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Fla. Stat. § 620.8923 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.8923
620.8923 Application of other laws to provisions governing conversions and mergers.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of ss. 620.8911-620.8922 do not preclude an entity from being converted or merged under other law.

(2) The provisions of ss. 620.8911-620.8922 do not authorize any act prohibited by any other applicable law or change the requirements of any law or rule regulating a specific organization or industry, including, but not limited to, a not-for-profit organization, insurance, banking or investment establishment, or other regulated business or activity.

History: s. 22, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 607.08081 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.08081
607.08081 Removal of directors by judicial proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) The circuit court in the applicable county may remove a director from office, and may order other relief, including barring the director from reelection for a period prescribed by the court, in a proceeding commenced by or in the right of the corporation if the court finds that: (a) The director engaged in fraudulent conduct with respect to the corporation or its shareholders, grossly abused the position of director, or intentionally inflicted harm on the corporation; and (b) Considering the director’s course of conduct and the inadequacy of other available remedies, removal or such other relief would be in the best interest of the corporation.

(2) A shareholder proceeding on behalf of the corporation under paragraph (1)(a) shall comply with all of the requirements of ss. 607.0741-607.0747, except s. 607.0741(1).

History: s. 91, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 1003.28 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1003 / Part II / Section 1003.28
1003.28 Continuation of truancy remedial activities upon transfer of student; retention of legal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) If, during the activities designed to remedy truant behavior as described in s. 1003.27, the parent of the student who is the subject of such activities transfers the student to another school district in this state in an attempt to circumvent the remedial procedures which have already begun, the administration of the school from which the student transferred shall provide to the administration of the new school, at no charge, copies of all available records and documents relevant to such remedial activities, and the administration of the new school shall begin remedial activities in the program that most closely meets the transfer student’s needs.

(2) In the event that a legal proceeding has commenced, as provided in s. 1003.27, against a student who has been determined to be a habitual truant, the movement of the student who is the subject of such proceeding to another circuit court district in this state will not affect the jurisdiction of the court to proceed with the case under the law.

History: s. 123, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 739.101 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 739 / Section 739.101
739.101 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Florida Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 2005-108.
Fla. Stat. § 88.6071 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part VI / Section 88.6071
88.6071 Contest of registration or enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (b) The order was obtained by fraud; (c) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order; (d) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal; (e) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought; (f) Full or partial payment has been made; (g) The statute of limitation under s. 88.6041 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or (h) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.

(2) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (1), a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.

(3) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (1) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.

History: s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 50, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 414.161 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.161
414.161 Homelessness prevention grants.
Status: in_force

(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. — There is created a grant program to provide emergency financial assistance to families facing the loss of their current home due to a financial or other crisis. The State Office on Homelessness, with the concurrence of the Council on Homelessness, may accept and administer moneys appropriated to the Department of Children and Families to provide homelessness prevention grants annually to lead agencies for local homeless assistance continuums of care, as recognized by the State Office on Homelessness. These moneys shall consist of any sums that the state may appropriate, as well as money received from donations, gifts, bequests, or otherwise from any public or private source that is intended to assist families to prevent them from becoming homeless.

(2) GRANT APPLICATIONS. — Grant applicants shall be ranked competitively. Preference shall be given to applicants who leverage additional private funds and public funds, who demonstrate the effectiveness of their homelessness prevention programs in keeping families housed, and who demonstrate the commitment of other assistance and services to address family health, employment, and education needs.

(3) ELIGIBILITY. — In order to qualify for a grant, a lead agency must develop and implement a local homeless assistance continuum of care plan for its designated catchment area. The homelessness prevention program must be included in the continuum of care plan.

(4) GRANT LIMITS. — The maximum grant amount per lead agency may not exceed $300,000. The grant assistance may be used to pay past due rent or mortgage payments, past due utility costs, provision of case management services, and program administration costs not to exceed 3 percent of the grant award. The homelessness prevention program must develop a case plan for each family to be assisted, setting forth what costs will be covered and the maximum level of assistance to be offered.

