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2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)
SECTION 408
Exercise of police power.
Exercise of police power.
562.408 Exercise of police power.—It is deemed by the Legislature that this law is necessary for the more efficient and proper enforcement of the statutes and laws of this state prohibiting the manufacture of, or traffic in, illicit moonshine whiskey and a lawful exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare, health, safety, and morals of the people of the state. All the provisions of this law shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes.
History.—s. 13, ch. 28073, 1953; s. 2, ch. 72-230.