Terms Used In Florida Statutes 206.22

  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Florida Statutes 206.01
  • fuel: means all gasoline products or any product blended with gasoline or any fuel placed in the storage supply tank of a gasoline-powered motor vehicle. See Florida Statutes 206.01
  • 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.
  • Person: means and includes natural persons, corporations, copartnerships, firms, companies, agencies, or associations; state agencies; and counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions of this state, singular or plural. See Florida Statutes 206.01
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part or who fails to pay fuel taxes and all interest and penalties due by him or her to the state under the provisions of the laws of this state may be restrained and enjoined in a suit or other proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction instituted in the name of the state by the Department of Legal Affairs or by any state attorney at the direction of the department from selling, consuming, using, distributing, or transporting any motor fuel which is taxable under the laws of this state until such person shall have paid all of said taxes, interest, and penalties due the state and complied with the provisions of this part. Any proceeding instituted under this section shall not operate as a bar to the prosecution of any person guilty of violating any of the criminal laws of the state.