The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 553
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

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F.S. 553.501

553.501 Short title.—Sections 553.501-553.513 may be cited as the “Florida Americans With Disabilities Accessibility Implementation Act.”

History.—s. 1, ch. 93-183.

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F.S. 553.501 on Casetext

Amendments to 553.501

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 553.501

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 553.501.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HOEWISCHER, v. CEDAR BEND CLUB, INC., 877 F. Supp. 2d 1212 (M.D. Fla. 2012)

. . . . § 553.501 et seq. . . .

MEYERS v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,, 754 So. 2d 198 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . the Florida Americans With Disabilities Accessibility Implementation Act (the Florida Act), Section 553.501 . . . provide a wheelchair ramp or other safe access for persons who use wheelchairs, as required by section 553.501 . . . Specifically, Appellants rely on section 553.501, Florida Statutes, et seq., the Florida Act, to support . . . “All new or altered buildings and facilities subject to ss. 553.501-553.513 which may be frequented in . . . , lived in, or worked in by the public shall comply with ss. 553.501-553.513.” § 553.504(1), Fla. . . .

C. LEONARD, IV, v. WAKULLA COUNTY,, 688 So. 2d 440 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . maintained because it did not comply with the requirements of the A.D.A. as incorporated in Florida Statute 553.501 . . . Because section 553.501 requires compliance with the A.D.A., appellant alleged that appellee was obligated . . .