Florida Statute 591.16 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 591
FOREST DEVELOPMENT

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F.S. 591.16

591.16 Community forests; purposes.—The general purposes of this law are:

(1) To encourage counties, cities, towns, and school districts to utilize idle lands for productive forest purposes.

(2) To encourage reduction of taxation through producing income from wise use of such lands.

(3) To encourage development and make available, in community forests, areas having desirable recreational features.

(4) To encourage forestry education by establishing permanent forests for use of vocational agriculture departments, schools, and Boy and Girl Scout troops.

History.—s. 1, ch. 20902, 1941.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 591.16

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 591.16.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 591.16

Total Results: 4

Smith v. Willis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-06-18

Citation: 415 So. 2d 1331

Snippet: unconstitutionally constituted). [15] Swan, supra, at 591. [16] See, Note, The Authority of Administrative Agencies

McDonald v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-11-07

Citation: 321 So. 2d 453

Snippet: 1110 (1892)]; Brown v. Walker, 1896, 161 U.S. 591, 16 S.Ct. 644, 40 L.Ed. 819; Heike v. United States

Sheiner v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1955-07-29

Citation: 82 So. 2d 657

Snippet: exceptions to the rule. In Brown v. Walker, 161 U.S. 591, 16 S.Ct. 644, 40 L.Ed. 819, the court held that the

Boynton v. State Ex Rel. Mincer

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-10-22

Citation: 75 So. 2d 211

Snippet: Ct. 16, 69 L.Ed. 158; Brown v. Walker, 161 U.S. 591, 16 S.Ct. 644, 40 L.Ed. 819, may be construed as giving