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FL Stat § 285.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.05 - Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund authorized to exchange lands with individuals.

285.05 Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund authorized to exchange lands with individuals.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may, in its discretion, exchange state lands with private landowners, and, in turn, exchange any lands so acquired with the United States for government-owned lands, to facilitate the carrying out of the purpose described in s. 285.04.History.—s. 2, ch. 17065, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 1995(3); s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 285.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.06 - State Indian Reservation.

285.06 State Indian Reservation.—When, as the result of the exchanges provided for in ss. 285.04 and 285.05, there shall have been established a reservation for the Indians by the United States in Florida, the State Seminole Indian Reservation in Monroe County, created by chapter 7310, Acts of 1917, shall be withdrawn and returned to the board of trustees; and thereupon the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall set aside a tract of land of approximately equal size and of suitable character, adjacently located, as nearly as may be, to the reservation to be established by the United States; and said lands, when so set aside, shall constitute the State Indian Reservation and shall be held in trust by the Department of Management Services for the perpetual benefit of the Indians and as a reservation for them.History.—s. 3, ch. 17065, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 1995(4); s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 22, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 244, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
FL Stat § 285.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.07 - Purpose of law.

285.07 Purpose of law.—The purpose of ss. 285.07-285.13 is to protect the Seminole Indians of Florida against undue and unnecessary hardships during these difficult years of transition from their ancestral culture to the culture of the white person’s civilization and to aid said Indians to obtain economic independence as a tribe and as individuals.History.—s. 1, ch. 29908, 1955; s. 11, ch. 91-221; s. 206, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 285.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.08 - Definitions.

285.08 Definitions.—For the purpose of ss. 285.09-285.13:(1) “Tribe” means the Seminole Tribe in the state composed of bands of Indians known and referred to as Miccosukee and Muskogee or Cow Creek.(2) “Indian” or “Indians” means one or more members of a tribe.(3) “Trustee” means the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.(4) “Reservation” means that tract of land of approximately 104,800 acres located in Palm Beach and Broward Counties set aside for the perpetual use and benefit of Seminole Indians by Legislative Acts of 1917 and 1935, known as the Seminole Indian Reservation.(5) “Flood control project” means the Central and South Florida Flood Control Program.History.—s. 2, ch. 29908, 1955; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 71-286.
FL Stat § 285.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.09 - Rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes with respect to hunting, fishing, and frogging.

285.09 Rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes with respect to hunting, fishing, and frogging.—(1) It is lawful for members of the Miccosukee Tribe and members of the Seminole Tribe to take wild game and fish at any time within the boundaries of their respective reservations and in the exercise of hunting, fishing, and trapping rights within the Big Cypress Preserve under Pub. L. No. 93-440 and under s. 380.055(8), provided that game may be taken only for food for the Indians themselves.(2) In addition, members of the Miccosukee Tribe may take wild game and fish for subsistence purposes and take frogs for personal consumption as food or for commercial purposes at any time within their reservation and the area leased to the Miccosukee Tribe pursuant to the actions of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund on April 8, 1981. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission may restrict, for wildlife management purposes, the exercise of these rights in the area leased. Prior to placing restrictions upon hunting, fishing, and frogging for subsistence purposes, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall totally restrict nonsubsistence uses for the particular species.History.—s. 3, ch. 29908, 1955; s. 1, ch. 81-204; s. 83, ch. 99-245.
FL Stat § 285.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.10 - No license or permit fees required; identification card required.

285.10 No license or permit fees required; identification card required.—Indians may exercise the hunting, fishing, and frogging rights granted to them in those areas specified by s. 285.09 without payment of licensing or permitting fees. Each Indian exercising such rights shall be required to have an identification card issued without cost by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission through the chairs of the Miccosukee Tribe and Seminole Tribe. Each Indian is required to have the identification card on his or her person at all times when exercising such rights and shall exhibit it to officers of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission upon the request of such officers.History.—s. 4, ch. 29908, 1955; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-204; s. 207, ch. 95-148; s. 84, ch. 99-245.
FL Stat § 285.11 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.11 - Reservation; improvement leases.

285.11 Reservation; improvement leases.—The trustee shall have the right to lease any part or parts of the reservation to any person willing to enter into an improvement lease. Such lease shall not exceed 15 years, unless such a lease is entered into with a Florida Indian, in which case it may be for a term not to exceed 25 years, and may include an option on the part of the lessee to renew such lease for an additional term of 25 years or less. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such lease is entered into with a Florida Indian for housing development and residential purposes, it may be for a term not to exceed 50 years. The lessee shall be required to make such improvements to or on the property as are agreed upon in the lease. The improvements shall become a part of the lands of the reservation thereby accruing to the benefit of the tribe upon expiration of the lease. For the purposes of this section a “Florida Indian” is defined as a member of either the Seminole Tribe of Florida or the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida or an Indian who is eligible for enrollment as a member of either of the foregoing tribes.History.—s. 5, ch. 29908, 1955; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-271; s. 43, ch. 97-167.
FL Stat § 285.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.12 - Reservation; mineral deposits.

285.12 Reservation; mineral deposits.—The tribe shall benefit from the discovery and development of all mineral deposits on the lands of the reservation the same as if the title to said lands were vested in the tribe and any law relating to the use of public lands shall not apply.History.—s. 6, ch. 29908, 1955; s. 1, ch. 69-298.
FL Stat § 285.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.13 - Campsites; flood control.

285.13 Campsites; flood control.—Indians living in camps settled prior to the passage of ss. 285.07-285.13 within the boundaries of the flood control project shall be permitted to continue to live in such campsites. When any such campsite is threatened with floodwaters as a result of the building of the flood control project, the trustee shall cause such campsites to be relocated to a level above dangers resulting from said floodwaters or shall otherwise protect such campsites from said floodwaters.History.—s. 7, ch. 29908, 1955.
FL Stat § 285.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.14 - Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund as trustee to accept donations of and acquire property for Indians.

285.14 Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund as trustee to accept donations of and acquire property for Indians.—(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, as the trustee defined in s. 285.08, may accept donations of real and personal property from any source whatsoever, and may include the same in the corpus of the trust created under this chapter.(2) The board, as trustee, may acquire lands in the name of the state and devote the same to the exclusive use, occupancy, and benefit of said Indians for the purpose of promoting the health, general welfare, safety, and best interest of said Indians.(3) All funds accruing to the trustee of the trust granted under this chapter, may be expended by said trustee for such purposes as in the judgment and discretion of the board will best promote the safety, health, general welfare and best interest of said Indians.(4) The Department of Management Services, the State Board of Education, and any other state board or agency having title to lands or having lands under their jurisdiction, management, or control, may in their discretion convey and transfer to the board of trustees the title to any of said lands in trust for the use and benefit of said Indians.History.—s. 1, ch. 59-451; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 22, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 71-286; s. 245, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
FL Stat § 285.15 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.15 - Grant of hunting, fishing, and frogging privileges by Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund; access to and use of land.

285.15 Grant of hunting, fishing, and frogging privileges by Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund; access to and use of land.—(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant hunting and fishing privileges and rights to the Miccosukee and Seminole Indian Tribes and to any other Indians who are not members of the Miccosukee Tribe or Seminole Tribe but who are eligible for membership therein, covering lands under its administration, management, control, and supervision. The rights granted under this section extend only to game taken by the said Indians for personal consumption, and no other license or permit shall be required, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law.(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant to the Miccosukee and Seminole Indian Tribes and to any other Indians who are not members of the Miccosukee Tribe or Seminole Tribe but who are eligible for membership therein the right to take frogs for personal consumption and for commercial purposes, covering lands under its administration, management, control, and supervision.(3) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, in its discretion, may grant to the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes and to any other Indians who are not members of the Miccosukee Tribe or Seminole Tribe but who are eligible for membership therein the right of access to and use of lands under its administration, management, control, and supervision.History.—s. 1, ch. 59-451; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 81-204.
FL Stat § 285.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.16 - Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian reservation.

285.16 Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian reservation.—(1) The State of Florida hereby assumes jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed by or against Indians or other persons within Indian reservations and over civil causes of actions between Indians or other persons or to which Indians or other persons are parties rising within Indian reservations.(2) The civil and criminal laws of Florida shall obtain on all Indian reservations in this state and shall be enforced in the same manner as elsewhere throughout the state.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 61-252.
FL Stat § 285.165 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.165 - Water rights compact with Seminole Tribe.

285.165 Water rights compact with Seminole Tribe.—(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.
FL Stat § 285.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.17 - Special improvement districts; Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes.

285.17 Special improvement districts; Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes.—There is hereby created a special improvement district for each of the areas contained within the reservations set aside for the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes, respectively, and also within the area leased to the Miccosukee Tribe pursuant to the actions of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund on April 8, 1981.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-175; s. 4, ch. 81-204.
FL Stat § 285.20 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part I - Indian Affairs (Ss. 285.01-285.20)|285.20 - Tribal Secured Transactions Filing Offices.

285.20 Tribal Secured Transactions Filing Offices.—(1) If the governing body of the Seminole Tribe of Florida or the governing body of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians adopts or enacts a law or ordinance governing secured transactions arising within or relating to the reservation of such tribe in this state, and if such tribal law or ordinance authorizes financing statements and other records relating to secured transactions to be filed:(a) With the Department of State or such other central filing office as may be established from time to time under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state, then the Department of State or other central filing office, including any private secured transaction registry that may be designated as such in this state, shall accept and process such filings made under the tribal secured transactions law in accordance with this section and the provisions of chapter 679; or(b) With the office of the clerk of circuit court in any county of this state in which the tribal secured transactions law requires a local filing, then such county filing office shall accept and process such filings made under such tribal law in accordance with this section and the provisions of chapter 28.(2) The filing office shall not be required to accept any financing statements or other records communicated for filing under a tribal secured transactions law unless they satisfy the same filing requirements then applicable to financing statements and other records communicated to that filing office under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state, including the payment of the same filing, processing, or recording charges or fees then charged by that filing office for filing or recording comparable financing statements and other records under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state.(3) The filing office shall maintain and index its records of all financing statements or other records filing with that filing office under the tribal secured transactions law together with and in the same manner as its records of financing statements and other records filed under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state. The filing office shall not be required to record or index separately, or otherwise segregate in any manner, any such filings made under the tribal secured transactions law from other filings made under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state. In all respects, the filing office shall have the same duties and responsibilities with respect to filings made under the tribal secured transactions law as with respect to filings made under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state.History.—s. 29, ch. 2001-198.
FL Stat § 285.712 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 285 - Indian Reservations and Affairs|Part II - Gaming Compact (Ss. 285.710, 285.712)|285.712 - Tribal-state gaming compacts.

285.712 Tribal-state gaming compacts.—(1) The Governor is the designated state officer responsible for negotiating and executing, on behalf of the state, tribal-state gaming compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes located within the state pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 18 U.S.C. ss. 1166-1168 and 25 U.S.C. ss. 2701 et seq., for the purpose of authorizing class III gaming, as defined in that act, on Indian lands within the state.(2) Any tribal-state compact relating to gaming activities which is entered into by an Indian tribe in this state and the Governor pursuant to subsection (1) must be conditioned upon ratification by the Legislature.(3) Following completion of negotiations and execution of a compact, the Governor shall submit a copy of the executed tribal-state compact to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as soon as it is executed. To be effective, the compact must be ratified by both houses of the Legislature by a majority vote of the members present. The Governor shall file the executed compact with the Secretary of State pursuant to s. 15.01.(4) Upon receipt of an act ratifying a tribal-state compact, the Secretary of State shall coordinate with the parties to the compact to formally submit a copy of the executed compact and the ratifying act to the United States Secretary of the Interior for his or her review and approval, in accordance with 25 U.S.C. s. 2710(d)(8).History.—s. 3, ch. 2010-29; s. 3, ch. 2021-268.
FL Stat § 287.001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 287 - Procurement of Personal Property and Services|Part I - Commodities, Insurance, and Contractual Services (Ss. 287.001-287.137)|287.001 - Legislative intent.

