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Fla. Stat. § 349.13 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 349 / Section 349.13
349.13 Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

The effectuation of the authorized purposes of the authority created under this chapter is, shall and will be, in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and since such authority will be performing essential governmental functions in effectuating such purposes, such authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments of any kind or nature whatsoever upon any property acquired or used by it for such purposes or upon any rates, fees, rentals, receipts, income, or charges at any time received by it, and the bonds and other obligations issued under this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof), shall at all times be free from taxation of any kind by the state or by any political subdivision or taxing agency or instrumentality thereof. The exemption granted by this section shall not be applicable to any tax imposed by chapter 220 on interest, income, or profits on debt obligations owned by corporations. When property of the authority is leased, it shall be exempt from ad valorem taxes only if the use by the lessee qualifies the property for exemption under s. 196.199.

History: s. 13, ch. 29996, 1955; s. 13, ch. 73-327; s. 13, ch. 2009-111.
Fla. Stat. § 605.1054 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.1054
605.1054 Amendment or abandonment of plan of domestication.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of domestication of a domesticating entity may be amended: (a) In the same manner as the plan was approved if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended; or (b) By the interest holders of the domesticating entity in the manner provided in the plan, but an owner who was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the domestication is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change: 1. If applicable, the amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing, to be received by the interest holders of the domesticating entity under the plan; 2. The public organic record, if any, or private organic rules of the domesticated limited liability company which will be in effect immediately after the domestication becomes effective except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the domesticating entity under its organic law or organic rules; or 3. Any other terms or conditions of the plan, if the change would adversely affect the interest holder in any material respect.

(2) After a plan of domestication has been approved and before the articles of domestication become effective, the plan may be abandoned as provided in the plan. Unless prohibited by the plan, the domesticating entity may abandon the plan in the same manner as the plan was approved.

(3) If a plan of domestication is abandoned after articles of domestication have been delivered to the department for filing and before such articles of domestication have become effective, a statement of abandonment, signed by the domesticating entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the articles of domestication become effective. The statement of abandonment takes effect on filing, and the domestication is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of abandonment must contain the following: (a) The name of the domesticating entity. (b) The date on which the articles of domestication were delivered to the department for filing. (c) A statement that the domestication has been abandoned in accordance with this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
Fla. Stat. § 713.27 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part I / Section 713.27
713.27 Interplead.
Status: in_force

An owner or other person holding funds for disbursement on an improvement shall have the right to interplead such lienor and any other person having or claiming to have an interest in the real property improved or a contract relating to the improvement thereof, whenever there is a dispute between lienors as to the amounts due or to become due them. If the court decrees the interpleader, it may transfer all claims to the funds held by the plaintiff. In such case the court shall require said fund to be deposited in registry of court and, effective upon such deposit, shall decree the real property to be free of all liens and claims of lien of the parties to the suit.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254.
Fla. Stat. § 316.0778 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.0778
316.0778 Automated license plate recognition systems; records retention.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “automated license plate recognition system” means a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.

(2) In consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of State shall establish a retention schedule for records containing images and data generated through the use of an automated license plate recognition system. The retention schedule must establish a maximum period that the records may be retained.

History: s. 4, ch. 2014-216.
Fla. Stat. § 732.218 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 732 / Part II / Section 732.218
732.218 Rebuttable presumptions.
Status: in_force

In determining whether ss. 732.216-732.228 apply to specific property, the following rebuttable presumptions apply:

(1) Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property is presumed to have been acquired as, or to have become and remained, property to which these sections apply.

(2) Real property located in this state and personal property wherever located acquired by a married person while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could not then be acquired as community property and title to which was taken in a form which created rights of survivorship are presumed to be property to which these sections do not apply.

History: s. 6, ch. 92-200; s. 31, ch. 2001-226; s. 3, ch. 2024-238.
Fla. Stat. § 624.475 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.475
624.475 Tax on premiums, contributions, and assessments.
Status: in_force

Premiums, contributions, and assessments received by a commercial self-insurance fund are subject to ss. 624.509(1) and (2) and 624.5092, except that the tax rate shall be 1.6 percent of the gross amount of such premiums, contributions, and assessments.

