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FL Stat § 610.105 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.105 - Eligibility for State-Issued Franchise.

610.105 Eligibility for state-issued franchise.—(1) After July 1, 2007, an incumbent cable or video service provider is immediately eligible at its option to apply for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority under this chapter and shall file a written notice with the applicable municipality or county in which the provider provides cable or video service simultaneously with any filing with the department under this chapter. The applicable municipal or county franchise is terminated under this section on the date the department issues the state-issued certificate of franchise authority.(2) If an incumbent cable or video service provider has been granted a state-issued certificate of franchise authority that covers all or a portion of a municipality or county, any obligation under any existing municipal or county franchise that exceeds the obligations imposed on the certificateholder in the area covered by the certificate shall be against public policy and void.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.106 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.106 - Franchise Fees Prohibited.

610.106 Franchise fees prohibited.—Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the department may not impose any taxes, fees, charges, or other impositions on a cable or video service provider as a condition for the issuance of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority. No municipality or county may impose any taxes, fees, charges, or other exactions on certificateholders in connection with use of public right-of-way as a condition of a certificateholder doing business in the municipality or county, or otherwise, except such taxes, fees, charges, or other exactions permitted by chapter 202, s. 337.401(6), or s. 610.117.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.107 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.107 - Buildout.

610.107 Buildout.—No franchising authority, state agency, or political subdivision may impose any buildout, system construction, or service deployment requirements on a certificateholder.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.108 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.108 - Customer Service Standards.

610.108 Customer service standards.—(1) All cable or video service providers shall comply with customer service requirements in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c).(2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have the sole authority to respond to all cable or video service customer complaints. This provision does not permit the municipality, county, or department to impose customer service standards inconsistent with the requirements in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c).(3) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall receive service quality complaints from customers of a cable or video service provider and shall address such complaints in an expeditious manner by assisting in the resolution of such complaint between the complainant and the cable or video service provider. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt any procedural rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to administer this section, but shall not have any authority to impose any customer service requirements inconsistent with those contained in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c).History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29; s. 144, ch. 2014-17.
FL Stat § 610.112 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.112 - Cable or Video Services for Public Facilities.

610.112 Cable or video services for public facilities.—Upon a request by a municipality or county, a certificateholder shall provide, within 90 days after receipt of the request, one active basic cable or video service outlet to K-12 public schools, public libraries, or local government administrative buildings, to the extent such buildings are located within 200 feet of the certificateholder’s activated video distribution plant. At the request of the municipality or county, the certificateholder shall extend its distribution plant to serve such buildings located more than 200 feet from the certificateholder’s activated video distribution plant. In such circumstances, the governmental entity owning or occupying the building is responsible for the time and material costs incurred in extending the certificateholder’s activated video distribution plant to within 200 feet adjacent to the building. The cable or video services provided under this section shall not be available in an area viewed by the general public and may not be used for any commercial purpose.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.113 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.113 - Nondiscrimination by Municipality or County.

610.113 Nondiscrimination by municipality or county.—(1) A municipality or county shall allow a certificateholder to install, construct, and maintain a network within a public right-of-way and shall provide a certificateholder with comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral access to the public right-of-way in accordance with the provisions of s. 337.401. All use of a public right-of-way by a certificateholder is nonexclusive.(2) A municipality or county may not discriminate against a certificateholder regarding:(a) The authorization or placement of a network in a public right-of-way;(b) Access to a building or other property; or(c) Utility pole attachment terms and conditions.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.114 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.114 - Limitation on Local Authority.

610.114 Limitation on local authority.—(1) A municipality or county may not impose additional requirements on a certificateholder, including, but not limited to, financial, operational, and administrative requirements, except as expressly permitted by this chapter. A municipality or county may not impose on activities of a certificateholder a requirement:(a) That particular business offices be located in the municipality or county;(b) Regarding the filing of reports and documents with the municipality or county that are not required by state or federal law and that are not related to the use of the public right-of-way. Reports and documents other than schematics indicating the location of facilities for a specific site that are provided in the normal course of the municipality’s or county’s permitting process, that are authorized by s. 337.401 for communications service providers, or that are otherwise required in the normal course of such permitting process shall not be considered related to the use of the public right-of-way for communications service providers. A municipality or county may not request information concerning the capacity or technical configuration of a certificateholder’s facilities;(c) For the inspection of a certificateholder’s business records; or(d) For the approval of transfers of ownership or control of a certificateholder’s business, except that a municipality or county may require a certificateholder to provide notice of a transfer within a reasonable time.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or county may require the issuance of a permit in accordance with and subject to s. 337.401 to a certificateholder that is placing and maintaining facilities in or on a public right-of-way in the municipality or county. In accordance with s. 337.402, the permit may require the permitholder to be responsible, at the permitholder’s expense, for any damage resulting from the issuance of such permit and for restoring the public right-of-way to its original condition before installation of such facilities. The terms of the permit shall be consistent with construction permits issued to other providers of communications services placing or maintaining communications facilities in a public right-of-way.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.115 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.115 - Discrimination Prohibited.

