Florida Statute 284.31 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XIX
PUBLIC BUSINESS

Chapter 284
STATE RISK MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY PROGRAMS

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F.S. 284.31

284.31 Scope and types of coverages; separate accounts.—The Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund must, unless specifically excluded by the Department of Financial Services, cover all departments of the State of Florida and their employees, agents, and volunteers and must provide separate accounts for workers’ compensation, general liability, fleet automotive liability, federal civil rights actions under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983 or similar federal statutes, state agency firefighter cancer benefits payable under s. 112.1816(2), and court-awarded attorney fees in other proceedings against the state except for such awards in eminent domain or for inverse condemnation or for awards by the Public Employees Relations Commission. Unless specifically excluded by the Department of Financial Services, the Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund must provide fleet automotive liability coverage to motor vehicles titled to the state, or to any department of the state, when such motor vehicles are used by community transportation coordinators performing, under contract to the appropriate department of the state, services for the transportation disadvantaged under part I of chapter 427. Such fleet automotive liability coverage is primary and is subject to s. 768.28 and parts II and III of chapter 284, and applicable rules adopted thereunder, and the terms and conditions of the certificate of coverage issued by the Department of Financial Services.

History.—s. 1, ch. 72-206; s. 4, ch. 74-235; s. 68, ch. 79-40; s. 6, ch. 79-139; s. 3, ch. 83-159; s. 78, ch. 86-163; s. 1, ch. 88-239; s. 53, ch. 99-13; s. 317, ch. 2003-261; s. 3, ch. 2021-113.

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Amendments to 284.31

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 284.31

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 284.31.

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Cases Citing Statute 284.31

Total Results: 15

Johnson v. Jarvis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-08-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 107 So. 3d 428, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 14617, 2012 WL 3764498

Snippet: attorney’s fees” as used in sections 284.30 and 284.31, Florida Statutes (2011), included “costs” such

J.S. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-12-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 805 So. 2d 37, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 17193

Snippet: Act into delinquency proceedings. See ch. 99-284, § 31, Laws of Fla. This amendment is irrelevant to …Appellate Procedure.” (emphasis added). See Ch. 99-284, § 31, at 3124, Laws of Fla. This new amendment applies

JS v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-12-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 805 So. 2d 37

Snippet: Act into delinquency proceedings. See ch. 99-284, § 31, Laws of Fla. This amendment is irrelevant to …Procedure." (emphasis added). See Ch. 99-284, § 31, at 3124, Laws of Fla. This new amendment applies

JCR v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-04-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 785 So. 2d 550

Snippet: Procedure." (emphasis added). See Ch. 99-284, § 31, at 3124, Laws of Fla. This new amendment applies

J.C.R. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-02-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 785 So. 2d 550, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 1799

Snippet: Appellate Procedure.” (emphasis added). See Ch. 99-284, § 31, at 3124, Laws of Fla. This new amendment applies

R.W. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 774 So. 2d 741, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 14773, 2000 WL 1651586

Snippet: Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure.... Ch. 99-284, § 31, at 3124, Laws of Fla. No. 1D99-4706

Cargle v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 770 So. 2d 1151

Snippet: Act into delinquency proceedings. See ch. 99-284, § 31, Laws of Fla. This amendment is irrelevant to

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1999-02-04T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: the state for other statutory purposes. Cf., s. 284.31, Fla. Stat., stating that "[t]he insurance

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-01-08T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: in other proceedings against the state. Section 284.31, F.S., describes the scope and types of coverage

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1988-04-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: in other proceedings against the state. Section 284.31, F.S., describes the scope and types of coverage

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1987-05-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: under the Risk Management Trust Fund pursuant to s.284.31, F.S., for the claim on the basis that Mr. Alper

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1986-07-31T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the provisions of s. 768.28." And see, s. 284.31, F.S., as amended by s. 78, Ch. 86-163, Laws of

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1981-11-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: the Authority is included within the scope of s. 284.31 which provides that the Florida Casualty Insurance…persons, in light of the language contained in s.284.31 authorizing coverage for such departments `unless…court-ordered attorney's fees as provided under s. 284.31. The Division of Risk Management of the Department…Management. See also s. 284.37, F.S. Pursuant to s. 284.31, F.S., the Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund…would appear to be covered by the language of s. 284.31. The Department of Insurance, however, may specifically

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1976-08-31T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: meaning of s. 284.31, F. S. Even if the authority were a department covered by s. 284.31, the Department…Authority a state department, as described in s. 284.31, F. S., for which insurance coverage is authorized… F. S., has administratively determined that s. 284.31 excludes the authority from participation in the…Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund. Section 284.31 provides, inter alia, The insurance risk management… the Department of Insurance has interpreted s. 284.31, F. S., as applicable only to departments or subdivisions

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-05-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund. Section 284.31, as amended, provides that the Insurance Risk Management