573.118 – Assessment; Funds; Review of Accounts; Loans.
573.118 Assessment; funds; review of accounts; 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 person engaged in the production, distributing, or handling of agricultural commodities within this state, and directly affected by any marketing order, shall pay to the […]
573.119 – Department; Powers and Duties.
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. 573.101-573.124, the department is authorized to issue, administer, and enforce the provisions of any marketing agreement or order regulating producer marketing and handling of agricultural commodities in the primary channel of […]
573.1201 – Certificates of Exemption.
573.1201 Certificates of exemption.— (1) The department may issue certificates of exemption to any applicant who applies for an exemption and furnishes adequate evidence to the department that by reason of a marketing order the applicant has been adversely affected or unduly burdened or that the result of the marketing order is confiscatory by reason of acts […]
573.121 – Termination or Suspension of Marketing Orders.
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 tend to effectuate the declared purposes of ss. 573.101-573.124, within the standards and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein imposed, and it further finds […]
573.122 – Inspections.
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 enter and inspect any premises, enclosure, building, or conveyance where he or she has reason to believe any agricultural commodities subject to a marketing order are produced, stored, being prepared […]
573.123 – Maintenance and Production of Records.
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 records reflecting their operations under the marketing order, to furnish to the department or its duly authorized or designated representative or representatives any information as may […]
573.124 – Penalties; Violation; Hearings.
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 the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083. Each day during which any such violation continues after the department has issued […]
573.113 – Advisory Council; Exemption From Liability.
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 in any way whatsoever to any producer, distributor, or other handler or any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission […]
573.114 – Possible Subjects of Marketing Orders.
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 provisions: (1) Provisions for the establishment of plans and programs for advertising, sales promotion, and education to maintain present markets or to create new or larger markets […]
573.115 – Cooperation With Other Governments.
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 purpose of obtaining uniformity in the administration of federal and state marketing regulations, licenses, or orders, and the department is authorized to conduct joint hearings, issue joint […]