604.18 – Application; Form; Contents.
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 broker shall, prior to transacting any business as such, file an application for such license with the department. The license shall be renewed annually on its anniversary date. […]
604.04 – Administration of Law.
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 between and among federal, state, county and local agencies, and that it be charged with the duty of developing an energetic soil survey program for the state accordingly […]
604.19 – License; Fee; Bond; Certificate of Deposit; Penalty.
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 payment of required fees and the execution and delivery of a bond or certificate of deposit as provided in this section, a state license […]
604.05 – Standard Procedure to Be Used; Cooperation With Federal and Other Agencies.
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 work shall be carried out jointly by the regular soil survey inspectors of the United States Department of Agriculture in […]
604.20 – Bond or Certificate of Deposit Prerequisite; Amount; Form.
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 of at least $5,000 or in such greater amount as the department may determine. No bond or certificate of deposit may be […]
603.12 – Inspection of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other agricultural products; certificates.
603.12 Inspection of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other agricultural products; certificates.—The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture, shall, when requested by the shipper, furnish carlot inspection of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other agricultural products at shipping point, furnishing certificates in conformity with those used by the […]
603.13 – Fees for inspections.
603.13 Fees for inspections.—All fees for inspection performed under the preceding section shall be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services which shall deposit the same in the State Treasury in the General Inspection Trust Fund from which all expenses for inspection services performed and other expenses incurred under the provisions of s. 603.12 […]
603.14 – Cooperative certificates as evidence.
603.14 Cooperative certificates as evidence.—All such cooperative government certificates shall be accepted as prima facie evidence in the courts of Florida. History.—s. 4, ch. 12292, 1927; CGL 2009.
603.15 – United States inspection certificates as evidence.
603.15 United States inspection certificates as evidence.— (1) Any inspection certificate issued by any licensed inspector of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, of the United States Department of Agriculture under the laws of the United States or the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, showing the grade, quality, condition or the size, pack […]
603.151 – Enforcement of Federal Marketing Agreement Act by state as to certain vegetables.
603.151 Enforcement of Federal Marketing Agreement Act by state as to certain vegetables.— (1) During the period of time in each year that tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, or limes are subject to any regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to an order issued by said Secretary of Agriculture under the authority and […]