Bill Text: FL S1980 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Violations of County Ordinances [EPSC]

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections -SJ 01241; Now in Criminal Justice; Withdrawn from Criminal Justice -SJ 01241; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01241; Read 2nd time -SJ 01246; Substituted HB 1301 -SJ 01246; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1301 (Ch. 2010-112) -SJ 01246 [S1980 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1980-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1980 
 
By Senator Aronberg 
27-01264-10                                           20101980__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to violations of county ordinances; 
3         amending s. 125.69, F.S.; authorizing a county to 
4         specify by ordinance penalties for a violation of 
5         certain county ordinances; providing an effective 
6         date. 
7 
8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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10         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 125.69, Florida 
11  Statutes, is amended to read: 
12         125.69 Penalties; enforcement by code inspectors.— 
13         (1) Violations of county ordinances shall be prosecuted in 
14  the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted. Such violations 
15  shall be prosecuted in the name of the state in a court having 
16  jurisdiction of misdemeanors by the prosecuting attorney thereof 
17  and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed 
18  $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 60 days 
19  or by both such fine and imprisonment. However, a county may 
20  specify, by ordinance, a violation of a county ordinance which 
21  is punishable by a fine in an amount exceeding $500, but not 
22  exceeding $2,000 a day, if the county must have authority to 
23  punish a violation of that ordinance by a fine in an amount 
24  greater than $500 in order for the county to carry out a 
25  federally mandated program. A county may also specify, by 
26  ordinance, that a violation of any provision of a county 
27  ordinance imposing standards of conduct and disclosure 
28  requirements as provided in s. 112.326 is punishable by a fine 
29  not to exceed $1,000 or a term of imprisonment in the county 
30  jail not to exceed 1 year. 
31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.