Florida Statute 253.61 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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F.S. 253.61

253.61 Lands not subject to lease.—

(1) Regardless of anything to the contrary contained in this law in any previous section or part thereof, no board or agency mentioned therein or the state shall have the power or authority to sell, execute, or enter into any lease of the type covered by this law relating to any of the following lands, submerged or unsubmerged, except under the circumstances and conditions as hereinafter set out in this section, to wit:

(a) No lease of the type covered by this law shall be granted, sold or executed covering such lands within the corporate limits of any municipality unless the governing authority of the municipality shall have first duly consented to the granting or sale of such lease by resolution.

(b) No lease of the type covered by this law shall be granted, sold or executed covering any such lands in the tidal waters of the state, abutting on or immediately adjacent to the corporate limits of a municipality or within 3 miles of such corporate limits extending from the line of mean high tide into such waters, unless the governing authority of the municipality shall have first duly consented to the granting or sale of such lease by resolution.

(c) No lease of the type covered by this law shall be granted, sold or executed covering such lands on any improved beach, located outside of an incorporated town or municipality, or covering such lands in the tidal waters of the state abutting on or immediately adjacent to any improved beach, or within 3 miles of an improved beach extending from the line of mean high tide into such tidal waters, unless the county commissioners of the county in which such beach is located shall have first duly consented to the granting or sale of such lease by resolution.

(d) Without exception, after July 1, 1989, no lease of the type covered by this law shall be granted, sold, or executed south of 26° north latitude off Florida’s west coast and south of 27° north latitude off Florida’s east coast, within the boundaries of Florida’s territorial seas as defined in 43 U.S.C. 1301. After July 31, 1990, no oil or natural gas lease shall be granted, sold, or executed covering lands located north of 26°00′00″ north latitude off Florida’s west coast to the western boundary of the state bordering Alabama as set forth in s. 1, Art. II of the State Constitution, or located north of 27°00′00″ north latitude off Florida’s east coast to the northern boundary of the state bordering Georgia as set forth in s. 1, Art. II of the State Constitution, within the boundaries of Florida’s territorial seas as defined in 43 U.S.C. 1301.

(2) For the purposes of this section and law an improved beach, situated outside of the corporate limits of any municipality or town, shall be and is hereby defined to be any beach adjacent to or abutting upon the tidal waters of the state and having not less than ten hotels, apartment buildings, residences or other structures, used for residential purposes, on or to any given miles of such beach.

History.—s. 11, ch. 22824, 1945; s. 5, ch. 89-175; s. 1, ch. 90-72; s. 7, ch. 91-286.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 253.61

Total Results: 20

State v. Leavins

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 599 So. 2d 1326

Snippet: fund; providing legislative intent; amending s. 253.61, F.S.; specifying additional lands not subject

Sundell v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-01-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 354 So. 2d 409

Snippet: .2d 788 (Fla. 1976), and Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. 502 (1913) is misplaced. In both cases, the

Ross v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1966-09-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 2d 187, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 4873

Snippet: . “Evidence” Sec. 438; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So, 502; Anderson v. State, 92 Fla. 477, 110 So

Cordell v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1946-01-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 25 So. 2d 885, 157 Fla. 295, 1946 Fla. LEXIS 731

Snippet: Fla. 280, 103 So. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. 502; Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139,116 So.

Lowe v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1944-07-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 19 So. 2d 106, 154 Fla. 730, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 805

Snippet: Fla. 280,103 So. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. 502; Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139, 116 So

Mathis v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-10-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 163 So. 479, 121 Fla. 232, 1935 Fla. LEXIS 1551

Snippet: justice of the case. See: Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 South. Rep. 502; Nims v. State, 70 South. Rep.

Brock v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1934-03-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 153 So. 900, 114 Fla. 309, 1934 Fla. LEXIS 1833

Snippet: Fla. 280, 103 So. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. 502; Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139, 116 So

Council v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1933-06-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 149 So. 13, 111 Fla. 173, 1933 Fla. LEXIS 1939

Snippet: justice of the case. See: Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So.2d Rep. 502; Nims v. *Page 174 State, 70 So

Skiff v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1932-10-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 144 So. 323, 107 Fla. 90

Snippet: Fla. 280, 103 So. 618; Platt v. State,65 Fla. 253, 61 So. 502; Townsend vs. State, 95 Fla. 139,116 So

McNeil v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1932-02-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 139 So. 791, 104 Fla. 360

Snippet: State, 70 Sou. Rep. 565; Platt v. State,65 Fla. 253, 61 Sou. Rep. 502; Newborn v. State, 73 Fla. 1064,75

Townsend v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1931-05-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 135 So. 123, 101 Fla. 620

Snippet: 530, 70 Sou. Rep. 565; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 Sou. Rep. 502; Davis v. State,76 Fla. 179, 79 Sou

Smith v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1931-03-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 132 So. 840, 101 Fla. 1066

Snippet: So. 618; Platt vs. State, *Page 1069 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. 502; Townsend vs. State, 95 Fla. 139, 93 So

Morris v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1930-10-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 130 So. 277, 100 Fla. 847

Snippet: . 280, 103 So. R. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. R. 502; Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139, 116

Hammock v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1930-05-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 128 So. 267, 99 Fla. 1119

Snippet: . 280, 103 So. R. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. R. 502; Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139, 116

Burke v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1930-03-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 126 So. 765, 99 Fla. 545

Snippet: . 280, 103 So. R. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. R. 502; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79 So

Johnson v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1929-12-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 125 So. 355, 98 Fla. 1101

Snippet: . 280, 103 So. R. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. R. 502; Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139; 116

Clark v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1929-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 124 So. 446, 98 Fla. 874

Snippet: justice of the case. See Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. R. 502; Nims v. State, 70 So. R. 565; Davis

Troop v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1929-08-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 123 So. 811, 98 Fla. 385

Snippet: . 280, 103 So. R. 618; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So. R. 502; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79 So.

Townsend v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1928-02-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 116 So. 7, 95 Fla. 139

Snippet: 530, 70 So.2d Rep. 565; Platt v. State,65 Fla. 253, 61 So.2d Rep. 502; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79

Cole v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1928-02-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 115 So. 845, 95 Fla. 143

Snippet: reversed on the authority of Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 So.2d Rep. 502; Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70