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Fla. Stat. § 514.011 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 514 / Section 514.011
514.011 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Health.

(2) “Public swimming pool” or “public pool” means a watertight structure of concrete, masonry, or other approved materials which is located either indoors or outdoors, used for bathing or swimming by humans, and filled with a filtered and disinfected water supply, together with buildings, appurtenances, and equipment used in connection therewith. A public swimming pool or public pool shall mean a conventional pool, spa-type pool, wading pool, special purpose pool, or water recreation attraction, to which admission may be gained with or without payment of a fee and includes, but is not limited to, pools operated by or serving camps, churches, cities, counties, day care centers, group home facilities for eight or more clients, health spas, institutions, parks, state agencies, schools, subdivisions, or the cooperative living-type projects of five or more living units, such as apartments, boardinghouses, hotels, mobile home parks, motels, recreational vehicle parks, and townhouses.

(3) “Private pool” means a facility used only by an individual, family, or living unit members and their guests which does not serve any type of cooperative housing or joint tenancy of five or more living units.

(4) “Public bathing place” means a body of water, natural or modified by humans, for swimming, diving, and recreational bathing used by consent of the owner or owners and held out to the public by any person or public body, irrespective of whether a fee is charged for the use thereof. The bathing water areas of public bathing places include, but are not limited to, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, artificial impoundments, and waters along the coastal and intracoastal beaches and shores of the state.

(5) “Portable pool” means a pool or spa, and related equipment systems of any kind, which is designed or intended to be movable from location to location.

(6) “Temporary pool” means a pool intended to be used in conjunction with a sanctioned national or international swimming or diving competition event that does not exceed 30 consecutive days of use.

History: ss. 1, 14, ch. 85-173; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 676, ch. 97-103; s. 77, ch. 97-237; s. 45, ch. 98-151; s. 1, ch. 2000-309; s. 103, ch. 2012-184; s. 10, ch. 2016-129.
Fla. Stat. § 655.047 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 655 / Section 655.047
655.047 Assessments; financial institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) Each state financial institution shall pay to the office a semiannual assessment for the 6-month periods beginning January 1 and July 1. Assessments must be based on the total assets as shown on the statement of condition of the financial institution on the last business day in December and the last business day in June of each year.

(2) The semiannual assessment must be received by the office by mail, wire transfer, automated clearinghouse, or other electronic means approved by the office on or before March 31 and September 30 of each year following the semiannual assessment period. The office may levy a late payment penalty of up to $100 per day or part thereof that a semiannual assessment payment is overdue, unless it is excused for good cause. However, for intentional late payment of a semiannual assessment, the office shall levy an administrative fine of up to $1,000 a day for each day the semiannual assessment is overdue.

(3) The office may prorate the amount of the semiannual assessment; however, no portion of a semiannual assessment is refundable.

History: s. 3, ch. 90-197; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 25, ch. 92-303; s. 1718, ch. 2003-261; s. 2, ch. 2015-64; s. 9, ch. 2025-145.
Fla. Stat. § 316.070 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.070
316.070 Exchange of information at scene of crash.
Status: in_force

The law enforcement officer at the scene of a crash required to be reported in accordance with the provisions of s. 316.066 shall instruct the driver of each vehicle involved in the crash to report the following to all other parties suffering injury or property damage as an apparent result of the crash:

(1) The name and address of the owner and the driver of the vehicle.

(2) The license number of the vehicle.

(3) The name of the liability carrier for the vehicle.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-201; s. 92, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 322.29 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.29
322.29 Surrender and return of license.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, upon suspending or revoking a license, shall require that such license be surrendered to the department. At the end of the period of suspension, such license so surrendered shall be returned, or a duplicate license issued, to the licensee after the applicant has successfully passed the vision, sign, and traffic law examinations. In addition, pursuant to s. 322.221, the department may require the licensee to successfully complete a driving examination. The department is prohibited from requiring the surrender of a license except as authorized by this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an examination is not required for the return of a license suspended under s. 318.15 or s. 322.245 unless an examination is otherwise required by this chapter. A person applying for the return of a license suspended under s. 318.15 or s. 322.245 must present to the department certification from the court that he or she has complied with all obligations and penalties imposed pursuant to s. 318.15 or, in the case of a suspension pursuant to s. 322.245, that he or she has complied with all directives of the court and the requirements of s. 322.245 and shall pay to the department a nonrefundable service fee of $60, of which $37.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund and $22.50 shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. If reinstated by the clerk of the court or tax collector, $37.50 shall be retained and $22.50 shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. However, the service fee is not required if the person is required to pay a $45 fee or $75 fee under s. 322.21(8).

(3) The department must work with the clerks of court, through their association, to ensure the ability within their technology systems for clerks of court to reinstate suspended driver licenses for failure to pay court obligations.

History: s. 41, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(655); s. 41, ch. 20451, 1941; s. 1, ch. 59-442; s. 9, ch. 72-175; s. 1, ch. 80-308; s. 3, ch. 84-265; s. 23, ch. 84-359; s. 10, ch. 86-296; s. 418, ch. 95-148; s. 6, ch. 2003-410; s. 53, ch. 2005-236; s. 38, ch. 2009-71; s. 5, ch. 2022-201.
Fla. Stat. § 455.2125 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.2125
455.2125 Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements.
Status: in_force

Any state agency or board that has jurisdiction over the regulation of a profession or occupation shall consult with the Commission for Independent Education, the Board of Governors of the State University System, and the State Board of Education prior to adopting any changes to training requirements relating to entry into the profession or occupation. This consultation must allow the educational board to provide advice regarding the impact of the proposed changes in terms of the length of time necessary to complete the training program and the fiscal impact of the changes. The educational board must be consulted only when an institution offering the training program falls under its jurisdiction.

History: s. 23, ch. 95-243; s. 34, ch. 98-421; s. 71, ch. 2004-5; s. 13, ch. 2004-41; s. 53, ch. 2007-217.
Fla. Stat. § 625.320 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 625 / Part II / Section 625.320
625.320 Building and loan or savings and loan association accounts.
Status: in_force

An insurer may invest in share or saving accounts of savings and loan associations or building and loan associations.

History: s. 145, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 1, ch. 78-64; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 122, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 155.05 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 155 / Section 155.05
155.05 County hospitals; establishment without election.
Status: in_force

If the county commissioners of any such county, by reason of funds on hand, or donations, or otherwise, are able to build and establish a public hospital without issuing bonds as provided in s. 155.04, then such board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to establish such public hospital and, without any election, to levy an annual tax for the maintenance thereof, such tax not to exceed 5 mills on the dollar and to be collected in the same manner as the tax provided for in s. 155.04.

History: s. 2, ch. 20905, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 55.509 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 55 / Section 55.509
55.509 Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) If, within 30 days after the date the foreign judgment is recorded, the judgment debtor files an action contesting the jurisdiction of the court which entered the foreign judgment or the validity of the foreign judgment and records a lis pendens directed toward the foreign judgment, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment and the judgment lien upon the filing of the action by the judgment debtor.

(2) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit or county court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any circuit or county court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.

History: s. 6, ch. 84-5.
Fla. Stat. § 440.1051 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 440 / Section 440.1051
440.1051 Fraud reports; civil immunity; criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud of the Division of Criminal Investigations of the department shall establish a toll-free telephone number to receive reports of workers’ compensation fraud committed by an employee, employer, insurance provider, physician, attorney, or other person.

(2) Any person who reports workers’ compensation fraud to the Division of Criminal Investigations under subsection (1) is immune from civil liability for doing so, and the person or entity alleged to have committed the fraud may not retaliate against him or her for providing such report, unless the person making the report knows it to be false.

(3) A person who calls and, knowingly and falsely, reports workers’ compensation fraud or who, in violation of subsection (2) retaliates against a person for making such report, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 13, ch. 93-415; s. 106, ch. 97-103; s. 474, ch. 2003-261; s. 12, ch. 2003-412; s. 11, ch. 2016-165; s. 5, ch. 2025-4.
Fla. Stat. § 674.2111 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 674 / Part II / Section 674.2111
674.2111 When bank gives value for purposes of holder in due course.
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining its status as a holder in due course, a bank has given value to the extent it has a security interest in an item, if the bank otherwise complies with the requirements of s. 673.3021 on what constitutes a holder in due course.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 29, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 15.049 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 15 / Section 15.049
15.049 Official state band.
Status: in_force

The St. Johns River City Band is hereby designated and declared as an official Florida state band.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-146.
Fla. Stat. § 901.17 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 901 / Section 901.17
901.17 Method of arrest by officer without warrant.
Status: in_force

A peace officer making an arrest without a warrant shall inform the person to be arrested of the officer’s authority and the cause of arrest except when the person flees or forcibly resists before the officer has an opportunity to inform the person or when giving the information will imperil the arrest.

History: s. 17, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(17); s. 6, ch. 70-339; s. 1461, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 733.309 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 733 / Part III / Section 733.309
733.309 Executor de son tort.
Status: in_force

No person shall be liable to a creditor of a decedent as executor de son tort, but any person taking, converting, or intermeddling with the property of a decedent shall be liable to the personal representative or curator, when appointed, for the value of all the property so taken or converted and for all damages to the estate caused by the wrongful action. This section shall not be construed to prevent a creditor of a decedent from suing anyone in possession of property fraudulently conveyed by the decedent to set aside the fraudulent conveyance.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 65, ch. 75-220; s. 991, ch. 97-102; s. 104, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 215.179 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.179
215.179 Solicitation of payment.
Status: in_force

An owner of a public building or the owner’s employee may not seek, accept, or solicit any payment or other form of consideration for providing the written allocation letter described in s. 179D(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2008-40. An allocation letter must be signed and returned to the architect, engineer, or contractor within 15 days after written request. The architect, engineer, or contractor shall file the allocation request with the Department of Financial Services. This section is effective until the Internal Revenue Service supersedes s. 3 of IRS Notice 2008-40 and materially modifies the allocation process therein.

History: s. 22, ch. 2020-10.
Fla. Stat. § 65.021 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 65 / Section 65.021
65.021 Real estate; removing clouds.
Status: in_force

Chancery courts have jurisdiction of actions brought by any person or corporation, whether in actual possession or not, claiming legal or equitable title to land against any person or corporation not in actual possession, who has, appears to have or claims an adverse legal or equitable estate, interest, or claim therein to determine such estate, interest, or claim and quiet or remove clouds from the title to the land. It is no bar to relief that the title has not been litigated at law or that there is only one litigant to each side of the controversy or that the adverse claim, estate, or interest is void upon its face, or though not void on its face, requires extrinsic evidence to establish its validity.

History: s. 1, ch. 4739, 1899; GS 1950; RGS 3213; s. 1, ch. 10223, 1925; CGL 5005; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 924.35 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 924 / Section 924.35
924.35 Enforcement of judgment on affirmance.
Status: in_force

When the judgment against the defendant is affirmed, the judgment shall be enforced by the trial court.

History: s. 311, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(324); s. 162, ch. 70-339.
Fla. Stat. § 153.955 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 153 / Part IV / Section 153.955
153.955 Acquisition of privately owned water-wastewater utility.
Status: in_force

If the applicant for financial assistance demonstrates, based on documentation acceptable to the department, that acquisition of a privately owned water-wastewater utility qualifies under s. 153.954, the department may authorize financial assistance for such acquisition.

History: s. 5, ch. 2001-229.
Fla. Stat. § 255.045 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 255 / Section 255.045
255.045 Cleanup after events held on public property.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who sponsors or promotes an event to be held on or within any public property or facility in the state must reasonably protect such property or facility and, after the event, must provide for all necessary cleanup, repair, and restoration of such property or facility to its condition prior to the event, so that such public property or facility is suitable for normal use. The cleanup, repair, and restoration must be accomplished within 15 days after the date the event is concluded.

(2) This section does not supersede any laws, rules, ordinances, or properly adopted policies the requirements of which are more stringent than the requirements imposed by this section.

(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal violation, punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 per day, to begin on the day after the 15-day cleanup period has expired. The imposition of the fine against any person does not abrogate that person’s duty to pay any cleanup or restoration costs resulting from the event.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 89-73.
Fla. Stat. § 112.28 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part II / Section 112.28
112.28 Status of employees of this state.
Status: in_force

(1) Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in s. 112.27 may be considered during such participation to be on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency.

(2) Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.

(3) Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency’s employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he or she is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency’s employee compensation program.

History: s. 4, ch. 65-524; s. 696, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 627.7843 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XIII / Section 627.7843
627.7843 Property information reports.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “property information report” means any report that contains the limitations of this section and discloses documents or information appearing in the Official Records as described in s. 28.222, in the records of a county tax collector pertaining to ad valorem real property taxes and special assessments imposed by a governmental authority against real property, in the Secretary of State filing office, or in another governmental filing office pertaining to real or personal property. A property information report may be issued by any person, including a Florida-licensed title insurer, title agent, or title agency.

(2) A property information report may not directly or indirectly set forth or imply any opinion, warranty, guarantee, insurance, or other similar assurance and does not constitute title insurance as defined in s. 624.608.

(3) The contractual liability of the issuer of a property information report is limited to the person or persons expressly identified by name in the property information report as the recipient or recipients of the property information report and may not exceed the amount paid for the property information report. Only contractual remedies are available for an error or omission that arises from a property information report. A property information report must contain the following language: “This report is not title insurance. Pursuant to s. 627.7843, Florida Statutes, the maximum liability of the issuer of this property information report for errors or omissions in this property information report is limited to the amount paid for this property information report, and is further limited to the person(s) expressly identified by name in the property information report as the recipient(s) of the property information report.”

(4) This section is not applicable to an opinion of title issued by an attorney.

History: s. 101, ch. 92-318; s. 1206, ch. 2003-261; s. 14, ch. 2017-132.
Fla. Stat. § 605.04072 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.04072
605.04072 Selection and terms of managers in a manager-managed limited liability company.
Status: in_force

In a manager-managed limited liability company, the following rules apply:

(1) A manager may be chosen at any time by the consent of the member or members holding more than 50 percent of the then-current percentage or other interest in the profits of the limited liability company owned by all of its members.

(2) A person need not be a member to be a manager.

(3) A person chosen as a manager continues as a manager until a successor is chosen, unless the manager at an earlier time resigns, is removed, or dies or, in the case of a manager that is not an individual, terminates.

(4) A manager may be removed at any time without notice or cause by the consent of the member or members holding more than 50 percent of the then-current percentage or other interest in the profits of the limited liability company owned by all of its members.

(5) The dissociation of a member who is also a manager removes the person as a manager.

(6) If a person who is both a manager and a member ceases to be a manager, that cessation does not, by itself, dissociate the person as a member.

(7) A person’s ceasing to be a manager does not discharge a debt, obligation, or other liability to the limited liability company or members which the person incurred while a manager.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 736.0301 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part III / Section 736.0301
736.0301 Representation; basic effect.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice, information, accountings, or reports given to a person who may represent and bind another person under this part may serve as a substitute for and have the same effect as notice, information, accountings, or reports given directly to the other person.

(2) Actions taken by a person who represents the interests of another person under this part are binding on the person whose interests are represented to the same extent as if the actions had been taken by the person whose interests are represented.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in s. 736.0602, a person under this part who represents a settlor lacking capacity may receive notice and give a binding consent on the settlor’s behalf.

(4) A trustee is not liable for giving notice, information, accountings, or reports to a beneficiary who is represented by another person under this part, and nothing in this part prohibits the trustee from giving notice, information, accountings, or reports to the person represented.

History: s. 3, ch. 2006-217.
Fla. Stat. § 90.805 — Florida Code / Title VII / Chapter 90 / Section 90.805
90.805 Hearsay within hearsay.
Status: in_force

Hearsay within hearsay is not excluded under s. 90.802, provided each part of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the hearsay rule as provided in s. 90.803 or s. 90.804.

History: s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.
Fla. Stat. § 100.051 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.051
100.051 Candidate’s name on general election ballot.
Status: in_force

The supervisor of elections of each county shall print on ballots to be used in the county at the next general election the names of candidates who have been nominated by a political party and the candidates who have otherwise obtained a position on the general election ballot in compliance with the requirements of this code.

History: s. 53, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 357; CGL 414; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 3, ch. 70-269; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 21, ch. 2007-30.