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FL Stat § 253.39 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.39 - Surveys Approved by Chief Cadastral Surveyor Validated.

253.39 Surveys approved by chief cadastral surveyor validated.—All surveys of lands into townships, sections or other regular land divisions, heretofore or hereafter made in this state, and which have or may hereafter be approved by the chief cadastral surveyor for the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, together with the field notes, plats, or other accessories pertaining thereto, are validated and confirmed and are official public surveys of this state of equal force, tenor and effect as surveys made by or under the direction of the United States Government.History.—s. 1, ch. 7892, 1919; CGL 1428; s. 1, ch. 61-187; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.40 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.40 - To What Lands Applicable.

253.40 To what lands applicable.—The provisions for land surveys in ss. 253.39 and 253.41 shall only apply to such lands as have not heretofore been surveyed by the Federal Government; and all acts of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, together with any and all contracts, resolutions and instructions relating to such surveys, are approved, validated and confirmed.History.—s. 2, ch. 7892, 1919; CGL 1429; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.41 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.41 - Plats and Field Notes Filed in Office of Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

253.41 Plats and field notes filed in office of Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund.—When such surveys, as provided for in ss. 253.39 and 253.40, shall have been made and approved by the chief cadastral surveyor, the plats and field notes thereof shall be filed in the office of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of this state, which shall be the custodian of such plats and field notes for the use of the public, under such regulations as may apply to the use of plats and field notes of the public land surveys of the United States, and a duly certified copy of the same shall be admissible as evidence in any court of this state.History.—s. 3, ch. 7892, 1919; CGL 1430; s. 5, ch. 63-294; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.43 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.43 - Convey by Deed.

253.43 Convey by deed.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may execute and deliver a deed of conveyance, in its discretion necessary or proper, for the purpose of carrying into effect any such exchange or any contract or agreement therefor, made by said board under or pursuant to the power vested in it by this chapter, or otherwise; and any such deed shall fully convey to and vest in the purchaser or grantee the property so conveyed.History.—s. 2, ch. 8525, 1921; CGL 1433; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.431 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.431 - Agents May Act on Behalf of Board of Trustees.

253.431 Agents may act on behalf of board of trustees.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may, by resolution duly recorded in the records of said board, authorize or employ agents or employees to act in its behalf in the execution and delivery of deeds of conveyance, for the purpose of carrying into effect any exchange or contract or agreement therefor made by said board under or pursuant to the power vested in said board by this chapter, by virtue of the state’s equity in lands under chapter 197, pursuant to conveyances by authority of s. 288.14 or chapter 270, by authority of s. 591.19 or s. 285.14, and by such agents or employees issue disclaimers, releases of oil and mineral rights, quitclaim deeds, releases of any and all reservations of whatever kind in the lands of the state, and such other documents as may be authorized by the board to release or convey the state’s interests. Any deed executed by said agents or employees shall fully convey to and vest in the purchaser or grantee the property so conveyed.History.—s. 2, ch. 67-5; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.44 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.44 - Disposal of Lands Received.

253.44 Disposal of lands received.—All lands conveyed to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, pursuant to ss. 253.42, 253.43, 253.44, or ratified by s. 253.43, shall be held and disposed of by said board, pursuant to the laws of the state affecting said Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, and acts amendatory thereto.History.—s. 3, ch. 8525, 1921; CGL 1434; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.45 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.45 - Sale or Lease of Phosphate, Clay, Minerals, etc., in or Under State Lands.

