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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY
Chapter 258
STATE PARKS AND PRESERVES
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F.S. 258.083
258.083 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; taking or damaging of coral prohibited.—
(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bring into or transport through any part of the state, including its waters, any coral or other material taken from the subsoil or seabed of any portion of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park adjacent to or in the vicinity of the state which has been taken in violation of any law or regulation of the Federal Government.
(2) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to destroy, damage, remove, deface, or take away any coral, rock, or other formation or any part thereof, of any portion of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park adjacent to or in the vicinity of the state in which such action is in violation of any law or regulation of the Federal Government.
(3) Violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 61-454; s. 620, ch. 71-136.
Note.—Former s. 592.17.

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S258.083 - DAMAGE PROP-PUBLIC - TAKE CORAL FROM PENNEKAMP CORAL REEF ST PARK - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 258.083

Total Results: 2

Mitchel v. CIGNA PROPERTY AND CAS. INS.

625 So. 2d 862, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 9173, 1993 WL 347453

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 1993 | Docket: 1517507

Cited 8 times | Published

the Monroe County Court with a violation of section 258.083, Florida Statutes, (1991).[2] In negotiations

Griffis v. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

57 So. 3d 929, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 4181, 2011 WL 1108797

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 2011 | Docket: 2361981

Cited 1 times | Published

caused by striking a coral reef in violation of section 258.083, Florida Statutes (1991), not excluded from