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• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.01; Short title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Registered Public Obligations Act of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.02; Definitions.
  As used in this act, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Authorized officer" means any individual required or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.03; Legislative intent.
  (1) The code provides that interest with respect to certain obligations may not be exempt from federal income taxation unless such obligations are in registered ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.04; System of registration.
  (1) Each issuer or its designated agent is authorized to establish and maintain a system of registration with respect to each obligation which it issues. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.06; Execution of certificated registered public obligations.
  (1) A certificated registered public obligation shall be executed by the issuer by the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of authorized officers. Any signature ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.07; Valid and binding execution; signatures.
  (1) Any certificated registered public obligation which is signed by the authorized officers at the time of its signing shall remain valid and binding, notwithstanding ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.08; Seal.
  When a seal is required or permitted in the execution of any certificated registered public obligation, an authorized officer may cause the seal to be ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.09; Agents.
  (1) An issuer may appoint for such term as may be agreed, including the period for so long as a registered public obligation may be ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.10; Expenses; payment of costs.
  (1) An issuer, prior to or at original issuance of registered public obligations, may provide as part of a system of registration for the means ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.11; Records.
  (1) Records with regard to the ownership of, or security interests in, registered public obligations are not subject to inspection or copying under any law ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.13; Obligations issued by public entities.
  Obligations issued by public entities under the laws of one or more states, territories, or possessions, including the District of Columbia and the State of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.15; Applicability.
  (1) Unless at any time prior to or at original issuance of a registered public obligation the official or official body of the issuer determines ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.16; Construction.
  This act shall be construed in conjunction with chapters 671-680 and the principles of contract law relative to the registration and transfer of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.18; Laws in conflict with act superseded.
  Any special or general law in conflict with the provisions of this act authorizing the issuance of bonds in registered form is hereby superseded to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 279.19; Covenant of state.
  The State of Florida hereby covenants with the owners of any registered public obligations that it will not amend or repeal this act if the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.01; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Florida Security for Public Deposits ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.02; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Affiliate" means an entity that is related through a parent corporation's controlling interest. The term also ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.03; Public deposits to be secured; prohibitions; exemptions.
  (1)(a) All public deposits shall be secured as provided in this chapter when public depositors comply with the requirements of this chapter. (b) Public ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.04; Collateral for public deposits; general provisions.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall determine the collateral requirements and collateral pledging level for each qualified public depository following procedures established by rule. These ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.041; Collateral arrangements; agreements, provisions, and triggering events.
  (1) Eligible collateral listed in s. 280.13 may be pledged, deposited, or issued using the following collateral arrangements as approved by the Chief Financial ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.05; Powers and duties of the Chief Financial Officer.
  In fulfilling the requirements of this act, the Chief Financial Officer has the power to take the following actions he or she deems necessary to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.051; Grounds for suspension or disqualification of a qualified public depository.
  A qualified public depository may be suspended or disqualified or both if the Chief Financial Officer determines that the qualified public depository has: (1) Violated ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.052; Order of suspension or disqualification; procedure.
  (1) The suspension or disqualification of a bank or savings association as a qualified public depository must be by order of the Chief Financial Officer ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.053; Period of suspension or disqualification; obligations during period; reinstatement.
  (1)(a) The Chief Financial Officer may suspend a qualified public depository for any period that is fixed in the order of suspension, not exceeding ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.054; Administrative penalty in lieu of suspension or disqualification.
  (1) If the Chief Financial Officer finds that one or more grounds exist for the suspension or disqualification of a qualified public depository, the Chief ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.055; Cease and desist order; corrective order; administrative penalty.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer may issue a cease and desist order and a corrective order upon determining that: (a) A qualified public depository has ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.06; Penalty for violation of law, rule, or order to cease and desist or other lawful order.
  (1) The violation of any provision of this chapter, or any order or rule of the Chief Financial Officer, or any order to cease and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.07; Mutual responsibility and contingent liability.
  Any bank or savings association that is designated as a qualified public depository and that is not insolvent shall guarantee public depositors against loss caused ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.071; Qualified Public Depository Oversight Board; purpose; identifying representative qualified public depositories; member selection; responsibilities.
  A Qualified Public Depository Oversight Board is created comprised of six members and six alternate members who represent the interests of all qualified public depositories ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.08; Procedure for payment of losses.
  When the Chief Financial Officer determines that a default or insolvency has occurred, he or she shall provide notice as required in s. 280.085 ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.085; Notice to claimants.
  (1) Upon determining the default or insolvency of a qualified public depository, the Chief Financial Officer shall notify, by first-class mail, all public depositors ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.09; Public Deposits Trust Fund.
  (1) In order to facilitate the administration of this chapter, there is created the Public Deposits Trust Fund, hereafter in this section designated "the fund." ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.10; Effect of merger, acquisition, or consolidation; change of name or address.
  (1) When a qualified public depository is merged into, acquired by, or consolidated with a bank, savings bank, or savings association that is not a ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.11; Withdrawal from public deposits program; return of pledged collateral.
  (1) A qualified public depository may withdraw from the public deposits program by giving written notice to the Chief Financial Officer. The contingent liability, required ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.13; Eligible collateral.
  (1) Securities eligible to be pledged as collateral by banks and savings associations shall be limited to: (a) Direct obligations of the United States Government. (...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.16; Requirements of qualified public depositories; confidentiality.
  (1) In addition to any other requirements specified in this chapter, qualified public depositories shall: (a) Take the following actions for each public deposit account: ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.17; Requirements for public depositors; notice to public depositors and governmental units; loss of protection.
  In addition to any other requirement specified in this chapter, public depositors shall comply with the following: (1)(a) Each official custodian of moneys that ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.18; Protection of public depositors; liability of the state.
  (1) When public deposits are made in accordance with this chapter, there shall be protection from loss to public depositors, as defined in s. 280....
• Florida Public Business Code Section 280.19; Rules.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of this ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.01; Definitions.
  For the purposes of ss. 281.01-281.08, the term "Capitol Complex" includes that portion of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.02; Powers and duties of the Department of Management Services with respect to firesafety and security.
  The Department of Management Services has the following powers and duties with respect to firesafety and security: (1) To assist the State Fire Marshal in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.03; Incident reports and record retention.
  The Department of Management Services shall make provision for the collection and retention of copies of reports relating to criminal activity or other safety-related ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.06; Contracts with counties, municipalities, or licensed private security agencies.
  The Department of Management Services may contract with any county, municipality, or licensed private security agency to provide and maintain the security of state-owned ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.07; Rules; Facilities Program; traffic regulation.
  (1) The Department of Management Services shall adopt and promulgate rules to govern the administration, operation, and management of the Facilities Program and to regulate ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.08; Equipment.
  The Department of Management Services is specifically authorized to purchase, sell, trade, rent, lease, and maintain all necessary equipment, motor vehicles, communication systems, housing facilities, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 281.301; Security systems; records and meetings exempt from public access or disclosure.
  Information relating to the security systems for any property owned by or leased to the state or any of its political subdivisions, and information relating ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.003; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Information Resources Management Act of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.0041; Definitions.
  For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) "Agency" means those entities described in s. 216.011(1)(qq). (2) "Agency Annual Enterprise Resource ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.005; Legislative findings and intent.
  The Legislature finds that: (1) Information is a strategic asset of the state, and, as such, it should be managed as a valuable state resource. (...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.101; Construction of terms, "information technology" or "information technology system."
  Any reference in this part to "information technology" or "information technology system" means any transmission, emission, and reception of signs, signals, writings, images, and sounds ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.102; Creation of the State Technology Office; powers and duties.
  There is created a State Technology Office within the Department of Management Services. The office shall be a separate budget entity, and shall be headed ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.103; SUNCOM Network; exemptions from the required use.
  (1) There is created within the State Technology Office the SUNCOM Network which shall be developed to serve as the state communications system for providing ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.104; Use of state SUNCOM Network by municipalities.
  Any municipality may request the State Technology Office to provide any or all of the SUNCOM Network's portfolio of communications services upon such terms ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.105; Use of state SUNCOM Network by nonprofit corporations.
  (1) The State Technology Office shall provide a means whereby private nonprofit corporations under contract with state agencies or political subdivisions of the state may ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.106; Use of SUNCOM Network by libraries.
  The State Technology Office may provide SUNCOM Network services to any library in the state, including libraries in public schools, community colleges, state universities, and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.107; SUNCOM Network; criteria for usage.
  (1) The State Technology Office shall periodically review the qualifications of subscribers using the state SUNCOM Network and shall terminate services provided to any facility ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.109; Emergency assumption of control.
  In the event of an emergency, the Governor may direct emergency management assumption of control over all or part of the state communications ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.1095; State agency law enforcement radio system and interoperability network.
  (1) The State Technology Office may acquire and implement a statewide radio communications system to serve law enforcement units of state agencies, and to serve ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.111; Statewide system of regional law enforcement communications.
  (1) It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that a statewide system of regional law enforcement communications be developed whereby maximum efficiency in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.20; Technology Resource Center.
  (1)(a) The State Technology Office shall operate and manage the Technology Resource Center. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term: 1. "Information-...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.21; The State Technology Office's electronic access services.
  The State Technology Office may collect fees for providing remote electronic access pursuant to s. 119.07(2). The fees may be imposed on individual ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.22; State Technology Office; production, dissemination, and ownership of materials and products.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that when materials, products, information, and services are acquired or developed by or under the direction of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.23; State Strategic Information Technology Alliance.
  (1) The State Technology Office, in consultation with the Department of Management Services, may establish a State Strategic Information Technology Alliance for the acquisition and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.3031; Assignment of information resources management responsibilities.
  For purposes of ss. 282.303-282.322, to ensure the best management of state information technology resources, and notwithstanding other provisions of law to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.3032; Development and implementation of information systems; guiding principles.
  To ensure the best management of the state's information technology resources, the following guiding principles are adopted: (1) Enterprise resource planning by state governmental ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.3055; Agency Chief Information Officer; appointment; duties.
  (1)(a) To assist the State Technology Officer in carrying out the enterprise resource planning and management responsibilities, the Chief Information Officer may appoint or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.3063; Agency Annual Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Report.
  (1) By September 1 of each year, each Agency Chief Information Officer shall prepare and submit to the State Technology Office an Agency Annual Enterprise ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.310; State Annual Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management.
  (1) By February 15 of each year, the State Technology Office shall develop a State Annual Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management. (2) The ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.315; Agency Chief Information Officers Council; creation.
  The Legislature finds that enhancing communication, consensus building, coordination, and facilitation of statewide enterprise resource planning and management issues is essential to improving state management ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.318; Security of data and information technology resources.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Security of Data and Information Technology Resources Act." (2)(a) The State Technology Office, in consultation with ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.322; Special monitoring process for designated information resources management projects.
  (1) For each information resources management project which is designated for special monitoring in the General Appropriations Act, with a proviso requiring a contract with ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5001; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Commerce Protection ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5002; Definitions.
  For the purposes of this act, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS.--The term "business" means a person or an entity engaged ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5003; Exclusive remedies for failure to be year 2000 compliant.
  The exclusive remedies in this state for recovering from a business or governmental agency damages resulting from the failure of its information technology products to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5004; Damages for failure to be year 2000 compliant; mediation; limitation on class actions; statute of limitations.
  (1) Unless otherwise provided by a contract or tariff, any business may be liable only for direct economic damages caused by the failure of its ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5005; Immunity from liability for directors and officers of businesses.
  (1) A director or officer of a business has absolute and complete immunity from personal liability for any damages resulting from the failure of the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5006; Antitrust exemption with respect to exchanges of information.
  The exchange of information among businesses concerning measures that have been taken or are to be taken in order for a business to make its ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5007; Alternative dispute resolution procedures.
  (1) VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION.-- (a) Any party to a dispute under this act for which there is no prior arbitration agreement may, before a lawsuit ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.5008; Construction of act.
  This act shall not be construed to create a new cause of action or a duty to provide notice concerning year 2000 compliance nor be ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.601; Accessibility of electronic information and information technology.
  (1) In order to improve the accessibility of electronic information and information technology and increase the successful education, employment, access to governmental information and services, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.602; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Accessible electronic information and information technology" means electronic information and information technology that conforms to the standards ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.603; Access to electronic and information technology for persons with disabilities; undue burden; limitations.
  (1) Each state agency shall develop, procure, maintain, and use accessible electronic information and information technology acquired on or after July 1, 2006, that conforms ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.604; Adoption of rules.
  The Department of Management Services shall, with input from stakeholders, adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 for the development, procurement, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.605; Exceptions.
  (1) This part does not apply to electronic information and information technology of the Department of Military Affairs or the Florida National Guard if the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 282.606; Intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that, in construing this part, due consideration and great weight be given to the interpretations of the federal ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.30; Definitions.
  As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term: (1) "Agency" means any official, officer, department, board, commission, division, bureau, section, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.31; Records of executive agency publications.
  Each agency shall maintain a record of any publication, as defined in s. 257.05, the printing of which costs in excess of the threshold ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.32; Recycled paper to be used by each agency; printing bids certifying use of recycled paper; percentage preference in awarding contracts.
  (1) Each agency shall purchase, when economical, recycled paper if and when recycled paper can be obtained that is of adequate quality for the purposes ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.33; Printing of publications; lowest bidder awards.
  (1) Publications may be printed and prepared in-house, by another agency or the Legislature, or purchased on bid, whichever is more economical and practicable ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.34; State officers not to have interests in printing contract.
  No member of the Legislature or other officer of this state may have an interest, directly or indirectly, in any printing contract as provided for ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.35; Preference given printing within the state.
  Every agency shall give preference to vendors located within the state when awarding contracts to have materials printed, whenever such printing can be done at ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.425; Acceptance for printing; penalty for defective printing.
  No printing may be accepted as in compliance with the contract when the printing is not of the grade of workmanship which is usually employed ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.43; Public information printing services.
  Any agency the authorized functions of which include public information programs is authorized to purchase, pursuant to this part and subject to its appropriation and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.55; Purging of publication mailing lists.
  (1) By March 1 of each odd-numbered year, every agency shall survey the addresses on each of its publication mailing lists by providing each ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.56; Preparation of agency publications.
  When economical and practicable, any publication produced for public distribution shall display the name of such publication on its spine, where such spine is glued ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 283.58; Agency agreements with vendors for private publication of public information materials; free distribution to public.
  (1) An agency may enter into agreements to secure the private publication of public information brochures, pamphlets, audiotapes, videotapes, and related materials for distribution without ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.01; State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to be provided.
  (1) The State Risk Management Trust Fund shall insure those properties designated in subsection (2) which are owned by the state or its agencies, boards, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.02; Payment of premiums by each agency; handling of funds; payment of losses and expenses.
  (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 ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.03; Deficits in fund supplied from General Revenue Fund; repayment.
  Should a loss occur upon property insured in the State Risk Management Trust Fund that would require more funds, to pay the amount of any ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.04; Notice and information required by Department of Financial Services of all newly erected or acquired state property subject to insurance.
  The Department of Management Services and all agencies in charge of state property shall notify the Department of Financial Services of all newly erected or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.05; Inspection of insured state property.
  The Department of Financial Services shall inspect all permanent buildings insured by the State Risk Management Trust Fund, and whenever conditions are found to exist ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.06; Annual report to Governor.
  The Department of Financial Services shall report annually to the Governor the investigations which have been made and the actions which have been taken to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.08; Reinsurance on excess coverage and approval by Department of Management Services.
  The Department of Financial Services shall determine what excess coverage is necessary and may purchase reinsurance thereon upon approval by the Department of Management ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.14; State Risk Management Trust Fund; leasehold interest.
  In the event the state or any department or agency thereof has acquired or hereafter acquires a leasehold interest in any improved real property and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.17; Rules.
  The Department of Financial Services has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.30; State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to be provided.
  A state self-insurance fund, designated as the "State Risk Management Trust Fund," is created to be set up by the Department of Financial Services ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.31; Scope and types of coverages; separate accounts.
  The Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund shall, unless specifically excluded by the Department of Financial Services, cover all departments of the State of Florida and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.311; Property damage coverage for state-owned vehicles.
  If a state employee whose duties are those of a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10, uses the motor vehicle for off-...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.32; Department of Financial Services to implement and consolidate.