History: s. 4, ch. 88-206; s. 15, ch. 89-167; s. 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 95-211.
Fla. Stat. § 284.02 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 284 / Part I / Section 284.02
284.02 Payment of premiums by each agency; handling of funds; payment of losses and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Premiums as calculated on all coverages shall be billed and charged to each state agency according to coverages obtained from the fund for their benefit, and such obligation shall be paid promptly by each agency from its operating budget upon presentation of a bill therefor. Billings and the obligation to pay shall be based on coverage provided during each fiscal year and annually thereafter.

(2) All premiums paid into the fund and all moneys received by the fund from investment or any other source pursuant to said program shall be held by the Department of Financial Services and used for the purpose of paying losses, expenses incurred in adjustment of losses, premiums for reinsurance, and operating expenses.

(3) The Department of Financial Services is authorized to employ a director of the fund and necessary administrative and clerical personnel, actuaries, consultants, and adjusters to maintain, operate, and administer the fund and to underwrite all certificates of insurance issued by the fund. All salaries and expenses of administration and operation shall be paid from the fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 7294, 1917; s. 1, ch. 7902, 1919; RGS 1312; s. 1, ch. 8430, 1921; CGL 1991; s. 1, ch. 28092, 1953; s. 2, ch. 57-101; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 2, ch. 61-463; ss. 13, 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 70-272; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 309, ch. 2003-261; s. 24, ch. 2018-110.
Fla. Stat. § 474.2065 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 474 / Section 474.2065
474.2065 Fees.
Status: in_force

The board, by rule, shall establish fees for application and examination, reexamination, license renewal, inactive status, renewal of inactive status, license reactivation, periodic inspection of veterinary establishments, and duplicate copies of licenses, certificates, and permits. The fee for the initial application and examination may not exceed $650 plus the actual per applicant cost to the department for purchase of portions of the examination from the Professional Examination Service for the American Veterinary Medical Association or a similar national organization. The fee for licensure by endorsement may not exceed $500. The fee for temporary licensure may not exceed $200. The board shall establish fees that are adequate to ensure its continued operation and to fund the proportionate expenses incurred by the department which are allocated to the regulation of veterinarians. Fees shall be based on departmental estimates of the revenue required to administer this chapter and the provisions relating to the regulation of veterinarians.

History: ss. 10, 16, ch. 85-291; s. 23, ch. 88-205; s. 49, ch. 89-162; s. 3, ch. 91-176; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 128, ch. 94-119.
Fla. Stat. § 1010.36 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1010 / Part III / Section 1010.36
1010.36 Foreign travel; research institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) By January 1, 2022, each state university or entity listed in subpart A. or subpart B. of part II of chapter 1004 that receives state appropriations or state tax revenue and has a research budget of $10 million or more must establish an international travel approval and monitoring program. The program must require preapproval and screening by a research integrity office designated by the president or chief administrative officer of the state university or entity for any employment-related foreign travel and employment-related foreign activities engaged in by all faculty, researchers, and research department staff. Such requirement is in addition to any other travel approval process applicable to the state university or entity.

(2)(a) Preapproval by the research integrity office must be based on the applicant’s review and acknowledgment of guidance published by the employing state university or entity which relates to countries under sanctions or other restrictions of the state or the United States Government, including any federal license requirement; customs rules; export controls; restrictions on taking state university or entity property, including intellectual property, abroad; restrictions on presentations, teaching, and interactions with foreign colleagues; and other subjects important to the research and academic integrity of the state university or entity. (b) Preapproval must be based on the binding commitment of the individual traveler not to violate the state university’s or entity’s limitations on travel and activities abroad and to obey all applicable federal laws.

(3) The state university or entity must maintain records of all foreign travel requests and approvals; expenses reimbursed by the university or entity during such travel, including for travel, food, and lodging; and payments and honoraria received during such travel and activities, including for travel, food, and lodging. The state university or entity must also keep records of the purpose of the travel and any records related to the foreign activity review. Such records must be retained for at least 3 years or any longer period of time required by any other applicable state or federal law.

(4) The state university or entity must provide an annual report of foreign travel to countries of concern listing individual travelers, foreign locations visited, and foreign institutions visited to the Board of Governors or the governing board of the applicable entity.

(5) By July 1, 2025, the Inspector General of the Board of Governors, the inspector general of an entity described in subsection (1), or the Auditor General must perform an operational audit regarding the implementation of this section.

History: s. 5, ch. 2021-76.
Fla. Stat. § 631.395 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 631 / Part I / Section 631.395
631.395 Guaranty fund; orders of court.
Status: in_force

Any order of liquidation issued pursuant to s. 631.111 or s. 631.131 must authorize and direct the department as receiver to coordinate the operation of the receivership with the operation of any insurance guaranty fund authorized to operate in this state and may authorize the department to provide data processing services for any appropriate guaranty fund. Such authorization must include, but not be limited to, release of any of the following:

(1) Claims files, records, or documents pertaining to claims on file with the insolvent insurer; and

(2) Insurance claims filed with the receiver.

History: s. 20, ch. 70-27; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 27, ch. 83-38; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 2017-143.
Fla. Stat. § 1011.051 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1011 / Part I / Section 1011.051
1011.051 Guidelines for general funds.
Status: in_force

The district school board shall maintain a general fund ending fund balance that is sufficient to address normal contingencies.

(1) If at any time the portion of the general fund’s ending fund balance not classified as restricted, committed, or nonspendable in the district’s approved operating budget is projected to fall below 3 percent of projected general fund revenues during the current fiscal year, the superintendent shall provide written notification to the district school board and the Commissioner of Education. If such financial condition exists for 2 consecutive fiscal years, the superintendent shall reduce the district’s administration expenditures reported pursuant to s. 1010.215(4)(a) in proportion to the reduction in the general fund’s ending balance or the reduction in student enrollment, whichever is greater.

(2)(a) If at any time the portion of the general fund’s ending fund balance not classified as restricted, committed, or nonspendable in the district’s approved operating budget is projected to fall below 2 percent of projected general fund revenues during the current fiscal year, the superintendent shall provide written notification to the district school board and the Commissioner of Education. Within 14 days after receiving such notification, if the commissioner determines that the district does not have a plan that is reasonably anticipated to avoid a financial emergency as determined pursuant to s. 218.503, the commissioner shall appoint a financial emergency board that shall operate under the requirements, powers, and duties specified in s. 218.503(3)(g). (b) If any of the conditions identified in s. 218.503(1) existed in the 2015-2016 school year or thereafter, the department shall contract with an independent third party to conduct an investigation of all accounts and records to determine the cause of the deficit; what efforts, if any, were made to avoid the deficit; and whether any of the conditions identified in s. 1011.10 have occurred. The investigation must include a detailed review and analysis of documents and records, including, but not limited to, budget reports, journal entries, budget methodologies, staff emails, hard copy records, monthly financial statements, quarterly revenue and expenditure reports, finance staff job descriptions, and minutes from meetings. The results of the investigation must include recommendations for corrective action and controls to avoid a reoccurrence of a future budget shortfall. A final report shall be provided to the district school board, the department, the Legislative Auditing Committee, and the district’s financial emergency board, if applicable.

History: s. 11, ch. 2009-3; s. 24, ch. 2011-144; s. 13, ch. 2018-5.
Fla. Stat. § 11.111 — Florida Code / Title III / Chapter 11 / Section 11.111
11.111 Continuance of certain causes for term of Legislature and period of time prior and subsequent thereto and committee workdays.
Status: in_force

Any proceeding before any court, municipality, or agency of government of this state shall stand continued, without the continuance being charged against any party, during any session of the Legislature and for a period of time 15 days prior to any session of the Legislature and 15 days subsequent to the conclusion of any session of the Legislature, and during any period of required committee work and for a period of time 1 day prior and 1 day subsequent thereto, when either attorney representing the litigants is a legislator or when a member of the Legislature is a party or witness or is scheduled to appear before any municipal government, administrative board, or agency, when notice to that effect is given to the convening authority by such member. The time period for determining the right to a speedy trial shall be tolled during the period of the continuance, but the providing of such a continuance shall not act as a waiver to the right to a speedy trial. The immunity herein granted shall, upon the filing of a notice by the witness, extend to any member not an attorney who is engaged in any proceeding before any court or any state, county, or municipal agency or board in a representative capacity for any individual or group or as a witness in any proceeding. After said notice has been filed by a member of the Legislature called as a witness, the proceeding may proceed notwithstanding such notice if the party calling such member as a witness shall agree.

