The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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F.S. 253.12

253.12 Title to tidal lands vested in state.—

(1) Except submerged lands heretofore conveyed by deed or statute, the title to all sovereignty tidal and submerged bottom lands, including all islands, sandbars, shallow banks, and small islands made by the process of dredging any channel by the United States Government and similar or other islands, sandbars, and shallow banks located in the navigable waters, and including all coastal and intracoastal waters of the state and all submerged lands owned by the state by right of its sovereignty in navigable freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams, is vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. For purposes of fixing bulkhead lines, restrictions on filling land and dredging beyond bulkhead lines, and permits required for filling and dredging, the board shall exercise the same authority over submerged lands owned by the state by right of its sovereignty in navigable freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams as it does over submerged lands otherwise defined in this subsection.

(2)(a) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may sell and convey such islands and submerged lands if determined by the board to be in the public interest, upon such prices, terms, and conditions as it sees fit. However, prior to consummating any such sale, the board shall determine to what extent the sale of such islands or submerged lands and their ownership by private persons or the conveyance of such islands or submerged lands to political subdivisions or public agencies would interfere with the conservation of fish, marine and other wildlife, or other natural resources, including beaches and shores, and would result in destruction of oyster beds, clam beds, or marine productivity, including, but not limited to, destruction of marine habitats, grass flats suitable as nursery or feeding grounds for marine life, and established marine soils suitable for producing plant growth of a type useful as nursery or feeding grounds for marine life, and if so, in what respect and to what extent, and it shall consider any other factors affecting the public interests.

(b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), the board shall not sell or convey any interest in such islands and submerged lands to any applicant who does not, at the time of making application for purchase or conveyance, also have before the board:

1. An application for the establishment of a bulkhead line, in the event no bulkhead line is established for the lands subject to the application; and

2. An application for approval of a fill permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and

3. A permit or application for a permit to dredge fill material from beneath the navigable waters of the state, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in the event the applicant intends to secure such fill material. However, such islands or submerged lands may be sold or conveyed to an applicant who does not have such an application for a permit to dredge or fill lands before the board, upon the condition that the sale or conveyance to such an applicant shall contain a restrictive covenant prohibiting dredging, except for navigation purposes, or filling of such islands or submerged lands. The board shall reserve the authority to waive such restrictive covenant when such waiver is in the public interest, pursuant to such terms and conditions as the board may impose.

(3) After receiving application in compliance with such forms as may be required to show clearly what is intended to be accomplished in any proposed development of said lands and the manner in which said development will be accomplished, and after making the determination required by paragraph (2)(a), the board shall give notice as provided by s. 253.115.

(4) If objections are filed, the board shall proceed to determine the merits of the objections. The report required by subsection (7) shall be made part of the record and duly considered at any hearing. If it appears that the sale of such islands and submerged lands and their ownership by private persons or the conveyance of such islands or submerged lands to political subdivisions or public agencies would:

(a) Be contrary to the public interest;

(b) Interfere with the lawful rights granted riparian owners;

(d) Interfere with the conservation of fish, marine and other wildlife, or other natural resources, including beaches and shores, to such an extent as to be contrary to the public interest; or

(e) Result in the destruction of oyster beds, clam beds, or marine productivity, including, but not limited to, destruction of natural marine habitats, grass flats suitable as nursery or feeding grounds for marine life, and established marine soils suitable for producing plant growth of a type useful as nursery or feeding grounds for marine life to such an extent as to be contrary to the public interest,

the board shall withdraw the lands from sale. Prior to making the determinations above required, the board may consider any other factors affecting the public interest. Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, lands defined herein lying between the ordinary mean high-water line and any bulkhead line established hereunder shall be sold only to the upland riparian owner and to no other person, firm, or corporation; and such sale to the upland riparian owner shall be made pursuant to the provisions herein.

(5)(a) When any state agency or county, city, or other political subdivision extends or adds to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters, as defined in this section, of the state by filling in or causing to be filled in or by draining or causing to be drained such waters, the board may, upon application therefor, convey to the riparian owner or owners of the upland so extended or added to so much of such extended or added land as is not required exclusively for a municipal, county, state, or other public purpose. The board may, however, require a deposit to accompany such application of a sum sufficient to cover the actual cost and expenses of processing such application and preparing instruments of conveyance.

(b) Neither this subsection nor any other provision of this chapter shall be construed to permit any state agency or county, city, or other political subdivision to construct islands or extend or add to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined herein or drain such waters for a municipal, county, state, or other public purpose unless such agency is the riparian upland owner or holds the consent in writing of the riparian upland owner consenting to such construction or extension or drainage operation. For the purposes of this subsection, “riparian upland owners” shall be defined as those persons owning upland property abutting those portions of the waters to be filled or drained, which are within 1,000 feet outboard of said riparian upland, but not more than one-half the distance to the opposite upland, if any, and within the extensions of the side boundary lines thereof, when said side boundary lines are extended in the direction of the channel along an alignment which would be required to distribute equitably the submerged land between the upland and the channel. However, nothing herein shall be construed to deny or limit any state agency or county, city, or other political subdivision from exercising the right of eminent domain to the extent and for the purposes authorized by law in connection with such construction, extension, or drainage projects; and nothing herein shall be construed to have application in those instances when the board is authorized by law to establish an erosion control line to implement an authorized beach nourishment, replenishment, or erosion-control project, or for the placement of sand dredged from navigation channels on beaches fronting the waters of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, provided such sand is not placed landward of existing lines of vegetation.

(6) Where any person, state agency, county, city, or other political subdivision prior to June 11, 1957, extended or added to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined in this section by filling in or causing to be filled in such lands, the board shall upon application therefor convey said land so filled to the riparian owner or owners of the upland so extended or added to. The consideration for such conveyance shall be the appraised value of said lands as they existed prior to such filling.

(7)(a) In order to assist it in making the determination required by paragraph (2)(a), the board shall require that a biological survey and an ecological study of the lands or interests therein proposed to be sold or conveyed pursuant to any particular application be made, and, when determined by the Department of Environmental Protection to be necessary, that a hydrographic survey be made. All such surveys and studies shall be made by or under the direction of the Department of Environmental Protection, which shall make a report of all such surveys and studies to the board together with its recommendations. The board may adopt regulations requiring that the cost of making any such survey and report be paid by the applicant for purchase of such lands, requiring a deposit by the applicant sufficient to ensure such payment, and providing procedures to be followed in applying for and obtaining such survey and report.

(b) If, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2)(b), the surveys and study required by paragraph (a) have already been made, the provisions of this section shall not operate to require an applicant to pay for any additional surveys or studies within 3 years prior to the issuance of such permit.

(8) All conveyances of sovereignty lands or fill material therein heretofore made by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of Florida subsequent to the enactment of chapter 6451, Acts of 1913, chapter 7304, Acts of 1917, and chapter 57-362, as amended, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated in all respects.

¹(9) All of the state’s right, title, and interest to all tidally influenced land or tidally influenced islands bordering or being on sovereignty land, which have been permanently extended, filled, added to existing lands, or created before July 1, 1975, by fill, and might be owned by the state, is hereby granted to the landowner having record or other title to all or a portion thereof or to the lands immediately upland thereof and its successors in interest. Thereafter, such lands shall be considered private property, and the state, its political subdivisions, agencies, and all persons claiming by, through, or under any of them, shall be barred from asserting that any such lands are publicly owned sovereignty lands. The foregoing provisions shall act to transfer title only to so much of such extended or added land as was permanently exposed, extended, or added to before July 1, 1975. A showing of dates by which certain lands were filled or added to may be made by aerial photograph or other reasonable method. Upon request of the landowner and submission of a proposed legal description and aerial photographs or other evidence accompanied by a fee set by the board reflecting the actual administrative cost of processing, the board shall provide an appropriate legal description of the waterward boundary line as of July 1, 1975, in a recordable document. The Legislature specifically finds and declares these grants to be in the public interest. The boundary between state-owned sovereignty lands and privately owned uplands is ambulatory and will move as a result of nonavulsive changes. This subsection shall not grant or vest title to any filled, formerly submerged state-owned lands in any person who, as of January 1, 1993, is the record titleholder of the filled or adjacent upland property and who filled or caused to be filled the state-owned lands.

¹(10) Subsection (9) shall not operate to affect the title to lands which have been judicially adjudicated or which were the subject of litigation pending on January 1, 1993, involving title to such lands. Further, the provisions of subsection (9) shall not apply to spoil islands nor to any lands which are included on an official acquisition list, on July 1, 1993, of a state agency or water management district for conservation, preservation, or recreation, nor to lands maintained as state or local recreation areas or shore protection structures.

History.—s. 1, ch. 7304, 1917; RGS 1061; CGL 1391; ss. 1, 2, ch. 26776, 1951; s. 1, ch. 57-362; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 67-393; ss. 25, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-308; s. 1, ch. 70-81; s. 1, ch. 70-97; s. 1, ch. 70-147; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 1, ch. 72-214; s. 23, ch. 78-95; s. 4, ch. 82-144; s. 122, ch. 83-217; s. 2, ch. 91-221; s. 81, ch. 93-206; ss. 72, 492, ch. 94-356.

¹Note.—Section 82, ch. 93-206, provides that “[t]he conveyance of property under this act is intended to be complete and effective without reference to or compliance with other statutory provisions. The various statutory provisions dealing with or setting preconditions or procedures for the conveyance of state-owned property and sovereignty lands shall not apply to conveyance made pursuant to this section.”

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HERBITS, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND,, 195 So. 3d 1149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . support of their assertion, Appellants cited article X, section 11 of the Florida Constitution, section 253.12 . . . Section 253.12, Florida Statutes (2014), which is entitled “Title to tidal lands vested in state,” provides . . . the title to all sovereignty tidal and submerged bottom lands ... is vested in the Board — ” Section 253.12 . . .

LLC, v. DRESING, F. W. O, 142 So. 3d 936 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . (codified at § 253.12, Fla. Stat. (1997)), affd, 746 So.2d 1085 (Fla.1999). . . . .

STOP THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 560 U.S. 702 (U.S. 2010)

. . . of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (Board), see §253.77(1), which holds title to those lands, §253.12 . . .

STOP THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 177 L. Ed. 2d 184 (U.S. 2010)

. . . Internal Improvement [560 U.S. 710] Trust Fund (Board), see §253.77(1), which holds title to those lands, §253.12 . . .

L. A. M. A. LAND MANAGEMENT, L. C. v. L. FERRO,, 964 So. 2d 699 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Ferro and Martha Lopez hold title pursuant to section 253.12(9), Florida Statutes (2006), and adverse . . . See § 253.12(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2006). . . . Ferro argues that section 253.12(9) vests legal title upon them as the upland owner. . . . This argument, however, is based upon a misapplication of section 253.12(9). . . . We thus find that Ferro does not hold title pursuant to section 253.12(9). . . .

RIVER PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AT ELLENTON, INC. v. J. BENZING, Jr. B., 890 So. 2d 386 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . River Place argues that it is the proper owner under section 253.12(9), Florida Statutes (2003), because . . . In the alternative, River Place argues that section 253.12(9) is unconstitutional because it violates . . . The Benzings argue that they are the proper owners under section 253.12(9) because they are the record . . . We also conclude that section 253.12(9) is constitutional. . . . On July 1, 1993, the legislature enacted section 253.12(9), which divested the State of its ownership . . .

J. SCACCIA, v. LEMMIE,, 236 F. Supp. 2d 830 (S.D. Ohio 2002)

. . . addition, Plaintiffs citation to Blume is immediately preceded by a citation to Ohio Jury Instructions § 253.12 . . .

MITCHELL, v. LEMMIE,, 231 F. Supp. 2d 693 (S.D. Ohio 2002)

. . . addition, Plaintiff's citation to Blunie is immediately preceded by a citation to Ohio Jury Instructions § 253.12 . . .

MARRONE, v. CITY OF KEY WEST, 814 So. 2d 478 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, 707 So.2d 1195 (Fla. 3d DCA)(citing § 253.12 . . .

TEAT, v. CITY OF APALACHICOLA,, 738 So. 2d 413 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . See §§ 253.12, 253.1221, and 253.141, Florida Statutes (1997). . . .

SKIFANO, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND,, 707 So. 2d 1195 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . . § 253.12, Fla.. Stat (1997). . . .

V. LEE, III, v. L. WILLIAMS D., 711 So. 2d 57 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . .; § 253.12(1), Fla. Stat. (1995); Coastal Petroleum Co. v. . . . See also § 253.12, Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . Sale of such lands may be authorized by law, but only when not contrary to the public interest. . 253.12 . . .