(5) PERFORMANCE. — The lead agency must track, monitor, and report on each family assisted for at least 12 months after the last assistance provided to the family. The goal for the homelessness prevention program is to enable at least 85 percent of the families assisted to remain in their homes and avoid becoming homeless during the ensuing year.

History: s. 4, ch. 2013-74.
Fla. Stat. § 380.512 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 380 / Part III / Section 380.512
380.512 Annual report.
Status: in_force

The trust shall submit to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate, within 3 months after the end of its fiscal year, a complete and detailed report setting forth:

(1) Its operations and accomplishments.

(2) Its receipts and expenditures during the fiscal year, in accordance with the categories or classifications the trust establishes for its operating and capital outlay purposes.

(3) Its assets and liabilities at the end of its fiscal year and the status of reserve, special, or other funds.

(4) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the projects undertaken in carrying out this part.

(5) Identification of additional funding, legislation, or other resources required to carry out the objectives of this part more effectively.

(6) An account of any other trust or department duties established by this part.

History: s. 28, ch. 89-175; s. 2, ch. 90-192; s. 15, ch. 91-192; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 71, ch. 93-206.
Fla. Stat. § 90.606 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.606
90.606 Interpreters and translators.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) When a judge determines that a witness cannot hear or understand the English language, or cannot express himself or herself in English sufficiently to be understood, an interpreter who is duly qualified to interpret for the witness shall be sworn to do so. (b) This section is not limited to persons who speak a language other than English, but applies also to the language and descriptions of any person, such as a child or a person who is mentally or developmentally disabled, who cannot be reasonably understood, or who cannot understand questioning, without the aid of an interpreter.

(2) A person who serves in the role of interpreter or translator in any action or proceeding is subject to all the provisions of this chapter relating to witnesses.

(3) An interpreter shall take an oath that he or she will make a true interpretation of the questions asked and the answers given and that the interpreter will make a true translation into English of any writing which he or she is required by his or her duties to decipher or translate.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 2, ch. 85-53; s. 485, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 90.612 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.612
90.612 Mode and order of interrogation and presentation.
Status: in_force

(1) The judge shall exercise reasonable control over the mode and order of the interrogation of witnesses and the presentation of evidence, so as to: (a) Facilitate, through effective interrogation and presentation, the discovery of the truth. (b) Avoid needless consumption of time. (c) Protect witnesses from harassment or undue embarrassment.

(2) Cross-examination of a witness is limited to the subject matter of the direct examination and matters affecting the credibility of the witness. The court may, in its discretion, permit inquiry into additional matters.

(3) Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness except as may be necessary to develop the witness’s testimony. Ordinarily, leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination. When a party calls a hostile witness, an adverse party, or a witness identified with an adverse party, interrogation may be by leading questions.

The judge shall take special care to protect a witness under age 14 from questions that are in a form that cannot reasonably be understood by a person of the age and understanding of the witness, and shall take special care to restrict the unnecessary repetition of questions.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 1, ch. 95-179; s. 2, ch. 2000-316.
Fla. Stat. § 316.6145 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.6145
316.6145 School buses; safety belts or other restraint systems required.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each school bus that is purchased new after December 31, 2000, and used to transport students in grades pre-K through 12 must be equipped with safety belts or with any other restraint system approved by the Federal Government in a number sufficient to allow each student who is being transported to use a separate safety belt or restraint system. These safety belts must meet the standards required under s. 316.614. A school bus that was purchased prior to December 31, 2000, is not required to be equipped with safety belts. (b) As used in this section, “school bus” means a school bus that is owned, leased, operated, or contracted by a school district.

(2) Each passenger on a school bus that is equipped with safety belts or restraint system shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt at all times while the bus is in operation. The state, the county, a school district, school bus operator under contract with a school district, or an agent or employee of a school district or operator, including a teacher or volunteer serving as a chaperone, is not liable in an action for personal injury by a school bus passenger solely because the injured party was not wearing a safety belt.

(3) The state, the county, a school district, school bus operator under contract with a school district, or an agent or employee of a school district or operator, including a teacher or volunteer serving as a chaperone, is not liable in an action for personal injury by a school bus passenger for an injury caused solely by another passenger’s use or nonuse of a safety belt or restraint system in a dangerous or unsafe manner.

