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Fla. Stat. § 373.336 (2025)

Unlawful acts; penalties.

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373.336 Unlawful acts; penalties.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person or business entity, as applicable, to do any of the following:

(a) Practice water well contracting without an active license issued pursuant to this part.

(b) Construct, repair, or abandon a water well, or operate drilling equipment for such purpose, unless employed by or under the supervision of a licensed water well contractor or exempt under s. 373.326.

(d) Present as his or her own the license of another.

(e) Use or attempt to use a license to practice water well contracting which license has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive status.

(f) Engage in willful or repeated violation of this part or of any department rule or regulation or water management district or state agency rule or regulation relating to water wells which endangers the public health, safety, and welfare.

(g) Advertise water well drilling or construction services if the business entity is not owned by a licensed water well contractor or does not employ a full-time water well contractor.

(2) It is unlawful for a business entity to engage in water well contracting or to perform any activity for which a license as a water well contractor is required unless a licensed water well contractor is responsible for supervising such activity of the business entity.

(3) A person who violates this part or a regulation or an order issued hereunder commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Continuing violation after an order or a conviction constitutes a separate violation for each day so continued.

History.—s. 11, part III, ch. 72-299; s. 17, ch. 73-190; s. 1, ch. 84-94; ss. 19, 23, 24, ch. 88-242; s. 57, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 605, ch. 95-148; s. 3, ch. 2024-143.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1979–1979 · leading case: Compass Lake Hills Dev. Corp. v. State, Dep't of Cmty. Affairs, Div. of State Plan., 379 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979).

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Compass Lake Hills Dev. Corp. v. State, Dep't of Cmty. Affairs, Div. of State Plan., 379 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). · cites it 2× “Section 373.336, Florida Statutes. Upon a review of the foregoing statutory provisions concerning the purpose of the Act, the role of the Department, and statutory provisions for enforcement, as applied to the factual circumstances present here, we have difficulty in reconciling…”

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