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Title XVII
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS

Chapter 252
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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F.S. 252.86

252.86 Penalties and remedies.—

(1) The owner or operator of a facility, an employer, or any other person submitting written information pursuant to EPCRA or this part to the commission, a committee, or a fire department shall be liable for a civil penalty of $5,000 for each item of information in the submission that is false, if such person knew or should have known the information was false or if such person submitted the information with reckless disregard of its truth or falsity. The division may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to impose and recover a civil penalty for the amount indicated in this subsection. However, the court may receive evidence in mitigation.

(2) Any person who knowingly and willfully provides false information or causes false information to be provided pursuant to EPCRA or this part to the commission, a committee, or a fire department in writing, with the intent to mislead the commission, committee, or fire department in the performance of its official duties, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) Any provision of s. 325 or s. 326 of EPCRA which creates a federal cause of action shall create a corresponding cause of action under state law, with jurisdiction in the circuit courts. Any provision of s. 325 or s. 326 of EPCRA which imposes or authorizes the imposition of a civil penalty by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or which creates a liability to the United States, shall impose or authorize the imposition of such a penalty by the division or create such a liability to and for the benefit of the state, to be paid into the Operating Trust Fund. Venue shall be proper in the county where the violation occurred or where the defendant has its principal place of business.

(4) No action may be commenced under this section if the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has commenced and is diligently pursuing an administrative order or civil action to enforce the specific requirement concerned or to impose a civil penalty under EPCRA with respect to a violation of that requirement.

History.—s. 1, ch. 88-200; s. 5, ch. 92-150; s. 38, ch. 93-120; s. 109, ch. 2011-142.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 252.86

Total Results: 20

Mayer v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-03-04

Citation: 523 So. 2d 1171, 1988 WL 16862

Snippet: 1029 (1946); Bridges v. California, 314 U.S. 252, 86 L.Ed. 192, 62 S.Ct. 190, 159 A.L.R. 1346 (1941)

Specialty Restaurants Corp. v. City of Miami

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-01-20

Citation: 501 So. 2d 101

Snippet: Restaurants Corp., and City of Miami, Appellees. Nos. 86-252, 86-325. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third

STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Cone Bros. Contracting Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-11-15

Citation: 364 So. 2d 482

Snippet: 42 S.Ct. 325, 66 L.Ed. 647 (1922) rev'g 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199 (1920) is misplaced. In Forbes the Florida

Stone v. Town of Mexico Beach

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-06-29

Citation: 348 So. 2d 40

Snippet: of Com'rs. v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199 (1920). Such a statute may be held invalid

Department of Revenue v. Leadership Hous., Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-03-03

Citation: 343 So. 2d 611

Snippet: Commissioners v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199 (1920), the term "vested rights" within

Trustees of Tufts College v. Triple R. Ranch, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-03-21

Citation: 275 So. 2d 521

Snippet: Comr's v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 1920, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199, 202. Since they are not per se unconstitutional

Petition of Rocafort

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-05-04

Citation: 186 So. 2d 496

Snippet: District v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199, at 202. Accordingly, while we commend

Beck v. Wainwright

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1962-12-19

Citation: 147 So. 2d 515

Snippet: (See Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455, 62' S.Ct. 252, 86 L.Ed. 1595; Bute v. Illinois, 333 U.S. 640, 92

Bedell v. Lassiter

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-05-21

Citation: 196 So. 699, 143 Fla. 43, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 1154

Snippet: S. 338, 42 Sup. Ct. 325,66 L.Ed. 647, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199. The money with which to pay the bonds

Robinson v. Florida Dry Cleaning & Laundry Board

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-02-23

Citation: 194 So. 269, 141 Fla. 899, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 888

Snippet: Dr. Dist. v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199. All doubts as to the constitutionality

Crooks v. State Ex Rel. Pierce

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-01-16

Citation: 194 So. 237, 141 Fla. 597

Snippet: Drainage Dist. v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252,86 So. 199; Anderson v. Ocala, 83 Fla. 344, 91 So

State Ex Rel. Seville Holding Co. v. Draughon

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1937-03-24

Citation: 173 So. 353, 127 Fla. 528, 111 A.L.R. 234, 1937 Fla. LEXIS 1484

Snippet: Draining Distr. v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 Sou. Rep. 199, concerning legislative impairment

Anders v. Nicholson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-09-20

Citation: 150 So. 639, 111 Fla. 849

Snippet: Everglades Drainage District v. Forbes, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. 199, we said: "It is also settled that constitutional

Spencer v. Hunt

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-03-24

Citation: 147 So. 282, 109 Fla. 248

Snippet: Drainage Dist. v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So.2d Rep. 199; Neisel v. Moran, 80 Fla. 98, 85

Blitch v. Buchanan

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1930-11-12

Citation: 131 So. 151, 100 Fla. 1202

Snippet: Drainage Dist. v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. R. 199; State ex rel., Clarkson v. Philips

State Ex Rel. Davis v. Rose

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-05-09

Citation: 122 So. 225, 97 Fla. 710

Snippet: District v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 So. R. 199. The information attacks two statutes

Triay v. Seals

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1923-07-21

Citation: 109 So. 427, 92 Fla. 310

Snippet: 389; Tilley v. Hudson River R. R. Co., 29 N.Y. 252, 86 Am. Dec. 297; St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of

Horton v. Kyle

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1921-03-08

Citation: 81 Fla. 274, 88 So. 757

Snippet: 742; 19 C. J. 614-736; 172 U. S. 416; 80 Fla. 252, 86 South. Rep. 199. The enactment of Chapter 7758

Chase v. County of Orange

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1921-02-28

Citation: 81 Fla. 237, 87 So. 770

Snippet: County Com’rs v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 South. Rep. 199; C. H. & N. Ry. Co. v. Welles,

Anderson v. City of Ocala

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1921-02-15

Citation: 83 Fla. 344, 91 So. 182

Snippet: of Com’rs v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, 80 Fla. 252, 86 South. Rep. 199; Schultz v. State ex rel. Swearingon