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Timestamp: 2018-12-10 00:15:52
Document Index: 353544927

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 570', '§ 570', '§ 62', '§ 7', '§ 5', '§ 2', '§ 42', '§ 111', '§ 47', '§ 62', '§ 47', '§ 111', '§ 47', '§ 111', '§ 47', '§ 111']

Primary Citation: West's F. S. A. § 570.65; 570.15; 570.051 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: February, 2018 Alternate Citation: FL ST § 570.65, 570.15, 570.051
570.073. Renumbered as 570.65 by Laws 2014, c. 2014-150, § 62, eff. July 1, 2014
(1) The commissioner may create an Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement under the supervision of a senior manager exempt under s. 110.205 in the Senior Management Service. The commissioner may designate law enforcement officers, as necessary, to enforce any criminal law or conduct any criminal investigation or to enforce the provisions of any statute or any other laws of this state. Officers appointed under this section shall have the primary responsibility for enforcing laws relating to agriculture and consumer services, as outlined in this section, [1] and have jurisdiction over [2] violations of law which threaten the overall security and safety of this state's agriculture and consumer services. The primary responsibilities of officers appointed under this section include the enforcement of laws relating to:
(g) Civil traffic offenses as provided in [3] state law.
(k) [4] The responsibilities of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 92-291, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 93-169, § 5, eff. May 5, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 95-141, § 2, eff. May 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 98-34, § 42, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 2002-20, § 111, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2002, c. 2002-295, § 47, eff. July 1, 2002. Renumbered from 570.073 by Laws 2014, c. 2014-150, § 62, eff. July 1, 2014.
1 As amended by Laws 2002, c. 2002-295, § 47. The amendment by Laws 2002-20, § 111, substitutes the word “below” for the words “in this section.”
2 As amended by Laws 2002, c. 2002-295, § 47. The amendment by Laws 2002-20, § 111, does not include the words “have jurisdiction over.”
3 As amended by Laws 2002, c. 2002-295, § 47. The amendment by Laws 2002-20, § 111, substitutes the word “outlined under” for the words “provided in.”
4 Reviser's Note--2002: As enacted by s. 47, ch. 2002-295. For a description of multiple acts in the same session affecting a statutory provision, see preface to the Florida Statutes, “Statutory Construction.” Paragraph (k) was also enacted by s. 111, ch. 2002-20, and that version reads:
“(k) Any law over which the Commissioner of Agriculture has responsibility.”