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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XXVII
RAILROADS AND OTHER REGULATED UTILITIES
Chapter 354
Special Officers For Carriers
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1354.02  Powers.--Each special officer shall have and exercise throughout every county in which the common carrier for which he or she was appointed, shall do business, operate, or own property, the power to make arrests for violation of law on the property of such common carrier, and to arrest persons, whether on or off such carrier's property, violating any law on such carrier's property, under the same conditions under which deputy sheriffs may by law make arrests, and shall have authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purpose of their offices.

History.--s. 2, ch. 8539, 1921; CGL 6654; s. 5, ch. 80-289; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 13, 15, ch. 82-90; ss. 7, 8, ch. 92-192; s. 541, ch. 95-148.

1Note.--Repealed effective October 1, 2002, by s. 8, ch. 92-192, and scheduled for review pursuant to s. 11.61. Section 4, ch. 91-429, repealed s. 11.61 effective April 5, 1993. Section 33, ch. 96-318, confirmed the repeal of s. 11.61.