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FL Stat § 605.1101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1101 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

605.1101 Uniformity of application and construction.—In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the uniform act upon which it is based.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
FL Stat § 605.1102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1102 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

605.1102 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.—This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede s. 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of the notices described in s. 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7003(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this chapter does not operate to modify, limit, or supersede any provisions of s. 15.16, s. 116.34, or s. 668.50.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
FL Stat § 605.1103 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1103 - Tax Exemption on Income of Certain Limited Liability Companies.

605.1103 Tax exemption on income of certain limited liability companies.—(1) A limited liability company classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, or a single-member limited liability company that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal income tax purposes, and organized pursuant to this chapter or qualified to do business in this state as a foreign limited liability company is not an “artificial entity” within the purview of s. 220.02 and is not subject to the tax imposed under chapter 220. If a single-member limited liability company is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal income tax purposes, its activities are, for purposes of taxation under chapter 220, treated in the same manner as a sole proprietorship, branch, or division of the owner.(2) For purposes of taxation under chapter 220, a limited liability company formed in this state or a foreign limited liability company with a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall be classified as a partnership or a limited liability company that has only one member shall be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal income tax purposes, unless classified otherwise for federal income tax purposes, in which case the limited liability company shall be classified identically to its classification for federal income tax purposes. For purposes of taxation under chapter 220, a member or a transferee of a member of a limited liability company formed in this state or a foreign limited liability company with a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall be treated as a resident or nonresident partner unless classified otherwise for federal income tax purposes, in which case the member or transferee of a member has the same status as the member or transferee of a member for federal income tax purposes.(3) Single-member limited liability companies and other entities that are disregarded for federal income tax purposes must be treated as separate legal entities for all non-income tax purposes. The Department of Revenue shall adopt rules to take into account that single-member disregarded entities such as limited liability companies and qualified subchapter S corporations may be disregarded as separate entities for federal tax purposes and therefore may report and account for income, employment, and other taxes under the taxpayer identification number of the owner of the single-member entity.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 143, ch. 2014-17.
FL Stat § 605.1104 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1104 - Interrogatories by Department; Other Powers of Department.

605.1104 Interrogatories by department; other powers of department.—(1) The department may direct to any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company subject to this chapter, and to a member or manager of any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company subject to this chapter, interrogatories reasonably necessary and proper to enable the department to ascertain whether the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company has complied with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company. The interrogatories must be answered within 30 days after the date of mailing, or within such additional time as fixed by the department. The answers to the interrogatories must be full and complete and must be made in writing and under oath. If the interrogatories are directed to an individual, they must be answered by the individual, and if directed to a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, they must be answered by a manager of a manager-managed company, a member of a member-managed company, or other applicable governor if a foreign limited liability company is not member-managed or manager managed, or a fiduciary if the company is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary.(2) The department need not file a record in a court of competent jurisdiction to which the interrogatories relate until the interrogatories are answered as provided in this chapter, and is not required to file a record if the answers disclose that the record is not in conformity with the requirements of this chapter or if the department has determined that the parties to such document have not paid all fees, taxes, and penalties due and owing this state. The department shall certify to the Department of Legal Affairs, for such action as the Department of Legal Affairs may deem appropriate, all interrogatories and answers that disclose a violation of this chapter.(3) The department may, based upon its findings under this section or as provided in s. 213.053(15), bring an action in circuit court to collect any penalties, fees, or taxes determined to be due and owing the state and to compel any filing, qualification, or registration required by law. In connection with such proceeding, the department may, without prior approval by the court, file a lis pendens against any property owned by the limited liability company and may further certify any findings to the Department of Legal Affairs for the initiation of an action permitted pursuant to this chapter which the Department of Legal Affairs may deem appropriate.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 75, ch. 2020-32.
FL Stat § 605.1105 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1105 - Reservation of Power to Amend or Repeal.

605.1105 Reservation of power to amend or repeal.—The Legislature has the power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time, and all domestic and foreign limited liability companies subject to this chapter shall be governed by the amendment or repeal.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
FL Stat § 605.1106 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1106 - Savings Clause.

605.1106 Savings clause.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the repeal of a statute by this chapter does not affect:(a) The operation of the statute or an action taken under it before its repeal, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the continuing validity of any provision of the articles of organization, regulations, or operating agreements of a limited liability company authorized under the statute at the time of its adoption;(b) Any ratification, right, remedy, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the statute before its repeal;(c) Any violation of the statute or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred because of the violation, before its repeal; or(d) Any proceeding, merger, sale of assets, reorganization, or dissolution commenced under the statute before its repeal, and the proceeding, merger, sale of assets, reorganization, or dissolution may be completed in accordance with the statute as if it had not been repealed.(2) If a penalty or punishment imposed for violation of a statute is reduced by this chapter, the penalty or punishment, if not already imposed, shall be imposed in accordance with this chapter.(3) This chapter does not affect an action commenced, proceeding brought, or right accrued before this chapter takes effect.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
FL Stat § 605.1107 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1107 - Severability Clause.

