Florida Statute 285.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XIX
PUBLIC BUSINESS

Chapter 285
INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND AFFAIRS

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285.06 State Indian Reservation.—When, as the result of the exchanges provided for in ss. 285.04 and 285.05, there shall have been established a reservation for the Indians by the United States in Florida, the State Seminole Indian Reservation in Monroe County, created by chapter 7310, Acts of 1917, shall be withdrawn and returned to the board of trustees; and thereupon the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall set aside a tract of land of approximately equal size and of suitable character, adjacently located, as nearly as may be, to the reservation to be established by the United States; and said lands, when so set aside, shall constitute the State Indian Reservation and shall be held in trust by the Department of Management Services for the perpetual benefit of the Indians and as a reservation for them.

History.—s. 3, ch. 17065, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 1995(4); s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 22, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 244, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.

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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. USA

716 F.3d 535, 43 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20119, 2013 WL 1984423, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 9756

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 15, 2013 | Docket: 615066

Cited 66 times | Published

the 99,200 acres in Monroe County, Fla. Stat. § 285.06, and granted 104,800 acres in Broward County as

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. USA

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 15, 2013 | Docket: 2903147

Published

the 99,200 acres in Monroe County, Fla. Stat. § 285.06, and granted 104,800 acres in Broward County

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. USA

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 15, 2013 | Docket: 900541

Published

the 99,200 acres in Monroe County, Fla. Stat. § 285.06, and granted 104,800 acres in Broward County

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