§ 8A-119. Adoption by reference of certain state misdemeanor statutes.

(a)

All statutes of the State of Florida defining and prohibiting false advertising and offenses relating to consumer protection, trade standards, and weights and measures, defined by State law as misdemeanors, are adopted and incorporated by reference as part of this article to the same extent and to the same effect as if the provisions of each such statute were set out in full herein defining and prohibiting each such offense against the State to be an act prohibited by or an offense in violation of this article.

(b)

All such acts defined as misdemeanors in said State statutes are hereby prohibited and declared to be violations of this article, and any person or corporation shall, upon conviction in the court of appropriate jurisdiction for violation thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

(Ord. No. 68-52, § 44, 9-19-68)