AI-assisted research summary: Farm animal activity sponsors and farm animal professionals must post required warning signs and include the warning notice in certain written contracts; equine-only operations may use the subsection (c) notice, and noncompliance blocks immunity under this Part.
(a)Every farm animal activity sponsor and every farm animal professional shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notices specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this section. The signs required by this section shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, arenas, or other farm animal facilities where the farm animal professional or the farm animal activity sponsor conducts animal activities. The warning notices specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be designed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by a farm animal professional or by a farm animal activity sponsor for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or a farm animal to a participant, whether or not the contract involves farm animal activities on or off the location or site of the farm animal professional’s or farm animal activity sponsor’s business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this section. (b)The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following warning notice: Click to view (c)If a farm animal activity sponsor or farm animal professional sponsors or engages in farm animal activities only involving equines, the signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section may contain the following warning notice: Click to view (d)Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this Part shall prevent a farm animal activity sponsor or farm animal professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this Part. Reserved for future codification purposes. History: History.2013-265, s. 3.3.