Chapter 601 — Chapter 601
103 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 601.52 Carriers not to accept fruit without evidence of payment of assessments and fees
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A common carrier or other carrier or person, except as provided in s. 601.50, may not accept for shipment, ship, or transport any citrus fruit or processed citrus products unless the grade certificate, manifest, or bill of lading covering such citrus fruit or processed citrus pro…
Fla. Stat. § 601.53 Unlawful to process unwholesome citrus
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It is unlawful for any person to can or concentrate, or buy for canning or concentrating purposes, or sell for canning or concentrating purposes in Florida any citrus fruit that is unwholesome or decomposed so that it is unfit for canning or concentrating purposes.
Fla. Stat. § 601.54 Seizure of unwholesome fruit by Department of Agriculture’s agents
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(1) The Department of Agriculture or its duly authorized inspectors shall seize and destroy all citrus fruit found by the Department of Agriculture or inspectors to be unwholesome or decomposed so that it is unfit for canning or concentrating purposes as defined by law or by any …
Fla. Stat. § 601.55 Citrus fruit dealer; license required
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(1) No person shall act as a citrus fruit dealer in this state without first having applied for and obtained the issuance of a current license for each shipping season, or portion thereof.(2) An application for a citrus fruit dealer’s license shall be within one of the following …
Fla. Stat. § 601.56 Application for dealers’ licenses; requirements
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Any person desiring to engage in the business of a citrus fruit dealer in the state must apply to the department for a license. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the information to be contained in such application.(1) All such applications, in addition to other informa…
Fla. Stat. § 601.57 Examination of application; approval of dealers’ licenses
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(1) The department shall, within a reasonable time, examine the application and consider the information submitted therewith, including the applicant’s financial statement and the reputation of the applicant as shown by applicant’s past and current history and activities, includi…
Fla. Stat. § 601.58 Application approval or disapproval
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(1) Each citrus fruit dealer’s license application that is approved, or approved subject to conditions, shall be forwarded immediately to the Department of Agriculture, which shall, upon satisfaction of the stated conditions, if any are endorsed thereon, issue to the applicant an…
Fla. Stat. § 601.59 Dealer’s license fee; agent’s registration fee
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(1) Each applicant who qualifies for a citrus fruit dealer’s license shall pay to the Department of Agriculture, prior to issuance of such license, a license fee of $25 per shipping season or portion thereof covered by the license.(2) A registration fee of $10 per shipping season…
Fla. Stat. § 601.60 Issuance of dealers’ licenses
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(1) Whenever an application bears the approved endorsement of the Department of Citrus and satisfactions of conditions of approval, if any, and the applicant has paid the prescribed fee, the Department of Agriculture shall issue to such applicant a license, as approved by the Dep…
Fla. Stat. § 601.601 Registration of dealers’ agents
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Each licensed citrus fruit dealer shall:(1) Register with the Department of Agriculture each agent as defined in s. 601.03 who is authorized to represent such dealer; apply for registration of such agent or agents on a form approved by the Department of Agriculture and filed with…
Fla. Stat. § 601.61 Bond requirements of citrus fruit dealers
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(1)(a) Except as provided in this section, before the approval of a citrus fruit dealer’s license, the applicant must deliver to the Department of Agriculture a good and sufficient cash bond, an appropriate certificate of deposit, or a surety bond executed by the applicant as pri…
Fla. Stat. § 601.611 Applicable law in event ch. 61-389 held invalid
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If any of the provisions of s. 601.61 be held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, or if any such court shall find or declare that no applicant shall be required to furnish the bond required by this act, then and in that event this en…
Fla. Stat. § 601.64 Citrus fruit dealers; unlawful acts
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It is unlawful in, or in connection with, any transaction relative to the purchase, handling, sale, and accounting of sales of citrus fruit:(1) For any citrus fruit dealer to make or exact any fraudulent charge to or from any person;(2) For any citrus fruit dealer to reject or fa…
Fla. Stat. § 601.641 Fraudulent representations, penalties
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to claim or represent to be a licensed citrus fruit dealer, licensed and bonded citrus dealer, or agent of a licensed citrus fruit dealer unless such person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed, …
Fla. Stat. § 601.65 Liability of citrus fruit dealers
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If any licensed citrus fruit dealer violates any provision of this chapter, such dealer shall be liable to the person allegedly injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of such violation. Such liability may be enforced either by proceeding in an adm…
Fla. Stat. § 601.66 Complaints of violations by citrus fruit dealers; procedure; bond distribution; court action on bond
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(1) Any person may complain of any violation of this chapter by any citrus fruit dealer during any shipping season by filing of a written complaint with the Department of Agriculture at any time before May 1 of the year immediately after the end of such shipping season. Such comp…
Fla. Stat. § 601.67 Disciplinary action by Department of Agriculture against citrus fruit dealers
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(1) The Department of Agriculture may impose an administrative fine in the Class IV category pursuant to s. 570.971 not to exceed $50,000 for each violation against a licensed citrus fruit dealer who violates this chapter and, in lieu of or in addition to such fine, may revoke or…
Fla. Stat. § 601.671 Appropriation of fines collected
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All fines imposed and collected by the Department of Agriculture under the provisions of this chapter are hereby appropriated in the manner provided by s. 601.28(3)(b).