  The Department of Financial Services is authorized to effect a consolidation and combination of all insurance coverages provided herein into one insurance program in accordance ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.33; Purchase of insurance, reinsurance, and services.
  (1) The Department of Financial Services is authorized to provide insurance, specific excess insurance, and aggregate excess insurance through the Department of Management Services, pursuant ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.34; Professional medical liability of the university boards of trustees and nuclear energy liability excluded.
  Unless specifically authorized by the Department of Financial Services, no coverages shall be provided by this fund for professional medical liability insurance for the university ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.35; Administrative personnel; expenses to be paid from fund.
  The Department of Financial Services is authorized, in accordance with current budget and personnel requirements, to employ necessary administrative and clerical personnel and actuarial consultants, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.36; Appropriation deposits; premium payment.
  Premiums for coverage by the State Risk Management Trust Fund as calculated on all coverages shall be billed and charged to each state agency according ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.37; Premium and investment accruals used for fund purposes.
  All premiums paid into the fund and all moneys from investments or any other source pursuant to said program shall be held by the Department ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.38; Waiver of sovereign immunity; effect.
  The insurance programs developed herein shall provide limits as established by the provisions of s. 768.28 if a tort claim. The limits provided in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.385; Reporting and handling of claims.
  All departments covered by the State Risk Management Trust Fund under this part shall immediately report all known or potential claims to the Department of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.39; Adoption of rules.
  The Department of Financial Services may adopt rules for the proper management and maintenance of the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.40; Division of Risk Management.
  (1) It shall be the responsibility of the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services to administer this part and the provisions ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.41; Transfer of personnel and funds to the Division of Risk Management.
  (1) All personnel and funds otherwise allocated to the Department of Financial Services for this purpose are transferred to the Division of Risk Management. (2) ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.42; Reports on state insurance program.
  (1) The Department of Financial Services, with the Department of Management Services, shall make an analysis of the state insurance program annually, which shall include: (...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.44; Salary indemnification costs of state agencies.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature, through the implementation of this section, to provide state agencies with an increased incentive to become actively ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 284.50; Loss prevention program; safety coordinators; Interagency Advisory Council on Loss Prevention; employee recognition program.
  (1) The head of each department of state government, except the Legislature, shall designate a safety coordinator. Such safety coordinator must be an employee of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.01; Lands set aside; description.
  The following described lands in the County of Monroe, are set aside and given to the Seminole Indians of Florida as a reservation, to wit: (...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.011; Seminole Indian lands; trustee.
  The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall hereafter serve as the trustee of all Seminole Indian lands, and title to all ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.03; Grant of Florida lands to Seminole Indians.
  (1)(a) A grant is made, for use of the Seminole Indians of Florida, of a tract of land situated in Broward County, described as ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.04; Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund authorized to exchange state lands for United States lands.
  To provide more adequately for the needs of the Seminole Indians in Florida, and for cooperating with the United States therein, the Board of Trustees ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.05; Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund authorized to exchange lands with individuals.
  The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may, in its discretion, exchange state lands with private landowners, and, in turn, exchange any ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.06; State Indian Reservation.
  When, as the result of the exchanges provided for in ss. 285.04 and 285.05, there shall have been established a reservation for the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.061; Transfer of land to United States in trust for Seminole and Miccosukee Indian Tribes.
  (1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of state Indian reservation lands is authorized in its discretion, to transfer to the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.07; Purpose of law.
  The purpose of ss. 285.07-285.13 is to protect the Seminole Indians of Florida against undue and unnecessary hardships during these difficult years ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.08; Definitions.
  For the purpose of ss. 285.09-285.13: (1) "Tribe" means the Seminole Tribe in the state composed of bands of Indians known and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.09; Rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes with respect to hunting, fishing, and frogging.
  (1) It is lawful for members of the Miccosukee Tribe and members of the Seminole Tribe to take wild game and fish at any time ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.10; No license or permit fees required; identification card required.
  Indians may exercise the hunting, fishing, and frogging rights granted to them in those areas specified by s. 285.09 without payment of licensing or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.11; Reservation; improvement leases.
  The trustee shall have the right to lease any part or parts of the reservation to any person willing to enter into an improvement lease. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.12; Reservation; mineral deposits.
  The tribe shall benefit from the discovery and development of all mineral deposits on the lands of the reservation the same as if the title ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.13; Campsites; flood control.
  Indians living in camps settled prior to the passage of ss. 285.07-285.13 within the boundaries of the flood control project shall be ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.14; Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund as trustee to accept donations of and acquire property for Indians.
  (1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, as the trustee defined in s. 285.08, may accept donations of real and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.15; Grant of hunting, fishing, and frogging privileges by Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund; access to and use of land.
  (1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant hunting and fishing privileges and rights to the Miccosukee ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.16; Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian reservation.
  (1) The State of Florida hereby assumes jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed by or against Indians or other persons within Indian reservations and over civil ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.165; Water rights compact with Seminole Tribe.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 285.16, the water rights compact among the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the State of Florida, and the South ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.17; Special improvement districts; Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes.
  There is hereby created a special improvement district for each of the areas contained within the reservations set aside for the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.18; Tribal council as governing body; powers and duties.
  (1) The respective governing bodies of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians recognized by the United States and organized pursuant ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 285.20; Tribal Secured Transactions Filing Offices.
  (1) If the governing body of the Seminole Tribe of Florida or the governing body of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians adopts or enacts a ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.001; Reports statutorily required; filing, maintenance, retrieval, and provision of copies.
  (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, any agency or officer of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of state government, the 1State Board of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.0105; Notices of meetings and hearings must advise that a record is required to appeal.
  Each board, commission, or agency of this state or of any political subdivision thereof shall include in the notice of any meeting or hearing, if ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.011; Public meetings and records; public inspection; criminal and civil penalties.
  (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.0111; Legislative review of certain exemptions from requirements for public meetings and recordkeeping by governmental entities.
  The provisions of s. 119.15, the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995, apply to the provisions of law which provide exemptions to s. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.0113; General exemptions from public meetings.
  (1) That portion of a meeting that would reveal a security system plan or portion thereof made confidential and exempt by s. 119.071(3)(...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.0115; Access to local public officials; quasi-judicial proceedings on local government land use matters.
  (1)(a) A county or municipality may adopt an ordinance or resolution removing the presumption of prejudice from ex parte communications with local public officials ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.012; Voting requirement at meetings of governmental bodies.
  No member of any state, county, or municipal governmental board, commission, or agency who is present at any meeting of any such body at which ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.021; Department of State to hold title to patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.
  The legal title and every right, interest, claim or demand of any kind in and to any patent, trademark or copyright, or application for the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.031; Authority of Department of State in connection with patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.
  The Department of State is authorized to do and perform any and all things necessary to secure letters patent, copyright and trademark on any invention ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.035; Constitution Revision Commission; powers of chair; assistance by state and local agencies.
  (1) The chair of the Constitution Revision Commission, appointed pursuant to s. 2, Art. XI of the State Constitution, is authorized to employ personnel and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.036; Taxation and Budget Reform Commission; powers.
  (1) The Taxation and Budget Reform Commission appointed pursuant to s. 6, Art. XI of the State Constitution, is authorized to employ personnel and to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.041; Prohibited requirements of bidders on contracts for public works relative to income tax returns.
  (1) The state or any of its departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions, and officers and the counties, consolidated governments, municipalities, school districts, special districts, and other ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.043; Limitation on use of funds for discriminatory contract or bid specifications relating to car rental concessions at airports.
  No public funds shall be used by a unit of local government for the purpose of promulgating contract or bid specifications relating to car rental ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.23; Real property conveyed to public agency; disclosure of beneficial interests; notice; exemptions.
  (1) Any person or entity holding real property in the form of a partnership, limited partnership, corporation, trust, or any form of representative capacity whatsoever ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.25; Publication or statement of state sponsorship.
  Any nongovernmental organization which sponsors a program financed partially by state funds or funds obtained from a state agency shall, in publicizing, advertising, or describing ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.26; Accessibility of public meetings to the physically handicapped.
  (1) Whenever any board or commission of any state agency or authority, or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or other ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 286.27; Use of state funds for greeting cards prohibited.
