Florida Statute 403.131 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 403
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

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403.131 Injunctive relief, remedies.—

(1) The department may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to seek injunctive relief to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule, regulation, permit certification, or order; to enjoin any violation specified in s. 403.161(1); and to seek injunctive relief to prevent irreparable injury to the air, waters, and property, including animal, plant, and aquatic life, of the state and to protect human health, safety, and welfare caused or threatened by any violation.

(2) All the judicial and administrative remedies to recover damages and penalties in this section and s. 403.121 are alternative and mutually exclusive.

History.—s. 14, ch. 67-436; ss. 26, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-139; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 2, ch. 72-286; s. 3, ch. 2001-258; s. 27, ch. 2020-158.

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Total Results: 7

St. Regis Paper Company v. State

237 So. 2d 797, 1 ERC 1515

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 14, 1970 | Docket: 1726583

Cited 30 times | Published

injunctive relief may be sought as provided under § 403.131." (Emphasis supplied.) Subsection (2) of § 403

STATE BY & THRO. STATE ATTY. v. Gen. Dev. Corp.

448 So. 2d 1074

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 1984 | Docket: 2547049

Cited 6 times | Published

department may institute" the available actions. Section 403.131(1), Florida Statutes (1981), provides: "The

ST. v. Falls Chase Spec. Taxing Dist.

424 So. 2d 787

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 1983 | Docket: 1297053

Cited 3 times | Published

injunctive relief in a circuit court, under section 403.131, Fla. Stat., and fines under section 403.141

DEPT. OF ENVIRON. PROTECTION v. Gibbins

696 So. 2d 888, 1997 WL 317044

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 13, 1997 | Docket: 1326001

Cited 2 times | Published

from denying DEP access to his property. See § 403.131, Fla. Stat. (1993). On 30 January 1995, DEP moved

State Department of Environmental Regulation v. Kaszyk

590 So. 2d 1010, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 12258, 1991 WL 259267

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 10, 1991 | Docket: 64663942

Published

enforce the consent orders and, pursuant to section 403.131, Florida Statutes (1989), to enjoin further

State ex rel. State Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit v. General Development Corp.

448 So. 2d 1074, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12361

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 1984 | Docket: 64604295

Published

department may institute" the available actions. Section 403.131(1), Florida Statutes (1981), provides: "The

State ex rel. Florida Air & Water Pollution Control Commission v. St. Regis Paper Co.

257 So. 2d 253, 3 ERC 1908, 3 ERC (BNA) 1908, 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3089

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 23, 1971 | Docket: 64524159

Published

those circumstances coming within the purview of § 403.131. The trial court is directed to grant the instant

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