(4) In implementing the provisions of this section, each school district must prioritize the allocation of buses equipped with safety belts or restraint system to ensure that elementary schools within the district receive first priority. A school district may enter into agreements to provide transportation pursuant to this section only if the point of origin or termination of the trip is within the district’s boundaries.

(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles as defined in s. 1006.25(1)(b).

History: s. 3, ch. 99-316; s. 958, ch. 2002-387; s. 2, ch. 2003-90.
Fla. Stat. § 828.252 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 828 / Section 828.252
828.252 Nonambulatory animals.
Status: in_force

This section acknowledges that natural emergencies may arise and that, even under recognized best management practices, injury may occur. In all cases, nonambulatory animals must be dealt with in a humane manner.

(1) As used in this section, the term “nonambulatory animal” means any livestock that is unable to stand and walk unassisted.

(2) A person may not buy, sell, give, receive, transfer, market, hold without providing proper care within 24 hours, or drag any nonambulatory animal unless the nonambulatory animal has been humanely euthanized, except in such cases where providing proper care requires that the animal be moved.

History: s. 42, ch. 2001-279.
Fla. Stat. § 267.21 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 267 / Section 267.21
267.21 Historic Cemeteries Program.
Status: in_force

(1) The Historic Cemeteries Program is created within the division. The State Historic Preservation Officer shall serve as the director of the program and shall, subject to legislative appropriation, employ three full-time employees to operate the program. The program shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a) Serve as the organizational center for recording and updating in the Florida Master Site File records of cemeteries in this state established at least 50 years ago. (b) Develop guidelines for use by state agencies, local governments, and developers in the identification, location, and maintenance of abandoned and historic cemeteries. (c) Serve as an interagency governmental liaison to municipalities, planning departments, colleges and universities, and community organizations to facilitate collaboration and the sharing of information relating to abandoned and historic cemeteries. (d) Coordinate with the University of South Florida’s Black Cemetery Network to facilitate the inclusion of abandoned African-American cemeteries in the Black Cemetery Network. (e) Research, identify, and record abandoned cemeteries, with an emphasis on abandoned African-American cemeteries. (f) When abandoned cemeteries are located, provide notification and guidance to relevant persons and assist with efforts to identify relatives and descendants, funeral directors, religious organizations, qualified nonprofit organizations, and property owners. (g) Assist constituents, descendant communities, state and federal agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders with inquiries relating to abandoned cemeteries. (h) In coordination with the Department of Education, develop a curriculum relating to abandoned and historic cemeteries, with a focus on citizenship, social responsibility, and history. (i) Establish a priority for the placement of historical markers for erased, forgotten, lost, or abandoned African-American cemeteries.

(2) The Historic Cemeteries Program shall, subject to legislative appropriation, provide grants to the following entities: (a) Research institutions, colleges and universities, and qualified nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of conducting genealogical and historical research necessary to identify and contact the relatives and descendants of persons buried in abandoned African-American cemeteries. (b) Local governments and qualified nonprofit organizations, for the purposes of repairing, restoring, and maintaining abandoned African-American cemeteries.

(3) The division may adopt rules to implement this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 2023-142.
Fla. Stat. § 125.9504 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 125 / Part VI / Section 125.9504
125.9504 Volunteer benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) Meals may be furnished without charge to a regular-service volunteer serving a unit of county government or constitutional county officer if the volunteer’s scheduled service extends over an established meal period, and to an occasional-service volunteer at the discretion of the head of the unit of county government or constitutional county officer.

(2) Lodging, if available, may be furnished temporarily, in case of an emergency, at no charge to a regular-service volunteer.

(3) Transportation reimbursement may be furnished to a volunteer whose presence is determined to be necessary by the unit of county government or constitutional county officer. Volunteers may use county vehicles in the performance of their county duties.

(4) Volunteers are covered by workers’ compensation in accordance with chapter 440, and ss. 125.9501-125.9506 do not limit any workers’ compensation rights or benefits.

(5) Volunteers may be furnished such other benefits, subsistence, or reimbursement of expenses as the unit of county government or constitutional county officer considers appropriate and necessary to further ss. 125.9501-125.9506.

