Florida Statutes Title XXXV Chapter 581 - Plant Industry
- 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) “Aquatic plant” means any...
- 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) The department, through...
- 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 for the...
- 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...
- 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 directed...
- 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...
- 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 which...
- 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 regulated...
- 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 state,...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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 stock...
- 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 apply...
- 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 sale, or...
- 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 meets...
- 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 plant...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 noxious...
- 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 product...
- 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...
- 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 the impact of exotic...
- 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 1, 2007, it...
- 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 native to...
- 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 be a representative...
- 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. 581.185.History.—s. 3, ch. 78-72.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 wrongfully or improperly uses any...
- 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...
Last modified: September 23, 2016