| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to forest development; repealing chapter |
| 3 | 591, F.S., relating to the establishment and management of |
| 4 | community forests by political subdivisions and school |
| 5 | districts, the appointment of forestry committees, the use |
| 6 | of revenues from such forests, and the sale of such |
| 7 | forests; amending ss. 253.431, 570.548, and 604.15, F.S., |
| 8 | to conform; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Chapter 591, Florida Statutes, consisting of |
| 13 | sections 591.15, 591.16, 591.17, 591.18, 591.19, 591.20, 591.21, |
| 14 | 591.22, 591.23, 591.24, 591.25, and 591.26, is repealed. |
| 15 | Section 2. Section 253.431, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 253.431 Agents may act on behalf of board of trustees.-The |
| 18 | Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may, by |
| 19 | resolution duly recorded in the records of said board, authorize |
| 20 | or employ agents or employees to act in its behalf in the |
| 21 | execution and delivery of deeds of conveyance, for the purpose |
| 22 | of carrying into effect any exchange or contract or agreement |
| 23 | therefor made by said board under or pursuant to the power |
| 24 | vested in said board by this chapter, by virtue of the state's |
| 25 | equity in lands under chapter 197, pursuant to conveyances by |
| 26 | authority of s. 288.14 or chapter 270, by authority of s. 591.19 |
| 27 | or s. 285.14, and by such agents or employees issue disclaimers, |
| 28 | releases of oil and mineral rights, quitclaim deeds, releases of |
| 29 | any and all reservations of whatever kind in the lands of the |
| 30 | state, and such other documents as may be authorized by the |
| 31 | board to release or convey the state's interests. Any deed |
| 32 | executed by said agents or employees shall fully convey to and |
| 33 | vest in the purchaser or grantee the property so conveyed. |
| 34 | Section 3. Section 570.548, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 35 | to read: |
| 36 | 570.548 Division of Forestry; powers and duties.-The |
| 37 | duties of the Division of Forestry include, but are not limited |
| 38 | to, administering and enforcing those powers and |
| 39 | responsibilities of the division prescribed in chapters 589 and, |
| 40 | 590, and 591 and the rules adopted pursuant thereto and in other |
| 41 | forest fire, forest protection, and forest management laws of |
| 42 | this state. |
| 43 | Section 4. Subsections (5) through (10) of section 604.15, |
| 44 | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsection (6) through (11), |
| 45 | respectively, present subsection (1) is amended, and a new |
| 46 | subsection (5) is added to that section, to read: |
| 47 | 604.15 Dealers in agricultural products; definitions.-For |
| 48 | the purpose of ss. 604.15-604.34, the following words and terms, |
| 49 | when used, shall be construed to mean: |
| 50 | (1) "Agricultural products" means the natural products of |
| 51 | the farm, nursery, grove, orchard, vineyard, garden, and apiary |
| 52 | (raw or manufactured); sod; tropical foliage; horticulture; hay; |
| 53 | livestock; milk and milk products; poultry and poultry products; |
| 54 | the fruit of the saw palmetto (meaning the fruit of the Serenoa |
| 55 | repens); limes (meaning the fruit Citrus aurantifolia, variety |
| 56 | Persian, Tahiti, Bearss, or Florida Key limes); and any other |
| 57 | nonexempt agricultural products produced in the state, except |
| 58 | tobacco, sugarcane, timber and timber byproducts, forest |
| 59 | products as defined in s. 591.17, and citrus other than limes. |
| 60 | (5) "Forest product" means any product produced from |
| 61 | trees. |
| 62 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |