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Florida Public Lands And Property Code Section 253.037 - State Lands - Use of state-owned land for correctional facilities.

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Title XVIII   PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 253   STATE LANDS

253.037  Use of state-owned land for correctional facilities.--

(1)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall review, identify, and secure state-owned lands which may be used for correctional facilities subject to determination by the Department of Corrections of where sites are needed and their appropriateness for use as prisons or other correctional facilities.

(2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 253.025, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may purchase federal surplus lands for use as sites for correctional facilities, using federal land purchasing procedures, regulations, and requirements.

History.--s. 30, ch. 83-131; s. 69, ch. 94-356; s. 141, ch. 2001-266.

Last modified: November 21, 2006