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Administrative Order Administrative Order No.: 6-1 Title: Travel on County Business Ordered: 3/11/2003 Effective: 3/21/2003 AUTHORITY: Chapters 112.061, 125.0104, 159.47 of the Florida Statutes and Sections 1.06 and 4.02 of the Miami -Dade County Home Rule Amendment and Charter. SUPERSEDES: This Administrative Order supersedes previous Administrative Order 6-1, effective November 5, 1998. POLICY: Certain travel by County officials, employees and other authorized persons may be considered necessary and useful to the conduct of County business. Attendance at selected professional meetings and training courses can benefit the individuals and, therefore, the County through an increased awareness of technical, programmatic and administrative developments. However, the cost of travel, the resulting absence from ones normal County duties, and the public sensitivity to these issues, demand that alternative means of accomplishing travel purposes be carefully examined. Telephone (including conference calls) and written communications should be considered prior to requesting travel authorization. Even when no feasible substitute for traveling exists it is still incumbent upon the traveler and respective supervisors to seek out and utilize the least expensive mode of transportation and to keep the associated expenses, including but not limited to, lodging, taxi fares or auto rental, to an absolute minimum. PURPOSE: It is the purpose of this Administrative Order to provide a reasonable and systematic means by which travel may be approved and controlled. OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Reimbursement for County employees for travel shall be limited to those expenses necessarily incurred in the conduct of official County business; i.e., the performance of a public purpose as authorized by the Board of County Commissioners, the County Manager, or a department director. Reimbursement for travel must be within the limitations prescribed by Florida law. Generally, lodging and meal allowances will not be provided for travel within the immediate vicinity of Miami -Dade County, which is generally defined as the area including and between West Palm Beach and Marathon Key. Any exception must have the prior approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As for the Mayor and County Commissioners, they shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses as the County Commission approves. MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: Except under unusual circumstances, the most economical and efficient method of transportation shall be used. Consideration should be given to the time away from one's normal duties, number of persons making the trip, amount of equipment and materials to be transported, and the cost of per diem and all associated travel expenses. For travel out of the County but within the State, where a County vehicle is determined to be the most economical form of transportation, the Fleet Management division of the General Services Administration (GSA) may issue credit cards which may be used for all vehicle expenses. Due to special insurance restrictions, no County or personal vehicle is to be used out-of-state on official County business without the express written permission of GSA's Risk Management Division. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: In order to minimize travel expenses and to fully benefit from various cost saving opportunities, the County may enter into agreements with carriers, travel agencies, or other governmental entities to provide travel services in a specified manner. When such an agreement is in force, the County Manager shall designate a County Travel Coordinator who shall be responsible for overseeing the contractual provision of said services and for establishing and distributing procedures governing travel arrangements for individuals traveling on County business. Said rules and regulations must be fully complied with in order for a traveler to be eligible for travel reimbursement. The only exception to this requirement is in those situations where the traveler has requested and received the expressed approval of the Travel Coordinator to make his/her own travel arrangements. Maximum daily rates may be used to control the cost of lodging expenses. Maximum allowable hotel rate amounts will be created for, a) frequently visited major metropolitan areas (e.g., Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.) and for, b) certain other frequently visited cities (e.g., Dallas, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Orlando, Tampa, etc.). These rates will be part of the County's travel procedures developed by OMB and updated annually to reflect market changes and other appropriate travel related procedures and guidelines. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an official or employee is attending a conference or meeting on County business and the department involved deems it to be in the best interest of the County, the attendee may stay in the hotel where the conference or meeting is being held. The approval of the County's Travel Coordinator must be obtained on a case -by -case basis to exceed these rates. To control the cost of auto rental expenditures, the County will use State of Florida contracted rates when less expensive auto rental rates are not available. TRAVEL REQUESTS: The department shall initiate a Travel Request Form for each employee, official, or other individual authorized to travel outside the County or outside the County's immediate vicinity on official County business. The Travel Request Form shall be submitted directly to the travel liaison in the Finance Department. If approval is required by the County Manager's office or the Office of Management and Budget, the Travel Request must be submitted at least seven working days in advance of travel regardless of whether reimbursement of expense is anticipated. The Finance Department is authorized to design and modify the Travel Request and Travel Expense Report forms to comply with this Administrative Order and the Miami - Dade Travel Procedures and to gather such information as is necessary to properly account for monies advanced and reimbursed for travel. AUTHORIZATIONS: The following sequence of approvals is required for travel: Employees and Consultants: The department director shall be responsible for authorizing travel for department personnel and consultants and for designating which funds are to be used to cover the cost of the trip. However, if the request for travel expenses exceeds the department's approved annual travel budget, the Travel Request must be preauthorized by the OMB before the travel occurs. Department Directors, County Manager staff, Multiple Travelers, Travel on Legislative or Congressional Business, and International Travel:. Authorization must be obtained from the County Manager or his designee(s) for 1) all travel by department directors; 2) all travel by County Manager staff; 3) in all situations when three or more people are traveling to the same location; 4) when legislative or congressional business is the purpose for the travel and 5) all foreign travel. Commission Appointed Individuals: In the case of travel by the Board of County Commissioners and individuals appointed by the County Commission to a committee, board or authority, authorization shall be by the Board of County Commissioners. If travel expenses for such individuals are to be charged to a specific County department, the department director shall indicate on the Travel Request Form whether funds are budgeted and available for the travel. Members of the County Commission shall approve the travel of their staff members. TRAVEL ADVANCES: Travelers requesting a cash advance shall indicate the amount needed on their Travel Request Form, up to a maximum of eighty percent of all reimbursable expenses. The funds shall be disbursed by the Finance Department upon receipt of a properly authorized Form. The Finance Department shall have the authority to deny travel advance privileges to those individuals or to those departments which have failed to properly or promptly submit Travel Expense Reports. TRAVEL EXPENSES: Travel Expense Report. Where reimbursement of travel expenses is