MACNAMARA, v. KISSIMMEE RIVER VALLEY SPORTSMANS ASSOCIATION, 648 So. 2d 155 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . amended complaint is filed in the capacity of relator for the State of Florida, relying on Section 253.12 . . . This took place because spoil islands are public property available for public use. § 253.12, Fla.Stat . . . considered vegetated lake bottom, and the spoil island is retained in public ownership pursuant to Section 253.12 . . . who are authorized to speak for the state on the subject of boundaries on navigable lake bottoms. § 253.12 . . .

R. KRUER, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF STATE OF FLORIDA, 647 So. 2d 129 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . afford him standing to object to the Board's granting of a lease in a proceeding governed by section 253.12 . . .

CHILES, A. A. a v. FLORIDIAN SPORTS CLUB, INC. a, 633 So. 2d 50 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . enacted Chapter 57-362, Laws of Florida, commonly known as the Bulkhead Act and codified as section 253.12 . . .

B. M. H. By C. B. P. B. C. B. P. B. v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, a a, 833 F. Supp. 560 (E.D. Va. 1993)

. . . . § 22.1-253.12 (Michie 1950), which mandates that each school division have an up-to-date policy manual . . .

JUPITER WRECK, INC. v. UNIDENTIFIED, WRECKED AND ABANDONED SAILING VESSEL, a STATE OF FLORIDA v. JUPITER WRECK, INC., 691 F. Supp. 1377 (S.D. Fla. 1988)

. . . .-03, 253.12. It is indisputable that the res lies within the boundary of Florida. 8. . . . pursuant to the Florida Constitution, Article 10, Section 11, and Florida Statutes sections 253.-03, 253.12 . . .

COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, a COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, v. ESTECH, INC. a, 454 So. 2d 6 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . See § 253.12, Fla.Stat. (1971) (vesting title to submerged lands under navigable waters in the Trustees . . .

COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a v. U. S. S. AGRI- CHEMICALS, A DIVISION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, a COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY v. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS CHEMICAL CORPORATION, COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a v. W. R. GRACE COMPANY, COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a v. SWIFT AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS CORP. a, 695 F.2d 1314 (11th Cir. 1983)

. . . . § 253.12(1) states: “Except submerged lands heretofore conveyed by deed or statute, the title to all . . .

D. ALBRECHT v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION,, 353 So. 2d 883 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . no harmful obstruction to or alteration of the natural flow of the navigable water as defined in § 253.12 . . .

ODOM v. DELTONA CORPORATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, v. DELTONA CORPORATION,, 341 So. 2d 977 (Fla. 1976)

. . . Section 253.12(1) specifies the lands which are vested in the trustees of the fund. . . . Subsection (7) states: ‘Nothing contained in this section or section 253.12(1) shall be construed as . . . lands or islands ‘bordering on or being in the navigable waters of the state as defined in Section 253.12 . . . Also, it is not mere surplusage that Section 253.12(1) at the very outset excluded from its operation . . .

STATE v. FLORIDA NATIONAL PROPERTIES, INC., 338 So. 2d 13 (Fla. 1976)

. . . be for the sole use and control of the riparian owner. “(7) Nothing contained in this section or § 253.12 . . .

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, v. BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY,, 331 So. 2d 381 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . addition to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined in section 253.12 . . .

BANKERS LIFE CASUALTY CO. v. H. CALLAWAY,, 530 F.2d 625 (5th Cir. 1976)

. . . See Florida Statutes § 253.12 (1975). . . .

STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, v. SEA- AIR ESTATES, INC. R., 327 So. 2d 823 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . and knowledge of the contents and context of Chapter 253, Florida Statutes, and particularly Sections 253.12 . . .

RIVELLO, v. COOPER CITY, a, 322 So. 2d 602 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . Sec. 253.12 (County Court Criminal trial jurisdiction), Sec. 954.16, 954.30, Whitty v. . . .

E. YONGE, v. O D. ASKEW,, 293 So. 2d 395 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

. . . (2) The removal of sand, rock or earth from the navigable waters of the state as defined in section 253.12 . . .

FARRUGIA, v. O D ASKEW,, 371 F. Supp. 736 (N.D. Fla. 1973)

. . . tidal lands is expressly vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, § 253.12 . . . Florida decisional authority is scant although § 253.12(2) (a), Florida Statutes, F.S.A., seemingly provides . . .

