(1) Land comprising part of the principal of the State School Trust Fund declared by the constitution to be “sacred and inviolate,” or other real estate, title to which is in the State Board of Education, shall not be subject to the district tax nor shall there be liability therefor upon any state agency.
(2) There shall be excluded from district taxes all bodies of navigable water and unreclaimed water areas meandered by the public surveys, all rights-of-way of said district, all areas devoted or dedicated to the use of and for the works of the district, rights-of-way of state and county highways, and streets within the limits of incorporated towns, and property owned by a public agency open to the use of the public or for the public benefit not leased to or operated by a private agency.
History.—s. 30, ch. 25209, 1949; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 25, ch. 73-190; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 231, ch. 81-259.
Note.—Former s. 378.30.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Part V - Finance and Taxation (Ss. 373.470-373.591)
373.470 - Everglades restoration.
373.472 - Save Our Everglades Trust Fund.
373.475 - Water storage facility revolving loan fund.
373.501 - Appropriation of funds to water management districts.
373.5071 - Audit report; furnishing to governing board and clerks of circuit courts.
373.535 - Preliminary district budgets.
373.536 - District budget and hearing thereon.
373.539 - Imposition of taxes.
373.543 - Land held by Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; areas not taxed.
373.553 - Treasurer of the board; payment of funds; depositories.
373.559 - May borrow money temporarily.
373.573 - Bonds to be validated.
373.579 - Proceeds from taxes for bond purposes.
373.583 - Registration of bonds.
373.586 - Unpaid warrants to draw interest.
373.59 - Payment in lieu of taxes for lands acquired for water management district purposes.
373.5905 - Reinstatement of payments in lieu of taxes; duration.