Florida Statutes|Chapter 601

Section 601.01  -  Short title.

Section 601.02  -  Purposes.

Section 601.03  -  Definitions.

Section 601.04  -  Florida Citrus Commission; creation and membership.

Section 601.041  -  The Friends of Florida Citrus Program; advisory council.

Section 601.045  -  Commission meetings; report of department’s internal auditor.

Section 601.05  -  Department of Citrus a body corporate.

Section 601.06  -  Compensation and expenses of commission members.

Section 601.07  -  Location of executive offices.

Section 601.08  -  Authenticated copies of commission records as evidence.

Section 601.09  -  Citrus districts.

Section 601.091  -  Florida SunRidge, Indian River, and Gulf production areas, boundaries and designation.

Section 601.10  -  Powers of the Department of Citrus.

Section 601.101  -  Ownership of rights under patent and trademark laws developed or acquired under this chapter.

Section 601.11  -  Department of Citrus; power to establish standards; rulemaking authority.

Section 601.111  -  Maturity standards; modification by emergency rule.

Section 601.13  -  Citrus research; administration by Department of Citrus; appropriation.

Section 601.15  -  Advertising campaign; methods of conducting; assessments; emergency reserve fund; citrus research.

Section 601.152  -  Special marketing orders.

Section 601.155  -  Equalizing assessment; credit; exemption.

Section 601.24  -  Department of Citrus to prescribe methods of testing and grading.

Section 601.25  -  Determination of soluble solids and acid.

Section 601.27  -  Department of Agriculture; citrus inspectors.

Section 601.28  -  Inspection fees.

Section 601.281  -  Road guard fees.

Section 601.29  -  Powers of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Section 601.31  -  Citrus inspectors; employment.

Section 601.32  -  Compensation of inspectors.

Section 601.33  -  Interference with inspectors.

Section 601.34  -  Duties of law enforcement officers.

Section 601.35  -  Disputes as to quality, etc.; procedure.

Section 601.36  -  Inspection information required when two or more lots of fruit run simultaneously.

Section 601.37  -  Unlawful acts of inspectors.

Section 601.38  -  Citrus inspectors; authority.

Section 601.39  -  Special inspectors.

Section 601.40  -  Registration of citrus packinghouses, processing plants with Department of Agriculture.

Section 601.41  -  Operation without registration unlawful.

Section 601.42  -  Revocation of registration.

Section 601.43  -  Immature and unfit citrus fruit; individual sampling.

Section 601.44  -  Destruction of immature fruit.

Section 601.45  -  Grading of fresh citrus fruit.

Section 601.46  -  Condition precedent to sale of citrus fruit.

Section 601.461  -  Falsification of weights; penalty.

Section 601.47  -  Condition precedent to processing citrus.

Section 601.471  -  Definition of “canned or concentrated citrus fruit products” expanded.

Section 601.48  -  Grading processed citrus products.

Section 601.49  -  Condition precedent to selling processed citrus products.

Section 601.50  -  Exemptions; sale or shipment of citrus or citrus products for certain purposes.

Section 601.501  -  Charitable shipments exempt from assessments.

Section 601.51  -  Certification required for shipment of citrus fruit or products.

Section 601.52  -  Carriers not to accept fruit without evidence of payment of assessments and fees.

Section 601.53  -  Unlawful to process unwholesome citrus.

Section 601.54  -  Seizure of unwholesome fruit by Department of Agriculture’s agents.

Section 601.55  -  Citrus fruit dealer; license required.

Section 601.56  -  Application for dealers’ licenses; requirements.

Section 601.57  -  Examination of application; approval of dealers’ licenses.

Section 601.58  -  Application approval or disapproval.

Section 601.59  -  Dealer’s license fee; agent’s registration fee.

Section 601.60  -  Issuance of dealers’ licenses.

Section 601.601  -  Registration of dealers’ agents.

Section 601.61  -  Bond requirements of citrus fruit dealers.

Section 601.611  -  Applicable law in event ch. 61-389 held invalid.

Section 601.64  -  Citrus fruit dealers; unlawful acts.

Section 601.641  -  Fraudulent representations, penalties.

Section 601.65  -  Liability of citrus fruit dealers.

Section 601.66  -  Complaints of violations by citrus fruit dealers; procedure; bond distribution; court action on bond.

Section 601.67  -  Disciplinary action by Department of Agriculture against citrus fruit dealers.

Section 601.671  -  Appropriation of fines collected.

Section 601.68  -  Investigation of violations.

Section 601.69  -  Records to be kept by citrus fruit dealers.

Section 601.70  -  Inspection of records by Department of Agriculture.

Section 601.701  -  Penalty for failure to keep records.

Section 601.72  -  Penalties for violations.

Section 601.73  -  Additional methods of enforcement.

Section 601.731  -  Transporting citrus on highways; name and dealer designation on vehicles; load identification; penalty.

Section 601.74  -  Fees for licensing and analysis of processing materials.

Section 601.76  -  Manufacturer to furnish formula and other information.

Section 601.79  -  To color grapefruit and tangerines prohibited.

Section 601.80  -  Unlawful to use uncertified coloring matter.

Section 601.85  -  Standard shipping box for fresh fruit.

Section 601.86  -  Standard field boxes for fresh citrus fruit.

Section 601.88  -  Oversized boxes to be stamped.

Section 601.89  -  Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing.

Section 601.91  -  Unlawful to sell, transport, prepare, receive, or deliver freeze-damaged citrus.

Section 601.92  -  Use of arsenic in connection with citrus.

Section 601.93  -  Sale of citrus containing arsenic.

Section 601.94  -  Fruit containing arsenic; powers of inspection.

Section 601.95  -  Seizure of citrus fruit containing arsenic.

Section 601.96  -  Seized fruit; taking samples for analysis.

Section 601.97  -  Destruction of certain fruit containing arsenic.

Section 601.98  -  Shipment, sale, or offer of imported citrus fruit or citrus products.

Section 601.99  -  Unlawful to misbrand wrappers or packages containing citrus fruit.

Section 601.9901  -  Certificates of inspection; form.

Section 601.9902  -  Payment of salaries and expenses; Department of Citrus.

Section 601.9903  -  Annual report of Department of Citrus.

Section 601.99035  -  Annual travel report of Department of Citrus.

Section 601.99036  -  Approval of specified salary changes.

Section 601.9904  -  Frozen citrus juices; rules of Department of Citrus.

Section 601.9908  -  Canned tangerine juice; standards; labeling.

Section 601.9910  -  Legislative findings of fact; strict enforcement of maturity standard in public interest.

Section 601.9911  -  Fruit may be sold or transported direct from producer.

Section 601.9912  -  Penalties.

Section 601.9918  -  Rules related to issuance and use of symbols.

Section 601.992  -  Collection of dues and other payments on behalf of certain nonprofit corporations engaged in market news and grower education.