Cases from cite.case.law:

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT v. CHARLOTTE COUNTY,, 774 So. 2d 903 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Section 373.226(1) notes that all existing water uses, unless exempted, may be continued only with a . . . Section 373.226(2) states that the “governing board [of a water management district] or [DEP] shall issue . . . Section 373.226(3) states that an application for a permit under subsection (2) must be made within two . . . “[t]here appears to be no continuing rule in the statutory scheme for the two-prong test of section 373.226 . . . Reference in section 373.226 to whether a use was ‘allowable under the common law of the state’ tends . . .

MIDDLEBROOKS, d b a WEKIVA FALLS RESORT v. ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, 27 Fla. Supp. 2d 237 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hearings 1987)

. . . And Section 373.226, Florida Statutes, goes on to provide as follows with regard to existing uses: (1 . . . Application for the use at the campground was made at a time which made Section 373.226(2), Florida Statutes . . . application concerning the use at the swimming area, so Section 373.223, Florida Statutes, and not Section 373.226 . . . See Sec. 373.226(1) and (2), Fla. Stat. 19. . . . pursuant to the criteria in Section 373.223(1), Florida Statutes, rather than the criteria in Section 373.226 . . .

VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, v. JUPITER INLET CORPORATION,, 371 So. 2d 663 (Fla. 1979)

. . . . § 373.226(3) Fla.Stat. (1973). . . . In order to qualify for the initial permit under section 373.226(2) Florida Statutes (1973), the right . . .

CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a v. SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT,, 355 So. 2d 796 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . Section 373.226(2), Florida Statutes. . . .