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2005 Florida Statutes

SECTION 577
Certain rights of mine or quarry operators and dragline or heavy equipment operators preserved.
Section 1004.577, Florida Statutes 2005

1004.577  Certain rights of mine or quarry operators and dragline or heavy equipment operators preserved.--Nothing in ss. 1004.57-1004.576 shall infringe upon the right of a legitimate mine or quarry operator to extract rock, gravel, fill, phosphate, or other minerals or infringe upon the right of a legitimate operator of draglines or similar heavy dredging, trenching, or digging equipment to construct drainage canals or other excavations because of the actual or potential destruction of vertebrate fossils.

History.--s. 207, ch. 2002-387.