History: s. 4, ch. 88-66.
Fla. Stat. § 617.1420 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.1420
617.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of State may commence a proceeding under s. 617.1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: (a) The corporation has failed to file its annual report and pay the annual report filing fee by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Friday in September; (b) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 30 days or more; (c) The corporation does not notify the Department of State within 30 days after its registered agent or registered office has been changed, after its registered agent has resigned, or after its registered office has been discontinued; (d) The corporation has failed to answer truthfully and fully, within the time prescribed by this act, interrogatories propounded by the Department of State; or (e) The corporation’s period of duration stated in its articles of incorporation has expired.

(2) The foregoing enumeration in subsection (1) of grounds for administrative dissolution shall not exclude actions or special proceedings by the Department of Legal Affairs or any state officials for the annulment or dissolution of a corporation for other causes as provided by law.

History: s. 82, ch. 90-179; s. 17, ch. 2009-72.
Fla. Stat. § 132.37 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.37
132.37 Levy of ad valorem tax for payment of general obligation refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

In each fiscal year while any general obligation refunding bonds shall be outstanding there shall be levied, by or under the authority of the governing body upon all taxable property in the unit, an ad valorem tax sufficient to pay the interest and principal of such general obligation refunding bonds and any sinking funds which may be provided for by the general obligation refunding bonds or by the proceedings authorizing the sale thereof. However, when there shall be in any fund or funds provided for such general obligation refunding bonds, or any interest or sinking fund, any amount exceeding the amount at that time required for such fund or funds, the ad valorem tax required by this section for the then-current fiscal year may be reduced in the amount of such excess.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-181.
Fla. Stat. § 712.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 712 / Section 712.02
712.02 Marketable record title; suspension of applicability.
Status: in_force

Any person having the legal capacity to own land in this state, who, alone or together with her or his predecessors in title, has been vested with any estate in land of record for 30 years or more, shall have a marketable record title to such estate in said land, which shall be free and clear of all claims except the matters set forth as exceptions to marketability in s. 712.03. A person shall have a marketable record title when the public records disclosed a record title transaction affecting the title to the land which has been of record for not less than 30 years purporting to create such estate either in:

(1) The person claiming such estate; or

(2) Some other person from whom, by one or more title transactions, such estate has passed to the person claiming such estate, with nothing appearing of record, in either case, purporting to divest such claimant of the estate claimed.

History: s. 2, ch. 63-133; s. 1, ch. 85-83; s. 63, ch. 87-226; s. 797, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 468.617 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part XII / Section 468.617
468.617 Joint building code inspection department; other arrangements.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this part shall prohibit any local jurisdiction, school board, community college board, state university, or state agency from entering into and carrying out contracts with any other local jurisdiction or educational board under which the parties agree to create and support a joint building code inspection department for conforming to the provisions of this part. In lieu of a joint building code inspection department, any local jurisdiction may designate a building code inspector from another local jurisdiction to serve as a building code inspector for the purposes of this part.

(2) Nothing in this part shall prohibit local governments, school boards, community college boards, state universities, or state agencies from contracting with persons certified pursuant to this part to perform building code inspections or plan reviews. An individual or entity may not inspect or examine plans on projects in which the individual or entity designed or permitted the projects.

(3) Nothing in this part shall prohibit any county or municipal government, school board, community college board, state university, or state agency from entering into any contract with any person or entity for the provision of building code administrator, building official, or building code inspection services regulated under this part, and notwithstanding any other statutory provision, such county or municipal governments may enter into contracts.

(4) Nothing in this part prohibits any building code inspector, plans examiner, or building code administrator holding a limited certificate who is employed by a jurisdiction within a small county as defined in s. 339.2818 from providing building code inspection, plans review, or building code administration services to another jurisdiction within a small county.

History: s. 24, ch. 93-166; s. 3, ch. 96-298; s. 73, ch. 96-388; s. 5, ch. 98-419; s. 35, ch. 2000-141; s. 17, ch. 2000-372; s. 2, ch. 2007-227; s. 6, ch. 2017-149.