Florida Florida Statutes
§ 120.69 — Enforcement of agency action
FS § 120.69Ch. 120
Statute text
View on source(1)Except as otherwise provided by statute:(a) Any agency may seek enforcement of an action by filing a petition for enforcement, as provided in this section, in the circuit court where the subject matter of the enforcement is located.
(b)A petition for enforcement of any agency action may be filed by any substantially interested person who is a resident of the state. However, no such action may be commenced:1. Prior to 60 days after the petitioner has given notice of the violation of the agency action to the head of the agency concerned, the Attorney General, and any alleged violator of the agency action. 2. If an agency has filed, and is diligently prosecuting, a petition for enforcement.
(c)A petition for enforcement filed by a nongovernmental person shall be in the name of the State of Florida on the relation of the petitioner, and the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel shall apply.
(d)In an action brought under paragraph (b), the agency whose action is sought to be enforced, if not a party, may intervene as a matter of right.
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Legislative history
s. 1, ch. 74-310; s. 766, ch. 95-147; s. 36, ch. 96-159.