Florida Chapter 253 — State Lands

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Fla. Stat. § 253.001— Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; duty to hold lands in trust
Fla. Stat. § 253.01— Internal Improvement Trust Fund established
Fla. Stat. § 253.002— Department of Environmental Protection, water management districts, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; duties with respect to state lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.02— Board of trustees; powers and duties
Fla. Stat. § 253.03— Board of trustees to administer state lands; lands enumerated
Fla. Stat. § 253.04— Duty of board to protect, etc., state lands; state may join in any action brought
Fla. Stat. § 253.05— Prosecuting officers to assist in protecting state lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.12— Title to tidal lands vested in state
Fla. Stat. § 253.14— Rights of riparian owners; board of trustees to defend suit
Fla. Stat. § 253.21— Board of trustees may surrender certain lands to the United States and receive indemnity
Fla. Stat. § 253.025— Acquisition of state lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.027— Emergency archaeological property acquisition
Fla. Stat. § 253.29— Board of trustees to refund money paid where title to land fails
Fla. Stat. § 253.031— Land office; custody of documents concerning land; moneys; plats
Fla. Stat. § 253.033— Inter-American Center property; transfer to board; continued use for government purposes
Fla. Stat. § 253.034— State-owned lands; uses
Fla. Stat. § 253.34— Transfer of notes owned by board
Fla. Stat. § 253.035— Coastal anchorage areas
Fla. Stat. § 253.036— Forest management
Fla. Stat. § 253.36— Title to reclaimed marshlands, wetlands, or lowlands in board of trustees
Fla. Stat. § 253.037— Use of state-owned land for correctional facilities
Fla. Stat. § 253.37— Survey to be made; sale of lands; preference to buyers
Fla. Stat. § 253.38— Riparian rights not affected
Fla. Stat. § 253.39— Surveys approved by chief cadastral surveyor validated
Fla. Stat. § 253.40— To what lands applicable
Fla. Stat. § 253.41— Plats and field notes filed in office of Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund
Fla. Stat. § 253.42— Board of trustees may exchange lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.43— Convey by deed
Fla. Stat. § 253.44— Disposal of lands received
Fla. Stat. § 253.45— Sale or lease of phosphate, clay, minerals, etc., in or under state lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.47— Board of trustees may lease, sell, etc., bottoms of bays, lagoons, straits, etc., owned by state, for petroleum purposes
Fla. Stat. § 253.51— Oil and gas leases on state lands by the board of trustees
Fla. Stat. § 253.52— Placing oil and gas leases on market by board
Fla. Stat. § 253.53— Sealed bids required
Fla. Stat. § 253.54— Competitive bidding
Fla. Stat. § 253.55— Limitation on term of lease
Fla. Stat. § 253.56— Responsibility of bidder
Fla. Stat. § 253.57— Royalties
Fla. Stat. § 253.60— Conflicting laws
Fla. Stat. § 253.61— Lands not subject to lease
Fla. Stat. § 253.62— Board of trustees authorized to convey certain lands without reservation
Fla. Stat. § 253.66— Change in bulkhead lines, Pinellas County
Fla. Stat. § 253.67— Definitions
Fla. Stat. § 253.68— Authority to lease or use submerged lands and water column for aquaculture activities
Fla. Stat. § 253.69— Application to lease submerged land and water column
Fla. Stat. § 253.70— Public notice
Fla. Stat. § 253.71— The lease contract
Fla. Stat. § 253.72— Marking of leased areas; restrictions on public use
Fla. Stat. § 253.73— Rules; ss. 253.67-253.75
Fla. Stat. § 253.74— Penalties
Fla. Stat. § 253.75— Studies and recommendations by the department and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; designation of recommended traditional and other use zones; supervision of aquaculture operations
Fla. Stat. § 253.77— State lands; state agency authorization for use prohibited without consent of agency in which title vested; concurrent processing requirements
