The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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F.S. 253.45

253.45 Sale or lease of phosphate, clay, minerals, etc., in or under state lands.—

(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may sell or lease any phosphate, earth or clay, sand, gravel, shell, mineral, metal, timber or water, or any other substance similar to the foregoing, in, on, or under, any land the title to which is vested in the state, the Department of Management Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the State Board of Education, or any other state board, department, or agency; provided that the board of trustees may not grant such a sale or lease on the land of any other state board, department, or agency without first obtaining approval therefrom. No sale or lease provided for in this section shall be allowed on hard-surfaced beaches that are used for bathing or driving and areas contiguous thereto out to a mean low-water depth of 3 feet and landward to the nearest paved public road. Any sale or lease provided for in this section shall be conducted by competitive bidding as provided for in ss. 253.52, 253.53, and 253.54. The proceeds of such sales or leases are to be credited to the board of trustees, board, department, or agency which has title or control of the land involved.

(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or any other state agency authorized to grant leases under this section shall specify in each such lease, in clear and precise terms, the particular minerals for which the lessee is permitted to drill or mine and the manner in which the same may be extracted.

History.—s. 1, ch. 9289, 1923; ss. 1, 2, ch. 9315, 1923; s. 1, ch. 13670, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 1438(1); s. 1, ch. 59-178; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 69-181; s. 1, ch. 69-239; s. 1, ch. 69-369; ss. 22, 25, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 173, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 75, ch. 94-356; s. 73, ch. 99-245.

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Amendments to 253.45

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 253.45

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 253.45.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BONDS, v. FIZER, 69 F. Supp. 3d 799 (N.D. Ill. 2014)

. . . invoice for the deposition transcript of Officer Shannon totals $187.50, but Defendants requested $253.45 . . .

TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE, v. TRIPLE R. RANCH, INC. COMPASS ROSE CORPORATION, v. TRIPLE R. RANCH, INC. TRIPLE R. RANCH, INC. v. COMPASS ROSE CORPORATION,, 275 So. 2d 521 (Fla. 1973)

. . . Section 253.45, F.S.A., authorized the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund and the State Board . . .

POLAROID CORP. v. UNITED STATES,, 322 F. Supp. 1399 (Cust. Ct. 1971)

. . . Of papers, coated, or of any of the papers provided for in Items 253.25, 253.30, 253.35, 253.40, or 253.45 . . .

J. TOM WATSON, v. SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, J. M. LEE, J. EDWIN LARSON, NATHAN MAYO, HOLLAND, LEE, LARSON, MAYO, a ARNOLD OIL EXPLORATIONS, INC. a, 155 Fla. 342 (Fla. 1944)

. . . by the State of Florida, and when it did so by Chapter 9289 (now carried forward in part by Section 253.45 . . .

STANDARD ACC. INS. CO. v. HUDDLESTON, 51 F. Supp. 645 (M.D. Tenn. 1943)

. . . On sub-project #7 (Gentry School), the amount claimed was $253.45. . . .