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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 655.015.



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FLORIDIAN COMMUNITY BANK, INC. P. v. STATE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, P. v., 989 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . Section 655.015(1), provides that “[t]he financial institutions codes shall be liberally construed and . . . applied to promote their purposes and policies.” § 655.015(1), Fla. . . . Discretion is given to the OFR to enforce the policies in section 655.001, as stated in subsection 2 of 655.015 . . . construction and application of the financial institutions codes required for any determination or action. § 655.015 . . . OFR with a certain degree of discretion over the governance of financial institutions. §§ 655.001(2); 655.015 . . .

FONSECA v. UNITED STATES, 474 F. Supp. 2d 1011 (E.D. Wis. 2007)

. . . . § 655.015, a section of Chapter 655, which governs medical malpractice, requires that if a judgment . . . In addition, a regulation implementing § 655.015 provides that if the injured party dies, any balance . . . Section 655.015 applies to judgments against health care providers and their employees, including nurses . . . Plaintiffs suggest that § 655.015 is unconstitutional. . . .

ESTEVEZ, v. UNITED STATES, 74 F. Supp. 2d 305 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)

. . . . § 655.015 (West 1980 & Supp.1988).... . . .

DAVIS, DAVIS, v. JELLICO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC. M. D., 912 F.2d 129 (6th Cir. 1990)

. . . . § 655.015 (West 1980), Tennessee law does not provide such a statute. . . .

REILLY, v. UNITED STATES, 863 F.2d 149 (1st Cir. 1988)

. . . . § 655.015 (West 1980 & Supp. 1988); see also Slater v. Mexican Nat’l R.R. . . .

C. BOYD, v. R. A. BULALA, M. D., 672 F. Supp. 915 (W.D. Va. 1987)

. . . . § 655.015 (West 1980). . . .