CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 985355
...e definitions set forth in section
494.001, Florida Statutes (2000). Ieracitano and Blue Paper argue that disclosure pursuant to section 494.00421 was required because the section contained the phrase "[n]otwithstanding the provisions of ss.
494.001-
494.0077." They read this language to mean that the section
494.001 definitions do not apply to section
494.0042....
..."The general rule is that, if it is possible to do so, inconsistent provisions within a statute should be construed in a manner that reconciles the inconsistencies." Jordan v. Food Lion, Inc.,
670 So.2d 138, 140 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). Section
494.001 commences with the phrase "[a]s used in ss.
494.001-
494.0077," indicating that the section's 29 definitions are to be applied through section
494.0077, including section 494.00421....
...e definitions in section
494.001, a development which would unnecessarily complicate the law. We therefore read the "notwithstanding" clause of section 494.00421 as precluding the application of any contrary substantive provision of sections
494.001-
494.0077, but not excluding the definitions contained in section
494.001....
