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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 253.002253.002 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.—(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall perform all staff duties and functions related to the acquisition, administration, and disposition of state lands, title to which is or will be vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. However, upon the effective date of rules adopted pursuant to s. 373.427, a water management district created under s. 373.069 shall perform the staff duties and functions related to the review of any application for authorization to use board of trustees-owned submerged lands necessary for an activity regulated under part IV of chapter 373 for which the water management district has permitting responsibility as set forth in an operating agreement adopted pursuant to s. 373.046(4). The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall perform the staff duties and functions related to the review of applications and compliance with conditions for use of board of trustees-owned submerged lands under authorizations or leases issued pursuant to ss. 253.67-253.75 and 597.010 and the acquisition, administration, and disposition of conservation easements pursuant to s. 570.71. Unless expressly prohibited by law, the board of trustees may delegate to the department any statutory duty or obligation relating to the acquisition, administration, or disposition of lands, title to which is or will be vested in the board of trustees. The board of trustees may also delegate to any water management district created under s. 373.069 the authority to take final agency action, without any action on behalf of the board, on applications for authorization to use board of trustees-owned submerged lands for any activity regulated under part IV of chapter 373 for which the water management district has permitting responsibility as set forth in an operating agreement adopted pursuant to s. 373.046(4). This water management district responsibility under this subsection is subject to the department’s general supervisory authority pursuant to s. 373.026(6). The board of trustees may also delegate to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the authority to take final agency action on behalf of the board on applications to use board of trustees-owned submerged lands for any activity for which that department has responsibility pursuant to ss. 253.67-253.75, 369.25, 369.251, and 597.010. However, the board of trustees shall retain the authority to take final agency action on establishing any areas for leasing, new leases, expanding existing lease areas, or changing the type of lease activity in existing leases. Upon issuance of an aquaculture lease or other real property transaction relating to aquaculture, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services must send a copy of the document and the accompanying survey to the Department of Environmental Protection. The board of trustees may also delegate to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the authority to take final agency action, without any action on behalf of the board, on applications for authorization to use board of trustees-owned submerged lands for any activity regulated under ss. 369.20 and 369.22. (2) Delegations to the department, or a water management district, or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of authority to take final agency action on applications for authorization to use submerged lands owned by the board of trustees, without any action on behalf of the board of trustees, shall be by rule, provided that delegations related to port conceptual permits shall be in accordance with s. 373.4133. Until rules adopted pursuant to this subsection become effective, existing delegations by the board of trustees shall remain in full force and effect. However, the board of trustees is not limited or prohibited from amending these delegations. The board of trustees shall adopt by rule any delegations of its authority to take final agency action without action by the board of trustees on applications for authorization to use board of trustees-owned submerged lands. Any final agency action, without action by the board of trustees, taken by the department, or a water management district, or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on applications to use board of trustees-owned submerged lands shall be subject to the provisions of s. 373.4275. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the board of trustees, the Department of Legal Affairs, and the department retain the concurrent authority to assert or defend title to submerged lands owned by the board of trustees. History.—s. 4, ch. 79-255; s. 5, ch. 93-213; s. 488, ch. 94-356; s. 1, ch. 2000-364; s. 3, ch. 2005-157; s. 3, ch. 2008-150; s. 2, ch. 2009-86; s. 7, ch. 2010-201; s. 2, ch. 2012-190; s. 4, ch. 2025-157.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 253.002
Total Results: 9
99 So. 3d 450, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 589, 2012 WL 4449131, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 1859
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 2012 | Docket: 60313012
Cited 101 times | Published
the disposition and sale of state property. See § 253.002, Fla. Stat. (2011) (stating that the FDEP “shall
537 So. 2d 1083, 1989 WL 3900
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 20, 1989 | Docket: 427255
Cited 4 times | Published
Appellants have requested that we construe section 253.02(2), Florida Statutes (1987) which provides:
26 F. Supp. 3d 1239, 2014 WL 2700835, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80868
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 13, 2014 | Docket: 64295586
Cited 1 times | Published
altogether. Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 253(2) & cmt. b (explaining that “one party’s repudiation
748 So. 2d 1061, 1999 WL 1244426
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 22, 1999 | Docket: 1750442
Cited 1 times | Published
judgment of the court on that basis.
NOTES
[1] Section 253.002, Florida Statutes (1997), provides that the
371 F. Supp. 736, 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13490
District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: May 24, 1973 | Docket: 1958286
Cited 1 times | Published
administered by the Internal Improvement Trust Fund § 253.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Among those lands within
121 So. 3d 1166, 2013 WL 5302580, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 15067
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 23, 2013 | Docket: 60234363
Published
lands with the authority to sue and be sued. See § 253.02, Fla. Stat. Appellant Florida Department of Environmental
533 So. 2d 1202, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2590, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 5131, 1988 WL 123813
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 22, 1988 | Docket: 64638646
Published
of the submerged lands held by Plaintiff. Section 253.002, Florida Statutes.
“2. In accordance with Section
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 31, 1986 | Docket: 3256720
Published
successors in office (hereafter Board of Trustees). Section 253.02(1), F.S. See, s.253.002, F.S., authorizing
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Feb 5, 1980 | Docket: 3257717
Published
followed as set forth in the 1979 act?
SUMMARY:
Section 253.002, F. S., does not preempt to the Division of
