Florida Statute 501.208 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXIII
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Chapter 501
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F.S. 501.208

501.208 Cease and desist orders; procedures.—

(1) Whenever the Department of Legal Affairs has reason to believe that a person has been, or is, violating this part, and if it appears to the department that a cease and desist order against such violation would be in the interest of the public, it shall issue and serve upon such person a complaint and order stating its charges in that respect and containing a notice of a hearing upon a day and at the place therein fixed at least 30 days after the service of said complaint. Said hearing shall be held in conformity with the provisions of chapter 120.

(2) The department may modify or set aside its order at any time by rehearing upon its own motion when such rehearing is in the interest of the public welfare.

(3) Judicial review of orders of the department shall be in accordance with the provisions of s. 120.68 and shall take precedence over other civil cases pending and shall be expedited in every way.

(4) An order of the department to cease and desist shall not become effective until 10 days after all administrative action has been concluded or, if appeal is made to the district court of appeal and bond is posted, until a final order has been entered by that court.

(5) No cease and desist order shall act as a limitation upon any other action or remedy available to a person aggrieved by a violation of this act.

(6) When a court remands an order of the department for rehearing, such rehearing shall be held within 45 days after the remand.

(7) Any person who violates a cease and desist order of the department after it has become final and while such order is in effect shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation which shall accrue to the state and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the state. Each separate violation of such an order shall be a separate offense, except that in the case of a violation through continuing failure or neglect to obey a final order of the department, each day of continuance of such failure or neglect shall be deemed a separate offense.

History.—s. 1, ch. 73-124; s. 22, ch. 78-95; s. 4, ch. 79-386.

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SDS Autos, Inc. v. Chrzanowski

976 So. 2d 600, 2007 WL 4145222

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 26, 2007 | Docket: 2448868

Cited 8 times | Published

to prevent future violations of the act. See § 501.208, Fla. Stat. (2005). These procedures concededly

3B TV, INC. v. State, Office of Atty. Gen.

794 So. 2d 744, 2001 WL 1110559

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 2001 | Docket: 1473403

Cited 5 times | Published

not in compliance....").[1] Significantly, section 501.208(7) of DUTPA, which governs violations of Department

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

591 So. 2d 238, 1991 WL 138900

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 31, 1991 | Docket: 432842

Cited 5 times | Published

entitled to a cease and desist order pursuant to section 501.208 *242 because the Department had not promulgated

Quick Cash v. STATE, DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

605 So. 2d 898, 1992 WL 206432

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 1992 | Docket: 1702236

Cited 1 times | Published

desist order in an appropriate case under section 501.208, Florida Statutes (1991). Significantly, the

George Tershakovec v. Ford Motor Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 7, 2023 | Docket: 66655403

Published

Argued: Dec 16, 2022

civil pen- alties for violations.8 Id. § 501.208(7). Finally, the Department of Legal Affairs

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Feb 27, 1976 | Docket: 3258307

Published

Practices Act to the leasing of real property. Section 501.208, F. S., grants to the enforcing authority the

Lavers v. State, Department of Legal Affairs

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 1976 | Docket: 64552209

Published

petition for review is before us in accordance with § 501.208(3), F.S.1973, which invokes the Administrative