253.45 Sale or lease of phosphate, clay, minerals, etc., in or under state lands.—(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may sell or lease any phosphate, earth or clay, sand, gravel, shell, mineral, metal, timber or water, or any other substance similar to the foregoing, in, on, or under, any land the title to which is vested in the state, the Department of Management Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the State Board of Education, or any other state board, department, or agency; provided that the board of trustees may not grant such a sale or lease on the land of any other state board, department, or agency without first obtaining approval therefrom. No sale or lease provided for in this section shall be allowed on hard-surfaced beaches that are used for bathing or driving and areas contiguous thereto out to a mean low-water depth of 3 feet and landward to the nearest paved public road. Any sale or lease provided for in this section shall be conducted by competitive bidding as provided for in ss. 253.52, 253.53, and 253.54. The proceeds of such sales or leases are to be credited to the board of trustees, board, department, or agency which has title or control of the land involved.(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or any other state agency authorized to grant leases under this section shall specify in each such lease, in clear and precise terms, the particular minerals for which the lessee is permitted to drill or mine and the manner in which the same may be extracted.History.—s. 1, ch. 9289, 1923; ss. 1, 2, ch. 9315, 1923; s. 1, ch. 13670, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 1438(1); s. 1, ch. 59-178; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 69-181; s. 1, ch. 69-239; s. 1, ch. 69-369; ss. 22, 25, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 173, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 75, ch. 94-356; s. 73, ch. 99-245.
FL Stat § 253.451 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.451 - Construction of Term “Land the Title to Which Is Vested in the state.”

253.451 Construction of term “land the title to which is vested in the state.”—For the purposes of ss. 253.45-253.61 the phrase “land the title to which is vested in the state” or words of similar import shall include lands previously held by the state or any agency thereof, in which mineral rights have been retained by the state or such agency.History.—s. 10, ch. 69-369.
FL Stat § 253.47 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.47 - Board of Trustees May Lease, Sell, etc., Bottoms of Bays, Lagoons, Straits, etc., Owned by State, for Petroleum Purposes.

253.47 Board of trustees may lease, sell, etc., bottoms of bays, lagoons, straits, etc., owned by state, for petroleum purposes.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state may lease for royalties or for other agreed compensation, or sell and otherwise dispose of the right to drill wells for the discovery and the production of petroleum and natural gas in the bottoms, owned by the state in its sovereign capacity, of the bays, lagoons, straits, sounds, gulf, streams and lakes within the state; provided, that such leases or sales shall not confer upon the person acquiring the same the right to enter upon any private property of another, nor the right to drill any well or otherwise place permanent or stationary obstruction in such waters or upon such bottoms within one-quarter of 1 mile of the shoreline of the lands of any upland owner, without first having the written consent of such upland owner so to do. The leases and sales so made shall convey to the lessee or vendee the rights of ingress and egress to, from, and over the bottoms leased or acquired, and the right to construct and maintain on and over such leased or acquired bottoms, in such manner as not to obstruct transportation, any structures, tanks, docks, stations and other equipment, as may be required for the proper development of such leases and the purposes for which the same are made.History.—s. 1, ch. 12429, 1927; CGL 1445; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.51 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.51 - Oil and Gas Leases on State Lands by the Board of Trustees.

253.51 Oil and gas leases on state lands by the board of trustees.—The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate, sell, and convey leasehold estates in and to lands the title to which is vested in any state board, department or agency thereof or lands the title to which is vested in the state with its control and management in any such board, department or agency, for the purpose of the development thereof, and the production therefrom, of oil and gas, to any person, firm, corporation or association authorized to do business in the state, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties, not inconsistent with law and the provisions of the chapter.History.—s. 1, ch. 22824, 1945; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 69-369.
FL Stat § 253.511 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.511 - Reports by Lessees of Oil and Mineral Rights, State Lands.

253.511 Reports by lessees of oil and mineral rights, state lands.—(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall require from each lessee of public land under s. 253.45, s. 253.47 or s. 253.51 an annual notarized report as to the status of operations on the land under lease. Such report shall include the number of holes drilled, the dates of drilling, the depth of drilling, and the results of the operation. Reports of mining operations shall also include the number of cubic yards mined. The notarized report of both mining or drilling operations shall include a financial report of moneys paid over to the state, if any. The board may require reasonable additional information, as may be necessary, for a better understanding of the operation under lease; provided, that this shall not be construed as authorizing the board to require any lessee to divulge information relating to its work product, trade secrets, or methods of operation not commonly shared with a leasing agency. Failure to submit the report required by this section within 90 days following the anniversary date of the respective lease may be grounds for revoking and setting aside any lease as to which such report should have been made.(2) The report required by this section may be introduced in evidence in behalf of the state or any agency thereof in any court proceeding as prima facie evidence of the information contained therein.History.—s. 1, ch. 69-236; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 253.512 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.512 - Applicants for Lease of Gas, Oil, or Mineral Rights; Report as to Lease Holdings.

