253.45 Sale or lease of phosphate, clay, minerals, etc., in or under state lands.—
(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may sell or lease any phosphate, earth or clay, sand, gravel, shell, mineral, metal, timber or water, or any other substance similar to the foregoing, in, on, or under, any land the title to which is vested in the state, the Department of Management Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the State Board of Education, or any other state board, department, or agency; provided that the board of trustees may not grant such a sale or lease on the land of any other state board, department, or agency without first obtaining approval therefrom. No sale or lease provided for in this section shall be allowed on hard-surfaced beaches that are used for bathing or driving and areas contiguous thereto out to a mean low-water depth of 3 feet and landward to the nearest paved public road. Any sale or lease provided for in this section shall be conducted by competitive bidding as provided for in ss. 253.52, 253.53, and 253.54. The proceeds of such sales or leases are to be credited to the board of trustees, board, department, or agency which has title or control of the land involved.
(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or any other state agency authorized to grant leases under this section shall specify in each such lease, in clear and precise terms, the particular minerals for which the lessee is permitted to drill or mine and the manner in which the same may be extracted.
History.—s. 1, ch. 9289, 1923; ss. 1, 2, ch. 9315, 1923; s. 1, ch. 13670, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 1438(1); s. 1, ch. 59-178; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 69-181; s. 1, ch. 69-239; s. 1, ch. 69-369; ss. 22, 25, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 173, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 75, ch. 94-356; s. 73, ch. 99-245.
Cited 37 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 155 Fla. 342, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 540
...“In 1923 the Legislature began to deal with the narrower and more limited subject, special in its nature, the protection and disposition of the oil and gas resources of this State with respect to any lands owned or controlled by the State of Florida, and when it did so by Chapter 9289 (now carried forward in part by Section 253.45 F.S....
Cited 36 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
...The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund have long been authorized to sell or lease phosphate, mineral or metal rights on or under any state lands and until recent years have proceeded to do so in great volume. Ch. 9289, Acts 1923; Ch. 9315, Acts 1923; Ch. 13670, 1929, brought forward in F.S. Section 253.45, F.S.A., authorized the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund and the State Board of Education to sell leasehold estates for the purpose of the production therefrom of oil and gas....
