Florida Statute 253.01 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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253.01 Internal Improvement Trust Fund established.—

(1)(a) So much of the 500,000 acres of land granted to this state for internal improvement purposes by an Act of Congress passed March 3, A. D. 1845, as remains unsold, and the proceeds of the sales of such lands heretofore sold as now remain on hand and unappropriated, and all proceeds that may hereafter accrue from the sales of such lands; and all the swampland or lands subject to overflow granted this state by an Act of Congress approved September 28, A. D. 1850, together with all the proceeds that have accrued or may hereafter accrue to the state from the sale of such lands, are set apart, and declared a separate and distinct fund called the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state, and are to be strictly applied according to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) All revenues received from application fees charged by the Division of State Lands for the use in any manner, lease, conveyance, or release of any interest in or for the sale of state lands, except revenues from such fees charged by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for aquaculture leases under ss. 253.71(2) and 597.010, must be deposited into the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. The fees charged by the division for reproduction of records relating to state lands must also be placed into the fund. Revenues received by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for aquaculture leases under ss. 253.71(2) and 597.010 shall be deposited in the General Inspection Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, if title to any state-owned lands is vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and the lands are located within the Everglades Agricultural Area, then all proceeds from the sale of any such lands shall be deposited into the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to those lands acquired pursuant to s. 607.0505 and former s. 620.192 or chapter 895.

(2) All revenues accruing from sources designated by law for deposit in the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall be used for the acquisition, management, administration, protection, and conservation of state-owned lands.

History.—s. 1, ch. 610, 1854; RS 428; GS 616; RGS 1054; CGL 1384; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 82-185; s. 13, ch. 84-330; s. 23, ch. 89-175; s. 3, ch. 89-279; s. 16, ch. 89-324; s. 3, ch. 91-80; s. 1, ch. 91-187; s. 2, ch. 91-286; s. 1, ch. 92-109; s. 41, ch. 93-164; s. 489, ch. 94-356; s. 2, ch. 2000-364; ss. 40, 53, ch. 2001-254; s. 4, ch. 2003-2; s. 26, ch. 2006-1; s. 40, ch. 2007-73; s. 34, ch. 2008-153; s. 7, ch. 2010-4; s. 20, ch. 2013-41; s. 7, ch. 2015-3.

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Richardson v. Reno, 162 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 24 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 32693, 1998 WL 889376

delegated to asylum officers pursuant to part 208 and § 253.1(0 of this chapter, or exclusively delegated to

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Dunkin' Donuts of Am., Inc., a Foreign Corp., Cross-Appellee v. Minerva, Inc., a Florida Corp., Rosebud, Inc., a Florida Corp., Katherine Apostoleres, an Individual, Cross-Appellants. Dunkin' Donuts of Am., Inc., a Foreign Corp. v. Minerva, Inc., a Florida Corp., Rosebud, Inc., a Florida Corp., Katherine Apostoleres, an Individual, Dunkin' Donuts of Am., Inc., a Foreign Corp. v. Minerva, Inc., a Florida Corp., Rosebud, Inc., a Florida Corp., Katherine Apostoleres, an Individual, 956 F.2d 1566 (11th Cir. 1992).

Cited 7 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 6326

50 Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 253(1) (1979). See generally City of Fairfax v. Washington

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Murphy v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 837 F. Supp. 1217 (S.D. Fla. 1993).

Cited 6 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 24 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20667, 1994 A.M.C. 2503, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15998, 1993 WL 462234

...383, 62 L.Ed.2d 332 (1979); see also MerrillStevens, 57 So. at 431; State ex rel. Ellis v. Gerbing, 56 Fla. 603, 47 So. 353, 356 (1908). In Florida, these lands are held in the public trust by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. Fla.Stat.Ann. *1220 § 253.01 (West Supp.1993); see also Fla....

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Farrugia v. O'D ASKEW, 371 F. Supp. 736 (N.D. Fla. 1973).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13490

...hority to act separate and apart from the state and was not therefore acting in that action as a mere agent of the state in administering these lands. Compare Tardan v. Chevron Oil Co. et al., 463 F.2d 651, 5th Cir. 1972. Under existing Florida law, § 253.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., certain lands within the State of Florida are set apart and declared a separate and distinct fund, to be administered by the Internal Improvement Trust Fund § 253.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....

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Jones v. Chiles, 654 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 307159

and s. 11, Art. X of the state constitution." § 253.001, Fla. Stat. (1993). The Board of Trustees of the

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Richardson v. INS, 162 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

officers pursuant to part 208 and § 253.1(f) of this chapter, or exclusively

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Richardson v. INS, 162 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

asylum officers pursuant to part 208 and § 253.1(f) of this chapter, or exclusively delegated

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Richardson v. INS, 162 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

asylum officers pursuant to part 208 and § 253.1(f) of this chapter, or exclusively delegated

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Dunkin' Donuts of Am., Inc. v. Minerva, Inc., 956 F.2d 1566 (11th Cir. 1992).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1992 WL 54923

arrangement.”). . Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 253(1) (1979). See generally City of Fairfax v. Washington

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1987).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

417 F. Supp. 1005, 1010 (Mont. 1976). 17 Section 253.001, F.S., provides that all lands held in the

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Edwin Rosete Reganit v. Sec'y, Dep't of Homeland Sec., 814 F.3d 1253 (11th Cir. 2016).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 3269, 2016 WL 736464

governing the parole of alien crewmen, 8 C.F.R. § 253.1, mean that Plaintiffs temporary medical parole

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Brautigam v. White, 64 So. 2d 781 (Fla. 1953).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1245

the passage of Chapter 610, Acts of 1855, F.S.A. § 253.01 et seq., encouraging a liberal system of internal

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1985).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

lands designated as Internal Improvement Lands. Section 253.01, F.S., specifically pertaining to the Internal

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