Florida Statutes
Chapter 253 - State Lands
253.62 - Board of Trustees Authorized to Convey Certain Lands Without Reservation.


(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund in making exchanges of land under ss. 253.42 and 253.43, is hereby authorized in its discretion to convey said land without reservations of oil and gas or of phosphate and other minerals required by s. 270.11, where deeds to lands received in exchange convey title in fee simple without such reservations or to determine the part or parts to be reserved and the part or parts to be conveyed, so as to facilitate exchange on a basis as nearly equal as may be.
(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund is further authorized in its discretion to convey land to the United States free from reservations for oil, gas, phosphate and other minerals, provided agreement satisfactory to the board be effectuated with the United States whereby, in the event oil, gas, phosphate or other minerals are ever produced from said land, said board shall receive the customary royalty therefrom. In any conveyance heretofore made to the United States for national park or related purpose subsequent to June 30, 1943, which contained such reservations, said board shall have authority to convey said reservations subject to the conditions hereof in respect to customary royalty.
(3) The authority to convey, granted in subsection (2), shall apply to the conveyance of lands by the board of trustees to the United States for the establishment of the Biscayne National Monument, as defined by Pub. L. No. 90-606 of the United States, and the board is authorized to convey public lands to the United States for the establishment of the Biscayne National Monument. All acts and actions of the board of trustees and all agreements between the board and the United States Government regarding the conveyance of any state lands to the United States for the establishment of the Biscayne National Monument are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated. For the purposes of the conveyance authorized by this subsection, no provision of this chapter shall apply, and the board of trustees shall not be required, prior to such conveyance, to comply with any conditions precedent to sale of lands set out in this chapter, nor shall the board be required to reserve oil, gas, phosphate, or other mineral rights, or enter into an agreement for royalties, if any, if same are produced from said lands. However, the waiver herein shall not apply to the requirements of this chapter relating to the setting of bulkhead lines and to dredging and filling.
(4) The legislative intent embodied in this section is to authorize the board of trustees to convey or obligate itself to convey the herein referred to state-owned lands in accordance with the provisions of Pub. L. No. 90-606. Upon certification to the board by the United States Government that all private lands intended to be acquired have been acquired and that owners of private property who have not donated or otherwise conveyed their lands have been paid therefor, the conveyance herein authorized shall become absolute. Nothing herein shall alter the right of the United States Government to immediate possession of said state-owned lands.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 23617, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-364; s. 1, ch. 70-439.

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Florida Statutes

Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property

Chapter 253 - State Lands

253.001 - Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; Duty to Hold Lands in Trust.

253.002 - Department of Environmental Protection, Water Management Districts, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Duties With Respect to State Lands.

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.

253.0346 - Lease of Sovereignty Submerged Lands for Marinas, Boatyards, Mooring Fields, and Marine Retailers.

253.0347 - Lease of Sovereignty Submerged Lands for Private Residential Docks and Piers.

253.035 - Coastal Anchorage Areas.

253.036 - Forest Management.

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.

253.1241 - Studies.

253.1252 - Citation of Rule.

253.126 - Legislative Intent.

253.127 - Enforcement.

253.128 - Enforcement; Board or Agency Under Special Law.

253.1281 - Review by Board.

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.

253.41 - Plats and Field Notes Filed in Office of Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

253.42 - Board of Trustees May Exchange Lands.

253.43 - Convey by Deed.

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.”

253.47 - Board of Trustees May Lease, Sell, etc., Bottoms of Bays, Lagoons, Straits, etc., Owned by State, for Petroleum Purposes.

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.

253.54 - Competitive Bidding.

253.55 - Limitation on Term of Lease.

253.56 - Responsibility of Bidder.

253.57 - Royalties.

253.571 - Proof of Financial Responsibility Required of Lessee Prior to Commencement of Drilling.

253.60 - Conflicting Laws.

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.

253.67 - Definitions.

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.

253.70 - Public Notice.

253.71 - The Lease Contract.

253.72 - Marking of Leased Areas; Restrictions on Public Use.

253.73 - Rules; Ss. 253.67-253.75.

253.74 - Penalties.

253.75 - Studies and Recommendations by the Department and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Designation of Recommended Traditional and Other Use Zones; Supervision of Aquaculture Operations.

253.763 - Judicial Review Relating to Permits and Licenses.

253.77 - State Lands; State Agency Authorization for Use Prohibited Without Consent of Agency in Which Title Vested; Concurrent Processing Requirements.

253.781 - Retention of State-Owned Lands Along Former Cross Florida Barge Canal Route; Creation of Cross Florida Greenways State Recreation and Conservation Area; Authorizing Transfer to the Federal Government for Inclusion in Ocala National Forest.

253.782 - Retention of State-Owned Lands in and Around Lake Rousseau and the Cross Florida Barge Canal Right-of-Way From Lake Rousseau West to the Withlacoochee River.

253.7821 - Cross Florida Greenways State Recreation and Conservation Area Assigned to the Department of Environmental Protection.

253.7822 - Boundaries of the Cross Florida Greenways State Recreation and Conservation Area; Coordination of Management Activities.

253.7823 - Disposition of Surplus Lands; Compensation of Counties Located Within the Cross Florida Canal Navigation District.

253.7824 - Sale of Products; Proceeds.

253.7825 - Recreational Uses.

253.7827 - Transportation and Utility Crossings of Greenways Lands.

253.7828 - Impairment of Use or Conservation by Agencies Prohibited.

253.783 - Expenditures for Acquisition of Land for a Canal Connecting the Waters of the Atlantic Ocean With the Gulf of Mexico via the St. Johns River Prohibited.

253.784 - Contracts.

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.

253.87 - Inventory of State, Federal, and Local Government Conservation Lands by the Department of Environmental Protection.

253.90 - Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area.