(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 285.16, the water rights compact among the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the State of Florida, and the South Florida Water Management District as approved by the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District at its May 15, 1987, governing board meeting is hereby ratified and approved. The compact shall not be effective until approved in appropriate federal legislation. Upon congressional approval, the compact shall become the sole source of regulation of water use and the management and storage of surface water and groundwater on reservation and Tribal Trust lands.
(2) All agencies of the state are authorized and directed to provide such technical assistance as the South Florida Water Management District may require in implementing the terms of the water rights compact to be entered with the Seminole Tribe of Indians of Florida pursuant to subsection (1).
History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 87-292; s. 12, ch. 91-221.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs
Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)
285.01 - Lands set aside; description.
285.011 - Seminole Indian lands; trustee.
285.03 - Grant of Florida lands to Seminole Indians.
285.06 - State Indian Reservation.
285.061 - Transfer of land to United States in trust for Seminole and Miccosukee Indian Tribes.
285.09 - Rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes with respect to hunting, fishing, and frogging.
285.10 - No license or permit fees required; identification card required.
285.11 - Reservation; improvement leases.
285.12 - Reservation; mineral deposits.
285.13 - Campsites; flood control.
285.16 - Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian reservation.
285.165 - Water rights compact with Seminole Tribe.
285.17 - Special improvement districts; Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes.
285.18 - Tribal council as governing body; powers and duties.