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| 10 | 10 | | 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 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 258.39, F.S.; revising the boundaries of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve; providing an 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | effective date. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 1. Subsection (28) of section 258.39, Florida 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 258.39 Boundaries of preserves. —The submerged lands 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | included within the boundaries of Nassau, Du val, St. Johns, 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Flagler, Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Charlotte, 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Pinellas, Martin, Palm Beach, Miami -Dade, Monroe, Collier, Lee, 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Bay, Okaloosa, Marion, Santa Rosa, 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Hernando, and Escambia Counties, as hereinafter descri bed, with 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the exception of privately held submerged lands lying landward 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of established bulkheads and of privately held submerged lands 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | within Monroe County where the establishment of bulkhead lines 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | is not required, are hereby declared to be aquatic preser ves. 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Such aquatic preserve areas include: 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (28) Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve, the boundaries of which 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | are generally: All of those sovereignty submerged lands located 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | bayward of the mean high -water line being in Sections 13, 14, 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, and 36, Township 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 46 South, Range 24 East; and in Sections 19, 20, 28, 29, and 34, 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Township 46 South, Range 24 East, lying north and east of 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Matanzas Pass Channel; and in Sections 19, 30, and 31, Township 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 46 South, Range 25 East; and in Sections 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 29, 30, 31, and 32, Township 47 South, Range 25 East; and in 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, and 25, Township 47 South, 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Range 24 East, in Lee County, Florida. Any and all submerged 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | lands conveyed by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Fund prior to October 12, 1966, and any and all uplands now in 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | private ownership are specifically exempted from this preserve. 35 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Any and all submerged lands theretofore conveyed by the Trustees 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of the Internal Improvement Trust Fu nd and any and all uplands 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | now in private ownership are specifically exempted from this 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | dedication. 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 41 |
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