253.512 Applicants for lease of gas, oil, or mineral rights; report as to lease holdings.—Each applicant for a lease concerning oil, gas, or mineral exploitation or exploration in the state shall submit to the agency of the state issuing the lease a certified statement as to any lease holdings regarding oil, gas, or minerals the applicant has which were granted by the same or any other agency of the state. Such statement shall also include the number and identification of such leases issued and the state agency which issued the lease or leases.History.—s. 1, ch. 69-237.
FL Stat § 253.52 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.52 - Placing Oil and Gas Leases on Market by Board.

253.52 Placing oil and gas leases on market by board.—Whenever in the opinion of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund there shall be a demand for the purchase of oil and gas leases on any area, tract, or parcel of the land so owned, controlled, or managed, by any state board, department, or agency, then the board shall place such oil and gas lease or leases on the market in such blocks, tracts, or parcels as it may designate. The lease or leases shall only be made after notice by publication thereof has been made not less than once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the vicinity of the lands offered to be leased, the last publication to be not less than 5 days in advance of the sale date. Such notice shall be to the effect that a lease or leases will be offered for sale at such date and time as may be named in said notice and shall describe the land upon which such lease, or leases, will be offered. This notice may be combined with the notice required pursuant to s. 253.115. Before any lease of any block, tract, or parcel of land, submerged, or unsubmerged, within a radius of 3 miles of the boundaries of any incorporated city, or town, or within such radius of any bathing beach, or beaches, outside thereof, such board, department, or agency, shall through one or more of its members hold a public hearing, after notice thereof by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published at least 1 week prior to said hearing in the vicinity of the land, or lands, offered to be leased, of the offer to lease the same, calling upon all interested persons to attend said hearing where they would be given the opportunity to be heard, all of which shall be considered by the board prior to the execution of any lease or leases to said land, and the board may withdraw said land, or any part thereof, from the market, and refuse to execute such lease or leases if after such hearing, or otherwise, it considers such execution contrary to the public welfare. Before advertising any land for lease the form of the lease or leases to be offered for sale, not inconsistent with law, or the provisions of this section, shall be prescribed by the board and a copy, or copies, thereof, shall be available to the general public at the office of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and the advertisements of such sale shall so state.History.—s. 2, ch. 22824, 1945; s. 1, ch. 24339, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 10, ch. 26484, 1951; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 69-369; s. 493, ch. 94-356; s. 12, ch. 2012-212.
FL Stat § 253.53 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.53 - Sealed Bids Required.

253.53 Sealed bids required.—All lands subject to this law shall be leased upon sealed bids. All bids shall be directed to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. Said bids shall not be opened until the day, time, and place designated by the board of trustees and provided in said notice, at which time all bids shall be opened and at which time any person so desiring may be present. The board shall determine in advance the amount of royalty, never less than one-eighth in kind, or in value, and a definite rental, increasing annually after the first 2 years, upon lands not developed for oil or gas, or upon which no well has been commenced in good faith to secure production in paying quantities of gas or oil. The board may, in its discretion, incorporate within the terms of any lease provisions for pooling or unitizing the leased premises, in whole or in part, with other lands or leases and provisions for payments that may be made in lieu of royalty on wells which have been completed as gas wells and are capable of producing gas in paying quantities but are shut in pending development of a satisfactory market outlet, provided this shut-in period pending development of a satisfactory market outlet shall not exceed 48 months from the date of completion of such gas well or wells as herein described, if the lease is not being otherwise maintained by drilling or reworking or by production, which, if made, shall operate to cause the lease to be considered as producing in paying quantities for all purposes thereof. In addition to such fixed charges for said lease, there shall be a cash consideration. The bids shall be for this cash consideration, offered for said lease, in addition to such fixed charges for royalty, rental, and payments in lieu of royalty and shall be payable upon acceptance of said bid. All bids shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check, or certified check, for the amount of such cash consideration and shall be payable to the state board, department, or agency which holds title to or controls the land offered for lease. No bid filed subsequent to the date and hour of sale specified in the advertisement of sale shall be considered.History.—s. 3, ch. 22824, 1945; s. 4, ch. 69-369; s. 1, ch. 69-405; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 67, ch. 86-186.
FL Stat § 253.54 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.54 - Competitive Bidding.

