{"id":"DUT-FL-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Florida Legislature (codified statute); administered by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants","authority":"Fla. Const. art. III; Fla. Stat. ch. 509","instrument":"Statute: Fla. Stat. § 509.261 (2020)","title":"Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; procedure","dateIssued":"2020-07-01","effective":"In force throughout 2020 Q2 through 2021 Q3; the vehicle for DBPR\u0027s enforcement of EOs 20-71, 20-112, 20-123 and 20-139 against restaurants and bars (EO 20-112 § 3.E; EO 20-139 § 7)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-07-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["specified businesses: public lodging and public food service establishments licensed under ch. 509"],"clause":"Any public lodging establishment or public food service establishment that has operated or is operating in violation of this chapter or the rules of the division, operating without a license, or operating with a suspended or revoked license may be subject by the division to: (a) Fines not to exceed $1,000 per offense;... (c) The suspension, revocation, or refusal of a license...","enforcement":"Administrative fines up to $1,000 per offense (each day a separate offense for a \u0027critical law or rule\u0027); suspension up to 12 months; revocation; second-degree misdemeanor for operating while suspended or removing the closed sign","functions":[],"notes":"Every restaurant, bar with a food license, hotel and vacation rental operated under a license the Division could fine, suspend or revoke for violating the chapter or its sanitation rules, with a \u0027closed-for-operation sign\u0027 posted on suspension and a misdemeanor for opening while suspended; subsection (6)(b) adds suspension where the establishment \u0027has been deemed an imminent danger to the public health and safety by the division or local health authority for failure to meet sanitation standards.\u0027","sourceUrl":"http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026StatuteYear=2020\u0026URL=0500-0599/0509/Sections/0509.261.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108511,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-FL","url":"/library/DUT-FL-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FL-011","citation":"Florida Legislature (codified statute); administered by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Statute: Fla. Stat. § 509.261 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FL-011)","stateName":"Florida","related":["FL-022","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-059","DUT-FL-010"]}