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• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.01; Department created; commissioner.
  There is hereby created a department of the government of this state to be known as the "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services." The affairs ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.02; Definitions.
  The following words and phrases as used in this chapter and in the agricultural laws of this state, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.06; Offices of the department.
  The principal office of the department shall be located at the seat of state government. Branch offices may be established and maintained by the department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.07; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; functions, powers, and duties.
  The department shall have and exercise the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) To inquire into the needs of agriculture in the state and make ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.0705; Advisory committees.
  From time to time the commissioner may appoint any advisory committee to assist the department with its duties and responsibilities. (1) An advisory committee may ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.071; Florida Agricultural Exposition; responsibility of Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Corrections.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Department of Corrections are authorized to construct and equip an agricultural exposition center in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.072; Commodity distribution; responsibility of department; functions.
  (1)(a) The department shall conduct, supervise, and administer all commodity distribution services that will be carried on using federal or state funds, or funds ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.0725; Food recovery; legislative intent; department functions.
  (1) The Legislature finds that: (a) Millions of pounds of surplus and slightly blemished fresh fruit and vegetables are destroyed each year, while many 1residents ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.073; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, law enforcement officers.
  (1) The commissioner may create an Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement under the supervision of a senior manager exempt under s. 110.205 in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.074; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; water policy coordination.
  The commissioner may create an Office of Water Coordination under the supervision of a senior manager exempt under s. 110.205 in the Senior Management ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.075; Water supply agreements; department negotiation.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to negotiate agreements with landowners for water supply in rural areas, provided that: (1) The water ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.076; Environmental Stewardship Certification Program.
  The department may, by rule, establish the Environmental Stewardship Certification Program consistent with this section. A rule adopted under this section must be developed in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.085; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; agricultural water conservation.
  The department shall establish an agricultural water conservation program that includes the following: (1) A cost-share program, coordinated where appropriate with the United States ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.09; Assistant commissioner.
  The commissioner shall appoint an assistant commissioner of agriculture, who shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. Before beginning the duties of the office, the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.091; Deputy commissioners.
  The commissioner may appoint no more than three deputy commissioners, who shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. The deputy commissioners shall be responsible for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.092; Inspector general.
  The commissioner shall appoint an inspector general, who shall be the inspector general as required in s. 20.055, who shall be directly responsible to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.10; Counsel.
  (1) The department may have a legal staff of full-time attorneys, one of whom shall be general counsel. (2) The attorneys of the department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.11; Directors; oath of office.
  Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each director of the department shall take and subscribe to the same oath of office ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.12; Other officers and employees.
  There shall be employed or appointed such agents, inspectors, chemists, experts, statisticians, accountants, stenographers, clerks and other assistants and employees, as the department shall deem ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.13; Salary of commissioner, officers, and employees; expenses.
  (1) The annual salary of the commissioner shall be the amount as provided by law. The salaries of the assistant commissioner, counsel, directors, and all ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.14; Seal of department.
  The department shall have an official seal which shall be used for the authentication of the orders and proceedings of the department and for such ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.15; Access to places of business and vehicles.
  (1)(a) Any duly authorized employee of the department shall have full access at all reasonable hours to inspect: 1. All: a. Places of business; ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.16; Interference with department employees in performance of duties.
  No person shall attempt, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent an inspector, agent, or other employee of the department from ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.17; Division of work between department and experiment station and extension service.
  All of the regulatory work of the state relating to the protection of agricultural interests shall be conducted by the department and all of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.18; Organization of departmental work.
  In the assignment of functions to the 12 divisions of the department created in s. 570.29, the department shall retain within the Division of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.191; Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.
  There is created in the office of the commissioner the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund. Funds in the trust fund may be made available upon ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.1911; Notice of certification of agricultural emergency.
  Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture certifies that an agricultural emergency exists for which funds from the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund will be used, the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.1912; Funding of Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.
  In fiscal year 1999-2000 and each year thereafter, there shall be appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.20; General Inspection Trust Fund.
  All donations and all inspection fees and other funds authorized and received from whatever source in the enforcement of the inspection laws administered by the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.205; Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The department may deposit into the trust fund ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.207; Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  (1) There is created a Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The purpose of the trust ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.21; Publication of department's bulletins, publications, and reports.
  (1) The Divisions of Administration and Marketing and Development may publish bulletins or other publications and reports containing data and statistics and information relating to: (...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.22; Service of process.
  Process against the department shall be served on the commissioner or in the commissioner's absence, on the assistant ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.23; State Agricultural Advisory Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The State Agricultural Advisory Council is hereby created in the department. (a) The council shall be composed of 33 members with an alternate ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.241; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Agricultural Economic Development ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.242; Definitions relating to Agricultural Economic Development Act.
  For purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Agriculturally depressed area" means a rural area which has declining profitability ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.243; Agricultural Economic Development Program; legislative intent.
  There is created within the department the Agricultural Economic Development Program. The purpose of this program shall be to promote and coordinate efficient and beneficial ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.244; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; powers and duties.
  For the accomplishment of the purposes specified in this act, the department shall have all powers and duties necessary, including, but not limited to, the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.245; Interaction with other economic development agencies and groups.
  Because interagency and local community cooperation and sharing of available resources and expertise is crucial to the success of an agricultural economic development program, the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.246; Agricultural economic development funding.
  Funds appropriated for the purposes specified in this act shall be used for the following: (1) Employment of personnel and payment of associated overhead, equipment, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.247; Promulgation of rules.
  In conjunction with funds specifically appropriated for the purposes specified in this act, the department shall begin to promulgate rules no later than January 1, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.248; Agricultural Economic Development Project Review Committee; powers and duties.
  (1) There is created an Agricultural Economic Development Project Review Committee consisting of five members appointed by the commissioner. The members shall be appointed based ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.249; Agricultural Economic Development Program disaster loans and grants and aid.
  (1) USE OF LOAN FUNDS.-- (a) Loan funds to agricultural producers who have experienced losses from a natural disaster or a socioeconomic condition or event ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.29; Departmental divisions.
  The department shall include the following divisions: (1) Administration. (2) Agricultural Environmental Services. (3) Animal Industry. (4) Aquaculture. (5) Consumer Services. (6) Dairy Industry. (7) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.30; Division of Administration; powers and duties.
  The Division of Administration shall render services required by the department and its other divisions, or by the commissioner in the exercise of constitutional and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.31; Director; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Administration shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) It shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.32; Division of Plant Industry; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Plant Industry include, but are not limited to: (1) Identifying insects, mites, and mollusks submitted; surveying agricultural and horticultural ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.33; Director; qualifications; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Plant Industry shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) The ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.34; Plant Industry Technical Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The Plant Industry Technical Council is hereby created in the department and shall be composed of 11 members as follows: (a) The citrus, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.36; Division of Animal Industry; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Animal Industry include, but are not limited to: (1) Enforcing those provisions of chapter 585, and rules adopted pursuant ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.37; Director; qualifications; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Animal Industry shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. The director ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.38; Animal Industry Technical Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The Animal Industry Technical Council is hereby created in the department and shall be composed of 14 members as follows: (a) The beef ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.382; Arabian horse racing; breeders' and stallion awards; Arabian Horse Council; horse registration fees; Florida Arabian Horse Racing Promotion Account.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--It is the finding of the Legislature that: (a) Breed improvement is an important factor in encouraging Arabian horse racing in this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.40; Division of Dairy Industry; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Dairy Industry include, but are not limited to: (1) Inspecting dairy farms of the state, enforcing those provisions of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.41; Director; qualifications; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Dairy Industry shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) The ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.42; Dairy Industry Technical Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The Dairy Industry Technical Council is hereby created in the department and shall be composed of seven members as follows: (a) Two citizens ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.44; Division of Agricultural Environmental Services; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Agricultural Environmental Services include, but are not limited to: (1) Inspecting and drawing samples of: commercial feeds offered for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.45; Director; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Agricultural Environmental Services shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.46; Division of Standards; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Standards include, but are not limited to: (1) Inspecting petroleum measuring devices and performing the quality analyses required under ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.47; Director; qualifications; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Standards shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) The director ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.48; Division of Fruit and Vegetables; powers and duties; records.
  The duties of the Division of Fruit and Vegetables include, but are not limited to: (1) Performing the duties relating to the inspection and certification ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.481; Fruit and vegetable inspection fees; penalty.
  (1) Each person receiving inspection services pursuant to s. 570.48 shall pay to the department an inspection fee. This fee shall cover the cost ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.49; Director; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Fruit and Vegetables shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.50; Division of Food Safety; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Food Safety include, but are not limited to: (1) Enforcing those provisions of chapter 585, and the rules adopted ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.51; Director; qualifications; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Food Safety shall be appointed by the commissioner to serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) The director ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.53; Division of Marketing and Development; powers and duties.
  The powers and duties of the Division of Marketing and Development include, but are not limited to: (1)(a) Managing the operation of all agricultural ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.531; Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund.
  There is hereby created within the department the Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund. The fund is established as the sole depository for funds collected ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.54; Director; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Marketing and Development shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.542; Short title.
  This law shall be known as the "Florida Consumer Services ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.543; Florida Consumers' Council.
  The Florida Consumers' Council in the department is created to advise and assist the department in carrying out its duties. (1) COMPOSITION.-- (a) The council, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.544; Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; processing of complaints; records.
  (1) The director of the Division of Consumer Services shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. (2) The Division of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.545; Unsolicited goods; no obligation on part of recipient.
  When unsolicited goods are delivered to a person, the person may refuse delivery of the goods, or, if the goods are delivered, the person is ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.548; Division of Forestry; powers and duties.
  The duties of the Division of Forestry include, but are not limited to, administering and enforcing those powers and responsibilities of the division prescribed in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.549; Director; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Forestry shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) It shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.55; Identification of sellers or handlers of tropical or subtropical fruit and vegetables; containers specified; penalties.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be known and cited as the "Florida Tropical or Subtropical Fruit and Vegetables Sales Law." (2) ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.--This ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.61; Division of Aquaculture; powers and duties.
  The powers and duties of the Division of Aquaculture shall include, but are not limited to, administering the aquaculture certification program; enforcing shellfish sanitation standards; ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.62; Director; duties.
  (1) The director of the Division of Aquaculture shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure. (2) The director ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.70; Legislative findings.
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) A thriving rural economy with a strong agricultural base, healthy natural environment, and viable rural communities is an ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.71; Conservation easements and agreements.
  (1) The department, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, may allocate moneys to acquire perpetual, less-than-fee ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.72; Definition.
  As used in ss. 570.70 and 570.71, the term "department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.901; Florida Agricultural Museum.
  The Florida Agricultural Museum is designated as the museum of agriculture and rural history of the State of Florida and is hereby established within the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.902; Definitions; ss. 570.902 and 570.903.
  For the purpose of ss. 570.902 and 570.903: (1) "Designated program" means the specific departmental program which a direct-support organization has been ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.903; Direct-support organization.
  (1) When the Legislature authorizes the establishment of a direct-support organization to provide assistance for the museums, the Florida Agriculture in the Classroom Program, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.91; Florida agriculture in the classroom.
  The Florida agriculture in the classroom program is hereby established within the department. The purpose of this program is to: (1) Conduct programs and activities ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.9135; Beef Market Development Act; definitions; Florida Beef Council, Inc., creation, purposes, governing board, powers, and duties; referendum on assessments imposed on gross receipts from cattle sales; payments to organizations for services; collecting and refunding assessments; vote on continuing the act; council bylaws.
  (1) POPULAR NAME.--This act may be cited as the "Beef Market Development Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature intends by this act to promote ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.92; Equestrian educational sports program.
  The department shall establish an equestrian educational sports program with one or more accredited 4-year state universities, designed to give student riders the opportunity ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.951; Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park; legislative findings.
  It is the finding of the Legislature that: (1) Agriculture is an important industry to the State of Florida, producing over $6 billion per year ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.952; Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority which shall be governed by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.953; Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority; donor identity; records; confidentiality.
  The identity of a donor to the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority, if so requested by the donor in writing, is confidential and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 570.954; Farm-to-fuel initiative.
  (1) The department may develop a farm-to-fuel initiative to enhance the market for and promote the production and distribution of renewable energy from ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.01; Short title.
  This part shall be known as the "Florida Seal of Quality ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.02; Purpose.
  The purpose of this part is to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt seals of quality to be used in advertising ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.03; Definitions.
  As used in this part: (1) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.04; Powers and duties of the department.
  The duty of enforcing and administering this part is vested in the department, and the department is authorized to employ all agents and persons necessary ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.05; Rules.
  The department by rule may design, determine, and adopt seals of quality for use in publicizing, advertising, and promoting agricultural products; prescribe minimum standards of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.06; License; application, fee, and conditions.
  (1) Application for license to reproduce or use a seal of quality shall be made to the department on application forms supplied by the department. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.07; Suspension or revocation of license.
  The department, after finding that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this part or rules adopted hereunder, may revoke the license of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.08; Unlawful acts.
  It is unlawful for any person: (1) To remove or dispose of any hold order or any detained agricultural product or article by sale or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.09; Penalties.
  Any person violating any of the provisions of this part or rules adopted hereunder shall for the first offense be guilty of a misdemeanor of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.10; Injunction.
  In addition to the remedies provided in this part and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.11; Eggs and poultry; seal of quality violations; administrative penalties.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may impose a fine not exceeding $5,000 against any dealer, as defined under s. 583.01(...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.21; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.22; Legislative intent.
  The Legislature finds that there is a need for a Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign to increase consumer awareness and expand the market for Florida's ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.23; Definitions.
  For purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) "Person" ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.24; Purpose; duties of the department.
  The purpose of this part is to authorize the department to establish and coordinate the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign. The duties of the department shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.25; Registration and fees.
  (1) Any person who participates in the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign shall register annually with the department in a form and manner as required by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.26; Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund.
  There is hereby created the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to receive all moneys related to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.27; Rules.
  The department is authorized to adopt rules that implement, make specific, and interpret the provisions of this part, including rules for entering into contracts with ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.28; Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Advisory Council.
  (1) ORGANIZATION.--There is hereby created within the department the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Advisory Council, to consist of 15 members appointed by the Commissioner ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.29; Unlawful acts; administrative remedies; criminal penalties.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to use, reproduce, or distribute the "Fresh From Florida" or "From Florida" logos or other logos of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 571.301; Injunction.
  In addition to the remedies provided in this part and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.101; Short title.
  Sections 573.101-573.124 may be cited as the "Florida Agricultural Commodities Marketing ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.102; Purposes.
  The purposes of ss. 573.101-573.124 are to: (1) Enable producers of agricultural commodities of this state, with the aid of the state, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.103; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 573.101-573.124: (1) "Agricultural commodities" means any and all aquacultural, agricultural, apicultural, horticultural (including floricultural), viticultural, and vegetable products ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.104; Required consent to marketing order by industry.
  No marketing order or amendment directly or indirectly affecting or regulating agricultural commodities in the primary channel of trade of this state shall become effective ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.105; Petition of producers.
  Upon the application or petition of 10 percent of the affected producers who state they have reason to believe that the issuance of a marketing ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.106; Petitioner's expense.
  Prior to the issuance of any marketing order by the department, the department shall require the applicants to deposit with it such amounts as the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.107; Public hearing.
  Due notice of any hearing shall be given to all persons who may be directly affected by any action of the department. These hearings shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.108; Findings required to issue marketing order.
  After notice and hearing, the department shall issue a marketing order if it finds and sets forth that the order will tend to accomplish the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.109; Procedure for referendum.
  (1) With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of ss. 573.101-573.124, the department shall, before calling and announcing a referendum, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.1101; Referendum.
  (1) No marketing order or amendments thereto directly affecting and regulating handlers shall become effective unless the department finds that the order has been approved ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.111; Notice of effective date of marketing order.
  Before the issuance of any marketing order, or any suspension, amendment, or termination thereof, a notice shall be posted on a public bulletin board to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.112; Advisory council.
  (1) When a marketing order is issued, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall appoint an advisory council to advise the department in administering ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.113; Advisory council; exemption from liability.
  The members and alternate members of any advisory council duly appointed by the department, including employees of the council, shall not be held responsible individually ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.114; Possible subjects of marketing orders.
  Subject to the legislative restrictions and limitations set forth herein, any marketing order issued by the department may contain any or all of the following ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.115; Cooperation with other governments.
  The department is hereby authorized to confer with and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other states and of the United States for the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.116; Limited marketing orders.
  A marketing order issued by the department may be limited in application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of the state in which a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.117; Marketing agreement.
  In order to effectuate the declared policy of ss. 573.101-573.124, the department shall have the power to enter into marketing agreements, which ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.118; Assessment; funds; audit; loans.
  (1) To provide funds to defray the necessary expenses incurred by the department in the formulation, issuance, administration, and enforcement of any marketing order, every ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.119; Department; powers and duties.
  (1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of ss. 573.101-573.124. In order to effectuate the declared purposes of ss. 573....
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.1201; Certificates of exemption.
  (1) The department may adopt procedures pursuant to which certificates of exemption will be issued to producers or handlers. (2) The department may issue certificates ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.121; Termination or suspension of marketing orders.
  The department shall suspend or terminate the marketing order or any provision of the marketing order whenever it finds the provision or order does not ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.122; Inspections.
  Any authorized inspector or other authorized person discharging his or her duties in the checking of compliance with the provisions of any marketing order may ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.123; Maintenance and production of records.
  (1) The department may require any and all persons directly affected by and subject to the provisions of any marketing order to maintain books and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 573.124; Penalties; violation; hearings.
  (1) Every person who violates any provision of ss. 573.101-573.124 or any provision of any marketing agreement or order duly issued by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.01; Administration of law.
  This act shall be administered within the Division of Marketing and Development of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.02; Purpose of act.
  The purpose of this act is to enable producers to have sufficient time to properly cure, prepare, and have an adequate time to market their ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.03; Warehouseman; licenses and fees.
  (1) A warehouseman operating a warehouse for the sale of flue-cured tobacco shall, on or before July 1 of each year, obtain from the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.07; Revocation of licenses.
  If any warehouseman shall hold a sale prior to the date determined by the department, the license of that warehouseman shall be revoked and shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.08; Accounts of sales; weekly reports.
  Each warehouseman of flue-cured tobacco doing business in the state shall keep a correct daily account of the number of pounds of flue-cured ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.09; Department; records; penalty.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall keep all weekly reports of sales as returned to it from each tobacco market in this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.12; Tobacco warehouses; charges, fees, penalties.
  (1) The charges for auctioneer fees, for weighing and handling, and for commissions for selling leaf tobacco upon the floor of the tobacco warehouses shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.13; Penalty.
  Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.131; Injunction proceedings.
  In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 574.14; Rules.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.011; Definitions.
  When used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Advertisement" means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.021; Registration and licensing.
  (1) A person whose name appears upon a label and who guarantees a fertilizer may not distribute that fertilizer to a nonlicensee until a license ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.031; Labeling.
  (1) Any fertilizer distributed in this state in containers shall have placed on or affixed to the immediate and outside container a label setting forth ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.041; Inspection fees; records; bond.
  (1) Every licensee shall pay to the department an inspection fee in the amount of 75 cents per ton for fertilizer sold in the state, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.045; Nitrogen and phosphorus; findings and intent; fees; purpose; best-management practices; waiver of liability; compliance; rules; exclusions; expiration.
  (1) FINDINGS AND INTENT.-- (a) The Legislature finds that nitrogen and phosphorus residues have been found in groundwater, surface water, and drinking water in various ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.051; Inspection, sampling, analysis.
  (1) The department is authorized to enter any public or private premise or carrier during regular business hours in the performance of its duties relating ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.055; Deconing.
  The department may adopt, by rule, procedures and methods which would require each in-state manufacturer of fertilizer to incorporate specified procedures designed to avoid ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.061; Plant nutrient investigational allowances, deficiencies, and penalties.
  (1) Investigational allowances are set as follows: (a) Primary plant nutrients; investigational allowances.-- Guaranteed Percent Total Nitrogen Percent Available Phosphate Percent Potash Percent 04 or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.071; Commercial value.
  The commercial value used in assessing penalties for any deficiency shall be determined by using annualized plant nutrient values contained in one or more generally ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.085; Minimum plant nutrient content.
  The department shall establish, by rule, a minimum plant nutrient ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.087; Antisiphon requirements for irrigation systems.
  (1) Any irrigation system used for the application of fertilizer must be equipped with an antisiphon device adequate to protect against contamination of the water ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.091; Fertilizer Technical Council.
  (1) CREATION.--The Fertilizer Technical Council is created within the department. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint all members and alternate members of the council. (...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.101; Cancellation, revocation, and suspension; probationary status.
  (1) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any license issued by the department for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, the rules ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.111; Stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold orders.
  (1) When fertilizer is being offered for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the department may issue and enforce a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.122; Seizure, condemnation, and sale.
  Any lot of fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of this law shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the department to the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.132; Recovery of damages.
  (1) The department may file for penalties due for deficiencies in a court of competent jurisdiction upon 10 days' notice after the 60 days' payment ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.141; Sales or exchanges between manufacturers or licensees.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to sales or exchanges of fertilizers between importers, manufacturers, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.151; Prohibited acts.
  The following acts are prohibited: (1) The dissemination of any false advertisement or advertising matter with reference to the distribution or sale of fertilizer. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.161; Criminal penalties.
  Whoever knowingly violates any of the provisions of this chapter by doing anything prohibited or by failing or refusing to do anything herein required to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.171; Remedy by injunction.
  In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is hereby authorized to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.181; Administration; rules; procedure.
  (1) This chapter and all rules adopted hereunder shall be administered and enforced by the department. (2) The department is authorized, by rule, to implement, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 576.191; Enforcing official.
  This chapter shall be administered by the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.001; Short title.
  This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Florida Seed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.011; Definitions; Florida Seed Law.
  When used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Advertisement" means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.08; Registrations.
  (1) Every person, except as provided in subsection (4) and s. 578.14, before selling, distributing for sale, offering for sale, exposing for sale, handling ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.09; Label requirements.
  Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or distributed for sale within this state for sowing or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.091; Forest tree seed.
  (1) Each container of forest tree seed which is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or transported within this state for sowing purposes shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.10; Exemptions.
  (1) The provisions of s. 578.13 shall not apply to any common carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.11; Duties, authority, and rules of the department.
  (1) The duty of administering this law and enforcing its provisions and requirements shall be vested in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.12; Stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold orders.
  When agricultural, vegetable, flower, or forest tree seed is being offered or exposed for sale or held in violation of any of the provisions of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.13; Prohibitions.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, distribute for sale, offer for sale, expose for sale, handle for sale, or solicit orders ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.14; Packet vegetable and flower seed.
  When vegetable or flower seed are sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in packets of less than 8 ounces, the company who packs ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.181; Penalties; administrative fine.
  (1) The department may enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties against any person who violates any of the provisions of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.22; Disposition of fees collected.
  All fees required and collected as provided in this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Inspection Trust ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.23; Dealers' records to be kept available.
  Every seed dealer shall make and keep for a period of 3 years satisfactory records of all agricultural, vegetable, flower, or forest tree seed bought ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.24; Mixed varieties of seed oats prohibited.
  Oats consisting of mixed varieties shall not be sold for planting purposes in this state unless permitted by regulation promulgated by the department upon recommendation ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.25; Use of disclaimer clause.
  The use of a disclaimer or nonwarranty clause in any invoice, advertising, labeling, or written, printed, or graphic matter pertaining to any seed shall not ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.26; Complaint, investigation, hearings, findings, and recommendation prerequisite to legal action.
  (1)(a) When any farmer is damaged by the failure of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or forest tree seed to produce or perform as represented by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.27; Seed investigation and conciliation council; composition; purpose; meetings; duties; expenses.
  (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint a seed investigation and conciliation council composed of seven members and seven alternate members, one member and one ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.28; Seed in hermetically sealed containers.
  The period of validity of germination tests is extended to the following periods for seed packaged in hermetically sealed containers, under conditions and label requirements ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 578.30; Seed Technical Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The Seed Technical Council is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall be composed of 11 members to be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.011; Title.
  This chapter shall be known as the "Florida Commercial Feed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.031; Definitions of words and terms.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.036; Powers and duties.
