Florida Statutes
Part I - Parks (Ss. 258.001-258.158)
258.004 - Duties of division.


(1) It shall be the duty of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection to supervise, administer, regulate, and control the operation of all public parks, including all monuments, memorials, sites of historic interest and value, sites of archaeological interest and value owned, or which may be acquired, by the state, or to the operation, development, preservation, and maintenance of which the state may have made or may make contribution or appropriation of public funds.
(2) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall preserve, manage, regulate, and protect all parks and recreational areas held by the state and may provide these services by contract or interagency agreement for any water management district when the governing board of a water management district designates or sets aside any park or recreation area within its boundaries.
(3) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall study and appraise the recreation needs of the state and assemble and disseminate information relative to recreation.
(4) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall provide consultation assistance to local governing units as to the protection, organization, and administration of local recreation systems and the planning and design of local recreation areas and facilities.
(5) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall assist in recruiting, training, and placing recreation personnel.
(6) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall sponsor and promote recreation institutes, workshops, seminars, and conferences throughout the state.
(7) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall cooperate with state and federal agencies, private organizations, and commercial and industrial interests in the promotion of a state recreation program.
(8) This part shall be enforced by the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department of Environmental Protection and its officers and by the Division of Law Enforcement of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its officers.
History.—s. 6, ch. 25353, 1949; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 254, ch. 71-377; s. 14, ch. 75-22; s. 91, ch. 94-356; s. 2, ch. 2010-178; s. 118, ch. 2011-142; s. 6, ch. 2019-141.
Note.—Former s. 592.06.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property

Chapter 258 - State Parks and Preserves

Part I - Parks (Ss. 258.001-258.158)

258.001 - Park regions.

258.004 - Duties of division.

258.007 - Powers of division.

258.008 - Prohibited activities; penalties.

258.014 - Fees for use of state parks.

258.0142 - Foster and adoptive family state park fee discounts.

258.0145 - Military, law enforcement, and firefighter state park fee discounts.

258.015 - Citizen support organizations; use of property; audit.

258.016 - Senior/disabled citizen camping permit.

258.0165 - Defibrillators in state parks.

258.017 - Dedication of state park lands for public use.

258.021 - Power of eminent domain; procedure.

258.027 - Division to take over certain functions.

258.034 - State Park Trust Fund created.

258.037 - Policy of division.

258.041 - Cooperation of division with counties, etc.

258.08 - Guide meridian and base parallel park located.

258.081 - Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center.

258.083 - John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; taking or damaging of coral prohibited.

258.09 - Rauscher Park designated.

258.10 - Division of Recreation and Parks to supervise and maintain Rauscher Park.

258.11 - Land ceded for Royal Palm State Park; proviso.

258.12 - Additional lands ceded for Royal Palm State Park.

258.14 - Royal Palm State Park and endowment lands exempt from taxation.

258.15 - St. Michael’s Cemetery designated a state park.

258.156 - Savannas State Reserve.

258.157 - Prohibited acts in Savannas State Reserve.

258.158 - Exemption from s. 588.15.