Fla. Stat. § 601.68 Investigation of violations
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The Department of Agriculture may instigate and make investigation of any citrus fruit dealer who it has reason to believe has violated any law of this state governing and applicable to citrus fruit dealers, and, whenever the Department of Agriculture determines that any citrus f…
Fla. Stat. § 601.69 Records to be kept by citrus fruit dealers
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Every citrus fruit dealer shall make and keep a correct record showing in detail the following with reference to the purchase, handling, sale, and accounting of sale of citrus fruit handled by her or him, namely:(1) The name and address of the producers or other persons from whom…
Fla. Stat. § 601.70 Inspection of records by Department of Agriculture
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The Department of Agriculture or its duly authorized agents have the right to inspect all accounts, records, and memoranda of any citrus fruit dealer required to be kept under this chapter. If any such citrus fruit dealer refuses to permit such inspection, the Department of Agric…
Fla. Stat. § 601.701 Penalty for failure to keep records
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(1) It is unlawful to fail to keep any records required to be kept under the Florida Citrus Code or required to be kept by any other law or by any rule adopted by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of Citrus, or to falsify or cause the falsification of any such recor…
Fla. Stat. § 601.72 Penalties for violations
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Any person who violates or aids or abets in the violation of any provision of this chapter shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; provided further that a person shall be guilty hereunder upon conv…
Fla. Stat. § 601.73 Additional methods of enforcement
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The several circuit courts of the state, sitting in chancery, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to enjoin and restrain any citrus fruit dealer from violating the provisions of this law, or any rule, regulation, or order made by the Department of Agricultur…
Fla. Stat. § 601.731 Transporting citrus on highways; name and dealer designation on vehicles; load identification; penalty
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(1)(a) It is unlawful to operate any truck, tractor, trailer, or other motor vehicle hauling citrus fruit in bulk or in unclosed containers for commercial purposes on the highways of this state unless such truck, tractor, trailer, or other motor vehicle is:1. Designated by a numb…
Fla. Stat. § 601.74 Fees for licensing and analysis of processing materials
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The Department of Agriculture may set fees with respect to the licensing and analysis of materials and composition used on or in the packing of citrus fruits. Fees shall be not less than $30 nor more than $100 for each manufacturer applying to the Department of Agriculture. All s…
Fla. Stat. § 601.79 To color grapefruit and tangerines prohibited
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It is unlawful for any person to use on grapefruit or tangerines or apply thereto any coloring matter.
Fla. Stat. § 601.80 Unlawful to use uncertified coloring matter
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It is unlawful for any person to use on oranges or citrus hybrids any coloring matter which has not first received the approval of the Department of Agriculture.
Fla. Stat. § 601.85 Standard shipping box for fresh fruit
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The specifications for the standard shipping box, when used as a unit of trade or for reporting purposes, shall be as established by the department, but the unit of a standard-packed box, commonly called 13/5 bushels, shall contain an inside cubical measurement of 3,456 cubic inc…
Fla. Stat. § 601.86 Standard field boxes for fresh citrus fruit
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The standard field box or its equivalent, when used as a unit of trade or for reporting purposes, shall be of the uniform standard size of 311/2 inches long, 13 inches high, and 12 inches wide, inside measurements, and shall be divided into two compartments by a center partition …
Fla. Stat. § 601.88 Oversized boxes to be stamped
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(1) It is unlawful to use any field box that exceeds the total capacity of 4,900 cubic inches in the purchase, sale, or handling of oranges, grapefruit, or tangerines by a citrus fruit dealer from or for a grower, unless all field boxes exceeding this dimension shall have plainly…
Fla. Stat. § 601.89 Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing
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(1) Citrus fruit shall be deemed “seriously” damaged by freezing when such freezing causes:(a) Marked dryness to extend into the segments of oranges and grapefruit more than 1/2 inch at the stem end; or into segments of mandarin or hybrid varieties more than 1/4 inch at the stem …
Fla. Stat. § 601.91 Unlawful to sell, transport, prepare, receive, or deliver freeze-damaged citrus
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(1) It is unlawful at any time for any person to sell or offer for sale, to transport, or to prepare, receive, or deliver for transportation or market, except for canning, concentrating, or byproduct purposes within the state, any citrus fruit seriously damaged by freezing, as de…
Fla. Stat. § 601.92 Use of arsenic in connection with citrus
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Persons owning, managing, or tending and cultivating citrus groves or trees shall not use arsenic or any of its derivatives, or any combination, compound, or preparation containing arsenic as a fertilizer or spray on bearing citrus trees, except grapefruit trees.
