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253.69  Application to lease submerged land and water column.--Any applicant desiring to lease a portion of the submerged lands of this state for the purpose of conducting aquaculture activities shall file with the board a written application in such form as it may prescribe, setting forth the following information:

(1)  The name and address of the applicant.

(2)  A reasonably concise description of the location and amount of submerged land desired and, after the lease is approved, a field survey of the leased area and assurances that the site is properly posted pursuant to the conditions of the lease and s. 327.41.

(3)  A description of the aquaculture activities to be conducted, including a specification whether such activities are to be experimental or commercial and an assessment of the current capability of the applicant to carry on such activities.

¹(4)  Such other information as the board of trustees may by regulation require.

History.--s. 1, ch. 69-46; ss. 25, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 88-207; s. 5, ch. 96-247.

¹Note.--Section 10(2), ch. 99-245, provides that:

"Except where otherwise specified in law, all revenues derived from the sale of permits and licenses pursuant to chapter 370, Florida Statutes, and all federal funds received by the State of Florida as a match to the aforementioned state revenues, and revenues received pursuant to s. 327.25 [transferred to s. 328.72 by s. 25, ch. 99-289] and s. 380.0558 (4) and (5), Florida Statutes, are to be appropriated by the Legislature to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to be used for the purposes specified in law, except for the following:

"(2)  Revenues derived from the imposition of the Apalachicola Bay Oyster Harvesting License authorized in s. 370.06(5) and lease fees authorized in s. 370.16(4), Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, and revenues received pursuant to ss. 253.69(4) and 253.71(2), Florida Statutes, which shall be appropriated to the General Inspection Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services."