  (1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. It shall have full authority to inspect, sample, and analyze any commercial feed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.041; Master registration; fee; refusal or cancellation of registration.
  (1)(a) Each distributor of commercial feed must annually obtain a master registration before her or his brands are distributed in this state. The department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.051; Labels; requirements; penalty.
  (1) Any commercial feed distributed in this state, except a customer-formula feed and feed distributed through an integrated poultry operation or by a cooperative ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.065; Laboratory certifications; application; fees; requirements; reporting; refusal or cancellation of certification.
  (1)(a) The department by rule shall establish the standards that a laboratory must meet to become certified in any of the following areas of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.071; Adulteration.
  No person shall distribute an adulterated commercial feed or feedstuff. A commercial feed or feedstuff shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1)(a) If it ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.081; Misbranding.
  No person shall distribute misbranded commercial feed or feedstuff. A commercial feed or feedstuff shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.091; Inspection; sampling; analysis; exemption.
  (1)(a) The department may inspect, sample, or analyze commercial feed and feedstuff to ascertain compliance with this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.111; Detained commercial feed and feedstuff.
  (1) STOP-SALE, STOP-USE, REMOVAL, OR HOLD ORDERS.--When the department has cause to believe any lot of commercial feed or feedstuff is being ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.112; Certain acts prohibited.
  The following acts, or the causing thereof knowingly, within the state are prohibited: (1) The distribution of any commercial feed or feedstuff that is adulterated ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.121; Penalties; duties of law enforcement officers; injunctive relief.
  (1) The department may impose one or more of the following penalties against any person who violates any provision of this chapter: (a) Issuance of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.131; Penalty payable to consumer.
  Any consumer who purchases without notice a commercial feed or feedstuff that has been distributed in violation of this chapter shall in any legal action ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.141; Reports.
  The department shall submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by October 1 of each year a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 580.151; Commercial Feed Technical Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.-- (a) The Commercial Feed Technical Council is created in the department and shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed by the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.011; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Agent" means any person selling or distributing nursery stock under the partial or full control of a nurseryman. (2) "...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.021; Continuance of powers, duties, and jurisdiction in department; privileges.
  (1) This chapter shall be enforced by and under the control of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as provided in chapter 570. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.031; Department; powers and duties.
  The department has the following powers and duties: (1) To make all rules governing nurseries and the movement of nursery stock as may be necessary ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.035; Preemption of regulatory authority over nurseries.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to eliminate duplication of regulatory authority over nurseries. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the authority to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.041; Director of Division of Plant Industry; powers and duties.
  The director shall have authority to carry out any of the powers and duties of the department as authorized in s. 581.031, or as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.071; Principal responsible for actions of employees.
  In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any official or other person acting for or employed by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.083; Introduction or release of plant pests, noxious weeds, or organisms affecting plant life; cultivation of nonnative plants; special permit and security required.
  (1) The introduction into or release within this state of any plant pest, noxious weed, genetically engineered plant or plant pest, or any other organism ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.091; Noxious weeds and infected plants or regulated articles; sale or distribution; receipt; information to department; withholding information.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute any noxious weed, or any plant or plant product or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.101; Quarantines; declaration; confiscation of contraband; removal or tampering with tag or certificate.
  (1) When the department under the provisions of this chapter declares a quarantine against any place, nursery, grove, orchard, or county of this state, another ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.111; Emergency.
  An emergency is any situation in which the department has declared a plant pest or noxious weed to be a public nuisance or when in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.121; Nursery stock; prohibited conduct.
  It is unlawful for any nurseryman, stock dealer, agent, or plant broker to sell, give away, transfer, move or cause to be moved, carry, ship, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.122; Nursery stock; thefts and trespass.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person, with intent to injure or defraud, to take, carry away, or damage any plant, plant product, or nursery ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.131; Certificate of registration.
  (1) Before any nurseryman shall sell or distribute, or offer for sale or for distribution, any nursery stock in this state, she or he shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.141; Certificate of registration or of inspection; revocation and suspension; fines.
  (1) REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION.--If it is determined by the department that any nurseryman, stock dealer, agent, or plant broker is selling or offering for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.142; Viable nursery stock; requirements for sale.
  (1) It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any plant or nursery stock unless the plant or nursery stock is viable and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.145; Aquatic plant nursery registration; special permit requirements.
  (1) A nursery or nursery stock dealer shall not engage in any business involving the importation, transportation, cultivation, collection, sale, or possession of any aquatic ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.151; Control of spreading decline.
  The department is empowered to join with the United States Department of Agriculture or to proceed independently in a program to control and eradicate, wherever ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.161; Fumigation or treatment of plants and plant products.
  The division is authorized to supervise or cause the fumigation or treatment of plants and plant products infested or infected by plant pests or so ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.181; Notice of infection of plants; destruction.
  (1) If the director or her or his authorized representative finds, on examination, any plant or plant product infested or infected with plant pests or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.182; Citrus plants and citrus plant products from other states, territories, or foreign countries.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to introduce into this state from another state, territory, or foreign country any citrus plant or citrus plant ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.183; New citrus varieties.
  It is unlawful for any person to sell or propagate for sale any tree which represents a new citrus variety brought into the state after ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.184; Adoption of rules; citrus disease management.
  (1) The department shall adopt by rule, pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54, and implement a comprehensive citrus health plan to minimize ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.1843; Citrus nursery stock propagation and production and the establishment of regulated areas around citrus nurseries.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "commercial citrus grove" means a solid set planting of 40 or more citrus trees. (2) Effective January ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.1845; Citrus canker eradication; compensation to homeowners whose trees have been removed.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall provide compensation to eligible homeowners whose citrus trees have been removed under a citrus canker eradication ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.185; Preservation of native flora of Florida.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION.--The Legislature finds and declares that it shall be the public policy of this state to: provide recognition of those plant species ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.186; Endangered Plant Advisory Council; organization; meetings; powers and duties.
  (1) COMPOSITION.-- (a) The Endangered Plant Advisory Council is created, consisting of seven persons to be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. One member shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.187; Exemptions from s. 581.185.
  All Florida Indians, as defined in s. 285.11, shall be exempt from the prohibitions and penalties of s. 581....
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.191; Appropriations.
  The department shall include in its legislative budget request the estimated amounts needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the Legislature shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.199; Confidential business information.
  It is unlawful for any authorized representative who in an official capacity obtains under the provisions of this chapter any information entitled to protection as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.201; Injunction.
  A single act in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be sufficient to authorize the issuance of an injunction. The department is not ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.211; Penalties for violations.
  (1) Any person who: (a) Violates any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter; (b) Forges, counterfeits, removes, destroys, disguises, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 581.212; Handling of moneys received.
  All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the Plant Industry Trust Fund and shall be used ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.01; Definitions.
  Wherever used or referred to in this chapter unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "District" or "soil conservation district" or "soil ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.02; Lands a basic asset of state.
  The farm, forest and grazing lands of the state are among the basic assets of the state and the preservation of these lands is necessary ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.03; Consequence of soil erosion.
  The consequences of such soil erosion in the form of soil washing and soil blowing are the silting and sedimentation of stream channels, reservoirs, dams, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.04; Appropriate corrective methods.
  To control or prevent soil erosion and prevent floodwater and sediment damages, and further the conservation, development and utilization of soil and water resources and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.05; Legislative policy for conservation.
  It is the policy of the Legislature to provide for control and prevention of soil erosion, and for the prevention of floodwater and sediment damages, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.055; Powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; rules.
  (1) The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) The department is authorized to adopt rules ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.06; Soil and Water Conservation Council; powers and duties.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The Soil and Water Conservation Council is created in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall be composed of 23 members ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.08; Additional powers of department.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have the following additional duties and powers: (1) To offer such assistance as may be appropriate to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.09; Administrative officer of soil and water conservation.
  The department may employ an administrative officer of soil and water conservation, and such technical experts and such other employees, permanent and temporary, as it ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.10; Creation of soil and water conservation districts.
  (1) Any 10 percent of owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.11; Hearing upon question of creation; notice, etc.
  Within 30 days after such a petition has been filed with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, it shall cause due notice to be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.12; Referendum for creation.
  After the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has made and recorded a determination that there is need, in the interest of the public health, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.13; Expenses of referendum.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall pay all expenses for the issuance of such notices and the conduct of such hearings and referenda, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.14; Results of referendum; publication, etc.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall publish the result of such referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the operation of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.15; Organization of district, etc.
  (1) If the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall determine that the operation of the proposed district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.16; Addition of territory to district or removal of territory therefrom.
  Petitions for including additional territory or removing territory within an existing district may be filed with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.17; Presumption as to establishment.
  In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract, proceeding, or action of the district, the district ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.18; Election of supervisors of each district.
  (1) The election of supervisors for each soil and water conservation district shall be held every 2 years. The elections shall be held at the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.19; Qualifications and tenure of supervisors.
  (1) The governing body of the district shall consist of five supervisors, elected as provided hereinabove. (2) The supervisors shall designate a chair and may, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.20; Powers of districts and supervisors.
  A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.21; Adoption of land use regulations.
  (1) The supervisors of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.22; Regulations; contents.
  The regulations to be adopted by the supervisors under the provisions of this chapter may include: (1) Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.23; Performance of work under the regulations by the supervisors.
  (1) The supervisors may go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land use regulations adopted are being observed. Where the supervisors of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.24; Board of adjustment.
  Where the supervisors of any district organized under the provisions of this chapter shall adopt an ordinance prescribing land use regulations, said supervisors shall constitute, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.25; Rules of procedure of board.
  The board of adjustment shall adopt rules to govern its procedures, which rules shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.26; Petition to board to vary from regulations.
  Any landowner or occupier may file a petition with the board of adjustment alleging that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.28; Cooperation between districts.
  The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.29; State agencies to cooperate.
  Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with, the administration of any state-owned lands, and of any county, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.30; Discontinuance of districts; referendum; commissioner's authority.
  (1) Any time after 5 years from the organization of a district under the provisions of this chapter, any 10 percent of owners of land ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.31; Certification of results of referendum; dissolution.
  Upon receipt from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of a certification that the department has determined that the continued operation of the district ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.32; Continuance of existing contracts, etc.
  (1) Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution all land use regulations theretofore adopted and in force within such districts shall be of no further ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.331; Establishment of watershed improvement districts within soil and water conservation districts authorized.
  Watershed improvement districts may be formed as subdistricts of soil and water conservation districts, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, for the development ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.34; Petition for establishment; provisions.
  (1) The owners of the major portion of land lying within the limits of a proposed watershed improvement district may file a petition with the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.35; Notice and hearing on petition; determination of need for district; boundaries.
  Within 60 days after a petition has been filed with the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, the supervisors shall cause due notice ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.36; Determination of feasibility of proposed district; referendum.
  After the supervisors have determined that a need for the proposed watershed improvement district exists, have defined the boundaries of the proposed district, and have ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.37; Consideration of results of referendum; declaration of organization of district.
  The results of the referendum shall be considered by the supervisors in determining whether the operation of the proposed watershed improvement district is administratively practicable ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.38; Organization of district; certification to clerks of circuit courts; limitation on tax rate.
  If the supervisors determine that the operation of the proposed watershed improvement district is administratively practicable and feasible, they shall declare the watershed improvement district ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.39; Establishment of watershed improvement district situated in more than one soil and water conservation district.
  If a proposed watershed improvement district is situated in more than one soil and water conservation district, copies of the petition for the establishment of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.40; Change of district boundaries; additions, detachments, transfers of land from one district to another; change of district name.
  (1) Any one or more owners of land may petition the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district in which a watershed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.41; Board of directors of district.
  (1) Petitions to nominate candidates for directors of the watershed improvement district may be filed with the board of supervisors of the soil and water ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.42; Officers, agents, and employees; surety bonds; annual audit.
  The board of directors may, with the approval of the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district in which the watershed improvement ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.43; Status and general powers of districts; power to levy tax; power to construct, operate, improve and maintain works of improvement; power to obtain necessary lands or interests therein.
  A watershed improvement district organized under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.44; Levy of taxes; procedure, etc.
