Senate Bill sb1222

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1222

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-764-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of

  3         Agriculture and Consumer Services; amending s.

  4         570.15, F.S.; requiring the department to

  5         establish rules authorizing nonagricultural

  6         vehicles to pass an agricultural inspection

  7         station without stopping and submitting to an

  8         inspection; amending s. 570.16, F.S.;

  9         prohibiting a person from impersonating an

10         inspector, agent, or other employee of the

11         department; providing a penalty; providing an

12         effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 570.15, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (5) is added to that

18  section, to read:

19         570.15  Access to places of business and vehicles.--

20         (2)  It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle,

21  other than one exempted in sub-subparagraph (1)(a)1.g. or one

22  authorized pursuant to subsection (5), to pass any official

23  agricultural inspection station without first stopping and

24  submitting the vehicle for inspection. A violation of this

25  subsection constitutes a misdemeanor of the second degree,

26  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

27         (5)  The department shall establish by rule conditions

28  and criteria by which nonagricultural laden vehicles may pass

29  an agricultural inspection station without stopping for

30  inspection.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1222
    3-764-03




  1         Section 2.  Section 570.16, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         570.16  Interference with department employees in

  4  performance of duties.--No person shall attempt, by means of

  5  any threat or violence, to deter or prevent an inspector,

  6  agent, or other employee of the department from performing any

  7  duties imposed by law upon him or her or the department and no

  8  person shall impersonate an inspector, agent, or other

  9  employee of the department.  Whoever violates this section

10  commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as

11  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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15                          SENATE SUMMARY

16    Requires that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
      Services establish rules allowing nonagricultural
17    vehicles to pass agricultural inspection stations without
      stopping for inspection. Provides that it is a
18    second-degree misdemeanor to impersonate an inspector,
      agent, or other employee of the department.
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