610.115 Discrimination prohibited.—(1) The purpose of this section is to prevent discrimination among potential residential subscribers.(2) A cable or video service provider may not deny access to service to any individual or group of potential residential subscribers because of the race or income of the residents in the local area in which the individual or group resides. Enforcement of this section shall be in accordance with s. 501.2079.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.116 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.116 - Compliance.

610.116 Compliance.—If a certificateholder is found by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the certificateholder shall have a reasonable period of time, as specified by the court, to cure such noncompliance.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.117 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.117 - Limitation.

610.117 Limitation.—Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give any local government or the department any authority over any communications service other than cable or video services whether offered on a common carrier or private contract basis.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.
FL Stat § 610.1201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.1201 - Severability.

610.1201 Severability.—If any provision of ss. 610.102-610.118 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of ss. 610.102-610.118 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of ss. 610.102-610.118 are severable.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29; s. 73, ch. 2016-10.
FL Stat § 617.01011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.01011 - Short Title.

617.01011 Short title.—This act may be cited as the “Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.0102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0102 - Reservation of Power to Amend or Repeal.

617.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal.—The Legislature has the power to amend or repeal all or part of this act at any time, and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to this act shall be governed by the amendment or repeal.History.—s. 2, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.01201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.01201 - Filing Requirements.

617.01201 Filing requirements.—(1) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements to be entitled to filing by the Department of State.(2) This act must require or permit filing the document in the office of the Department of State.(3) The document must contain the information required by this act. It may contain other information as well.(4) The document must be typewritten or printed and must be legible. If electronically transmitted, the document must be in a format that may be retrieved or reproduced in typewritten or printed form.(5) The document must be in the English language. A corporate name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals, and the certificate of authority required of foreign corporations need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.(6) The document must be executed:(a) By a director of a domestic or foreign corporation, or by its president or by another of its officers;(b) If directors or officers have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or(c) If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by the fiduciary.(7) The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite his or her signature his or her name and the capacity in which he or she signs. The document may, but need not, contain:(a) The corporate seal,(b) An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary,(c) An acknowledgment, verification, or proof.(8) If the Department of State has prescribed a mandatory form for the document under s. 617.0121, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.(9) The document must be delivered to the department for filing. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent allowed by the department. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the department may require that one exact or conformed copy be delivered with the document, except as provided in s. 617.1508. The document must be accompanied by the correct filing fee and any other tax or penalty required by law.History.—s. 3, ch. 90-179; s. 44, ch. 93-281; s. 76, ch. 97-102; s. 7, ch. 2009-205.
FL Stat § 617.0121 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0121 - Forms.

617.0121 Forms.—(1) The Department of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for:(a) An application for certificate of status,(b) A foreign corporation’s application for certificate of authority to conduct its affairs in the state,(c) A foreign corporation’s application for certificate of withdrawal, and(d) The annual report, for which the department may prescribe the use of the uniform business report, pursuant to s. 606.06.If the Department of State so requires, the use of these forms shall be mandatory.(2) The Department of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this act, but their use shall not be mandatory.History.—s. 4, ch. 90-179; s. 8, ch. 99-218.
FL Stat § 617.0122 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0122 - Fees for Filing Documents and Issuing Certificates.

617.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.—The Department of State shall collect the following fees on documents delivered to the department for filing:(1) Articles of incorporation: $35.(2) Application for registered name: $87.50.(3) Application for renewal of registered name: $87.50.(4) Corporation’s statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both if not included on the annual report: $35.(5) Designation of and acceptance by registered agent: $35.(6) Agent’s statement of resignation from active corporation: $87.50.(7) Agent’s statement of resignation from inactive corporation: $35.(8) Amendment of articles of incorporation: $35.(9) Restatement of articles of incorporation with amendment of articles: $35.(10) Articles of merger for each party thereto: $35.(11) Articles of dissolution: $35.(12) Articles of revocation of dissolution: $35.(13) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution: $175.(14) Application for certificate of authority to transact business in this state by a foreign corporation: $35.(15) Application for amended certificate of authority: $35.(16) Application for certificate of withdrawal by a foreign corporation: $35.(17) Annual report: $61.25.(18) Articles of correction: $35.(19) Application for certificate of status: $8.75.(20) Certified copy of document: $52.50.(21) Serving as agent for substitute service of process: $87.50.(22) Certificate of conversion of a limited agricultural association to a domestic corporation: $35.(23) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter: $35.Any citizen support organization that is required by rule of the Department of Environmental Protection to be formed as a nonprofit organization and is under contract with the department is exempt from any fees required for incorporation as a nonprofit organization, and the Secretary of State may not assess any such fees if the citizen support organization is certified by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Secretary of State as being under contract with the Department of Environmental Protection.History.—s. 5, ch. 90-179; s. 45, ch. 93-281; ss. 25, 27, ch. 94-314; s. 469, ch. 94-356; s. 13, ch. 97-94; s. 15, ch. 98-101; s. 8, ch. 2009-205; s. 2, ch. 2012-71.
FL Stat § 617.0123 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0123 - Effective Date of Document.