  The board of directors of a district is authorized to levy annually a uniform ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.45; Fiscal powers of governing body; bonds, etc.
  The board of directors of any watershed improvement district shall have power, subject to the conditions and limitations of this chapter, to incur indebtedness and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.46; Additional powers and authority.
  The authority and powers herein granted watershed improvement districts shall be additional to those of the soil and water conservation district in which the watershed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.47; Watershed improvement district to coordinate work with flood control districts.
  The board of directors of any watershed improvement district located within the Southwest Florida Water Management District created by chapter 61-691, Laws of Florida, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.48; Discontinuance of watershed improvement district.
  (1) At any time after 5 years from the organization of a watershed improvement district, the owners of not less than 25 percent of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 582.49; Discontinuance of soil and water conservation district.
  If any soil and water conservation district in which a watershed improvement district is situated is discontinued, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.01; Definitions.
  For the purpose of this chapter, unless elsewhere indicated, the term: (1) "Broker" means any person, firm, or corporation that sells eggs, egg products, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.02; Labeling, marking, and advertising eggs; sales between dealers; unlawful acts.
  It is unlawful for any dealer: (1) To offer for sale or sell in this state any case, partial case, or carton containing eggs which ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.021; Nest run eggs; limitation on sale.
  Nest run eggs shall be sold only by producers or processors to other producers or processors and shall not be sold directly to retail outlets, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.022; Refrigeration of eggs for sale or processing; temperature requirements.
  All egg handlers shall refrigerate eggs after packaging for the ultimate consumer. Eggs shall be maintained under refrigeration from the initial time of refrigeration until ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.03; Grades and standards for eggs.
  To promote honest and fair dealing in the interest of the consumer, the department may determine, establish, and promulgate, from time to time, reasonable grades ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.04; Rulemaking.
  The department has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.05; Powers of department to make inspections, issue stop-sale orders, or condemn and destroy eggs, egg products, or poultry.
  For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and upon good and sufficient cause, the department: (1) Shall have free access at ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.051; Power of department to bill and collect moneys due under poultry or egg programs.
  The department is authorized to bill and collect moneys due to it under any state, federal, or other poultry program or egg program. All moneys ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.052; Cooperation by the department with other state or federal agencies.
  The department is authorized and empowered to cooperate with, and enter into agreements with, any other agency of this state, the United States Department of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.06; Employment of assistants by department.
  The department may employ such assistants as are necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.09; Egg dealers and poultry dealers; permit requirements.
  It is unlawful for any person, as a dealer or broker, to sell or hold for the purpose of sale any eggs or poultry, unless ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.10; Dealer records, invoices, and information; inspection; penalty.
  (1) Each dealer shall keep for a period of 2 years all invoices, manifests, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, receiving and delivery receipts, records of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.11; Exemption for interstate egg or poultry shipment.
  This chapter does not apply to any shipment of eggs or poultry while the shipment constitutes a bona fide shipment in interstate commerce, but this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.13; Labeling and advertising requirements for dressed poultry; unlawful acts.
  (1) It is unlawful for any dealer or broker to sell, offer for sale, or hold for the purpose of sale in the state any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.17; Grades and standards for fowl.
  (1) The department may from time to time determine, establish, and promulgate, for each or all of the different types of fowl to be sold ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.181; Disposal of dead poultry and hatchery residue; inspection and quarantine; penalties.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, where the context permits, the term: (a) "Egg producer" means any person, firm, or corporation that produces eggs. (...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.19; Sale of fowl unfit for human consumption prohibited.
  It is unlawful for any person to sell live or dressed fowl suspected to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, diseased, adulterated, or otherwise unfit for human ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 583.20; Penalties for violations of chapter or rules.
  (1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule thereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.001; Definitions.
  In construing this chapter, where the context permits, the term "department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.002; Department control; continuance of powers, duties, rules, orders, etc.
  (1) This chapter shall be enforced by and under the control of the department as provided in chapter 570. (2) The department shall have and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.003; Power of department to enter private premises for purpose of inspection, testing, etc.
  (1) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and all rules made pursuant thereto, the department, through its duly ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.004; Department charged with enforcement of law; duties of state attorneys.
  The department shall see that the provisions of this chapter are carried out. The department may require the state attorney in any circuit or county ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.005; Courts have power to enforce provisions by mandamus or injunction.
  The circuit courts of this state shall have the power to enforce any of the provisions of this chapter and any rule of the department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.006; Interference with department employees.
  Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, prevents, impedes, or interferes with a duly authorized inspector or representative of the department in the execution of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.007; Violation of rules; violation of chapter.
  (1) Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter or any rule of the department shall be subject to the imposition of an administrative ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.01; Definitions.
  In construing this part, where the context permits, the word, phrase, or term: (1) "Approved brucella vaccine" means a Brucella abortus immunization product approved and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.08; General powers of the department; rules.
  The Division of Animal Industry is authorized to: (1) Establish, maintain, and enforce quarantine areas within the state, or the entire state. The department may ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.09; Procedure for condemnation of animals and property by department.
  Condemnation and destruction of animals, barns, yards, sheds, corrals, and pens, as provided in s. 585.08, shall take place only after a fair appraisal ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.105; Purchase, distribution, and administration of approved brucella vaccine.
  (1) The department is hereby authorized and required to purchase approved brucella vaccine, to enhance the resistance of cattle and bison to brucellosis (Bang's ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.11; Cooperation with United States authorities and United States Department of Agriculture accredited private veterinarians.
  The department may cooperate with: (1) The authorities of the United States in the enforcement of all acts of Congress for the control, prevention, suppression, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.14; Information concerning animal diseases.
  The department shall collect, preserve, and disseminate information concerning infectious, contagious, communicable, and other diseases of animals, their origin, locality, nature, appearance, manner of dissemination ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.145; Control of animal diseases.
  (1) The department shall take such measures as may be necessary and proper for the control, suppression, eradication, and prevention of the spread of contagious, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.147; Permit for transporting or hauling certain animals or animal products; vehicle and container requirements.
  (1) No person shall engage in the business of transporting or hauling any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal; any product of an animal that ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.15; Dangerous transmissible disease or pest a public nuisance.
  The department may declare by rule that a certain pest or disease of animals is a public nuisance. When a pest or disease is thus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.155; Whole-herd and calf vaccination.
  (1) All female calves born in the state that are to be used for dairy breeding purposes shall be vaccinated with an approved Brucella abortus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.16; Powers of division in connection with certain diseases.
  Whenever the department determines, pursuant to s. 585.15, that a pest or disease is dangerous and transmissible, or whenever the department determines it necessary ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.17; Care of animals with transmissible diseases and liability therefor.
  (1) No person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale, or knowingly or willfully transport or move, or knowingly or willfully allow or permit any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.18; Duty to report diseased animals.
  (1) Any person who has knowledge of the existence in or among animals of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease which is included on the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.19; Duty of practitioners of veterinary medicine and owners of animals to report dangerous transmissible diseases or pests; penalty.
  (1) Any practitioner of veterinary medicine who knows or suspects that an animal is afflicted with or suffering from a disease or pest designated on ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.20; Injection of pathogenic organisms into animals.
  No person shall inject or otherwise administer to any animal that may be used as food for humans or whose products may be used as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.21; Sale of biological products.
  (1) Each biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes for animals which is manufactured for sale or sold in the state shall first be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.22; Public notice of general quarantines.
  The department shall give public notice whenever it places any area of the state under general quarantine. The notice shall in general terms define the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.23; Owners of animals and premises under quarantine to comply with rules.
  All persons in charge of quarantined animals, and all owners in possession of any lot, yard, pasture, field, stall, enclosure, barn, or building which has ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.38; Injuring property used in the eradication of diseases of animals, etc.
  Any person who shall injure, destroy, or attempt to destroy any property or equipment or facilities owned by any person or county or any property ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.40; Violation of quarantine regulations.
  Whenever the department issues a quarantine, it shall be unlawful for any person, while such quarantine exists, to take, drive, or transport any animal into ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.45; Right to declaratory judgment.
  Any owner or custodian of any animal which the department has required to be inspected, tested, treated, or quarantined shall have the right to a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.48; Policy and purpose of ss. 585.50-585.59.
  Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of highly contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases in the animals of this state, which threaten ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.50; Garbage feeding prohibited unless sterilized.
  It shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage to animals unless such garbage has been heated, cooked, treated, or processed under such temperature, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.51; Permitting of feeders of garbage.
  No person shall feed garbage without first having applied for and obtained a permit from the department. Each permit shall expire as of July 1 ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.52; Requirement regarding the collection, transportation, and distribution of garbage.
  Every permitted feeder of garbage shall keep and furnish the department such information as it may require regarding the collection, transportation, distribution, and processing of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.53; Permit revocation.
  Every permitted feeder of garbage who shall violate this chapter or the rules promulgated by the department pursuant thereto shall have her or his permit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.59; Penalties for violation.
  In addition to the penalties provided by this chapter, any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of ss. 585.48-585....
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.61; Animal disease diagnostic laboratories.
  (1) There is hereby created and established an animal disease diagnostic laboratory in Osceola County and Suwannee County. (2) The construction and operation of all ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.671; Control and eradication of equine infectious anemia and equine piroplasmosis.
  (1) The department shall formulate a program and promulgate all rules necessary for the successful implementation and administration of a comprehensive program for the control ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 585.68; Animals suspected of harboring biological or chemical residues; inspection, testing, and restriction of premises and animals; notice to owners.
  (1) The department or its duly authorized representatives are hereby authorized to enter, inspect, and test any premises and animals where such animals exist, which ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.01; Short title.
  This chapter shall be known as the "Florida Honey Certification and Honeybee ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.02; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Apiary" means a beeyard or site where honeybee hives, honeybees, or honeybee equipment is located. (2) "Beekeeping equipment" means ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.025; Unlawful acts.
  It shall be unlawful to: (1) Introduce into this state any honeybee pest or an unwanted race of honeybees, except under special permit issued by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.03; Certification and labeling of Florida-produced honey.
  (1) Any beekeeper or his or her representative managing honeybees in this state may make application to the department for inspection and sample analysis on ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.045; Certificates of registration and inspection.
  (1) Each beekeeper having honeybee colonies within the state shall apply to the department, on forms supplied by the department, for certificates of inspection and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.10; Powers and duties of department.
  The department shall have the powers and duties to: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. (2) Promulgate rules necessary to the enforcement ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.11; Certificate of inspection to accompany interstate shipments; enforcement.
  (1) All honeybees, except bees in combless packages, and used beekeeping equipment shipped or moved into this state shall be accompanied by a certificate of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.112; Stop-sale or stop-movement notice.
  The department may issue and enforce a stop-sale or stop-movement notice to the owner or custodian of any honeybees, honeybee products, or honeybee ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.13; Removal, destruction, or treatment of infested or infected honeybees or beekeeping equipment.
  (1) If the department finds any honeybees, honeybee products, or used beekeeping equipment or other articles infested or infected with honeybee pests or an unwanted ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.14; Compensation for beekeeping equipment and honeybees contained therein destroyed due to infection with American foulbrood, Bacillus larvae.
  Upon destruction of honeybees or honeybee equipment infected with American foulbrood, Bacillus larvae, Florida resident owners of honeybees and beekeeping equipment may receive compensation from ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.15; Penalty for violation.
  (1) A person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775....
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.16; Handling of money received.
  All money received by the department as fees and penalties under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 586.161; Honeybee Technical Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--The Honeybee Technical Council is created in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall be composed of seven members to be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.01; Requirements of general fence.
  All fences or enclosures of land shall be substantially constructed, whether with rails, logs, post and railing, iron, steel, or other material, and not less ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.011; Legal fence; requirements.
  (1) Any fence or enclosure at least 3 feet in height made of barbed or other soft wire consisting of not less than three strands ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.09; Legally enclosed land; fenced and posted.
  (1) Land shall be legally enclosed land, or posted land, when enclosed by a legal fence, and when there shall be placed along the boundary ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.10; Posted notices; requirement.
  Posted notices to the public as required by s. 588.09 shall be signs upon which there shall appear prominently, in letters of not less ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.11; Owner to maintain fences and notices.
  The owner of legally enclosed land shall maintain in reasonable good condition the fence or enclosure around such land and shall maintain in legible condition ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.12; Livestock at large; legislative findings.
