Florida Statute 501.205 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 501
CONSUMER PROTECTION

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F.S. 501.205

501.205 Rulemaking authority.—

(1) The department may adopt rules which set forth with specificity acts or practices that violate this part and which prescribe procedural rules for the administration of this part. All rules and administrative actions taken by the department shall be pursuant to chapter 120.

(2) All substantive rules promulgated under this part must not be inconsistent with the rules, regulations, and decisions of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts in interpreting the provisions of s. 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. s. 45(a)(1).

History.—s. 1, ch. 73-124; s. 22, ch. 78-95; s. 2, ch. 79-386; s. 2, ch. 83-117; s. 3, ch. 90-190; s. 1, ch. 92-1; s. 3, ch. 92-133; s. 5, ch. 93-38.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 501.205

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 501.205.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 501.205

Total Results: 12

DLA v. Father & Son Moving & Storage

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-09-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 643 So. 2d 22

Snippet: prohibited. The trial court reasoned that section 501.205 required an administrative rule delineating exactly…conduct was prohibited by section 501.204. Section 501.205 provides in pertinent part: (1) The department …Admin. Code Rule 2-907 adopted pursuant to section 501.205(1). Although the court in Rogers recognized that…specific holding was that sections 501.204 and 501.205 are constitutional as they are not vague and indefinite…specific rule or regulation pursuant to section 501.205 is not needed to find that conduct was unfair or

Storer Communications, Inc. v. State, Dept. of Legal Affairs

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-07-31T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 591 So. 2d 238

Snippet: section 501.204. We should conclude that section 501.205 requires the Department to promulgate rules which…conduct prohibited by section 501.204. Section 501.205 subjects all Department rules and administrative

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-02-14T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: of that act."; and AGO 73-459. 5 Section 501.205(1), F.S. 6 Rule 2-15.001(1), F.A.C. 7 See generally

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1988-12-19T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: within the advertised price. Question One Section 501.205(1), F.S., requires the Department of Legal Affairs

Anden v. Litinsky

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 472 So. 2d 825

Snippet: Home Construction and Improvements." See § 501.205, Fla. Stat. (1979). Section 2-15.03(1) thereof

Bert Smith Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Franklin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-05-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 400 So. 2d 1235

Snippet: or practices that violate this [Act]." § 501.205, id. It also provides that violation of a rule

Askew v. Cross Key Waterways

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1978-11-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 372 So. 2d 913

Snippet: definite than the guidelines of Sections 501.204 and 501.205, Florida Statutes (1975), which were upheld against

State ex rel. Reno v. Barquet

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-05-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 358 So. 2d 230, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15865

Snippet: the “little F.T.C. Act.” Sections 501.204 and 501.205 Florida Statutes are constitutional. Department

Black v. Department of Legal Affairs

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-12-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 353 So. 2d 655

Snippet: NOTES [1] § 501.204, Fla. Stat. (1975). [2] § 501.205, Fla. Stat. (1975). [3] § 501.203(3), Fla. Stat

Shevin v. Cenville Communities, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1976-10-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 338 So. 2d 1281, 1976 Fla. LEXIS 4560

Snippet: Rogers, 329 So.2d 257 (Fla. 1976). . See Section 501.205, Fla.Stat. (1975). . Section 501.203(4), Fla.

Department of Legal Affairs v. Rogers

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1976-02-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 329 So. 2d 257

Snippet: the constitutionality of Sections 501.204 and 501.205, Florida Statutes, and finds the same to be unconstitutionally… could be granted in that Sections 501.204 and 501.205, Florida Statutes, constitute unlawful delegations…constitutional challenge to Sections 501.204 and 501.205, Florida Statutes, and that judgment could be rendered…constitutionality vel non of Sections 501.204 and 501.205, Florida Statutes, the trial judge concluded that…constitutional challenge of vagueness." Section 501.205, Florida Statutes, provides: "Rule-making

Lavers v. State, Department of Legal Affairs

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-01-29T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 326 So. 2d 80, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14263

Snippet: Department and the cabinet were directed by § 501.205, F.S.1973, to adopt rules “which prohibit with