Florida Statute 655.015 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVIII
BANKS AND BANKING

Chapter 655
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY

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F.S. 655.015

655.015 Construction; standards to be observed by commission and office.—

(1) The financial institutions codes shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their purposes and policies.

(2) The purposes and policies as stated in s. 655.001 constitute standards to be observed by the commission and office in the exercise of their discretionary powers under the financial institutions codes, in the adoption of rules, in the issuance of orders and declaratory statements, in the examination and supervision of financial institutions, and in all matters of construction and application of the financial institutions codes required for any determination or action.

(3) The headings, captions, and catchlines at the beginning of sections, subsections, and paragraphs are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of the statutes comprising the financial institutions codes, do not constitute a complete index of the financial institutions codes, are not indicative of the intent of the financial institutions codes, and may not be used in construing or interpreting the financial institutions codes.

History.—s. 10, ch. 92-303; s. 1702, ch. 2003-261.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 655.015

Level: Degree
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 655.015

Total Results: 2

Floridian Community Bank v. State, Office of Fin. Reg.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-09-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 989 So. 2d 1231

Snippet: practices. § 655.001(2), Fla. Stat. (2007). Section 655.015(1), provides that "[t]he financial institutions…to promote their purposes and policies." § 655.015(1), Fla. Stat. (2007). Discretion is given to the… section 655.001, as stated in subsection 2 of 655.015: The purposes and policies stated in s. 655.001…codes required for any determination or action. § 655.015(2), Fla. Stat. (2007). Also, section 655.012 provides…governance of financial institutions. §§ 655.001(2); 655.015(1)-(2); 655.012, Fla. Stat. (2007). In addition

In re Robinson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1917-05-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 73 Fla. 1068, 75 So. 604, 1917 Fla. LEXIS 547

Snippet: order of the court. Bergemann v. Backer, 157 U. S. 655, 15 Sup. Ct. Rep. 727; Ex parte Prince, 27 Fla. 196