  There is hereby found and declared a necessity for a statewide livestock law embracing all lands of the state and necessity that its application be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.13; Definitions.
  In construing ss. 588.12-588.25 the following words, phrases, or terms shall be held to mean: (1) "Livestock" shall include all animals of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.15; Liability of owner.
  Every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently suffers or permits such livestock to run at large upon or stray upon the public ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.16; Authority to impound livestock running at large or strays.
  It shall be the duty of the sheriff or her or his deputies or designees, or any other law enforcement officer of the county, the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.17; Disposition of impounded livestock.
  (1) Upon the impounding of any livestock by the sheriff or his or her deputies or designees, or any other law enforcement officers of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.18; Livestock at large; fees.
  The fees allowed for impounding, serving notice, care and feeding, advertising, and disposing of impounded animals shall be determined by the sheriff of each county. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.19; Failure to secure purchaser or insufficient funds to defray certain costs.
  If there be no bidder for such livestock at the sale aforesaid, and the sheriff has been unable to locate the owner through the notice ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.20; Report of sale and disposition of proceeds.
  (1) The sheriff, upon making a sale or other disposal as herein provided, shall forthwith make a written return thereof to the clerk of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.21; Duty of commissioners to provide places for impounding of livestock and transportation of same.
  The county commissioners of the several counties of Florida shall establish and maintain pounds or suitable places for the keeping of any livestock taken up ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.22; Duty of impounder.
  The sheriff or county animal control center, whichever is designated by the board of county commissioners, shall provide feed for the impounded animals and see ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.23; Right of owner.
  The owner of any impounded livestock shall have the right at any time before sale thereof to redeem the same by paying to the sheriff ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.24; Penalty.
  Any owner of livestock who unlawfully, intentionally, knowingly or negligently permits the same to run at large or stray upon the public roads of this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 588.25; Application; limitation.
  The provisions of ss. 588.12-588.25 shall not apply to counties having special laws or general laws of local application requiring the confinement ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.01; Florida Forestry Council.
  The Florida Forestry Council, hereinafter called the "council," is hereby created in the Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.011; Use of state forest lands; fees; rules.
  (1) The Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may grant privileges, permits, leases, and concessions for the use of state ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.012; Friends of Florida State Forests Program.
  The Friends of Florida State Forests Program is established within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Its purpose is to provide support and assistance ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.02; Headquarters and meetings of council.
  The official headquarters of the council shall be in Tallahassee, but it may hold meetings at such other places in the state as it may ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.03; Compensation and allowances.
  Members of the council shall receive no compensation for the services which they may render under the provisions of this chapter. However, they shall be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.04; Duties of division.
  (1) The Division of Forestry shall cooperate with federal, state, and local governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other persons to: (a) Promote and encourage forest ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.06; Warrants for payment of accounts.
  Upon the presentation to the Chief Financial Officer of any accounts duly approved by the Division of Forestry, accompanied by such itemized vouchers or accounts ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.065; Florida Forever Program Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  (1) There is created a Florida Forever Program Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to carry out the duties of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.07; Division may acquire lands for forest purposes.
  The Division of Forestry, on behalf of the state and subject to the restrictions mentioned in s. 589.08, may acquire lands, suitable for state ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.071; Traffic control within state forest or division-assigned lands.
  The Division of Forestry on behalf of the state may adopt rules to control ingress, egress, and all other movement of motor vehicles, bicycles, horses, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.08; Land acquisition restrictions.
  (1) The Division of Forestry shall enter into no agreement for the acquisition, lease, or purchase of any land or for any other purpose whatsoever ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.081; Withlacoochee State Forest and Goethe State Forest; payment to counties of portion of gross receipts.
  The Division of Forestry shall pay 15 percent of the gross receipts from Withlacoochee State Forest and the Goethe State Forest to each county in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.09; Use of lands acquired.
  All lands acquired by the Division of Forestry on behalf of the state shall be in the custody of and subject to the jurisdiction, management, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.10; Disposition of lands.
  The Division of Forestry, with the concurrence of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and the Governor, may sell, exchange, lease, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.101; Blackwater River State Forest; lease of board's interest in gas, oil, and other minerals.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 253.51-253.61, the Division of Forestry is hereby expressly granted the authority to lease its 25-percent interest ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.102; Blackwater River State Forest; use of leased forest lands.
  Each person leasing land within the Blackwater River State Forest shall confine all grazing animals upon the area covered by the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.11; Duties of division as to Clarke-McNary Law.
  (1) The Division of Forestry is designated and authorized as the agent of the state to cooperate with the United States Secretary of Agriculture under ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.12; Rules and regulations.
  The Division of Forestry may make rules and regulations and do such acts and things as shall be reasonable and necessary to accomplish the purposes ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.13; Lien of division and other parties, for forestry work, etc.
  Liens prior in dignity to all others accruing thereafter shall exist in favor of the following persons, boards, firms, or corporations upon the following described ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.14; Enforcement of lien; notice.
  The Division of Forestry, United States Government, or other governmental authority shall be entitled to subject said real estate in equity for the value of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.15; Form of notice.
  The said notice shall be substantially as follows: It shall be in writing and shall be sworn to by the duly authorized agent of such ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.16; Time for filing notice of lien.
  The notice of lien may be filed prior to the filing of a complaint brought to enforce said lien; provided that nothing herein contained shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.17; Application of general laws.
  The general laws of this state with reference to the acquisition and enforcement of statutory liens shall be applicable to the lien created by ss. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.18; Division to make certain investigations.
  The Division of Forestry shall conduct investigations and make surveys to determine the areas of land in the state which are available and suitable for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.19; Creation of certain state forests; naming of certain state forests.
  (1) When the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, any state agency, or any agency created by state law, authorized to accept ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.20; Cooperation by division.
  The Division of Forestry may cooperate with other state agencies, who are custodians of lands which are suitable for forestry purposes, in the designation and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.21; Management to be for public interest.
  All state forests and reforestation projects mentioned in this chapter shall be managed and administered by the Division of Forestry in the interests of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.26; Dedication of state park lands for public use.
  The Division of Forestry is authorized and empowered, from time to time, to dedicate and reserve for the use of the public all or any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.27; Power of eminent domain; procedure.
  Whenever the Division of Forestry shall find it necessary to acquire private property for state forests or rights-of-way for state forest roads, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.275; Planting of indigenous trees on state lands.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to partially restore the character of the original domain of Florida by planting native trees on state lands, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.277; Tree planting programs.
  (1) The Division of Forestry of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall administer federal, state, and privately sponsored tree planting programs designed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.28; County commissions or municipalities authorized to cooperate with Division of Forestry.
  County commissions or municipalities are authorized to cooperate with the Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in providing assistance in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.29; Quality of assistance.
  Any advice and assistance provided under ss. 589.28-589.34 shall be the responsibility of the State Forester and the Division of Forestry and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.30; Duty of district forester.
  It shall be the duty of the district forester to direct all work in accordance with the law and regulations of the Division of Forestry; ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.31; Cooperative agreement.
  Before any assistance is provided under this law, the county or municipality and the Division of Forestry, through their duly constituted representatives, shall enter into ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.32; Cost of providing county forestry assistance.
  The cost of county forestry assistance provided under the provisions of ss. 589.28-589.34 shall be jointly determined and paid by the Division ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.33; Expenditure of budgeted funds.
  Any money budgeted for a fiscal period shall be expended by the Division of Forestry during the period for which it was budgeted and amounts ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 589.34; Revocation of agreement.
  Any agreement or revision thereof entered into by the Division of Forestry and a county or municipality under the provisions of this law shall continue ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.01; Wildfire protection.
  The division has the primary responsibility for prevention, detection, and suppression of wildfires wherever they may occur. The division shall provide leadership and direction in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.015; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Division" means the Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) "Fire management ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.02; Division powers, authority, and duties; liability; building structures; Florida Center for Wildfire and Forest Resources Management Training.
  (1) The division has the following powers, authority, and duties: (a) To enforce the provisions of this chapter; (b) To prevent, detect, suppress, and extinguish ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.081; Severe drought conditions; burning prohibited.
  (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture may declare a severe drought emergency to exist and describe the general boundaries of the area affected. (2) Any declaration ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.082; Extraordinary fire hazard; certain acts made unlawful; proclamations by the Governor.
  (1) When the Commissioner of Agriculture has declared a severe drought emergency to exist and described the general boundaries of the area affected as prescribed ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.091; Designation of railroad rights-of-way as wildfire hazard areas.
  (1) The division may annually designate, on or before October 1, those railroad rights-of-way in this state which are known wildfire hazard areas. (...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.10; Disposing of lighted substances, etc.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to throw, drop, or dispose of a lighted match, cigarette, cigar, ashes, or other flaming or glowing substance, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.11; Recreational fires.
  (1) It is unlawful for any individual or group of individuals to build a warming fire, bonfire, or campfire and leave it unattended or unextinguished. (...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.125; Open burning authorized by the division.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Prescribed burning" means the controlled application of fire in accordance with a written prescription for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.13; Civil liability.
  Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for all damages caused by such violation, which damages shall be recoverable ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.14; Notice of violation; penalties.
  (1) If a division employee determines that a person has violated chapter 589 or this chapter, he or she may issue a notice of violation ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.15; Burden of proof.
  In any prosecution or civil action brought under the provisions of this chapter it shall not be necessary for the state or plaintiff to allege ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.16; Rewards.
  The division, in its discretion, may offer and pay rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who violates any provision ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.25; Penalty for preventing or obstructing extinguishment of wildfires.
  Whoever shall interfere with, obstruct or commit any act aimed to obstruct the extinguishment of wildfires by the employees of the division or any other ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.27; Penalty for mutilating or destroying forestry or fire control signs and posters.
  Whoever intentionally breaks down, mutilates, removes, or destroys any fire control or forestry sign or poster commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.28; Intentional or reckless burning of lands.
  (1) Whoever intentionally burns, sets fire to, or causes to be burned or causes any fire to be set to, any wild land or vegetative ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.29; Illegal possession of incendiary device.
  (1) It is unlawful for a person other than a certified fire or law enforcement instructor to have in his or her possession any incendiary ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.31; Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact.
  The Governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with any one or more of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.32; Compact; effective date; ratification.
  When the Governor shall have executed the compact on behalf of this state and shall have caused a verified copy thereof to be filed with ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.33; State compact administrator; compact advisory committee.
  In pursuance of art. III of the compact, the director of the division shall act as compact administrator for Florida of the Southeastern Interstate Forest ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.34; State compact administrator and compact advisory committee members; powers; aid from other state agencies.
  There is hereby granted to the director of the division, as compact administrator and chair ex officio of the Florida members of the advisory committee, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.35; Construction of ss. 590.31-590.34.
  Any powers herein granted to the division shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.42; Federally funded fire protection assistance programs.
  (1) The Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.50; Sale of cypress products prohibited without permit.
  No person shall sell or offer for sale articles made from unfinished cross-sectional slabs cut from buttresses of trees of the species Taxodium distichum, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 590.61; Forestry arson alert program.
  The forestry arson alert program is hereby established within the department. The purpose of this program is to: (1) Engage in any lawful activity to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.15; Community forests; short title.
  The short title for ss. 591.16-591.26 shall be the "Florida Community Forest ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.16; Community forests; purposes.
  The general purposes of this law are: (1) To encourage counties, cities, towns, and school districts to utilize idle lands for productive forest purposes. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.17; Community forests; definitions.
  The terms hereinafter used, unless the text clearly indicates a different meaning, shall be as follows: (1) The term "governing board" shall mean county commissioners, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.18; Community forests; purchase or establishment.
  All counties, cities, towns, or school districts, through their governing boards, are hereby empowered to establish, from lands owned by such county, city, town, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.19; Community forests; tax delinquent lands.
  The Department of Revenue, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, counties, cities, towns, school districts, or any other public agency holding ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.20; Community forests; forestry committee.
  The governing board of any county, city, town, or school district desiring to establish community forests after enactment of this law shall appoint a forestry ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.21; Community forests; duties of forestry committee.
  (1) It shall be the duty of the forestry committee to advise the governing board in acquiring, developing and managing the forest and in making ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.22; Community forests; appropriations.
