Senate Bill sb1516

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1516

    By Senator Lawson





    6-1125-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state lands; amending s.

  3         253.71, F.S.; eliminating obsolete provisions

  4         relating to lease fees and surcharges for the

  5         use of submerged lands; providing an effective

  6         date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

11  253.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         253.71  The lease contract.--When the board has

13  determined that the proposed lease is not incompatible with

14  the public interest and that the applicant has demonstrated

15  his or her capacity to perform the operations upon which the

16  application is based, it may proceed to consummate a lease

17  contract having the following features in addition to others

18  deemed desirable by the board:

19         (2)  RENTAL FEES.--

20         (a)  The lease contract shall specify such amount of

21  rental per acre of leased bottom as may be agreed to by the

22  parties and shall take the form of fixed rental to be paid

23  throughout the term of the lease.  Beginning January 1, 1990,

24  A surcharge of $10 $5 per acre, or any fraction of an acre,

25  per annum shall be levied upon each lease according to the

26  guidelines set forth in s. 597.010(7). Beginning January 1,

27  2001, the surcharge shall be increased to $10 per acre, or any

28  fraction of an acre, per annum.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1516
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