253.54 Competitive bidding.—On the date specified in the advertisement of sale, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall at a public meeting consider any and all bids submitted prior to such date for the leasing of the land or lands so advertised and, in the discretion of the board, award the lease to the highest and best bidder submitting a bid therefor; provided that if, in the judgment of the board, the bids submitted do not represent the fair value of such lease or leases, the execution of same is contrary to the public welfare, or the responsibility of the bidder offering the highest amount has not been established to its satisfaction, or for any other reason, it may in its discretion reject said bids, give notice and call for new or other bids, or withdraw said land from the market. If several distinct blocks, parcels, or tracts of land can be separately considered, then, and in that event, the board may so consider them, but if they cannot be so considered, then the rejection for any cause of the highest and best bid shall result in the rejection of all bids.History.—s. 4, ch. 22824, 1945; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 69-369; s. 68, ch. 86-186.
FL Stat § 253.55 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.55 - Limitation on Term of Lease.

253.55 Limitation on term of lease.—(1) Subject to the further provisions hereof, each lease shall be for a primary term prescribed by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund not to exceed 10 years from the date of the lease, and shall provide that such lease, upon which operations are being carried on in good faith and in a skillful and diligent manner with no cessation of more than 30 consecutive days, or oil or gas is being produced therefrom in paying quantities, shall remain in force and effect. The lease shall provide that if, after production is obtained therefrom, such production should cease, the lease may be maintained, if it is within the primary term, by commencing or resuming the payment of rentals or commencing operations for drilling or reworking said land, in good faith and in a skillful and diligent manner, on or before the rental payment date next ensuing after the expiration of 60 days, or, if it be after the expiration of the primary term, the lease may be maintained in force and effect by commencing and continuing operations for drilling or reworking said land for the development and production of oil or gas on or before 60 days after the cessation of production and prosecuting same with diligence and in a skillful manner with no cessation for more than 30 consecutive days, and if such operations within a reasonable time thereafter result in the production of oil or gas from such leased land in paying quantities, the lease shall remain in effect thereafter as long as oil or gas is produced therefrom in paying quantities. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit the automatic renewal of a lease by option after the expiration of the primary term, nor to permit the continuance of any lease except in accordance with the provisions of this section.(2) Each lease shall provide for its termination in the absence of drilling or reworking operations or production of oil or gas therefrom in paying quantities.History.—s. 5, ch. 22824, 1945; s. 1, ch. 69-238; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 69-369; s. 124, ch. 83-217; s. 5, ch. 88-278; s. 2, ch. 89-358; s. 142, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 253.56 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.56 - Responsibility of Bidder.

253.56 Responsibility of bidder.—Before the acceptance of any bid for such lease the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall establish to its satisfaction the responsibility of the bidder. And no lease shall be assigned in whole, or in part, nor any land covered thereby, until and except the board shall approve and consent to such assignment, and such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.History.—s. 6, ch. 22824, 1945; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 69-369.
FL Stat § 253.57 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property|Chapter 253 - State Lands|253.57 - Royalties.

253.57 Royalties.—The state’s royalties, a part of the consideration of every lease, shall be computed after deducting any oil or gas reasonably used for the production hereof.History.—s. 7, ch. 22824, 1945.