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Fla. Stat. § 581.021 (2025)

Continuance of powers, duties, and jurisdiction in department; privileges.

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581.021 Continuance of powers, duties, and jurisdiction in department; privileges.
(1) This chapter shall be enforced by and under the control of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as provided in chapter 570.
(2) The department, through the Division of Plant Industry, shall have and exercise all the powers, jurisdiction, duties, and authority exercised by, or required of, the State Plant Board, and the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the division within the department.
(3) The division and its employees shall be provided the same suitable quarters and faculty privileges, including but not limited to library facilities, by the University of Florida as the State Plant Board and its employees now enjoy.
History.s. 2, ch. 59-261; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 78-95.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: State v. Sun Gardens Citrus, LLP, 780 So. 2d 922 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).
State v. Sun Gardens Citrus, LLP, 780 So. 2d 922 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). “Thus, Florida's legislature has not spoken to this precise issue. Because the statutes are silent, the question for the trial court was whether the Department's interpretation of its own rule is reasonable.”
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