Florida Statute 253.135 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253
STATE LANDS

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253.135 Construction of ss. 253.12, 253.126, 253.127, 253.128, and 253.129.—

(1) This law shall not be construed to be in conflict with any general or special law whereby the state has divested itself of title to submerged land or has granted such title to another.

(2) The provisions of ss. 253.12, 253.126, 253.127, 253.128, and 253.129 shall not affect or apply to the construction of islands or the extension or addition to existing lands or islands bordering on or being in the navigable waters as defined in s. 253.12 of the state which was commenced or application for permit to fill which was filed with the United States Corps of Engineers prior to June 11, 1957, as to lands or bottoms lying between ordinary high-water mark and a bulkhead line heretofore established by any county, city, or other political subdivision of the state by official action of its governing body.

History.—ss. 10, 11, 12, ch. 57-362; s. 1, ch. 72-261; s. 79, ch. 77-104; s. 18, ch. 83-216; s. 4, ch. 91-221.

Note.—Former s. 253.0013.

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United States of Am., & State of Florida, Dep't of Env't Reg., Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Context-Marks Corp., 729 F.2d 1294 (11th Cir. 1984).

Cited 11 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 14 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20459, 20 ERC (BNA) 2142, 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 24084, 20 ERC 2142

...In November of 1972, the appellees applied for and obtained a dredge and fill permit from the City of Key West. A fill operation on approximately 10 percent of Parcel 38 was commenced in November and December of 1972. *1296 During the time that this fill operation was taking place, the Randall Act, F.S. 253.135(3), which exempted property in Key West from state dredge and fill permit requirements, was in full force and effect....

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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

...Although submerged tidal lands located in Monroe County, Florida, were exempted from coverage of the many provisions of this statutory chapter at the time this cause of action accrued, the above cited statutory sections and their relation to submerged lands in Monroe County, Florida, remained unaffected § 253.135(3), Florida Statutes, F.S.A....

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