Florida Statute 379.29 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE

Chapter 379
FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

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F.S. 379.29

379.29 Contaminating fresh waters.—

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to cause any dyestuff, coal tar, oil, sawdust, poison, or deleterious substances to be thrown, run, or drained into any of the fresh running waters of this state in quantities sufficient to injure, stupefy, or kill fish which may inhabit the same at or below the point where any such substances are discharged, or caused to flow or be thrown into such waters; provided, that it shall not be a violation of this section for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in any mining industry to cause any water handled or used in any branch of such industry to be discharged on the surface of land where such industry or branch thereof is being carried on under such precautionary measures as shall be approved by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

(2) A person, firm, or corporation that violates this section commits a Level Two violation under s. 379.401.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 22009, 1943; s. 317, ch. 71-136; s. 164, ch. 99-245; s. 61, ch. 2008-247; s. 5, ch. 2016-107.

Note.—Former s. 372.85.

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Amendments to 379.29

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 379.29

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S379.29 - CONSERVATION-ENVIRONMENT - REMOVED - M: F

S379.29 - CONSERVATION-ENVIRONMENT - REMOVED - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 379.29

Total Results: 4

Inquiry Concerning a Judge, re Angel

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-02-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 867 So. 2d 379, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 87, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 228

Snippet: Pariente, Quince, Wells 19 February 2004 867 So. 2d 379, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 87, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 228 Richard

Baker v. Baker

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1927-12-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 114 So. 661, 94 Fla. 1001

Snippet: Fla. 881, 89 So. 132; Smith v. Smith, 51 S.C. 379, 29 S.E. Rep. 227; Holcomb v. Holcomb, 49 Wn. 498.

Coons v. Pritchard ex rel. Pritchard

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1915-03-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 69 Fla. 362

Snippet: ; Loftus v. Dehail, 133 Cal. 214, 65 Pac. Rep. 379; 29 Cyc. 541-642; 26 Cyc. 1218; Alabama Mineral *385R

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Benedict Pineapple Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1906-06-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 52 Fla. 165

Snippet: Kansas City, Ft. S. & M. R. Co., 48 Kans. 379, 29 Pac. Rep. 696. As is said in 1 Tidd’s Prac. 451