605.1107 Severability clause.—If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.
FL Stat § 605.1108 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act|605.1108 - Application to Limited Liability Company Formed Under the Florida Limited Liability Company Act.

605.1108 Application to limited liability company formed under the Florida Limited Liability Company Act.—(1) Subject to subsection (4), before January 1, 2015, this chapter governs only:(a) A limited liability company formed on or after January 1, 2014; and(b) A limited liability company formed before January 1, 2014, which elects, in the manner provided in its operating agreement or by law for amending the operating agreement, to be subject to this chapter.(2) On or after January 1, 2015, this chapter governs all limited liability companies.(3) For the purpose of applying this chapter to a limited liability company formed before January 1, 2014, under the Florida Limited Liability Company Act, former ss. 608.401-608.705, the company’s articles of organization are deemed to be the company’s articles of organization under this chapter.(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), effective January 1, 2014, all documents, instruments, and other records submitted to the department must comply with the filing requirements stipulated by this chapter.History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 10, ch. 2015-148.
FL Stat § 606.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 606 - Business Coordination|606.01 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

606.01 Legislative findings and intent.—(1) The Legislature finds that:(a) As documented by the Governor’s Single Business Identifier Interagency Task Force, state government places a heavy burden on the business community of this state through the requirement to obtain and maintain numerous licenses, permits, and registrations.(b) While such requirements are necessary to ensure the public safety and welfare, present methods for the business community to meet such obligations, as prescribed by law and administered and enforced by state agencies, are cumbersome and place an undue hardship on business entities in this state.(c) The potential exists for the state to more easily identify and eliminate duplicative or outdated licensing requirements and thereby reduce its cost of operation without jeopardizing the public safety or welfare.(2) It is the intent of this act to establish a master business index within the Department of State and to facilitate a reporting mechanism which consolidates and coordinates business entity licensing and reporting requirements whenever possible.History.—s. 1, ch. 97-15.
FL Stat § 606.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 606 - Business Coordination|606.02 - Short Title.

606.02 Short title.—This act may be cited as the “Florida Business Coordination Act.”History.—s. 2, ch. 97-15.
FL Stat § 606.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 606 - Business Coordination|606.03 - Definitions.

606.03 Definitions.—As used in this act:(1) “Business entity” means any form of corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, joint venture, business trust, or sole proprietorship that conducts business in this state.(2) “Department” means the Department of State.(3) “Master business index” means that database maintained by the department which indexes all business entity records maintained by any state government agency.(4) “Participating agency” means an agency of government which elects to participate in the exchange of information through the master business index.(5) “Single business identifier” means the unique record number assigned to a business entity by the department in compliance with the provisions of this act.(6) “State agency” means any state government agency, department, or commission which has jurisdiction over business entities.(7) “Uniform business report” means an information gathering document distributed by the department to collect or update current data for the master business index.History.—s. 3, ch. 97-15; s. 1, ch. 99-218.
FL Stat § 606.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 606 - Business Coordination|606.04 - Master Business Index.

606.04 Master business index.—(1)(a) The department shall create a master business index, using as an initial base the commercial regulation and registration program databases the department currently maintains. Each business entity shall be assigned a unique single business identifier for interagency use. The master business index shall serve as the state’s central index of business entities and shall reflect a listing of all licenses and registrations held by a business with any participating agency.(b) Each participating agency, notwithstanding any other requirement of law, shall:1. Provide updated information regarding the status of a business entity which the agency regulates or licenses and on which the agency maintains records.2. Have the discretion to use the index as an alternative means of acquiring information about a business entity and, as necessary, use the information in the index to comply with the various requirements for registration, license issuance, renewal, or otherwise in the fulfillment of the agency’s statutory responsibilities.3. Have the discretion to use the index in any instance as an authorized source for the creation or amendment of any official records.(c) The department is authorized to create, in conjunction with the master business index, a directory of business activity which will facilitate the exchange of information on Florida’s business opportunities and further the international and domestic economic development efforts of this state.(2) The department is authorized to take the actions it deems necessary to integrate all nonbusiness entity or commercial registrations it maintains into the master business index such that all registrations maintained for a business entity are reflected in the index in a consolidated manner.(3) The department is authorized to enter into any formal agreement with federal, state, or local agencies to facilitate the registration of a business entity with that agency.History.—s. 4, ch. 97-15; s. 2, ch. 99-218.
FL Stat § 606.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 606 - Business Coordination|606.05 - Custodian.

606.05 Custodian.—The Secretary of State is hereby designated the custodian of the master business index.History.—s. 5, ch. 97-15.
FL Stat § 606.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 606 - Business Coordination|606.06 - Uniform Business Report.

606.06 Uniform business report.—The department may use the uniform business report:(1) To create index records and for referral to other federal, state, or local agencies as requested by a registrant.(2) As a substitute for any annual report or renewal filing required by chapters 495, 605, 607, 609, 617, 620, 621, and 865.(3) As the means for any registrant to apply for the issuance of a Federal Employer Identification Number, pursuant to any formal agreement with the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.(4) To comply with any formal agreement for information exchange or reciprocal issuance of a license permit or registration.(5) To facilitate the creation and maintenance of a database and a directory of businesses and any information regarding the activities of such businesses which will further the international and domestic economic development efforts of this state.History.—s. 3, ch. 99-218; s. 28, ch. 2015-148.
FL Stat § 609.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.01 - Common-Law Declaration of Trust.

