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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 581
Plant Industry
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CHAPTER 581

PLANT INDUSTRY

581.011  Definitions.

581.021  Continuance of powers, duties, and jurisdiction in department; privileges.

581.031  Department; powers and duties.

581.035  Preemption of regulatory authority over nurseries.

581.041  Director of Division of Plant Industry; powers and duties.

581.071  Principal responsible for actions of employees.

581.083  Introduction or release of plant pests, noxious weeds, or organisms affecting plant life.

581.091  Noxious weeds and infected plants or regulated articles; sale or distribution; receipt; information to department; withholding information.

581.101  Quarantines; declaration; confiscation of contraband; removal or tampering with tag or certificate.

581.111  Emergency.

581.121  Nursery stock; prohibited conduct.

581.122  Nursery stock; thefts and trespass.

581.131  Certificate of registration.

581.141  Certificate of registration or of inspection; revocation and suspension; fines.

581.142  Viable nursery stock; requirements for sale.

581.145  Aquatic plant nursery registration; special permit requirements.

581.151  Control of spreading decline.

581.161  Fumigation or treatment of plants and plant products.

581.181  Notice of infection of plants; destruction.

581.182  Citrus plants and citrus plant products from other states, territories, or foreign countries.

581.183  New citrus varieties.

581.184  Promulgation of rules; citrus canker eradication; voluntary destruction agreements.

581.185  Preservation of native flora of Florida.

581.186  Endangered Plant Advisory Council; organization; meetings; powers and duties.

581.187  Exemptions from s. 581.185.

581.191  Appropriations.

581.195  Direct-support organization.

581.199  Confidential business information.

581.201  Injunction.

581.211  Penalties for violations.

581.212  Handling of moneys received.