  Counties, cities, towns, or school districts in which forestry committees have been appointed may appropriate money from available funds to be used by said committee ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.23; Community forests; revenues, use.
  Revenue from the forests shall be credited to the general fund of counties, cities, towns, or school districts; provided, however, revenues from lands under land ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.24; Community forests; fiscal reports.
  A fiscal year report of expenditures, income, sales, development and management shall be made by the forestry committee to the governing board of the county, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.25; Community forests; fire protection, etc.
  All lands entered or acquired under the provisions of this law shall be protected at all times from wildfire and shall be kept and maintained ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.26; Community forests; sale upon referendum approval.
  If it becomes desirable to sell any community forest or portion thereof as determined jointly by the governing board and forestry committee, it shall be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.27; Designating and marking seed trees; definitions.
  Wherever the following words are used in ss. 591.28-591.34, they shall be defined as follows: (1) "Owner." The person, and in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.28; Seed trees; designation and dedication of trees.
  The owner of real estate shall have the right to cause to be designated and marked at the rate of not less than three or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.29; Seed trees; form of designation and dedication.
  (1) Seed trees shall be designated as such by filling out and signing an instrument by the owner in substantially the following form: CONVEYANCE AND/...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.30; Seed trees; duty of Division of Forestry.
  It shall be the duty of the Division of Forestry to cause to be made a branding hammer and a sufficient number of reproductions thereof ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.31; Seed trees; designated trees not transferred by deed, lease, etc.
  All standing trees marked with the letters "S. T." as provided in this law shall by operation of law be excluded from any subsequent sale, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.32; Seed trees; duty of landowner.
  It shall be the duty of every owner of real estate who has designated or marked seed trees thereon in accordance with the terms of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.33; Seed trees; penalties for cutting, destroying, or damaging trees.
  Any person, firm or corporation who shall willfully or carelessly cut, destroy, burn, or damage any trees marked with the letters "S. T." without obtaining ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 591.34; Seed trees; cutting trees, procedure.
  Permission may be obtained from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to cut seed trees by any owner of real estate on which same ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.101; Short title.
  Sections 593.101-593.117 may be cited as the "Florida Boll Weevil Eradication ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.102; Definitions.
  For the purposes of ss. 593.101-593.117, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) "Commercial cotton grower" ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.103; Powers and duties of department.
  The department has the power and duty to: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of ss. 593.101-593.117. (2) Adopt rules pursuant to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.104; Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections.
  The department may enter any cotton field or premise in order to carry out eradication and inspection activities as may be necessary to carry out ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.105; Reports by persons growing cotton.
  Each person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to the department, on forms supplied by the department, such information as the department may require ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.106; Quarantine; regulation of articles within eradication zone.
  (1) The department may declare a quarantine against any place or political unit within this state, another state, a territory, a foreign country, or any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.107; Regulation of collection, transportation, distribution, and movement of cotton.
  Each grower of cotton shall keep and furnish the department such information as it may, by rule, require regarding the collection, transportation, distribution, and processing ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.108; Cooperative programs authorized.
  The department is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the Federal Government or any state contiguous to this state, any other agency in this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.109; Authority to designate eradication zones, prohibit planting of cotton, and require participation in eradication program.
  (1) The department shall designate by rule one or more areas of this state as "eradication zones" where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.11; Authority to regulate pasturage, entry, and honeybee colonies in eradication zones and other areas.
  The department may restrict the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies in any premises in eradication zones that have been ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.111; Eligibility for certification of cotton growers' organization.
  (1) To be eligible for certification by the department as the cotton growers' association, the cotton growers' organization must: (a) Be a nonprofit organization within ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.112; Certification of cotton growers' organization.
  The cotton growers' organization may be certified by the department for the purpose of entering into agreements with any person, municipality, county, or other department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.113; Referendum.
  Upon the request of the certified cotton growers' organization, the department shall conduct a referendum among all cotton growers in an eradication zone to determine ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.114; Assessments.
  (1) Assessments shall be collected by the department or its agent and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Plant Industry Trust ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.1141; Authority to enter agreements with the Farm Service Agency.
  The department is authorized to enter into agreements with the Farm Service Agency, "FSA," for the purpose of allowing a cotton grower to tender payment ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.1142; Liens.
  (1)(a) All assessments, penalties, interest, and costs not paid by a cotton grower shall constitute and operate as a lien in favor of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.115; Mandamus or injunction.
  The circuit courts of this state shall have the power to enforce any of the provisions of ss. 593.101-593.117, and any rule ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.116; Penalty for violation.
  (1) Any person who, except in compliance with ss. 593.101-593.117 or rules of the department, moves any regulated article within the state ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.117; Handling of moneys received.
  All moneys received by the department under the provisions of ss. 593.101-593.117, other than appropriated funds and moneys collected as assessments, shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.20; Emergency aerial application of pesticides in urban areas; duties of department.
  To carry out its duties with respect to emergency responses to plant pest infestations when the eradication programs involve the aerial application of a pesticide ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.21; Monitoring of health complaints by Department of Health; hotline; rulemaking authority.
  At any time when the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is conducting an emergency response to a plant pest infestation which involves the aerial ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.22; Notice and information.
  Before the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services begins an emergency response to a plant pest infestation which involves the aerial application of a pesticide ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.23; Provision of physicians and health care facilities by Department of Health.
  The Department of Health shall provide physicians and health care facilities in an area in which the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is conducting ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.24; Technical assistance by Department of Health; health advisory committee.
  The Department of Health shall provide technical assistance to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services when the latter department is carrying out an emergency ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 593.25; Definition.
  As used in this act, the term "urbanized area" means land that is zoned for purposes other than agricultural purposes and that has a residential ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.001; Florida Aquaculture Policy Act; short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Florida Aquaculture Policy ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.0015; Definitions.
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Aquaculture" means the cultivation of aquatic organisms. (2) "Aquaculture producers" means ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.002; Legislative declaration of public policy respecting aquaculture.
  The Legislature declares that aquaculture is agriculture and, as such, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall be the primary agency responsible for regulating ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.0021; Legislative intent.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance the growth of aquaculture in this state, while protecting Florida's environment. (2) It is ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.003; Powers and duties of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  (1) The department is hereby designated as the lead agency in encouraging the development of aquaculture in the state and shall have and exercise the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.004; Aquaculture certificate of registration.
  (1) CERTIFICATION.--Any person engaging in aquaculture must be certified by the department. The applicant for a certificate of registration shall submit the following to ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.0041; Prohibited acts; penalties.
  (1) It is unlawful for an aquaculture registrant to: (a) Commingle in the same container any shellfish aquaculture product with any wild product; (b) Transport ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.0045; Cultured shellfish theft reward program.
  There is created a cultured shellfish theft reward program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of granting rewards to persons who provide ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.005; Aquaculture Review Council.
  (1) COMPOSITION.--There is created within the department the Aquaculture Review Council to consist of nine members as follows: the chair of the State Agricultural ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.006; Aquaculture Interagency Coordinating Council.
  (1) CREATION.--The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need for interagency coordination with regard to aquaculture by the following agencies: the Department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.010; Shellfish regulation; leases.
  (1) LEASE, APPLICATION FORM.--When any qualified person desires to lease a part of the bottom, water column, or bed of any of the water ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 597.020; Shellfish processors; regulation.
  (1) The department is authorized to adopt by rule regulations, specifications, and codes relating to sanitary practices for catching, cultivating, handling, processing, packaging, preserving, canning, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 599.0005; Florida Viticulture Policy Act; short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Florida Viticulture Policy ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 599.001; Legislative declaration of public policy respecting viticulture.
  (1) The Legislature declares that viticulture, the production and utilization of grapes, is an underdeveloped agricultural commodity enterprise in this state. The Legislature recognizes that ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 599.002; Viticulture Advisory Council.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the Viticulture Advisory Council, to consist of eight members as follows: the president ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 599.003; State Viticulture Plan.
  (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with the Viticulture Advisory Council, shall develop and coordinate the implementation of the State Viticulture Plan, which shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 599.004; Florida Farm Winery Program; registration; logo; fees.
  (1) The Florida Farm Winery Program is established within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Under this program, a winery may qualify as a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 599.012; Viticulture Trust Fund; creation.
  (1) There is established the Viticulture Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The department shall use the moneys deposited in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 600.011; Short title.
  This act may be known and cited as "Florida Citrus Marketing ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 600.021; Declaration of state policy.
  This act is passed: (1) In the exercise of the police power of this state to promote and protect the public health, peace, safety, and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 600.031; Purposes of law.
  The purposes of this act are: (1) To enable citrus fruit producers of this state, with the aid and under the direction and control of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 600.041; Definitions.
  As used in this act, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) "Person" means ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 600.051; Marketing agreements; powers of department.
  (1) In order to effectuate the declared policy and purposes of this act, the department shall have the power to enter into, administer, and enforce ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.01; Short title.
  This chapter may be known and cited as "The Florida Citrus Code of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.02; Purposes.
  This chapter is passed: (1) In the exercise of the police power to protect health and welfare and to stabilize and protect the citrus industry ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.03; Definitions.
  In construing this chapter, where the context permits the word, phrase, or term: (1) "Additive" means any foreign substance which, when added to any citrus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.04; Florida Citrus Commission; creation and membership.
  (1)(a) There is hereby created and established within the Department of Citrus a board to be known and designated as the "Florida Citrus Commission" ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.045; Department auditor's report; commission meeting agenda item.
  The Florida Citrus Commission shall include as an agenda item at each regularly scheduled meeting a report by the internal auditor of the Department of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.05; Department of Citrus a body corporate.
  The Department of Citrus shall be a body corporate, shall have power to contract and be contracted with, and shall have and possess all the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.06; Compensation and expenses of commission members.
  Each member of the commission shall receive the sum of $25 per day for each day or fraction thereof spent while en route to or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.07; Location of executive offices.
  The executive offices of the Department of Citrus shall be established and maintained at ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.08; Authenticated copies of commission records as evidence.
  Copies of the proceedings, records, and acts of the commission and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning such proceedings, records, and acts signed by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.09; Citrus districts.
  For purposes of this chapter, the state is divided into four districts composed of the following counties: (1) Citrus District One: Levy, Alachua, Putnam, St. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.091; Florida SunRidge, Indian River, and Gulf production areas, boundaries and designation.
  (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by final court order entered as a result of a legal proceeding instituted prior to July 1, 1976, only citrus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.10; Powers of the Department of Citrus.
  The Department of Citrus shall have and shall exercise such general and specific powers as are delegated to it by this chapter and other statutes ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.101; Ownership of rights under patent and trademark laws developed or acquired pursuant to the authorities of this chapter.
  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 286, the legal title and every right, interest, claim, or demand of any kind in and to any patent, trademark, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.11; Power of Department of Citrus to establish standards.
  The Department of Citrus shall have full and plenary power to, and may, establish state grades and minimum maturity and quality standards not inconsistent with ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.111; Department of Citrus authorized to lower maturity standards.
  (1) The Legislature of the state finds and declares that emergencies creating abnormal conditions in the Florida citrus industry, such as unusual climatic conditions that ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.13; Citrus research; administration by Department of Citrus; appropriation.
  (1) The administration of this section shall be vested in the Department of Citrus which shall prescribe suitable and reasonable rules and regulations for the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.15; Advertising campaign; methods of conducting; excise tax; emergency reserve fund; citrus research.
  (1) The administration of this section shall be vested in the Department of Citrus, which shall prescribe suitable and reasonable rules and regulations for the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.152; Special marketing orders.
  (1)(a) Whenever, upon its own motion or upon petition of any handler or producer or group or association of handlers or producers of citrus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.154; Citrus Stabilization Act of Florida.
  (1) The purposes of this section are: (a) To enable producers of oranges (Citrus sinensis Osbeck), grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.), tangerines (Citrus reticulata Blanco), or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.155; Equalizing excise tax; credit; exemption.
  (1) The first person who exercises in this state the privilege of processing, reprocessing, blending, or mixing processed orange products or processed grapefruit products or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.16; Grapefruit maturity standards; fresh and processed.
  (1)(a) Seedless grapefruit for fresh use, except as provided herein, shall not be deemed mature until: 1. Each fruit, after having been severed from ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.17; Grapefruit; minimum ratios of solids to acid.