287.001 Legislative intent.—The Legislature recognizes that fair and open competition is a basic tenet of public procurement; that such competition reduces the appearance and opportunity for favoritism and inspires public confidence that contracts are awarded equitably and economically; and that documentation of the acts taken and effective monitoring mechanisms are important means of curbing any improprieties and establishing public confidence in the process by which commodities and contractual services are procured. It is essential to the effective and ethical procurement of commodities and contractual services that there be a system of uniform procedures to be utilized by state agencies in managing and procuring commodities and contractual services; that detailed justification of agency decisions in the procurement of commodities and contractual services be maintained; and that adherence by the agency and the vendor to specific ethical considerations be required.History.—s. 3, ch. 82-196; s. 10, ch. 90-268; s. 7, ch. 2002-207.
FL Stat § 287.017 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 287 - Procurement of Personal Property and Services|Part I - Commodities, Insurance, and Contractual Services (Ss. 287.001-287.137)|287.017 - Purchasing categories, threshold amounts.

287.017 Purchasing categories, threshold amounts.—The following purchasing categories are hereby created:(1) CATEGORY ONE: $20,000.(2) CATEGORY TWO: $35,000.(3) CATEGORY THREE: $65,000.(4) CATEGORY FOUR: $195,000.(5) CATEGORY FIVE: $325,000.History.—ss. 5, 13, ch. 86-204; ss. 12, 34, ch. 90-268; s. 3, ch. 96-236; s. 17, ch. 98-65; s. 75, ch. 98-279; s. 43, ch. 99-399; s. 9, ch. 2002-207; s. 15, ch. 2010-151.
FL Stat § 287.022 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 287 - Procurement of Personal Property and Services|Part I - Commodities, Insurance, and Contractual Services (Ss. 287.001-287.137)|287.022 - Purchase of insurance.

287.022 Purchase of insurance.—(1) Insurance, while not a commodity, nevertheless shall be purchased for all agencies by the department, except that agencies may purchase title insurance for land acquisition and may make emergency purchases of insurance pursuant to s. 287.057(3)(a). The procedures for purchasing insurance, whether the purchase is made by the department or by the agencies, shall be the same as those set forth herein for the purchase of commodities.(2) When an insurer or agent pays a commission or any portion thereof to any person, on insurance purchased under this part, such payment shall be reported to the department in writing and under oath within 30 days thereafter. Any failure to report as required herein shall subject the insurer or agent to the penalties provided in s. 624.15.(3) The department and the Division of State Group Insurance shall not prohibit or limit any properly licensed insurer, health maintenance organization, prepaid limited health services organization, or insurance agent from competing for any insurance product or plan purchased, provided, or endorsed by the department or the division on the basis of the compensation arrangement used by the insurer or organization for its agents.History.—s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 89-232; s. 13, ch. 90-268; s. 76, ch. 98-279; s. 2, ch. 2001-192; s. 11, ch. 2001-278; s. 10, ch. 2002-207; s. 16, ch. 2010-151.
FL Stat § 287.032 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIX - Public Business|Chapter 287 - Procurement of Personal Property and Services|Part I - Commodities, Insurance, and Contractual Services (Ss. 287.001-287.137)|287.032 - Purpose of department.

287.032 Purpose of department.—It shall be the purpose of the Department of Management Services:(1) To promote efficiency, economy, and the conservation of energy and to effect coordination in the purchase of commodities and contractual services for the state.(2) To provide uniform commodity and contractual service procurement policies, rules, procedures, and forms for use by agencies and eligible users.(3) To procure and distribute federal surplus tangible personal property allocated to the state by the Federal Government.History.—s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 69-82; s. 1, ch. 76-29; s. 1, ch. 77-316; s. 2, ch. 80-374; s. 7, ch. 82-196; s. 248, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 77, ch. 98-279; s. 11, ch. 2002-207.