Florida Statute 161.151 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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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Cases Citing Statute 161.151

Total Results: 6

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-08-03

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

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

Donovan v. Okaloosa County

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-01-05

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

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

Walton County v. Stop Beach Renourishment

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-09-29

Citation: 998 So. 2d 1102, 2008 WL 4381126

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

Wallace Corp. v. City of Miami Beach

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-09-11

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

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-03-29

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-04-16

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