  The minimum ratios of the total soluble solids of the juice of grapefruit to the anhydrous citric acid shall be as follows: (1) When the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.18; Grapefruit; minimum juice content.
  (1) During that period of time beginning with August 1 of each year and ending with November 15 of the same year, both dates inclusive, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.19; Oranges; maturity standards.
  (1) During that period of time beginning with August 1 of each year and ending with October 31 of the same year, both dates inclusive, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.20; Oranges; minimum ratios of solids to acid.
  The minimum ratios of the total soluble solids of the juice of oranges to the anhydrous citric acid shall be as follows: (1) When the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.21; Tangerine maturity standards.
  (1) Tangerines shall be deemed to be mature only when each tangerine after having been clipped, picked, or otherwise severed from the tree, shows a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.22; Tangerines; minimum ratios of solids to acid.
  The minimum ratios of the total soluble solids of the juice of tangerines to the anhydrous citric acid shall be as follows: (1) When the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.24; Department of Citrus to prescribe methods of testing and grading.
  The Department of Citrus shall by rule or regulation provide the manner and method to be used in drawing samples and the quantity to be ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.25; Determination of soluble solids and acid.
  The Department of Citrus by rule or regulation shall determine the method by which juice is tested for percentage of total soluble solids, the method ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.27; Department of Agriculture; citrus inspectors.
  The inspection in the state of all citrus fruit and the canned and concentrated products thereof, and the certifying as to grades and qualifications thereof, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.28; Inspection fees.
  (1) There is hereby levied upon citrus fruit and processed citrus products the following inspection fees: (a) Upon each standard-packed box or equivalent, including ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.281; Road guard fees.
  There is hereby levied upon all citrus fruit upon which inspection fees are imposed by s. 601.28 an additional fee in the amount of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.29; Powers of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  The powers of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or its authorized representative include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) To enter ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.31; Citrus inspectors; employment.
  The Department of Agriculture may in each year employ as many citrus fruit inspectors for such period or periods, not exceeding 1 year, as said ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.32; Compensation of inspectors.
  The salaries of the chief citrus inspector, the chief laboratory inspector, the district supervising inspectors, the junior and senior inspectors, and all other necessary inspectors ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.33; Interference with inspectors.
  It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, hinder, resist, interfere with, or attempt to obstruct, hinder, resist, or interfere with any authorized inspector in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.34; Duties of law enforcement officers.
  Each state or county law enforcement officer shall make arrests for violations of the citrus fruit laws of this state or of any rule, regulation, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.35; Disputes as to quality, etc.; procedure.
  When any dispute as to quality, grade, or condition of citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof arises, the shipper or any financially ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.36; Inspection information required when two or more lots of fruit run simultaneously.
  In the event that any packinghouse packing citrus fruit or canning plant canning citrus fruit or concentrating plant concentrating citrus fruit shall have present therein ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.37; Unlawful acts of inspectors.
  It is unlawful for any authorized inspector to make or deliver a certificate of inspection and maturity and quality of any citrus fruit or the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.38; Citrus inspectors; authority.
  For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the citrus fruit laws of this state, as well as the regulations of the Department of Citrus, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.39; Special inspectors.
  In cases of emergency or necessity, when no citrus fruit inspector is available for inspection of a particular lot of citrus fruit or the canned ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.40; Registration of citrus packinghouses, processing plants with department.
  The owner, manager, or operator of each packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant, at which it is intended to pack, can, concentrate, or prepare citrus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.41; Operation without registration unlawful.
  It is unlawful for any person to operate a citrus fruit packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant, or to pack or otherwise prepare for sale ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.42; Revocation of registration.
  Whenever the Department of Agriculture shall issue a certificate of registration to any packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant for the purpose of processing citrus ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.43; Immature and unfit citrus fruit; individual sampling.
  Any oranges, grapefruit, and tangerines not conforming to the minimum maturity requirements set forth in this chapter and any citrus hybrids not conforming to the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.44; Destruction of immature fruit.
  All citrus fruit or processed citrus products prepared for sale or transportation, which is being prepared for such purpose, or which has been or is ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.45; Grading of fresh citrus fruit.
  (1) All citrus fruit, except as provided in s. 601.50, sold or shipped, or offered for sale or shipment, for consumption in fresh form ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.46; Condition precedent to sale of citrus fruit.
  (1) It is unlawful, except as provided in s. 601.50, for any person to sell or offer for sale, to transport, prepare, receive, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.461; Falsification of weights; penalty.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to falsify or alter any certificate, slip, or other document evidencing or pretending ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.47; Condition precedent to processing citrus.
  It is unlawful for any person to can any citrus fruits or to can or concentrate the juices thereof unless such fruit is mature in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.471; Definition of "canned or concentrated citrus fruit products" expanded.
  The term "canned or concentrated citrus fruit products" when used in ss. 601.48-601.54 shall include chilled citrus juice, chilled citrus sections, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.48; Grading processed citrus products.
  (1) If processed citrus products meet the requirements of the two highest grades as established by the Department of Citrus or, at the option of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.49; Condition precedent to selling processed citrus products.
  It is unlawful for any person, except as provided in s. 601.50, to sell or offer for sale, to transport, receive, or deliver for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.50; Exemptions; sale or shipment of citrus or citrus products for certain purposes.
  Irrespective of the provisions of ss. 601.45, 601.46, 601.48, 601.49, 601.51, and 601.52, the Department of Citrus under such ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.501; Charitable shipments tax exempt.
  Shipments of citrus fruit when permitted under s. 601.50 for charitable purposes shall be exempt from all advertising ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.51; Certification required for shipment of citrus fruit or products.
  No common carrier or other carrier or person, except as provided in s. 601.50, shall accept for shipment, ship, or transport any citrus fruit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.52; Carriers not to accept fruit unless same bears evidence of payment of excise taxes.
  No common carrier or other carrier or person, except as provided in s. 601.50, shall accept for shipment, ship, or transport any citrus fruit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.53; Unlawful to process unwholesome citrus.
  It is unlawful for any person to can or concentrate, or buy for canning or concentrating purposes, or sell for canning or concentrating purposes in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.54; Seizure of unwholesome fruit by Department of Agriculture's agents.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture or its duly authorized inspectors shall seize and destroy all citrus fruit found by said Department of Agriculture or inspectors ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.55; Citrus fruit dealer; license required.
  (1) No person shall act as a citrus fruit dealer in this state without first having applied for and obtained the issuance of a current ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.56; Application for dealers' licenses; requirements.
  Any person desiring to engage in the business of citrus fruit dealer in the state shall make application to the Department of Citrus for a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.57; Examination of application; approval of dealers' licenses.
  (1) The Department of Citrus shall, within a reasonable time, examine the application and consider the information submitted therewith, including the applicant's financial statement ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.58; Application approval or disapproval.
  (1) Each citrus fruit dealer's license application which is approved, or approved subject to conditions, shall be forwarded immediately to the Department of Agriculture ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.59; Dealer's license fee; agent's registration fee.
  (1) Each applicant who qualifies for a citrus fruit dealer's license shall pay to the Department of Agriculture, prior to issuance of such license, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.60; Issuance of dealers' licenses.
  (1) Whenever an application bears the approved endorsement of the Department of Citrus and satisfactions of conditions of approval, if any, and the applicant has ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.601; Registration of dealers' agents.
  Every licensed citrus fruit dealer shall: (1) Register with the Department of Agriculture each and every agent, as defined in s. 601.03(2), authorized ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.61; Bond requirements of citrus fruit dealers.
  (1) Except as hereinafter provided, prior to the approval of a citrus fruit dealer's license, the applicant therefor must deliver to the Department of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.611; Applicable law in event ch. 61-389 held invalid.
  If any of the provisions of s. 601.61 be held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, or if ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.64; Citrus fruit dealers; unlawful acts.
  It is unlawful in, or in connection with, any transaction relative to the purchase, handling, sale, and accounting of sales of citrus fruit: (1) For ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.641; Fraudulent representations, penalties.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to claim or represent to be a licensed citrus fruit dealer, licensed and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.65; Liability of citrus fruit dealers.
  If any licensed citrus fruit dealer violates any provision of this chapter, such dealer shall be liable to the person allegedly injured thereby for the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.66; Complaints of violations by citrus fruit dealers; procedure; bond distribution; court action on bond.
  (1) Any person may complain of any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter by any citrus fruit dealer during any shipping season, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.67; Disciplinary action by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services against citrus fruit dealers.
  (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may impose a fine not exceeding $50,000 per violation against any licensed citrus fruit dealer for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.671; Appropriation of fines collected.
  All fines imposed and collected by the Department of Agriculture under the provisions of this chapter are hereby appropriated in the manner provided by s. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.68; Investigation of violations.
  The Department of Agriculture may instigate and make investigation of any citrus fruit dealer who it has reason to believe has violated any law of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.69; Records to be kept by citrus fruit dealers.
  Every citrus fruit dealer shall make and keep a correct record showing in detail the following with reference to the purchase, handling, sale, and accounting ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.70; Inspection of records by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or its duly authorized agents, shall have the right to inspect all accounts, records, and memoranda of any ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.701; Penalty for failure to keep records.
  (1) It shall be unlawful to fail to keep any records required to be kept under the provisions of the Florida Citrus Code of 1949, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.72; Penalties for violations.
  Any person who violates or aids or abets in the violation of any provision of this chapter shall for each offense be guilty of a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.73; Additional methods of enforcement.
  The several circuit courts of the state, sitting in chancery, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to enjoin and restrain any citrus fruit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.731; Transporting citrus on highways; name and dealer designation on vehicles; load identification; penalty.
  (1)(a) It is unlawful to operate any truck, tractor, trailer, or other motor vehicle hauling citrus fruit in bulk or in unclosed containers for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.74; Adoption of rules; fees for licensing and analysis of processing materials.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules and set fees with respect to the licensing and analysis of materials and composition used ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.75; Dyes and coloring matter for citrus fruit to be certified prior to use.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules with respect to the permitting and certification of dyes and coloring matter for citrus fruit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.76; Manufacturer to furnish formula and other information.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules with respect to requirements for information which must be furnished by manufacturers of coloring matter ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.77; Subsequent analysis of coloring matter; inspection of packinghouses for application.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may, by rule, provide for subsequent analysis of coloring matter, for inspection of packinghouses or other places where ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.78; Manufacturer to post bond.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may, by rule, require cash or surety bonds to be posted by manufacturers of coloring matter used on ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.79; To color grapefruit and tangerines prohibited.
  It is unlawful for any person to use on grapefruit or tangerines or apply thereto any coloring ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.80; Unlawful to use uncertified coloring matter.
  It is unlawful for any person to use on oranges or citrus hybrids any coloring matter which has not first received the approval of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.85; Standard shipping box for fresh fruit.
  The specifications for the standard legal shipping box, crate, or container to be used in shipping fresh citrus fruits shall be as established by the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.86; Standard field boxes for fresh citrus fruit.
  All field boxes used in the purchase, sale, or handling of citrus fruit from or for the grower by a citrus fruit dealer in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.87; Use of cleats on boxes.
  The height of the end heads and the center partition of field boxes shall in no case be increased more than 11
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.88; Oversized boxes to be stamped.
  (1) It is unlawful to use any field box that exceeds the total capacity of 4,900 cubic inches in the purchase, sale, or handling ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.89; Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing.
  (1) Citrus fruit shall be deemed "seriously" damaged by freezing when such freezing causes: (a) Marked dryness to extend into the segments of oranges and ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.90; Freeze-damaged citrus fruit; power of commission.
  (1) Whenever freezing temperatures of sufficient degree to cause serious damage to citrus fruit occur in all major citrus-producing areas of the state, the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.901; Use of freeze-damaged fruit in frozen concentrated citrus products.
  (1) At any time subsequent to a commission determination, pursuant to s. 601.90, that serious damage has resulted to citrus fruit from freezing temperatures, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.91; Unlawful to sell, transport, prepare, receive, or deliver freeze-damaged citrus.
  (1) It is unlawful at any time for any person to sell or offer for sale, to transport, or to prepare, receive, or deliver for ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.92; Use of arsenic in connection with citrus.
