Section 671.301 - Effective date; provision for transition; preservation of old transition provision(1) This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1980.(2) Transactions validly entered into after January 1, 1967, and before the effective date of this act, and which were subject to the provisions of chapter 65-254, Laws of Florida, as amended, and which would be subject to this act as amended if they had been entered into after the effective date of this act and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such transactions remain valid after the latter date and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by this act. Security interests arising out of such transactions which are perfected when this act becomes effective shall remain perfected until they lapse as provided in this act and may be continued as permitted by this act, except as stated in s. 680.108, Florida Statutes 1979.(3) The provisions of s. 680.101, Florida Statutes 1977, shall continue to apply to this act and for this purpose the two statutes shall be considered one continuous statute.s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 1, ch. 69-218; s. 36, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.