SB 700: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
GENERAL BILL by Truenow
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing that certain positions in the department are exempt from the Career Service System; prohibiting a person from knowingly or willfully performing certain actions on lands classified as agricultural; requiring that certain lands owned by an electric utility be offered for sale for less than fee simple acquisition of development rights by this state before certain circumstances; requiring local governmental entities to issue permits for electric vehicle charging stations based on specified standards and provisions of law, etc.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/13/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
Related Bills
| Bill Number | Subject | Filed By | Relationship | Last Action and Location | Track Bills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 651 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Tuck | Similar | Last Action: 2/14/2025 H Filed |
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| Citation | Catchline | Location in Bill Location In Bill Help |
|---|---|---|
| 110.205 | Career service; exemptions. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 125.01 | Powers and duties. | Page 96 (pdf) |
| 163.3162 | Agricultural Lands and Practices. | Page 97 (pdf) |
| 163.3163 | Applications for development permits; disclosure and acknowledgment of contiguous sustainable agricultural land. | Page 100 (pdf) |
| 163.3164 | Community Planning Act; definitions. | Page 100 (pdf) |
| 163.3194 | Legal status of comprehensive plan. | Page 101 (pdf) |
| 170.01 | Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited. | Page 102 (pdf) |
| 186.801 | Ten-year site plans. | Page 19 (pdf) |
| 189.062 | Special procedures for inactive districts. | Page 121 (pdf) |
| 193.052 | Preparation and serving of returns. | Page 102 (pdf) |
| 193.461 | Agricultural lands; classification and assessment; mandated eradication or quarantine program; natural disasters. | Page 20 (pdf) |
| 193.4615 | Assessment of obsolete agricultural equipment. | Page 103 (pdf) |
| 201.25 | Tax exemptions for certain loans. | Page 21 (pdf) |
| 212.08 | Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. | Page 103 (pdf) |
| 295.07 | Preference in appointment and retention. | Page 96 (pdf) |
| 330.41 | Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. | Page 22 (pdf) |
| 366.20 | Page 25 (pdf) | |
| 366.94 | Electric vehicle charging. | Page 26 (pdf) |
| 373.406 | Exemptions. | Page 106 (pdf) |
| 388.011 | Definitions. | Page 28 (pdf) |
| 388.021 | Creation of mosquito control districts. | Page 28 (pdf) |
| 388.181 | Power to do all things necessary. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 388.201 | District budgets; hearing. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 388.241 | Board of county commissioners vested with powers and duties of board of commissioners in certain counties. | Page 30 (pdf) |
| 388.261 | State aid to counties and districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and limitations. | Page 31 (pdf), Page 122 (pdf) |
| 388.271 | Prerequisites to participation. | Page 33 (pdf) |
| 388.281 | Use of state matching funds. | Page 34 (pdf) |
| 388.291 | Source reduction measures; supervision by department. | Page 34 (pdf) |
| 388.301 | Payment of state funds; supplies and services. | Page 35 (pdf) |
| 388.311 | Carry over of state funds and local funds. | Page 35 (pdf) |
| 388.321 | Equipment to become property of the county or district. | Page 36 (pdf) |
| 388.322 | Record and inventory of certain property. | Page 36 (pdf) |
| 388.323 | Disposal of surplus property. | Page 36 (pdf) |
| 388.341 | Reports of expenditures and accomplishments. | Page 37 (pdf) |
| 388.351 | Transfer of equipment, personnel, and supplies during an emergency. | Page 37 (pdf) |
| 388.361 | Department authority and rules; administration. | Page 37 (pdf) |
| 388.3711 | Enforcement. | Page 38 (pdf) |
| 388.381 | Cooperation by counties and district. | Page 39 (pdf) |
| 388.391 | Control measures in municipalities and portions of counties located outside boundaries of districts. | Page 39 (pdf) |
| 388.401 | Penalty for damage to property or operations. | Page 40 (pdf) |
| 388.46 | Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control; establishment; membership; organization; responsibilities. | Page 40 (pdf) |
| 403.067 | Establishment and implementation of total maximum daily loads. | Page 41 (pdf) |
| 403.182 | Local pollution control programs. | Page 106 (pdf) |
| 403.852 | Definitions; ss. 403.850-403.864. | Page 45 (pdf) |
| 403.859 | Prohibited acts. | Page 45 (pdf) |
| 403.9337 | Model Ordinance for Florida-Friendly Fertilizer Use on Urban Landscapes. | Page 107 (pdf) |
| 472.029 | Authorization to enter lands of third parties; conditions. | Page 107 (pdf) |
| 474.2021 | Veterinary telehealth. | Page 108 (pdf) |
| 474.2165 | Ownership and control of veterinary medical patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished. | Page 108 (pdf) |
| 482.072 | Pest control customer contact centers. | Page 123 (pdf) |
| 482.111 | Pest control operator’s certificate. | Page 45 (pdf) |
| 482.141 | Examinations. | Page 46 (pdf) |
| 482.155 | Limited certification for governmental pesticide applicators or private applicators. | Page 47 (pdf) |
| 482.156 | Limited certification for commercial landscape maintenance personnel. | Page 48 (pdf) |
| 482.157 | Limited certification for commercial wildlife management personnel. | Page 48 (pdf) |
| 482.161 | Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement. | Page 49 (pdf) |
| 482.163 | Responsibility for pest control activities of employee. | Page 123 (pdf) |