History: s. 1, ch. 15995, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 4356(1); s. 1, ch. 61-176; s. 1, ch. 67-2(X); s. 1, ch. 70-28; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 9, ch. 96-318.
Fla. Stat. § 280.07 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 280 / Section 280.07
280.07 Mutual responsibility and contingent liability.
Status: in_force

(1) A bank, savings bank, or savings association that is designated as a qualified public depository and that is not insolvent shall guarantee public depositors against loss caused by the default or insolvency of other banks, savings banks, or savings associations that are designated as qualified public depositories.

(2) A credit union that is designated as a qualified public depository and that is not insolvent shall guarantee public depositors against loss caused by the default or insolvency of other credit unions that are designated as qualified public depositories.

Each qualified public depository shall execute a form prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer for such guarantee which must be approved by the board of directors and must become an official record of the institution.

History: s. 3, ch. 81-285; s. 12, ch. 87-409; s. 15, ch. 98-409; s. 8, ch. 2001-230; s. 296, ch. 2003-261; s. 75, ch. 2024-140.
Fla. Stat. § 905.39 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 905 / Section 905.39
905.39 Judicial supervision; returns.
Status: in_force

Judicial supervision of the statewide grand jury shall be maintained by the presiding judge, and all indictments, presentments, and formal returns of any kind made by such grand jury shall be returned to the presiding judge.

History: s. 1, ch. 73-132.
Fla. Stat. § 448.22 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 448 / Part II / Section 448.22
448.22 Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this part:

(1) “Labor pool” means a business entity that operates a labor hall by one or more of the following methods: (a) Contracting with third-party users to supply day laborers to them on a temporary basis. (b) Hiring, employing, recruiting, or contracting with workers to fulfill these temporary labor contracts for day labor. (c) Fulfilling any contracts for day labor in accordance with this subsection, even if the entity also conducts other business.

(2) “Day labor” means temporary labor or employment that is occasional or irregular for which the worker is employed for not longer than the time period required to complete the temporary assignment for which the individual worker was hired, although an individual may be eligible for additional temporary assignments when available.

(3) “Labor hall” means a central location maintained by a labor pool where day laborers assemble and are dispatched to work for a third-party user.

(4) “Business entity” means any individual, corporation, business partnership, firm, institution, or association.

(5) “Third-party user” means a business entity that uses the services of a day laborer provided by a labor pool.

History: s. 1, ch. 95-332.
Fla. Stat. § 57.071 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 57 / Section 57.071
57.071 Costs; what taxable.
Status: in_force

(1) If costs are awarded to any party, the following shall also be allowed: (a) The reasonable premiums or expenses paid on all bonds or other security furnished by such party. (b) The expense of the court reporter for per diem, transcribing proceedings and depositions, including opening statements and arguments by counsel. (c) Any sales or use tax due on legal services provided to such party, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary.

(2) Expert witness fees may not be awarded as taxable costs unless the party retaining the expert witness furnishes each opposing party with a written report signed by the expert witness which summarizes the expert witness’s opinions and the factual basis of the opinions, including documentary evidence and the authorities relied upon in reaching the opinions. Such report shall be filed at least 5 days prior to the deposition of the expert or at least 20 days prior to discovery cutoff, whichever is sooner, or as otherwise determined by the court. This subsection does not apply to any action proceeding under the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure.

History: s. 1, ch. 16246, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 4680(1); s. 13, ch. 67-254; s. 42, ch. 87-6; s. 5, ch. 99-225.