Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Omnibus agriculture bill adds contractor prompt-pay duty, new crimes, and local preemptions
Florida Statutes affected
| s. 125.489 | |
| s. 163.3164 | Community Planning Act; definitions. |
| s. 163.3202 | Land development regulations. |
| s. 166.063 | |
| s. 212.055 | Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds. |
| s. 212.08 | Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. |
| s. 253.0341 | Surplus of state-owned lands. |
| s. 259.1053 | Babcock Ranch Preserve; Babcock Ranch Advisory Group. |
| s. 287.056 | Purchases from purchasing agreements and state term contracts; vendor disqualification. |
| s. 287.1351 | Suspended vendors; state contracts. |
| s. 287.138 | Contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern prohibited. |
| s. 288.1175 | Agriculture education and promotion facility. |
| s. 322.12 | Examination of applicants. |
| s. 322.36 | Permitting unauthorized operator to drive. |
| s. 377.71 | Definitions; Southern States Energy Compact. |
| s. 377.711 | Florida party to Southern States Energy Compact. |
| s. 377.712 | Florida participation. |
| s. 403.0855 | Biosolids management. |
| s. 482.071 | Licenses. |
| s. 482.161 | Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement. |
| s. 482.165 | Unlicensed practice of pest control; cease and desist order; injunction; civil suit and penalty. |
| s. 489.105 | Definitions. |
| s. 489.1295 | |
| s. 500.04 | Prohibited acts. |
| s. 500.177 | Penalty for violation of s. 500.04; dissemination of false advertisement. |
| s. 500.81 | Healthy Food Financing Initiative. |
| s. 500.93 | Mislabeling of plant-based products as milk, meat, or poultry. |
| s. 501.013 | Health studios; exemptions. |
| s. 501.062 | |
| s. 570.07 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; functions, powers, and duties. |
| s. 570.822 | Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Emergency Recovery Loan Program. |
| s. 570.832 | |
| s. 570.846 | |
| s. 570.85 | Agritourism. |
| s. 570.86 | Definitions. |
| s. 573.112 | Advisory council. |
| s. 581.031 | Department; powers and duties. |
| s. 583.01 | Definitions. |
| s. 590.02 | Florida Forest Service; powers, authority, and duties; liability; building structures; Withlacoochee Training Center. |
| s. 595.421 | |
| s. 597.004 | Aquaculture certificate of registration. |
| s. 597.010 | Shellfish regulation; leases. |
| s. 599.012 | Florida Wine Trust Fund; creation. |
| s. 601.13 | Citrus research; administration by Department of Citrus; appropriation. |
| s. 616.001 | Definitions. |
| s. 616.01 | Number of persons required; requisites of proposed charter. |
| s. 616.02 | Acknowledgment of charter. |
| s. 616.03 | Notice of application; approval and record of charter. |
| s. 616.05 | Amendment of charter. |
| s. 616.051 | Dissolving a charter. |
| s. 616.07 | Members not personally liable; property of association held in trust; exempt from taxation. |
| s. 616.101 | Annual review of accounts and records. |
| s. 616.15 | Permit from Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services required. |
| s. 616.185 | Trespass upon grounds or facilities of public fair; penalty; arrests. |
| s. 616.251 | Florida State Fair Authority; creation; responsibility for staging annual state fair. |
| s. 624.4032 | Nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans. |
| s. 843.085 | Unlawful use of badges or other indicia of authority. |
| s. 934.02 | Definitions. |
| s. 934.51 |
Side-by-side: current law vs. the bill
s. 125.489, F.S.
New section — not in current law.
125.489 Preemption of restrictions on gasoline-powered farm equipment or gasoline-powered landscape equipment.—
(1) As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Gasoline-powered farm equipment” means any machine powered by an internal combustion engine or motor that uses gasoline, diesel, or a blend of gasoline and oil which is used on a farm or used to transport farm products.
(b) “Gasoline-powered landscape equipment” means any machine powered by an internal combustion engine or motor that uses gasoline, diesel, or a blend of gasoline and oil which is used to provide landscape management or maintenance or to move leaves, dirt, grass, or other debris off of sidewalks, driveways, lawns, or other surfaces.
(2) A county may not enact or enforce a resolution, an ordinance, a rule, a code, or a policy or take any action that restricts or prohibits the use of gasoline-powered farm equipment or gasoline-powered landscape equipment and may not create differing standards for such equipment or distinguish such equipment from any electric or similar equipment in a retail, manufacturer, or distributor setting.
(3) This section does not prohibit or limit a county from encouraging the use of alternative farm or landscape equipment, such as battery-powered farm or landscape equipment.
Bill section 2
Not codified in the Florida Statutes.
Present subsections (18) through (30) and (31) through (54) of section 163.3164, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (19) through (31) and (33) through (56), respectively, and new subsections (18) and (32) are added to that section, to read:
163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions.—As used in this act:
(18) “Ecologically significant parcel” means a parcel of land located within the boundaries of a low-density municipality which is currently undeveloped and has been designated as either rural, conservation, agricultural, or greenspace as provided by a local government comprehensive plan developed pursuant to s. 163.3177.
(32) “Low-density municipality” means a municipality existing on or before January 1, 2025, which is less than 2,500 acres in total size and contains a population of 5,000 or fewer legal residents.
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