Florida Statute 161.151 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 161
BEACH AND SHORE PRESERVATION

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F.S. 161.151

161.151 Definitions; ss. 161.141-161.211.—As used in ss. 161.141-161.211:

(1) “Board of trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

(2) “Requesting authority” means any coastal county, municipality, or beach erosion control district which requests a survey by the board of trustees under the provisions of ss. 161.141-161.211.

(3) “Erosion control line” means the line determined in accordance with the provisions of ss. 161.141-161.211 which represents the landward extent of the claims of the state in its capacity as sovereign titleholder of the submerged bottoms and shores of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the bays, lagoons and other tidal reaches thereof on the date of the recording of the survey as authorized in s. 161.181.

(4) “Authorized beach restoration project” means a beach project authorized by the United States Congress or the department which involves a specific project engineering design and a project maintenance program for a period of not less than 10 years.

History.—s. 2, ch. 70-276; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 2, ch. 82-144.

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Amendments to 161.151

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 161.151

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 161.151.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 161.151

Total Results: 6

Walton County v. Stop Beach Renourishment

998 So. 2d 1102, 2008 WL 4381126

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 2008 | Docket: 2527289

Cited 27 times | Published

other tidal reaches thereof." Specifically, section 161.151, Florida Statutes (2005), defines an ECL, or

Donovan v. Okaloosa County

82 So. 3d 801, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 6, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 20, 2012 WL 16587

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 5, 2012 | Docket: 60306259

Cited 2 times | Published

appropriate for determination in such proceedings. See § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. (defining “erosion control line”)

State, Department of Environmental Protection v. Beach Group Investments, LLC

201 So. 3d 679, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11735

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 3, 2016 | Docket: 60257042

Published

submerged bottoms and shores of the Atlantic Ocean.” § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. Because the project was seaward

Wallace Corp. v. City of Miami Beach

793 So. 2d 1134, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 12839, 2001 WL 1033585

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 11, 2001 | Docket: 64808224

Published

See § 161.191(1), Fla. Stat. (1997); see also § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. (1997). The Loew’s Miami Beach

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 29, 1989 | Docket: 3257289

Published

renourishment. 7 See, s. 161.161(4), F.S. 8 Id. 9 Section 161.151(3), F.S., defines `[e]rosion control line'

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 16, 1974 | Docket: 3255332

Published

on the date of the recording of the survey. Section 161.151. The line, then, is by definition the mean