The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 601
FLORIDA CITRUS CODE

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F.S. 601.65

601.65 Liability of citrus fruit dealers.—If any licensed citrus fruit dealer violates any provision of this chapter, such dealer shall be liable to the person allegedly injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of such violation. Such liability may be enforced either by proceeding in an administrative action to and before the Department of Agriculture and pursuing such action to its ultimate termination if desired or by filing of a judicial suit at law in a court of competent jurisdiction; however, in such court suit the bond of such citrus fruit dealer theretofore posted with the Department of Agriculture pursuant to s. 601.61 shall not be amenable or subject to any judgment or other legal process issuing out of or from such court in connection with such law suit, whether cash bond or surety company bond, but such bonds shall be amenable to and enforceable only by and through administrative proceedings before the Department of Agriculture, it being the intent and purpose of the Legislature that such citrus dealer’s bond so posted with the Department of Agriculture shall be applicable and liable only for the payment of claims duly adjudicated by order of the Department of Agriculture and the determination of such adjudicated claim if and in the event such order is appealed by any aggrieved party to the administrative proceeding.

History.—s. 65, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 65-76; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 71-185; s. 157, ch. 71-355; s. 6, ch. 78-95; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 3, ch. 85-129; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Amendments to 601.65

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 601.65

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 601.65.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In PHONES FOR ALL, INC., 249 B.R. 426 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2000)

. . . Payment of a severance benefit of $432,-601.65 does not further benefit nor add to the benefit derived . . . Payment of his entire contractual benefit of $432,-601.65 is completely out of proportion to the benefits . . .

LLOYD CITRUS TRUCKING, INC. v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES,, 572 So. 2d 977 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . of Agriculture adopting the hearing officer’s recommended order stating that the language of section 601.65 . . . The sole matter on appeal is the interpretation of section 601.65, Florida Statutes (1979), addressing . . .

TOWNSEND FRUIT COMPANY, v. MAYO, E. B., 98 So. 2d 345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1957)

. . . The statutes involved are set forth in the majority opinion except for Section 601.65, Florida Statutes . . .