617.0123 Effective date of document.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and in s. 617.0124(3), a document accepted for filing is effective at the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Department of State’s date and time endorsement on the original document.(2) A document may specify a delayed effective date, and if it does the document shall become effective on the date specified. Unless otherwise permitted by this act, a delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after the date on which it is filed.(3) If a document is determined by the Department of State to be incomplete and inappropriate for filing, the Department of State may return the document to the person or corporation filing it, together with a brief written explanation of the reason for the refusal to file, in accordance with s. 617.0125(3). If the applicant returns the document with corrections in accordance with the rules of the department within 60 days after it was mailed to the applicant by the department, and if at the time of return the applicant so requests in writing, the filing date of the document will be the filing date that would have been applied had the original document not been deficient, except as to persons who relied on the record before correction and were adversely affected thereby.(4) Corporate existence may predate the filing date, pursuant to s. 617.0203(1).History.—s. 6, ch. 90-179; s. 47, ch. 93-281.
FL Stat § 617.0124 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0124 - Correcting Filed Document.

617.0124 Correcting filed document.—(1) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the department within 30 days after filing if:(a) The document contains an incorrect statement;(b) The document contains false, misleading, or fraudulent information;(c) The document was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged; or(d) The electronic transmission of the document was defective.(2) A document is corrected:(a) By preparing articles of correction that:1. Describe the document, including its filing date;2. Specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and3. Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and(b) By delivering the executed articles of correction to the department for filing.(3) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and who are adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.(4) Articles of correction that are filed to correct false, misleading, or fraudulent information are not subject to a fee of the department if the articles of correction are delivered to the department within 15 days after the notification of filing sent pursuant to s. 617.0125(2).History.—s. 7, ch. 90-179; s. 48, ch. 93-281; s. 9, ch. 2009-205; s. 5, ch. 2018-58.
FL Stat § 617.0125 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0125 - Filing Duties of Department of State.

617.0125 Filing duties of Department of State.—(1) If a document delivered to the department for filing satisfies the requirements of s. 617.01201, the department shall file it.(2) The department files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing “filed,” together with the Secretary of State’s official title and the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, the department shall send a notice of the filing to the electronic mail address on file for the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative or send a copy of the document to the mailing address of such corporation or its representative. If the record changes the electronic mail address of the domestic or foreign corporation, the department must send such notice to the new electronic mail address and to the most recent prior electronic mail address. If the record changes the mailing address of the domestic or foreign corporation, the department must send such notice to the new mailing address and to the most recent prior mailing address.(3) If the department refuses to file a document, it shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within 15 days after the document was received for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for refusal.(4) The department’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The filing or refusing to file a document does not:(a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;(b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or(c) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.(5) If not otherwise provided by law and the provisions of this act, the department shall determine, by rule, the appropriate format for, number of copies of, manner of execution of, method of electronic transmission of, and amount of and method of payment of fees for, any document placed under its jurisdiction.History.—s. 8, ch. 90-179; s. 6, ch. 2018-58.
FL Stat § 617.0126 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0126 - Appeal From Department of State’s Refusal to File Document.

617.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document.—If the Department of State refuses to file a document delivered to its office for filing, within 30 days after return of the document by the department by mail, as evidenced by the postmark, the domestic or foreign corporation may:(1) Appeal the refusal pursuant to s. 120.68; or(2) Appeal the refusal to the circuit court of the county where the corporation’s principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is or will be located. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the Department of State’s explanation of its refusal to file. The matter shall promptly be tried de novo by the court without a jury. The court may summarily order the Department of State to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.History.—s. 9, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.0127 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.0127 - Evidentiary Effect of Copy of Filed Document.

617.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.—A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the Department of State, bearing the signature of the Secretary of State (which may be in facsimile) and the seal of this state, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the department.History.—s. 10, ch. 90-179.