PENALTIES

Jacksonville Ordinance Code tit. XIX, ch. 674, pt. 4

in effect

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 674.401 Major violations: disaster preparedness.

Sec. 674.401. - Major violations: disaster preparedness. A person who, knowingly and wilfully: (a) Fails or refuses to perform a duty imposed upon him by an emergency preparedness plan or required of him by an order issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster; or (b) Fails or refuses to go to his assigned place of duty during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster or, having gone to such place of duty, to remain there until and unless relieved, dismissed or reassigned by competent authority; or (c) Fails or refuses to obey, observe or enforce the provisions of any order, directive or regulation issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor pursuant to his emergency powers under Section 674.207; or (d) Fails or refuses to participate in or to perform his assigned duties as a member of an emergency preparedness support force within or without the City, or to go outside the City as a member of an emergency preparedness support force; or (e) Obstructs, interferes with or prevents, or procures the obstruction, interference with or prevention of: (1) The enforcement, observance or execution of or compliance with any part of an emergency preparedness plan or with an order, directive or regulation issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor; or (2) The performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by an officer, employee or agent of the City or a emergency preparedness worker, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster; Shall be guilty of a class D offense. For offenses that are of a continuing nature, each day the offense continues shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 79-1242-665, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 95-1272-768, § 4)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 674.402 Minor violations: disaster preparedness.

Sec. 674.402. - Minor violations: disaster preparedness. A person who, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster: (a) Reserved. (b) Whether or not the emergency preparedness organization has been activated pursuant to Section 674.203(d), solicits or attempts to persuade any member of the emergency preparedness organization to fail or refuse: (1) To perform his assigned duties; or (2) To go to his assigned place of duty; or (3) Having gone to his place of duty, to remain there until and unless relieved, dismissed or reassigned by competent authority; or (c) Whether or not the emergency preparedness organization has been activated pursuant to Section 674.203(d), solicits or attempts to persuade any other person to fail or refuse: (1) To obey, observe or enforce the provisions of or to comply with any order, directive or regulation issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor or pursuant to his emergency powers under Section 674.207; or (2) To enforce, observe or execute or to comply with any part of an emergency preparedness plan; Shall be guilty of a class C offense. (Ord. 79-1242-665, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 94-1272-768, § 4)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 674.403 Violations: civil emergency.

Sec. 674.403. - Violations: civil emergency. A person who, knowingly and wilfully: (a) Fails or refuses, or procures a failure or refusal, to obey, observe or enforce the provisions of an order or directive issued by the Mayor pursuant to his emergency powers under Section 674.303 or Section 674.304; or (b) Obstructs, interferes with or prevents, or procures the obstruction, interference with or prevention of: (1) The enforcement, observance or execution of or compliance with any part of an emergency preparedness plan or with an order, directive or regulation issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor; or (2) The performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by an officer, employee or agent of the City or a emergency preparedness worker, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster; Shall be guilty of a class D offense. (Ord. 79-1242-665, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 95-1272-768, § 4)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 674.404 Civil penalties; collection.

Sec. 674.404. - Civil penalties; collection. (a) In addition to any other penalty that may be imposed under this Part or by any other law, the Mayor may assess a civil penalty, based upon findings made by him, giving due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the violator and the history of previous violations. A civil penalty is assessable in the following instances: (1) A member of the emergency preparedness organization who fails or refuses to perform a duty imposed upon him by an emergency preparedness plan or required of him by an order issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster, may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000. (2) A member of the emergency preparedness organization who fails or refuses to go to his assigned place of duty during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster or, having gone to his place of duty, to remain there until and unless relieved, dismissed or reassigned by competent authority may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $750. (3) A member of the emergency preparedness organization who fails or refuses to participate in or to perform his assigned duties as a member of an emergency preparedness support force within or without the City, or to go outside the City as a member of an emergency preparedness support force, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster, may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $500. (4) A person who fails or refuses to obey, observe or enforce the provisions of an order, directive or regulation issued by the Mayor or issued at the direction of the Mayor pursuant to his emergency powers under Section 674.207, Section 674.303 or Section 674.304 may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $500. (5) A member of the emergency preparedness organization who fails or refuses to obey an order made or applicable to him by a superior member of the emergency preparedness organization, when that part of the emergency preparedness organization to which he is assigned or reassigned has been activated pursuant to Section 674.203(d), may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $300. (6) A member of the emergency preparedness organization who says or does anything that brings discredit or reflects adversely upon the emergency preparedness organization or that is calculated to humiliate, ridicule or insult the emergency preparedness organization or any other member thereof or to cause dissension within or disruption of the emergency preparedness organization, or the members thereof, or the emergency preparedness plan, during an actual, impending, mock or practice disaster, may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $250. (b) A civil penalty assessed and owed under this Section shall be payable to the Tax Collector and shall be received into the General Fund—General Services District as miscellaneous receipts and may be collected in a civil action in the name of the City. (Ord. 79-1242-665, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 94-1272-768, § 4)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 674.405 Administrative discipline.

Sec. 674.405. - Administrative discipline. In addition to any other penalty that may be imposed under this Part or by any other law, the members of the emergency preparedness organization are subject to administrative discipline, as follows: (a) Volunteer and auxiliary emergency preparedness personnel, not public employees, may be suspended for any definite length of time, reassigned to another position in the emergency preparedness organization, required to undergo additional or intensive training and instruction (in addition to that generally required of all emergency preparedness personnel), delayed in or denied advancement within the emergency preparedness organization, or dismissed from the emergency preparedness organization (with or without disqualification to become a member of the emergency preparedness organization at a future time). The emergency preparedness plan proposed by the Planning Council shall contain provisions and procedures for the imposition, review and implementation of administrative discipline upon the persons subject to this subsection, including adequate due process in the imposition of administrative discipline and review of decisions by an impartial administrative body or bodies. (b) Public employees shall be administratively disciplined in the same manner as they may be administratively disciplined for violations of personnel rules or other employment rules applicable to the public employees, and for this purpose the provisions of the emergency preparedness plan concerning assignment and reassignment to positions in the emergency preparedness organization, advancement within the emergency preparedness organization, training and experience requirements and dismissal from the emergency preparedness organization shall be deemed to be employment rules of the appointing authority under which the public employee usually works. When the emergency preparedness organization is activated pursuant to Section 674.203(d), and so long as the activation continues, the provisions and procedures contained in the emergency preparedness plan for the imposition, review and implementation of administrative discipline shall supersede any other provisions and procedures for this purpose, wherever contained or by whatever other board, body or person administered. (Ord. 79-1242-665, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 94-1272-768, § 4)

Source: City of Jacksonville, Ordinance Code and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITXIXPUSA_CH674DIPRCIEM_PT4PEFetched: 10/27/2026