10 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 574.01 Administration of law
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This act shall be administered within the Division of Marketing and Development of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Fla. Stat. § 574.02 Purpose of act
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The purpose of this act is to enable producers to have sufficient time to properly cure, prepare, and have an adequate time to market their leaf tobacco. Nothing herein shall prohibit a producer from selling his or her tobacco at a private sale at any time. The provisions of this…
Fla. Stat. § 574.03 Warehouseman; licenses and fees
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(1) A warehouseman operating a warehouse for the sale of flue-cured tobacco shall, on or before July 1 of each year, obtain from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services a state flue-cured tobacco warehouse license for the privilege of operating such warehouse.(2) Each…
Fla. Stat. § 574.07 Revocation of licenses
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If any warehouseman shall hold a sale prior to the date determined by the department, the license of that warehouseman shall be revoked and shall not be reinstated or reissued in that calendar year. The revocation of license as provided herein shall be in addition to the penalty …
Fla. Stat. § 574.08 Accounts of sales; weekly reports
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Each warehouseman of flue-cured tobacco doing business in the state shall keep a correct daily account of the number of pounds of flue-cured tobacco sold by type upon the floor of his or her warehouse during the previous day. On or before Monday of each succeeding week, each ware…
Fla. Stat. § 574.09 Department; records; penalty
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(1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall keep all weekly reports of sales as returned to it from each tobacco market in this state so far as to show the total number of pounds sold by type for producers by state of origin, for dealers, and for warehousemen. T…
Fla. Stat. § 574.12 Tobacco warehouses; charges, fees, penalties
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(1) The charges for auctioneer fees, for weighing and handling, and for commissions for selling leaf tobacco upon the floor of the tobacco warehouses shall be determined by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) The proprietor of each warehouse shall render to ea…
Fla. Stat. § 574.13 Penalty
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Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
Fla. Stat. § 574.131 Injunction proceedings
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In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make application for injunction to a circuit court or circuit judge, and such circuit court or circuit judge shall have jurisdicti…
Fla. Stat. § 574.14 Rules
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The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter.