Florida Statutes 601.09 – Citrus districts
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(1) For purposes of this chapter, the state is divided into six districts composed of:
(a) Citrus District One: Collier, Hendry, and Lee Counties.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 601.09
- Commission: means the Florida Citrus Commission as head of the department. See Florida Statutes 601.03
(b) Citrus District Two: Charlotte and DeSoto Counties.
(c) Citrus District Three: Glades, Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties.
(d) Citrus District Four: Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties.
(e) Citrus District Five: Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Osceola, Pasco, Polk, and Sumter Counties.
(f) Citrus District Six: Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Flagler, Indian River, Lake, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange, Palm Beach, Putnam, St. Johns, Seminole, St. Lucie, and Volusia Counties.
(2) The Legislature intends that the citrus districts be reviewed and, if necessary to maintain substantially equal volumes of citrus production within each district, redistricted every 5 years. The commission may, once every 5 years, review the citrus districts based on the total boxes produced within each district during the preceding 5 years and, based on the commission’s findings, submit recommendations to the Legislature for redistricting in accordance with this subsection.