Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5B - Division of Plant Industry › Chapter 5B-40 - PRESERVATION OF NATIVE FLORA OF FLORIDA › Section 5B-40.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) For the purpose of this rule chapter, the
				definitions in sections
				581.011 and
				581.185(2),
				F.S., and the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Commercially exploited plant list. Plants
				designated in paragraph
				5B-40.0055(1)(c),
				F.A.C., as commercially exploited.
(b) Commissioner. The Commissioner of
				Agriculture as head of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
				Services.
(c) Council. The
				Endangered Plant Advisory Council.
(d) Department. The Florida Department of
				Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(e) Director. The Director for the Division
				of Plant Industry.
(f) Eligible
				Applicant. A corporation that is designated as not-for-profit pursuant to
				section 501(c)(3) of the
				Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and which is described in, and allowed to
				receive contributions pursuant to the provisions of Section
				170 of the Internal Revenue Code
				of 1954, and which is a corporation not for profit incorporated pursuant to
				chapter 617, F.S., and which can demonstrate, based on program criteria, the
				ability to protect, conserve, propagate, reintroduce, and monitor endangered
				and threatened native flora.
(g)
				Endangered Native Flora. A plant listed on the Endangered Plant List of the
				Regulated Plant Index designated in paragraph
				5B-40.0055(1)(a),
				F.A.C.
(h) Endangered Plant List.
				Plants designated in paragraph
				5B-40.0055(1)(a),
				F.A.C., as endangered.
(i) Grant
				Award. The dollar amount of a grant approved by the Commissioner within the
				Endangered and Threatened Native Flora Conservation Grants program.
(j) Grant Award Contract. The contract signed
				by the Commissioner and the Grantee which establishes the grant award,
				applicable rules, regulations, and any special conditions for each grant
				award.
(k) Grant Period. The length
				of time in which a project will be accomplished as set forth in the Grant Award
				Contract by the starting date and the ending date.
(l) Grantee. The recipient of a grant
				award.
(m) Native Plant. A plant
				species, subspecies, or variety of species that is presumed to have been
				present in Florida before European contact.
(n) Permit. An official written document
				issued by the department giving consent to the permittee to harvest
				commercially exploited or endangered plants under conditions described
				thereon.
(o) Shipment or Shipments.
				The act or process of transferring or moving plants or plant products from one
				point to another.
(p) Threatened
				Native Flora. A plant listed on the Threatened Plant List of the Regulated
				Plant Index designated in paragraph
				5B-40.0055(1)(b),
				F.A.C.
(q) Threatened Plant List.
				Plants designated in paragraph
				5B-40.0055(1)(b),
				F.A.C., as threatened.
(r) Viable.
				A state of health whereby a plant is capable of surviving and functioning in a
				way which is common for the species to which it belongs.