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Fla. Stat. § 517.03 (2025)
Rulemaking; immunity for acts in conformity with rules.
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517.03 Rulemaking; immunity for acts in conformity with rules.—
(1) The office shall administer and provide for the enforcement of all the provisions of this chapter. The commission may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter conferring powers or duties upon the office, including, without limitation, adopting rules and forms governing reports. The commission shall also have the nonexclusive power to define by rule any term, whether or not used in this chapter, insofar as the definition is not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) No provision of this chapter imposing liability shall apply to an act done, or omitted to be done, in conformity with a rule of the commission in existence at the time of the act or omission, even though such rule may thereafter be amended or repealed or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
History.—s. 2, ch. 14899, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 6002(3); s. 1, ch. 59-423; s. 2, ch. 65-454; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 196, ch. 71-377; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 15, ch. 79-381; ss. 4, 5, ch. 80-254; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 90-362; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 179, ch. 98-200; s. 584, ch. 2003-261.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1984–1989 · leading case: Eaton v. Coal Par of West Virginia, Inc., 580 F. Supp. 572 (S.D. Fla. 1984).
Eaton v. Coal Par of West Virginia, Inc., 580 F. Supp. 572 (S.D. Fla. 1984). “These changes expressly provide authority which has been, in the past, implicit[l]y given to the department in the area of adopting reporting rules, interpreting rules and defining terms.”
Dept. of Banking & Fin. v. Evans, 540 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). “The authority cited for the rule is section 517.03(1), and the cited statutes being implemented are sections 517.”
— 517.03(1) — 2 cases
Eaton v. Coal Par of West Virginia, Inc., 580 F. Supp. 572 (S.D. Fla. 1984). “These changes expressly provide authority which has been, in the past, implicit[l]y given to the department in the area of adopting reporting rules, interpreting rules and defining terms.”
Dept. of Banking & Fin. v. Evans, 540 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). “The authority cited for the rule is section 517.03(1), and the cited statutes being implemented are sections 517.”
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