expected, travelers shall submit a Travel Expense Report approved by the department director to the Finance Department within five (5) working days following their return from a trip. Travelers must submit valid receipts for their own expenses (see Other Expenses) and for all other persons transported in their custody. If the amount of the travel cash advance exceeds travel costs, travelers must return to the Finance Department the excess funds at the time their Travel Expense Report is submitted. Authorized travelers shall be reimbursed in accordance with Florida Statute 112.061 for per diem, lodging, and meal allowance rates, as established in this Administrative Order, and as described in the Miami -Dade travel procedures as updated from time to time. Foreign travel shall be reimbursed at the U.S. State Department foreign per diem rates for lodging and meals. Any exceptions to these per diem rates must be requested in writing to the OMB prior to travel. The Finance Department shall be responsible for distributing information regarding current reimbursement rates and the method of calculating travel time. Other Expenses. The County may reimburse necessary incidental traveling expenses such as: taxi fare, auto rental, vicinity mileage (see A.O. 6-3) or the cost of other modes of ground transportation, ferry, bridge, road and other tolls, parking and storage fees, communication expenses, convention registration fees. No personal expenses will be reimbursed. The Finance Department shall have the authority to disallow any and all expenses not consistent with Florida law, this Administrative Order, or the Miami -Dade travel procedures. TRAVEL BONUSES: As a result of traveling on County business, all benefits of travel bonus programs may accrue to the County. In every instance where a travel bonus is received, the traveler shall record the nature of the bonus on the Travel Expense Report form. The Travel Coordinator shall determine the final disposition of each travel bonus. EXCEPTIONS: Members and related staff of the Tourist Development Council, when traveling on official business in the performance of tourism related activities as prescribed by Chapter 125.0104 of the Florida Statutes, shall be reimbursed for actual reasonable and customary expenses when meeting with travel writers, tour brokers or others connected with the tour industry. They shall be reimbursed for foreign travel at current rates as specified in the Federal publication "Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas)," as outlined in Chapter 125.0104, Subsection 9 of the Florida Statutes. All expenditures in excess of $10 shall be substantiated by a paid bill, with the name and affiliation of the individuals involved in the expenditure clearly indicated on the receipt. Complete and detailed justification for all travel and entertainment -related expenditures shall be shown on the Travel Expense Report. Members and related staff of the Industrial Development Authority, when traveling on official business in the performance of promotional and other related duties of the Authority, as prescribed by Chapters 159.46 and 159.47 of the Florida Statutes, shall be reimbursed for actual expenses when meeting with business prospects, potential purchases of Florida exports and foreign governmental dignitaries. Foreign travel for members or employees of the Authority and other authorized persons shall be reimbursed at the current rates as specified in the Federal publication "Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas)" as outlined in Chapter 159.47(1)(K) of the Florida Statutes. All travel and entertainment -related expenditures in excess of $10 shall be substantiated by paid bills, with the name and affiliation of the individuals involved in the expenditure clearly indicated on the receipt. PERSONAL LEAVE COMBINED WITH OFFICIAL TRAVEL: Employees wishing to combine personal leave with official County business must have the written approval of their department director. In the cases of the County Manager's staff, approval shall be by the County Manager or his/her designee. Employees traveling under such circumstances will be reimbursed at the common carrier fare or the current mileage rate, whichever is less, and only for that portion of the travel which is clearly County business related. Per diem will be in effect only during the actual period of time spent on official County business. This Administrative Order is hereby submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County, Florida. Steve Shiver County Manager Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 1 of 7 Select Year: The 2014 Florida Statutes 2014 v Go Title X PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS Chapter 112 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES: GENERAL PROVISIONS View Entire Chapter 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.— (1) DEFINITION. —As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "public officer" includes any person elected or appointed to hold office in any agency, including any person serving on an advisory body. (2) SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. —No public officer, employee of an agency, local government attorney, or candidate for nomination or election shall solicit or accept anything of value to the recipient, including a gift, loan, reward, promise of future employment, favor, or service, based upon any understanding that the vote, official action, or judgment of the public officer, employee, local government attorney, or candidate would be influenced thereby. (3) DOING BUSINESS WITH ONE'S AGENCY. —No employee of an agency acting in his or her official capacity as a purchasing agent, or public officer acting in his or her official capacity, shall either directly or indirectly purchase, rent, or lease any realty, goods, or services for his or her own agency from any business entity of which the officer or employee or the officer's or employee's spouse or child is an officer, partner, director, or proprietor or in which such officer or employee or the officer's or employee's spouse or child, or any combination of them, has a material interest. Nor shall a public officer or employee, acting in a private capacity, rent, lease, or sell any realty, goods, or services to the officer's or employee's own agency, if he or she is a state officer or employee, or to any political subdivision or any agency thereof, if he or she is serving as an officer or employee of that political subdivision. The foregoing shall not apply to district offices maintained by legislators when such offices are located in the legislator's place of business or when such offices are on property wholly or partially owned by the legislator. This subsection shall not affect or be construed to prohibit contracts entered into prior to: (a) October 1, 1975. (b) Qualification for elective office. (c) Appointment to public office. (d) Beginning public employment. (4) UNAUTHORIZED COMPENSATION. —No public officer, employee of an agency, or local government attorney or his or her spouse or minor child shalt, at any time, accept any compensation, payment, or thing of value when such public officer, employee, or local government attorney knows, or, with the exercise of reasonable care, should know, that it was given to influence a vote or other action in which the officer, employee, or local government attorney was expected to participate in his or her official capacity. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfin?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 2 of 7 (5) SALARY AND EXPENSES. —No public officer shall be prohibited from voting on a matter affecting his or her salary, expenses, or other compensation as a public officer, as provided by law. No local government attorney shall be prevented from considering any matter affecting his or her salary, expenses, or other compensation as the local government attorney, as provided by law. (6) MISUSE OF PUBLIC POSITION. —No public officer, employee of an agency, or local government attorney shall corruptly use or attempt to use his or her official position or any property or resource which may be within his or her trust, or perform his or her official duties, to secure a special privilege, benefit, or exemption for himself, herself, or others. This section shall not be construed to conflict with s. 104.31. (7) CONFLICTING EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. — (a) No public officer or employee of an agency shall have or hold any employment or contractual relationship with any business entity or any agency which is subject to the regulation of, or is doing business with, an agency of which he or she is an officer or employee, excluding those organizations and their officers who, when acting in their official capacity, enter into or negotiate a collective bargaining contract with the state or any municipality, county, or other political subdivision of the state; nor shall an officer or employee of an agency have or hold any employment or contractual relationship that will create a continuing or frequently recurring conflict between his or her private interests and the performance of his or her public duties or that would impede the full and faithful discharge of his or her public duties. 1. When the agency referred to is that certain kind of special tax district created by general or special law and is limited specifically to constructing, maintaining, managing, and financing improvements in the land area over which the agency has jurisdiction, or when the agency has been organized pursuant to chapter 298, then employment with, or entering into a contractual relationship with, such business entity by a public officer or employee of such agency shall not be prohibited by this subsection or be deemed a conflict per se. However, conduct by such officer or employee that is prohibited by, or otherwise frustrates the intent of, this section shall be deemed a conflict of interest in violation of the standards of conduct set forth by this section. 2. When the agency referred to is a legislative body and the regulatory power over the business entity resides in another agency, or when the regulatory power which the legislative body exercises over the business entity or agency is strictly through the enactment of laws or ordinances, then employment or a contractual relationship with such business entity by a public officer or employee of a legislative body shall not be prohibited by this subsection or be deemed a conflict. (b) This subsection shall not prohibit a public officer or employee from practicing in a particular profession or occupation when such practice by persons holding such public office or employment is required or permitted by law or ordinance. (8) DISCLOSURE OR USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. —A current or former public officer, employee of an agency, or local government attorney may not disclose or use information not available to members of the general public and gained by reason of his or her official position, except for information relating exclusively to governmental practices, for his or her personal gain or benefit or for the personal gain or benefit of any other person or business entity. (9) POSTEMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS; STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR LEGISLATORS AND LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.— (a)1. It is the intent of the Legislature to implement by statute the provisions of s. 8(e), Art. II of the State Constitution relating to legislators, statewide elected officers, appointed state officers, and designated public employees. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 3 of 7 2. As used in this paragraph: a. "Employee" means: (I) Any person employed in the executive or legislative branch of government holding a position in the Senior Management Service as defined in s. 110.402 or any person holding a position in the Selected Exempt Service as defined in s. 110.602 or any person having authority over policy or procurement employed by the Department of the Lottery. (II) The Auditor General, the director of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, the Sergeant at Arms and Secretary of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms and Clerk of the House of Representatives. (III) The executive director and deputy executive director of the Commission on Ethics. (IV) An executive director, staff director, or deputy staff director of each joint committee, standing committee, or select committee of the Legislature; an executive director, staff director, executive assistant, analyst, or attorney of the Office of the President of the Senate, the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate Majority Party Office, Senate Minority Party Office, House Majority Party Office, or House Minority Party Office; or any person, hired on a contractual basis, having the power normally conferred upon such persons, by whatever title. (V) The Chancellor and Vice Chancellors of the State University System; the general counsel to the Board of Governors of the State University System; and the president, provost, vice presidents, and deans of each state university. (VI) Any person, including an other -personal -services employee, having the power normally conferred upon the positions referenced in this sub -subparagraph. b. "Appointed state officer" means any member of an appointive board, commission, committee, council, or authority of the executive or legislative branch of state government whose powers, jurisdiction, and authority are not solely advisory and include the final determination or adjudication of any personal or property rights, duties, or obligations, other than those relative to its internal operations. c. "State agency" means an entity of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government over which the Legislature exercises plenary budgetary and statutory control. 3.a. No member of the Legislature, appointed state officer, or statewide elected officer shalt personally represent another person or entity for compensation before the government body or agency of which the individual was an officer or member for a period of 2 years following vacation of office. No member of the Legislature shall personally represent another person or entity for compensation during his or her term of office before any state agency other than judicial tribunals or in settlement negotiations after the filing of a lawsuit. b. For a period of 2 years following vacation of office, a former member of the Legislature may not act as a lobbyist for compensation before an executive branch agency, agency official, or employee. The terms used in this sub -subparagraph have the same meanings as provided in s. 112.3215. 4. An agency employee, including an agency employee who was employed on July 1, 2001, in a Career Service System position that was transferred to the Selected Exempt Service System under chapter 2001-43, Laws of Florida, may not personally represent another person or entity for compensation before the agency with which he or she was employed for a period of 2 years following vacation of position, unless employed by another agency of state government. 5. Any person violating this paragraph shall be subject to the penalties provided in s. 112.317 and a civil penalty of an amount equal to the compensation which the person receives for the prohibited conduct. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfin?App_ node=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 4 of 7 6. This paragraph is not applicable to: a. A person employed by the Legislature or other agency prior to July 1, 1989; b. A person who was employed by the Legislature or other agency on July 1, 1989, whether or not the person was a defined employee on July 1, 1989; c. A person who was a defined employee of the State University System or the Public Service Commission who held such employment on December 31, 1994; d. A person who has reached normal retirement age as defined in s. 121.021(29), and who has retired under the provisions of chapter 121 by July 1, 1991; or e. Any appointed state officer whose term of office began before January 1, 1995, unless reappointed to that office on or after January 1, 1995. (b) In addition to the provisions of this part which are applicable to legislators and legislative employees by virtue of their being public officers or employees, the conduct of members of the Legislature and legislative employees shall be governed by the ethical standards provided in the respective rules of the Senate or House of Representatives which are not in conflict herewith. (10) EMPLOYEES HOLDING OFFICE. — (a) No employee of a state agency or of a county, municipality, special taxing district, or other political subdivision of the state shall hold office as a member of the governing board, council, commission, or authority, by whatever name known, which is his or her employer while, at the same time, continuing as an employee of such employer. (b) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person holding office in violation of such provisions on the effective date of this act. However, such a person shall surrender his or her conflicting employment prior to seeking reelection or accepting reappointment to office. (11) PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARD MEMBERS. —No officer, director, or administrator of a Florida state, county, or regional professional or occupational organization or association, while holding such position, shall be eligible to serve as a member of a state examining or licensing board for the profession or occupation. (12) EXEMPTION. —The requirements of subsections (3) and (7) as they pertain to persons serving on advisory boards may be waived in a particular instance by the body which appointed the person to the advisory board, upon a full disclosure of the transaction or relationship to the appointing body prior to the waiver and an affirmative vote in favor of waiver by two-thirds vote of that body. In instances in which appointment to the advisory board is made by an individual, waiver may be effected, after public hearing, by a determination by the appointing person and full disclosure of the transaction or relationship by the appointee to the appointing person. In addition, no person shall be held in violation of subsection (3) or subsection (7) if: (a) Within a city or county the business is transacted under a rotation system whereby the business transactions are rotated among all qualified suppliers of the goods or services within the city or county. (b) The business is awarded under a system of sealed, competitive bidding to the lowest or best bidder and: 1. The official or the official's spouse or child has in no way participated in the determination of the bid specifications or the determination of the lowest or best bidder; 2. The official or the official's spouse or child has in no way used or attempted to use the official's influence to persuade the agency or any personnel thereof to enter such a contract other than by the mere submission of the bid; and 3. The official, prior to or at the time of the submission of the bid, has filed a statement with the Commission on Ethics, if the official is a state officer or employee, or with the supervisor of elections of http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Appmode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 5 of 7 the county in which the agency has its principal office, if the official is an officer or employee of a political subdivision, disclosing the official's interest, or the interest of the official's spouse or child, and the nature of the intended business. (c) The purchase or sale is for legal advertising in a newspaper, for any utilities service, or for passage on a common carrier. (d) An emergency purchase or contract which would otherwise violate a provision of subsection (3) or subsection (7) must be made in order to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the state or any political subdivision thereof. (e) The business entity involved is the only source of supply within the political subdivision of the officer or employee and there is full disclosure by the officer or employee of his or her interest in the business entity to the governing body of the political subdivision prior to the purchase, rental, sale, leasing, or other business being transacted. (f) The total amount of the transactions in the aggregate between the business entity and the agency does not exceed $500 per calendar year. (g) The fact that a county or municipal officer or member of a public board or body, including a district school officer or an officer of any district within a county, is a stockholder, officer, or director of a bank will not bar such bank from qualifying as a depository of funds coming under the jurisdiction of any such public board or body, provided it appears in the records of the agency that the governing body of the agency has determined that such officer or member of a public board or body has not favored such bank over other qualified banks. (h) The transaction is made pursuant to s. 1004.22 or s. 1004.23 and is specifically approved by the president and the chair of the university board of trustees. The chair of the university board of trustees shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature by March 1 of each year a report of the transactions approved pursuant to this paragraph during the preceding year. (i) The public officer or employee purchases in a private capacity goods or services, at a price and upon terms available to similarly situated members of the general public, from a business entity which is doing business with his or her agency. (j) The public officer or employee in a private capacity purchases goods or services from a business entity which is subject to the regulation of his or her agency and: 1. The price and terms of the transaction are available to similarly situated members of the general public; and 2. The officer or employee makes full disclosure of the relationship to the agency head or governing body prior to the transaction. (13) COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND SPECIAL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOLUTIONS REGULATING FORMER OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. —The governing body of any county or municipality may adopt an ordinance and the governing body of any special district or school district may adopt a resolution providing that an appointed county, municipal, special district, or school district officer or a county, municipal, special district, or school district employee may not personalty represent another person or entity for compensation before the government body or agency of which the individual was an officer or employee for a period of 2 years following vacation of office or termination of employment, except for the purposes of collective bargaining. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit such ordinance or resolution. (14) LOBBYING BY FORMER LOCAL OFFICERS; PROHIBITION. —A person who has been elected to any county, municipal, special district, or school district office may not personally represent another person http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfin?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 6 of 7 or entity for compensation before the government body or agency of which the person was an officer for a period of 2 years after vacating that office. For purposes of this subsection: (a) The "government body or agency" of a member of a board of county commissioners consists of the commission, the chief administrative officer or employee of thecounty, and their immediate support staff. (b) The "government body or agency" of any other county elected officer is the office or department headed by that officer, including all subordinate employees. (c) The "government body or agency" of an elected municipal officer consists of the governing body of the municipality, the chief administrative officer or employee of the municipality, and their immediate support staff. (d) The "government body or agency" of an elected special district officer is the special district. (e) The "government body or agency" of an elected school district officer is the school district. (15) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION. —No elected public officer shall be held in violation of subsection (7) if the officer maintains an employment relationship with an entity which is currently a tax-exempt organization under s. 