The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 337
CONTRACTING; ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL, AND USE OF PROPERTY

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F.S. 337.135

337.135 Socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises; punishment for false representation.—

(1) It is unlawful for any individual to fraudulently represent an entity as a socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprise for purposes of qualifying for certification as such an enterprise under a program of the department designed to assist socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises in the receipt of contracts with the department for the provision of goods or services. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) An individual found in violation of subsection (1) shall not create a new corporate structure for the purpose of circumventing this section.

History.—s. 3, ch. 87-93.

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Amendments to 337.135

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 337.135

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

T. QUINN, Jr. v. STATE, 662 So. 2d 947 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . business (Markings and Equipment Corporation), Sue Bell, were charged with a conspiracy to violate section 337.135 . . . Construction of section 337.135 Quinn argues that the trial court should have granted his motion to dismiss . . . Markings’ ... certification as a disadvantaged business enterprise in violation of sections 777.04 and 337.135 . . . Quinn also contends that section 337.135 and the certification provisions of the Florida Administrative . . . a Fine Pursuant to Section 775.083 After Quinn was found guilty of a conspiracy to violate section 337.135 . . .