of it, or an order granting a new trial and the order is affirmed, the appellate court shall direct the trial court to implement the order. If an order dismissing an indictment, information, or affidavit, or a count of it, is reversed, the appellate court shall direct the trial court to permit the defendant to be tried on the reinstated indictment, information, or affidavit. If an order granting a new trial is reversed, the appellate court shall direct that judgment of conviction be entered against the defendant.

(2) A cross-appeal by the state is not jurisdictional. When the state cross-appeals from a ruling on a question of law adverse to the state, the appellate court shall decide the question if it is reasonably capable of repetition in any proceeding.

History: s. 313, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(326); s. 163, ch. 70-339; s. 8, ch. 96-248.
Fla. Stat. § 400.9984 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part XI / Section 400.9984
400.9984 Receivership proceedings.
Status: in_force

The agency may apply s. 429.22 with regard to receivership proceedings for transitional living facilities.

History: s. 1, ch. 2015-25.
Fla. Stat. § 409.976 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 409 / Part IV / Section 409.976
409.976 Managed care plan payment.
Status: in_force

In addition to the payment provisions of s. 409.968, the agency shall provide payment to plans in the managed medical assistance program pursuant to this section.

(1) Prepaid payment rates shall be negotiated between the agency and the eligible plans as part of the procurement process described in s. 409.966.

(2) The agency shall establish payment rates for statewide inpatient psychiatric programs. Payments to managed care plans shall be reconciled to reimburse actual payments to statewide inpatient psychiatric programs.

History: s. 17, ch. 2011-134.
Fla. Stat. § 670.101 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 670 / Part I / Section 670.101
670.101 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Commercial Code—Funds Transfers.”

History: s. 1, ch. 91-70.
Fla. Stat. § 397.68151 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 397 / Part V / Section 397.68151
397.68151 Duties of court upon filing of petition for involuntary services.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of a petition for involuntary services for a substance abuse impaired person with the clerk of the court, the court shall immediately determine whether the respondent is represented by an attorney or whether the appointment of counsel for the respondent is appropriate. If the court appoints counsel for the person, the clerk of the court shall immediately notify the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, created pursuant to s. 27.511, of the appointment. The office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall represent the person until the petition is dismissed, the court order expires, the person is discharged from involuntary treatment services, or the office is otherwise discharged by the court. An attorney that represents the person named in the petition shall have access to the person, witnesses, and records relevant to the presentation of the person’s case and shall represent the interests of the person, regardless of the source of payment to the attorney.

(2) The court shall schedule a hearing to be held on the petition within 10 court working days unless a continuance is granted. The court may appoint a magistrate to preside at the hearing.

(3) A copy of the petition and notice of the hearing must be provided to the respondent; the respondent’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian, in the case of a minor; the respondent’s attorney, if known; the petitioner; the respondent’s spouse or guardian, if applicable; and such other persons as the court may direct. If the respondent is a minor, a copy of the petition and notice of the hearing must be personally delivered to the respondent. The clerk shall also issue a summons to the person whose admission is sought, and, unless a circuit court’s chief judge authorizes disinterested private process servers to serve parties under this chapter, within 6 hours after the summons being issued, the clerk of the court shall electronically submit the summons and, if applicable, a copy of the petition and notice of hearing to a law enforcement agency to effect such service on the person whose admission is sought for the initial treatment hearing.

History: s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 752, ch. 95-148; s. 37, ch. 2016-241; s. 32, ch. 2024-245; s. 2, ch. 2025-10.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1105 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1105
617.1105 Articles of merger.
Status: in_force

Articles of merger must be executed by each corporation, as provided in s. 617.01201 and must set forth:

(1) The plan of merger;

(2) If the members of any merging corporation are entitled to vote on such a plan, then, as to each such corporation, the date of the meeting of members at which the plan of merger was adopted, a statement that the number of votes cast for the merger was sufficient for approval, and the vote on the plan, or a statement that such plan was adopted by written consent and executed in accordance with s. 617.0701;

(3) If a merging corporation has no members or if its members are not entitled to vote on a plan of merger, then, as to each such corporation, a statement of such fact, the date of the adoption of the plan by the board of directors, the number of directors then in office, and the vote for the plan; and

(4) The effective date of the merger if the effective date of the merger is to occur after the delivery of the articles of merger to the Department of State.

History: s. 71, ch. 90-179.
Fla. Stat. § 556.114 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 556 / Section 556.114
556.114 Low-impact marking practices.
Status: in_force

(1) An excavator providing notice under s. 556.105(1)(a) shall identify in its notice only the area that will be excavated during the period that the information in such notice is considered valid under s. 556.105(1)(c).

(2) When an excavator has not completed an excavation noticed under s. 556.105(1)(a) within the period that the information in the notice is considered valid under s. 556.105(1)(c), the excavator must provide a subsequent notice to the system under s. 556.105(1)(a) to continue with the excavation, and such subsequent notice shall identify only the remaining area to be excavated.

(3) When an excavation site cannot be described in information provided under s. 556.105(1)(a) with sufficient particularity to enable the member operator to ascertain the excavation site, and if the excavator and member operator have not mutually agreed otherwise, the excavator shall premark the proposed area of the excavation before a member operator is required to identify the horizontal route of its underground facilities in the proximity of any excavation. However, premarking is not required when the premarking could reasonably interfere with traffic or pedestrian control.

(4) A member operator shall identify the horizontal route of its underground facilities as set forth in s. 556.105(5)(a) and (b), and excavators shall premark an excavation site as set forth in subsection (3) using flags or stakes or temporary, nonpermanent paint or other industry-accepted low-impact marking practices.

(5) Any horizontal route-identification marker must be in a color identified in the Uniform Color Code for Utilities.

(6) Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., shall establish an educational program for the purpose of informing excavators and member operators about low-impact marking practices.

History: s. 8, ch. 2010-100.
Fla. Stat. § 378.408 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 378 / Part III / Section 378.408
378.408 Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

The secretary may institute civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to seek injunctive relief to enforce compliance with the requirements of this part.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-294; s. 329, ch. 94-356.
Fla. Stat. § 413.4021 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 413 / Part II / Section 413.4021
413.4021 Program participant selection; tax collection enforcement diversion program.
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue, in coordination with the Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living and the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, shall select judicial circuits in which to operate the program. The association and the state attorneys’ offices shall develop and implement a tax collection enforcement diversion program, which shall collect revenue due from persons who have not remitted their collected sales tax. The criteria for referral to the tax collection enforcement diversion program shall be determined cooperatively between the state attorneys’ offices and the Department of Revenue.

(1) Notwithstanding s. 212.20, 100 percent of the revenues collected from the tax collection enforcement diversion program shall be deposited into the special reserve account of the Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living, to be used to administer the James Patrick Memorial Work Incentive Personal Attendant Services and Employment Assistance Program and to contract with the state attorneys participating in the tax collection enforcement diversion program in an amount of not more than $75,000 for each state attorney.

(2) The program shall operate only from funds deposited into the operating account of the Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living.

(3) The Revenue Estimating Conference shall annually project the amount of funds expected to be generated from the tax collection enforcement diversion program.

History: s. 2, ch. 2002-286; s. 83, ch. 2003-399; s. 71, ch. 2004-269; s. 3, ch. 2005-172; s. 2, ch. 2008-99; s. 2, ch. 2016-30; s. 6, ch. 2017-75; s. 2, ch. 2021-78; s. 47, ch. 2024-158.