Fla. Stat. § 253.80— Murphy Act lands; costs and attorney fees for quieting title
Fla. Stat. § 253.81— Murphy Act; tax certificates barred
Fla. Stat. § 253.82— Title of state or private owners to Murphy Act lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.83— Construction of recodification
Fla. Stat. § 253.86— Management and use of state-owned or other uplands; rulemaking authority
Fla. Stat. § 253.87— Inventory of state, federal, and local government conservation lands by the Department of Environmental Protection
Fla. Stat. § 253.90— Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area
Fla. Stat. § 253.111— Riparian owners of land
Fla. Stat. § 253.115— Public notice and hearings
Fla. Stat. § 253.121— Conveyances of such lands heretofore made, ratified, confirmed, and validated
Fla. Stat. § 253.126— Legislative intent
Fla. Stat. § 253.127— Enforcement
Fla. Stat. § 253.128— Enforcement; board or agency under special law
Fla. Stat. § 253.129— Confirmation of title in upland owners
Fla. Stat. § 253.135— Construction of ss. 253.12, 253.126, 253.127, 253.128, and 253.129
Fla. Stat. § 253.141— Riparian rights defined; certain submerged bottoms subject to private ownership
Fla. Stat. § 253.0251— Alternatives to fee simple acquisition
Fla. Stat. § 253.0325— Modernization of state lands records
Fla. Stat. § 253.0341— Surplus of state-owned lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.0345— Special events; submerged land leases
Fla. Stat. § 253.0346— Lease of sovereignty submerged lands for marinas, boatyards, mooring fields, and marine manufacturers and retailers
Fla. Stat. § 253.0347— Lease of sovereignty submerged lands for private residential docks and piers
Fla. Stat. § 253.381— Unsurveyed marshlands; sale to upland owners
Fla. Stat. § 253.382— Oyster beds, minerals, and oils reserved to state
Fla. Stat. § 253.431— Agents may act on behalf of board of trustees
Fla. Stat. § 253.451— Construction of term “land the title to which is vested in the state.”
Fla. Stat. § 253.511— Reports by lessees of oil and mineral rights, state lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.512— Applicants for lease of gas, oil, or mineral rights; report as to lease holdings
Fla. Stat. § 253.571— Proof of financial responsibility required of lessee prior to commencement of drilling
Fla. Stat. § 253.665— Grant of easements, licenses, and leases
Fla. Stat. § 253.763— Judicial review relating to permits and licenses
Fla. Stat. § 253.781— Retention of state-owned lands along former Cross Florida Barge Canal route; creation of Cross Florida Greenways State Recreation and Conservation Area; authorizing transfer to the Federal Government for inclusion in Ocala National Forest
Fla. Stat. § 253.782— Retention of state-owned lands in and around Lake Rousseau and the Cross Florida Barge Canal right-of-way from Lake Rousseau west to the Withlacoochee River
Fla. Stat. § 253.783— Expenditures for acquisition of land for a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of America via the St. Johns River prohibited
Fla. Stat. § 253.784— Contracts
Fla. Stat. § 253.785— Liberal construction of act
Fla. Stat. § 253.1221— Bulkhead lines; reestablishment
Fla. Stat. § 253.1241— Studies
Fla. Stat. § 253.1252— Citation of rule
Fla. Stat. § 253.1281— Review by board
Fla. Stat. § 253.7821— Cross Florida Greenways State Recreation and Conservation Area assigned to the Department of Environmental Protection
Fla. Stat. § 253.7822— Boundaries of the Cross Florida Greenways State Recreation and Conservation Area; coordination of management activities
Fla. Stat. § 253.7823— Disposition of surplus lands; compensation of counties located within the Cross Florida Canal Navigation District
Fla. Stat. § 253.7824— Sale of products; proceeds
Fla. Stat. § 253.7825— Recreational uses
Fla. Stat. § 253.7827— Transportation and utility crossings of greenways lands
Fla. Stat. § 253.7828— Impairment of use or conservation by agencies prohibited