  No state funds shall be expended for the purchase, preparation, printing, or mailing of any card the sole purpose of which is to convey holiday ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.001; Legislative intent.
  The Legislature recognizes that fair and open competition is a basic tenet of public procurement; that such competition reduces the appearance and opportunity for favoritism ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.012; Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Agency" means any of the various state officers, departments, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, and councils and any ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.017; Purchasing categories, threshold amounts; procedures for automatic adjustment by department.
  (1) The following purchasing categories are hereby created: (a) CATEGORY ONE: $15,000. (b) CATEGORY TWO: $25,000. (c) CATEGORY THREE: $50,000. (d) CATEGORY ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.022; Purchase of insurance.
  (1) Insurance, while not a commodity, nevertheless shall be purchased for all agencies by the department, except that agencies may purchase title insurance for land ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.025; Prohibition against certain insurance coverage on specified state property or insurable subjects.
  (1) No primary contract of insurance shall be purchased on insurable subjects or property titled in the name of the state or its departments, divisions, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.032; Purpose of department.
  It shall be the purpose of the Department of Management Services: (1) To promote efficiency, economy, and the conservation of energy and to effect coordination ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.042; Powers, duties, and functions.
  The department shall have the following powers, duties, and functions: (1)(a) To canvass all sources of supply, establish and maintain a vendor list, and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.045; Procurement of products and materials with recycled content.
  (1)(a) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall review and revise existing procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.055; Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited; penalties.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section shall be known as the "Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act." (2) DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this section: (a) "Professional services" means ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.056; Purchases from purchasing agreements and state term contracts.
  (1) Agencies shall, and eligible users may, purchase commodities and contractual services from purchasing agreements established and state term contracts procured, pursuant to s. 287....
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.057; Procurement of commodities or contractual services.
  (1)(a) Unless otherwise authorized by law, all contracts for the purchase of commodities or contractual services in excess of the threshold amount provided in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0571; Applicability of ss. 287.0571-287.0574.
  (1) Sections 287.0571-287.0574 may be cited as the "Florida Efficient Government Act." (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that each ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0572; Present-value methodology.
  (1) The cost of bids, proposals, or replies for state contracts that include provisions for unequal payment streams or unequal time payment periods shall be ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.05721; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 287.0571-287.0574, the term: (1) "Council" means the Council on Efficient Government. (2) "Outsource" means the process of contracting ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0573; Council on Efficient Government; membership; duties.
  (1) There is created a Council on Efficient Government within the Department of Management Services to review, evaluate, and issue advisory reports on business cases ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0574; Business cases to outsource; review and analysis; requirements.
  (1) A business case to outsource having a projected cost exceeding $10 million in any fiscal year shall require: (a) An initial business case analysis ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.058; Contract document.
  (1) Every procurement of contractual services in excess of the threshold amount provided in s. 287.017 for CATEGORY TWO, except for the providing of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.05805; Contract requirement for use of state funds to purchase or improve real property.
  Each state agency shall include in its standard contract document a requirement that any state funds provided for the purchase of or improvements to real ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0582; Contracts which require annual appropriation; contingency statement.
  No executive branch public officer or employee shall enter into any contract on behalf of the state, which contract binds the state or its executive ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0585; Late payments by contractors to subcontractors and suppliers; penalty.
  (1) When a contractor receives from a state agency any payment for contractual services, commodities, supplies, or construction contracts, except those construction contracts subject to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.059; Private attorney services.
  (1) For purposes of this section, the term "agency" or "state agency" includes state officers, departments, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, councils, and units of organization, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0595; Pollution response action contracts; department rules.
  (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish, by adopting administrative rules as provided in chapter 120: (a) Procedures for determining the qualifications of responsible ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.063; Deferred-payment commodity contracts; preaudit review.
  (1)(a) When any commodity contract requires deferred payments and the payment of interest, such contract shall be submitted to the Chief Financial Officer for ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.064; Consolidated financing of deferred-payment purchases.
  (1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration and the Chief Financial Officer shall plan and coordinate deferred-payment purchases made ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0641; Agreement not debt or pledge of faith or credit of state.
  No agreement entered into pursuant to s. 287.064 shall establish a debt of the state or shall be a pledge of the faith and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0731; Team for contract negotiations.
  Contingent upon funding in the General Appropriations Act, the department shall establish a team that includes a chief negotiator to specialize in conducting negotiations for ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.074; Prohibited actions by contractor personnel.
  (1) Only a public officer or a public employee upon whom the public officer has delegated authority shall, consistent with law, take actions, including, but ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.075; Materially interested contractor; prohibition on certain activities.
  A contractor, as defined in this chapter, or its employees, agents, or subcontractors, may not knowingly participate, through decision, approval, disapproval, or preparation of any ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.076; Project Management Professionals training for personnel involved in managing outsourcings; funding.
  The Department of Management Services may implement a program to train state agency employees who are involved in managing outsourcings as Project Management Professionals, as ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.082; Commodities manufactured, grown, or produced in state given preference.
  Whenever two or more competitive sealed bids are received, one or more of which relates to commodities manufactured, grown, or produced within this state, and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0821; All American and Genuine Florida meat or meat products.
  As allowed by the United States Department of Agriculture, each slaughterhouse or meatpacking or processing plant in the state or other person vending any meat ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0822; Beef and pork; prohibition on purchase; bid specifications; penalty.
  (1) Fresh or frozen beef or pork that has not been inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture or by another state's inspection ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.083; Purchase of commodities.
  (1) It shall be the policy of the state for the Department of Management Services to consider the life-cycle cost of commodities purchased by ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0834; Motor vehicles; energy-saving equipment and additives.
  Each motor vehicle purchased by the state and each motor vehicle leased by the state for a period in excess of 1 year shall use ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.084; Preference to Florida businesses.
  (1) When an agency, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state is required to make purchases of personal property through competitive ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.087; Preference to businesses with drug-free workplace programs.
  Whenever two or more bids, proposals, or replies that are equal with respect to price, quality, and service are received by the state or by ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.092; Preference to certain foreign manufacturers.
  Any foreign manufacturing company with a factory in the state and employing over 200 employees working in the state shall have preference over any other ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.093; Minority business enterprises; procurement of personal property and services from funds set aside for such purpose.
  Any county, municipality, community college, or district school board may set aside up to 10 percent or more of the total amount of funds allocated ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0931; Minority business enterprises; participation in bond underwriting.
  (1) Any state or local government agency, or political subdivision thereof, issuing bonds or other tax-exempt obligations through one or more underwriters is encouraged ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0935; Surety bond insurers.
  When the contract amount of a project does not exceed $500,000 and when public funds are utilized for the project, a person, the state, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.094; Minority business enterprise programs; penalty for discrimination and false representation.
  (1) It is unlawful for any individual to falsely claim to be a minority business enterprise for purposes of qualifying for certification with any governmental ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0943; Certification of minority business enterprises.
  (1) A business certified by any local governmental jurisdiction or organization shall be accepted by the Department of Management Services, Office of Supplier Diversity, as ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.09431; Statewide and interlocal agreement on certification of business concerns for the status of minority business enterprise.
  The statewide and interlocal agreement on certification of business concerns for the status of minority business enterprise is hereby enacted and entered into with all ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.09451; Office of Supplier Diversity; powers, duties, and functions.
  (1) The Legislature finds that there is evidence of a systematic pattern of past and continuing racial discrimination against minority business enterprises and a disparity ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.0947; Florida Advisory Council on Small and Minority Business Development; creation; membership; duties.
  (1) On or after October 1, 1996, the secretary of the 2Department of Labor and Employment Security may create the Florida Advisory Council on Small ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.095; Department of Corrections; prison industry programs.
  (1) The purchase of raw materials for use by the Department of Corrections in its prison industry programs to manufacture or process products for resale ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.115; Chief Financial Officer; annual report.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall submit to the office of the Auditor General an annual report on those contractual service contracts disallowed by the Chief ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.131; Assistance of Department of Financial Services.
  The Department of Financial Services shall provide the Department of Management Services with technical assistance in all matters pertaining to the purchase of insurance for ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.132; Legislative intent with respect to integrity of public contracting and purchasing process.
