Florida Statute 593.106 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 593
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY INSECT CONTROL

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F.S. 593.106

593.106 Quarantine; regulation of articles within eradication zone.—

(1) The department may declare a quarantine against any place or political unit within this state, another state, a territory, a foreign country, or any portion thereof, in order to prevent or reduce the spread of the boll weevil in an eradication zone. It is unlawful thereafter, until such quarantine is removed, for any person to introduce into the eradication zone, or to move or dispose of within the eradication zone, any regulated article, except under rules prescribed by the department.

(2) Any regulated article that is moved into or within an eradication zone in violation of ss. 593.101-593.117 is deemed contraband and shall be confiscated by the department without payment of compensation.

History.—s. 6, ch. 87-55; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 593.106

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Cases Citing Statute 593.106

Total Results: 1

Johnson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-09-18

Citation: 994 So. 2d 960, 2008 WL 4240161

Snippet: 106 S.Ct. 3101, 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986); id., at 593, 106 S.Ct. 3101 (Blackmun., dissenting); Pope v. Illinois