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HB 957 2024
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve;
3 amending s. 258.39, F.S.; revising the boundaries of
4 the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve; providing an
5 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. Subsection (28) of section 258.39, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 258.39 Boundaries of preserves.—The submerged lands
12 included within the boundaries of Nassau, Duval, St. Johns,
13 Flagler, Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Charlotte,
14 Pinellas, Martin, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Collier, Lee,
15 Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Bay, Okaloosa, Marion, Santa Rosa,
16 Hernando, and Escambia Counties, as hereinafter described, with
17 the exception of privately held submerged lands lying landward
18 of established bulkheads and of privately held submerged lands
19 within Monroe County where the establishment of bulkhead lines
20 is not required, are hereby declared to be aquatic preserves.
21 Such aquatic preserve areas include:
22 (28) Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve, the boundaries of which
23 are generally: All of those sovereignty submerged lands located
24 bayward of the mean high-water line being in Sections 13, 14,
25 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, and 36, Township
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26 46 South, Range 24 East; and in Sections 19, 20, 28, 29, and 34,
27 Township 46 South, Range 24 East, lying north and east of
28 Matanzas Pass Channel; and in Sections 19, 30, and 31, Township
29 46 South, Range 25 East; and in Sections 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20,
30 29, 30, 31, and 32, Township 47 South, Range 25 East; and in
31 Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, and 25, Township 47 South,
32 Range 24 East, in Lee County, Florida. Any and all submerged
33 lands conveyed by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
34 Fund prior to October 12, 1966, and any and all uplands now in
35 private ownership are specifically exempted from this preserve.
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37 Any and all submerged lands theretofore conveyed by the Trustees
38 of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and any and all uplands
39 now in private ownership are specifically exempted from this
40 dedication.
41 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected: H 957 Filed: 258.39