§ 222-40. Exceptions in application of provisions.  


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  • (a)

    This division does not apply to smoke from fires set by or permitted by any public officer if such fire is set or permission given in the performance of the official duty of such officer, for the purpose of weed abatement, the prevention of a fire hazard, or the instruction of public employees in the methods of fighting fires which is, in the opinion of such officer, necessary, or from fires set pursuant to a permit on property used for industrial purposes for the purpose of instruction of employees in methods of fighting fires.

    (b)

    This division does not apply to smoke from agricultural fires set by or permitted by the county agricultural agent if such fire is set or permission given in the performance of the official duty of such county agricultural agent for the purpose of disease prevention; or to such fires which are set in the course of pasture control or any agricultural or forest harvest operation.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 59-1119, § 23)