  Recognizing that the preservation of the integrity of the public contracting and purchasing process of the state is vital and is a matter of interest ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.133; Public entity crime; denial or revocation of the right to transact business with public entities.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Affiliate" means: 1. A predecessor or successor of a person convicted of a public entity crime; or 2. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.134; Discrimination; denial or revocation of the right to transact business with public entities.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Affiliate" means: 1. A predecessor or successor of an entity that discriminated; or 2. An entity under the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.1345; Surcharge on users of state term contracts; deposit of proceeds collected.
  The department may impose a surcharge upon users of state term contracts in order to fund the costs, including overhead, of its procurement function. The ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.14; Purchase of motor vehicles by state officers and employees.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section has applied and shall continue to apply to state officers and employees of the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.15; Purchase or lease of motor vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft; prior approval of the Department of Management Services.
  No state agency shall purchase, lease, or acquire any motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft of any type unless prior approval is first obtained from the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.151; Limitation on classes of motor vehicles procured.
  (1) All motor vehicles purchased or leased by the state with funds provided in the General Appropriations Act shall be of the subcompact class except ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.155; Motor vehicles; purchase by Division of Universities, Department of Children and Family Services, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Health, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Department of Corrections.
  (1) The Division of Universities of the Department of Education, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.16; Powers and duties of department.
  The Department of Management Services shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities: (1) To obtain the most effective and efficient use of motor vehicles, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.161; Executive aircraft pool; assignment of aircraft; charge for transportation.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Management Services an executive aircraft pool consisting of state-owned aircraft for the purpose of furnishing executive ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.17; Limitation on use of motor vehicles and aircraft.
  (1) The aircraft and motor vehicles owned, leased, or operated by any state agency, as defined in s. 287.012, shall be available for official ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.175; Penalties.
  A violation of this part or a rule adopted hereunder, pursuant to applicable constitutional and statutory procedures, constitutes misuse of public position as defined in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.18; Repair and service of motor vehicles and aircraft.
  The Secretary of Management Services or his or her designee may require a department or any state agency having facilities for the repair of aircraft ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.19; Transfer of funds.
  All moneys designated for or appropriated to any agency for the use, operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of any state-owned or leased motor vehicles ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 287.20; Applicability of this part.
  The provisions of this part apply to motor vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft owned, leased, or acquired in any manner by any state agency, or the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.012; State of Florida foreign offices.
  The Legislature finds that the expansion of international trade and tourism is vital to the overall health and growth of the economy of this state. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.017; Cooperative advertising matching grants program.
  (1) The Florida Commission on Tourism is authorized to establish a cooperative advertising matching grants program and, pursuant thereto, to make expenditures and enter into ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.018; Regional Rural Development Grants Program.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish a matching grant program to provide funding to regionally based economic development organizations representing ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.019; Rural considerations in grant review and evaluation processes.
  Notwithstanding any other law, and to the fullest extent possible, the member agencies and organizations of the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) as defined in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.021; Economic development liaison.
  (1) The heads of the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Protection and an additional member appointed by the secretary of the department, the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.0251; International development outreach activities in Latin America and Caribbean Basin.
  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may contract for the implementation of Florida's international volunteer corps to provide short-term training and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.035; Economic development activities.
  (1) The Florida Public Service Commission may authorize public utilities to recover reasonable economic development expenses. For purposes of this section, recoverable "economic development expenses" ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.037; Department of State; agreement with county tax collector.
  In order to further the economic development goals of the state, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Department of State may enter into ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.038; ¹Department of Labor and Employment Security; agreement with county tax collector.
  In order to further the economic development goals of the state, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 1Department of Labor and Employment Security ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.039; Employing and Training our Youths (ENTRY).
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Director" means the executive director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. (b) "Eligible business" ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.041; Solar energy industry; legislative findings and policy; promotional activities.
  (1) It is hereby found and declared that: (a) The solar energy industry in this state has been a leader in the nation in the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.0415; Solar energy; advancement; economic development strategy.
  The use of solar energy is a proven, effective means of reducing air pollution, while also creating new jobs, saving energy, lowering consumer utility bills, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.046; Quick-response training; legislative intent.
  The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing a skilled workforce for attracting new industries and retaining and expanding existing businesses and industries in this state. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.047; Quick-response training for economic development.
  (1) The Quick-Response Training Program is created to meet the workforce-skill needs of existing, new, and expanding industries. The program shall be administered ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.063; Contracts for transportation projects.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is authorized to make, and based on a recommendation from Enterprise Florida, Inc., to approve, expenditures ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.065; Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund.
  (1) The Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Program is established in the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to facilitate the use of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.0655; Rural Infrastructure Fund.
  (1) There is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development the Rural Infrastructure Fund to facilitate the planning, preparing, and financing of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.0656; Rural Economic Development Initiative.
  (1) The Rural Economic Development Initiative, known as "REDI," is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, and the participation of state ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.06561; Reduction or waiver of financial match requirements.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the member agencies and organizations of the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI), as defined in s. 288.0656(6)(a), shall ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.0657; Florida rural economic development strategy grants.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "rural community" means: (a) A county with a population of 75,000 or less. (b) A county ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.0658; Nature-based recreation; promotion and other assistance by Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is directed to assist the Florida Commission on Tourism; the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation, doing business as ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.075; Confidentiality of records.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "economic development agency" means: (a) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development; (b) Any industrial development ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.095; Economic Development Trust Fund.
  (1) The Economic Development Trust Fund is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. Moneys deposited into the fund must be used ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1045; Qualified defense contractor tax refund program.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Consolidation of a Department of Defense contract" means the consolidation of one or more of an applicant'...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.106; Tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Account" means the Economic Development Incentives Account within the Economic Development Trust Fund established under s. 288....
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1067; Confidentiality of records.
  (1) The following information held by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, Enterprise Florida, Inc., or county or municipal governmental entities, and their ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.107; Brownfield redevelopment bonus refunds.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Account" means the Economic Development Incentives Account as authorized in s. 288.095. (b) "Brownfield sites" means ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.108; High-impact business.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.--The Legislature finds that attracting, retaining, and providing favorable conditions for the growth of certain high-impact facilities provides widespread ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1088; Quick Action Closing Fund.
  (1)(a) The Legislature finds that attracting, retaining, and providing favorable conditions for the growth of certain high-impact business facilities, privately developed critical rural ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1089; Innovation Incentive Program.
  (1) The Innovation Incentive Program is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to ensure that sufficient resources are available to allow ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.109; One-Stop Permitting System.
  (1) By January 1, 2001, the State Technology Office must establish and implement an Internet site for the One-Stop Permitting System. The One-Stop ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1092; One-Stop Permitting System Grant Program.
  There is created within the State Technology Office the One-Stop Permitting System Grant Program. The purpose of the grant program is to encourage counties ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1093; Quick Permitting County Designation Program.
  (1) There is established within the State Technology Office the Quick Permitting County Designation Program. To be designated as a Quick Permitting County, the chair ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1095; Information concerning the One-Stop Permitting System.
  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall develop literature that explains the One-Stop Permitting System and identifies those counties that have been ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1097; Qualified job training organizations; certification; duties.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "qualified job training organization" means an organization that satisfies all of the following: (a) Is accredited by ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1162; Professional sports franchises; spring training franchises; duties.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall serve as the state agency for screening applicants for state funding pursuant to s. 212....
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1166; Professional sports facility; designation as shelter site for the homeless; establishment of local programs.
  Any professional sports facility constructed with financial assistance from the State of Florida shall be designated as a shelter site for the homeless in accordance ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1167; Sports franchise contract provisions for food and beverage concession and contract awards to minority business enterprises.
  Any applicant who receives funding pursuant to the provisions of s. 212.20 must demonstrate that: (1) Funds and facilities with respect to food and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1168; Professional golf hall of fame facility.
  (1) The 1Department of Commerce shall serve as the state agency for screening applicants for state funding pursuant to s. 212.20 and for certifying ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1169; International Game Fish Association World Center facility.
  (1) The 1Department of Commerce shall serve as the state agency approving applicants for funding pursuant to s. 212.20 and for certifying the applicant ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1171; Motorsports entertainment complex; definitions; certification; duties.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Applicant" means the owner of a motorsports entertainment complex. (b) "Motorsports entertainment complex" means a closed-...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1175; Agriculture education and promotion facility.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall serve as the state agency for screening applicants for state funding pursuant to this section and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1185; Recycling Markets Advisory Committee.
  (1) There is created the Recycling Markets Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to as the "committee," to be administratively housed in the Office of Tourism, Trade, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.122; Tourism Promotional Trust Fund.
  There is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development of the Executive Office of the Governor the Tourism Promotional Trust Fund. Moneys ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1221; Legislative intent.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a public-private partnership to provide policy direction to and technical expertise in the promotion ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1222; Definitions.
  For the purposes of ss. 288.017, 288.122-288.1226, and 288.124, the term: (1) "Tourism promotion" means any marketing efforts exercised to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1223; Florida Commission on Tourism; creation; purpose; membership.
  (1) There is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development the Florida Commission on Tourism. The purpose of the commission is to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1224; Powers and duties.
  The commission: (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of part I of chapter 287, upon the approval of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, shall ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1226; Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; use of property; board of directors; duties; audit.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section, the term "corporation" means the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation. (2) ESTABLISHMENT.--The Florida Commission on Tourism ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.12265; Welcome centers.
  (1) Responsibility for the welcome centers is assigned to the Florida Commission on Tourism which shall contract with the commission's direct-support organization to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1227; Annual report of the Florida Commission on Tourism; audits.
  (1) Prior to December 1 of each year, the Florida Commission on Tourism shall submit to the Governor; the director of the Office of Tourism, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1229; Promotion and development of sports-related industries and amateur athletics; direct-support organization; powers and duties.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may authorize a direct-support organization to assist the office in: (a) The promotion and development ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.12295; Promotion and development of sports-related industries; direct-support organization; confidentiality of donor identities.
  The identity of a donor or prospective donor to the direct-support organization authorized under s. 288.1229 who desires to remain anonymous and all ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1231; Purpose.
  The purpose of chapter 2000-148, Laws of Florida, is to provide the necessary assurances and commitments required by the United States Olympic Committee and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1232; Legislative findings.
  The selection of a candidate city in this state to host the 2012 Olympic Games will confer significant benefits to the state as a whole ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1233; Definitions; ss. 288.1231-288.1237.
  As used in this act, the term: (1) "Candidate city" means a municipality in this state which has qualified for consideration by the United States ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1235; State execution of games-support contracts; assistance of state agencies.
  (1) The direct-support organization authorized under s. 288.1229 shall review an application from a local organizing committee that the direct-support organization authorized ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1236; Authority of state agencies.
  All agencies of the state may make and enter into agreements with the local organizing committee to provide the local organizing committee with: (1) Such ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1237; Local organizing committee; responsibilities.
  (1) The local organizing committee may not engage in any conduct that reflects unfavorably upon this state, the candidate city, or the Olympic movement, or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.124; Convention grants program.
  The Commission on Tourism is authorized to establish a convention grants program and, pursuant thereto, to recommend to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.125; Definition of "entertainment industry".
  For the purposes of ss. 288.1251-288.1258, the term "entertainment industry" means those persons or entities engaged in the operation of motion picture ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1251; Promotion and development of entertainment industry; Office of Film and Entertainment; creation; purpose; powers and duties.
  (1) CREATION.-- (a) There is hereby created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development the Office of Film and Entertainment for the purpose ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1252; Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council; creation; purpose; membership; powers and duties.
  (1) CREATION.--There is hereby created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development of the Executive Office of the Governor, for administrative purposes ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1253; Travel and entertainment expenses.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Business client" means any person, other than a state official or state employee, who receives the services of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1254; Entertainment industry financial incentive program; creation; purpose; definitions; application procedure; approval process; reimbursement eligibility; submission of required documentation; recommendations for payment; policies and procedures; fraudulent claims.
  (1) CREATION AND PURPOSE OF PROGRAM.--Subject to specific appropriation, there is created within the Office of Film and Entertainment an entertainment industry financial incentive ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1255; Annual funding.
  Annual funding for the entertainment industry financial incentive program is subject to legislative ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.1258; Entertainment industry qualified production companies; application procedure; categories; duties of the Department of Revenue; records and reports.
  (1) PRODUCTION COMPANIES AUTHORIZED TO APPLY.-- (a) Any production company engaged in this state in the production of motion pictures, made-for-TV motion pictures, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.13; Cooperation with other units, boards, agencies, and individuals.
  Express authority and power is hereby given any county, municipality, drainage district, road or bridge district, school district or any other political subdivision, board, or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.14; Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund may cooperate.
  The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may convey and grant to the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.15; Powers of Division of Bond Finance.
  There is hereby granted to and vested in the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration the power, right, franchise, and authority: (...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.17; Revenue certificates.
  The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration is authorized to issue interest-bearing revenue certificates for construction of all state buildings ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.18; Planning, promoting, and supervising state building projects.
  (1) The Department of Management Services shall be responsible for promoting any state building project financed as provided by law in any community where a ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.23; Division authorized to acquire roads and bridges.
  (1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration is authorized and empowered, upon the application of any county or counties evidenced ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.24; Division authorized to acquire ferries and toll ferries.
  (1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration is authorized: (a) To acquire, own, maintain, and operate ferries and toll ferries ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.27; Lease or sale by division.
  The Division of Bond Finance is authorized and empowered to lease or sell roads or bridges acquired or constructed pursuant to s. 288.23 to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.28; Department of Transportation authorized to lease or purchase certain roads and bridges.
  The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to lease or purchase from the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.281; Financing construction or acquisition of roads and bridges; additional method.
  (1) Upon request of any county, any road or bridge district, or any authority, evidenced by a resolution duly adopted by the governing body thereof, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.29; Ratifying prior transactions.
  Any transaction heretofore consummated, or in the process of consummation, in whole or in part, concerning the acquisition, condemnation, financing, construction, lease, or sale of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.30; Cumulative provisions.
  Sections 288.23, 288.24, 288.27, 288.28, and 288.29 are intended to be cumulative of other powers granted to the Division of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.31; Armories; financing construction authorized.
  (1) The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration shall have the power to borrow money and incur obligations by way of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.33; School buildings; financing construction authorized.
  (1) Upon the request of the school board of any district with the approval of the State Board of Education evidenced by a resolution duly ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.35; Definitions.
  The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this part, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Corporation" means any corporation organized for the purpose ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.36; Foreign trade zones; authority to establish, operate, and maintain.
  Any corporation or government agency shall have the power to apply to the proper authorities of the United States for a grant of the privilege ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.37; Foreign trade zones; authority to select and describe locations and make rules.
  Any corporation or government agency may select and describe the location of the foreign trade zones or foreign trade subzones for which an application is ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.38; Applicability of state laws and rules concerning citrus fruit and products.
  Any application for establishment of a foreign trade zone made pursuant hereto shall include a provision that all laws of this state and rules of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.386; Florida-Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative.
  (1) Contingent upon a specific appropriation, the Seaport Employment Training Grant Program (STEP) shall establish and administer the Florida-Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative for the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7011; Assistance to certified development corporation.
  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is authorized to enter into contracts with a nonprofit, statewide development corporation certified pursuant to s. 503 ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7015; Appointment of rules ombudsman; duties.
  The Governor shall appoint a rules ombudsman, as defined in s. 288.703, in the Executive Office of the Governor, for considering the impact of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.702; Short title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Florida Small and Minority Business Assistance Act of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.703; Definitions.
  As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the content shall indicate another meaning or intent: (1) "...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7031; Application of certain definitions.
  The definitions of "small business," "minority business enterprise," and "certified minority business enterprise" provided in s. 288.703 apply to the state and all political ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.705; Statewide contracts register.
  All state agencies shall in a timely manner provide the Florida Small Business Development Center Procurement System, a Type I center of the State University ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.706; Florida Minority Business Loan Mobilization Program.
  (1) The Legislature finds that it is in the interest of the public welfare to meaningfully assist minority business enterprises that are vital to the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.707; Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc.
  (1) The Legislature finds that the public interest of Florida will be served by the creation and growth of black business enterprises by: (a) Establishing ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.708; President; employees.
