Florida Statute 253.47 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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F.S. 253.47

253.47 Board of trustees may lease, sell, etc., bottoms of bays, lagoons, straits, etc., owned by state, for petroleum purposes.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state may lease for royalties or for other agreed compensation, or sell and otherwise dispose of the right to drill wells for the discovery and the production of petroleum and natural gas in the bottoms, owned by the state in its sovereign capacity, of the bays, lagoons, straits, sounds, gulf, streams and lakes within the state; provided, that such leases or sales shall not confer upon the person acquiring the same the right to enter upon any private property of another, nor the right to drill any well or otherwise place permanent or stationary obstruction in such waters or upon such bottoms within one-quarter of 1 mile of the shoreline of the lands of any upland owner, without first having the written consent of such upland owner so to do. The leases and sales so made shall convey to the lessee or vendee the rights of ingress and egress to, from, and over the bottoms leased or acquired, and the right to construct and maintain on and over such leased or acquired bottoms, in such manner as not to obstruct transportation, any structures, tanks, docks, stations and other equipment, as may be required for the proper development of such leases and the purposes for which the same are made.

History.—s. 1, ch. 12429, 1927; CGL 1445; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.

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Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Mcimetro Access Transmission Services, Inc.

317 F.3d 1270, 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 358

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 10, 2003 | Docket: 961324

Cited 32 times | Published

Notwithstanding paragraph (2), but subject to section 253 [47 USC § 253], nothing in this section shall prohibit

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc.

317 F.3d 1270, 2003 WL 76991

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 10, 2003 | Docket: 64098767

Published

Notwithstanding paragraph (2), but subject to section 253 [47 USC § 253], nothing in this section shall prohibit

BellSouth Telecommunications v. MCImetro Access

278 F.3d 1223

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 10, 2002 | Docket: 1279669

Published

Notwithstanding paragraph (2), but subject to section 253 [47 USC § 253], nothing in this section shall

Getty Oil Co. v. State, Department of Natural Resources

419 So. 2d 700, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21117

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 8, 1982 | Docket: 64592157

Published

Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (1979 Ed.). 6. Section 253.47, F.S., authorized the Board of Trustees of