§ 450.39, Fla. Stat. · Part III. FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION
Prohibition against required purchase; prohibition against excessive charges.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) A farm labor contractor may not require any farmworker to purchase goods or services solely from such farm labor contractor or from a person acting as an agent for such farm labor contractor.
(2) A farm labor contractor may not charge a farmworker more than a reasonable cost for any commodity, including housing, food, water, or other consumables, in accordance with 29 C.F.R. s. 531.3. As used in this subsection, the term “reasonable cost” does not include a profit to the farm labor contractor or to any other person acting as an agent for the farm labor contractor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 20, ch. 2004-64.
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