§ 15-225. Penalties; remedies.

(a)

Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation convicted of violating any of the provisions of this act [article], or who shall fail to abide by and obey all orders and resolutions promulgated as hereby provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided by general law.

(b)

The provisions of this act [article] and all rules adopted or enforced under this act [article], are deemed to be provisions of local law as contemplated under Section 403.182(8), Florida Statutes, as that provision may be amended from time to time. Therefore, all remedies of the department of environmental regulation under Chapter 403, Florida Statutes, as that chapter may be amended from time to time, are available and may be used by the board in enforcing any provisions of this act [article] and rules and orders promulgated thereunder.

(Code 1965, § 36-33.10; Laws of Fla. ch. 67-1829, § 10; Laws of Fla. ch. 82-341, § 3)

State law reference

Penalty for misdemeanor violations, F.S. §§ 775.081, 775.082.

Editor's note

The catchline for the above section was present in the 1982 amendments to it.