HB 0945, Engrossed 1 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Department of Agriculture and
3	Consumer Services; amending s. 570.15, F.S.; requiring the
4	department to establish rules authorizing nonagricultural
5	vehicles to pass an agricultural inspection station
6	without stopping and submitting to an inspection; amending
7	s. 570.16, F.S.; prohibiting a person from impersonating
8	an inspector, agent, or other employee of the department;
9	providing a penalty; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 570.15, Florida
14	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (5) is added to that
15	section, to read:
16	570.15 Access to places of business and vehicles.--
17	(2) It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other
18	than one exempted in sub-subparagraph (1)(a)1.g. or one
19	authorized pursuant to subsection (5), to pass any official
20	agricultural inspection station without first stopping and
21	submitting the vehicle for inspection. A violation of this
22	subsection constitutes a misdemeanor of the second degree,
23	punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
24	(5) The department shall establish by rule conditions and
25	criteria by which nonagricultural laden vehicles may pass an
26	agricultural inspection station without stopping for inspection.
27	Section 2. Section 570.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to
28	read:
29	570.16 Interference with department employees in
30	performance of duties.--No person shall attempt, by means of any
31	threat or violence, to deter or prevent an inspector, agent, or
32	other employee of the department from performing any duties
33	imposed by law upon him or her or the department and no person
34	shall impersonate an inspector, agent, or other employee of the
35	department. Whoever violates this section commits a misdemeanor
36	of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
37	775.083.
38	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.