Florida Statutes Title XXXI. Labor § 450.28. Definitions

(1) “Farm labor contractor” means:

(2) “Department” means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

(3) “Carpool” means an arrangement made by the workers using one worker's own vehicle for transportation to and from work and for which the driver or owner of the vehicle is not paid by any third person other than the members of the carpool.

(4) “Immediate family member” means a person having one of the following relationships to another: husband, wife, father, mother, son, or daughter.

(5) “Minor violation” means a violation of a specific state or federal law or rule that does not result in economic or physical harm to any person recruited, transported, supplied, or hired by a farm labor contractor or create a significant threat of such harm.

(6) “Major violation” means a violation of a specific state or federal law or rule that results in economic or physical harm to any person recruited, transported, supplied, or hired by a farm labor contractor or creates a significant threat of such harm.

(7) “Timely application for renewal” means the application for a federal certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, or a farm labor contractor employee, is filed, as defined by federal law, with the United States Department of Labor at least 30 days before its expiration date.