573.112 – Advisory Council.
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 the marketing order. The advisory council shall be composed of seven members and an alternate for each member. The majority of the members and alternate members of the council […]
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 […]
573.116 – Limited Marketing Orders.
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 particular order shall be effective, provided that no marketing order shall be issued by the department unless it embraces all persons of a like class who are engaged […]
573.101 – Short Title.
573.101 Short title.—Sections 573.101-573.124 may be cited as the “Florida Agricultural Commodities Marketing Law.” History.—ss. 1, 26, ch. 87-171; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
573.117 – Marketing Agreement.
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 agreements may contain any of those provisions contained in s. 573.114 with distributors, producers, and others engaged in the handling of agricultural commodities regulating the handling of the commodities, which marketing agreements […]
573.102 – Purposes.
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, to correlate more effectively the marketing of their agricultural commodities with market demands therefor. (2) Establish and maintain orderly marketing of agricultural commodities. (3) Provide methods for the maintenance of present markets, or for the development […]
573.103 – Definitions.
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 produced in this state or any class, variety, or utilization thereof, either in their natural state or as processed by a producer for the purpose of marketing such product, or by a processor as […]
573.104 – Required Consent to Marketing Order by Industry.
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 unless the marketing order or amendment has been consented to by a majority of producers or handlers of such commodities in this state, as […]