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and which contracts with or otherwise enters into a business relationship with the officer's agency and: (a) The officer's employment is not directly or indirectly compensated as a result of such contract or business relationship; (b) The officer has in no way participated in the agency's decision to contract or to enter into the business relationship with his or her employer, whether by participating in discussion at the meeting, by communicating with officers or employees of the agency, or otherwise; and (c) The officer abstains from voting on any matter which may come before the agency involving the officer's employer, publicly states to the assembly the nature of the officer's interest in the matter from which he or she is abstaining, and files a written memorandum as provided in s. 112.3143. (16) LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS. — (a) For the purposes of this section, "local government attorney" means any individual who routinely serves as the attorney for a unit of local government. The term shall not include any person who renders legal services to a unit of local government pursuant to contract limited to a specific issue or subject, to specific litigation, or to a specific administrative proceeding. For the purposes of this section, "unit of local government" includes, but is not limited to, municipalities, counties, and special districts. (b) 1t shall not constitute a violation of subsection (3) or subsection (7) for a unit of local government to contract with a law firm, operating as either a partnership or a professional association, or in any combination thereof, or with a local government attorney who is a member of or is otherwise associated with the law firm, to provide any or all legal services to the unit of local government, so long as the local government attorney is not a full-time employee or member of the governing body of the unit of local government. However, the standards of conduct as provided in subsections (2), (4), (5), (6), and (8) shall apply to any person who serves as a local government attorney. (c) No local government attorney or law firm in which the local government attorney is a member, partner, or employee shall represent a private individual or entity before the unit of local government to which the local government attorney provides legal services. A local government attorney whose contract with the unit of local government does not include provisions that authorize or mandate the use of the law firm of the local government attorney to complete legal services for the unit of local government shall not recommend or otherwise refer legal work to that attorney's law firm to be completed for the unit of local government. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 7 of 7 (17) BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. -No citizen member of the Board of Governors of the State University System, nor any citizen member of a board of trustees of a local constituent university, shall have or hold any employment or contractual relationship as a legislative lobbyist requiring annual registration and reporting pursuant to s. 11.045. History.-s. 3, ch. 67-469; s. 2, ch. 69-335; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 74-177; ss. 4, 11, ch. 75-208; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 77-349; s. 4, ch. 82-98; s. 2, ch. 83-26; s. 6, ch. 83-282; s. 14, ch. 85-80; s. 12, ch. 86-145; s. 1, ch. 88-358; s. 1, ch. 88-408; s. 3, ch. 90-502; s. 3, ch. 91-85; s. 4, ch. 91-292; s. 1, ch. 92-35; s. 1, ch. 94-277; s. 1406, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 96- 311; s. 34, ch. 96-318; s. 41, ch. 99-2; s. 29, ch. 2001-266; s. 20, ch. 2002-1; s. 894, ch. 2002-387; s. 2, ch. 2005-285; s. 2, ch. 2006-275; s. 10, ch. 2007-217; s. 16, ch. 2011-34; s. 3, ch. 2013-36. Copyright © 1995-2014 The Florida Legislature • Privacy Statement • Contact Us http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfin?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 1 of 8 Select Year: The 2014 Florida Statutes 2014 v Title XLV Chapter 768 TORTS NEGLIGENCE View Entire Chapter 768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions; recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs.— (1) In accordance with s. 13, Art. X of the State Constitution, the state, for itself and for its agencies or subdivisions, hereby waives sovereign immunity for liability for torts, but only to the extent specified in this act. Actions at law against the state or any of its agencies or subdivisions to recover damages in tort for money damages against the state or its agencies or subdivisions for injury or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the agency or subdivision while acting within the scope of the employee's office or employment under circumstances in which the state or such agency or subdivision, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant, in accordance with the general laws of this state, may be prosecuted subject to the limitations specified in this act. Any such action may be brought in the county where the property in litigation is located or, if the affected agency or subdivision has an office in such county for the transaction of its customary business, where the cause of action accrued. However, any such action against a state university board of trustees shall be brought in the county in which that university's main campus is located or in the county in which the cause of action accrued if the university maintains therein a substantial presence for the transaction of its customary business. (2) As used in this act, "state agencies or subdivisions" include the executive departments, the Legislature, the judicial branch (including public defenders), and the independent establishments of the state, including state university boards of trustees; counties and municipalities; and corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the state, counties, or municipalities, including the Florida Space Authority. (3) Except for a municipality and the Florida Space Authority, the affected agency or subdivision may, at its discretion, request the assistance of the Department of Financial Services in the consideration, adjustment, and settlement of any claim under this act. (4) Subject to the provisions of this section, any state agency or subdivision shall have the right to appeal any award, compromise, settlement, or determination to the court of appropriate jurisdiction. (5) The state and its agencies and subdivisions shall be liable for tort claims in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances, but liability shall not include punitive damages or interest for the period before judgment. Neither the state nor its agencies or subdivisions shall be liable to pay a claim or a judgment by any one person which exceeds the sum of $200,000 or any claim or judgment, or portions thereof, which, when totaled with all other claims or judgments paid by the state or its agencies or subdivisions arising out of the same incident or occurrence, exceeds the sum of $300,000. However, a judgment or judgments may be claimed and rendered in excess of these amounts and may be settled and paid pursuant to this act up to $200,000 or $300,000, as the case may be; and that portion of the judgment that exceeds these amounts may be http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Appmode=Display_ Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 2 of 8 reported to the Legislature, but may be paid in part or in whole only by further act of the Legislature. Notwithstanding the limited waiver of sovereign immunity provided herein, the state or an agency or subdivision thereof may agree, within the limits of insurance coverage provided, to settle a claim made or a judgment rendered against it without further action by the Legislature, but the state or agency or subdivision thereof shall not be deemed to have waived any defense of sovereign immunity or to have increased the limits of its liability as a result of its obtaining insurance coverage for tortious acts in excess of the $200,000 or $300,000 waiver provided above. The limitations of liability set forth in this subsection shall apply to the state and its agencies and subdivisions whether or not the state or its agencies or subdivisions possessed sovereign immunity before July 1, 1974. (6)(a) An action may not be instituted on a claim against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions unless the claimant presents the claim in writing to the appropriate agency, and also, except as to any claim against a municipality or the Florida Space Authority, presents such claim in writing to the Department of Financial Services, within 3 years after such claim accrues and the Department of Financial Services or the appropriate agency denies the claim in writing; except that, if: 1. Such claim is for contribution pursuant to s. 768.31, it must be so presented within 6 months after the judgment against the tortfeasor seeking contribution has become final by lapse of time for appeal or after appellate review or, if there is no such judgment, within 6 months after the tortfeasor seeking contribution has either discharged the common liability by payment or agreed, while the action is pending against her or him, to discharge the common liability; or 2. Such action is for wrongful death, the claimant must present the claim in writing to the Department of Financial Services within 2 years after the claim accrues. (b) For purposes of this section, the requirements of notice to the agency and denial of the claim pursuant to paragraph (a) are conditions precedent to maintaining an action but shall not be deemed to be elements of the cause of action and shall not affect the date on which the cause of action accrues. (c) The claimant shall also provide to the agency the claimant's date and place of birth and social security number if the claimant is an individual, or a federal identification number if the claimant is not an individual. The claimant shall also state the case style, tribunal, the nature and amount of all adjudicated penalties, fines, fees, victim restitution fund, and other judgments in excess of $200, whether imposed by a civil, criminal, or administrative tribunal, owed by the claimant to the state, its agency, officer or subdivision. If there exists no prior adjudicated unpaid claim in excess of $200, the claimant shall so state. (d) For purposes of this section, complete, accurate, and timely compliance with the requirements of paragraph (c) shall occur prior to settlement payment, close of discovery or commencement of trial, whichever is sooner; provided the ability to plead setoff is not precluded by the delay. This setoff shall apply only against that part of the settlement or judgment payable to the claimant, minus claimant's reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Incomplete or inaccurate disclosure of unpaid adjudicated claims due the state, its agency, officer, or subdivision, may be excused by the court upon a showing by the preponderance of the evidence of the claimant's lack of knowledge of an adjudicated claim and reasonable inquiry by, or on behalf of, the claimant to obtain the information from public records. Unless the appropriate agency had actual notice of the information required to be disclosed by paragraph (c) in time to assert a setoff, an unexcused failure to disclose shall, upon hearing and order of court, cause the claimant to be liable for double the original undisclosed judgment and, upon further motion, the court shall enter judgment for the agency in that amount. Except as provided otherwise in this subsection, the failure of the Department of Financial Services or the appropriate agency to make final disposition of a claim within 6 months after it is filed shall be deemed a final denial of the claim http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 3 of 8 for purposes of this section. For purposes of this subsection, in medical malpractice actions and in wrongful death actions, the failure of the Department of Financial Services or the appropriate agency to make final disposition of a claim within 90 days after it is filed shall be deemed a final denial of the claim. The statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions and wrongful death actions is tolled for the period of time taken by the Department of Financial Services or the appropriate agency to deny the claim. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to such claims as may be asserted by counterclaim pursuant to s. 768.14. (7) In actions brought pursuant to this section, process shalt be served upon the head of the agency concerned and also, except as to a defendant municipality or the Florida Space Authority, upon the Department of Financial Services; and the department or the agency concerned shall have 30 days within which to plead thereto. (8) No attorney may charge, demand, receive, or collect, for services rendered, fees in excess of 25 percent of any judgment or settlement. (9)(a) No officer, employee, or agent of the state or of any of its subdivisions shall be held personally liable in tort or named as a party defendant in any action for any injury or damage suffered as a result of any act, event, or omission of action in the scope of her or his employment or function, unless such officer, employee, or agent acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. However, such officer, employee, or agent shall be considered an adverse witness in a tort action for any injury or damage suffered as a result of any act, event, or omission of action in the scope of her or his employment or function. The exclusive remedy for injury or damage suffered as a result of an act, event, or omission of an officer, employee, or agent of the state or any of its subdivisions or constitutional officers shall be by action against the governmental entity, or the head of such entity in her or his official capacity, or the constitutional officer of which the officer, employee, or agent is an employee, unless such act or omission was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. The state or its subdivisions shall not be liable in tort for the acts or omissions of an officer, employee, or agent committed while acting outside the course and scope of her or his employment or committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. (b) As used in this subsection, the term: 1. "Employee" includes any volunteer firefighter. 2. "Officer, employee, or agent" includes, but is not limited to, any health care provider when providing services pursuant to s. 766.1115; any nonprofit independent college or university located and chartered in this state which owns or operates an accredited medical school, and its employees or agents, when providing patient services pursuant to paragraph (10)(f); and any public defender or her or his employee or agent, including, among others, an assistant public defender and an investigator. (c) For purposes of the waiver of sovereign immunity only, a member of the Florida National Guard is not acting within the scope of state employment when performing duty under the provisions of Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code or other applicable federal law; and neither the state nor any individual may be named in any action under this chapter arising from the performance of such federal duty. (d) The employing agency of a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10 is not liable for injury, death, or property damage effected or caused by a person fleeing from a law enforcement officer in a motor vehicle if: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfin?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 4 of 8 1. The pursuit is conducted in a manner that does not involve conduct by the officer which is so reckless or wanting in care as to constitute disregard of human life, human rights, safety, or the property of another; 2. At the time the law enforcement officer initiates the pursuit, the officer reasonably believes that the person fleeing has committed a forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08; and 3. The pursuit is conducted by the officer pursuant to a written policy governing high-speed pursuit adopted by the employing agency. The policy must contain specific procedures concerning the proper method to initiate and terminate high-speed pursuit. The law enforcement officer must have received instructional training from the employing agency on the written policy governing high-speed pursuit. (10)(a) Health care providers or vendors, or any of their employees or agents, that have contractually agreed to act as agents of the Department of Corrections to provide health care services to inmates of the state correctional system shall be considered agents of the State of Florida, Department of Corrections, for the purposes of this section, while acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines established in said contract or by rule. The contracts shall provide for the indemnification of the state by the agent for any liabilities incurred up to the limits set out in this chapter. (b) This subsection shall not be construed as designating persons providing contracted health care services to inmates as employees or agents of the state for the purposes of chapter 440. (c) For purposes of this section, regional poison control centers created in accordance with s. 395.1027 and coordinated and supervised under the Division of Children's Medical Services Prevention and Intervention of the Department of Health, or any of their employees or agents, shall be considered agents of the State of Florida, Department of Health. Any contracts with poison control centers must provide, to the extent permitted by law, for the indemnification of the state by the agency for any liabilities incurred up to the limits set out in this chapter. (d) For the purposes of this section, operators, dispatchers, and providers of security for rail services and rail facility maintenance providers in the South Florida Rail Corridor, or any of their employees or agents, performing such services under contract with and on behalf of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority or the Department of Transportation shall be considered agents of the state while acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines established in said contract or by rule. (e) For purposes of this section, a professional firm that provides monitoring and inspection services of the work required for state roadway, bridge, or other transportation facility construction projects, or any of the firm's employees performing such services, shall be considered agents of the Department of Transportation while acting within the scope of the firm's contract with the Department of Transportation to ensure that the project is constructed in conformity with the project's plans, specifications, and contract provisions. Any contract between the professional firm and the state, to the extent permitted by law, shall provide for the indemnification of the department for any liability, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred up to the limits set out in this chapter to the extent caused by the negligence of the firm or its employees. This paragraph shall not be construed as designating persons who provide monitoring and inspection services as employees or agents of the state for purposes of chapter 440. This paragraph is not applicable to the professional firm or its employees if involved in an accident while operating a motor vehicle. This paragraph is not applicable to a firm engaged by the Department of Transportation for the design or construction of a state roadway, bridge, or other transportation facility construction project or to its employees, agents, or subcontractors. (f) For purposes of this section, any nonprofit independent college or university located and chartered in this state which owns or operates an accredited medical school, or any of its employees or http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 5 of 8 agents, and which has agreed in an affiliation agreement or other contract to provide, or permit its employees or agents to provide, patient services as agents of a teaching hospital, is considered an agent of the teaching hospital while acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines established in the affiliation agreement or other contract. To the extent allowed by law, the contract must provide for the indemnification of the teaching hospital, up to the limits set out in this chapter, by the agent for any liability incurred which was caused by the negligence of the college or university or its employees or agents. The contract must also provide that those limited portions of the college, university, or medical school which are directly providing services pursuant to the contract and which are considered an agent of the teaching hospital for purposes of this section are deemed to be acting on behalf of a public agency as defined in s. 119.011(2). 1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: a. "Employee or agent" means an officer, employee, agent, or servant of a nonprofit independent college or university located and chartered in this state which owns or operates an accredited medical school, including, but not limited to, the faculty of the medical school, any health care practitioner or licensee as defined in s. 456.001 for which the college or university is vicariously liable, and the staff or administrators of the medical school. b. "Patient services" mean: (I) Comprehensive health care services as defined in s. 641.19, including any related administrative service, provided to patients in a teaching hospital; (11) Training and supervision of interns, residents, and fellows providing patient services in a teaching hospital; or (III) Training and supervision of medical students in a teaching hospital. c. "Teaching hospital" means a teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07 which is owned or operated by the state, a county or municipality, a public health trust, a special taxing district, a governmental entity having health care responsibilities, or a not -for -profit entity that operates such facility as an agent of the state, or a political subdivision of the state, under a lease or other contract. 2. The teaching hospital or the medical school, or its employees or agents, must provide notice to each patient, or the patient's legal representative, that the college or university that owns or operates the medical school and the employees or agents of that college or university are acting as agents of the teaching hospital and that the exclusive remedy for injury or damage suffered as the result of any act or omission of the teaching hospital, the college or university that owns or operates the medical school, or the employees or agents of the college or university, while acting within the scope of duties pursuant to the affiliation agreement or other contract with a teaching hospital, is by commencement of an action pursuant to the provisions of this section. This notice requirement may be met by posting the notice in a place conspicuous to all persons. 3. This paragraph does not designate any employee providing contracted patient services in a teaching hospital as an employee or agent of the state for purposes of chapter 440. (11)(a) Providers or vendors, or any of their employees or agents, that have contractually agreed to act on behalf of the state as agents of the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide services to children in need of services, families in need of services, or juvenile offenders are, solely with respect to such services, agents of the state for purposes of this section while acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines established in the contract or by rule. A contract must provide for the indemnification of the state by the agent for any liabilities incurred up to the limits set out in this chapter. (b) This subsection does not designate a person who provides contracted services to juvenile offenders as an employee or agent of the state for purposes of chapter 440. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfin?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 6 of 8 (12)(a) A health care practitioner, as defined in s. 456.001(4), who has contractually agreed to act as an agent of a state university board of trustees to provide medical services to a student athlete for participation in or as a result of intercollegiate athletics, to include team practices, training, and competitions, shall be considered an agent of the respective state university board of trustees, for the purposes of this section, while acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines established in that contract. The contracts shall provide for the indemnification of the state by the agent for any liabilities incurred up to the limits set out in this chapter. (b) This subsection shall not be construed as designating persons providing contracted health care services to athletes as employees or agents of a state university board of trustees for the purposes of chapter 440. (13) Laws allowing the state or its agencies or subdivisions to buy insurance are still in force and effect and are not restricted in any way by the terms of this act. (14) Every claim against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions for damages for a negligent or wrongful act or omission pursuant to this section shall be forever barred unless the civil action is commenced by filing a complaint in the court of appropriate jurisdiction within 4 years after such claim accrues; except that an action for contribution must be commenced within the limitations provided in s. 768.31(4), and an action for damages arising from medical malpractice or wrongful death must be commenced within the limitations for such actions in s. 95.11(4). (15) No action may be brought against the state or any of its agencies or subdivisions by anyone who unlawfully participates in a riot, unlawful assembly, public demonstration, mob violence, or civil disobedience if the claim arises out of such riot, unlawful assembly, public demonstration, mob violence, or civil disobedience. Nothing in this act shall abridge traditional immunities pertaining to statements made in court. (16)(a) The state and its agencies and subdivisions are authorized to be self -insured, to enter into risk management programs, or to purchase liability insurance for whatever coverage they may choose, or to have any combination thereof, in anticipation of any claim, judgment, and claims bill which they may be liable to pay pursuant to this section. Agencies or subdivisions, and sheriffs, that are subject to homogeneous risks may purchase insurance jointly or may join together as self -insurers to provide other means of protection against tort claims, any charter provisions or laws to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Claims files maintained by any risk management program administered by the state, its agencies, and its subdivisions are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until termination of all litigation and settlement of all claims arising out of the same incident, although portions of the claims files may remain exempt, as otherwise provided by law. Claims files records may be released to other governmental agencies upon written request and demonstration of need; such records held by the receiving agency remain confidential and exempt as provided for in this paragraph. (c) Portions of meetings and proceedings conducted pursuant to any risk management program administered by the state, its agencies, or its subdivisions, which relate solely to the evaluation of claims filed with the risk management program or which relate solely to offers of compromise of claims filed with the risk management program are exempt from the provisions of s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. Until termination of all litigation and settlement of all claims arising out of the same incident, persons privy to discussions pertinent to the evaluation of a filed claim shall not be subject to subpoena in any administrative or civil proceeding with regard to the content of those discussions. help://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 7 of 8 (d) Minutes of the meetings and proceedings of any risk management program administered by the state, its agencies, or its subdivisions, which relate solely to the evaluation of claims filed with the risk management program or which relate solely to offers of compromise of claims filed with the risk management program are exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until termination of all litigation and settlement of all claims arising out of the same incident. (17) This section, as amended by chapter 81-317, Laws of Florida, shall apply only to causes of actions which accrue on or after October 1, 1981. (18) No provision of this section, or of any other section of the Florida Statutes, whether read separately or in conjunction with any other provision, shalt be construed to waive the immunity of the state or any of its agencies from suit in federal court, as such immunity is guaranteed by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, unless such waiver is explicitly and definitely stated to be a waiver of the immunity of the state and its agencies from suit in federal court. This subsection shall not be construed to mean that the state has at any time previously waived, by implication, its immunity, or that of any of its agencies, from suit in federal court through any statute in existence prior to June 24, 1984. (19) Neither the state nor any agency or subdivision of the state waives any defense of sovereign immunity, or increases the limits of its liability, upon entering into a contractual relationship with another agency or subdivision of the state. Such a contract must not contain any provision that requires one party to indemnify or insure the other party for the other party's negligence or to assume any liability for the other party's negligence. This does not preclude a party from requiring a nongovernmental entity to provide such indemnification or insurance. The restrictions of this subsection do not prevent a regional water supply authority from indemnifying and assuming the liabilities of its member governments for obligations arising from past acts or omissions at or with property acquired from a member government by the authority and arising from the acts or omissions of the authority in performing activities contemplated by an interlocal agreement. Such indemnification may not be considered to increase or otherwise waive the limits of liability to third -party claimants established by this section. (20) Every municipality, and any agency thereof, is authorized to undertake to indemnify those employees that are exposed to personal liability pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C.A. ss. 7401 et seq., and all rules and regulations adopted to implement that act, for acts performed within the course and scope of their employment with the municipality or its agency, including but not limited to indemnification pertaining to the holding, transfer, or disposition of allowances allocated to the municipality's or its agency's electric generating units, and the monitoring, submission, certification, and compliance with permits, permit applications, records, compliance plans, and reports for those units, when such acts are performed within the course and scope of their employment with the municipality or its agency. The authority to indemnify under this section covers every act by an employee when such act is performed within the course and scope of her or his employment with the municipality or its agency, but does not cover any act of willful misconduct or any intentional or knowing violation of any law by the employee. The authority to indemnify under this section includes, but is not limited to, the authority to pay any fine and provide legal representation in any action. History.-s. 1, ch. 73-313; s. 1, ch. 74-235; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 77-86; s. 9, ch. 79-139; s. 1, ch. 79-253; s. 284, ch. 79-400; s. 1, ch. 80-271; ss. 1, 2, ch. 81-317; s. 1, ch. 83-44; s. 1, ch. 83-257; s. 1, ch. 84-29; s. 1, ch. 84-335; s. 21, ch. 86-183; s. 1, ch. 86-184; s. 3, ch. 87-134; s. 2, ch. 88-173; ss. 55, 61, ch. 89-300; s. 92, ch. 89-360; s. 8, ch. 90-192; s. 3, ch. 91-209; s. 112, ch. 92-33; ss. 2, 11, ch. 92-278; s. 1, ch. 93-89; s. 34, ch. 93-129; s. 1, ch. 94-76; s. 2, ch. 94-147; s. 70, ch. 94-209; s. 21, ch. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_ Statute&Search Strin... 12/15/2014 Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 8 of 8 94-321; s. 428, ch. 96-406; s. 34, ch. 97-93; s. 1809, ch. 97-102; s. 4, ch. 98-402; s. 289, ch. 99-8; s. 9, ch. 2000-155; s. 97, ch. 2002-20; s. 24, ch. 2002-183; s. 2, ch. 2002-401; s. 9, ch. 2003-159; s. 1903, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2003-290; s. 67, ch. 2003-416; s. 1, ch. 2006-234; s. 1, ch. 2010-26; s. 1, ch. 2011-113; s. 3, ch. 2011-219; s. 126, ch. 2012-184. 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