The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 414
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

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F.S. 414.31

414.31 State agency for administering federal food assistance program.—

(1) The department shall place into operation in each of the several counties of the state a food assistance program as authorized by the Congress of the United States. The department is designated as the state agency responsible for the administration and operation of such programs.

(2) The department shall provide for such instruction and counseling as will best assure that the recipients are able to provide a nutritionally adequate diet through the increased purchasing power received. This program shall be administered and operated in such a way that the distribution of food assistance shall be in locations reasonably accessible to those areas in which persons eligible for the benefit of this program are likely to be concentrated.

History.—s. 1, ch. 69-268; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-201; s. 1, ch. 70-255; ss. 1, 2, ch. 72-298; s. 33, ch. 96-175; s. 24, ch. 2010-209.

Note.—Former s. 409.275.

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Amendments to 414.31

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 414.31

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 414.31.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In SCOGGINS, In In In a, 517 B.R. 206 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2014)

. . . 970.88 7 55, 014.86 180, 714.89 235, 729.75 8 71, 482.64 161, 985.88 233, 468.52 9 53, 424.70 150, 414.31 . . .

MARCO ISLAND CABLE, INC. a v. COMCAST CABLEVISION OF THE SOUTH, INC. a, 509 F. Supp. 2d 1158 (M.D. Fla. 2007)

. . . Act or food stamps as administered by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to s. 414.31 . . .