Bill Text: FL S0566 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Lands [EPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation [S0566 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0566-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 566 
 
By Senator Constantine 
22-00584-10                                            2010566__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to state lands; amending s. 253.01, 
3         F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; providing an 
4         effective date. 
5 
6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
7 
8         Section 1. Section 253.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
9  read: 
10         253.01 Internal Improvement Trust Fund established.— 
11         (1)(a) So much of the 500,000 acres of land granted to this 
12  state for internal improvement purposes by an Act of Congress 
13  passed March 3, A. D. 1845, as remains unsold, and the proceeds 
14  of the sales of such lands heretofore sold as now remain on hand 
15  and unappropriated, and all proceeds that may hereafter accrue 
16  from the sales of such lands; and all the swampland or lands 
17  subject to overflow granted this state by an Act of Congress 
18  approved September 28, A. D. 1850, together with all the 
19  proceeds that have accrued or may hereafter accrue to the state 
20  from the sale of such lands, are set apart, and declared a 
21  separate and distinct fund called the Internal Improvement Trust 
22  Fund of the state, and are to be strictly applied according to 
23  the provisions of this chapter. 
24         (b) All revenues received from application fees charged by 
25  the Division of State Lands for the use in any manner, lease, 
26  conveyance, or release of any interest in or for the sale of 
27  state lands, except revenues from such fees charged by the 
28  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for aquaculture 
29  leases under ss. 253.71(2) and 597.010, must be deposited into 
30  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. The fees charged by the 
31  division for reproduction of records relating to state lands 
32  must also be placed into the fund. Revenues received by the 
33  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for aquaculture 
34  leases under ss. 253.71(2) and 597.010 shall be deposited in the 
35  General Inspection Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
36  and Consumer Services. 
37         (c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, 
38  if title to any state-owned lands is vested in the Board of 
39  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and the lands 
40  are located within the Everglades Agricultural Area, then all 
41  proceeds from the sale of any such lands shall be deposited into 
42  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. The provisions of this 
43  paragraph shall not apply to those lands acquired pursuant to s. 
44  607.0505 and former s. 620.192 or chapter 895. 
45         (2) All revenues accruing from sources designated by law 
46  for deposit in the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall be used 
47  for the acquisition, management, administration, protection, and 
48  conservation of state-owned lands. 
49         (3) In addition to the uses allowed in subsection (2) for 
50  the 2008-2009 fiscal year, moneys in the Internal Improvement 
51  Trust Fund are authorized for grants and aids to local 
52  governments for the drinking water facility construction state 
53  revolving loan program, as provided in the General 
54  Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 2009. 
55         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.