JEFFERSON NATIONAL BANK AT SUNNY ISLES v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, 271 So. 2d 207 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

. . . navigable waterways, before any upland owner can so extend his land into navigable waters as defined in § 253.12 . . .

BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, v. VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA,, 469 F.2d 994 (5th Cir. 1972)

. . . addition to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined in section 253.12 . . . addition to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined in Section 253.12 . . .

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a v. KIRK, Jr., 251 So. 2d 284 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . Appellees next contend that any error in the corrective deed has been cured by Fla.Stat. 253.12(8) (F.S.A . . . Fla.Stat. 253.12(4) (1969) F.S.A. . . .

JACOBSON, v. F. SCHAEFER,, 441 F.2d 127 (7th Cir. 1971)

. . . Sec. 253.12 (County Court Criminal trial jurisdiction), Sec. 954.16, 954.30, Whitty v. . . .

TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND v. WETSTONE,, 222 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 1969)

. . . Sec. 253.12 et seq. Defendant’s reliance on Lopez v. . . .

ARVIDA CORPORATION, a v. CITY OF SARASOTA, a, 213 So. 2d 756 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968)

. . . the legislature simultaneously enacted § 253.1242, F.S.A., which states: “All hearings required by §§ 253.12 . . .

C. MORGAN a J. a F. M. C. E. v. CANAVERAL PORT AUTHORITY, a A. A. R. A. Z. D Jr. S. L., 202 So. 2d 884 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

. . . . § 253.12 placed title to such submerged lands in the trustees of the internal improvement fund. . . . It is to be also observed that F.S.A. § 253.12 was amended in 1951, with subsection (2) added, reading . . .

CITY OF MIAMI, v. EASTERN REALTY COMPANY,, 202 So. 2d 760 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

. . . repealed Sec. 271.01, F.S.A. are very different from those recognized and provided in what is now Sec. 253.12 . . . Thus in § 253.12 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., entitled “Title to tidal lands vested in the state,” in sub-paragraph . . .

TRI- STATE ENTERPRISES, INC. v. BERKOWITZ,, 182 So. 2d 40 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . F.S. 253.12(1), F.S.A. . . . This appeared as Sec. 271.01, F.S.1955 and was repealed by Ch. 57-362, which also amended Sec. 253.12 . . . repealed Sec. 271.01, F.S.A. are very different from those recognized and provided in what is now Sec. 253.12 . . . However, in F.S. 253.12(1), F.S.A. there is a preferential privilege that “lands defined herein lying . . .

G. ZABEL H. v. PINELLAS COUNTY WATER AND NAVIGATION CONTROL AUTHORITY,, 171 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1965)

. . . Section 253.12, F.S.A. . . . existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters of the county, as defined in § 253.12 . . . unincorporated area of any county bordering on or in the navigable waters of the state as defined in § 253.12 . . . no harmful obstruction to or alteration of the natural flow of the navigable water as defined in § 253.12 . . . In the enactment of F.S. §§ 253.12 to 253.0013, inch, F.S.A., the State Bulkhead Law, the Legislature . . . . § 253.12(2), F.S.A. . 146 So.2d 361 (Fla.1962). . See Hayes v. . . .

MUNICIPAL LIQUIDATORS, INC. a v. R. TENCH, E. J. R. a, 153 So. 2d 728 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963)

. . . lands lying between their property and the established bulkhead line, pursuant to Sections 253.03 .and 253.12 . . .

CITY OF MIAMI, a v. WOLFE, 150 So. 2d 489 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963)

. . . Under the provisions of § 253.12(1), Fla.Stat., F.S.A., such lands may be sold, subject to compliance . . .

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY v. DANA,, 20 Fla. Supp. 177 (Hillsborough Cty. Cir. Ct. 1962)

. . . state and such powers are still vested in them by law, chapter 7304, Laws of Florida, 1917, now section 253.12 . . .

GIES M. E. v. R. FISCHER, R. H. R. Jr. A. L., 146 So. 2d 361 (Fla. 1962)

. . . existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters of the county, as defined in § 253.12 . . . that the definition incorporated by reference is simply the definition of navigable waters in Sec. 253.12 . . . existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters of the county, as defined in § 253.12 . . . commerce and navigation with which the navigable waters of this state are inalienably impressed.” . “253.12 . . . existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable water of the state as defined in § 253.12 . . .

E. B. CONOLEY v. O. NAETZKER, Jr., 137 So. 2d 6 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1962)

. . . The tidal lands at issue had been disposed of by the Trustees pursuant to § 253.12, F.S. A. . . .

TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND v. O. H. LOBEAN, a k a O. H., 127 So. 2d 98 (Fla. 1961)

. . . Pursuant to § 253.12, Florida Statutes 1955, as amended by Chapter 57-362, Acts of 1957, F.S.A., the . . . were sometimes called sovereignty lands and could be sold subject to the trust defined in the act, § 253.12 . . . disposition of Murphy Act lands under Chapter 18296, Acts of 1937, and as to submerged lands under § 253.12 . . .

ANDERSON v. COLLINS, 111 So. 2d 44 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959)

. . . . * * * ” Florida Statutes 1955, § 253.12, F.S.A., places title to tidal lands, with the exception of . . . of the internal improvement fund may sell and convey the islands and submerged lands, granted by § 253.12 . . . The contracts were executed in 1952 and early 1953 under Florida Statutes (1951) Sections 253.12 and . . . Section 253.13 provided that the Trustees could convey the islands and submerged lands granted by Section 253.12 . . .

BAY SHORE, a Y. L. W. J. v. STECKLOFF, 107 So. 2d 171 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)

. . . . §§ 253.0013, 253.12 et seq. . . . . addition to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined in section 253.12 . . .

C. STEIN v. BROWN PROPERTIES, a, 104 So. 2d 495 (Fla. 1958)

. . . . § 253.12] is unconstitutional if construed to deprive [the owner] of this right without compensation . . .

EAST COAST GROCERY COMPANY, a v. COLLINS, E. J. W., 96 So. 2d 793 (Fla. 1957)

. . . motion of the ap-pellees to dismiss, for lack of venue, the attention of the court was drawn to Secs. 253.12 . . .

J. HAYES M. S. v. J. BOWMAN, H. L. Jr., 91 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 1957)

. . . See Chapter 7304, Laws of Florida 1917, Secs. 253.12-253.15, F.S.1941, F.S.1949, F.S.A. . . . By Chapter 26776, Laws of Florida 1951, Sec. 253.12, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. title to all sovereignty . . .

TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND v. E. N. CLAUGHTON, 86 So. 2d 775 (Fla. 1956)

. . . 253.06 through 253.11, Florida Statutes 1951, F:S.A., and Chapter 7304, Acts of 1917, now Sections 253.12 . . . Sections 253.06-253.11, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A.) or Chapter 7304, Acts of 1917 (now Sections 253.12 . . . to vest title to such lands in the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund under F.S. §§ 253.06 or 253.12 . . . Chapter 6451, Acts of 1913 (F.S. §§ 253.06-253.11 [F.S.A.]) or Chapter 7304, Acts of 1917 (F.S. §§ 253.12 . . . § 271.01 [F.S.A.] as extended, attach to lands purchased from the Trustees under F.S. § 253.06 or § 253.12 . . .

DUVAL ENGINEERING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY, a a v. M. SALES G., 77 So. 2d 431 (Fla. 1954)

. . . . § 253.12, and Chapter 15861, Acts of 1933, F.S. § 420.05, F.S.A., the Trustees of the Internal Improvement . . .

BECK v. LITTLEFIELD, 68 So. 2d 889 (Fla. 1953)

. . . . '§§ 253.12 to 253.15, conveyed to the Subdividers-the river bottom-in front of the lands described . . .

SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, J. M. LEE, NATHAN MAYO, J. EDWIN LARSON, J. TOM WATSON, a a v. FORT PIERCE FINANCING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a, 157 Fla. 649 (Fla. 1946)

. . . plaintiff’s uplands consisted of shallow banks and bars along the shore, within the provisions of section 253.12 . . . the reservations of Chapter 8537, Acts 1921, and by section 9 of said Act, the same being sections 253.12 . . .

CHICAGO, R. I. P. RY. CO. v. CENTRAL WAREHOUSE CO., 14 F.2d 123 (D. Minn. 1926)

. . . Paul, plus the reeonsigning charge, was $253.12; that this amount has been demanded from the defendant . . .