  (1) The president of the corporation, who may also be designated as secretary-treasurer, shall be appointed by the board and shall serve at the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.709; Powers of the Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc.
  The board shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of ss. 288.707-288.714, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7091; Duties of the Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc.
  The Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc., shall: (1) Establish certification criteria for black business investment corporations and certify at least once every 5 years, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7092; Return on investment from activities of the corporation.
  (1) The public funds appropriated each year for the operation of the corporation are invested in this public-private partnership to enhance black business ownership ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7095; Duties of the black business investment corporations.
  The black business investment corporations shall coordinate with Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to avoid duplication and to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.71; Conditions for board action.
  The board shall require of all programs in which the board participates that any black business enterprise demonstrate to the appropriate entity that: (1) The ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7101; Black Business Investment Board, Inc., state employee leasing program.
  (1) The Department of Management Services shall establish a lease-agreement program under which an employee as of June 30, 2002, of the Black Business ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.711; Florida Investment Incentive Trust Fund.
  (1) There is hereby created the Florida Investment Incentive Trust Fund from which money may be drawn for investments or loans, as authorized by this ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.712; Florida guarantor funds.
  (1) The board is authorized to establish, with or without public or private partners, guarantor funds to assure capital availability to black business enterprises and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.713; Capital participation instruments.
  (1) The board may issue capital participation instruments in the form of stock or equity investments repayable solely from revenues derived from underlying equity or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.714; Annual report.
  By May 1 of each year the board of the corporation shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.770; Short title.
  Sections 288.771-288.778 may be cited as the "Florida Export Finance Corporation ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.771; Legislative findings and intent.
  The Legislature finds that the expansion of international trade is vital to the overall health and growth of Florida's economy; however, this expansion is ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.772; Definitions.
  For purposes of ss. 288.771-288.778: (1) "Account" means the Florida Export Finance Corporation account in the Florida Intergovernmental Relations Foundation, Inc. (2) "...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.773; Florida Export Finance Corporation.
  The Florida Export Finance Corporation is hereby created as a corporation not for profit, to be incorporated under the provisions of chapter 617 and approved ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.774; Powers and limitations.
  (1) The corporation may charge fees to help defray the operating expenses of its programs. The amount of fees shall be determined by the board. (...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.775; Florida Export Finance Corporation Guarantee Account.
  (1) The board shall create the Florida Export Finance Corporation Guarantee Account for the purpose of receiving state, federal, and private financial resources, and the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.776; Board of directors; powers and duties.
  (1)(a) The corporation shall have a board of directors consisting of 15 members representing all geographic areas of the state. Minority and gender representation ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.777; President of the corporation.
  (1) The board shall appoint a president. The president shall be knowledgeable about private and public export assistance and export financing programs. (2) The president ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.7771; Annual report of Florida Export Finance Corporation.
  By March 31 of each year, the corporation shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.778; Office of Financial Institutions and Securities Regulation.
  The Office of Financial Regulation shall review the corporation's activities once every 24 months to determine compliance with this part and other related laws ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.809; Florida Intergovernmental Relations Foundation; use of property; board of directors; audit.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) "Florida Intergovernmental Relations Foundation" means a direct-support organization: 1. Which is a corporation ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.816; Intergovernmental relations.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall be responsible for consular operations and the sister city and sister state program and shall ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.8175; Linkage institutes between postsecondary institutions in this state and foreign countries.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "department" means the Department of Education. (2) There are created Florida linkage institutes. A primary purpose of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.826; Florida International Trade and Promotion Trust Fund.
  There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Florida International Trade and Promotion Trust Fund. The moneys deposited into this trust fund shall be ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.851; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Cuban Freedom ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.852; Legislative purpose.
  It is the purpose of this act to assist in strengthening international sanctions against the government of Fidel Castro and his regime in the Republic ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.853; International sanctions against Castro government.
  (1) The Legislature hereby finds that: (a) The acts of Fidel Castro and his government, including human rights violations, are a threat to international peace ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.854; Support for a free and independent Cuba.
  (1) It is the policy of Florida to: (a) Support the self-determination of the Cuban people. (b) Facilitate a peaceful transition to representative democracy ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.855; Export or sale for export to foreign countries in violation of federal law prohibited.
  No person, corporation, company, or other entity shall export or make a sale intended for export to a foreign country of any goods, products, or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.901; Enterprise Florida, Inc.; creation; membership; organization; meetings; disclosure.
  (1) There is created a not-for-profit corporation, to be known as "Enterprise Florida, Inc.," which shall be registered, incorporated, organized, and operated in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9015; Enterprise Florida, Inc.; purpose; duties.
  (1) Enterprise Florida, Inc., is the principal economic development organization for the state. It shall be the responsibility of Enterprise Florida, Inc., to provide leadership ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.90151; Return on investment from activities of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
  (1) The public funds appropriated each year for the operation of Enterprise Florida, Inc., are invested in this public-private partnership to enhance international trade ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.903; Board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; president; employees.
  (1) The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall be appointed by the board of directors and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.904; Powers of the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
  (1) The board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall have the power to: (a) Secure funding for programs and activities of Enterprise Florida, Inc., ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.905; Duties of the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
  (1) In the performance of its functions and duties, the board of directors may establish, implement, and manage policies, strategies, and programs for Enterprise Florida, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.906; Annual report of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; audits.
  Prior to December 1 of each year, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.911; Creation and implementation of a marketing and image campaign.
  (1) Enterprise Florida, Inc., in collaboration with the private sector, shall create a marketing campaign to help attract, develop, and retain information technology businesses in ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9415; International Trade Grants.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in the Executive Office of the Governor may accept and administer moneys appropriated to the office ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.95155; Florida Small Business Technology Growth Program.
  (1) The Florida Small Business Technology Growth Program is hereby established to provide financial assistance to businesses in this state having high job growth and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9519; Not-for-profit corporation.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the development of the state economy and to authorize the establishment of a not-for-...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9520; Public records exemption.
  Materials that relate to methods of manufacture or production, potential trade secrets, potentially patentable material, actual trade secrets, business transactions, financial and proprietary information, and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.955; Scripps Florida Funding Corporation.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Contract" means the contract executed between the corporation and the grantee under this section. (b) "...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9551; Exemptions from public records and meetings requirements; Scripps Florida Funding Corporation, The Scripps Research Institute or grantee, and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "grantee" has the same meaning ascribed in s. 288.955. (2) The following information held by the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9602; Findings and declarations of necessity.
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) There is a need to enhance economic activity in the cities and counties of the state by attracting ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9603; Definitions.
  (1) "Act" means the Florida Development Finance Corporation Act of 1993, and all acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof. (2) "Amortization payments" means periodic payments, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9604; Creation of the authority.
  (1) Upon a finding of necessity by a city or county of this state, selected pursuant to subsection (2), there is created a public body ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9605; Corporation powers.
  (1) The powers of the corporation created by s. 288.9604 shall include all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9606; Issue of revenue bonds.
  (1) When authorized by a public agency pursuant to s. 163.01(7), the corporation has power in its corporate capacity, in its discretion, to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9607; Guaranty of bond issues.
  (1) The corporation is hereby authorized to approve or deny, by a majority vote of the membership of the directors, the guaranty of any revenue ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9608; Creation and funding of the guaranty account.
  (1) The corporation shall establish a debt service reserve account which contains not less than 6 months' debt service reserves from the proceeds of the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9609; Bonds as legal investments.
  All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9610; Annual reports of Florida Development Finance Corporation.
  By December 1 of each year, the Florida Development Finance Corporation shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9614; Authorized programs.
  Enterprise Florida, Inc., may take any action that it deems necessary to achieve the purposes of this act in partnership with private enterprises, public agencies, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.9618; Microenterprises.
  (1) Subject to specific appropriations in the General Appropriations Act, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may contract with some appropriate not-for-...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.972; Legislative intent.
  It is the policy of this state, once the Federal Government has proposed any base closure or has determined that military bases, lands, or installations ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.975; Military base reuse plans.
  (1) This section contains optional provisions for military base reuse planning in recognition of the importance of ensuring prompt and effective planning for the conversion ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.976; Military base closure and reuse.
  State agencies and departments shall, consistent with their statutory authorities and responsibility: (1) Consult with the appropriate federal agencies, local governments, and federally recognized community ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.977; Military base disposition.
