§ 527.01 Definitions
§ 527.02 License; penalty; fees
§ 527.0201 Qualifiers; master qualifiers; examinations
§ 527.021 Registration of transport vehicles
§ 527.03 Renewal of license
§ 527.04 Proof of insurance required
§ 527.055 General powers and duties
§ 527.06 Rules
§ 527.0605 Liquefied petroleum gas bulk storage locations; jurisdiction
§ 527.061 Inspection of buildings, systems, equipment, vehicles, or premises
§ 527.062 Investigation and safety promotion; authority of department
§ 527.065 Notification of accidents; leak calls
§ 527.067 Responsibilities of persons engaged in servicing liquefied petroleum gas equipment and systems and consumers, end users, or owners of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or systems
§ 527.07 Restriction on use of containers
§ 527.08 Penalty for violation
§ 527.09 Injunction
§ 527.10 Restriction on use of unsafe container or system
§ 527.11 Minimum storage
§ 527.12 Cease and desist orders; administrative fines
§ 527.13 Administrative fines and warning letters
§ 527.14 Suspension and revocation of license
§ 527.15 Conduct of proceedings; record costs
§ 527.16 Witnesses and evidence
§ 527.20 Short title and purpose
§ 527.21 Definitions relating to Florida Propane Gas Education, Safety, and Research Act
§ 527.22 Florida Propane Gas Education, Safety, and Research Council established; membership; duties and responsibilities
§ 527.23 Marketing orders; referendum requirements; assessments

Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 527 - Sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Consumer: means the person last purchasing liquefied petroleum gas in its liquid or vapor state for industrial, commercial, or domestic use. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Liquefied petroleum gas: means any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of the same: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane), and butylenes. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • oath: includes affirmations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, organization, or cooperative. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pipeline system operator: means any person who owns or operates a liquefied petroleum gas pipeline system that is used to transmit liquefied petroleum gas from a common source to the customer and that serves 10 or more customers. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Qualifier: means any person who has passed a competency examination administered by the department and is employed by a licensed category I, category II, or category V business. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recreational vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use and that has its own propulsion or is mounted on or towed by another motor vehicle. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • veteran: means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released under honorable conditions only or who later received an upgraded discharge under honorable conditions, notwithstanding any action by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on individuals discharged or released with other than honorable discharges. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Wholesaler: means any person, as defined by subsection (2), selling or offering to sell any liquefied petroleum gas for industrial, commercial, or domestic use to any person except the consumer. See Florida Statutes 527.01
  • writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01