Senate Bill sb0340

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 340

    By Senator Dockery





    15-382-05

  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 surcharges for the use of submerged

  5         lands; providing an effective date.

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

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

10  253.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         253.71  The lease contract.--When the board has

12  determined that the proposed lease is not incompatible with

13  the public interest and that the applicant has demonstrated

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

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

16  contract having the following features in addition to others

17  deemed desirable by the board:

18         (2)  RENTAL FEES.--

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26  2001, the surcharge shall be increased to $10 per acre, or any

27  fraction of an acre, per annum.

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

29  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 340
    15-382-05




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      for the use of submerged land.
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