Florida Statutes
Part I - Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments (Ss. 509.013-509.417)
509.302 - Hospitality Education Program.



(1)(a) The division shall administer an educational program, designated the “Hospitality Education Program,” offered for the benefit of the hospitality industries of this state. As used in this section, the term “hospitality industry” means the restaurant industry or the lodging industry.
(b) The program may affiliate with Florida State University, Florida International University, and the University of Central Florida. The program may also affiliate with any other member of the State University System or Florida College System, or with any privately funded college or university, which offers a program of hospitality administration and management.
(c) The purpose of the program is to provide, support, and enhance school-to-career training and transition programs for students interested in pursuing careers in a hospitality industry.
(d) The training and transition programs shall be funded through grants to one or more nonprofit statewide organizations that represent a hospitality industry of this state. The training and transition programs shall be delivered through the public school system using a nationally recognized curriculum approved by the division. The division shall administer the application process for the grants.


(2)(a) All public lodging establishments and all public food service establishments licensed under this chapter shall pay an annual fee of no more than $10, which shall be included in the annual license fee and used for the sole purpose of funding the Hospitality Education Program.
(b) The division shall use at least 68 percent of the funds collected under paragraph (a) for programs directed to careers in the restaurant industry and at least 14 percent of the funds for programs directed to careers in the lodging industry. If the division does not receive a sufficient number of grant applications, which are submitted timely and comply with the division’s requirements, to use all of the funds reserved for programs directed to careers in one of the industries, the division may use the remaining funds for programs directed to careers in the other industry.
(c) The division may use up to 10 percent of the funds collected under paragraph (a) for administration of the program.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, grant funding under this section shall include all expenses related to providing the programs, including the cost of staff support; student scholarships; compensation to program instructors for time spent in relevant training; special events or competitive events; and a reasonable stipend for travel, lodging, and meals for instructors and students participating in training or in related special events. All of an applicant’s expenses must be consistent with the budget submitted by the applicant in the grant application and approved by the division. The expenditure of all funds distributed under this section is subject to audit by the division.
(4) The director shall develop an annual budget, programs, and activities to accomplish the purposes of this section, in accordance with and subject to the advice and recommendations of the advisory council.
(a) The annual budget of the Hospitality Education Program must show that the total fees estimated to be collected during the next fiscal year under this section will be dedicated solely to the estimated cost of funding the Hospitality Education Program, less any trust fund service charge imposed by s. 215.20. If the estimated cost of funding the Hospitality Education Program in any fiscal year is less than the total fees estimated to be collected during that year, the director shall submit a report to the advisory council demonstrating why the amount of the fee should not be immediately reduced to eliminate the projected surplus. The director shall also submit this report to the Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation as part of the division’s annual budget request.
(b) Both the secretary’s legislative budget requests submitted under ss. 216.023 and 216.031 and the Governor’s recommended budget submitted under s. 216.163 must also show that the total fees estimated to be collected during the next fiscal year under this section will be dedicated solely to funding the Hospitality Education Program, less any trust fund service charge imposed by s. 215.20. If the estimated cost of funding the Hospitality Education Program in any fiscal year is less than the total fees estimated to be collected during that year, the secretary shall submit a report demonstrating why the amount of the fee should not be immediately reduced to eliminate the projected surplus.

(5) The director shall supervise the administration of the programs set forth in this section and shall report the status of the programs at all meetings of the advisory council and at other times prescribed by the advisory council.
(6) The division shall adopt rules providing the criteria for grant approval and the procedures for processing grant applications. The criteria and procedures must be approved by the advisory council. The criteria shall give primary consideration to the experience and history of the applicant in representing a hospitality industry in the state, the applicant’s prior commitment to school-to-career transition programs in a hospitality industry, and the applicant’s demonstrated ability to provide services statewide with industry support and participation. Grants awarded under this section shall be for a term of 4 years, with funding provided on an annual basis.
History.—s. 2, ch. 61-257; s. 2, ch. 63-204; s. 2, ch. 73-296; s. 1, ch. 75-294; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 39, 42, ch. 79-240; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 4, ch. 82-84; s. 5, ch. 86-174; ss. 34, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 14, ch. 91-40; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 10, ch. 96-384; s. 5, ch. 98-283; s. 48, ch. 2000-154; s. 5, ch. 2002-299; s. 58, ch. 2004-357; ss. 36, 54, ch. 2007-73; s. 2, ch. 2007-237; s. 15, ch. 2009-20; s. 47, ch. 2009-195; s. 124, ch. 2014-17.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations

Chapter 509 - Lodging and Food Service Establishments; Membership Campgrounds

Part I - Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments (Ss. 509.013-509.417)

509.013 - Definitions.

509.032 - Duties.

509.034 - Application.

509.035 - Immediate closure due to severe public health threat.

509.036 - Public food service inspector standardization.

509.039 - Food service manager certification.

509.049 - Food service employee training.

509.072 - Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund; collection and disposition of moneys received.

509.091 - Notices; form and service.

509.092 - Public lodging establishments and public food service establishments; rights as private enterprises.

509.095 - Accommodations at public lodging establishments for individuals with a valid military identification card.

509.096 - Human trafficking awareness training and policies for employees of public lodging establishments; enforcement.

509.098 - Prohibition of hourly rates.

509.101 - Establishment rules; posting of notice; food service inspection report; maintenance of guest register; mobile food dispensing vehicle registry.

509.102 - Mobile food dispensing vehicles; preemption.

509.111 - Liability for property of guests.

509.141 - Refusal of admission and ejection of undesirable guests; notice; procedure; penalties for refusal to leave.

509.142 - Conduct on premises; refusal of service.

509.143 - Disorderly conduct on the premises of an establishment; detention; arrest; immunity from liability.

509.144 - Prohibited handbill distribution in a public lodging establishment; penalties.

509.151 - Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud; penalty.

509.161 - Rules of evidence in prosecutions.

509.162 - Theft of personal property; detaining and arrest of violator; theft by employee.

509.191 - Unclaimed property.

509.2015 - Telephone surcharges by public lodging establishments.

509.211 - Safety regulations.

509.2112 - Public lodging establishments three stories or more in height; inspection rules.

509.213 - Emergency first aid to choking victims.

509.214 - Notification of automatic gratuity charge.

509.215 - Firesafety.

509.2151 - Dining facility firesafety requirement limitation.

509.221 - Sanitary regulations.

509.232 - School carnivals and fairs; exemption from certain food service regulations.

509.233 - Public food service establishment requirements; local exemption for dogs in designated outdoor portions.

509.241 - Licenses required; exceptions.

509.242 - Public lodging establishments; classifications.

509.251 - License fees.

509.261 - Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; procedure.

509.271 - Prerequisite for issuance of municipal or county occupational license.

509.281 - Prosecution for violation; duty of state attorney; penalties.

509.285 - Enforcement; city and county officers to assist.

509.291 - Advisory council.

509.292 - Misrepresenting food or food product; penalty.

509.302 - Hospitality Education Program.

509.4005 - Applicability of ss. 509.401-509.417.

509.401 - Operator’s right to lockout.

509.402 - Operator’s right to recover premises.

509.403 - Operator’s writ of distress.

509.404 - Writ of distress; venue and jurisdiction.

509.405 - Complaint; requirements.

509.406 - Prejudgment writ of distress.

509.407 - Writ of distress; levy of writ.

509.408 - Prejudgment writ; form; return.

509.409 - Writ; inventory.

509.411 - Exemptions from writ of distress.

509.412 - Writ; claims by third persons.

509.413 - Judgment for plaintiff when goods not delivered to defendant.

509.414 - Judgment for plaintiff when goods retained by or redelivered to defendant.

509.415 - Judgment for defendant when goods are retained by or redelivered to the defendant.

509.416 - Judgment for defendant when goods are not retained by or redelivered to the defendant.

509.417 - Writ; sale of property distrained.