604.211 – Limitation on Successive Consignments.
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 his agent or representative, shall consign such products to another, use the services of a broker, or receive more than one commission or fee for making the […]
604.08 – Reports; Maps; Publications.
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 be by the United States Department of Agriculture, especially for the purpose of full conformity with the many reports of this same type that are regularly being published […]
604.09 – Limited Agricultural Association; Purpose of Law.
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 benefits of joint and collective effort without personal liability and without the expense and technical involvements incident to corporate structure, this chapter is enacted. History.—s. […]
604.10 – Limited Agricultural Association; Powers, Membership.
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 have and may exercise all the powers granted by the laws of this state to persons, partnerships and corporations for profit and not for profit, so […]
604.11 – Limited Agricultural Association; Formation, Fees.
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 this state to take acknowledgments and administer oaths. (2) Two copies of the proposed articles of association, together with a certificate of the Department of State […]
603.161 – Sales certificates, work orders to accompany certain fruit.
603.161 Sales certificates, work orders to accompany certain fruit.— (1) This section applies to tropical or subtropical fruit. “Tropical or subtropical fruit” means avocados, bananas, calamondins, carambolas, guavas, kumquats, limes, longans, loquats, lychees, mameys, mangoes, papayas, passion fruit, sapodillas, and fruit that must be grown in tropical or semitropical regions, except citrus fruit as defined in s. […]
603.201 – Short title.
603.201 Short title.—This act may be cited as the “Florida Tropical Fruit Policy Act.” History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 90-277; s. 45, ch. 91-201; s. 5, ch. 91-429.
603.202 – Legislative declarations and findings.
603.202 Legislative declarations and findings.— (1) The Legislature declares that the production and utilization of tropical fruits is an underdeveloped agricultural commodity enterprise in this state. The Legislature recognizes that Florida possesses many resources and geographic advantages, particularly a marine subtropical climate, that favor the expansion and growth of present-day tropical fruits into a broad-based industry. The […]
603.204 – South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan.
603.204 South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan.—The Commissioner of Agriculture shall develop and update a South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan, which shall identify problems and constraints of the tropical fruit industry, propose possible solutions to such problems, and develop planning mechanisms for orderly growth of the industry, including: (1) Criteria for tropical fruit research, service, and management priorities. […]
601.9911 – Fruit May Be Sold or Transported Direct From Producer.
601.9911 Fruit may be sold or transported direct from producer.—Any citrus producer may transport her or his own citrus fruit or any citrus fruit may be sold or purchased and transported in interstate or intrastate commerce in truckload lots direct from a producer, and any such fruit so sold, purchased, or transported need not be processed, […]