Florida Statutes Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 570.01-570.232)

• 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...
• 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...
• 570.031 - 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...
• 570.041 - Organization Of Departmental Work.
  In the assignment of functions to the divisions of the department created in s. 20.14, the department shall retain within the Division of Administration, in...
• 570.051 - 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...
• 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...
• 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 appropriate recommendations...
• 570.081 - 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...
• 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 assistant...
• 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 the...
• 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 the...
• 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 shall represent and appear...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 other...
• 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;b. Factories;c. Farm buildings;d. Carriages;e. Railroad cars;f. Trucks;g. Motor vehicles, except private passenger...
• 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 for...
• 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 an...
• 570.192 - Administrative Trust Fund.
  (1) The Administrative Trust Fund shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund...
• 570.193 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust...
• 570.194 - Florida Saltwater Products Promotion Trust Fund.
  (1) The Florida Saltwater Products Promotion Trust Fund shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) Funds to be credited to and uses of...
• 570.20 - General Inspection Trust Fund.
  (1) 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...
• 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 receipts...
• 570.209 - 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...
• 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:(a) Agriculture, agricultural...
• 570.22 - Service Of Process.
  Process against the department shall be served on the commissioner or in the commissioner’s absence, on the assistant commissioner.History.—s. 1, ch. 59-54; ss. 14, 35,...
• 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 for each member. Members...
• 570.232 - 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 exist for...

Last modified: September 23, 2016