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Florida Statute 285.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 285.15 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 285.15 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
285.15 Grant of hunting, fishing, and frogging privileges by Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund; access to and use of land.
(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant hunting and fishing privileges and rights to the Miccosukee and Seminole Indian Tribes and to any other Indians who are not members of the Miccosukee Tribe or Seminole Tribe but who are eligible for membership therein, covering lands under its administration, management, control, and supervision. The rights granted under this section extend only to game taken by the said Indians for personal consumption, and no other license or permit shall be required, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law.
(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant to the Miccosukee and Seminole Indian Tribes and to any other Indians who are not members of the Miccosukee Tribe or Seminole Tribe but who are eligible for membership therein the right to take frogs for personal consumption and for commercial purposes, covering lands under its administration, management, control, and supervision.
(3) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant to the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes and to any other Indians who are not members of the Miccosukee Tribe or Seminole Tribe but who are eligible for membership therein the right of access to and use of lands under its administration, management, control, and supervision.
History.s. 1, ch. 59-451; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 81-204.

Cases Citing F.S. 285.15

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control for a term not to exceed fifteen years. Section 285.15, F.S. 1959, also allowed the trustees to exempt
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1979).

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for commercial purposes. (Emphasis supplied.) Section 285.15(1), F. S., gives the Board of Trustees of the

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