This legal document pertains to credit counseling services in Florida. It specifies exceptions to the regulations mentioned in the document. The exceptions include debt management or credit counseling services provided in the practice of law in Florida, persons who engage in debt adjustment, and specific entities and their subsidiaries. The exempted entities include The Federal National Mortgage Association, The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, The Florida Housing Finance Corporation, regulated and supervised banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, credit unions, credit card banks, savings banks, consumer reporting agencies, and subsidiaries or affiliates of bank holding companies.

This section of the Florida Statutes addresses the issue of giving worthless checks, drafts, bills of exchange, debit card orders, and other orders on banks without sufficient funds or credit. It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to draw, make, utter, issue, or deliver such checks, drafts, or orders, or to use debit cards for payment, knowing that there are insufficient funds or credit to cover them. However, there are exemptions for checks when the payee or holder has knowledge or reason to believe that the drawer did not have sufficient funds, and for postdated checks.

This legal document governs the prosecution for worthless checks, drafts, debit card orders, or electronic funds transfers made to pay any tax or associated amount administered by the Department of Revenue. It applies to any person, firm, or corporation. However, there are exemptions where this section does not apply, such as when the Department of Revenue is aware or notified in advance that the drawer, sender, or receiver does not have sufficient funds.

This section of the Florida Statutes prohibits the requirement of credit card information as a condition of accepting a check or share draft. It is also prohibited to record a credit card number or expiration date in connection with the sale of goods or services paid by check or share draft, or in connection with the acceptance of a check or share draft. Violation of this section is considered a noncriminal violation punishable by fines.

This legal document, found in the Florida Statutes under the CRIMES section, pertains to the act of permitting minors and persons under guardianship to gamble. It states that the proprietor, owner, or keeper of any E. O., keno or pool table, billiard table, wheel of fortune, or other game of chance, who knowingly allows a minor or mentally incompetent person or someone under guardianship to play or bet on such games, commits a felony of the third degree.

This Florida statute prohibits any person in the state from setting up, promoting, or conducting any lottery for money or anything of value. It also prohibits disposing of money or property through lotteries, conducting lottery drawings, advertising lottery schemes, aiding or assisting in lottery activities, attempting to operate or advertise lottery schemes, possessing lottery wheels or devices, selling or transmitting lottery tickets, and possessing lottery tickets or evidence of lottery shares or rights.

This section of the Florida Statutes governs the prohibition of printing, typewriting, writing, or publishing any lottery ticket or related materials within the state. It is unlawful for any person in any house, office, shop, or building in Florida to engage in such activities. Additionally, the owner or lessee of such premises is prohibited from knowingly permitting these activities. However, there are exemptions for the printing or production of lottery materials for lotteries conducted in other states or nations where such lotteries are not prohibited.

This section of the Florida Statutes governs the manufacture, sale, purchase, and possession of gambling devices. It is unlawful for any person to engage in these activities, except in certain circumstances. Authorized persons may hold or transport gambling devices for the purpose of destruction. Persons who have registered with the United States Government under Title 15 of the United States Code are allowed to hold, sell, transport, or manufacture gambling devices as long as they are not displayed to the general public, sold for use in Florida, or in violation of the requirements of Title 15.

(1) It is a defense to any action or prosecution under ss. 849.15-849.233 for the possession of any gambling device specified therein that the device is an antique slot machine and that it is not being used for gambling. For the purpose of this section, an antique slot machine is one which was manufactured at least 20 years prior to such action or prosecution. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, upon a successful defense to a prosecution for the possession of a gambling device pursuant to the provisions of this section, the antique slot machine shall be returned to the person from whom it was seized.

This legal document pertains to the Governor’s responsibility for negotiating and executing tribal-state gaming compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes in Florida. The compacts are authorized under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and allow for class III gaming on Indian lands within the state. Any compact entered into by an Indian tribe and the Governor must be ratified by the Legislature. Once a compact is executed, it must be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.