Whenever the Division of Recreation and Parks shall find it necessary to acquire private property for state parks, or rights-of-way for state parks, or for exercising any of the powers and duties authorized and prescribed by law to be exercised and performed by the division, the division is hereby empowered and authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain and to proceed to condemn said property in the same manner as provided by law for the condemnation of private property by counties.
Fla. Stat. § 258.021
Power of eminent domain; procedure
Known as the Florida Aquatic Preserve Act
The act spans §§ 258.001 to 258.601 (54 sections).
History.--s. 28, ch. 29615, 1955; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.