  Persons owning, managing, or tending and cultivating citrus groves or trees shall not use arsenic or any of its derivatives, or any combination, compound, or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.93; Sale of citrus containing arsenic.
  No person shall sell or offer for sale, transport, prepare, secure, or deliver for transportation or market any fruit of any variety except grapefruit which ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.94; Fruit containing arsenic; powers of inspection.
  Citrus fruit inspectors are authorized: (1) To inspect citrus fruit, except grapefruit, for arsenic content at any packinghouse, canning plant, concentrating plant, or other place ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.95; Seizure of citrus fruit containing arsenic.
  Whenever any citrus fruit inspector shall find citrus fruit, except grapefruit, at any packinghouse, canning plant, concentrating plant, or other place that the same is ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.96; Seized fruit; taking samples for analysis.
  Upon the making of seizure of any citrus fruit as provided in s. 601.95, the inspector making said seizure shall immediately draw samples therefrom, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.97; Destruction of certain fruit containing arsenic.
  All citrus fruit, except grapefruit, prepared for sale or transportation, or which is being prepared for such purpose, or which has been or is being ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.98; Shipment, sale, or offer of imported citrus fruit or citrus products.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to quote, offer for sale, sell, ship, or invoice in or from Florida any citrus fruit or the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.981; Permits for export to foreign countries.
  During each shipping season the Department of Citrus is authorized and empowered to issue permits permitting citrus fruit grown in Florida, whether color-added or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.99; Unlawful to misbrand wrappers or packages containing citrus fruit.
  It is unlawful for any person to misbrand any package or any wrapper containing citrus fruits or any container of the canned or concentrated products ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9901; Certificates of inspection; form.
  All certificates of inspection prescribed by this chapter shall be of such number, form, size, and character as the Department of Citrus may by rule ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9902; Payment of salaries and expenses; Department of Citrus.
  All salaries, costs, and expenses incurred by the Department of Citrus in the administration and the enforcement of this chapter and in the performance of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9903; Annual report of Department of Citrus.
  The Department of Citrus shall make an annual report to the Governor upon the work of the Department of Citrus. It shall also make such ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.99035; Annual travel report of Department of Citrus.
  The Department of Citrus shall, at the end of each fiscal year, publish an annual travel report that states, for each staff member of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.99036; Approval of specified salary changes.
  Any change in the salary of an employee of the Department of Citrus which is at or above $100,000 annually must be approved by ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9904; Rules and regulations; frozen citrus juices.
  The Department of Citrus is hereby authorized and required to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations concerning the contents, preparation, concentrating, other processing, and keeping ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9905; Canned orange juice; standards; labeling.
  No canned orange juice shall be sold or offered for sale or shipped or offered for shipment which: (1) Is prepared from raw juice containing ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9906; Processed grapefruit juice products; standards.
  (1) The grapefruit juice products to which this section applies shall include canned grapefruit juice, chilled grapefruit juice, frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, concentrated grapefruit juice ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9907; Canned blended juice; standards; labeling.
  No canned blend of orange and grapefruit juice shall be sold or offered for sale or shipped or offered for shipment which: (1) Is prepared ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9908; Canned tangerine juice; standards; labeling.
  No canned tangerine juice shall be sold or offered for sale or shipped or offered for shipment which: (1) Is prepared from raw juice containing ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9909; Frozen concentrated orange juice; requirements; labeling.
  Subject to the provisions of ss. 601.9913 and 601.9914, no frozen concentrated orange juice shall be sold, offered for sale, shipped, or offered ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9910; Legislative findings of fact; strict enforcement of maturity standard in public interest.
  (1) FINDINGS.-- (a) The Legislature finds and determines and so declares that, for many years past, the shipment of raw, immature citrus fruit, generally designated ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9911; Fruit may be sold or transported direct from producer.
  Any citrus producer may transport her or his own citrus fruit or any citrus fruit may be sold or purchased and transported in interstate or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9912; Penalties.
  Any person violating any provisions of this chapter or of the rules or regulations of the Department of Citrus or the Department of Agriculture shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9913; High-density frozen concentrated orange juice; standards; labeling.
  (1) "High-density frozen concentrated orange juice" is frozen concentrated orange juice which has been concentrated to a density greater than 47 degrees Brix. (2) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9914; Commission authorized to modify standards by rule.
  (1) The commission may modify by rule, within the limitations herein specified, the requirements of ss. 601.9905-601.9909 if the commission first, upon ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9916; Addition of optional nutritive sweetening ingredients to concentrated orange juice; rules.
  (1) The Department of Citrus, upon the affirmative vote of not less than nine members of the commission, is authorized to issue permits for the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.9918; Rules related to issuance and use of symbols.
  In rules related to the issuance and voluntary use of symbols, certification marks, service marks, or trademarks, the commission may make general references to national ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 601.992; Collection of dues and other payments on behalf of certain nonprofit corporations engaged in market news and grower education.
  The Florida Department of Citrus or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or their successors may collect or compel the entities regulated by the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.11; Grades of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other agricultural products.
  (1) The standard grades of all fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other agricultural products shall be the same as those of the United States grades ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.12; Inspection of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other agricultural products; certificates.
  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture, shall, when requested by the shipper, furnish carlot inspection of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.13; Fees for inspections.
  All fees for inspection performed under the preceding section shall be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services which shall deposit the same ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.14; Cooperative certificates as evidence.
  All such cooperative government certificates shall be accepted as prima facie evidence in the courts of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.15; United States inspection certificates as evidence.
  (1) Any inspection certificate issued by any licensed inspector of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, of the United States Department of Agriculture under the laws ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.151; Enforcement of Federal Marketing Agreement Act by state as to certain vegetables.
  (1) During the period of time in each year that tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, or limes are subject to any regulations issued by the Secretary of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.152; Maturity standard for limes; applicability; testing of limes; rules and regulations.
  The provisions of this section shall be applicable and effective only in the event that there shall cease to be a federal marketing agreement as ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.161; Sales certificates, work orders to accompany certain fruit.
  (1) This section applies to tropical or subtropical fruit. "Tropical or subtropical fruit" means avocados, bananas, calamondins, carambolas, guavas, kumquats, limes, longans, loquats, lychees, mameys, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.201; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Florida Tropical Fruit Policy ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.202; Legislative declarations and findings.
  (1) The Legislature declares that the production and utilization of tropical fruits is an underdeveloped agricultural commodity enterprise in this state. The Legislature recognizes that ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.203; Tropical Fruit Advisory Council.
  (1) There is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the Tropical Fruit Advisory Council to consist of eight members as follows: ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 603.204; South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan.
  (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with the Tropical Fruit Advisory Council, shall, at least 90 days prior to the 1991 legislative session, submit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.001; Public policy with respect to agricultural production.
  The Legislature declares that: (1) It is the public policy of this state and the purpose of this act to achieve and maintain the production ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.006; Mapping and monitoring of agricultural lands.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that current and continuously updated information on the state's agricultural land base be available to all ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.01; Statewide soil survey and mapping; declaration of policy.
  A thorough and careful survey and mapping of the soils of Florida is hereby declared as a matter of legislative policy, basic to: (1) The ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.02; Costs of surveys, by whom payable.
  The cost of the survey shall be borne jointly by the state and county or any other local agency and by the federal government in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.04; Administration of law.
  The agricultural experiment station of the University of Florida shall administer this law and shall be responsible for the general supervision of this cooperative enterprise ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.05; Standard procedure to be used; cooperation with federal and other agencies.
  The methods used in the survey shall be the standard procedures developed by the United States Department of Agriculture now in common use; all correlation ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.06; Determination of soils to be surveyed.
  The successive selection of units to be surveyed shall be by type areas well distributed over the state, just as far as possible or practicable, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.07; Analyses of type materials.
  Suitable physical, chemical and other analyses of type materials associated with the work of the survey shall be carried out in the laboratories of the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.08; Reports; maps; publications.
  The preparation of soil survey reports and maps for such areas surveyed shall be a joint responsibility of state and federal workers, although publication shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.09; Limited agricultural association; purpose of law.
  In order to promote, foster and encourage more efficient and progressive agriculture and to enable the farmers and growers of Florida to enjoy the manifold ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.10; Limited agricultural association; powers, membership.
  Any three or more persons engaged in agricultural pursuits may form a limited agricultural association under the provisions of this law, and such association shall ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.11; Limited agricultural association; formation, fees.
  (1) The articles of association shall be subscribed by the original members and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the laws ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.12; Limited agricultural association; articles of association, name.
  (1) The articles of association shall be subscribed by three or more persons, and shall set forth: (a) The name of the association and the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.13; Limited agricultural association; bylaws.
  Each association organized hereunder shall, by a majority vote of its members, within 30 days after its organization, adopt for its government and management a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.14; Limited agricultural association; dissolution.
  Any limited agricultural association may be dissolved upon the presentation by its members of a petition for dissolution to the circuit judge of the circuit ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.15; Dealers in agricultural products; definitions.
  For the purpose of ss. 604.15-604.34, the following words and terms, when used, shall be construed to mean: (1) "Agricultural products" means ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.151; Purpose.
  The Legislature recognizes that the recovery of agricultural products is impractical because of the speed with which such products move through commerce and because of ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.16; Exceptions to provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34.
  Except for s. 604.22(2), the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34 do not apply to: (1) Farmers or groups of farmers in ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.17; License required.
  It shall be unlawful for any dealer in agricultural products who comes within the terms of this law to engage in such business in this ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.18; Application; form; contents.
  Every dealer in agricultural products desiring to transact business within the state directly with a Florida producer, a producer's agent or representative, or a ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.19; License; fee; bond; certificate of deposit; penalty.
  Unless the department refuses the application on one or more of the grounds provided in this section, it shall issue to an applicant, upon the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.20; Bond or certificate of deposit prerequisite; amount; form.
  (1) Before any license is issued, the applicant therefor shall make and deliver to the department a surety bond or certificate of deposit in the ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.21; Complaint; investigation; hearing.
  (1)(a) Any person, partnership, corporation, or other business entity claiming to be damaged by any breach of the conditions of a bond or certificate ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.211; Limitation on successive consignments.
  No licensee, while acting as an agent for a producer or in disposing of agricultural products received on consignment from a producer or her or ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.22; Dealers to keep records; contents.
  (1) Each licensee, while acting as agent for a producer, shall make and preserve for at least 1 year a record of each transaction, specifying ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.23; Examination of records, sales, accounts, books, and other documents.
  The department shall have power to investigate, upon complaint of any interested person or upon its own initiative, the record of any dealer in agricultural ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.25; Refusal to grant, or suspension or revocation of, license.
  (1) The department may decline to grant a license or may suspend or revoke a license already granted if the applicant or licensee has: (a) ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.27; Rules.
  The department shall adopt rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34 and enforce ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.28; Department may employ help.
  The department may employ all help and services necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34 and fix their ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.29; License fees; disposition.
  All moneys received as license fees under this law shall be placed in the General Inspection Trust ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.30; Penalties; injunctive relief; administrative fines.
  (1) Any dealer in agricultural products who violates the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34, or who interferes with an agent of the department ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.32; Grain dealers to provide delivery tickets.
  Each grain dealer receiving grain shall issue and provide to the grain producer a delivery ticket within a reasonable time, not to exceed 24 hours, ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.33; Security requirements for grain dealers.
  Each grain dealer doing business in the state shall maintain liquid security, in the form of grain on hand, cash, certificates of deposit, or other ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.34; When grain dealer required to pay for grain delivered.
  Each grain dealer shall, within 6 months of the date of the contract for sale of grain or, in lieu of a contract, within 6 ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.40; Farm equipment.
  Notwithstanding any other law, ordinance, rule, or policy to the contrary, all power-drawn, power-driven, or self-propelled equipment used on a farm may ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.50; Nonresidential farm buildings.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any nonresidential farm building is exempt from the Florida Building Code and any county or municipal building code. ...
• Florida Agriculture, Horticulture, And Animal Industry Code Section 604.60; Damage or destruction of agricultural products or agricultural production systems; civil action.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Agricultural product" means the natural products from a farm, nursery, grove, orchard, vineyard, garden, or apiary, ...

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