Fla. Stat. § 601.52: Carriers not to accept fruit without evidence of payment of assessments and fees.

A common carrier or other carrier or person, except as provided in s. 601.50, may not accept for shipment, ship, or transport any citrus fruit or processed citrus products unless the grade certificate, manifest, or bill of lading covering such citrus fruit or processed citrus products bears evidence of the payment, as provided by law, of the assessments and fees imposed by this chapter.

History.—s. 52, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 20, ch. 26492, 1951; s. 3, ch. 71-187; s. 40, ch. 2012-182.