609.01 Common-law declaration of trust.—Two or more persons, whether residents of this state or not, may organize and associate themselves together for the purpose of transacting business in this state under what is commonly designated or known as a “declaration of trust”; provided, however, no such association shall ever be permitted or authorized to transact a banking or security business, of any kind, in this state.History.—s. 1, ch. 9125, 1923; s. 1, ch. 11995, 1927; CGL 7091.
FL Stat § 609.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.02 - Filing a Declaration of Trust.

609.02 Filing a declaration of trust.—Every such organization organized for the purpose of transacting business in this state, or organized in this state for the purpose of transacting business elsewhere, which intends to sell or offer for sale any units, shares, contracts, notes, bonds, mortgages, oil or mineral leases or other security of such association shall, prior to transacting any such business, file with the Department of State a true and correct copy of the declaration of trust under which the association proposes to conduct its business, which copy shall be sworn to, as being a true and correct copy, by the chair of the board of trustees named in such declaration of trust. When such copy shall have been filed with the Department of State it shall constitute public notice as to the purposes and manner of the business to be engaged in by such association. The Department of State, prior to the issuance of the certificate by it, shall collect from the said association a filing fee of $350, which fee shall be paid by it into the general fund of the state.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 9125, 1923; s. 1, ch. 11995, 1927; CGL 7091, 7092; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 12, ch. 71-114; s. 67, ch. 90-132; s. 68, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 609.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.03 - Issuance of Certificate to Association.

609.03 Issuance of certificate to association.—Upon the filing of the copy of the declaration of trust and the payment of the filing fee, in compliance with s. 609.02, the Department of State shall issue to the trustees named in the said declaration of trust a certificate showing that such declaration of trust has been duly filed in its office; whereupon, such association shall be authorized to transact business in this state; provided that all other applicable laws have been complied with.History.—s. 2, ch. 9125, 1923; CGL 7092; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 609.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.04 - Unlawful to Transact Business Prior to Compliance.

609.04 Unlawful to transact business prior to compliance.—No person may transact or conduct any business, within this state, under any declaration of trust, or like association, without first complying with the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and no person organized to do business under any such declaration of trust, may offer for sale, barter, or exchange any unit, share, contract, note, bond, mortgage, oil or mineral lease or other security of such organization or association, without first having complied with the provisions and requirements of this chapter.History.—s. 1, ch. 9125, 1923; s. 1, ch. 11995, 1927; CGL 7091.
FL Stat § 609.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.05 - Qualification With Office of Financial Regulation.

609.05 Qualification with Office of Financial Regulation.—Before any person may offer for sale, barter or sell any unit, share, contract, note, bond, mortgage, oil or mineral lease or other security of an association doing business under what is known as a “declaration of trust” in this state, such person shall procure from the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission a permit to offer for sale and sell such securities, which permit shall be applied for and granted under the same conditions as like permits are applied for and granted to corporations.History.—s. 3, ch. 9125, 1923; CGL 7093; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 747, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 609.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.051 - Shares, Personal Property.

609.051 Shares, personal property.—Shares, however designated, in such trusts are declared for purposes of taxation, to be personal property, and not interest in land, notwithstanding the nature of the property of which the trust shall consist unless otherwise provided in the trust instrument.History.—s. 3, ch. 63-488.
FL Stat § 609.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.06 - Penalties.

609.06 Penalties.—Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.History.—s. 4, ch. 9125, 1923; CGL 8130; s. 635, ch. 71-136.
FL Stat § 609.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 609 - Common-Law Declarations of Trust|609.07 - Issuance of Certain Units, Shares, Certificates, or Other Security.

609.07 Issuance of certain units, shares, certificates, or other security.—The declaration of trust may provide that the units, shares, certificates of beneficial ownership or interest, or other security issued, or to be issued, in accordance with the provisions thereof shall be fully paid and nonassessable. When the declaration of trust so provides, every holder of any such unit, share, certificate of beneficial ownership or interest, or other security issued by the trust, who has not paid in full the sum agreed to be paid for each unit, share, certificate of beneficial ownership or interest, or other security, shall be personally liable to the trust, or to its creditors, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the portion of said sum remaining unpaid. Such holders shall not otherwise be liable for any debt or obligation of the trust.History.—s. 1, ch. 63-171.
FL Stat § 610.102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 610 - Cable and Video Services|610.102 - Department of State Authority to Issue Statewide Cable and Video Franchise.

610.102 Department of State authority to issue statewide cable and video franchise.—The department shall be designated as the franchising authority for a state-issued franchise for the provision of cable or video service. A municipality or county may not grant a new franchise for the provision of cable or video service within its jurisdiction.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.