HB 0945 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Agriculture recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to the Department of Agriculture and
12	Consumer Services; amending s. 570.15, F.S.; requiring the
13	department to establish rules authorizing nonagricultural
14	vehicles to pass an agricultural inspection station
15	without stopping and submitting to an inspection; amending
16	s. 570.16, F.S.; prohibiting a person from impersonating
17	an inspector, agent, or other employee of the department;
18	providing a penalty; providing an effective date.
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20	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 570.15, Florida
23	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (5) is added to that
24	section, to read:
25	570.15 Access to places of business and vehicles.--
26	(2) It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other
27	than one exempted in sub-subparagraph (1)(a)1.g. or one
28	authorized pursuant to subsection (5), to pass any official
29	agricultural inspection station without first stopping and
30	submitting the vehicle for inspection. A violation of this
31	subsection constitutes a misdemeanor of the second degree,
32	punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
33	(5) The department shall establish by rule conditions and
34	criteria by which nonagricultural laden vehicles may pass an
35	agricultural inspection station without stopping for inspection.
36	Section 2. Section 570.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to
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38	570.16 Interference with department employees in
39	performance of duties.--No person shall attempt, by means of any
40	threat or violence, to deter or prevent an inspector, agent, or
41	other employee of the department from performing any duties
42	imposed by law upon him or her or the department and no person
43	shall impersonate an inspector, agent, or other employee of the
44	department. Whoever violates this section commits a misdemeanor
45	of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
46	775.083.
47	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.