  State agencies or departments having an interest in acquiring or otherwise utilizing property on closed or realigned military bases may apply to acquire or use ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.980; Military base retention; legislative intent; grants program.
  (1)(a) It is the intent of this state to provide the necessary means to assist communities with military installations that would be adversely affected ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.982; Exemptions from public records and meeting requirements; Governor's Advisory Council on Base Realignment and Closure, Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development; United States Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure 2005 process.
  (1) The following records held by the Governor's Advisory Council on Base Realignment and Closure, Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the Office of Tourism, Trade, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 288.99; Certified Capital Company Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Certified Capital Company Act." (2) PURPOSE.--The primary purpose of this act is to stimulate ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.011; Definitions.
  As used in this act, the following words and phrases, unless differently defined or described, shall have the meanings and references as follows: (1) "Corporation" ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.021; Industrial Development Corporation; incorporation.
  (1) Twenty-five or more persons, a majority of whom shall be residents of this state, who may desire to create an industrial development corporation ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.031; Special corporate powers.
  In furtherance of its purposes and in addition to the powers now or hereafter conferred on business corporations generally by the provisions of general statute, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.041; Securities of Industrial Development Corporation, authorized financial transactions.
  Notwithstanding any rule at common law or any provision of any general or special law or any provision in their respective charters, agreements of association, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.051; Membership of financial institutions; loans to corporation, limitations.
  (1) Any financial institution may request membership in the corporation by making application to the board of directors on such form and in such manner ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.061; Membership duration; withdrawal.
  Membership in the corporation shall be for the duration of the corporation; provided, that upon written notice given to the corporation 5 years in advance, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.071; Powers of stockholders and members.
  (1) The stockholders and the members of the corporation shall have the following powers of the corporation: (a) To determine the number of and elect ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.081; Amendments to articles of incorporation.
  (1) The articles of incorporation may be amended by the votes of the stockholders and the members of the corporation, voting separately by classes, and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.091; Conduct of corporation business and affairs.
  (1) The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors, a president, a vice president, a secretary, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.101; Surplus.
  Each year the corporation shall set apart as earned surplus not less than 10 percent of its net earnings for the preceding fiscal year until ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.111; Corporation depository.
  The corporation shall not deposit any of its funds in any banking institution unless such institution has been designated as a depository by a vote ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.121; Periodic examinations; reports.
  The corporation shall be examined at least once annually by the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission and shall make reports of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.131; Meetings.
  (1) The first meeting of the corporation shall be called by a notice signed by three or more of the incorporators, stating the time, place ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.141; Corporative existence.
  The period of duration of the corporation shall be 50 years, subject, however, to the right of the stockholders and the members to dissolve the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.151; Dissolution.
  The corporation may, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes to which the stockholders are entitled, and two-thirds of the votes ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.161; Credit of state.
  Under no circumstances shall the credit of Florida be pledged to any corporation organized under the provisions of this ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.171; Federal Small Business Investment Act, applicability.
  Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall be a state development company, as defined in the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.181; Tax exemptions, credits, or privileges.
  Any tax exemptions, tax credits, or tax privileges granted to banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, and other financial institutions by s. 201.10 ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.191; Occupational license tax.
  Every corporation organized and engaged in business under the provisions of this act shall pay an annual state occupational license tax of $...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 289.201; Fiscal year.
  Corporations organized under this act shall adopt the calendar year as their fiscal ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.001; Florida Enterprise Zone Act; popular name.
  Sections 290.001-290.016 may be cited as the "Florida Enterprise Zone ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.002; Legislative findings.
  It is hereby found and declared that: (1) Within the communities of this state, there exist areas that chronically display extreme and unacceptable levels of ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.003; Policy and purpose.
  It is the policy of this state to provide the necessary means to assist local communities, their residents, and the private sector in creating the ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.004; Definitions relating to Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
  As used in ss. 290.001-290.016: (1) "Community investment corporation" means a black business investment corporation, a certified development corporation, a small business ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0055; Local nominating procedure.
  (1) If, pursuant to s. 290.0065, an opportunity exists for designation of a new enterprise zone, any county or municipality, or a county and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0056; Enterprise zone development agency.
  (1) Upon adoption of the resolution as provided in s. 290.0055(1)(a), the county or municipality shall create a public body corporate and ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0057; Enterprise zone development plan.
  (1) Any application for designation as a new enterprise zone must be accompanied by a strategic plan adopted by the governing body of the municipality ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0058; Determination of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress.
  (1) In determining whether an area suffers from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress, for purposes of ss. 290.0055 and 290.0065, the governing ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0065; State designation of enterprise zones.
  (1) The maximum number of enterprise zones authorized under this section is the number of enterprise zones having an effective date on or before January ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0066; Revocation of enterprise zone designation.
  (1) The director may revoke the designation of an enterprise zone if the director determines that the governing body or bodies: (a) Have failed to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.00677; Rural enterprise zones; special qualifications.
  (1) Notwithstanding the enterprise zone residency requirements set out in s. 212.096(1)(c), eligible businesses as defined by s. 212.096(1)(a), ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.007; State incentives available in enterprise zones.
  The following incentives are provided by the state to encourage the revitalization of enterprise zones: (1) The enterprise zone jobs credit provided in s. 220....
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.00710; Enterprise zone designation for the City of Lakeland.
  The City of Lakeland may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone for an area within ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0072; Enterprise zone designation for the City of Winter Haven.
  The City of Winter Haven may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone for an area ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0073; Enterprise zone designation for Indian River County, the City of Vero Beach, and the City of Sebastian.
  Indian River County, the City of Vero Beach, and the City of Sebastian may jointly apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0074; Enterprise zone designation for Sumter County.
  Sumter County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone encompassing an area not to exceed ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0077; Enterprise zone designation for Orange County and the municipality of Apopka.
  Orange County and the municipality of Apopka may jointly apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone. ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.012; Transition.
  Any enterprise zone having an effective date on or before January 1, 2005, shall continue to exist until December 31, 2005, and shall cease to ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0135; Local government ordinances; encouragements and incentives; review for adverse effects; certain changes prohibited.
  (1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that each ordinance adopted by a local government possessing an approved enterprise zone after January 1, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.014; Annual reports on enterprise zones.
  (1) By February 1 of each year, the Department of Revenue shall submit an annual report to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.016; Repeal.
  Sections 290.001-290.014 are repealed December 31, ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0401; Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act; short title.
  Sections 290.0401-290.049 may be cited as the "Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0411; Legislative intent and purpose of ss. 290.0401-290.049.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the necessary means to develop, preserve, redevelop, and revitalize Florida communities exhibiting signs of decline or ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.042; Definitions relating to Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act.
  As used in ss. 290.0401-290.049, the term: (1) "Administrative closeout" means the notification of a grantee by the department that all applicable ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.043; Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program; administration.
  There is created the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program. The Department of Community Affairs shall administer the program as authorized and described ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.044; Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Fund; administration; distribution.
  (1) The Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Fund is created. All revenue designated for deposit in such fund shall be deposited by ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0455; Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Loan Guarantee Program.
  (1) The Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Loan Guarantee Program is created. The department shall administer the loan guarantee program pursuant to s. 108 ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.046; Applications for grants; procedures; requirements.
  (1) In applying for a grant under a specific program category, an applicant shall propose eligible activities that directly address the objective of that program ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.047; Establishment of grant ceilings and maximum administrative cost percentages; elimination of population bias; loans in default.
  (1) For all program categories, the department shall incorporate into its system of competitively ranking applications a procedure intended to eliminate or reduce any existing ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0475; Rejection of grant applications; penalties for failure to meet application conditions.
  Applications received for funding under all program categories shall be rejected without scoring only in the event that any of the following circumstances arise: (1) ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.048; General powers of Department of Community Affairs under ss. 290.0401-290.049.
  The department has all the powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and provisions of the program, including the power to: (1) Make ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.0491; Florida Empowerment Zones.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Florida Empowerment Zone Act." (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Department" ...
• Florida Public Business Code Section 290.053; Response to economic emergencies in small communities.
  (1) The Legislature finds that attracting, retaining, and providing favorable conditions for businesses which contribute to the economic health of small communities through the generation ...

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