(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall review, identify, and secure state-owned lands which may be used for correctional facilities subject to determination by the Department of Corrections of where sites are needed and their appropriateness for use as prisons or other correctional facilities.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 253.025, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may purchase federal surplus lands for use as sites for correctional facilities, using federal land purchasing procedures, regulations, and requirements.
History.—s. 30, ch. 83-131; s. 69, ch. 94-356; s. 141, ch. 2001-266.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property
253.001 - Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; Duty to Hold Lands in Trust.
253.01 - Internal Improvement Trust Fund Established.
253.02 - Board of Trustees; Powers and Duties.
253.025 - Acquisition of State Lands.
253.0251 - Alternatives to Fee Simple Acquisition.
253.027 - Emergency Archaeological Property Acquisition.
253.03 - Board of Trustees to Administer State Lands; Lands Enumerated.
253.031 - Land Office; Custody of Documents Concerning Land; Moneys; Plats.
253.0325 - Modernization of State Lands Records.
253.033 - Inter-American Center Property; Transfer to Board; Continued Use for Government Purposes.
253.034 - State-Owned Lands; Uses.
253.0341 - Surplus of State-Owned Lands.
253.0345 - Special Events; Submerged Land Leases.
253.0347 - Lease of Sovereignty Submerged Lands for Private Residential Docks and Piers.
253.035 - Coastal Anchorage Areas.
253.037 - Use of State-Owned Land for Correctional Facilities.
253.04 - Duty of Board to Protect, etc., State Lands; State May Join in Any Action Brought.
253.05 - Prosecuting Officers to Assist in Protecting State Lands.
253.111 - Riparian Owners of Land.
253.115 - Public Notice and Hearings.
253.12 - Title to Tidal Lands Vested in State.
253.121 - Conveyances of Such Lands Heretofore Made, Ratified, Confirmed, and Validated.
253.1221 - Bulkhead Lines; Reestablishment.
253.128 - Enforcement; Board or Agency Under Special Law.
253.129 - Confirmation of Title in Upland Owners.
253.135 - Construction of Ss. 253.12, 253.126, 253.127, 253.128, and 253.129.
253.14 - Rights of Riparian Owners; Board of Trustees to Defend Suit.
253.141 - Riparian Rights Defined; Certain Submerged Bottoms Subject to Private Ownership.
253.21 - Board of Trustees May Surrender Certain Lands to the United States and Receive Indemnity.
253.29 - Board of Trustees to Refund Money Paid Where Title to Land Fails.
253.34 - Transfer of Notes Owned by Board.
253.36 - Title to Reclaimed Marshlands, Wetlands, or Lowlands in Board of Trustees.
253.37 - Survey to Be Made; Sale of Lands; Preference to Buyers.
253.38 - Riparian Rights Not Affected.
253.381 - Unsurveyed Marshlands; Sale to Upland Owners.
253.382 - Oyster Beds, Minerals, and Oils Reserved to State.
253.39 - Surveys Approved by Chief Cadastral Surveyor Validated.
253.40 - To What Lands Applicable.
253.42 - Board of Trustees May Exchange Lands.
253.431 - Agents May Act on Behalf of Board of Trustees.
253.44 - Disposal of Lands Received.
253.45 - Sale or Lease of Phosphate, Clay, Minerals, etc., in or Under State Lands.
253.451 - Construction of Term “Land the Title to Which Is Vested in the state.”
253.51 - Oil and Gas Leases on State Lands by the Board of Trustees.
253.511 - Reports by Lessees of Oil and Mineral Rights, State Lands.
253.512 - Applicants for Lease of Gas, Oil, or Mineral Rights; Report as to Lease Holdings.
253.52 - Placing Oil and Gas Leases on Market by Board.
253.53 - Sealed Bids Required.
253.55 - Limitation on Term of Lease.
253.56 - Responsibility of Bidder.
253.571 - Proof of Financial Responsibility Required of Lessee Prior to Commencement of Drilling.
253.61 - Lands Not Subject to Lease.
253.62 - Board of Trustees Authorized to Convey Certain Lands Without Reservation.
253.66 - Change in Bulkhead Lines, Pinellas County.
253.665 - Grant of Easements, Licenses, and Leases.
253.68 - Authority to Lease or Use Submerged Lands and Water Column for Aquaculture Activities.
253.69 - Application to Lease Submerged Land and Water Column.
253.72 - Marking of Leased Areas; Restrictions on Public Use.
253.73 - Rules; Ss. 253.67-253.75.
253.763 - Judicial Review Relating to Permits and Licenses.
253.7824 - Sale of Products; Proceeds.
253.7827 - Transportation and Utility Crossings of Greenways Lands.
253.7828 - Impairment of Use or Conservation by Agencies Prohibited.
253.785 - Liberal Construction of Act.
253.80 - Murphy Act Lands; Costs and Attorney Fees for Quieting Title.
253.81 - Murphy Act; Tax Certificates Barred.
253.82 - Title of State or Private Owners to Murphy Act Lands.
253.83 - Construction of Recodification.
253.86 - Management and Use of State-Owned or Other Uplands; Rulemaking Authority.
253.90 - Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area.