| 487.044 | Certification; examination. | Page 50 (pdf) |
| 487.081 | Exemptions. | Page 109 (pdf) |
| 487.156 | Governmental agencies. | Page 124 (pdf) |
| 487.175 | Penalties; administrative fine; injunction. | Page 51 (pdf) |
| 496.404 | Definitions. | Page 51 (pdf) |
| 496.405 | Registration statements by charitable organizations and sponsors. | Page 53 (pdf) |
| 496.4055 | Charitable organization or sponsor board duties. | Page 124 (pdf) |
| 496.406 | Exemption from registration. | Page 125 (pdf) |
| 496.415 | Prohibited acts. | Page 54 (pdf) |
| 496.417 | Criminal penalties. | Page 55 (pdf) |
| 496.419 | Powers of the department. | Page 55 (pdf) |
| 496.431 | Page 56 (pdf) | |
| 500.03 | Definitions; construction; applicability. | Page 56 (pdf) |
| 500.12 | Food permits; building permits. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 500.121 | Disciplinary procedures. | Page 126 (pdf) |
| 500.166 | Records of interstate shipment. | Page 59 (pdf) |
| 500.172 | Embargoing, detaining, destroying of food, food processing equipment, or areas that are in violation. | Page 59 (pdf) |
| 500.75 | Page 60 (pdf) | |
| 500.80 | Cottage food operations. | Page 126 (pdf) |
| 500.93 | Page 61 (pdf) | |
| 501.135 | Consumer unit pricing. | Page 62 (pdf) |
| 501.912 | Definitions. | Page 63 (pdf) |
| 525.19 | Page 63 (pdf) | |
| 526.147 | Page 64 (pdf) | |
| 531.48 | Declarations of unit price on random packages. | Page 65 (pdf) |
| 531.49 | Advertising packages for sale. | Page 65 (pdf) |
| 570.07 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; functions, powers, and duties. | Page 66 (pdf) |
| 570.544 | Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; processing of complaints; records. | Page 66 (pdf) |
| 570.546 | Page 67 (pdf) | |
| 570.822 | Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program. | Page 67 (pdf) |
| 570.823 | Page 73 (pdf) | |
| 570.85 | Agritourism. | Page 112 (pdf) |
| 570.87 | Agritourism participation impact on land classification. | Page 110 (pdf) |
| 570.94 | Best management practices for wildlife. | Page 111 (pdf) |
| 581.1843 | Citrus nursery stock propagation and production and the establishment of regulated areas around citrus nurseries. | Page 75 (pdf) |
| 582.19 | Qualifications and tenure of supervisors. | Page 111 (pdf) |
| 586.055 | Location of apiaries. | Page 113 (pdf) |
| 593.101 | Short title. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.102 | Definitions. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.103 | Powers and duties of department. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.104 | Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.105 | Reports by persons growing cotton. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.106 | Quarantine; regulation of articles within eradication zone. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.107 | Regulation of collection, transportation, distribution, and movement of cotton. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.108 | Cooperative programs authorized. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.109 | Authority to designate eradication zones, prohibit planting of cotton, and require participation in eradication program. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.11 | Authority to regulate pasturage, entry, and honeybee colonies in eradication zones and other areas. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.111 | Eligibility for certification of cotton growers’ organization. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.112 | Certification of cotton growers’ organization. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.113 | Referendum. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.114 | Assessments. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.1141 | Authority to enter agreements with the Farm Service Agency. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.1142 | Liens. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.115 | Mandamus or injunction. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.116 | Penalty for violation. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 593.117 | Handling of moneys received. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 595.404 | School food and other nutrition programs; powers and duties of the department. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 599.002 | Viticulture Advisory Council. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 599.003 | State Viticulture Plan. | Page 78 (pdf) |
| 599.004 | Florida Farm Winery Program; registration; logo; fees. | Page 80 (pdf) |
| 599.012 | Viticulture Trust Fund; creation. | Page 80 (pdf) |
| 604.50 | Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. | Page 113 (pdf) |
| 604.73 | Urban agriculture pilot projects; local regulation of urban agriculture. | Page 114 (pdf) |
| 616.12 | Licenses upon certain shows; distribution of fees; exemptions. | Page 81 (pdf) |
| 687.16 | Page 82 (pdf) | |
| 692.201 | Definitions. | Page 114 (pdf) |
| 741.0305 | Marriage fee reduction for completion of premarital preparation course. | Page 84 (pdf) |
| 741.30 | Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. | Page 116 (pdf) |
| 790.06 | License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm. | Page 85 (pdf) |
| 790.061 | Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure provisions. | Page 127 (pdf) |
| 790.33 | Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted. | Page 91 (pdf) |
| 810.011 | Definitions. | Page 114 (pdf) |
| 812.0151 | Retail fuel theft. | Page 92 (pdf) |
| 812.136 | Page 93 (pdf) | |
| 823.14 | Florida Right to Farm Act. | Page 120 (pdf) |
| 1013.373 | Page 95 (pdf) |
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