HB 1367 2022
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
hb1367-00
Page 1 of 3
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to surplus state-owned nonconservation 2
lands; amending s. 253.0341, F.S.; authorizing the 3
Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust 4
Fund to dispose of surplus nonconservation lands at 5
specified values under certain circumstances; 6
authorizing the board to donate such lands to fiscally 7
constrained counties under certain circumstances; 8
authorizing the board of trustees to sell or lease 9
surplus nonconservation lands located in fiscally 10
constrained counties to private entities under certain 11
circumstances; providing an effective date. 12
13
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
15
Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 253. 0341, Florida 16
Statutes, is amended to read: 17
253.0341 Surplus of state -owned lands.— 18
(1) The board of trustees shall determine which lands, the 19
title to which is vested in the board, may be surplused. 20
(a) For all conservation lands, the Acquisition an d 21
Restoration Council shall make a recommendation to the board of 22
trustees, and the board of trustees shall determine whether the 23
lands are no longer needed for conservation purposes. If the 24
board of trustees determines the lands are no longer needed for 25
HB 1367 2022
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
hb1367-00
Page 2 of 3
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
conservation purposes, it may dispose of such lands by an 26
affirmative vote of at least three members. In the case of a 27
land exchange involving the disposition of conservation lands, 28
the board of trustees must determine by an affirmative vote of 29
at least three members that the exchange will result in a net 30
positive conservation benefit. 31
(b) For all nonconservation lands, the board of trustees 32
shall determine whether the lands are no longer needed. If the 33
board of trustees determines the lands are no longer needed, it 34
may dispose of such lands at a value: 35
1. Not less than the sale price, as determined by 36
subsection (8), if agreed to by an affirmative vote of at least 37
three members; or 38
2. Less than the sale price, as determined by subsection 39
(8), if agreed to by an affirmative vote of four members. The 40
board may dispose of surplus nonconservation lands for less than 41
the sale price by: 42
a. Donating the land to a fiscally constrained county as 43
described in s. 218.67(1) for a public purpose; or 44
b. Selling or leasing such lands located in a fiscally 45
constrained county as described in s. 218.67(1) to a private 46
entity, if the use of the land is expected to create economic 47
development or new full -time jobs in such county . 48
(c) Local government requests for the state to surplus 49
conservation or nonconservation lands, whether for donation, 50
HB 1367 2022
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
hb1367-00
Page 3 of 3
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
purchase, or exchange, shall be expedited throughout the 51
surplusing process. Property jointly acquired by the state and 52
other entities may not be surplused without the consent of all 53
joint owners. 54
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 55