Florida Statutes Title XXXV Chapter 604 - General Agricultural Laws
- 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 of agricultural...
- 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 development of...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 of...
- 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 location of the...
- 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...
- 604.14 - Limited Agricultural Association; Dissolution; Conversion To A Corporation Not For Profit.
(1) A limited agricultural association may be dissolved upon the presentation by its members of a petition for dissolution to a circuit judge of the circuit...
- 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 the natural products of the...
- 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...
- 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 the sale of agricultural products grown by...
- 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...
- 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 negotiating...
- 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...
- 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 amount...
- 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 of deposit...
- 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...
- 604.22 - Dealers To Keep Records; Contents.
(1)(a) Each licensee, while acting as agent for a producer, shall make and preserve for at least 1 year a record of each transaction, specifying the...
- 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...
- 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) Suffered a monetary...
- 604.27 - Rules.
The department shall adopt rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34 and enforce same.History.—s. 14, ch. 20678, 1941; ss. 14, 35,...
- 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 compensation. All expenses...
- 604.29 - License Fees; Disposition.
All moneys received as license fees under this law shall be placed in the General Inspection Trust Fund.History.—s. 16, ch. 20678, 1941; s. 2, ch....
- 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 in the enforcement of...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 be stored, maintained,...
- 604.50 - Nonresidential Farm Buildings; Farm Fences; Farm Signs.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any nonresidential farm building, farm fence, or farm sign that is located on lands used for bona...
- 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, including livestock, tobacco,...
Last modified: September 23, 2016