Terms Used In Florida Statutes 581.151

  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of the state or its authorized representative. See Florida Statutes 581.011
The department is empowered to join with the United States Department of Agriculture or to proceed independently in a program to control and eradicate, wherever possible, spreading decline resulting from a burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne) in the state.