Fla. Stat. § 601.93 Sale of citrus containing arsenic
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No person shall sell or offer for sale, transport, prepare, secure, or deliver for transportation or market any fruit of any variety except grapefruit which contains any arsenic or any compound or derivative of arsenic.
Fla. Stat. § 601.94 Fruit containing arsenic; powers of inspection
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Citrus fruit inspectors are authorized:(1) To inspect citrus fruit, except grapefruit, for arsenic content at any packinghouse, canning plant, concentrating plant, or other place where citrus fruit, except grapefruit, is being received or prepared for sale or transportation, and(…
Fla. Stat. § 601.95 Seizure of citrus fruit containing arsenic
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Whenever any citrus fruit inspector shall find citrus fruit, except grapefruit, at any packinghouse, canning plant, concentrating plant, or other place that the same is being received or prepared for sale or transportation which citrus fruit shall, when tested, show an abnormal a…
Fla. Stat. § 601.96 Seized fruit; taking samples for analysis
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Upon the making of seizure of any citrus fruit as provided in s. 601.95, the inspector making said seizure shall immediately draw samples therefrom, as shall be provided for by regulations to be issued by the Department of Agriculture, drawing said samples either from the packing…
Fla. Stat. § 601.97 Destruction of certain fruit containing arsenic
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All citrus fruit, except grapefruit, prepared for sale or transportation, or which is being prepared for such purpose, or which has been or is being delivered for sale or transportation that may be shown by the chemical analysis provided for in s. 601.96 to contain arsenic, or an…
Fla. Stat. § 601.98 Shipment, sale, or offer of imported citrus fruit or citrus products
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to quote, offer for sale, sell, ship, or invoice in or from Florida any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof grown and canned or concentrated in any other state or country other than Florida in such manner as to indicate in…
Fla. Stat. § 601.99 Unlawful to misbrand wrappers or packages containing citrus fruit
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It is unlawful for any person to misbrand any package or any wrapper containing citrus fruits or any container of the canned or concentrated products thereof, and all citrus fruits and the canned or concentrated products thereof shall be deemed misbranded if the package or the wr…
Fla. Stat. § 601.9901 Certificates of inspection; form
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All certificates of inspection prescribed by this chapter shall be of such number, form, size, and character as the department may by rule prescribe and shall be used in such manner as to identify the fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof to which they relate.
Fla. Stat. § 601.9902 Payment of salaries and expenses; Department of Citrus
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All salaries, costs, and expenses incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and in the performance of the department’s duties and the exercise of its powers under the laws of this state shall be proratably paid from the moneys derived from t…
Fla. Stat. § 601.9903 Annual report of Department of Citrus
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The department shall submit an annual report to the Governor concerning the work of the department. The department shall also submit such special reports concerning any phase of the department’s work as may be requested by the Governor or the Legislature or either house thereof.
Fla. Stat. § 601.99035 Annual travel report of Department of Citrus
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The department shall, at the end of each fiscal year, publish an annual travel report that states, for each department staff member and each commission member who has traveled during that year, the name of the person, the person’s position title, the date on which a claim for rei…
Fla. Stat. § 601.99036 Approval of specified salary changes
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Any change in the annual salary of an employee of the department who earns $100,000 or more must be approved by a majority of the commission before the salary adjustment is made.
Fla. Stat. § 601.9904 Frozen citrus juices; rules of Department of Citrus
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The department shall adopt and enforce rules concerning the contents, preparation, concentrating, other processing, and keeping or storing of frozen concentrated fresh citrus juices, and such rules may govern, but are not limited to, the sanitary conditions under which such produ…
Fla. Stat. § 601.9908 Canned tangerine juice; standards; labeling
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No canned tangerine juice shall be sold or offered for sale or shipped or offered for shipment which:(1) Is prepared from raw juice containing before the addition of any additive less than 9 percent total soluble solids;(2) When canned, contains less than 10 percent total soluble…
Fla. Stat. § 601.9910 Legislative findings of fact; strict enforcement of maturity standard in public interest
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(1) FINDINGS.—(a) The Legislature finds and determines and so declares that, for many years past, the shipment of raw, immature citrus fruit, generally designated as “green fruit,” from the state to consuming markets has caused the loss of millions of dollars to the citrus grower…
Fla. Stat. § 601.9911 Fruit may be sold or transported direct from producer
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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, h…