The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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F.S. 253.571

253.571 Proof of financial responsibility required of lessee prior to commencement of drilling.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may require a surety or property bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, or other proof of financial responsibility from each lessee of public land or mineral interest prior to the time such lessee mines, drills, or extracts in any manner, petroleum, petroleum products, gas, sulphur, or any other mineral from such land. The surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit shall be from a surety company or bank authorized to do business in the state. The surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other proof of financial responsibility shall serve as security and is to be forfeited to the board to pay for any damages caused by mining or drilling operations performed by the lessee. In the case of operations planned in the waters of the state or under other particular circumstances which, by their nature warrant greater security in view of possible damages, the board shall give special consideration to the extent of such possible damages and shall set the amount of an adequate and sufficient surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other proof of financial responsibility accordingly. For the purposes of this section, damages shall include, but not be limited to, air, water, and ground pollution, destruction of wildlife or marine productivity and any other damage which impairs the health and general welfare of the citizens of the state.

History.—s. 1, ch. 69-367; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 89-358.

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Amendments to 253.571

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 253.571

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 253.571.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY a T. M. T. C. W. E. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,, 672 So. 2d 574 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), in which this court held that the trustees’ retroactive application of section 253.571 . . .

COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY a T. M. T. C. W. E. v. CHILES,, 672 So. 2d 571 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (the trustees) whereby the trustees relied upon section 253.571 . . . Subsequent to that decision,- the trustees relied upon section 253.571 in ordering that Coastal would . . . Section 253.571 authorizes the trustees to require a bond from each lessee of public land prior to the . . . following language in the 1976 settlement agreement to argue that Coastal subjected itself to section 253.571 . . . first time at oral argument that they had the authority to impose the bond requirement because section 253.571 . . .