Florida Statute 403.191 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 403
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

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F.S. 403.191

403.191 Construction in relation to other law.—

(1) It is the purpose of this act to provide additional and cumulative remedies to prevent, abate, and control the pollution of the air and waters of the state. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to abridge or alter rights of action or remedies in equity under the common law or statutory law, criminal or civil, nor shall any provisions of this act, or any act done by virtue thereof, be construed as estopping the state or any municipality, or person affected by air or water pollution, in the exercise of their rights in equity or under the common law or statutory law to suppress nuisances or to abate pollution.

(2) No civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action which is a violation of any rule or regulation of the department shall be excluded or impaired by the provisions of this chapter.

(3) This act shall limit and restrict the application of chapter 24952, 1947, Laws of Florida, to any person operating any industrial plant that has located in the State of Florida in reliance thereon and exercised rights and powers granted thereby on and before the effective date of this act; provided such person shall henceforth in the exercise of such rights and powers install and use treatment works or control measures generally equivalent to those installed and used by other similar industrial plants pursuant to the requirements of the department.

History.—s. 20, ch. 67-436; ss. 26, 35, ch. 69-106.

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Total Results: 7

ARAMARK UNIFORM AND APPAREL v. Easton

894 So. 2d 20, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 551, 34 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20115, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1743, 2004 WL 2251847

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 7, 2004 | Docket: 1767704

Cited 37 times | Published

interpreting a cumulative remedies clause in section 403.191, Florida Statutes (1995), to foreclose other

Flo-Sun, Inc. v. Kirk

783 So. 2d 1029, 2001 WL 298917

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 2001 | Docket: 1259675

Cited 21 times | Published

primarily on the "cumulative remedies" clause in section 403.191, Florida Statutes (1995), the Fourth District

State Ex Rel. Shevin v. Tampa Electric Company

291 So. 2d 45, 4 P.U.R.4th 393

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 16, 1974 | Docket: 2571868

Cited 15 times | Published

Pollution Control Act, Chapter 403, F.S. 1971, § 403.191(1) F.S.A. of which provides: "(1) It is the purpose

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

cumulative to the remedies provided in that chapter. § 403.191; State ex rel. Shevin at 48, n. 8. Therefore,

Kirk v. US Sugar Corp.

726 So. 2d 822, 1999 WL 44336

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 3, 1999 | Docket: 1307419

Cited 1 times | Published

court's reference is to language contained in section 403.191(1), Florida Statutes, as follows: Nothing contained

Jax Utilities Management, Inc. v. Hancock Bank, A Foreign Corp.

164 So. 3d 1266

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 2015 | Docket: 2663945

Published

affect any other lien arising at common law....”); § 403.191(1), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“Nothing contained herein

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

cumulative to the remedies provided in that chapter. § 403.191; State ex rel. Shevin at 48, n. 8. Therefore,