Florida Statute 285.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XIX
PUBLIC BUSINESS

Chapter 285
INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND AFFAIRS

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F.S. 285.08

285.08 Definitions.—For the purpose of ss. 285.09-285.13:

(1) “Tribe” means the Seminole Tribe in the state composed of bands of Indians known and referred to as Miccosukee and Muskogee or Cow Creek.

(2) “Indian” or “Indians” means one or more members of a tribe.

(3) “Trustee” means the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

(4) “Reservation” means that tract of land of approximately 104,800 acres located in Palm Beach and Broward Counties set aside for the perpetual use and benefit of Seminole Indians by Legislative Acts of 1917 and 1935, known as the Seminole Indian Reservation.

(5) “Flood control project” means the Central and South Florida Flood Control Program.

History.—s. 2, ch. 29908, 1955; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 71-286.

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 11, 1975 | Docket: 3258130

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to as Miccosukee and Muscogee or Cow Creek." Section 285.08(1). The transcript of the meeting of the Board